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Part of maintaining order within the ghetto is keeping the people ignorant. Keeping people focused on drug dealing, prostitution, and gun play, doesn’t allow them to progress and seek aspirations that are above the transcend the ghetto life. Once more people in the ghetto become more aware they will become united and rise against authority.
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Bishop admits that he’s stuck in a shitty situation. It’s just chaos where he’s from. All hope seems to be lost and there appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel; just more darkness.
'Cause peasants I represent, without they given consent Bishop Nehru (Ft. Que Hampton) – Misruled Order
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Through Nehru’s music, he can express the emotions and experiences of the people living within the ghettos, loosely termed “peasants.” In this, he becomes a voice for the unheard.
On another thread, this is also a reference to and interpolation of Kanye West’s lyrics on “Monster”:
I’m living in the future so the present is my past
My presence is a present—kiss my ass
I'm trying to pass em, overlap em but my conscience is weak Bishop Nehru (Ft. Que Hampton) – Misruled Order
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Even he is only 16 years old, Bishop is forced to be mentally mature. He tries his hardest to stay out of the violence and drugs around him, but he ends up falling into the things he’s trying to avoid.
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Well I'm thinking fuck being good it should turn for the worst instead Bishop Nehru (Ft. Que Hampton) – Misruled Order
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Hampton is examining the hypocrisy that exists within his society. People be telling him to do the right thing, but then they turn around and do some shady shit. At this point, even the people he looks up to for advice do bad, so why should he be any different?
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Bishop is comparing himself to highly regarded filmmaker Spike Lee
Lee’s movies have examined race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues; which is exactly what Bishop is doing with this track..
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Bishop’s constant anxiety, keeps him late at night. He’s in a state of paranoia as death and violence surround him. He longs for a night where he can sleep peacefully and not have to worry for his life.
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Bishop Nehru flexin' his lyrical biceps, with some sharp and witty wordplay on the names of stores; Circuit City, Best Buy , and Staples
He goes around “circuits” his city, trying to find the “best buy”( most likely the Marajuana). However, because the streets are so ruthless and unforgiving, he gets “staples” or backstabbed by people he once considered friends.
