'Broken Blokes'

It’s not often you come across a track that speaks, truly speaks, speaking a tune of reality that so many are living, yet resisting publicly. Hurt internalised. Pain swallowed whole. And if that suppression doesn’t end in something final, it spills out in other ways, ways that earn labels that swing and stick.

We often come from a place of protecting women and that will always be a stance. But the truth remains: we all need saving. We all need protecting. Men are suffering too, but the moment they show it, their masculinity is questioned, attacked, dismantled. But what does masculine even mean?

1. Gender (biological or social)

Relating to or characteristic of men or boys.

2. Traits or qualities

Often associated with strength, confidence, assertiveness, protectiveness, independence, or resilience—though any human can carry these qualities.

The protectors. The providers. The leaders. But what happens when they never had protectors, providers, or leaders to show them the way? What happens when the world expects them to give what they were never given, to be what they’ve never seen?

Rapper and poet Jourdan Blair aka Jahdigga says in 'Broken Bloke's that there are so many broken blokes.Which is obvious to see. So hard to heal. How can we help?

It’s difficult because their struggles hide behind smiles, forced strength, forced silence. Vulnerability becomes criminal. You can’t cry. You can’t break down. You’ve got a family to care for. Too many people relying on you. Your mental health will have to wait.

Music is poetry—or at least, it should be. Words hold power. Words carry stories. But sometimes they’re received more deeply with a melody behind them, with visuals that amplify the truth. Broken Blokes. There are so many broken blokes…

Ego seems to be the common denominator, another word for pride. And pride? It comes right before destruction. So why move toward destruction? Why not speak? Why not open up? Why? Because minds have been conditioned, by what, we’re not even sure anymore.

Do you know the shortest scripture in the Bible? “Jesus wept.” The one pierced, mocked, and beaten wept, fully aware of the pain ahead. So why do you hide?

Is it your environment? Or is it simply the world?

In Jahdigga’s tune, the visuals portray the Black man, the man we often expect to carry the weight of the world, to live up to an image of masculinity few understand. A man with tears sliding down his face, each tear representing trauma, anger, frustration, burdens too heavy to speak aloud.

Would you accept the hug? Can you even receive love?

You’re holding generational burdens, five generations deep, yet standing in 2025 in a world utterly confused, overwhelmingly toxic, and struggling in every corner. And then there’s you: battling your own internal demons while strangers try to offload theirs, while your family needs you, while society expects a version of “man” you’ve never even met. How can we help?

How do we help when we are all dealing with our own? How can anyone help when the very act of seeing you clearly pushes you deeper into yourself?

Broken blokes.There are so many broken blokes.

I've heard your perspective, your reality, I think it's time to stop and listen.