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This video was shot by WasteMan Productions (P-dox, Alex, and Marv) outta London, England during their time in NYC in the winter of 2009. It was shot on about 4 or 5 various days throughout a 3 week period. This vid/song and how they came about are dope for so many reasons. The song and every visual in the black & white scenes in the video is true story. We re-shot real life circumstances of things we have been through in our (P-dox & I) real lives. The actual concept for the song came about when he was telling me about how long he was in Customs after reaching NYC, because of his middle-eastern decent. As he was telling us the story he said, "Ppl fear what they don't know". Which reminded me of one of my fav Nas lines, "Niggas fear what they don't understand, hate what they can't conquer". I told him how I always love that bar and how I always wanted to sample and use it as a hook. Being that we were already planning on doing a few songs while he was out here, he said we should do it. So for the next couple of hrs we both just chilled and reflected on situations we've been through. We both had so many great examples, but obviously we had to narrow it down to our most memorable situation that fit the concept best, and that ultimately shaped the treatment for the video.
My LEXperience was from the mid-90s when I had moved to the Upper East Side for a while. To those who don't know that part of NYC is what many would call a very high-class area (hence the term & Jeffersons theme song "Moving on up to the East Side"). This is the area where ppl such as Madonna, Bill Cosby and many other great entertainers own homes. So as you know this area isn't used to seeing many black residents. So anyway, one night I was headed home to my apartment, and as I reached the door I realized that someone had just entered. So I wasn't gunna wait 'til the door had closed and reopen it. I just caught the door as it was closing and proceeded in. Well, the white lady who noticed me coming in behind her, dropped everything to the floor, jumped against the wall and said, "Take anything you want, just don't hurt me!" LOL (Yes, this actually happened). I looked at her, showed her my keys and said, "The only thing I 'want' is to get to my apartment". Then I proceeded upstairs SMH.
P-dox experience happened not too long ago after I visited his city (London) in June of '05. Right after I returned to the States they had a series of bus/train bombings out there. So, around that time his city was on high alert. Well, he was on the Train one day and a lady wouldn't stop staring @ him, watching his every move. At one point he reaches in his bag to check his phone and she damn near falls out of her seat, because in her mind she just knows he a terrorist and swears he gunna blow up the train (smh).
The vid is self-explainatory as far locations - Brooklyn (Cypress Hills/ENY & Bed-Stuy) & Manhattan (Time Square, Central Park, both The Upper East & West Sides).
SN: Below are a couple of LEXtra BTS shots... Enjoy.
