The iNdustry had more control over the public
And had the means 2 iNfluence them anyway it wanted
This may explain why iN early 1991
I was iNvited 2 attend a closed-door meeting
With a small group of music business iNsiders
2 discuss rap music's new direction
Little did I know that we would B asked 2 participate
In 1 of the most unethical & destructive
Business practice I've ever seen
The meeting was held @ a private residence
On the outskirts of Los Angeles
I remember about 25-2-30 people being there
Most of them familiar faces
Speaking 2 those I knew
We joked about the theme of the meeting
As many of us did not care 4 rap music
I remember when Black music was sayin' some'm
Variations of subject matter 2 listen 2
Unconventional
Multidimensional
2 challenge the mental was all iNtentional
The talking drum was how We would communicate
INtelligent messages as We numerate
Building civilizations they can't mimic
Puma Punku, Poverty Point, & Kemet
1 day We got iNfiltrated
By a diabolical enemy that created
A systematic plan 2 destroy Us
Unemployed Us
Deployed Us
From the homes 2 the streets 2 the prisons
Depopulation is the mission
So if U wonderin' how did they do it
They put the poison iN the music
Black-on-Black rhyme
Leads 2 Black-on-Black crime
That means it's that time
4 Us 2 change the narrative
Wake up & open ya eyes
Black music is weaponized
Real eyes realize real lies
It's time 2 change the narrative
Everything & everybody started 2 sound alike
Look alike, act alike, B alike
Sellin' drugs 2 each other 4 survival
Rapidly We started goin' iN a down-spiral
Killin' & packin' the prisons & the graveyards
Police killin' Us no holds bars barred
Art imitates life, vice versa
Every year some of Our rappers git murdered
Since 1996
Seagram & Tupac started-off the list
& We can keep going 2 the present day
Ain't no mo Hip Hop Hooray
We know the problem, I got the solution
We create & distribute Our Own music
Make appropriate content 4 evolution
Put an end 2 this spiritual pollution
Black-on-Black rhyme
Leads 2 Black-on-Black crime
That means it's that time
4 Us 2 change the narrative
Wake up & open ya eyes
Black music is weaponized
Real eyes realize real lies
It's time 2 change the narrative
Black-on-Black rhyme
Leads 2 Black-on-Black crime
That means it's that time
4 Us 2 change the narrative
Wake up & open ya eyes
Black music is weaponized
Real eyes realize real lies
It's time 2 change the narrative