New Track: The Graduate.

Love this poem! I've been listening to it over and over since I got home from the studio. MAJOR SHOUTOUT TO REGGIE NICHOLAS by the way. The man's ear is crazy!! He's always finding ish and improving upon things I don't even catch, that is what you need in a good producer or engineer.

Anyway, this poem was inspired by, well, life. Y'all know I'm not one to talk about haters or like every other rapper claim I love my haters because they motivate me and bla bla bla. The truth of the matter is I don't like having haters. I want as many people to love my music, my art, my creations as humanly possible. Haters can be discouraging honestly, but in this case they were inspiring.

I've gotten flack over the years (mostly from my own extended family) for 1. choosing to go to an HBCU 2. Going to college away from home 3. Going to a private school my whole life. To those who told me or my mom I was crazy, siddity, or stuck-up: Kick Rocks! I'm a proud HBCU Graduate! If that makes me lame or soft as a rapper so be it. If it makes me siddity or stuck-up as a person, it is what it is. But if you really feel that way I have a feeling you don't know me at all.

Some homies of mine and I were asked once upon a time if we thought you had to go to school to be educated. Our initial responses were all the same: No. After further discussion our answer changed. The definition of Education and knowing what we know about the education process has lead us to the conclusion that being educated requires more than street sense, and requires more than reading books on your own. It also requires more than possessing the rare quality of common sense. 

This piece is about my reaction to those thoughts, comments, feelings, questions, etc. that came before, during, and after my quest for higher education. 

INTRODUCING.......

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*SHOUTOUT: A FORMER CLASSMATE OF MINE REMINDED ME I NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT & PROPER TO DR. CHANDLER! THE KNOWLEDGE SHE TAUGHT IS EVIDENT IN THIS POEM. SOMETIMES I COULDN'T STAND THAT LADY BUT HER RHETORICAL CRITICISM COURSE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH; PERHAPS MORE IN THAT COURSE THAN MY FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE COMBINED. I RECOMMEND IT, THOUGH IT'S NOT FOR THE WEAK-HEARTED BECAUSE YOUR FEELIGNS MAY GET HURT & EGOS BRUISED. BUT IF YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE COURSE YOU WILL BE SMARTER, WISER, AND A BETTER STUDENT IN THE END. iPROMISE.