Black-on-black crime was way before our time

I miss Stetsasonic. MC Delight appeared on the "Self Destruction" track along with a host of other rap vets. That was then.

Took a brother's life with a knife as his wife

This is now. That was when I recited the words; syllable by syllable and was able to grasp both the complexity of what they were saying and the urgency in which the song was even made.

It's time to stand together in a unity
Cause if not then we're soon to be
Self-destroyed, unemployed
The rap race will be lost without a trace
Or a clue but what to do
Is stop the violence and kick the science
Down the road that we call eternity
Where knowledge is formed and you'll learn to be
Self-sufficient, independent
To teach to each is what rap intended
But society wants to invade
So do not walk this path they laid.

D-Nice dropped the above verse and it is great to see him blogging nowadays. I'm not even sure I had made the link before, so I'll do it again. It appears that egos are to blame for there not being another cut like it recently, save the posse cut about police brutality a few years ago (One Four Love, Hip-Hop For Respect). Strange how it never gets brought up. Maybe something Project Hip-Hop can help spur along with other orgs? Hmm....