Whose Job Is It Anyway??
Every time I ever stole my father's car while drunk, talking
on my cell-phone with no headset (which is illegal in California), running
red-lights while two wheels were on the side-walk so only half of the license
plate would get caught by the Red Light Camera, I always had rap playing.
Sike. His stereo
didn't work, but somehow, the media slapped this spotlight on Hip Hop like
drug-use, alcohol abuse, hand to hand crack-cocaine exchanges, guns in schools,
guns in neighborhoods, and women being treated like property is all a result of
our lifestyle. And music.
Let me just add, that when I'm up watching the Olympics or
BET: Uncut, there are ads for these white women flashing their little breasts
with other white men. This video is
called Girls Gone Wild, and even though I've heard it mentioned a few times ...
it's no where near as much as Hip Hop.
And all we do in our videos is get girls to wear bikinis and eat
strawberries.
Either way, all the lollygagging and finger pointing is
pulling attention from real issues like ... war ... and death ... and drug
trafficking that's getting these substances in America, and perhaps even the
fact that, maybe, somehow, WE MIGHT HAVE THE FIRST KNEEGROW PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR NATION.
So I've been listening to music my whole life, as has almost
every other homosapien on this planet, and I think it's safe to say that a lot
of music is codified--as in we have a coded language that you have to be the
least bit involved in to get a better understanding of.
And because of this, no one knows what they're talking about
when they're blaming Rap for everything, because really, as much as it's been
regurgitated and manipulated, the fact that Rap is reporting these atrocities
is true. So we can't hold these
musicians accountable for that.
As far as getting arrested 6 times in 2 months, or running
around with pounds of marijuana and unregistered guns, I say no comment.
This is America. We have due process. So technically, they're innocent until a jury
or a judge says so. Meaning they're not
really bad influences, they're alleged bad influences.
But when did it become a rapper's job to raise your child?
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I make fight music, for high school kids
I put lives at risk when I drive like this
I put wives at risk with a knife like this
Shit, you probably think I’m in your tape deck now
I’m in the back seat of your truck, with duct tape stretched out
Ducked the fuck way down, waitin to straight jump out
put it over your mouth, and grab you by the face, what now?
Oh – you want me to watch my mouth, how?
Take my fuckin eyeballs out, and turn em around?
Look – I’ll burn your fuckin house down, circle around
and hit the hydrant, so you can’t put your burning furniture out
I’m sorry, there must be a mix-up
You want me to fix up lyrics while the President gets his dick sucked?
Fuck that, take drugs, rape sluts
Make fun of gay clubs, men who wear make-up
Get aware, wake up, get a sense of humor
Quit tryin to censor music, this is for your kid’s amusement
But don’t blame me when lil’ Eric jumps off of the terrace
You shoulda been watchin him – apparently you ain’t parents
Eminem
FUCK THE GOVERMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
teach ur kids rite from wrong
let them kno the difference between music and real life, or tv/video games and real life
i mean if u play grand theft auto and that causes u to shoot sumbody then u already had sumthin wrong with u in the 1st place
eminem-who knew
for those who dont know
first off to all you fucking retarded parents out there, rap is entertainment. i guarantee you music will not make your kid shoot everyone in sight or any other bullshit. you know what makes kids do bad things? PARENTS. Luda wont make little Susie buy weed, 50 wont make Tommy buy a AK 47, and Busta wont make Bob kill that bully at school. its you (parents) that cause this. because in reality, parents are the biggest influences in a kids life.
now next time on the news i dont wanna hear “16 yr old Gary died by hanging himself. the last thing he was doing was listening to a Eminem album.” no you ignorant fuck this is how it really went down, “16 yr old Gary died by hanging himself. he suffered a abusive relationship by his parents and got bullied at school constantly.”
music will NOT make someone do something
And as much as I agree with you… at the same time i have 2 DISAGREE With u as well!
I mean… when we came up it was different…we started listening to it all from the beginning for the most part (70’s and 80’s babies!).
We’re older, and again or the most part our levels of common sense were alot higher than the kids now.
