Growing Up In Hip-Hop

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Comment by Mommy Dearest on November 13, 2009 at 7:24am

Momma's Girls

This is for all the Momma's girls...let me encourage you, not to cast your pearls...upon swine
For you are worthy, whether your walking the red carpet or standing in the welfare line
Just biding God's good old time...preserving through the grind...because you self-wind
Tic-Toc...as the Granddaddy of liars mocks...gocks
at your hands on a pole, legs cocked...while you watch the clock
For a woman's work, can never stop...her from raising to the top
Lord, who would have ever thought?
Pennsylvania Ave, would have a Sister holding down, the big White House at the end of the block
Yeah...little Black Girls Rock...marry little Black Boys, that get elected President, named Barak
When they grow up and take stock...of themselves
Damn the devil and respect their nails...become palm readers, crucified to their selves
Bought and paid for...by a priceless Man-who-cured...the sick and raised the dead
Worth tying red ribbons around, every last little girls head...alive or dead
Playing on the White House lawn...or dodging bullets in their designated Babylon
Lord, a new day must dawn...or innocents will be gone...for ever...ever, ever, ever!
And that's a long time...for Momma's girls to be crying...the blues...beaten up and abused
by the system...when they dead and gone, we gonna miss them...so let no man dis them
Take the time to teach them...that charm is deceitful and beauty is vain
But a woman that fears the Lord is to be praised
So let us tie red ribbons around her braids...no matter the age
Stand up and collectively wave, them in the air...show God that we care
for every last one of Momma's Girls!

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Comment by Valjeanne Jeffers on November 4, 2009 at 7:38am

Is everybody hip to this Brother? Outttasite!!

Comment by Valjeanne Jeffers on November 4, 2009 at 7:37am

Comment by Fran Jones on October 24, 2009 at 12:45pm

Please check out my blog on "Black Liquid". Trust me, he is a fresh face, sound, and attitued in hip hop.

Comment by Planet Ill on October 12, 2009 at 3:38pm

well Hip-Hop is still like that. the problem is that major outlets don't allow for that balance. It falls to people like Planet Ill and others to keep outlets open for good Hip-Hop , which is still created in abundance. The balance in the projection is missing, but the music is still there. We have to give it more light!

Comment by Terrena Carriman, Essence.com on October 12, 2009 at 2:50pm

The article on Mr. Magic is a great reminder of what Hip-Hop was birthed from. It was a need to be heard as an authentic & valid voice in the forum of social change, pop culture, entertainment, politics and art. It was us simply trying to be us.
Anyone miss those days as much as I do?

Comment by Planet Ill on October 6, 2009 at 5:31am

Thanks for Joining. We have tons of video footage that will be added here, from interviews to concert footage. Grow with us. Feedback is welcome

Comment by THE SOL SURVIVOR on October 5, 2009 at 10:56pm

thanks............... seen the movie trailer on a site that i frequent!!!!!!!!!! lol....

Comment by Director Up In The Attic Movie! on September 26, 2009 at 11:50pm

See the Old School Hip Hop Coming of Age Story by Director Kamal Imani

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