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21442, i don't want no thugs....
Posted by guest, Fri Aug-18-00 08:05 AM
wise i am so like, feeling u!! WE HAVE LET STUPIDITY AND LACK OF REAL AMBITION BECOME COOL. I USED TO TELL MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT US YOUNG FOLK LISTEN TO THE MUSIC BUT WE DON'T LIVE IT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE GENERATION THAT HAS COME AFTER US (I'M ONLY 25) IS COMPLETELY LOST. THEY ARE SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM THESE FOOLS,WHO WERE FOR THE MOST PART, JOBLESS, LIVING WITH THEIR MAMAS AND HANGING ON CORNERS BEFORE THEY GOT SIGNED. THING IS THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT SOME RECORD EXECUTIVES OUT THERE WERE GONNA LET THEM PUT FORTH THEIR IGNORANCE. ON TOP OF THAT U HAVE WANNA BE THUGS, THEY'RE NOT BIG MONEY BOYS LIKE RAYFUL AND THE OTHERS THEY'RE JUST DUSTY AND SELLING NICKEL BAGS AND CALLING THEMSELVES THUGS. LOOK AT THE ERA OF "SUPERFLY", I WAS TOLD THAT RIGHT AFTER THAT MOVIE CAM OUT EVERYONE WANTED TO A PIMP OR A DRUG DEALER. FOR ALL THOSE THUGS I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEM A REAL CHALLENGE: GO TO SCHOOL OR GET A JOB AND TRY TO SUPPORT YOURSELF!! I HOPE THAT OKAYPLAYER CAN BRING THIS MATTER FORWARD AND REALLY MAKE THIS A MOVEMENT AGAINST "THUGDOM". I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I KNOW OUR ANCESTORS ARE ROLLING IN THEIR UNMARKED GRAVES.
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