"Lick Shot" - Immortal Technique, Crooked I, Chino XL

what up ya'll,

hope you all had a good weekend. quite nice, yeah?

"revolution"...you won't hear cats in the ghetto talk about it. you won't see their tvs tuned onto it (not while "g's to gents" is airing). but you know these things do affect people, and how can they ever know about it? sometimes, when you're in a position of authority and stuff, you might have an obligation to leverage your position to get some crucial messages across. i like immortal technique for doing this shit. it's all a matter of opinion, but you know, the truth is that a lot of disenfranchised youth look to athletes and rappers as an influential figure and whether or not you want to be a role model, the truth is that you are. and so it's up to you to live for yourself or to sacrifice it for the greater good.

"you try keeping it real, yet you should try keeping it right" - de la soul (stakes is high)

and you know, that's why i find it hard to listen to music that glamorizes shit and makes people feel like shit if they don't cop this or cop that. and the thing i hate the most is when conscious mcs talk about being conscious, but really don't speak out on anything. and the thing that i hate right after that is how people talk about revolution, or how mcs talk about people that only talk about revolution, or even worse...music critics/writers that dog on mcs that talk about revolution and revolutionary anything. no offense to me; trust me, i'm not. what i like about IT is that he actually does talk about specific topics and issues and he's thuggity. i mean, i'm all for that ghetto intellectual shit, that's the shit.

that's what today's song is to me. crooked i is some wack rapper, but you know i get him props for his verse. and of course, there's chino xl...the king of metaphors. now for real, i'd rather box lil wayne and his dad before i ever fuck with chino xl. either way, west coast gangsta shit always lacked this stuff....('cept for 2pac and amerikkka's most wanted).

either way, enjoy.

-- sonnyred

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