because everybody did everything BUT keep it real

music is entertainment
rap music was party and entertainment music
all of a sudden, it wasn't fun to party no more?
you had to be street certified and have a glock and be ready to fight
and kill and hold down the block at a moments notice?
it's like, what were the tenants of keepin' it real?
stay true to yourself?
half of these mcs were boring
all they did was buy timbs and smoke weed all day and talk to
chicken head bitches
how exciting was that?
rap wasn't even that fully on jiggy mode
to be tryin' to keep shit real
i don'† know about you
but if i'm from the projects
i really don't want to hear about project shit
i want to escape
take me to a better reality

i don't know when or how
but a shift occured to wear rap had to be autobiographical
instead of fun
and that put a different type of pressure on artists
not a good pressure i may add

i think keep it real was pushback from ny area mcs against the west coast gangsta rap
to reclaim some attention and shine, but it went horribly awry