We had fun music, and dance music as well… but everything wasn’t soo DAMN DUMBED DOWN!!!!
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Aiight I’m getting off topic…
The Major Difference between THEN (when we came up with our violent music) and NOW (with these dumb ass kids and the music)… is the lack of PARENTING!
Most females now a days are pregnant and become mothers at 16!!!!!! ( and I know… I work for welfare in Camden, NJ of all places).
To make matters even worse…“Big Mommas” are like 32-35 now a days….and were young ass mothers themselves!
So we have a cycle of kids trying to raise kids!
There’s no REAL elder in the household teaching right from wrong or keepin’ these fuckin’ kids in check!
Even mooooooore so… The kids are being raised by TV, Radio and the fuckin’ Internet and NEVER see the consequeneces of their IDOLS’ negative actions… Which in return is why they go out and try to relive everything they’ve seen their favorite rapper do or worse say.
When a kid sees a rapper with jewelry, Bentleys and Bitches on Tv… they don’t know that ALL of that shit is just a mere RENTED FACADE!
All they know is that they’re “idol” rapped about how he got it, and that he has it…PERIOD.
So they naturally go out and do the shit that their “idol” says they’ve done…thinking it’s gonna bring them the same rewards….BULLSHIT!
That’s where the parents are supposed to come in at… But when ya mom is 12-15 years younger than you… 9 times outta 10…she’s doing the same dumb shit that you’re doing…prolly with you!!!
It’s just a fucked up cycle that’s not going to end unti these fuckin’ RAPPERS start explaining the consequences to these mislead kids… especially since their parents wont!
Just venting….
~Be Eazy!
when a rapper does make a song about how life really is and how to make it better it NEVER hits the radio
the shit that hits the radio is ‘shake ya ass’ and ‘bitches and hoes’ (they censor it but kids arent stupid, they know what it is)
They dont talk about hearing profanity on regular cable now tho. Some channels dont even bleep out bitch no more.
sorry for any grammer mistakes.. im fucked up right now
I’ve been asking that damn question for years and no good response comes back to it. It’s the parents fault on why kids act like this because PARENTS AIN’T WATCHING THEIR KIDS!!!
Also, if you don’t want your kids listening to music with profanity or violent movies on TV buy the kid a clean version of the album and use parental control on your TV and block all the R rated movies so the kids can’t watch them.
Also, another Funny thing is there’s tons of music gernes out there and the parents always select hip hop or rock, smh… don’t blame any music gerne or movies parents, BLAME YOUR FUCKING SELF!!!
Now to end this, I’m a Mixtape DJ and a Parent, I know my rules as a parent and I will always follow the rules as a parent. Any perent out there should do the same thing I’m doing.
If you are a parent and you ain’t taking any part of responsibility for your kids actions then put the damn kid up for adoption then because you DON’T deserve a child…
If I made a movie, and in the movie I shoot like 50 people, and I curse throughout the movie, it gets a R rating, so it’s for people 17 and older.
Now if I made a cd, and in the cd all I talk about is shooting people and I curse throughout the cd, it will get the Parental Advisory.
But for some reason I will get a shit load of flack for the CD because it’s “aimed” for children. Since when was it that when you make a fucking song, it was aimed for children, no matter the subject of the song? And that is what’s bullshit about it.
Don’t give me that “You can just download a CD” shit niggas be bootlegging them movies and having them up all over the internet. Tell me you don’t know about “watch-movies.net”
Get a white girl. That shiz. Priceless.
FUCK THE GOVERMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay-z has sold 53million in 10 albums…it ain’t shit compared to the 3 artists mentioned above..
It’s not the content..It’s WHO’s making the music. Black and Brown people and we all know white folks don’t like people of color making more money than them, having a nicer car or living in a better neighborhood..That’s that “white man’s burden” syndrome…The cameras are focused on hip-hop because it’s a majority black and brown enterprise.
