So, Black Power's theme song won an Oscar.

I was very surprised that a song with such a ghetto "unrefined" theme would even get nominated much less win. I actually thought "In the Deep" from the movie Crash would win. I thought it was a great song.



http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11593167/


COMMENTARY
By Helen A.S. Popkin
MSNBC contributor
Updated: 6:07 p.m. ET March 5, 2006
It’s an odd year for the Academy Award best original song category. Only three tunes are nominated, all of which will be performed by the original artists (as opposed to last year’s Beyoncé debacle), though one may fall victim to network censors.

It’s not like it wasn’t a musical year at the movies. Mel Brooks penned an original song for the big screen version of “The Producers.� Soundtrack master Danny Elfman had “Remains of the Day� from “Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.� And who doesn’t want see comedian Sarah Silverman stir some action with an Oscar night performance of “You’re Gonna Die Soon� from “Jesus is Magic�? Fat dang chance.

Even the kiddie movies, usually a mainstay in the song category, didn’t make it. “Hoodwinked,� “Because of Winn Dixie,� “Chronicles of Narnia� and even “Harry Potter,� couldn’t get a song past the judges.

I was just watching that. I couldn't believe(but shouldn't be surprised)

It seems like the only thing that black people can win for at the Oscars is some pimp and hoe s^%$. The performance was just corny as well.

I think it not good thatmost songs that gets praise, nowadays are songs with negative connatations.