I'm from the 80's, Home of the heroine, Error of the hustlers, uh The world is my custy New rich porter The way I flip quarters Front on all these other rap artists, but me Momma was a mink wearer, Papa ran numbers So it's plain to see, where my whole plan come from American dream, I'm living the life still The way I shine is like a zillion dollar light bill Still I'm grinding, army jacket lining 40 below timbs on, getting my M's on My best friends gone, I seen bad days Still find songs that I hear him on Getting my Mary J. Blige Reminisce on I hear his voice in my mind, like, nigga live on So I get on that fly **** I been on Spin on corners in enzo with rims on But for info, puffin on Endo-Nesia Give me amnesia I ease up, that right, I'm high nigga I want the sky, The world when I'm done I'm give it to my sons Let 'em live it up, split it up, switch it up, Sixes kit it up, man I did it up, done The rest of my belongings belong in the hall of fame, a list of hits next to all my names I came, if the sky should fall And it all goes tomorrow, and they foreclose on the house and auction off all my cars Don't cry for me Argentina, I mobbed the beamer Took trips abroad, got mobbed in Sardina In Ibiza I had pizza in the club Ladies know I'm that guy, they wanna piece of my love Now they wanna ya boy like Mike in his prime Billie Jean the goddamn boy ain't mine And the Roc break up, had the people losing hope Can't lie they had Muhammad Hovi on the ropes Now I'm back in the go mode, back in the go-go's Throwing the diamond up, repping the logo Rose gold rose flow, I'm okay though What Don't kill me makes stronger than before so Here we go and I'm not domino When it all falls down, I'm like Kanye's jaw I might break but I don't fold, till I hold the sky in my hand Yeah that's my goal And then I bid you Freddy Adu Prodigal Child, y'all not ready for the future Then I disappear in the Bermuda Triangle My name will be viewed such Here's to the man that refused to give up I want the sky nigga,
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You know, I have to give you credit where it is due alT. You do have this polite, diplomatic way of answering a question without letting your fans (the so-called "knowledge scavenger"... ) down too hard. LOL
quote:So where's the online music service owned and operated by which hip hop mogul where I can either listen to or read the lyrics of
EXUMA - Pay me what you owe me WATTS PROPHETS - Them Niggers ain't playin'; etc LAST POETS - etc GIL SCOTT-HERON - etc NIKKI GIOVANNI - Peace be still; etc SOUND EXPERIENCE - Give me my Mule PROPHET MOSE - Would you do it black; etc GARY BARTZ - Harlem Bush Music album
I was thinking the same thing. Ah yes Watts Prophets, Scott-Heron...damn we have fallen far.
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I want back 5:29 of my life. lol this soulja kid is as confused and contradictory as you. Lost black youth, but white folks can have you all I say.
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[Intro: News Excerpts] The damage here along the gulf coast is catastrophic. There's a frantic effort under way tonight to find survivors. There are an uncounted number of the dead tonight... People are being forced to live like animals... We are desperate... No one says the federal government is doing a good job.. And hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people... No water, I fought my country for years.. We need help, we really need help.. In Baghdad, they they drop, they air drop water, food to people..why cant they do that to their own people? The same idiots that can't get water into a major American city in less than three days are trying to win a war...
[Verse 1 - Jay-Z] People was poor before the hurricane came But the down pour poured is like when Mary J. sang Every day it rains, so every day the pain But ignored and matured, and the rain was to blame But life is a chain, cause and effected Niggas off the chain because they affected It's a dirty game so whatever is effective From weed to selling kane, gotta put that in effect Wouldn't you loot, if you didn't have the loot? Baby needed food and you stuck on the roof Helicopter swooped down just to get a scoop Through his telescopic lens but he didn't scoop you The next five days, no help ensued They called you a refugee because you seek refuge The commander-in-chief just flew by Did he stop? No, he had a couple seats Just proved jet blue he's not Jet flew by the spot What if he ran out of jet fuel and just dropped hu,That woulda been something to watch Helicopters doing fly-bys to take a couple of shots Couple of portraits then ignored 'em He'd be just another bush surrounded by a couple orchids Poor kids just 'cause they were poor kids Left 'em on they porches same old story in New Orleans Silly rappers, because we got a couple Porches MTV stopped by to film our fortresses We forget the unfortunate Sure I ponied up a mill, but I didn't give my time So in reality I didn't give a dime, or a damn I just put my monies in the hands of the same people that left my people stranded Nothin' but a bandit Left them folks abandoned Damn, that money that we gave was just a band-aid Can't say we better off than we was before In synopsis this is my minority report Can't say we better off than we was before In synopsis this is my minority report
[Verse 2 - Ne-Yo] So many times I'm, covering my eyes Peeking through my fingers Tryin' to hide my, frustration at the way that we treat (Seems like we don't even care) Turn on the TV, seein' the pain Sayin' such a shame Then tryin' to go on with my life Of that, I too, am guilty (Seems like we don't even care) So we send a lil' money, tell 'em it's alright To be able to sleep at night You will pay that price While some of these folks' lost their whole life (Seems like we don't even care) Now it wasn't on the nightly news no more Suddenly it didn't matter to you no more In the end almost nothing changed What the hell, what was that for? (Seems like we don't even care)
[Outro: News Excerpts] ...Buses are on the way to take those people from New Orleans to Houston ...They lyin' ...People are dying at the convention center ...Their government has failed them ...George Bush doesn't care about black people
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I do agree however that Jay-Z is not revolutionary music (by your defintion - which means literally FIGHTING for what is yours), but it qualifies as rebellious music.
