Thats right, I said it.

White conservatives (namely Sean Hannity, Karl Rove, Neil Monroe and many others) are still classifying all hip hop as negative and violent. How ignorant to our culture they are. With this blow up over the White House inviting Common for a poetry reading, they are effectually and irrevocably distancing themselves from us and who we are. Not that Common is our beacon of truth and ray of light or anything like that. But if you are a hip hop lover and know that there is a diffence between that and rap, then you know that it is absolutely ridiculous to call Common a "thug" and refer to his work as anything but a realistic yet positive eye into the not so negative aspects of black culture. And they slam it as though its that other bullshit that I cannot stand. That music that paints us as the ignorant individuals they want us to be.
Read these articles and see how they slam him for a poem he read 4 years ago. They don't even try to pull out ANY of his other work for comparison. Why is that? Look him up and see for yourself. Lets just say it would not back up their remarks.

Here is an excerpt from The Daily Caller by Neil Munro:

"Here’s a sample of Common’s work, transcribed from a 2007 video with 837,613 viewers on YouTube. Students, please compare and contrast the two poems. You’ll get extra credit for counting the death threats. There is no extra credit for identifying spelling errors. By the way, ‘Uzi’ is slang for a compact machine
gun"

Actually, Mr. Monroe, the term Uzi IS not slang but the actual name of a sub machine gun named after the designer, Uziel Gal. Idiot.

And here is my contribution to those who don't know what Common is about.

And lyrics for those who can't keep up with those rappers.

Searchin for a love, throughout the ghetto
Young girls is thick, righteousness is narrow
I got my third, eye on the sparrow
Want my peoples straight and rock sweet apparrel
The mother of my child, we not together
Baby it's your back, I got forever
As the weather, talks to us
Him rockin the Holy Spirit walks through us
The blunted eyes of the youth search for a guide
A thug is a lost man in disguise
The rise and fall, of a nation, even when the buildings tumble
I still stand tall, I walk through the valley, wit a life preserver
Feelin at times, that I might just murder
Yo but that aint what I was sent for
I want folks to say his life it meant more
Than any car, any rock, or any broad
He found Geto Heaven in himself and God

Love, your happiness don't begin wit a man
Strong woman, why should you depend on a man
I understand you want a man that's resourceful
If he pay your bills, he feel like he bought you
Talkin to a friend, about what love is
Her man didn't love her, cuz he didn't love his
Hugged her from afar, said what I felt
You never find a man, till you find yourself
Time helps mistakes, you can learn from
Cuz one man fucked up men you shouldn't turn from
You want a certain type of guy, gotta reach a certain point too
At the destination, a king will annoint you
Goin through the storm, many bodies stay warm
That relationship died, for you to be born, you worth more
Than anything you could cop in a store
For you to grow he had to go so what you stoppin him for
Not even I could ignore bein alone it's hard
Find heaven in yourself and God

This music is so much bigger than me
As far as happy, yo it's like a trigger to me
Dealin with crab rappers, and groupie broads
Record execs, at times it do be hard
But to choose words, and be heard across waters
Doin something you like to support daughters
Keepin your guys who collectin court orders
Conveyin messages that the ancestors brought us
Thought of things to say to become the end thing for the day
Somehow, that didn't seem the way for me to make it
Music is a gift that is sacred
I hope you didn't use it hopin you could grow to it
Whether servin or a surgeon, you gon go through it
Can't imagine goin through it, without soul music
It's like Donnie ?half? helped me see Lonnie's ?fath?
On my behalf, let's take whole steps to a ?ho tep?
And show depth, as we make people nod
Find heaven in this music and God
Find heaven in this music and God
Find heaven in this music and God


GET OVER YOURSELVES WHITE CONSERVATIVES WHO FEEL THE WAY HANNITY AND ROVE FEEL. WE ARE BIGGER THAN THUGS AND VIOLENCE. WE ARE MORE THAN STREETS AND IGNORANCE. CHOOSE TO IGNORE THAT IS CHOOSING TO IGNORE US.