Originally posted by Krlea:
Sorry Pat, but I have to agree with him on this one. A few years back EVERYONE listened to Nirvana. I remember the day he died (I was in 8th grade) it was a huge deal with huge mourning and so forth. He was like the start and finish of the whole grunge period.

Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante:
Best song on a personal level, In Bloom.

"Changes"

Come on come on
I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"
I'm tired of being poor & even worse I'm black
my stomach hurts so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a Negro
pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers
give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
"It's time to fight back."
that's what Huey said
2 shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
We gotta start making changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that's the way it is


Come on come on
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
aww yeah

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under--I wonder what it takes to make this
one better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right
because both black and white is smoking crack tonight
and only time we chill is when we kill each other
it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready to see a black President
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
But some things will never change
try to show another way but you staying in the dope game
Now tell me what's a mother to do
being real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
"I made a G today"
But you made it in a sleazy way
selling crack to the kid
" I gotta get paid,"
Well hey, well that's the way it is

[Chorus]

[Talking:]
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start making some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working, so it's on us to do
what we gotta do...to survive.

And still I see no changes
can't a brother get a little peace?
It's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs
so the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back with the blacks giving it back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up,
crack you up, and pimp slap you up
You gotta learn to hold ya own
they get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this
I don't trust this
When they try to rush, I bust this
That's the sound of my tool
you say it ain't cool
my mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
& I never get to lay back
because I always got to worry about the pay backs
some buck that I roughed up way back
coming back after all these years
rat-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is

(What y'all want?)
Unconditional Love (no doubt)
Talking bout the stuff that don't wear off
It don't fade
It'll last for all these crazy days
These crazy nights
Whether you wrong or you right
I'm a still love you
Still feel you
Still there for you
No matter what (hehe)
You will always be in my heart
With unconditional love

[Verse One:]

Come listen to my truest thoughts, my truest feelings
All my peers doing years beyond drug dealing
How many caskets can we witness
Before we see it's hard to live
This life without God, so we must ask forgiveness
Ask mama why I got this urge to die
Witness the tears falling free from my eyes
Before she could reply
Though we were born without a silver spoon
My broken down TV show cartoons in my living room (hey)
One day I hope to make it
A player in this game
Mama don't cry, long as we try
Maybe things change
Perhaps it's just a fantasy
A life where we don't need no welfare shit with our whole family
Maybe it's me that caused it
The fighting and the hurting
In my room crying cause I didn't want to be a burden
Watch mama open up her arms to hug me
And I ain't worried about a damn thing, with unconditionl love

[Chorus: 2x]

In this game, the lesson's in your eyes to see
Though things change, the future's still inside of me
We must remember that tomorrow comes after the dark
So you will always be in my heart, with unconditional love

Just got the message you've been calling all week
Been out here hustling on these streets, ain't had a chance to speak
But you know, with you and me it's on G
We could never be enemies, cause you been such a good friend to me
Where would I be without my dogs
No wonder why when times get hard
Cause it ain't easy being who we are
Driven by my ambitions, desire higher positions
So I proceed to make Gs, eternally in my mission
Is to be more than just a rap musician
The elevation of today's generation
If could make 'em listen
Prison ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed
Time to plan and strategize, my family's gotta eat
When we make something out of nothing
No pleasure in the suffering, neighborhood would be good
If they could cut out all the busting
The liquor and the weed, the cussing
Sending love out to my block
The struggle never stops (unconditional love)

[Chorus]

I'll probably never understand ya ways
With everyday, I swear I hear ya
Trying to change your ways while getting paid at the same time
Just had a baby with the same eyes
Something inside, please let me die these are strange times
How come I never made it
Maybe it's the way I played it in my heart
I knew one day I gotta be a star
My hopes and all my wishes
So many vivid pictures, and all the currency
I'll never even get to see
This fast life soon shatters
Cause after all the lights and screams
Nothing but my dreams matter
Hoping for better days
Maybe a peaceful night, baby don't cry
Cause everything gonna be alright
Just lay your head on my shoulder
Don't worry about a thang baby
Girl I'm a soldier
Never treated me bad, no matter who I was
You still came with that, unconditional love

[Chorus]

Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante:
I found this interesting article... perhaps there is a racial divide with music preference...

Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante:
Kurt Cobain vs Master P