nineteeneightysix
Banned
Gangster Rap has a positive message for the people...
Think about when a Jehovah witness/Mormon or other religious evangelist comes to preach to you, and you point out some inconsistency about their religion, and they give you that "you need to look at the context of the passage" rebuttal...
When I applied that same reasoning to gangster rap, I realized the message is a positive one...
If you take away the context of the hood/trap and just look at the message, what is gangster rap actually teaching the kids...?
1) Be your own person...Stand up for yourself and your people, no matter what...
2) Don't be lazy...You are not going to achieve anything in life waiting for handout, if you want something in life, you have to go out there and get it...
3) Don't procrastinate...Go and get it...You only have a small window of opportunity to maximize your youth and talents, use it...
4) Be confident in yourself, and don't let other people try to downplay your accomplishments...
5) Don't be a simp...Be man and show these hoes who is in charge...Treat respectable women with respect, and treat hoes the way hoes are suppose to be treated...
6) After your health, money is the most important thing in this world, and let anybody tell you anything different...How can you live life to the fullest if you don't have money...?
The message in gangster rap is actually a pretty good one, parents just need to educate their children to make them understand the context of the hood/trap is different than that of the suburbs...
For example, standing for yourself in the hood could mean using your gun if you have to, but in the suburbs you don't need a gun to stand up for yourself (in most cases) but you have a mouth and fists, or you can get the system involved when you feel your rights are being violated...
Think about when a Jehovah witness/Mormon or other religious evangelist comes to preach to you, and you point out some inconsistency about their religion, and they give you that "you need to look at the context of the passage" rebuttal...
When I applied that same reasoning to gangster rap, I realized the message is a positive one...
If you take away the context of the hood/trap and just look at the message, what is gangster rap actually teaching the kids...?
1) Be your own person...Stand up for yourself and your people, no matter what...
2) Don't be lazy...You are not going to achieve anything in life waiting for handout, if you want something in life, you have to go out there and get it...
3) Don't procrastinate...Go and get it...You only have a small window of opportunity to maximize your youth and talents, use it...
4) Be confident in yourself, and don't let other people try to downplay your accomplishments...
5) Don't be a simp...Be man and show these hoes who is in charge...Treat respectable women with respect, and treat hoes the way hoes are suppose to be treated...
6) After your health, money is the most important thing in this world, and let anybody tell you anything different...How can you live life to the fullest if you don't have money...?
The message in gangster rap is actually a pretty good one, parents just need to educate their children to make them understand the context of the hood/trap is different than that of the suburbs...
For example, standing for yourself in the hood could mean using your gun if you have to, but in the suburbs you don't need a gun to stand up for yourself (in most cases) but you have a mouth and fists, or you can get the system involved when you feel your rights are being violated...
