Social Conscious
I love hip-hop music. I love the underground grittiness of Atmophere. I love Kool Keith in all his various incarnations. I'm no snob though, I also love the over-the-top growling of DMX and the smooveness of Jay Z. Oldschool? You know it. Run DMC was one of the first tapes I ever bought. So yeah, I loves teh hip-hopz.
I'm not a big fan of 50 Cent. His skills are mediocre at best and the subject matter he deals with in his music is rather offensive. There's only so much of the "baller, crystaller, yes-ya'ller," motif that I can stand.
That being said, I was duly impressed when Kanye West remixed his latest hit after learning about conflict diamonds. Bling bling indeed.
Good morning! This ain't Vietnam, still
People loses hands, legs, arms, for real
Little was known of Sierra Leone
and how it connected to the diamonds we own
When I speak of diamonds in the song
I ain't talking bout the ones to be glown
I'm talkin' bout Roc-a-Fella, my home
My chain, these ain't 'Conflict Diamonds'
Is they Jacob? Don't lie to me, man
See, a part of me say keep shinin'
How? When I know what a 'Blood Diamond' is
Though it's thousands of miles away
Sierra Leon connected to what we go through today
Over here, it's a drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms-es
I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless
'Til I seen a picture of a shorty armless
And here's the conflict...
It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold
Spend your whole life tryin' get that ice
Oh, the Polo rugby, you look so nice
How could something so wrong make me feel so right?
Right before I beat up myself like Ike
You could still throw your Roc-A-Fella Diamond tonight
Because...
I'm not a big fan of 50 Cent. His skills are mediocre at best and the subject matter he deals with in his music is rather offensive. There's only so much of the "baller, crystaller, yes-ya'ller," motif that I can stand.
That being said, I was duly impressed when Kanye West remixed his latest hit after learning about conflict diamonds. Bling bling indeed.
Good morning! This ain't Vietnam, still
People loses hands, legs, arms, for real
Little was known of Sierra Leone
and how it connected to the diamonds we own
When I speak of diamonds in the song
I ain't talking bout the ones to be glown
I'm talkin' bout Roc-a-Fella, my home
My chain, these ain't 'Conflict Diamonds'
Is they Jacob? Don't lie to me, man
See, a part of me say keep shinin'
How? When I know what a 'Blood Diamond' is
Though it's thousands of miles away
Sierra Leon connected to what we go through today
Over here, it's a drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms-es
I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless
'Til I seen a picture of a shorty armless
And here's the conflict...
It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold
Spend your whole life tryin' get that ice
Oh, the Polo rugby, you look so nice
How could something so wrong make me feel so right?
Right before I beat up myself like Ike
You could still throw your Roc-A-Fella Diamond tonight
Because...