Graffiti Street
Graffiti Street: A Look At Hip-Hop
Season 2 Episode 13 | 28m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kaden Hughes and our cast interview national hip-hop and rap artist Roi Lush.
In this episode, host Kaden Hughes and our cast interview national hip-hop and rap artist Roi Lush on the evolution of his music, the message within hip-hop, and whether that message can be used as a teaching tool, particularly when addressing issues about race and identity.
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Graffiti Street
Graffiti Street: A Look At Hip-Hop
Season 2 Episode 13 | 28m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode, host Kaden Hughes and our cast interview national hip-hop and rap artist Roi Lush on the evolution of his music, the message within hip-hop, and whether that message can be used as a teaching tool, particularly when addressing issues about race and identity.
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I´M HOPE REESE, AND THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES ON MUSIC AND POWER BY LOOKING AT HIP-HOP.
WE ARE JOINED BY WORLD LUSH, A RAPPER BY MANY WHO HAS BEEN WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> WE HAVE KIND OF CUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE QUESTIONS IN HALF BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HIP-HOP VERSION AND ALSO THE TEACHER VERSION.
SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WILL BE ABOUT YOUR CAREER.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION OF HIP-HOP RAP AND DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN ENTERTAINMENT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT RAP IS THE -- IS WHAT THE ARTIST TYPICALLY DOES IN THE WAY THAT THEY WRITE.
I BELIEVE HIP-HOP IS THE CULTURE FROM THE DANCE TO THE DRESS TO THE MUSIC TO JUST HOW WE GO ABOUT LIFE.
SO I DON´T THINK THEY´RE NECESSARILY INTERCHANGEABLE AS MUCH AS ONE IS AN ART FORM AND ONE JUST KIND OF IS THE ENTIRE CULTURE OF HIP-HOP.
>> THANK YOU.
I´M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO THE CAST.
DO YOU THINK HIP-HOP IS DIFFERENT THAN RAP MUSIC AND VICE VERSA?
>> YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT HIP-HOP IS DIFFERENT THAN RAP.
I MEAN, LIKE, RAP AND HIP-HOP HAS EVOLVED.
I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT THIS SERIES WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE MUSIC HAS EVOLVED.
I MEAN, IT´S -- EACH HAS ITS OWN CATEGORY AND IT´S CALLED HIP-HOP RAP LIKE IT´S HIP-HOP RAP, YOU KNOW?
THERE´S A REASON FOR THOSE, YEAH.
>> YEAH.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK THAT HIP-HOP OR RAP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TEACH YOUNGER PEOPLE RATHER THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT SAY MONEY OR WOMEN?
>> I COMPLETELY THINK IT HAS THE ABILITY TO TEACH PEOPLE.
ME AS AN ARTIST I LOVE TO TELL STORIES WITH MY ART.
MAINLY ABOUT MY LIFE, HOW I GREW UP, WHERE I GREW UP AND FRIENDS THAT I HAD AND OVER THE SUMMER I REALLY WORKED ON A SONG CALLED "BLACK LIVES MATTER" AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO KIND OF EDUCATE THE PEOPLE AROUND WHERE I´M FROM ABOUT HOW I FELT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY, AND I DEFINITELY LIVE IN A MORE CONSERVATIVE AREA.
SO IT DEFINITELY GIVES ME A SENSE OF PRIDE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY DOES TEACH PEOPLE WHAT WE KIND OF GO THROUGH AS BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
>> YEAH.
DEFINITELY.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU AND -- IS IT HARD TO BALANCE BOTH PERSONAL -- YOU CREATED THE HIP-HOP VERSION AND THE TEACHER VERSION, IS IT DIFFICULT AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, INTERCHANGE THEM?
>> THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST QUESTIONS THAT I SAW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IT WAS MORE OF A STRUGGLE TO BALANCE WHEN I WAS TEACHING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY WERE REALLY TRYING TO CENSOR WHAT I WAS SAYING OR DOING ON STAGE, AND I WAS -- I FOUND MY WRITING TO BE WAY CLEAN CUT WHICH IS NOT REALLY NECESSARILY A BAD THING, BUT AS AN ADULT I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I JUST KIND OF COULDN´T AT THE TIME.
SO WHEN I RESIGNED FROM THERE AND I PURSUED MY MUSIC CAREER FULLY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, I KIND OF CHANGED MY STYLE A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WHEN I BECAME A TEACHER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL IT BECAME EASIER TO BALANCE BECAUSE I FELT SUPPORTED NOT ONLY AS A TEACHER, BUT AS AN ARTIST TO REALLY BE MYSELF, SO NOW I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BALANCE, BUT DEFINITELY BACK WHEN I STARTED I WOULD SAY YES, FOR SURE.
