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6 hours ago, Draconator said:

I can't overlook 5 million raised for Oshei Children's Hospital. 

I”m not sure “should be someone else” is the best first instinct when someone’s honored, regardless of the merit of others.   Could be lots of folk … it’s Dawkins.   Here’s to Dion.

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10 hours ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Please don't diminish what Dion did after the mass shooting in Buffalo.  

You mean when he was promoting Benny The Butcher??

 

This guy??

 

Live by It
/
Lyrics
The Butcher comin', *****
I know you got your gun on you, *****
***** you gon' do with that though?
Guns don't make you safe but I'm strapped with mines (got mine)
It's about awareness and your reaction time (a reaction, ooh)
I gave hammers to little niggas who not responsible for 'em (damn)
The power of having a gun a big obstacle for 'em (uh)
In every hood in the country, yeah the cans flarin' (brrt)
And street niggas won't outlive their grandparents (woo)
But, ***** you 'posed to do when it's hate that they got for you?
And you easy to trace 'cause your face recognizable, huh (damn)
I kept it straight, being fake was never honorable (one hunnid)
We different 'cause runnin' 'round with snakes never bothered you (you a snake too)
Talk that tough *****, you never see me jackin' it
This heat clappin' make street savages peace advocates
I'm on the West Coast with a B word that's East African
I used to take a nine out a brick and repackage it (yeah)
Og's put us on and we cherished it
Now I want my young niggas shooters like Pete Maravich (doot, doot, doot, doot)
Uh, you shot up a crowd and thought you was gangsta (you think you was gangsta?)
But hit a kid 'cause killers don't go to shooting ranges (***** up)
You know my neighborhood was super dangerous
A record deal will get you lit but a robbery will make you super famous (you litty)
These new niggas just stop and pull it (uh-huh)
Traded in his innocence for a box of bullets (damn)
If there's work in the house it belong to the trapper
And gun's on tour buses always belong to the rapper, uh
My little man ride around strapped
Hunting for an OP he can catch
(Live by it you die by it)
Knowing if he don't kill him he coming back
But he said he good 'cause he gonna handle that
(Live by it you die by it)
Kept mine on me wherever I was at
Heard some niggas had some money on my hat
(Live by it you die by it)
Uh, 223.'S, K's, and Mac's
You send a shooter here I'll send 'em back (yo, look)
(Live by it you die by it)
I get the drop on a *****, it come from the hoes first
We follow the load first, that's what you call homework (yeah)
See the dope gonna lead you to the stash spot
When you see that padlock, you know it's a jackpot
Listen, for a minute robbery was my new profession (uh-huh)
Pop up at your crib dressed like UPS men
Show me where the money at or get your neck slit (I'll kill you)
And we don't even count it on to the next lick, uh
AR-15's to 21 LR's
The SK make the ground shake when it let off
Oil based, tryna to get them flakes like Kellog's
My shooter said if he don't got his gun then he fell off
(Where the ***** yo' gun at?)
Leave your head swollen with what I'm holdin' (uh)
This one on me all the way from Texas reported stolen
Go and get a gun and start buying some jewelry
If you too shook to tote then just hire security, ah
My little man ride around strapped
Hunting for an OP he can catch
(Live by it you die by it)
Knowing if he don't kill him he coming back (he coming back)
But he said he good 'cause he gonna handle that
(Live by it you die by it)
Kept mine on me wherever I was at (uh)
Heard some niggas had some money on my hat (you know how we rockin')
(Live by it you die by it)
223.'S, K's, and Mac's (Sopranos, *****)
Send a shooter here I'll send 'em back
(Live by it you die by it)

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1 hour ago, ArtVandalay said:

You mean when he was promoting Benny The Butcher??

 

This guy??

 

Live by It
/
Lyrics
The Butcher comin', *****
I know you got your gun on you, *****
***** you gon' do with that though?
Guns don't make you safe but I'm strapped with mines (got mine)
It's about awareness and your reaction time (a reaction, ooh)
I gave hammers to little niggas who not responsible for 'em (damn)
The power of having a gun a big obstacle for 'em (uh)
In every hood in the country, yeah the cans flarin' (brrt)
And street niggas won't outlive their grandparents (woo)
But, ***** you 'posed to do when it's hate that they got for you?
And you easy to trace 'cause your face recognizable, huh (damn)
I kept it straight, being fake was never honorable (one hunnid)
We different 'cause runnin' 'round with snakes never bothered you (you a snake too)
Talk that tough *****, you never see me jackin' it
This heat clappin' make street savages peace advocates
I'm on the West Coast with a B word that's East African
I used to take a nine out a brick and repackage it (yeah)
Og's put us on and we cherished it
Now I want my young niggas shooters like Pete Maravich (doot, doot, doot, doot)
Uh, you shot up a crowd and thought you was gangsta (you think you was gangsta?)
But hit a kid 'cause killers don't go to shooting ranges (***** up)
You know my neighborhood was super dangerous
A record deal will get you lit but a robbery will make you super famous (you litty)
These new niggas just stop and pull it (uh-huh)
Traded in his innocence for a box of bullets (damn)
If there's work in the house it belong to the trapper
And gun's on tour buses always belong to the rapper, uh
My little man ride around strapped
Hunting for an OP he can catch
(Live by it you die by it)
Knowing if he don't kill him he coming back
But he said he good 'cause he gonna handle that
(Live by it you die by it)
Kept mine on me wherever I was at
Heard some niggas had some money on my hat
(Live by it you die by it)
Uh, 223.'S, K's, and Mac's
You send a shooter here I'll send 'em back (yo, look)
(Live by it you die by it)
I get the drop on a *****, it come from the hoes first
We follow the load first, that's what you call homework (yeah)
See the dope gonna lead you to the stash spot
When you see that padlock, you know it's a jackpot
Listen, for a minute robbery was my new profession (uh-huh)
Pop up at your crib dressed like UPS men
Show me where the money at or get your neck slit (I'll kill you)
And we don't even count it on to the next lick, uh
AR-15's to 21 LR's
The SK make the ground shake when it let off
Oil based, tryna to get them flakes like Kellog's
My shooter said if he don't got his gun then he fell off
(Where the ***** yo' gun at?)
Leave your head swollen with what I'm holdin' (uh)
This one on me all the way from Texas reported stolen
Go and get a gun and start buying some jewelry
If you too shook to tote then just hire security, ah
My little man ride around strapped
Hunting for an OP he can catch
(Live by it you die by it)
Knowing if he don't kill him he coming back (he coming back)
But he said he good 'cause he gonna handle that
(Live by it you die by it)
Kept mine on me wherever I was at (uh)
Heard some niggas had some money on my hat (you know how we rockin')
(Live by it you die by it)
223.'S, K's, and Mac's (Sopranos, *****)
Send a shooter here I'll send 'em back
(Live by it you die by it)

It’s very easy to just look at lyrics and think they promote violence

 

But then listen to Griselda talk in interviews… Listen to Benny speak in interviews

 

They’re speaking about what they knew.. The world they grew up in… They don’t glorify it in interviews saying this is what the kids should do

 

They say this is what I knew… So I rap about it so the future kids might not have to go through it… That it’s OK to like school and not carry your box in a pizza bag Etc 

 

The last words you live by it… you die by it… That’s speaking facts

 

If you live this life children it will kill you… 
 

Just cause he’s rapping about the life doesn’t mean he’s glorifying it … Because he’s always been anti-violence in his messages with the people 

 

He’s rapping what he observed not what he believes is right

 

He literally is telling the kids if you live this life it will kill you

 

 

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