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Especially with my mental telepathy 9th Wonder (Ft. Kendrick Lamar, Murs & Warren G) – Enjoy (West Coastin')
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IMDKV is an initialism for Infamous Mobb Deep King Vulture
Prodigy is part of the illustrious group from Queens known as Mobb Deep that called themselves The Infamous. Although he and his partner Havoc had minor beef a while ago they have since resolved their differences
But this one not for money, this one for the power Prodigy & The Alchemist (Ft. Roc Marciano) – Death Sentence
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That the mightiest The Almighty can muster
Project prophet Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz (Ft. Bun B, Ice Cube, Jadakiss, Nas & T.I.) – Grand Finale
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Amazing how something as small as a sperm cell can bare life to a genius like Nas himself (Project Prophet).
But what's the exit for a young female?
Either you shippin or you go to school Papoose – Pimpin' Wont Die
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Either you rappin or you playin ball Papoose – Pimpin' Wont Die
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Black people have been forced to believe that the only way to make it out of the ghetto is either by playing Basketball or rapping.
This is due to the lack of resources that may help them to thrive in life.The teachers at school are hardly ever present and most textbooks are outdated. The only options that they have of making it out the ghetto are then limited and these 2 options are usually the route most take. If not, they result to drug dealing or some other illegal business.
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At the time Cole was growing up, ‘Be all you can be’ was the slogan for the U.S. Army – in fact this was their slogan for over 20 years. Since the teachers thought the students were “hopeless,” they neglected to put effort and faith into the students' education, funneling them straight into the military (and surely other vocational jobs) instead of guiding them to college.
Cole pronounces this line in a peculiar way. It can also be heard as: “…a college point is right to be all that you can be ‘posed to.”
Once Cole attended college he realized that the purpose of college isn’t getting wasted or training for a profession– it’s to learn to be all you can be.
Children raised in less privileged communities are often overlooked by society and lose hope of ever making it in life. They turn to selling drugs and getting caught up in the same loop of problems as so many other people who are from these areas.
I saw but never noticed, instead of college point us right to be all that you can be posters.
The military is often viewed as a last resort for “lost“ young men and women gearing to go out in the adult world. In particular suggesting they will find the “discipline” they’ll need to make it as a productive adult. Not only was college not an option, it wasn’t even mentioned in the same sentence with the “worthless”.
They never stood a chance…
Troubled kids are often target by recruiters as an effort to give them some structure they have lacked, as if it’s their “only” way out.