Posted on 04/22/2018 10:25:19 AM PDT by Simon Green
"i"
I done been through a whole lot
Trial, tribulation, but I know God
The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie
Pray that the holy water don't go dry
As I look around me
So many motherf-----s wanna down me
But an enemigo never drown me
In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
And (I love myself)
When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
(I love myself)
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
(I love myself)
Illuminated-
All ya'll come to the front
(I love myself)
One day at a time, tryna go shine
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Actually, I totally agree. Both Shakespeare and Wordsworth are dead and buried. Let’s do the same with rap.
LOL! post and thread.
No. The Ebonics , the gratuitous profanity, coupled with poor sentence structure is getting in the way of true refinement.
I got more enlightenment from reading my last Fortune Cookie.
If rap is art, its an even lower form of art than etcha sketch and stick figures.
I don’t think there is a higher rating than Grade C rap.
In Bizarro World prize for literature given to worst use of English language.
The Guardian (UK): Rap should be put on a par with Bach and Beethoven
I’m not sure putting Dylan on the same level as John Steinbeck was a good precedent.
RAP = Retards Attempting Poetry. With apologies to the retarded, of course.
Rap should be on par with vomiting and calling the mess art.
Anyone who would make such an observation has clearly never read either Shakespeare or Wordsworth.
I've read both. There is a difference between writing fiction and writing songs. I know, because as a tech writer I can be objective. I write neither; my analysis of Steinbeck and Dylan is based on my enjoyment of reading their work, not comparing it to mine. Both are superb.
"You can never be 'woke' enough for the Left."
Orrrr, we could stop playing the game of trying to equate racist **** chants from chanting angry racists with actual literature and culture, and while we're at it point out that Shakespeare has endured on merit for much longer than the Pulitzer Prize has existed, or is liketly to be taken seriously. Thanks Simon Green.
I think the Hasty Pudding Awards are still given for such reasons. Worst theatrical performance is one category.
Yes, its far past time that we recognize the BRILLIANCE of those with LOW IQs. /s
Hedly Lamar?
Kendrick Lamar should have been charged with murder as an accomplice for ruining Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.