>> AND JOSH -- YES.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AND A FOLLOW UP, AND YOU CAN COME FROM A MORE CONSERVATIVE PLACE.
DO YOU THINK HIP-HOP IS ACKNOWLEDGED OR RESPECTED AS AN ART FORM?
>> I WOULD SAY BY THE KIDS AND THE STUDENTS YES.
BY THE PARENTS, THERE´S SOME WORK TO BE DONE.
I FEEL THAT HIP-HOP CULTURE AND RAP MUSIC IS THE MOST DOMINANT MUSIC IN OUR WORLD, CULTURE IN OUR WORLD AND OUR KIDS AND OUR STUDENTS LISTEN TO IT ALL OF THE TIME.
IT´S THE PARENTS THAT REALLY DIDN´T GROW UP WITH THIS TYPE OF MUSIC BEING AS DOMINANT OR AS PREVALENT AS IT IS NOW, AND SO THAT´S WHERE THE DISCONNECT KIND OF COMES IN.
I THINK THAT STUDENTS THESE DAYS ARE VERY INVESTED IN NOT ONLY THE MUSIC, BUT THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES AND THESE PARENTS JUST DON´T NECESSARILY KNOW THE ARTISTS OR WHERE THEY COME FROM AND THEY KIND OF DON´T REALLY BOTHER TO LEARN, EITHER.
>> YEAH.
STIPES THEY DON´T TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND ART.
I´LL THROW THIS OUT TO THE CAST.
HIP-HOP MUSIC IS KIND OF A STAPLE IN OUR LIVES TODAY.
I FEEL LIKE MOST YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEHAVED OR CONTINUED TO LISTEN TO HIP-HOP OR RAP.
IN WHAT WAY DO YOU GUYS LISTEN -- WHY DO YOU LISTEN TO HIP-HOP HOW CAN HIP-HOP USE, AND HOW CAN YOU USE IT TO EMPOWER?
>> WHEN I LISTEN TO THEM IT´S MORE OF A CONFIDENCE BOOST.
WHEN I LISTEN, I FIND IT HARD WITH OTHER HIP-HOP ARTISTS IN GENERAL WITH HOW GREAT EVERYTHING IS OR HOW THEY PUSH THE STRUGGLE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND HOW THEY ARE NOW.
THAT IS JUST A REALLY BIG CONFIDENCE BOOST AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY CAN DO IT, AND I CAN WORK MY HARDEST AND GET TO WHERE I WANT TO BE IN TEN OR HOWEVER MANY YEARS.
>> THAT´S ALSO LIKE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS TODAY.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT YOUR MUSIC TO PORTRAY FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU´RE ATTEMPTING TO REACH?
>> SO I AM A -- A BLACK MAN IN A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SPACE THAT GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS AND I REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY.
AS A PERSON THAT STRUGGLED WITH IDENTITY AT TIMES, I GUESS, YOU WOULD SAY AND I FELT, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, TOO BLACK AND THEN THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS WITH MY BLACK FRIENDS AND I WASN´T BLACK ENOUGH.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE´S A STORY BECAUSE I GREW UP IN THIS WEALTHY AREA, BUT MY STRIP OF WHERE I GREW UP WAS VERY URBAN.
SO I -- THERE WAS A TENSION TO THE IDENTITY AND I REALLY TRY TO CONVEY THAT THROUGH MY MUSIC AND MY ART NOW FOR SURE.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MUSIC WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL.
SO, DO YOU PREFER THAT IT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD OR -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> I THINK THAT HIP-HOP I THINK THAT MUSIC IN GENERAL TAKES YOU THROUGH EVERY EMOTION AND FEELING.
YOU CAN FEEL EMPOWERED.
YOU CAN FEEL INSPIRED.
WE CAN FEEL SAD.
WE CAN FEEL HAPPY AND WE CAN FEEL LIKE YOU´RE READY TO PARTY AND YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU´RE READY TO GO PLAY A SPORTS GAME THAT´S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MAKING MUSIC IS THE WAY THAT I CAN MAKE SOMEONE FEEL IN DEPTH ABOUT WHO THEY ARE TO HOPEFULLY GO INSPIRE THEM TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
>> GOOD.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION.
I FEEL LIKE MOST STUDENTS IN THE U.S.
SPEND YEARS UNTIL YOU ENCOUNTER A BLACK MALE TEACHER.
IN SOME SCHOOLS MOST OF THE BLACK TEACHERS ARE A P-E TEACHER AND NOT MORE STUDENT DRIVEN.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK YOU´RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ABOUT THAT.
