We won. On November 4, 2008, people overwhelmingly and resoundingly voted for Barack Obama so that he could hold the highest office in this land.Yes we can and yes we did!
Now what?
The reason why I am asking is because I was so sure that having a man such as Obama with the same color as myself would change the way our people dealt with life and all that comes with it. But it looks like we are still going through the same motions we were before. Change was needed on all fronts, but the change must begin with us, right?
Case in point: some of you may have heard about what happened at the Dirty Awards last night in Atlanta. The awards ceremony with children in attendance had to be cut short due to the fact that thugs from rapper Shorty Low's camp and TI's camp got into it over who was King of the South (some say Young Jeezy was also involved but I have no idea if that was the case).
Foolishness run amuck.
Police were called in the building and pepper spray and mace was used to simmer things down. Several folks were also arrested (but noteably these persons were not Shorty Lo nor TI).
We have a problem here.
On Sandra Rose's blog, she hinted that this was the change that WE voted for. I rolled my eyes and sucked my teeth at what she wrote because she is an avid Obama hater. But to blame Obama for what happened last night is reaching very far, and people who use their brain cells know that what she is talking about is not accurate, nor is it coming from the right place. It's easier to hate than it is to love so Auntie Sandra can have a Coke and smile and shudafukkup.
Obama being in office means so much for us as a people and for America. Can we not have an Awards ceremony that doesn't end in chaos and fisticuffs? Can we begin with changes OURSELVES and realize that we can do anything! And anything does not mean settling things with violence. It means being responsible and cognizant of what we do. For every action, there is a reaction. And the actions of this latest thuggery results in people looking at US with that same disapproving eye. And I don't blame them because I am also looking at what went down last night as nothing but BS.
Big gold and platinum chains, grills, and LV scarves does not a man make. Stop looking like a clown and start acting like a business man. Rappers, you have money now. You are a business. Hip-hop is a billion dollar industry. Start acting like you have some sense about yourselves.
Remember...
Our President is black.
And if it is simply that statement that you think about before you do anything like this again- DO IT. Stop making us look bad and stop catching cases.
This is not a movie. This is real life.
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1 comment:
A movement is needed to really effect change.Obama is a hell of a figure head for that movement, but with a nation to guide.He'll be a lil busy.Too busy to be in the trenches of the streets where situations like the "Dirty Awards"(the name should have been a warning) orginate from.
And I say that not in terms of silly rap beef.But in regards to kids, little boys and gurls from broken families.Boys with no male role models.Girls that watch moms get abused and grow up to hate men.Poorly funded schools, drugs, etc....
It's gotta go deeper then Obama.He's reached the top.And we already know what the bottom is like.Now we have to get fixed on the middle and level the playing field.
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