Lyric of the week (week 2)

You may have heard all of the hubbub over Karrine “Superhead” Steffans (Hey she dubbed herself that not me.) and her tell all book “Confessions of a video vixen.” Well she told all on almost everyone she was involved with, especially her husband. I bought the book and read it myself. Not here to judge, all I’ll say is that it was sad. What I do know is that there are quite a few sisters out there who can identify with Karrine’s story of a woman trading her body for self-esteem and self worth. I knew a little about that trade in my past. But I digress. Karrine was the wife of one of Hip Hop’s foremost lyricist: Kool G. Rap. (on the left in the picture) He was never really heralded as such but he was one of the best of all time.

Well this week as I’ve heard all of the talking heads (including me) drone on about race in America. One of G Rap’s shining moments came to mind. Now when I was board in high school I would write his verse down and dream of being as lyrically gifted as he. With no further adieu… Kool G. Rap in this installment of lyric of the week

(Blog reader: I though we heard lyrics from Kanye and Rakim already this week? Me: shut it.)

Erase Racism
Artist: Kool G Rap and DJ Polo (with Bizmarkie and Big Daddy Kane)
From their sophomore release Wanted - Dead or Alive

Verse One: Kool G Rap

I'm tryin hard to explore, I'm not sure
What all the racial war's for
It's makin me more sore
I walk through a colorblind corridor
Seekin, for peace in the people I'm meetin
Black white and Puerto Rican men are greetin each other
Just like brothers, there's plenty and many of others
You can discover, kids fathers and mothers
A meltin pot, no one felt they got prejudice
Listen I could never assist someone diss this
A landscape, with a dark and a light handshake
Havin fun, without one bein a fake snake
So let's form a rainbow over the mountain
And let's drink from the same water fountain
Let's make our Earth Days a story of
Men that walk through the same territories
Color or creed, is no need for a man to bleed
I believe, we all breathe the same seed
Unless it's diluted, for somethin to intrude it
Then I see the family tree was uprooted
So don't be foolish if you're Jewish or Hindu
The racial menu is the evil that men do
I was raised in a nation of Asian
Hate shouldn't separate Jamaican from Haitian
So if you're care for in your ears I hope your hear me and
Siberian's no better than Nigerians
I bring a rattle to a battle that you see me in
I'm no villain so why would I be killin Indians
My nationality's reality
And yo a prejudiced man is of a devil mentality
These are words of a wise man, wisdom
Take a taste and erase the racism

Chorus: Bizmarkie

The ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn how to read and write
People are black, got people that's white
Let's stop racism, and, let's unite