know the truth hurts,
and at first you don't succeed, then try again, but if it wasn't
meant to be, then please put down the pen,
without ease I'd clown these men because I
wouldn't want to hurt them,
but choose another area more suitable to work in
If you can't foot the bill,
then step another direction
Don't live in solution,
accept and make correction
Selection isn't limited,
someone had to invented it
There's infinite paths to choose,
our crew's confused
Now I'm the wrong one,
you'll regret it in the long run
You can talk a gang of rap,
but if you never get no songs done
It's pointless,
and I'll point this out so you can know
A pre -written rhyme in a open
mic isn't ribbing a show
I don't just flow, I'm part of,
for my lifestyle
An artist on a full -time track
Through hip -hop in effect,
that's what I am
And I know that's cliche to say,
but damn
When I wake up,
I got rhymes jumpin' from my diaphragm
You lyin' scam to convince, but since
Your tactics aren't sports,
but like you're
playin' constant defense
And weak since your confidence level
You meddle with the pen
on weekends
You're just a part -time rap pebble
And I'm a stone,
rock hard to the bone I don't condone
Incompetent, half -assed, non -prominent moves I soothe souls,
man, I roll with the legends
Music fills my bloodstream,
it's almost 97 and you just started
That's not allowed, don't crowd my area,
start sharing yours with the scores
Of others trying to bury the meaning,
I'm fainting from horror
Staying true is not a chore,
think about it twice before you set foot through the door
You need to quit
Welcome to the
Hip
Hop
The
Show.
Today we have a few issues we want to discuss with
a panel reformed through a city census.
We also had representatives walking the streets
of the bay to collect signatures for a petition
to find really cool hip hop people.
Some damn good rapping going on here.
I have with me today to mediate
Shice
De
Barbara from
Santa
Cruz.
So,
Barber, why you continue on here?
Okay, well, as
Bob said, they call me
Shiesty
Barber.
I prefer
Shy
Barber, though.
Yes, fucking yeah,
Barber.
Just go on.
Bob, you funny man.
Anyway, I've been a full -time dope
MC for about, well,
since, uh, ninth grade.
Put the pen in pad during summer of 94.
And, uh,
I, too, was one of the petitioneers
trying to locate some keepers
of the real, if you will.
Oh, that's fucking good,
Barber.
Well, I'm a freestyler,
Bob.
Matter of fact,
Bob, get the beatbox here.
Please.
All right, yeah.
That's good.
All right, here we go.
I am a rapper, and you know this.
I did this petition for this thing.
All right, that's enough, man.
I can't show all my skills before my album comes out,
which is about four years.
It's called
Sheisty
Barb.
And the album's called
Barb
Wire.
That's pretty interesting there,
Barb.
I'm glad I have you for a commentator on
my side.
Yeah, well, you know,
you're pretty lucky.
Anyway, we have a little...
We got all the people on the panel now
that we want to discuss hip -hop with.
Okay?
Okay, so who we have here today
is
Dan the
Man from
Oakland.
MC
Extraordinaire.
That's right.
That's right.
Dan, so, I have some questions for ya.
What's that?
One, what is hip -hop like when you're
selling your shit on the streets?
Well, hip -hop's in a very emergency
type of state right now.
agree.
But I'm an emcee, and I'm representing
to the fullest of my capabilities.
That's great.
That's great.
So you say this, representing,
I'm, I mean, I'm saying...
Keeping it all good,
yeah, out there on the streets.
Oh, okay. I
Just, you know, for the hip -hop heads.
Okay, well, my name is
Bob once again. I have a question for ya.
Is that alright, sir?
Yeah, what's that?
Alright,
Dan the
Man, that's your name, right?
Dan the
Man,
MC.
Okay, well, what's the name of your album coming
out here, sir?
I have an album coming out called
Hardcore to the
Bone.
Hard to the
Bone, huh?
Hardcore to the
Bone.
I believe there's already some.
9 -6 style.
Oh, okay.
Well, that's super.
Excuse me,
Bob.
Dan, when we met on the street,
you specifically told me that you only
rap with your shoes on backwards.
Now, what brought on this?
That's just the type of thing that I
have going on where
I...
It helps me flow.
Better.
Well, uh, that's all we have today for the hip -hop of the show,
and we'll be back with
you on future references to talk about
hip -hop and all the good stuff.
Alright,
Barbara,
take it out.
Alright,
Ned, I'm off for today,
and watch out for my album,
Barbed
Wire, and
I'll see you in the 9 -7.
