It seems to be a more growing trend to be "ghetto" dress with baggy clothes slang and unintelligent talking...But why? Any real person from the ghetto, a poor family a drug environment knows that isnt "cool" it isnt "dope" and frankly its fucking retarded to want to emulate anything near that type of lifestyle.
Unfortunatly Rap music seems to be the main reason these children/people want to act that way. Hip-hop is great i think, that culture is alright, except more and more youth want to be involved in that culture see people like 50 cent, ja rule, past greats like pac and biggy adn start running around wereing rocka wear shady wear shit like that want to be gangsta.. Thats fuckign sad and very pithedic, ive come from that lifestyle, ive had the life of poor as fuck no where to live, feelings unloved, delt drugs, been addicted. commits fucked up acts fucked up crimes, held guns, scraped, gotten use to being able to sleep with helocopters above ya head. had my neighbors taken out with a shotgun blast tothe chest, both parents murdered due to the lifestyle they chose and because god felt it was there time....
I think its sad when i see little 15 yearold kids(even older than that and younger than that) trying to imulate that lifestyle.. Ive lived it , you dont want it..

I also think that the way you rap does have to do with your lifestlye, it shows a since of realism adding and using the anger aggresion you have built up over the years (eminem is a great example). Take Jay-z yeah he raps bout his chains, and ish every now an then.. thats because when he was coming up thats what he wanted.. but he isnt there anymore, now he just wants more it seems, godda label, clothing, dating a R&B star..

greed... Then you have eminem, who was raised like shit, was into the fame at first, now every picture you see snaped of him does it fucking look like hes happy? does his music seem that way? naw, he took that route because he want to take care of his family and because he loved it (the music)..

For all you people trying to be gangsta.. doing stupid shit, forcing that lifestyle on your self just quit...Its not worth it, and worse even. your forcing yourselves to be somthing your not... regaurdless of what you think, if you CAME from that lifestyle.. if you were raised like that then you have my empathy as well as my sympathy.. for those of yu with loving parents, that were never raised on the street or near that life style.. drop the fucking act and get your ass in school.. getta job, and get in real life.

Look at the backgrounds of your favorite artist.. then tell me if you really want to live that shit, good along with bad...

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