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			'''Too black, too strong''' is the short form of a Malcolm X quotation from his "]". It may also refer to:
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			* "]", a Public Enemy track that uses the Malcolm X sample
	*Too black, too strong, the short form of a ] quote that's been sampled by the rap group ] and others: "It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep."<ref>Message to the Grass Roots, speech, November 1963, Detroit (published in Malcolm X Speaks, ch. 1, 1965).</ref>
			* "]", a Jungle Brothers track that uses the Malcolm X sample
⚫	*''Too Black, Too strong'', a poetry collection by ]
			* "Wrapped in Black", a ] track in the video game '']'' that uses the Public Enemy version of the Malcolm X sample.
		⚫	* ''Too Black, Too strong'', a 2001 poetry collection by ]

	==~~References~~==		==See also==
			* ], an American rapper who recorded in the early 1990s
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Latest revision as of 06:35, 24 December 2024

Too black, too strong is the short form of a Malcolm X quotation from his "Message to the Grass Roots". It may also refer to:

"Bring the Noise", a Public Enemy track that uses the Malcolm X sample
"I'll House You", a Jungle Brothers track that uses the Malcolm X sample
"Wrapped in Black", a Hideki Naganuma track in the video game Sonic Rush that uses the Public Enemy version of the Malcolm X sample.
Too Black, Too strong, a 2001 poetry collection by Benjamin Zephaniah