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soundtrack ends, basically Nick raps you are all mad why I don’t call it Chicago, I don’t live in no F-in Chicago, boy I live in Chi-raq. Then, images appear on the screen; one is an American flag that has colors of Iraqi flag, also a construction banner, which reads building a new Chicago and Samuel Jackson throwing peace sign. We need peace, reconstruction; America tries to fight wars in foreign countries to establish democracy and civilization. Meanwhile, in America, there is a war in Chicago and people are dying. People seem not to understand what Spike is doing here.
An interesting fact, after the release of the trailer a 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Chicago’s south side who was brutally shot. One could say that this tragedy could have backfired …show more content…

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