i aint even gonna lie...i got hooked on hip hop with vanilla ice and mc hammer.....lol and im not ashamed.....everybody has to start somewhere........i used to listen to hip hop for the beat and all that and never really truly understanded what it stood for.....but now that i know what good lyrics are and what a true mc is.....i have turned to hate a lot of mainstream rappers and wonder why some of the true lyricists arent at the top.....then again there are a couple of mainstream artists who deserve to be there....but most of them dont.....its hard when you know that your lyrics are more true than what these fools are sayin on television....infesting these peoples minds with nonsense......all i can do is stay true and stay real.....im not a gangsta....so i can openly say that in a song....if your from the hood then u can talk about that....but if your not then dont....im not from there.....i spent about a year in the projects but hey....its not what i talk about when i rhyme......if some of these rappers were real then i could respect a few of them more.....but until then....i cant......i love hip hop....the only thing in my life that can compare to it is my family and basketball......those are my loves.....i take it very seriously

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