"Lights is blinding. Girls need blinders."

So while at Kelly Dining (24 hour food spot at Stony Brook Univ) my friends and I were discussing a Jay-Z line from Empire State of Mind ft. Alicia Keys. The line says "and Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church ends". Coincidentally, after that on World Star Hip Hop I ran across a video of a young pastor commenting on this line. I feel that everybody has gotten this wrong, which makes sense due to the recent controversy over Jay-Z having pagan messages in his rhymes and so on.

I feel that you need to look at the entire verse to understand the context of this line.

Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is
lined with casualties, who sip to life casually
then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple Eve
The lights he speaks of are the bright lights of a fast paced city, in this case New York City but he is being metaphorical. Just like how in Houstonlantavegas by Drake he was speaking of more than just strippers in Houston, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Many a person falls victim to the temptation of the fast life, hence why "girls need blinders" and "don't bite the apple Eve".

Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style
End of the winter gets cold, en vogue, with your skin out
City of sin, it's a pity on the wind
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them
As the verse continues you see how the fast life keeps people by giving them the mentality that they are "cool" and this is true. "City of sin, it's a pity on the wind. Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them". This is like him saying how sad it is that people with bright young futures have become victim to this broadway life of selling your body, mind and soul for essentially nothing. Because the lights won't always shine bright, and then what do you have left?

Mami took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
Hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church end
The first 2 bars are pretty much self explanitory. "Mami" was a good girl before she took this bus trip to the city that never sleeps, now she has her chest out for all to see, every body rides her, etc. She is a virgin to the city so she does not know how to deal with it, Jesus can save you in the afterlife, but for the real world she's on her own. I mean if her faith was strong enough then obviously she would be find but for the purpose of this song she doesn't. Life starts when the church end because that is her situation, once she leaves the sanctuary she's back to being a whore.

Came here for school, graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
The city never sleeps, better slip you an Ambien
People come to New York because it is the big city of dreams, and sometimes one gets sidetracked from their dreams. School was the dream but the graduation that occured was intot the fast line, full of athletes and stars who are addicted to their own stardom. MDMA is scientific jargon for extasy. Ambien aka Zolpidem is a prescription medication used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. As you know with limelight tends to come extensive and all around stupid drunk use.

Here is the WSHH video I spoke of.

Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls

A hilarious video by Rush Limbaugh in response to his shout out to Jay-Z's Off That , a track on The Blueprint 3. Limbaugh says he must've made it be shouted out by the great Jay-Z in a rap song lmfao.

From Reasonable Doubt and beyond

This is a Rhapsody commercial Jay-Z has out of himself "changing clothes" and he depicts every album he cover he made in this order:

Reasonable Doubt
The Blueprint
Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
The Dynasty Roc la Familia
The Black Album
Kingdom Come
The Blueprint²
Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
American Gangster

I am a die-hard Jay-Z fan and I think this goes hard lol. By the way listen to The Blueprint 3, it's not bad.

Twitter Me Bay!

Sorry I've been so MIA, busy with work n ting you know how it is. School starts in two weeks, lets gooooo. I'm actually procrastinating right now so I leave you with these choice words.

"Just live your life, ayyyy ayy ayyy"

twitter.com/mister_82

Custom Snakeskin-Motorcycle Jacket Leather-SB Mids-Strapless

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nikeskateboarding/uPhN/~3/dwKB1Oaf2Ng/

iBrooklyn Dodger Them . . .

So nike is releasing a Jackie Robinson themed pack of blazers. These sneakers are high top and come in three colorways, blue, red and gray (or grey, w/e helps you sleep at night). I would love to get my hands on the blue pair and I would settle for the grey lol. Too much red on the red ones for me. I'm not really a blazer person but these kicks are beautiful. They hav Brooklyn in that Brooklyn Dodger's cursive on the tongue plus the shoe itself consists of leather and suede and soom cool patterns. They just dropped but hopefully they aren't in stores (lol). Check your internet sights to get you a pair.

Who Needs a PS3 Controller . . .

So I got this from the nike sb blog, an ingenious idea of turning your old sneaker boxes into something useful

Prom Queen

Newly released video by Lil Wayne off of the new Carter 3. Prom Queen- I personally like this song, but to each his own.

"Why are all these people named LOL?"

So I am a college student hence I am an insomniac =/. So while keepping myself awake with a mixture of facebook, anime, music and the blogworld I stumbled across this video of one the most entertaining people in hip hop, Cam'ron Giles. Enjoy.


Letters To Cam from jeff on Vimeo.

