April 30, 2008 | Tags: none

I see a lot of people didn't really catch that last one. Normally I don't really give a shit about explaining something. I put it up, if people don't get it and attack me, I keep it pushing. Sometimes I intentionally try and go over people’s heads. Truthfully, I don't care too much about most of the dirt that was tossed at me this time, I just have a theory and I figured I'd test it. How do I intend to do this, you say? Let's go back over what exactly I said, and what it meant.......

"The problem is, or at least my opinion of it, is that too many public figures want to be the mouth of the people. Bust a grape.....fuck being the mouth, be the hands of the people."

This seems pretty self explanatory. Basically, kill the talk, go do something. Somebody brought up voting...that's cool. Voting is surely important, but the fact of the matter, that alone won't fix things. How can you help elect the politician that represents for you when none of them do? There's no politician in this whole country that's gonna stop police brutality. Expecting a politician to fight HARD against police brutality is probably as realistic as expecting a politician to fight to legalize marijuana. Either one of those things would basically blacklist a politician. Going against the cops???? That's unpatriotic! Come on man. While you and I may vote for this cat...the majority of the voting population won't. That could possibly be some low level bullet point on some mayor's agenda, but it won't be taken that seriously. Something has to be done by the people. My issue is that so many public figures want to talk, but if they were to REALLY get involved in some SHIT....I don't mean that blueprint I joked about, I mean something serious, it could influence people. By public figures I'm not talking about any of those ambulance chasers either.

"Now, this may not solve the problem on the spot...but it will surely bring a lot more change than all these damn songs will. This will start some shit. With cops being executed, other cops will just get more violent. In turn, the general public's view of the police will change for the worse, and even more cops will be executed by people wanting to be something like emcee....let's call him Che. Many lives will be lost. Eventually, in the end, to calm all the violence, the justices system will have to control the only thing they can control, the police and their reactions to the public. So there, you've solved everything. After about 30-50 years, your execution, and the deaths of many innocent people, the cops will stop shooting innocent people (as often)."

This is basically why you DON'T want a revolution. Actually, I fucked up, because a revolution is supposed to be faster....30-50 years. Merriam Webster’s definitions of revolution that most fits this situation is

2 a: a sudden, radical, or complete change b: a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed

the word revolution get's thrown around far too often.

"Sure people care, but not like they say they do. Not enough to REALLY do something. Why should they? Truthfully, I honestly believe there's probably 5 or 6 rappers that would REALLY be willing to die for something other than money, or not giving up a Benz in a robbery, or some shit like that....none of them have recorded a post-Sean Bell trial track. The thing is, out of those 5-6 rappers, none of them has sold over a million records. So, while they'd put their life on the line for something to help hundreds of millions of people, they can't get 1 million people to put $13 bucks into a Best Buy register to help them feed their kids."

This was a huge part of the blog. I'm hearing some cats that have and would "bust a grape" actually did record a post Sean Bell trial track. While my original list was 5-6 emcees, actually, I'll change that

1. Stic man
2. and M1 of Dead Prez
3. Immortal Technique
4. David Banner
5. Mos Def
6. Chuck D
7. Rakaa of Dilated Peoples

Add in a couple of other emcees that are constantly fighting for their causes that I listen to (Bambu and Kiwi formerly of the Native Guns) and that list is at 9. This is just the people I listen to, so don't try to stab me cuz I don't listen to your favorite emcee. Truthfully, most emcees that would "bust a grape" are less known. Now this is another important point though. See, as much as these cats go out of their way to help other people, with the exception of Chuck D with Public Enemy (which wasn't recently) none of these acts have gone platinum. Someone stated that there is strength in numbers...true. However, these cats can't even sell a million records...where's the numbers at? If they can't get one million people to spend $13 dollars on an album...how are they gonna get that many people to do anything any more serious? There are strength in numbers...but the numbers aren't there. There's a reason for that....

"While that blueprint for fixing shit may not EXACTLY fit most people’s idea of helping to make a change, the reality is, there is four ways to get things to change: kill someone, beat someone ass, get killed, or get your ass beat. You see, it wasn't that long ago that my peoples got they ass beat, and beat peoples asses so I could live in this "Oh so horrible" country. Because of them, I can take out loans and go into debt, so I can go to the same University as J-23 or Shake (don't let the style and smoothness fool you, they're both white). Because of them, I can work in the same building and get paid the same pay as some white dude named "Poindexter". Because of them, I can sit in those seats in the front of the bus that I religiously pass up to get to the back. All the shit that they did and took, and dealt with so I can have the rights I have today.....they still didn't stop niggas from getting shot by the cops!"