Take a look at the NBA dress code and the minimum age requirement being bumped up to 20..It has little to do with “the well-being of the NBA player”..It has everything to do with white liberals thinking the only way a black man can get ahead is if we coddle him like a child. Take his manhood and his ability to “choose” for himself..
No one cared when Alex Rodriguez went to the Mariners at age 17!!!!!thats because the MLB is a “lighter” sport..Simple as that.
NOT TRUE. The reason dress codes are in place is to keep honor in the game and keep it professional. It is a professional sport and the players should act like professionals regardless of race or color. The players are representing the NBA and its affiliates and if they can’t suck it up like most other Americans do by wearing the proper work attire, then they DO NOT deserve to make millions of dollars. Regardless of whether it is a sport or not, it is still a job. When you are at a job, you dress as your boss tell you and thats the bottom line. Color has nothing to do with it, you’re just ignorant.
blacks are number one race with aids thats more than every other race combined, their also the most populated rae in prisons, they were also traded for food maybe 100 years ago, if i was black which im not i wud be mad at life to
i guess i jsut have to accept im white and im ballin in the suburbs rite now,,,, stupid niggggers, wake up obama aint the enxt PRESIDENT hahahaha
blacks are number one race with aids thats more than every other race combined, their also the most populated rae in prisons, they were also traded for food maybe 100 years ago, if i was black which im not i wud be mad at life to
i guess i jsut have to accept im white and im ballin in the suburbs rite now,,,, stupid niggggers, wake up obama aint the enxt PRESIDENT hahahaha
blacks are number one race with aids thats more than every other race combined, their also the most populated rae in prisons, they were also traded for food maybe 100 years ago, if i was black which im not i wud be mad at life to
i guess i jsut have to accept im white and im ballin in the suburbs rite now,,,, stupid niggggers, wake up obama aint the enxt PRESIDENT hahahaha
blacks are number one race with aids thats more than every other race combined, their also the most populated rae in prisons, they were also traded for food maybe 100 years ago, if i was black which im not i wud be mad at life to
i guess i jsut have to accept im white and im ballin in the suburbs rite now,,,, stupid niggggers, wake up obama aint the enxt PRESIDENT hahahaha
Vote Obama Bitch
Y BLAME HIP HOP?
WAT ABOUT POSITIVE CATS IN HIP HOP????
ITS DA WORLD A A WHOLE NOT JUST HIP HOP
to the guy that said all that racist shit with the sports and white mans burden. fuck you that shit is stupid. im white idc bout black people living better then me, more power to you. you act like white people in general always tryin to bring black people down. you bring yourself down like mikey08 was sayin, black people are the highest race in jails, the highest % of aids in a single race to. what really brings you down is when you start blamin white people for slavery(im talkin general black race of people not specific person) but they blame white people for slavery where the fuck do you think they got the slaves. BLACK PEOPLE SOLD THEIR OWN PEOPLE its your own fault theres slavery. slavery was fucked up and immoral but your own greed caused it.
to marquis—a. rod started when he was 17 because he is the greatest player since mickey mantle idk if you heard of him you might have. did you forget kobe bryant, lebron, and tracy mcgrady started right after high school. and they made the age limit 20 not so they “cant control their own fate” because theres a lot of niggas tryin to get in the NBA. baseball has the deepest farm/minor league system in any sport so its easier for a 17 year old to get in.
so all that racist shit is irrelavent just because white people blame hip hop for violence. im a die hard rap fan, hip hop is my life so as a listener i know its all about guns, drugs, sex, violence thats why they go after it. it is what it is but the racist shit wont help onl add fuel to a already heated debate.
-————————————————————————————————————————————-That’s the whole point..You don’t have to try very hard. this country from the education system to lending companies is historically unfair and practices discrimination, set up, run and made a way of life by guess who? White People! It’s not your fault that it’s this way and it will take a solid 400 years starting from 1965 to eradicate that foundation, but as a white person today, you definitely reap the benefit of being white..