All the lyrics you posted thus far (i.e. Gill Scott) are but rebellious music. You can't have revolution simply by talking about it but talking about it can inspire people to move towards actual revolution.
And I think you posting music of old Jay-Z when he didn't know better (i.e. Big Pimpin') is not fair on the dude. We've all made mistakes. Also, Jay-Z music is entertainment, so for the most part it's not even rebellious music. But it would be wrong to say that the dude's heart is not in the right place.
We're not all perfect but we do the best we can and always try to improve.
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quote: A billie, a billie, a billie, a billionaire Call me Philli Collins I feel a billion is in the air I affiliate with Billy Gates That's my peer and ?? is my consigliere When I wear "Billionaire Boys Club" it's more than gear I don't wear it 'cause Pharrell I wear it 'cause I'm fo' real "I see dead people" I see Benjamins and a billion other "big head" people I'ma natural born hustla Marcy projects mutha fucka Turned proffesional journalist reportin' live from the gutter where girls carry box cutters brothers shoot-up with undercovers screamin' "F0ck the World!!" Why? Cause' don't no body love us Sean Carter, Sean Bell What's the difference? Do tell 50 Shots Or 50 Mill? Ain't no difference go to hell So raaahh, lick a shot for Barack Obama change my Karma or Im'a buy the whole hood lamas on me Roc nation army Million strong and the mantra gon' be : it is whatever it's gon' be On three jump in the Humvee Y'all could call it cold war I'm declaring I'm free bumpin' Pac and The Outlawz I'm flyer that all out doors I ball out hard I buy champagne companies I'm done buyin' out bars... but I do that I'm so past G5's and G4's but I flew back back & forth like Aaliyah - Rest In Piece Tiyah! Takes a nation of millions to hold us back but when ya boy reaches a billion it's a wrap Off of Rap?? Yeah!! Roc nation, it takes a nation to stop... I'm signin' off as the hoods Barack... RRAAAHHH!
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quote: I wanted to walk just like him (remember?) wanted to talk just like him (word) often momma said I look too much and I thought just like him wanted to drink Miller nips and smoke Newports just like you but you left me, now I'm goin to court just like you I would say "my daddy loves me and he'll never go away" bullshit, do you even remember December's my birthday? do you even remember the tender boy you turned into a cold young man with one goal and one plan get mommy out of some jam, she was always in one always short with the income always late with the rent You said that you was comin through I would stay in the hallway (waitin) always playin the bench (waitin) and that day came and went F0ck You! very much you showed me the worst kind of pain but I'm stronger now and trust me I will never hurt again will never ask mommy "why daddy don't love me? Why is we so poor?, why is life so ugly? Mommy why is your eyes puffy?" please don't cry everything'll be alright I know it's dark now, but we gon' see the light It's us against the world we don't need him, right? (right) mommy drivin 6's now (yeah), I got riches now (yeah) I bought a nice home for both of my sisters now we doin real good we don't miss you now see how life twists around? (fucka!)
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I see nothing revolutionary or inspiring to revolutionaries in Jay-Z or his lyrics from Big Pimpin all the way to American Gangsta.
Revolution is what they had in Cuba and the likes of Gil Scott, the Last Poets, etc., is was and will be inspiring to revolutionaries -- people who will pick up a gun to effect real change (and eat rats to survive if neccessary).
Brother Gil is consistent from his first to his last with positive messages (not whinings) and actually uses the word revolution repeatedly album after album. Quite simply there is no comparison and Jay-Z quite simply is not about revolution (what? a revolution that would put his money in danger and eradicate his lifestyle? Tricks are for kids, revolution is for the mature and there is no tribute to the Black Panthers (who inspired revolutionaries the world over) who died for freedom, not integration. No, the black Americans have not declared a memorial day for one of the groups that scared the hell out of the USA government and forced it to open up the door of MLK less H Rap Brown strike a light and burn the White House down.
Gil Scott-Heron. Delta Man (where I'm comin' from) (This is a song about change, you see... many things about the changing aspects of our lives... since change is inevitable, we should direct the change rather than simply continue to go through the change... ...revolution is change. To the brothers in the Caribbean and Africa, where I'm Coming from)
Early in the mornin' I heard the call of the crow. He said "C'mon now Brother. (I want you to fly with me.) Can't you see, it's time to go?" I been working on this delta underneath the burnin' sun. Seem like a Mississippi revolution feel like where I'm coming from.
Brother man run to Nebraska after the Civil War was through. Worked with his hands, worked on the land alla his life-- nothin' else he know to do. Rootin'-tootin', wild-west-shootin'-up Brothers! Though his story don't teach us none. Seem like a Wild West Revolution oughta be where I'm comin' from.
Brother man raised on welfare (an' live his life) in the heart of the city. Among the junkies and the desperate people he learned about life without pity. But he's just been thinkin' and waitin' and thinkin' and waitin', know his chance was bound to come.
The point I'm trying to make movin' from place to place and time to time (is that) vibrations that bring on new vibrations is all that's on the People's minds. (They tell me) Don't be 'fraid of revolution! It ain't nothin' but change and change is bound to come. Put a little revolution in your life and you'll understand where I'm comin' from. Posts: 8014 | From: the Tekrur in the Western Sahel | Registered: Feb 2006
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^Truth is I can't return from that. You're right. But I was (deeply) inspired by Jay-Z's music as a teenager. In retrospect, I think what I found in his music is Hope. And the dreams I formed in those years did materialise.
So in many ways he's not different from an Obama.
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