Of The New Music

I guess it ain't nothing to cut that bitch off? And I'm just being honest, I'm a stoner. Listen, I don't really understand this new music, but I can tolerate it. I don't listen to it like I would listen to Jay or Nas or Big or LL or any other GOOD music, and I don't listen to them like I would Whitney Stevie and Miles (Davis). I guess I'm just curious, what the hell is this new music that floods the radio? And when did the radio just give the hell up censoring the curse words. How the fuck did my hitta actually get on the air. Are white people suppose to pretend like they don't know what hitta is replacing, and are we suppose to believe that they don't just say nigga instead when they're alone? And what type of responsible adults allow their little girls to listen to "let me push your panties to the side". When I was a kid stuff was a lot more ambiguous. Clearly there's a hidden force at work keeping this bullshit on repeat. Sad when youth say Lupe is just a crazy activist, or say Lupe Who? I'll admit sometimes you can catch me banging Thug Motivation 103 but I do it purely out of irony. This music is simple meant to keep the youth from thinking. If for one second they thought about what they were listen to they'd see the ABC lyrics as the distraction they are meant to be. I'm just being honest. 

Of The New Negro

When do you first realize that your black? I honestly can't remember, but as I walk UK's campus I am reminded of it everyday. At what point do you realize your the only minority in class? When you do, do you sit in the front of the class to say I'm here and I'm going to be acknowledged, or do you sit in the back of the class so they can forget about you and wait until the opportune moment to spill out some dope, intellectual shit.What about when your expected to carry the BLACK flag for your race? Or in my case when you can't relate to the rest of the black people in the class? We aren't a monolith but shouldn't there be a sense of unity? Like the head nod black people share when they walk past each other. Isn't that basically saying what up brother? But that's as far as it goes right?  I don't know you, and you don't know me. But I acknowledge that your black and at one point in time we've shared a similar struggle; being the black person. But we aren't the same type of black person, I don't think it's cool or funny to disrupt class, I try my best to watch my language when speaking in a public setting. Oh and I realize that there's probably a purpose to the homework or in class exercises we were assigned. But I don't kiss anyone's ass either, I'm aggressive in arguing, I know I'm competent and my self worth is valued based on how much I make the class laugh. So does that make me the new negro? I'm Black And I'm Proud. But I'm not like the "Migos" over there. W.E.B Du Bois said "they know the low social level of the mass of the race is responsible for much of the discrimination against it" if that's so then I'm going to show them the New Negro. It's an uphill battle though. Nothing truly worth it is ever easy.