I think Shaq should win ABDC

All star weekend was okay, Nate Robinson dunked over Dwight Howard 0.0. Lebron anounced that he will be in the dunk contest next year and Shaq showed off his breakdancing skills with the Jabbawokees (or h/e you spell that).

FREE CHRIS BROWN! (no homo)

So this has been one hell of a grammy weekend. I will start with the Swagga Like Us performance.

Ck4lyph (1:42:44 AM): can u tell me y pregnant ass MIA wit her baby due grammy night is runnin around the stage durin the grammies singin about the exclusivity of the swagger of her n her constituents?
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:42:50 AM): lmffaooooo
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:43:04 AM): wiith a little lady bug suit coveriing her booty and belly
Ck4lyph (1:43:16 AM): n can u tell me y TI gotta be the one to unbutton his tie, collar n throw his vest in the crowd, he is obviously the one goin 2 jail in a few weeks
Ck4lyph (1:43:17 AM): smh
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:43:42 AM): lol
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:44:28 AM): he dont understand how to chill
Ck4lyph (1:45:07 AM): even Lil Wayne had the nice scarf from like Macys on wit his suit worn properly n his dreads under control
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:45:19 AM): macy'sz?
Ck4lyph (1:45:21 AM): i wud personally never accept lil wayne 2 look more civil den me
Ck4lyph (1:45:29 AM): im jus throwin names out dere
Ck4lyph (1:45:36 AM): like anythin thas not Dr.Jays or Jimmy Jazz
Da1Gyrl4u2nv (1:46:20 AM): lmao

No one on my corner has Swagga Like MIA, that's a fact. Kanye still has the mullet but atleast he got a shave. Jay is lettin his hair grow on the low like no1 sees, I see u Mr. Carter. T.I. wtf, and Weezy . . . well I don't really have anything to say so congratulations I guess.

Now allegedly Chris Brown beat the shit out of Rihanna for either, all, some or none of these reasons; she gave him herpes, she denied his marriage proposal, he wanted to dump her and she wouldn't let him. Well on Grammy Night she went to hospital and he turned himself into jail and got out on $50,000 bail. Rihanna does not want to press charges but CA is a gay ass state and they want to lock him up anyway, he's facing 9 years currently. I say if they want to keep this little fiasco in the home then let them, is Rihanna even a citizen? Why is America going so hard? Plus Chris Brown makes better music. Well that is just how I feel. And Rihanna wha kinda island gyal let a man beat her?

Prom Queen

So Lil Wayne released his new single for the Carter 3: Rebirth, or rather it was leaked but who cares. There have been mixed reviews about this track, many people hate it and think Wayne is crazy and blah blah blah. "Now am I crazy insane or is Wayne just crazy, I been around, still around like them Geico cavemen." This one of his more emotional songs, kind of like Something You Forgot.

. . . Too bad everytime this song gets on Youtube it then gets taken down . . . Sorry guys, we'll just wait till its actually released.

My President's Black - In fact, he's half white . . .

Okay so today was innaguration day and I feel that black people are getting a little out of hand with this, and I'm black so its okay if I say so. President (cheaa lol) Obama is not going to pay your bills, pass your classes or determine your future, that is still all up to you, all he provides you with is evidence that an African-American can make it with enough effort. So try as hard as him to go as far as he did if not beyond.

Also (pardon the use of vernacular and foul language), if yall niggas went to highschool wit Obama mos of yall niggas wud be makin fun of him callin hiim white boy n shyt cuz dat nigga is def half white and dumb light skin. but now the nigga's a president and yall braggin about how black he is. He was raised by his white mom in INdonesia and white grandma in Hawaii, this shyt is not about race you ignorant motherfuckas. ALL of you ignorant mothafuckas cuz whites n blacks n spics n otha coloreds be all sayin tha same ignorant shyt.

"None but ourselves can free our own minds" - Bob Marley

Sorry I just had to express myself. Below you will find a Single Ladies by Beyonce Parody by a fake Obama quite hilarious with some pretty good coreography, and A Whaterver You Like by T.I. Parody by a fake Obama (maybe the same one). And as a bonus the Jay-Z verse on the My President is Black (Remix)


Whatever I Like


If You Voted For Me


My President is Black (Remix) - Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z & Nas

Black Cab Sessions - The Cool Kids

Got this from dubFrequency. Black Cab Sessions are when artist drive around London in a black cab and perform new songs, old songs, covers, w/e. Here is Chuck & Mikey freestylin. Pretty Cool Concept in my opinion.