Each day's another chance to do the things I could've...

Done the day before, but I didn't and I known I should've
So I say a prayer for the gone for gooders
Who left this world, then kiss my girl "good mornin', shuga"
Another sunrise, and as much as I would love
To roll over on you I cannot do it because
The good Lord, I prayed to him
And he said, "N!ggaz is listening now"
So I better have something to say to 'em
-Phonte, Beautiful Morning

This quip from my man Phonte and some other mentions of bourgeois brothers got me to thinking about DuBois' notion of the talented tenth and how it corresponds to modern times. There are few folks who take the late 80's t-shirt "i am my brother's keeper' to heart. Of course, the phrase was not coined in those times, but if you feel me, then you feel. You feel me? So anyways, if you ever rocked one of those shirts or the malcom/martin/malcolm/mandela joints then come and take walk with me. take a walk with me. see what only i can see... [can you name that tune?]

How do you best balance life's tug-of-war when faced with questions of morality and integrity. Do you 'go for broke' irregardless of risk or do you hedge your bets on the hopes that someone else will falter first and you will then be better prepared having learned from their mistakes and missteps?

The LP pictured above is a bona-fide classic in my book. You probably will never hear Chubby Chubb or Funk Flex drop 'em as bombs though. Just To Get A Rep is one of illest street parable storytelling tracks ever. No frills, just some real shT. When I said that hip-hop was my pops, I ain't lying, yo. This here music served as my conscience and held me down plenty of times in the face of strife, struggle, and stress. So I find it amusing when you see it being pilfered by muthafuqas who themselves seem to be getting played by a larger demon. Cash may in fact Rule Everything Around you, but not Me, dunny. And yes, that is the same Phonte from Little Brother tha I quoted. yes, the same Little Brother I've been pumping for a few months now. It's just that real though. Sometimes, you just cannot go with the flow, but instead have to go against the grain, even when folks try to make it seem that you were originally going against the grain, but it was still the same ole bullShT. Feel me? That's why I can dig it when Phonte says he'd rather get one mic in The Source than three. And I'll be damned if the logic don't make sense. BTW, that article is a bit old, but I just read it yesterday, so oh well. So today's moral? Make up for lost ground by staying on your Ps and Qs and making good on pursuing your passion.