Brilliant post. When you mentioned the ability to grasp cause and effect, it reminded me of how much things have deteriorated. “Cause and Effect” Was a great song by Gang Starr where he taught young black men to take responsibility for their lives. You would never hear a song like this today, ever. Seriously, listen to the lyrics, they are a totally RUTHLESS confrontation calling out these guys for not living their lives right.
Check it out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1q2aHMXUM
- [Verse 1] You ain't livin' right punk, I'll have to school you
Not rule you, but I'll say, yo, you fool yourself
When you try to deny and defy written laws
This means your cause has lost
Think about it, take the time, and even ponder longer
Then let your mind start to wander
Go black and track the facts about all of your mistakes
It only takes to one to make fate
Pick up your life, clean up your act, and get a legal plan
You can, or be an evil man
Caught, and then you claim you're not responsible
The choice was yours, when the fun's gone you will realize
That you don't get somethin' for nothin', why you bluffin'?
Others even brothers are stuffin' their pockets
With honest cash, they'll laugh, so don't knock it
Jock it, 'cause the Guru must stop it
I'll jab you, smack you, crack -- you're demolished
You must acknowledge -- life is like a college in itself
Get a degree in reality
Or you will be a pawn and like a lawn you'll be walked on
Gone, never to see or be the same again
Friend, 'cause the time you spend
Bringin' down yourself, bringin' down the pace
Bringin' down your friends, bringin' down the race
Will have your life in a wreck
And homeboy life is cause and effect!*
Brilliant post. When you mentioned the ability to grasp cause and effect, it reminded me of how much things have deteriorated. “Cause and Effect” Was a great song by Gang Starr where he taught young black men to take responsibility for their lives. You would never hear a song like this today, ever. Seriously, listen to the lyrics, they are a totally RUTHLESS confrontation calling out these guys for not living their lives right.
Check it out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1q2aHMXUM
- [Verse 1] You ain't livin' right punk, I'll have to school you
Not rule you, but I'll say, yo, you fool yourself
When you try to deny and defy written laws
This means your cause has lost
Think about it, take the time, and even ponder longer
Then let your mind start to wander
Go black and track the facts about all of your mistakes
It only takes to one to make fate
Pick up your life, clean up your act, and get a legal plan
You can, or be an evil man
Caught, and then you claim you're not responsible
The choice was yours, when the fun's gone you will realize
That you don't get somethin' for nothin', why you bluffin'?
Others even brothers are stuffin' their pockets
With honest cash, they'll laugh, so don't knock it
Jock it, 'cause the Guru must stop it
I'll jab you, smack you, crack -- you're demolished
You must acknowledge -- life is like a college in itself
Get a degree in reality
Or you will be upon it like a lawn you'll be walked on
Gone, never to see or be the same again
Friend, 'cause the time you spend
Bringin' down yourself, bringin' down the pace
Bringin' down your friends, bringin' down the race
Will have your life in a wreck
And homeboy life is cause and effect!*