The fact that woke's meaning has changed is crazy. "Being woke" was changed to mean something completely different to it's original meaning.
Stay woke is literally from Childish Gambino, from the song Redbone , gaining popularity in the Get Out movie.
Stay woke, niggas creepin
They gon find ya, Gon catch ya sleepin
Oooh
Now stay woke, niggas creepin
Now don't you close yaaaa eyes
*Phat bassline*
Donald Glover has defined global culture, not just once.
Being woke isnt cool anymore? Faaack..
Being woke meant you were aware or awake to the dangers, not this other meaning of being enlightened or edgy or whatever
I thought i was edgy
Nope, goes back to the Blues song Stottsboro Boys, predates CG by 80 years or so.
No wonder Ed Sheeran complained in court. I mean, there's only so much human originality, most things are a copy of a copy or a fork of a fork
Yeah that’s true but at the same time Sheeran doesn’t seem to be trying too hard try something different, same chords, same structure every time but most pop songs rarely stray past 2-4 chords these days.
People here talk about 1971 but if you want a grim chart check out chord and key changes in popular songs from the 1950s to the present day.
