Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption
For the sins committed before revelation.

I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghetto
Cuz where else in death do I get to go?

Some men are born to be good some born to be bad
As for me I only came with just a pen ‘n’ a pad.

No one can identify the uninformed until they voice their ignorance about a topic. Silence is a fool’s best friend. Sadly, he is often too foolish to realize it.

For so-called conscious rappers, it is an opportunity to rap about ways to educate others about African American history, politics and even relationships: all of which would be missed if society merely focused on the “hook” and ignored the influence.

The business of hip hop is probably the most tangible example of the genre’s dramatic maturation.