@TouchlineTruth - #5Grand

"We ain't free until cashiers at Pick 'n Pay smile at black people too..."

This is the music of the incredible Touchline who speaks on the hardships that black people go through on a daily. He grips your heart with real life accounts of the common struggles we go through as a people, from single parent families surviving on a minimum wage, to graduates struggling with employment, and even the black on black superiority complex we as a people have towards each other. Shu!

The best part about 5Grand is how graceful Touchline approaches the song's delivery. For a song with such a powerful message, one would expect him to deliver an angry sounding track but he pulls a chair, sits right in your face, and spills the aches of his heart directly to you. He speaks with love about his people, and even through the pain you can hear the hope in his voice as he never forgets to remind you that black is beautiful. This kind of self awareness matched with lyrical prowess is what the soul needs today. Now more than ever we need young and conscious storytellers of our people to speak our daily truths. This song has me hooked and in love with the author. Touchline has a lot to offer the game, I pray we make room for him to walk amongst the giants of our generation. WOW.