Another Rappa...

...dies from injuries sustained after a May shooting.

Why are these young brothas, still blazing each other like a pack of Joe Camels?

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=412498&GT1=28102

 

Its a vicious cycle.

 

u ain't eva lied little homie

we knockin each other off every week

i'm not afraid of any 'islamic' terrorist..

i'm afraid of the regular christian brotha, that goes to church on the weekends with moms, then hustles and shoots grannies during the week

u don't need to be in Iraq to be caught in a cross fire

:smt072

 

Nope.

And because of that, I am thankful I didn't grow up in a city filled w/ gangs and homicide.

 

lucky you

Back in '00, my cousin slept over my crib for one of the major holidays (thanksgiving I think), and started trippin' when she heard guns being shot down the street.

I grew up in this city, so I'm used to the dumbshit..

she looked around and started actin' like she was in Vietnam or somethin

I just sat there like 'this is normal, keep watching the movie'

lol

 

Damn.

More black on black bullshit going on.

"I never ever ran from the Klu Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man."-Kool Mo Dee

 

What is with these young men killing each other? I don't get it

 

Anger and misguidance.

Many of these young men come from single parent homes, or homes where they were raised by their grandparents while their real parents were either incarcerated or strung out on drugs.

Everyone is accountable for their own actions but, many are lost and become resentful of their life. Unfortunately, that means some will resort to acts of violence/crime/etc.

I just watched a movie called Bloods & Crips: Made in America and they were breaking down a lot of the gang activity that was created in South Los Angeles.

Now, there's gang activity/crime all over the world but the way they broke it down in this particular documentary, it made some sense as to why so many of these young men/women become lost in their lifetime.

 

I can see that. It's just so frustrating to see these guys throw their lives away on gangs and crime. And then they go and use cop-outs as to why they continue to do what they do. It's like they don't understand that you don't have to be a product of your environment.

 

They understand completely. They just don't want to do anything about it.

 

It's easier to be a "thug" than to do something positive with your life, just as it's easier to be a coon than to have a sense of pride about yourself.

 

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. :smt009

 

Fuck 'em.

 

nice to see that you touched upon both spectrums

some people are just tooooo willing to do whatever, just to fit in somewhere...

that sho ain't me...

but i'm not a thug either

I'm proud of who i am



/end i'm black and i'm proud rant

:smt003