(ThyBlackMan.com) I swear you can’t fuck with me…
I love hip-hop. I want to support it. I try to understand those who are a few years behind me and support their efforts to become empowered and thoughtful individuals. But after hearing the lyrics from a Lil Wayne song (an artist who’d already pushed me to the edge), I had to take a moment of pause and make a quick comment regarding how he has firmly positioned himself as an enemy of the black community. In the song, “We Be Steady Mobbin,” Lil Wayne says this:
But I can fuck your girl and make her nut for me
Then slut for me, then kill for me, then steal for me
And of course it’ll be your cash
And I’ll murder that bitch and send her body back to your ass”
This verse, and a few others, served as the straw that broke the camel’s back. There is a difference between good, fun entertainment and (as one of our Facebook fans refers to as) “weaponized” brainwashing. It’s one thing when scattered bits of poison happen to hit your children. It’s another thing when it’s concentrated, packaged and targeted in large quantities. Corporate
As a direct result of messages they are fed from commercialized hip-hop music, millions of black boys are religiously emulating the behaviors being promoted by their favorite hip-hop artists….black men are the most likely to die from gun violence, spreading HIV in droves (with far too many of us not going to the doctor), the most likely to go to prison and the least likely to be educated. Commercialized hip-hop is no longer good, fun entertainment; it has evolved into a regimen of brainwashing that is no less powerful than the one that Adolf Hitler used during the Nazi regime.
I am now officially boycotting Lil Wayne. It breaks my heart to do this, because the last thing I’d ever want to do is make an enemy out of my own brother. I also consider Lil Wayne to be one of the most talented commercialized hip-hop artists in America (I clearly admit to respecting his lyrical capabilities). But one thing I can’t support is this kind of irresponsible music without realizing the implications that it has on our young children, and how their lives are destroyed before they even have a chance to make decisions for themselves.
The same way the Arabic community pushes children to memorize the Qur’an at an early age, African American children memorize the recipe for their own self-destruction on the radio every single morning.
Lil Wayne may continue to make hits, but I’ve personally got him and his record label on my hit list. I doubt that he’ll hear the words of his own community, but the least we can do is refuse to buy his records. Our children are depending on us to be responsible, and something has got to give.
Staff Writer; Dr. Boyce Watkins
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition. For more information, please visit http://BoyceWatkins.com.
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you all sound like god damn idiot's he make's great music he has a skill and as far as I know that is the only thing he is very exceptional at, if you guys are such great parents as you say you are and you want to control everything your kid see's and hears then practice what you preach "good parents" control 100% of your kids life and shadow him until one day he hates everybody and himself and then decides hey what the fuck am I doing im gonna kill myself hahahaha
Damn!! them lyrics are twisted (in a good way of course) keep it up weezy, tell ur haters like it is
Co sign @ the guy above me.
really if anyone's' kid goes out and thinks
a) lil wayne is actually doing the stuff he talks about in his songs
and b) this stuff is acceptable, then you need to ask yourself how you are raising your kid
@Shon i agree with you wholeheartedly. you do realize though, that there are LARGE segments of our community who do not have parents -- their parents are in jail, addicted to drugs or otherwise absent or incapable of proper parenting. what then do we do about these young people who do not have any real guidance at home..???
stfu boycott weezy rules n u can never stop us from buying his records!!!!!
Shon, I see your point but the reality of society, especailly black society, is that these kids and young adults don't have the ability to separate entertainment from the real world. Many of them don't even fear death and wouldn't think twice before puling the trigger on somebody. There are good caring parents and the kids are still out of control.
Man its called music and entertainment if your child actually goes out and do the stuff these rappers talk about then you need to do a better job parenting your child