i was at work the other day, working fitting room and a 14 or 15 year oldpubescent came out ofthe stall. i asked him how everything felt when sampled and hesaid in a cool sorta tone, careless to the formalties of the world and "as if" [said in clueless voice] i was on his level, "naw man, i ain`t feelin it [it being the cheap ass shirt with the multinational brand name conglomerate labeled across his chest, likeitscool to have that brand that pays myugly butt - which is really wack]".
i myselfask you, in rhetoric and in a hysterical tone, "`DA FUCK?!!". wsup with kids these days? am i getting old? that just might be a sign, i often think as i judge today`s yutes. is it fiddy cent and the G-unit`s influence? if so, damn that ugly gorilla and his pollution. does he really still have street credibility now that he`s makin millions upon millions of lbs of chedda? is he really "street" still now that he has cut a deal with reebok to make his own shoe? is that really hip hop?
kids [mad, crazy sighage on my part].
someone throws on a triple 5 hoody..does that suddenly make you yourself "street" or wait...is that urban? no offense to those who sport the gear, some of its pretty fly..but lanky suburban white boys with doo-rags and punk-hair? there`s some confusion right there if you ask me.
on the other side of the spectrum, whats up with zoo york? maybe you thinks yer "da realness" and you wanna come correct off the underground tip. but is zoo york really on the underground tip if everyone wears it? are you the epitome of hip hop? riiiiite...it`s all about bein urban whilst in the midst of predominate white suburbia..i see. kids cop some skater shoes and suddenly theyre not mainstream hip hop (as if there`s sucha thing)anymore..they`re "different", unique, and special...they stick out rite? they`re too cool for hip hop. so cool that they`ve almost assimilated into rock, yet still into lil wayne and the eastside boyz.
again...uniqe?..different? well no you don`t if everyone elseis doin it -ya buncha sheep!
this isn`t how it was back in the days. i wasn`t like that back in the days and believe me, i was comin pretty hard in my time. i was like the 14 year old ice cubein my corner of the world. but then again, i respectedmy authorities. no way in hell i`d ever talk to dudes5 years my senior and thinkwe wastight. i`d probably get my ass smacked severely. am i aging? maturing? do the bony prominances of my cheeks and my old looks have any significance in forming and shaping myself as a man? is this why im so quick to see and make such judgments? something i ponder every now and then. which is healthy i guess, considering im supposedly gonna be the future of this world soon.
it`s healthy though..yanno..to think like that. it`s good that i evolve. its good that i actually think. to the kids in my suburbia, keep on thinkin they way you think. i guess ill bite. yep. throw on your doo-rags, your esco jeans low slung and limp the way you limp with your badass throw back and two-tone mlb cap with sticker "HOLLAgram" still in effect. there`s nothing i can do unless you`re directly related to me. otherwise, hey, youse a lost cause in my book. waaay too much goes into their "look" if you ask me...the walk, talk, and the whole mobb deep/fiddy/joe budden emulation requires a lil too much kilojoules for one`s own good - unless you`re eating pop rocks all day and guzzlin corn syrup. in that case, hey do yo thang!
my personal brand of the culture we call hip hop, and not the processed cheese you see on t.v. all the time, allows me to grow. i like cutting edge not cutting cheese. i think that`s better for my own usage. that`s where i think im kinda envious of those who listen to rock. ya see, rock matures. hence, those who rock tend to mature. it`s not just the consistent theme of kill, get money, get high and party all the time, like "hip POP" is. it never gets old. and well, im gettin old(er). i needto grow. i need to get old. the shit on the radio..the whole "urbaness" that is..it just haskids running in place. aside from that, it pollutes and taints. what happens when you getto about 25?!! do you really still wannabe wearing overfitted camouflage, valour baby blue track suits, and timbs?
whatdo i know? whoi be?
buthey,like readin rainbow`s levar burton says, "but yadon`t have to take my word for it" [where can i cop a pair his star trek shades, anyhow? now that`s bein a real "brotha"] - maybe you just "ain`t feelin it", na`mean?

im off to watch some history channel.