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Topic subjectRakim = Street Harassment
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13232623, Rakim = Street Harassment
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Feb-06-18 06:12 PM
Come on God, you really telling a woman "You don't really look good, I hope you have a bad day" because she ain't trying to hear your street hollar?

Why don't you tell her to smile while you at it. SMH.


Don't mind me, just sharing song lyrics that I hear while I am older an "wiser" that are a bit more jarring now than they were when I heard them in my youth.





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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
13232624, cool, cuz i dont get upset
Posted by mista k5, Tue Feb-06-18 06:20 PM
i kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then i jet
13232766, haha, perfect
Posted by KiloMcG, Wed Feb-07-18 11:42 AM
13232629, I know it's a joke...BUT....
Posted by handle, Tue Feb-06-18 06:35 PM
>Come on God, you really telling a woman "You don't really
>look good, I hope you have a bad day" because she ain't trying
>to hear your street hollar?
>
>Why don't you tell her to smile while you at it. SMH.

Even when I was younger those lyrics made me think they he was upset , said that, and realized how fucking stupid it was - so he put it in a song to show he has flaws too.


Plus, that song was awful. The only "worst things" from that album are the lame Don't Sweat the Technique remixes:

Eric B. & Rakim "Don't Sweat The Technique" (UK Flavor Club Version) (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Powp8leExY

Don't Sweat the Technique Funky Ginger Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU3_SkwbsE

13232636, RE: I know it's a joke...BUT....
Posted by howardlloyd, Tue Feb-06-18 07:14 PM
>Plus, that song was awful. The only "worst things" from that
>album are the lame Don't Sweat the Technique remixes:

you're nuts

i've NEVER heard that opinion. EVER...

i remember everyone committing that rhyme to memory

you better go listen again to the pure poetry
13232638, Word. More than poetry, straight cinema
Posted by ProgressiveSound, Tue Feb-06-18 07:32 PM
13232651, My crew was more sophisticated than yours
Posted by handle, Tue Feb-06-18 08:55 PM
What can I say?
13232647, The hell? That line was fire back in the day.
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Feb-06-18 08:45 PM
and the song is still dope as shit

13232650, I mean, way way way too many. I was a L.A. born Death Row fan.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Tue Feb-06-18 08:53 PM
Like.....everything from L.A.

"I never had my dick sucked by a man before...but you gon be the first, you little trick ass hoe! And you can tell me just how it taste! But right before I nut, I shoot some piss in your face!"

It's straight jail talk, but still.

I'm actually still immature enough to laugh at ALL Suga Free lyrics, though, no matter how horrid they are. Feminists would have a field day if he was out now.

13232656, Agree re: Death Row and DEF agree re: Suga Free.
Posted by Brew, Tue Feb-06-18 09:36 PM
>Like.....everything from L.A.
>
>"I never had my dick sucked by a man before...but you gon be
>the first, you little trick ass hoe! And you can tell me just
>how it taste! But right before I nut, I shoot some piss in
>your face!"
>
>It's straight jail talk, but still.
>
>I'm actually still immature enough to laugh at ALL Suga Free
>lyrics, though, no matter how horrid they are. Feminists would
>have a field day if he was out now.

Can't help it re: Suga Free. Dude is hysterical. He makes horrible things sound funny, what can I say. I loved his verse on Quik's "Nobody"
13232792, man that first Suga Free album though
Posted by RobOne4, Wed Feb-07-18 12:25 PM
i still love that shit. Quik really gave him some fire beats. My son loves that shit. But I can't let him listen to it because it is so vulgar. Like the intro to Why You Bullshittin'. When it starts Our father who art in heaven, Quik gave me a beat now Pomona's on the set now. When that starts my son goes wild in the back seat and so do I. But I gotta change it once he goes into the first verse. I think the only one I can play for him is Fly Fo Life. But damn those beats are so good but his lyrics are ridiculous. That 3rd verse on Why you Bullshittin is HILARIOUS!
13233064, Quik and Sugga Free was the truth
Posted by mistermaxxx08, Wed Feb-07-18 11:40 PM
we laughed
and we was feeling them joints. " I Wanna See" was the cut.

i laughed then and I still laugh
and if you are Pimpin then stay pimpin, things will die down.

13232671, I wanna win, girl!
Posted by bignick, Wed Feb-07-18 01:14 AM
13232694, HEY aye aye aye
Posted by 13Rose, Wed Feb-07-18 09:35 AM
HEEEEY aye aye aye
13232836, "I was meeting my friend, Killer Ben in Ft Green"
Posted by micMajestic, Wed Feb-07-18 01:21 PM
>Come on God, you really telling a woman "You don't really
>look good, I hope you have a bad day" because she ain't trying
>to hear your street hollar?
>
>Why don't you tell her to smile while you at it. SMH.
>
>
>Don't mind me, just sharing song lyrics that I hear while I am
>older an "wiser" that are a bit more jarring now than they
>were when I heard them in my youth.

If we're playing the problematic old lyrics game, this line from the same verse is a bit more worrisome. Do your googles.
13232842, Wait, Killer Ben was a real person?!? *Head Explodes*
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Feb-07-18 01:28 PM
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150706/fort-greene/mural-of-slain-ex-con-killer-ben-defaced-ft-greene


**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
13232861, Crazy. But that was an era when celebs and big dope dealers
Posted by micMajestic, Wed Feb-07-18 02:16 PM
>https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150706/fort-greene/mural-of-slain-ex-con-killer-ben-defaced-ft-greene

routinely mixed it up with each other. LL Cool J used to come to my Harlem housing project and kick it with a big time drug dealer.

I have to assume Rakim didn't think Ben was of guilty of some of the terrible things he's been accused of.
13232850, well, if you feel that way, steer clear of Rick James' "hard to get"
Posted by c71, Wed Feb-07-18 01:37 PM
I mean, if a woman rejects you, that should be the end, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmuxwhl32as