Can I Live?

The energy you extend to the universe is returned to you. All major legions, in some form, preach this tenant. Following this philosophy it isn’t a far reach to believe that when you surround yourself with and preach to the world violence, anger, aggression, negativity, fighting; ultimately it shall return to you. It should be no shock that the tools that you have gotten through violence return to you as you meet your demise. It’s all cyclical, the beginning is the end and life comes full circle.

Unfortunately, violence permeates every part of our society like desert sands; it is as accepted as rising gas prices. Every night on the news there is another story of another young life stilled, another dream deferred.  And yet there is no true outrage. There is plenty of folks saying the letters R.I.P., pour out liquor and taking moments to fondly reminisce, but no outrage. Why aren’t we angry? Angry with ourselves for our laissez-faire attitude towards the destruction of generations of our future leaders that we bear witness too? Angry that seeing a memorial T-shirt is as common as clean sneakers? Why do we accept the death of another young Black man as part of the deal?

Hip Hop is only dying because we are sitting back and watching our future kill each other. Change and growth must start from within before a movement can grow from an idea to a revolution. We need to stop sending our future ill-equipped to the front lines.

The world is off center, swinging out of control. It is past time for the pendulum to swing back to center. Its time we speak power and prosperity into our existence through knowledge and responsibility, not through catch phrases and hooks. It is time we speak existence into existence.

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