I JUST DON´T THINK THERE´S ENOUGH TEACHERS OF COLOR IN GENERAL WITHIN OUR COUNTRY AND FOR ME, AS A BLACK MAN, I JUST THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE A TEACHER ONE AND FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM ON CAMPUS THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO, THAT THEY CAN GO TO TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER TEACHERS JUST WON´T REALLY RELATE TO, I DIDN´T ENCOUNTER A BLACK TEACHER UNTIL I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND HE WAS OUR TECH ED TEACHER AND HE WAS BASICALLY A WOOD SHOP CLASS.
I DIDN´T ENCOUNTER, LIKE, A REAL BLACK TEACH EVERY UNTIL COLLEGE AND THAT WAS MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT WELLSLY COLLEGE WHEN I TOOK PSYCHOLOGY.
>> GREAT, AND ALSO, DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR PRESENCE ALONE BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEACHER -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> I DO.
THE SCHOOL I TEACH AT NOW IS 7% AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THERE´S NOT A LOT OF US AND I´M ONE OF THREE NOW BLACK STAFF MEMBERS AND I WAS THE FIRST ONE HIRED BACK IN 2018, AND I COULD NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THAT THE BLACK KIDS ON CAMPUS KIND OF GRAVITATED TOWARDS ME AND TO MY OFFICE, JUST TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE, ABOUT MUSIC, ABOUT SCHOOL, ABOUT SPORTS, ABOUT JUST GROWING UP AND BEING IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
IT´S VERY TOUGH BECAUSE YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO HOLD BACK YOUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY TO FIT IN.
SO THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN KIND OF DESCRIBE IT IS IS YOU BECOME COMFORTABLY UNCOMFORTABLE EVERY DAY AND THAT´S THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN DESCRIBE THAT.
>> IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
>> SO THINKING ABOUT IT WITH A TEACHER, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CAST.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT RAP AND HIP-HOP MUSIC HAVE A PLACE IN EDUCATION BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING LIKE BIGGIE SMALLS AND I KNOW TUPAC ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR POETRY.
DO YOU THINK THAT THEIR VERSIONS AND THEIR RAP HAS A PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE?
>> DEFINITELY.
I MEAN YOU LEARN ABOUT SOLILOQUIES AND JUST RHYMING THINGS AND IT´S POETRY IS JOUST WITH RAP AND HIP-HOP INSTRUMENTAL BEHIND IT, AND THEY DON´T HAVE TO BE INSTRUMENTAL AND YOU CAN START BEAT BOXING AND THAT´S GOOD.
I REMEMBER SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS PRACTICING THE POEMS, I´D TURN IT INTO A RAP.
SO I DO THINK THAT RAP AND HIP-HOP HAS A PLACE IN TEACHING.
>> EVEN ON MY ENGLISH CLASS, AND IT WAS ABOUT YOURSELF AND IT´S WHAT JOSH SAID, RAP AND HIP-HOP WAS IN GENERAL AND IT HAS A INSTRUMENTAL BEAT OR WHATEVER.
I THINK YOU CAN USE HIP-HOP OR RAP TO HELP GIVE A LESSON OR GIVE IT TO STUDENTS WHO WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
IF I HAVE THE OPTION TO DO IT TO A RAP OR A SONG THAT IS MY GO-TO BECAUSE I LIKE CHALLENGING MYSELF TO SEE HOW I CAN MAKE MY SONG EDUCATIONAL AND STILL MAKE IT SOUND GOOD.
SO I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IT HAS A PLACE IN EDUCATION.
>> JOSH?
>> YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW THAT UP.
I REMEMBER I HAD A PROJECT FOR HISTORY, AND WE HAD TO MAKE A SONG, A RAP, ANYTHING, AND I CHOSE TO TALK ABOUT GALILEO AND -- I DON´T KNOW.
I SERIOUSLY CALLED -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IT GOES ♫ GALILEO, HEY ♫ >> BECAUSE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STARS AND STUFF -- SO, I DON´T KNOW.
LIKE, THAT SONG JUST HAS A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING AND YOU CAN LEARN YOUR NUMBERS, WHAT IS THAT YOU SAY?
SO THAT´S -- YEAH.
>> REAL NICE.
REAL NICE.
GOOD JOB.
SO THIS QUESTION IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MERGING THE TWO PERSON AS TOGETHER WITH HIP-HOP AND THE TEACHING, HOW ELSE HAS YOUR TEACH CAG REAR AFFECTED YOUR MUSIC, AND HOW HAS HIP-HOP MUSIC AFFECTED YOUR TEACHING CAREER.
