The Adventures Of A Hip Hop Fanboy

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The idea that Hip Hop is a slowly dying art form is a perfectly acceptable opinion

When you’re only taking into consideration 
80% of what’s in the mainstream 
So many irresponsible lessons 
Being fed to the younger generations
And as it breaks my heart 
I start to realise that those lessons were there
From the very start 
You see
My early teens
Can be
Pretty much 
Summed up
With these 5 things
Hip hop
Hardcore
Dc comics
Mike Patton 
Twin Peaks
And let's be honest
At the age of 35
Not a whole lot has actually changed
In my life
Now
To me hip hop and hardcore 
Were always interchangeable 
Ethical 
And political 
With a message to rise above it all 
But the misogyny
Racism 
And homophobia run deep
If you just read between the lines
That our “heroes” once did speak
Growing up listening to Dre 
And the D o double G
I didn’t think saying Bitch was meant to be derogatory 
I just wanted to be cool
Like every other mother fucker in my school
I wore my onyx hoodie with pride
Wu Tang hat tipped to one side 
And it's not like the music
Was anything I could relate too
Never had use for an AK
Didn't need to drop any fools 
Because life's pretty mundane
In the w.g.c
It's kinda lame being B.r.i.d.g.e 
You see
Small town kids feel the need to 
Feel bigger 
So they start acting tuff
And using the word n.......
Inappropriate words
Inappropriate turns of phrase 
So many homophobic slurs 
It's like it's a crime to be gay 
Which is not ok 
So what I did next was
Branched out and finally found music
That actually spoke to me
Mos Def
Jurassic 5
Del
Gil
Dilated Peoples 
Public Enemy 
Still from streets that 
I've never walked
But endorsing an ethic
That I could support
Hip hop with a conscious thought 
Listening to every word
KRS-ONE taught
I found wisdom
In his lyricism
Couldn't help but sit and listen
To every lesson
That he was teaching
The words he was preaching 
Soon became my religion
So now it's 2015 
And you wanna tell me
That Hip Hop needs to get in the fucking sea? 
Well before you make that decision 
My suggestion is to go listen to Doomtree
Talib Kweli 
Brother Ali
Atmosphere 
Scroobius Pip 
Run The Jewels
Sage Francis
MF DOOM
B Dolan 
Saul Williams
They remind us
That
Hip hop is art 
A way to voice our opinions 
Hip hop is a way
For us to rage
Against the system
Not a platform for racism 
Violence 
And sexism 
Hip hop should be poetry 
And not your misogyny
So if you wanna ask me 
who needs to get in te fucking sea?
Well...... It's Drake 
innit
Obviously

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