Chris Rock said it best “there is a white boy in the mail-room of this building in a wheelchair who wouldn’t trade places with me”…
And like I said they raised the minimum age requirement in the NBA to steer more black athletes towards education which isn’t a bad idea, but i don’t see that coddling, holding the hand of an adult in other sports…See that’s more racist than saying I can’t do something..Thinking I only can succeed with your help..
http://www.caughtmagazine.com/view_details.php?id=19
yes it was “satire”…While a joke it sheds some truth into how this country is made for white people from birth. a white male with a felony is a black man with a college degree..A black male with a college degree is getting disproportion ally a lower wage than his white male counterparts.
That’s why i really don’t dig when they complain..Yeh your kid is wearin a do-rag..So fucking what? You still got a great neighborhood, good schools and little Timmy will go off to college and shed his hip-hop ways sooner or later..
But our people struggling wearing do-rags to keep our fuckin heads warm. Big difference.
-———————————————————————————————Lol we all know why a dress code was put into place..No other sport has an official dress code that has been in the public light, because since most sports are “lighter” we as a society automatically assume the players will follow suit and present themselves and the respective sport in a positive manner..
Well when it comes to the NBA that assumption is not made simply because it is young black males. I don’t hear the public outcry for baseball, football and other players leaving early from college to turn professional?? lol but then again I’m just ignorant?
I was born to young parents who had nothing better to do than conceive me…if you let them tell it. And they were born to teenagers. But my parents took the duty of raising a child and establishing a strong moral foundation for me. I have been a fan of MUSIC all my life. I have seen images and heard the lyrics that are contradictory to my beliefs but that will not tear my morals apart because my parents role is much larger than anything I can get on the idiot box.
People always talk about this generation of youth being hellions (some are) but I think the real problem is this generation of parents. The parents are worried about the same frivolous things that teenagers worry about… labels, shoes, cars, and drugs.
And as far as the racial stuff that some of you are talking about……..
Yes we live in WHITE America. All of these so called “American” values are really eurocentric values that are forced upon everyone by the majority. For dude talking about Blacks being in jail…lets see 13% of a population you have to be kidding me if you really think that most of them are criminals. What you are saying is a fallacy because of a criminal justice that is scared as shit of the Black male whether he is a criminal or a college student. The penalty for crack is higher than the penalty for cocaine…hmmm I wonder why? And if you don’t get it then you are naive or just a bigot set in your ways.
We did not create the race issue…Europeans came to Africa and got us. Yeah we had some punk ass kinsmen who sold us out, and wrote us off like a bad check, but this Kush guy up there makes it seem like Africans invited the Europeans over. They showed up and caused hell for the Africans just like they came to America and took the Indians’ land.
Get your facts straight before you start talking your pseudointelligence.
*Put your FIST up*
ReDef.
Of course they won’t blame rock music on stupid ass kids blowing up their schools, cutting themselves, being diagnosed with manic-depression, smoking weed, sniffing coke, shooting coke, etc… Because most of the people complaining, corporate americans(white collar) grew up on the same thing. They just feel like hip-hop is becoming bigger than anything in the history of the usa, so they must attack it.
Im a kid myself , but .
Rap doesnt make me want to sell drugs , shoot people , fight or anything
It’s honestly entertainment.
I dont see any rappers blowing up buildings, crashing planes into buildings , creating war.
Its your own disicion to do the wrong thing.
everyone has to stop looking at Rap .
notice the real problems.
war, shootings, rape , murder.
Come on now people.
WHEN YOU GOT SOMEONE SPRAYING BULLETS IN UNIVERSITY’S AND KILLING, LIKE YEAH “COLUMBINE” THAT KID WAS NOT LISTENING TOO RAP.
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE GOVERMENT AND THEY NEED TO JUST F*@K OFF.
5-10 PEOPLE THEY AIN’T LISTENING TO RAP MUSIC
notice the real problems.
war, shootings, rape , murder.
today’s rappers make a mockery of the whole principle of makin music, with their simple rhymes and flashin all that expensive crap they probly don’t even own. they make it seem SOOOO easy to get this stuff and achieve status that it makes youngstas not wanna actually WORK and EARN what they want outta life but rather take the easy way out. and that’s why we have so many garbage ass rappers now.
they’re takin away that essential element that every person should have to gain legitimate credability: WORK ETHIC!
and who do they got in their stereo??? Rick “the C.O.” Ross, Lil Wayne AKA “I’ll have whatever Jay-Z’s havin”, Plies AKA “The Realest fuck ass nigga in the game” u name it!
