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Food for thought: #Crumb of the day

Jul13
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lawrence

“The bottom line is results. Everything else is rhetoric” – Some dude off twitter.

I suck. I mean I really suck.

I had recently seen this quote on twitter and couldn’t help but to look inwardly, and get depressed for a fleeting moment. How many great ideas have I had in my life? How many times have I called everyone I knew and sold them on this or that idea. And then one of your close friends hit you with that dose of reality that you hate and they say, “Well, do it.” You immediately call them a hater. Because you want them to dream with you. If you would’ve asked me at the time, that particular idea was gonna change the world, and I would have assured you that there was no way it was NOT gonna get off the ground.

But the bottom line is results. It’s really the only thing that matters.

My biggest fear is that I’ll be the old man in front of the bodega on the milk crate talking about “I could have been the next bobby brown” or, “If I had another chance I could have been the second black President” Whatever it is, it’s worth nothing if nothing has been created. It’s all rhetoric.

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“Pay yo fare”

Jul13
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lawrence

Russell Simmons the hip hop mogul from Hollis Queens, NY, made his riches revolutionizing the business and culture of Hip-Hop, is asking republicans to stop “cryin’” and pay more taxes! This comes amidst heated debate, discussion and deals with hopes to raise the US’s debt ceiling. Many are concerned that if the US doesn’t raise the debt limit we could ultimately lose our prestige and value as the worlds most powerful country. While others, many republicans, feel that they should not only NOT increase the debt limit, but they should also lower their taxes so that their multi-million dollar corporations, whom they believe fuel the economy, can hire more and purchase more. Republicans are saying to the President they will not agree to raising the debt ceiling (to pay off our debts) unless we have a plan to decrease the deficit. Can we do that with out raising revenue…”No” say’s Russ. Check out the article here.

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Volunteer at the pride event

May11
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lawrence

Volunteer.

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a @COMMON enemy: Fox news rally’s against a poet

May11
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lawrence

Fox news recently Rallied against Common, The conscious rapper from Chicago.

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#Winning the Inner City

May11
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lawrence

Recently, I had the opportunity to go to the LIl’ Wayne’s “I’m still music tour” in DC.

I like Lil’ Wayne. I think he’s a very smart rapper in the vein of some of our greatest lyricists, the Jay-Z’s, the Big Daddy Kane’s, Kool G raps etc. However, I never go to of rap concerts. I guess I’m getting older and wiser and when another grown man tells me he’ll shoot me and take my girl in every song and verse, I take him at his word. So I stay away from those types of situations. But when I was given these tickets that so-happened to be box seats, I felt that I had enough “Cover” in case something went down. So I went.

In going, I have to say, I’ve learned a bunch. Not only did I learned a lot but I had been inspired. While I still feel like they will shoot me and take my girl, now I feel like they’ll do it with an heir of humility. And that’s all I ask…be gentle. I have a new found respect for Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.

Lil Wayne was very humble and it showed. In between songs he talked about his profound appreciation of his fans and God. He expressed how much he appreciated his rap predecessors like biggie and Tupac….I mean this appreciation oozed from him. Rick Ross is all about hustle. In between songs the thread of his message was to inform us on how important hard work and perseverance was.

This was impressive but it got me thinking. This side of these rappers felt more genuine then the Shoot em up bang bang side. I never thought I would be inspired by Lil’ Wayne. I mean this is the same dude that boldly informed us on his ability to have many, many, many, bowel movements because of the abundance of bathrooms in his elaborate home. (“Big house, long hallways, got ten bathrooms, I can shit all day” – “We be steady mobbin’”)

I felt enormous sorrow though. Why? Because I began thinking about the many young people who are getting mixed messages in not only rap, but the larger sphere – pop culture, because of their inability to see the other side. The side that matters most. The inner cities are filled with kids that don’t ever meet these guys and have these one on one conversations with them or yet have the ability to look for threads of reasoning in these blips of reality.

What can I do? Goodedude.

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