Robitussin, Dayquil, Nyquil, PediaLyte, none of these are the subject.
Love, Sex, Lust, Infatuation, Pain, Death, Life, Orgasm, Sin, Glory, & Truth, some of these are the subject.
Me, You, The World, The so-called Third-World, The absent Second-World, some of these are the subject.
What's the subject???
Black Mainstream Media…
Give me more; I need more I'm completely sure, that no matter what tickets will sell out on Britney's tour. I'm a hustler, I'll kill you, can't you see, I got B.A.R.S. for days like my name was Cassidy. Such glee sometimes fills up in me that quickly I see that no one could ever be, the consequential hero I am to see the vision through the vision that has been carefully crafted for us with conviction. The severity of the situation is hard to comprehend cuz it seems so harmless, like a sweater vest with no sleeves, or at war with no gun we are armless. Let's see when did it start…?
Was it with Malcolm X?
Was it with Martin Luther King?
Was it with Rosa Parks?
Was it with Nelson Mandela?
Nah, it started before them loooong ago in this place called Africa. There were heroes in the bush as people like to call it. The "dark" continent it is not, it's full of color that's why the colorless came to ensure that it would become fallen. Not the Denzel movie where the evil soul switches bodies, but you'd think it was that way they way these terrorists would lobby…one black against another, one child against his mother, am I being too bold, should I back away & replace the cover?
Nah, I can't do that… I'm the sheep being chased by the wolf pack…
They fed us our heroes, then they killed them and replaced them with new "heroes".
Was it Big L?
Was it Jam Master Jay?
Was it Tupac?
Was it B.I.G?
Not to hate on their memory REST IN PEACE, but they can't when gimmicks of them continue to float in the streets. I know Pac recorded a lot, but he didn't make songs about having people in Murder Inc. shot. I know B.I.G. didn't want one more chance, but they keep using his voice so Sean Combs can do one more dance? Not likely, what medicine would you prescribe me, Sudafed, or Flintstones vitamins I should take nightly? I wonder just like Kanye West about the situations that make us fearfully anticipate what’s next. The price of beauty killed his mom, it’s ok watch them run a nip/tuck marathon.
I feel like Martin Luther King Jr. in his return on The Boondocks, is this what we’ve come to?...the shock. The youth that kill just to have the gangster status, while praying to god when their still holding the murdering apparatus…
Discussion to be continued...
What are your thoughts???
**Fueled by passion, driven by pain, before I die the world will know my name**
- JioVanni
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5 comments:
Wuz up Jio Vanni, I tell you what I see, I see it getting worse unlike some, I know reality. Your words are deep in hope to change but the only way for change is for them all to recognize his name. I'm not gonna get deep because I truely respect your peice, in the end Big and Pac had a message but it was overshadowed by their grief. You would think they would wake up but all they can do is duck and hide cause now they have more then bullets flying for there lives. But still theres a need to teach, I 'll take part to teach,indeed.
From12another
First, thanks for the comment! I appreciate you taking time out to respond to my Jointz. I feel what you are saying about Pac & B.I.G. They were excellent story tellers & rappers, only problem they became consumed with death. They say you talk about death enough it's gonna come. I feel that B.I.G. was more gone than Pac was because B.I.G.'s work was always pervasive, look at his album titles, "Ready To Die" & "Life After Death". Pac on the other hand had joyful songs amidst the violent & death subjects he spoke on. It has been speculated the his CD The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory was a direct attack to the Illumanti which he wanted to kill. If you haven't heard of the Illuminati, you should do some research on them. Some people believe they had a hand in his killing... Good to know you're taking part, as am I.
- JioVanni
Doctors prescribe medication
that was approved by the gov
but we dont need their dope
because there's more where that came from.
Back in the day, family was just as important as life,
but today we search in others to help to deal with the strife.Now
real parents dont exist anymore, grandparents are hanging out in the clubs,
while the youngins stay in trouble cause they're not feeling loved.
The problem with that is people cant give what they dont have,
but instead of taking time to learn how they'd rather sit around and laugh
at how dumb we look on tv...
instead of teaching
cause they're too lazy.
Some idolize Dubois
some idolize Kwame
some idolize Pac
others look up to Biggie
and its all because they were the only
ones to feel them out and speak through their minds,
You say all they talked about was grief
but that was reality
should they have been lieing???
when death was moving through
their families, friends, and culture???...
You say you've been through the same, but have you???
If so, you wouldn't question but know
that most kids in the ghetto
only have rappers to grow
off of and you were one...
The primary focus today should be on the rappers
cause whatever they say
will determine how these kids will find their way
through this cruel ass world.
Thanks for the post!
That's a good point you made in your rhyme about the youth only having rappers to look up to because of the absence of the grandparent & parents. I understand that it's hard for a kid to stay on the straight path when it is filled with ridicule & loneliness due to people thinking it's cool to be like them & sell drugs & sex a lot of girls...
At the end of the day a kid has to be mentally strong enough to see what's true & what's not, I know a child will be drawn to anything that's shiny & what they think is the coolest thing to be, but some kids & people are made different...
I had no grandparents, both of them were dead long before I got here, then my so-called father left, & I was left with a mother who was nearly consumed by her issues...
I had to figure out who I was gonna be...
Either I would be the kid that fit in with everyone & been led astray, or I would be the one that was constantly put down & treated like a waste of God's time & energy...
I chose the latter because had it not been for that I would not be here, I know that for a fact...
Thank you again for the comment!
Do you have a blog of your own? I'd like to check it out!
**Fueled by passion, driven by pain before I die the world will know my name**
- JioVanni
Actually I dont have a blog.Only tangible poems. This is your book of faces friend Tequila. I dont know how to do a blog.LOL
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