Creation 4: In Plain-View

Bagels and Lox, Always new right from the box
Louie Louie, Gucci Gucci, Fendi Fendi Prada
Everyone's got it but nobody owns OWNS it
Drive it, buy it, don't let them find it!
"I don't need loans, my Daddy owns the bank"
uh-oh that crack in your mask is getting bigger
Nails done, hair done, everythin' did, o you fancy huh? you sure THINK you are
Private school, public photos, yeah I just got that new one
Let's peak behind the mask
Oh you don't have power? Well I have a generator to charge apple tv..ipad...iPhone and three ipods
It all comes down. what's that? you're parents got a divorce?
Yeah I bet your Daddy did buy you that diamond bracelet, but he doesn't come home does he?
And your mom probably wears the same jeans you do but that crack's filled with a little extra Botox.
You're not happy. You know what's going on. How much does YOUR love cost?
Well...I know how much mine is...its FREE! Cuz I'm not spoiled.
My family isn't poor but we dont need a generator power the jacuzzi and keep the tanning bed bright.
You guys suck! "By the way I want mine toasted"...
Yeah this town doesn't have the worst stereotype of the litter but it sure does make me bitter.
15 year old alcoholics, 12 year old whores. Your mom's off doing the same shit.
Just make sure your Dad brings her back a scooped out low-carb whole wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese from Gold n' Meyers when he gets back from his "business trip"... that should go down smooth as butter.
But you'll just get that lypo-ed won't you?
MY family loves me with hugs and kisses, support and encouragement-
NOT those new uggs, and make sure that's a macbook PRO for all that time he spends with his girlfriend over you.
You're mom "doesn't know" well MY mom does!
and instead of fighting over who gets to watch that apple tv tonight...MY family will be playing cards by candlelight. making memories...
They'll clean up the branches together and not hire "THOES" people to do it.
And SHE'LL make a barbecue and it will be the best. night. ever.
Nah you don't have to pick us up some bagels we got our own.

Critique 5: Nobody talks about the positives in hip hop

I agree that nobody talks about the positives in hip hop. I think hip hop has created an essential sub culture to inner cities and struggling teens. I think hip hop is a "god sent" to these communities by helping to keep kids off the street and be creative. It gives these kids a new way to channel their energy in a positive way. Hip hop gives these kids hope and the successful artists give them someone to look up to. The music is therapeutic in general, and this is the music of their communities. Even to those people not living in impoverished areas, hip hopis a relatively new type of music that is extremely popular with teens and young adults and its power should not be taken for granted. A lot of rappers and artists in the industry have charities to help these struggling kids and people who look up to them. I do not believe rap adds to the violence or negativity, I think it just makes it more prevalent in the media and the reality more readily available to those who do not live in those areas. Rappers really make it a point to give back to their communities and remember where they came from. Even when natural disasters occur, they hold benefit concerts and donate to charity.

Creation 3: Caught

Watchin' TV on that usual grind,
marijuana in my unusual mind.
Bang! Bang! on the door, it's an unusual time,
Cop at the door, that's who we're gonna find!
"Open that door before I open it for you!"
Get that towel out the door before he finds a clue
Bloodshot eyes and she cries "I'm Sorry!"
Hopefully he doesn't turn around and find that Bacardi

"I roll up I roll up, Whenever you call baby I roll up"

"Gimme everything you got, especially the pot"
We looked at eachother, we had a lot.
Gettin' nervous for my friends, especially Scott.
Background check's clean so he doesn't arrest us.
but he thinks he's a big shot, lookin for a mug shot, but we got off by a long shot.
Heart's pounding, anxiety, screwed by society.
Needing some sobriety, but i gotta calm down,
Cop's off with out weed, what do we do now?

Creation 2: Ramblin' in my Head

I am stressed by the best,
but freed by the weed.
Bleed, cry, and scream!
You better get that work done to get thoes grades,
to make that money,
to buy thoes cars, bars...greed!
but it always come down to the weed.
Lead! leader of the pack- take another crack at it and never look back.
Reach your goals, don't let it hold you down
now let's start the countdown, be a clown and leave town, 3,2,1.
Bud, flash flood, of ideas.
Invention, find another dimesion, more tension.
Mara wants ta', get this fucking work done already!

Critique 4: We're Not Role Models

I have mixed opinions on this topic of hip hop's relationship with the notion of role models. On one hand I believe that rappers know they are being watched and looked up to by younger generations and need to be responsible for that. What rappers say goes into kid's mind like a sponge and rappers sometimes may need to censor themselves when they know their audiance. The things rappers speak about are "bad" not things a kid should be listening to at all. However, it is not the rappers job to make sure kids don't replicate what they are talking about in their songs and prevent them from doing drugs or going to jail. Rapers rap for a living, it is their career and how they put food on the table. If they censor themselves they risk losing some of that or gaining some, but it is not the rappers job to make sure the kid doesn't copy what they say. Like 50 cent says in Hip Hop Wars " Watch what I do, Not what I say"...I love this quote and I think it perfectly describes they way children should be seeing hip hop artists. In 50 cent's case, he is a very successful business man who have made a very nice life for himself by following his dreams and expressing himself through music. Kids should look up t that, not the details of the lyrics and hat his songs support. Also, it is their guardian's responsibility to censor the television if they don't like what is being hown. The parents need to step in and either not let the kids watch it or educate them on what is going on.

Imitation 7: (10's) Nicki Minaj, Fly

Nicki Minaj, Fly
Me, me, me against themMe against enemies, me against friendsSomehow they both seem to become oneA sea full of sharks and they all smell blood
They start coming and I start risingMust be surprising, I'm just surmising I win, thrive, soar, higher, higher, higherMore fire

Nicki Minaj is talking about how her friends become enemies and how everyone becomes an enemy because when you are successful like she is, everyone wants a piece of the pie and favors, loans and help. With the title, Fly, I think Nicki is talking to her family, friends, and peers about how she wants to be let free and able to do what she wants to do without them holding her back or wanting things from her.  She is also saying that as her success grows, the problems get worse. This is a confession of the way her life has changed since becoming famous and how her relationship with her friends has changed. Nicki Minaj uses literal meaning, internal rhyme, repitition and the rhyme scheme is ABCDEEFG.

Critique 3: Hip Hop Huts Black People

I believe the hip hop and gangster lifestyles portrayed in rap music hurt black people. I think there is still a lot of underlying "ground" blacks feel they need to make up for from when blacks were enslaved and this hip hop culture isn't working. I feel like blacks want to prove to white that they're just as good if not better. As time goes by I think blacks are succeeding at their goal however I think hip hop and rap are destroying the progress made to clean up their stereotypes and prove that they can be a superior race. Hip hop does not value education, a healthy lifestyle, a career, monogamy and many other social institutions valued in our society. Crime, prostitution, drugs, violence and being incarcerated are all apart of the gangster lifestyle that potentially represents black people. This makes black people look bad, as if they will never amount to anything but a rapper or drug dealer. The raper is not the image the black people want to have when they are trying to come up from under the white oppression in the past, and some might even say today. Today there is still a lot of racism and the hip hop culture just gives racist whites more to argue against. If I black I would not be happy with the way the hip hop culture reflects the black population, even though it is not fair, people do generalize. If I were a successful black lawyer, doctor, professor, ect. I would be angry that I worked so had to get where I was just to have some dumb rappers undermine my work and value to society by bringing down the value on black people in society. There is a lot of great black culture to be proud of that is left out in the hip hop community so it displays an unequal face for the black community.