Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot Dead in LA!

[MAKAVELI]

I feel really uplifted watching that video. That bit with the machine counting the money made me cream in my pants.

Green is the universal color isn't it?

 

[Box Ox]

Just another song about hating white people and blaming others for perpetuating one's own bad situation.

"Look, my ni**a this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation
This a real ni**a celebration, this a Dime Blocc declaration
Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers
This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation
Blue pill in the friend*ckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement
Young black ni**a trapped and he can't change it
Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
'Cause they left him no platforms to explain it
He frustrated so he get faded
But deep down inside he know you can't fade him
How long should I stay dedicated?
How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
I need some real ni**a reparations
'Fore I run up in your bank just for recreation

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
It's dedication, look

[Kendrick Lamar:]
I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't drop
Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block
They blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades
Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my grades
That's my baby, when she died my heart broke a hundred ways
I spent my whole life tryna make it, tryna chase it
The cycle of a black man divided, tryna break it
You take a loss, don't cry about it, just embrace it
Minor setback for major comeback, that's my favorite
My ni**a L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip
I said he a man first, you hear the words out his lips?
About flourishing from the streets to black businesses?
Level four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment
Listen close my nigg**a, it's bigger than deuces and fours my ni**a
Since elementary we close my ni**a, yeah, straight like that
I give you the game, go back to the turf and give it right back
For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad plans
Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's
I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Snoop
Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from dedication

If it ain't congratulate then it look like hate
If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey?
Hol' up!

[Nipsey Hussle:]
This ain't entertainment, it's for ni**as on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit
Ended up on shore to their amazement
I hope the example I set's not contagious
Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
Used to be stay safe, now it's stay dangerous
'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense
That's why I dove off the deep end , without a life jacket
Couple mil, tour the world, now my life crackin'
Cook the books, bring it back so it's no taxes
Royalties, publishing, plus I own masters
I'll be damned if I slave for some white crackers
I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights backwards
Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok classics
Ran a couple marathons just to get established
To make it happen, you got to have it

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
It's dedication"

 

[MAKAVELI]

Just another song about hating white people and blaming others for perpetuating one's own bad situation.

"Look, my ni**a this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation
This a real ni**a celebration, this a Dime Blocc declaration
Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers
This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation
Blue pill in the friend*ckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement
Young black ni**a trapped and he can't change it
Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
'Cause they left him no platforms to explain it
He frustrated so he get faded
But deep down inside he know you can't fade him
How long should I stay dedicated?
How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
I need some real ni**a reparations
'Fore I run up in your bank just for recreation

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
It's dedication, look

[Kendrick Lamar:]
I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't drop
Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block
They blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades
Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my grades
That's my baby, when she died my heart broke a hundred ways
I spent my whole life tryna make it, tryna chase it
The cycle of a black man divided, tryna break it
You take a loss, don't cry about it, just embrace it
Minor setback for major comeback, that's my favorite
My ni**a L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip
I said he a man first, you hear the words out his lips?
About flourishing from the streets to black businesses?
Level four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment
Listen close my nigg**a, it's bigger than deuces and fours my ni**a
Since elementary we close my ni**a, yeah, straight like that
I give you the game, go back to the turf and give it right back
For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad plans
Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's
I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Snoop
Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from dedication

If it ain't congratulate then it look like hate
If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey?
Hol' up!

[Nipsey Hussle:]
This ain't entertainment, it's for ni**as on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit
Ended up on shore to their amazement
I hope the example I set's not contagious
Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
Used to be stay safe, now it's stay dangerous
'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense
That's why I dove off the deep end , without a life jacket
Couple mil, tour the world, now my life crackin'
Cook the books, bring it back so it's no taxes
Royalties, publishing, plus I own masters
I'll be damned if I slave for some white crackers
I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights backwards
Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok classics
Ran a couple marathons just to get established
To make it happen, you got to have it

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
It's dedication"

You practicing your C-Walk cuz?

