It's funny, as I was reading my friends blog today I thought about how MBD glorifies Young Geezy's CD. Praising this man who obviously ani't get enough love from his momma and/or aunties that he doesn't seem to respect woman that much. I haven't heard his CD, but MBD specifically said I need to listen to track 16. Proceeding to tell me I need a thug in my life and that I would relate to the song. Well, maybe I missed something in my life, cause I didn't grow up in the ghetto, I haven't hustled on the GRIND to get my DOE, and I don't talk about F@$^ing broads. Heheheh :)
And even though MBD does not always make smart personal choices. He is book smart though so what is it about men wanting to be thugs or even wanting to associate with the lifestyle as if it is a positive thing. Don't get me wrong I don't want a man that is a punk(meaning, he doesn't have a back bone, let people talk to him any kind of way, and also be willing to stand up for his woman.) On the flip side I don't wan t him smacking me up, or IGNORING me as Geezy says on the Shake It Off remix for Mariah Carey's song he's on with Jay-Z. Also to include on his attempt to not respect women or to glorify his thugness he has a song where he talks about hitting(sexually) a woman and sending her ass back to her real man so that he can eat the pu-tang. Cause Young Geezy don't do that.
Oh pleeze I am about tired of him. What is happening to these men that they feel they would rather profit off of degrating women, instead of getting middle class profit for empowering our youth to keep on fighting for our rights so that after we are gone us as black people can still have a race on this continent.
All this talk about these rappers and what they do to sell records also has me thinking about why is it that they feel they need to go from one extreme to another. For example going from hustlin on the block and living in the 9th ward of New Orleans to living out in Beverly Hills. Why is it that our poorest people don't recognize that money can't bring you happiness. It can take some stress off of things, but it won't make you complete.
How about working your way to money, so that we appreciate the riches of the success. Too many of these artist, and atheletes(sp) get too much at one time and they mentally are not reading for all of the responsibility. I could go on for days about how we continue to trap ourselves but i'll stop while i'm ahead.
And even though MBD does not always make smart personal choices. He is book smart though so what is it about men wanting to be thugs or even wanting to associate with the lifestyle as if it is a positive thing. Don't get me wrong I don't want a man that is a punk(meaning, he doesn't have a back bone, let people talk to him any kind of way, and also be willing to stand up for his woman.) On the flip side I don't wan t him smacking me up, or IGNORING me as Geezy says on the Shake It Off remix for Mariah Carey's song he's on with Jay-Z. Also to include on his attempt to not respect women or to glorify his thugness he has a song where he talks about hitting(sexually) a woman and sending her ass back to her real man so that he can eat the pu-tang. Cause Young Geezy don't do that.
Oh pleeze I am about tired of him. What is happening to these men that they feel they would rather profit off of degrating women, instead of getting middle class profit for empowering our youth to keep on fighting for our rights so that after we are gone us as black people can still have a race on this continent.
All this talk about these rappers and what they do to sell records also has me thinking about why is it that they feel they need to go from one extreme to another. For example going from hustlin on the block and living in the 9th ward of New Orleans to living out in Beverly Hills. Why is it that our poorest people don't recognize that money can't bring you happiness. It can take some stress off of things, but it won't make you complete.
How about working your way to money, so that we appreciate the riches of the success. Too many of these artist, and atheletes(sp) get too much at one time and they mentally are not reading for all of the responsibility. I could go on for days about how we continue to trap ourselves but i'll stop while i'm ahead.
2 Comments:
At 5:45 AM,
TheChosenOne said…
Honey I am sad to say that Black America, in many ways, has been brainwashed. We were made to believe that the way to achieve status and success is throught the BLING!! And I am afraid that Young Jeezy is glorifying that. He doesn't see it that way. Like you said, he doesn't respect women because if he, or most men did, he wouldn't refer to them the way that he does. The funny thing is that they use the excuse that the women don't respect themselves, so this is just an ongoing cycle. It has to stop somewhere. I didn't grow up in the HOOD either, and that is something that I am not ashamed to say. That doesn't make me a SELL OUT, or make me any less affected by the struggles of our people.
I don't know what Track 16 is because I simply refuse to buy that mess. And my cousin is so engrossed in the mess that she won't let me borrow it to listen to it. The existence of this CD scares me, because he is evoking NO positive messages, and THE KIDS LOVE HIM!!! where will this leave us? And you are right. Money doesn't bring happiness, and that is where we have become brainwashed. Because these young boys and girls are out here doing whatever they can to get it. But the only thing that we can do is to hope that things turn around in Hip hop. God forbid I get down to Atlanta and I have to deal with his A$$!!! hahahahahaha (yeah right)
At 9:45 AM,
DramaQueen said…
You hit it on the nose, Jmama. They don't have an appreciation for their money, so they abuse it, along with women. Yes, they may have had to work for it, but only in the sense that they became someone else to do it. It's almost like pledging; sometimes in the end, all those girls learn is how they are going to haze the next group of girls and how they are going to treat every girl that pledges after them, or how they are going to treat the girls that came into the sorority a different way, if you know what I mean. A long analogy, I know, but you see what I mean? The wrong message is being sent from the very first demo. My brother is trying to get into the business, and I am drilling in his head, DO NOT LET THESE PEOPLE DICTATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR LIFE!!! My brother did not grow up in nobody's ghetto! And he is a very sensitive and emotional young man - if he uses that he can go far. It takes a smart man to be able to use the things about him that others perceive as weak to make money. I may be babbling, but I am sick and tired of not being able to enjoy a good beat because some little punk a$$ little boy is calling me a bitch over it!
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