Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Rap Trap

You say Hip Hop is a culture but I ask you where’s the language
Please don’t respond with answers like Ebonics or Splanglish
Praising Rap demigods who perform conniving theatricals
With formulaic rhymes, it’s nowhere close to being magical

Public relation experts twist ill reps to dizzying effects
Numbing the minds of the audience left with no reflex
Those deciphering the truth not permitted in the inner circle
Remaining underground deemed dead though the minds are fertile

Some might climb industry gates to be accepted in certain camps
Filled with gratitude and thanks until their ankles get clamped
Plus political prisoners, don’t get the attention they deserve
Their causes unheard while ‘rap’ sheets of rappers’ get preserved

Since the Beast promotes capitalism at any cost like selling our souls
As a whole we can make progress but as individuals we create holes
Since too many mongrels utilize Rap to advance in corrupt society
With no sobriety, drunk off the allure of sex, money and notoriety

Platinum and diamonds chains sparkle in the eyes of despised men
Misguiding young minds towards wrong paths thru false advertisement
Youths sent to prison thinking it’s a “rite of passage” to reach manhood
Only to have their manhood taken in prisons packed tighter than can goods

Warped beliefs from hard headed individuals who refuse to link to real roots
Concrete walls trap strong minds from discovering the concealed truths
Any chance for redemption falls on deaf ears due to fallacious rhetoric
As glorification of thuggery and carnalities breed nothing but degenerates

So our ancestors cry out for us to return to our first thoughts
Embedded deep in our hearts to restore the lost arts
Secrets confined and designed, encoded in our genetic blueprint
For generational improvement that can lead to our spiritual attuning

Success is learning from those who came before to teach those who come after
Failure is conforming to mediocrity like idol worship of Ceremonial Masters
So don’t get caught in the aspect of Hip Hop we convey our thoughts in
Since Hip Hop should be our generation’s way to prevent from getting boxed in

2 comments:

  1. Bravo Mish, bravo... keep writing.

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  2. To think a lil' white girl wrote this realness.

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