When a rapper gets the credit that he don't deserve
Goin’ platinum and don't have no soul
Some rappers are mad nice and don't even go gold Big L – I Don't Understand It (Demo Version)
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A very big trend especially in today’s world. Its sad and im sure it gets on other peoples nerves besides Big L.
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Tired of gettin' fired and hired as a pistol-eer Big Pun (Ft. Prospect) – Capital Punishment
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Some of the shit you generally see in poverty and ghetto neighborhoods are so graphic and upsetting that its only shown to you in movies and censored from people in society because of the graphic and upsetting content. This makes it hard for people to accept what they hear/see.
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When living in a “cold” as in a foul world where most dont care about you enough to help, you learn to hold your own.
Pac stressed this in his Me Against The World
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Why did you slang crack ('Cause I had to)
Why did you pack straps ('Cause I had to)
Why did you jack the scratch ('Cause I had to)
Come on, Come on Now I'm headin' for the mothafuckin' 'pen 2Pac – Cause I Had To
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A deep hook answering all the irrational questions with simple answers – “cause i had to” – of why this character has done the things he does. It’s an allusion to tell you that he had no other option from start and was forced to do these types of crimes due to his hopeless circumstance.
And the last line portrays some anger because he had no other option to do what he does and as an expected result he’s ending up in the pen.
Sentences is life, Common (Ft. Sadat X & Talib Kweli) – 1999
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