Boddizle
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:48 PM |
before I start I would like to take into account that there is plenty of talented and thoughtful meaning rap songs, and I respect those that do it. But out of the 100 rap songs, 2 are probably good.
How many rap songs can be basically be boiled down to "I'm the best, toughest, and hardest. Don't agree with me, I'll prove it"?
You really have nothing better to talk about than yourself? And how convinced am I supposed to be of your superiority that you feel you have to shoot someone in the face if they say something negative about you? No self-confident person would need to do that. In fact, the more you talk about how great you are, the more I begin to wonder who you are trying to convince, me or you.
The scary thing is that this mentality seems to be contagious and when combined with the glorification of violence, we have people murdering other people for inconsequential slights. We've gone from "words will never hurt me" to "stick and stones may break my bones, but words will cause me to get a bunch of friends, drive by your house, pepper it will bullets, kill you, maim your girlfriend, kill the little girl playing out front, and get myself imprisoned throughout the formative years of my adult life so I have destroyed whatever opportunity my life may have held."
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So much of rap music talks about how difficult it is to be considered a lesser person because of the color of your skin and how one's heritage can be cause for other to hold them back. But ask yourself when you listen to some of these lyrics, are they helping or hurting the cause? Think of some of the negative stereotypes of specific ethnicity and then consider how many rap songs reinforce these stereotypes. What do rap songs say about people of other ethnicity, including white people?
This nation and the world has a poor history of treating everyone equally, and there are certainly still issues today, but most people have far more influence on their lives than they would believe. Most people feel held back at some point in time and if they really examine the situation closely, they'll realize that they are the ones working the hardest to keep themselves down. The preserve the mentality that Whitey is keeping you down, your only choice to survive is join a gang... it's pathetic. The TRUTH is you are limited by one thing, yourself. Obama proved you can go as far as you want in life. There are no more excuses. The fact that rappers keep the Racism issue going is lame and pathetic. |
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JJFtw
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:49 PM |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hFqet02So
in essence its poetry so you can interpret it multiple ways |
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:50 PM |
| Shut up dirty cotton picker. |
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Boddizle
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:51 PM |
i myself didnt bring up the 3rd case of my point
and thats all the misused instruments, that's obvious to me thats not his real voice
lets see him raw
"freestyle" , won't , and isnt freestyle. |
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:53 PM |
I. LOVE. Rap.
http://www.roblox.com/WayOfWadeLogo-item?id=159097018 |
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Boddizle
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:55 PM |
but the culture influence is a killer
lets be real
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JJFtw
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| 25 Jun 2015 09:56 PM |
well there are always diamonds in the rough and music costs money so... the top dogs will probably only fund their views and in turn the truthful humble artists are upset over this thing called the death of lyricism which has happened years ago. i'd call it evolution kind of but talent is rare. http://www.guavaleaf.com/video/19630/Gilbere-Forte-Chris-Sutton-XV--Jay-Rock--BET-Cypher-1 |
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