>> I´LL GIVE THIS ANSWER TOWARD MY STUDENTS AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS STILL KIND OF YOUNG.
I NEVER KIND OF WANTED TO PUT MYSELF IN A BOX WITH JUST ONE PERSON, AND I COULD BE MANY THINGS AND I DON´T THINK ANYONE SHOULD LIMIT THEMSELVES TO BE JUST ONE THING AND AS A BLACK PERSON IN A PREDOMINANTLY ONE SPACE YOU´RE LABELED AS ONE THING AND YOU´RE A BASKETBALL PLAYER OR A FOOTBALL PLAYER AND NO, I´M A TEACHER, MENTOR, I´M A PERSONAL TRAINER, AND I´M A HIP-HOP ARTIST.
SO MY REAL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS MY KIDS INSPIRE ME AND THEY HAVE DREAMS OR FOAL OF THEIR OWN AND THAT HELPS INSPIRE ME TO KEEP HAVING THAT, AND ME DOING WHAT LOVER DOING THAT´S NOT TEACHING AND IT INSPIRES THEM TO KEEP GOING AND CHASE THEIR DREAMS THAN THEY MIGHT.
PERFECT XAFRMEL.
I MET THIS KID WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN.
HE REALLY WANTED TO BE A HIP-HOP, RAP PRODUCER PROGRAM SO HE SENT ME SOME BEATS.
AND THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD.
NOT GOING TO LIE, BUT YOU COULD TELL THAT HE WAS TRYING TO EMULATE WHAT HE WAS HEARING.
FAST FORWARD NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, HE´S A JUNIOR AND HE´S GOT THREE SONGS ON HIS ALBUM.
I´M REALLY PROUD OF THAT KID.
SERIOUSLY.
>> JOSH?
>> I KNOW HE MENTIONED THIS KID THAT WAS DROPPING BEATS.
I WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU HELP ANY UPCOMING ARTISTS THAT YOU SEE AT YOUR SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE?
>> ALL OF THE TIME.
I JUST THINK THAT IS WHO I AM IN MY COURT.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I AM A PERSON WHO HELPS ANYONE AND EVERYONE ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS BECAUSE I WOULDN´T BE HERE IF I DIDN´T HAVE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY.
>> OKAY.
SO THIS QUESTION GOES OUT TO OUR GUEST HOST AND THEN TO OUR CAST.
SO WE SAW THAT THEY PERFORMED A BLACK LIVES MATTER REMIX, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND HIP-HOP RAP MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE WORLD AND HAS THE POWER TO AFFECT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS OUR DUTY TO SPEAK OUT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST DOMINANT GENRE IN THE WORLD, MEANING SO MANY YEARS OF HEARING PEOPLE LIKE RODDY RICH, AND LITTLE BABY AND THE BABY AND HOPEFULLY ME.
SO I JUST THINK IT´S OUR DUTY TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT, AND NOT ONLY TO BE THE VOICE TO KIDS WHO NEED A VOICE AND MORE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY, FOR SURE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT SHE SAID, LIKE, ESPECIALLY A PART THAT IS IN THEIR HISTORY, AND WE JUST HAD BLACK HISTORY THERE TODAY, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU DON´T KNOW YOUR HISTORY, YOU DON´T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND I THINK MEGAN SPEAKS TRUTH AND RAP AND HIP-HOP ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GENRES ARE A PART OF OUR HISTORY AND THAT QUOTE WAS THE PERSON WHO SAID THIS WAS FROM STEPHANIE CHALANA BROWN AND SHE´S A LOCAL FOREVER.
>> AWESOME.
>> YEAH.
DEFINITELY WHAT JOSH AND ROY SAID.
THIS DOESN´T HAVE IT, SUBCONSCIOUSLY, AND THEY KEEP LISTENING AND LISTENING TO IT AND EVENTUALLY THEY´LL GET THE MESSAGE, SO -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> SO WHEN THEY HAVE RESEARCH ON YOU, WE KNOW THAT IN SOME OF THESE VIDEOS, THEY´RE TIRED AND SO THIS IMAGE IS USUALLY PORTRAYED IN HIP-HOP RAP AND LISTEN TO YOURSELF WITH THE MENTALITY OF HIP-HOP.
>> THAT´S A GREAT QUESTION.
>> I JUST THINK IT´S ACTUALLY GENUINELY ME.