The "get your ass beat" comment is a reference to the people who took beatings at sit-ins/protests. Some people still do. Now, you don't REALLY have to get your ass beat, you have to do something that could possibly end with you getting your ass beat. ACTUALLY getting your ass beat would help...you know, build up sympathy for your cause. However, the point was, you have to do some SERIOUS shit to help make a change. Sitting on your ass and talking about it, or shooting a music video...not serious. The "oh so horrible" remark was sarcasm. A lot of people fought and died for me to be able to live the life I live...and they STILL haven't stopped innocent people from getting shot by cops. Basically if what THEY did didn't help, what are these songs gonna do?

"It's cool. I understand. I'm not trying to throw my life on the line either...not for some random cat. Had it been my nephew that was shot by the cops, don't be surprised if I get the death penalty for taking a couple pigs out myself, but besides that, I'm straight. I'm comfortable in this "horrible, horrible" country. Shit, I just barely made it long enough in life to get GTA IV, I'm not missing out on GTA V to stop some random dude I never knew from getting shot. Neither are you...let's be honest. We talk about this shit so we can feel like we're doing something, but in all reality, we're wasting our time. Sometimes, you gotta except the facts"

It's cool. I STILL understand. Some people don't want to be honest...I am extremely honest. I don't find it worth it putting my life on the line when most of the people I'd put my life on the line for probably don't give a shit. I'd much rather KEEP my life, and spend it helping people I do know, and do care about, who do care, deal with the bullshit we have to go through. If ANYBODY hurt my nephew I'd react, I don't give a shit if it was the pope himself...he can catch a bullet too. I'm no tough guy..and I don't front like I'm one, but my people mean everything to me. The main reason for the change in my lifestyle was my people and the possible influence it could have on the younger males that come up under me. The GTA comment was just to show how much I don't care to risk my life for some of you people. The waste of time isn’t fighting for a cause, it’s that attempt at fighting.

"You know how many times cops pulled out on me? Shit, have you ever looked at 20+ cops with guns drawn on you with 2 helicopters buzzing over your head? Not no GTA shit, real life shit. That's life. I knew at that point in time, I may not make it to see the next day. I may not see my little brother graduate from high school, I may not see my girl graduate from college, I may not ever be able to buy my mother a house. I didn't live to see the next day, and see my girl graduate from college, and get closer to my little brother graduating from high school because some muthafucka opened his mouth months before against police brutality, I lived because of luck. Just like I lived because of luck when my car broke down, and the cop rolled up on me and put his gun near my head as he asked for my L's. It is what it is. I accept that,"

I could have easily been Sean Bell. I know this, and at the time when it was going down, I accepted this. It is what it is. There's no song that could've brought me back, just like there's no songs that can bring him back. I'm not saying it's bad people make songs dedicated to dude, I'm saying it's bad people front like they care about the cause, then are just gonna go back to rapping about hustling packs. Had the songs been done by one of those emcees I listed I'd take it differently. Cuz after that, instead of rapping about crack, they'd be out somewhere doing something to help back up those lyrics.

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You're not ready for a revolution

April 30, 2008 | Tags: none

Shit is pretty fucked up said the emcee. This Sean Bell shit is way out of hand. Things need to change said the emcee. This is wrong, a black man gets killed by the cops, and walks free said the emcee. Something needs to be done, this isn't equality said the emcee. Every day my people risk losing their lives for no reason, minding their own, and then....BAM...shot by cop said the emcee.

Rappers talk like a bunch of little bitches

     So Mr. Bell get's popped by pigs, one time walks, and everybody has something to SAY. All these rappers are coming out with songs and shit....blah, blah, blah. I know people believe that keeping the issue alive with discussion, and hot new freestyles, and little bootleg smack DVD videos is helping....but let's be serious for a second. What the fuck is that doing? Call me cynical...but haven't we seen niggas get shot by the cops before? Did ya'll record a track for that? Didn't Al Sharpton show up, and talk, and talk, and talk? Did any of that save Sean Bell's life? Fuck no! What the fuck are you gonna do now? You gonna do a remix to some other song that's already been done and dedicate it to Sean Bell and his family? What the fuck is this gonna do. The problem is, or at least my opinion of it, is that too many public figures want to be the mouth of the people. Bust a grape.....fuck being the mouth, be the hands of the people. Do you REALLY want shit to change? Let me break it down to you how to change some shit......

1. First of all emcee change the world, make sure your crew is tight. You can't have any faucet mouth ass people in you crew, cuz what your gonna do could put you away forever. You can't just burn down the hood again, they tried that shit in Los Angeles, it didn't change shit....it's gonna get real serious.

2. Send your Piff Pocketer to go cop you some pieces. Make sure ALL of them have silencers.

3. Take some of that advance money (or, in your case, some of that tour money), and pay somebody off to get you the addresses of all the cops involved in the Bell shooting.

4. Stake out. Take note of these cat's activities.

5. You and your crew snatch each one of the pigs up. If anybody gets in your way, use the silenced piece to silence them. Sometimes, innocents have to die for a cause.

