Vulgar Display Of Power!What can I say, I have a mouth for WAR! It's been a minute since I last wrote. I been busy. I keep wanting to play catch up but fuck it, I write when the moment comes.
In the last few weeks I have been confronted a few times about my vulgar language. This has compelled me to write this piece. At first I just wanted to laugh about it, but me being me, I went on the defensive with a quickness. I understand that besides my occasional "fuck you" my subject matter attracts a wide range of people. I have respect for anyone that supports the struggle to end capital punishment and for more humane conditions inside prisons with a focus on rehabilitation. I in turn would like to be respected for what I do as well as how I do it. If there are conditions to gaining your respect you shouldn't have to guess what I would say to that. Maybe it is just me, but when I see someone fighting for a good cause, I just get down with it if I truly believe in it. I don't size the person up looking to do a complete make over to suite my tastes. It really shouldn't come to a surprise seeing this same problem occurs in my personal life. People just over look the good I do, they over look how far I have come and they straight focus on my short comings. They are experts on repairing other people. I'm sorry if I come off harsh but it pisses me off. People will pay top dollar to see the likes of Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock, George Carlin or Andrew Dice Clay to name a few, that do nothing more than to curse for an hour or more but this is funny to people. What I do, though not meant to be funny gets pushed over to the vulgar bin why? Understand that back in 2001 I released an Ep entitled Da-Un-"X"-Pected. It was curse free. It did fairly well but I was totally missing the audience I wished to address. The anger that is released when I write is not misplaced. I am speaking on some really harsh topics. I always seek to find the right words to express what I am putting out. That's what it is, the perfect word. No other word fits there and it is not due to a limited vocabulary. These are the words that come to me when I am writing.Truth be told I am reaching my intended target audience. As a matter of fact, the impact is reaching people far beyond what I ever expected. Within these perimeters falls those that have a problem with my carefully chosen words. If you don't ever curse, God bless you. I pray one day I evolve into such a person. But right now, I can only be who I am. I am respectful in schools when I speak to the younger ones. In Church's I mind my tongue out of respect for the people of that church. Other than that I am me, 100% me. I still have a lot of work to do, but I have come a long ass way. I have been through some shit, and I mean shit. It would be easy to come forth with this squeaky clean persona attracting all kinds of people. But it wouldn't be honest and it wouldn't serve as good of a purpose. See I want everybody to get a taste of what our prison systems turns out by the thousands. Angry men and women. We are not fixing the problem we are making it worse. Look at the entire picture of the struggle, I am just one piece of it. I know the power that words hold. The message beyond the emotions, the pain and the passion is what needs to be looked out in my case. If you don't like my methods you can always support Amnesty International. Where I lack they pick it up and visa versa.I used to water down my messages. I wanted to be excepted by the main stream. That didn't go over to well. Then a confidant gave me some great advice. He told me to give it to the people raw. If they didn't like it, then fuck them. I put that in my pocket and never looked back.I understand the good intentions people have telling me to mind my language trust me I do. I am not so callus. For me at this point in my life there is no other way. They listen to slow to just talk. Mean while people are getting killed. Everyone should speak their mind in what ever way they see fit. There are people out there that do not curse, that do far more harm than I could or would ever do. That's where the focus should be. Read what I write, get passed the fucks. You will feel the pain that is inflicted by our criminal justice system. It's all as real as life itself. We have a lot more bigger problems than me using the "F" word. Get over it. In my neighborhood you better be about fuck you or you may not live to ever say another word at all. Follow my path. Maybe by my 3rd album I will be a lot more Christ like. Till then, peace, love and progress. "X"
In the last few weeks I have been confronted a few times about my vulgar language. This has compelled me to write this piece. At first I just wanted to laugh about it, but me being me, I went on the defensive with a quickness. I understand that besides my occasional "fuck you" my subject matter attracts a wide range of people. I have respect for anyone that supports the struggle to end capital punishment and for more humane conditions inside prisons with a focus on rehabilitation. I in turn would like to be respected for what I do as well as how I do it. If there are conditions to gaining your respect you shouldn't have to guess what I would say to that. Maybe it is just me, but when I see someone fighting for a good cause, I just get down with it if I truly believe in it. I don't size the person up looking to do a complete make over to suite my tastes. It really shouldn't come to a surprise seeing this same problem occurs in my personal life. People just over look the good I do, they over look how far I have come and they straight focus on my short comings. They are experts on repairing other people. I'm sorry if I come off harsh but it pisses me off. People will pay top dollar to see the likes of Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock, George Carlin or Andrew Dice Clay to name a few, that do nothing more than to curse for an hour or more but this is funny to people. What I do, though not meant to be funny gets pushed over to the vulgar bin why? Understand that back in 2001 I released an Ep entitled Da-Un-"X"-Pected. It was curse free. It did fairly well but I was totally missing the audience I wished to address. The anger that is released when I write is not misplaced. I am speaking on some really harsh topics. I always seek to find the right words to express what I am putting out. That's what it is, the perfect word. No other word fits there and it is not due to a limited vocabulary. These are the words that come to me when I am writing.Truth be told I am reaching my intended target audience. As a matter of fact, the impact is reaching people far beyond what I ever expected. Within these perimeters falls those that have a problem with my carefully chosen words. If you don't ever curse, God bless you. I pray one day I evolve into such a person. But right now, I can only be who I am. I am respectful in schools when I speak to the younger ones. In Church's I mind my tongue out of respect for the people of that church. Other than that I am me, 100% me. I still have a lot of work to do, but I have come a long ass way. I have been through some shit, and I mean shit. It would be easy to come forth with this squeaky clean persona attracting all kinds of people. But it wouldn't be honest and it wouldn't serve as good of a purpose. See I want everybody to get a taste of what our prison systems turns out by the thousands. Angry men and women. We are not fixing the problem we are making it worse. Look at the entire picture of the struggle, I am just one piece of it. I know the power that words hold. The message beyond the emotions, the pain and the passion is what needs to be looked out in my case. If you don't like my methods you can always support Amnesty International. Where I lack they pick it up and visa versa.I used to water down my messages. I wanted to be excepted by the main stream. That didn't go over to well. Then a confidant gave me some great advice. He told me to give it to the people raw. If they didn't like it, then fuck them. I put that in my pocket and never looked back.I understand the good intentions people have telling me to mind my language trust me I do. I am not so callus. For me at this point in my life there is no other way. They listen to slow to just talk. Mean while people are getting killed. Everyone should speak their mind in what ever way they see fit. There are people out there that do not curse, that do far more harm than I could or would ever do. That's where the focus should be. Read what I write, get passed the fucks. You will feel the pain that is inflicted by our criminal justice system. It's all as real as life itself. We have a lot more bigger problems than me using the "F" word. Get over it. In my neighborhood you better be about fuck you or you may not live to ever say another word at all. Follow my path. Maybe by my 3rd album I will be a lot more Christ like. Till then, peace, love and progress. "X"
posted by Capital-X at 4:27 PM
39 comments
