how they view it is 10% is the evil elites of the world, the white devils or fake jews or whatever. they're the 5% self described righteous black man who's aware of the tricknology and trying to wake up the rest.
i forget which wu or wu affiliate says the line 'i fear for the 85 who ain't got a clue' [meth maybe?] but that's what the line refers to.
the godbodies was a jail/prison gang in nyc based off this religion on the streets. i'm not sure why they went away/lost popularity but grand puba, lord jamar, it was a lot of rappers besides wu who were part of it.
or 'make those devils cower to the caucus mountains' is supposed to be the white devils that yakub made being exiled to russia.
It was indeed Meth who rapped that verse. It was in Raw Hide from that ODB album.
A few years ago, I witnessed a speech from a 5% member and actually that was really chill and cool. Kinda like going to church on sunday. But the thing is, well yeah the majority of 5%ers have dark skin. They don't view themselves as a religion, there may be a few religious elements here and there, sure.
But they are not pro-black or anti-white. You can even join them if you are Christian, Jewish or whatever else. They don't partake in hate against religion. The color of your skin also doesn't matter to be a part of the 5%ers.
English isn't my first language, but I gave my best to explain this. I don't want to hurt anyones feelings either.
With all that said, I think I am not the target group for this brand and I am not too big on the name. But if the deck is on sale and I like the specs, why not. I mean, the graphic will be gone anyway after a few minutes on the flatrail.