6. Smuggle these cats on a boat out in MIA, and take the boat out to Cuba.

7. Broadcast the execution of the pigs live on the net. Threaten to come back to America and repeat the same thing the next time some cops shoot someone and get away with it.

     Now, this may not solve the problem on the spot...but it will surely bring a lot more change than all these damn songs will. This will start some shit. With cops being executed, other cops will just get more violent. In turn, the general public's view of the police will change for the worse, and even more cops will be executed by people wanting to be something like emcee....let's call him Che. Many lives will be lost. Eventually, in the end, to calm all the violence, the justices system will have to control the only thing they can control, the police and their reactions to the public. So there, you've solved everything. After about 30-50 years, your execution, and the deaths of many innocent people, the cops will stop shooting innocent people (as often). That's what this is about right? You want to solve the problem, right? Of course you do....so why not go with my plan?

     I could give you several answers that would be thrown out...because it's terrorism, because murder isn't the solution, because that's idiotic...all of these answers are right in their own ways...however, the real answer is....because people don't give a fuck! Yea, I said it...people don't give a fuck. Rappers don't rap for the cause anymore...they rap for the fame, for the hoes, for the money. Sure, they may spit some shit about "revolution" or "we ain't taking that shit no more" or whatever the fuck, but they don't care that much to REALLY do something. Sure people care, but not like they say they do. Not enough to REALLY do something. Why should they? Truthfully, I honestly believe there's probably 5 or 6 rappers that would REALLY be willing to die for something other than money, or not giving up a Benz in a robbery, or some shit like that....none of them have recorded a post-Sean Bell trial track. The thing is, out of those 5-6 rappers, none of them has sold over a million records. So, while they'd put their life on the line for something to help hundreds of millions of people, they can't get 1 million people to put $13 bucks into a Best Buy register to help them feed their kids. Tisk, tisk.

     While that blueprint for fixing shit may not EXACTLY fit most people’s idea of helping to make a change, the reality is, there is four ways to get things to change: kill someone, beat someone ass, get killed, or get your ass beat. You see, it wasn't that long ago that my peoples got they ass beat, and beat peoples asses so I could live in this "Oh so horrible" country. Because of them, I can take out loans and go into debt, so I can go to the same University as J-23 or Shake (don't let the style and smoothness fool you, they're both white). Because of them, I can work in the same building and get paid the same pay as some white dude named "Poindexter". Because of them, I can sit in those seats in the front of the bus that I religiously pass up to get to the back. All the shit that they did and took, and dealt with so I can have the rights I have today.....they still didn't stop niggas from getting shot by the cops! SO WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR "HOT" FREESTYLE OR MIXTAPE TRACK GONNA DO?

     It's cool. I understand. I'm not trying to throw my life on the line either...not for some random cat. Had it been my nephew that was shot by the cops, don't be surprised if I get the death penalty for taking a couple pigs out myself, but besides that, I'm straight. I'm comfortable in this "horrible, horrible" country. Shit, I just barely made it long enough in life to get GTA IV, I'm not missing out on GTA V to stop some random dude I never knew from getting shot. Neither are you...let's be honest. We talk about this shit so we can feel like we're doing something, but in all reality, we're wasting our time. Sometimes, you gotta except the facts

If you’re a security guard, the skateboarders will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

If you’re a postman, the dogs will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

If you’re a minority, the cops will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

     Cops shoot people, dogs bite people, and Skateboarders shoot reality shows and Youtube videos. You can ask the skateboarders to pop a heel flip for you, you can pepper spray the dog, you can appease the cop until he takes the gun out of your face. You know how many times cops pulled out on me? Shit, have you ever looked at 20+ cops with guns drawn on you with 2 helicopters buzzing over your head? Not no GTA shit, real life shit. That's life. I knew at that point in time, I may not make it to see the next day. I may not see my little brother graduate from high school, I may not see my girl graduate from college, I may not ever be able to buy my mother a house. I didn't live to see the next day, and see my girl graduate from college, and get closer to my little brother graduating from high school because some muthafucka opened his mouth months before against police brutality, I lived because of luck. Just like I lived because of luck when my car broke down, and the cop rolled up on me and put his gun near my head as he asked for my L's. It is what it is. I accept that.

     It's not like I haven't spoken out against shit before. I've low-key spoken out about a bunch of shit in these blogs. I haven't really spoken out against wrongful death, cuz we all KNOW that's wrong. It's not like I don't speak out against shit...but I don't know, maybe it was remembering some of the bullshit the Jena Six pulled after a lot of people went out of their way to support them, maybe it was a bunch of other shit, maybe it was just that when focusing deeply, reality sunk into my head and I realized...this shit ain't changing no time soon....keep it moving. Emcees....stop fronting, please just follow suit.

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