I DRESS THE WAY THAT I FEEL AND I´M MORE OF A CLEAN-CUT GUY THAT HANGS AROUND MORE, I GUESS, CLEAN-CUT PEOPLE AND I´M NOT A QUOTE, UNQUOTE HOOD GUY, AND I DRESS THE WAY THAT I GREW UP AND THE WAY THAT MY GRANDMOM RAISED ME TO CARRY MYSELF.
>> YEAH.
SO I KNOW HOW YOU´RE TALKING ABOUT BEING CLEAN CUT, BUT THIS ISN´T THAT IT´S NOT CLEAN CUT, AND WHEN YOU PUT CURSE WORDS INTO YOUR SONG, HOW DO PEOPLE REACT?
LIKE, I KNOW YOUR PARENTS -- HOW DO THEY VIEW THEIR TEACHER DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT CURSE WORDS?
>> PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I THINK IT MATTERED MORE.
>> PRIVATE SCHOOL, NOT SO MUCH, AND THEY´VE KIND OF GIVEN ME MY SPACE TO BE WHO I AM AS AN ARTIST AND IT´S BASED ON TRUTH, UNITY AND LOVE AND THAT IS MY TRUTH, AND I´M 33 YEARS OLD.
I HAVE CURSED IN MY LIFE.
I TRY NOT TO DO IT AS MUCH, BUT I ACTUALLY DO IT AS A POINT OF MORE EMPHASIS OF WHAT I NEED TO SAY AND I HAVE A PUNCH TO IT RATHER THAN JUST SAYING IT JUST TO SAY IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> OKAY.
SO NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHOW US A LITTLE TASTE OF SOME OF YOUR HIP-HOP OR RAP, MAYBE, LIKE, EIGHT BARS OR SOMETHING.
>> I CAN PROBABLY DO IT IN TWO MINUTE, BUT HERE WE GO.
YOET DEAR SUMMER, HELLO AGAIN ♫ ♫ MY VOICE AND THE BEAT, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHEMISTRY ♫ ♫ LIKE A REVEREND WHO FILLS HIS MINISTRY ♫ ♫ TAKE IT TO CHURCH ♫ I KNOW YOU FEEL MY BIBLE LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE EARTH ♫ JUST TAKING STEPS IN MY DEVELOPMENT TO BETTER MY WORK AND I´M FOCUSED.
NO JOKE, AND I PUT MY BAG ♫ ♫ AND I´M JUST PREPARED BECAUSE MAN, YOU NEVER KNOW EVERY DAY IS A JOURNEY ♫ ♫ WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO ♫ ♫ FOR ME IT´S REAL AND PEOPLE CHANGE LIKE THE SEASON IS EVEN BEING BETTER.
THE POTENTIAL NEVER KNEW WHAT KIND OF ICE ♫ ♫ I´M LIVING ON MY OWN AND LEARNED HOW TO SWIM AND WHILE DO I THIS AND NOT THE SAME, BUT THE MUSIC ♫ WE´RE A UNIT.
AS A TEAM, WE HAVE GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH DREAM TEAM, AND TOO MANY OPTIONS AND HOW CAN YOU STOP THEM.
NOTHING WITH THE LEGENDARY, AND I´M JUST PREDICT A FUTURE TO MISS CLEO, AND STAGGER DOWN THE ZEROS AND THANK GOD I CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH BECAUSE SOME KIDS LOOK TO ME LIKE A HERO ♫ LIVING IN A BLISS, I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BIT TALLER ♫ ♫ A LITTLE BIT CRAZY ♫ ♫ LIVING -- SO NEYO AND MATRIX AND THERE ARE EIGHT THINGS AND GREAT HAPPENS AND CALL ME PICASSO OR DA VINCI, SO I´M LEAVING EMPTY, AND I WASN´T GOING TO LEAVE MY MARK AND I´VE BEEN IN THIS FROM THE START, AND NOW I´VE GOT A GIRLFRIEND AND LET ME TAKE OFF THE BLAZER AND LOOSEN UP THE TIE ♫ ♫ SUPERMAN IS A LIE AND I´M OUT IN THE OPEN WITH NO NEED TO HIGH ♫ ♫ THEY AIN´T SURPRISED ♫ ♫ CAN NEVER GET SURPRISED TO MOMMY HEARING A CRY ♫ WHO ELSE WILL TEACH MY LITTLE BROTHER TO CRY ♫ ♫ I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF AND NOW I´M DETERMINED TO FLY ♫ >> WOW!
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
OKAY.
WELL, SORRY, WE´RE OUT OF TIME AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE HEART MORE OF THAT AWESOMENESS AND WE THANK RUSH FOR JOINING US AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN.
JOIN US NEXT TIME ON "GRAFFITI STREET," EXCUSE THE PUN, THE BEAT DON´T ♫♫
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