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10742, AND he wrote this
Posted by spirit, Mon May-27-02 07:04 AM
(all lyrics from www.ohhla.com)

>Straight to apocalypse is where I'm takin the art
>Givin niggaz battle scars, ALWAYS makin my mark
>You fakin the part of gangster, til niggaz break in your spot
>You straight bitch whether I say it or not

these lines (from "down for the count") parallel the part of the lyrics quoted above where Kweli says fake gangsta rappers turn to "MC's looking for beats" when guns are put in their mouths. the whole "thug rappers are revealed as really soft when faced with violence" is a Kweli trademark.

>Where we at? Thug rebels love metal clubs ghetto
>when the slugs let go like Frankie Beverly

more gunplay from Kweli, from the same verse (and it sounds like he is including himself under the descriptor "thug rebel" when you look at it in context, doesn't it?)

>Forever we stack notes like the treasury, flow heavenly

monetary brag rap, same verse.

>Get you high on speech laced with obscenity
>Niggaz be gassed like Cipher Sounds, and need rescue remedy

Cipher Sounds reference here, DJ Clue reference in the verse above. Name drop mix tape DJ name, hope for mix tape love. LOL. (the above one sounded like a dis though) (this is also from the same "Down for the Count" verse).


here's another politically incorrect gem, from a song called "millionaires" on some album called "Mission Control Presents Prehistoric Sounds"....my favorite line from the ones quoted below is "poor people who are stupid die quickly" (PLEASE tell me that's a misquote...LOL)...

I move stealth through the chicken-heads
With talcum on they chests
Yo Malcom's gone
And the elders ain't impressed with my struggle
I try to make a profit and I'll flip it so it double
Being poor just ain't worth the trouble
Extension of my mansion
Where I keep my stacks
Deep in the study where my nerve endings react
There ain't no stoppin me
My feelings and thoughts I have monopolies
Magnetic fields and fields of dreams is my property
Poor people who are stupid die quickly
I'm a millionaire that's carrying all my assets with me

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Hey, Kweli is dodging the chickenheads!

LOL.

At this point, I think very few artists live up to the title "conscious" by the strict definition that most folks use.