 

[Box Ox]

You practicing your C-Walk cuz?

No. I work for a living.

 

[MAKAVELI]

No. I work for a living.

Sounds like you got some dedication.

 

[Box Ox]

Sounds like you got some dedication.

To something better than violent rhetoric and the victimhood mentality, yes.

 

[MAKAVELI]

To something better than violent rhetoric and the victimhood mentality, yes.

Well you and Nipsey have more in common than you think then.

 

[Box Ox]

Well you and Nipsey have more in common than you think then.

Nope. Nipsey’s still blaming everybody else for a thug lifer’s problems in the apparently late-career song/video you posted.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Nope. Nipsey’s still blaming everybody else for a thug lifer’s problems in the apparently late-career song/video you posted.

Nope sounds like you're projecting.

 

[Box Ox]

Nope sounds like you're projecting.

I wouldn’t expect you to admit there’s a big problem with gangster culture in poor black communities. Would be a heavy lift to fix. Maybe later. Might as well keep on Crippin till then.

 

[It will be fine]

I wouldn’t expect you to admit there’s a big problem with gangster culture in poor black communities. Would be a heavy lift to fix. Maybe later. Might as well keep on Crippin till then.

What’s wrong with entrepreneurism? I listened to a lot gangster rap growing up. Paid my way through school selling a questionable product and now run a legit business. Is that cool because I’m white?

 

[Box Ox]

What’s wrong entrepreneurism? I listened to a lot gangster rap growing up. Paid my way through school selling a questionable product and now run a legit business. Is that cool because I’m white?

Did you hold your gat sideways and cap a Blood and slap them hoes?

You’re saying exactly what I’ve been saying. For you, gangster rap was a cute novelty. Inner city hood kids don’t have the same experience.

 

[It will be fine]

Did you hold your gat sideways and cap a Blood and slap them hoes?

You’re saying exactly what I’ve been saying. For you, gangster rap was a cute novelty. Inner city hood kids don’t have the same experience.

Never needed a gat, but moved some serious weight. I was able to separate the art from the business. Plenty of inner city kids can do the same. I dealt with them too. Never had turf battles, but to assume all inner city kids are too stupid to understand gangster rap is an art is the definition of the soft bigotry of low expectations.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Never needed a gat, but moved some serious weight. I was able to separate the art from the business. Plenty of inner city kids can do the same. I dealt with them too. Never had turf battles, but to assume all inner city kids are too stupid to understand gangster rap is an art is the definition of the soft bigotry of low expectations.

I don’t care ... I can’t relate.

 

[Box Ox]

but to assume all inner city kids are too stupid to understand gangster rap is an art is the definition of the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Never said that.

 

[Box Ox]

Never needed a gat, but moved some serious weight. I was able to separate the art from the business.

No gat? Separate the art from the business? You were selling . Not going gangster. Lol

 

[oldngray]

Even Kamala Harris has a gat!

 

[It will be fine]

Never said that.

Your base assumption is gangster rap portrays a bad example and hood kids will emulate it. That implies they can’t understand it’s part fantasy. It would be like claiming white kids can’t understand Rambo is a fantasy so they’ll carry assault weapons and shoot up a school.

 

[Box Ox]

Your base assumption is gangster rap portrays a bad example and hood kids will emulate it. That implies they can’t understand it’s part fantasy. It would be like claiming white kids can’t understand Rambo is a fantasy so they’ll carry assault weapons and shoot up a school.

Uhhhh....no. Rambo is shooting bad guys. Thug gangster rapper is shooting fellow black men over the color of their shirt, shoes or money. Which poor kids from broken inner city homes see as the way to make it when they see Nipsey dancing around Fly Crippin.

 

[It will be fine]

Uhhhh....no. Rambo is shooting bad guys. Thug gangster rapper is shooting fellow black men over the color of their shirt, shoes or money. Which poor kids from broken inner city homes see as the way to make it when they see Nipsey dancing around Fly Crippin.

Rambo fights the police in First Blood.