Too many lyin corny ass fake ass rappers influencing the young minded.
music only corrupts children when parents let it corrupt them. man if you 28 yrs old and got a son thats 8 years old whos impressionable, it might be hard, but dont play tupac(no disrespect), jeezy, ti, gucci mane or any other gangsta music around him just because you wanna listen to him, teach him that that music if for grown folks and he needs to be somewhere learning watching yugioh, or lamb chops, or sesame street or something instead of memorizing lyrics from songs he cant comprehend yet. same thing go for the young mothers who play trina,kelis, beyonce(nothing wrong wit em, but they still for grownups) around their daughters and get mad when they see them shaking their asses in public at only 8 years old.
They’re throwing huge sweet 16 parties and spending money you’ll never see in a lifetime
Raise your kids.
columbine, hip hop did it
misogyny, hip hop started it
dope boy promotion, hip hop doin’ it
where were the fuckin’ parents when they were buyin’ the guns?
what real-ass female would let a nigga treat her that bad?
why is the economy so fucked up that parents don’t care if their child is on the corner hustlin’, as long as they get a cut?
so the “point ya finger at hip hop” plan is startin’ 2 wear the fuck off
I’m wonderin’ what they gon do next
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
can’t stop laughing !!!!!!!!!!
And no. No candidate can encompass my every concern.
And no. That is not in the spirit of Democracy.
And yes. I do Love you.
Free will spirit huh!
P.S don’t gas yo self! that’s how you get trash…..
but fuck the white people, black people, soccer moms, anyone who thinks music is influential enough to make kids do those things when its their own fuckin fault.
where does hiphop fall into this?
WHEN HIP HOP WASNT THERE WHAT WAS CAUSING ALL THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOW BEING BLAMED ON HIP HOP?
hip hop didnt cause this its how people are raised and the things they get taught if any of us as young kids get taught or see that our role models hit women well were gonna see that as the right thing to do but its our choice to see it differently when we get older if its the correct thing or are we making a mistake same goes for murders,drugs,drinking everything
but where are the parents to teach also that everything they see or hear they should not do wtf if everyone was really good and go to church everyday and what not life would be boring and we really wouldnt learn anything i go to church like 2/4 of the time i know what to do im not stupid if i chooose to do something its because i felt like it not because i heard t.i. shoot someone on a song or game say ima kill you next time i see u thats fukin stupid these representatives need to break it down and take a look at this problem in sections not just look at the whole thing at decide
At the same time, if Hip hop has this much power, there is a large window of opportunity for it to do just as much (if not more) good than it has done bad.
I love hip hop. Real hip hop speaks the truth, is an organic artistic expression, lifts people out of poverty, and has a well of potential to do more to improve our communities.
check out my article at
http://www.caughtmagazine.com/view_details.php?id=19
I swear to god I was gonna quote that verse…thank u sir
See it’s a different world in Hip-Hop though. Because depending upon what time YOU wanna go back to. Everytime a new artist in Hip-Hop sells number one or close to it.. There’s always these moments in time, where somebody gets shot and hip hop is to blame. Hell, it ain’t even black and white racism. It’s Hip-Hop racism. Eminem even has to deal with his lyrics being put into question. When other white artists such as Slipknot, and other bands are let off the hook.
Honestly. We could debate the topic all day, but what it comes down to is personal responsbility of the people involved. White people’s kids shoot up schools, black folks must take the blame for it. Black kid can’t get out of the hood, blame whitey. If people took personal responsiblity and starting blaming the person in the mirror, the problems wouldn’t happen. And hell, ya’ll wanna quote lyrics.. go listen to “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson if you’re confused about how to make a change in today’s world..
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