Emcee Rangus - The Media Says lyrics
[Intro: Sample] This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African American's than racism in recent years [Verse 1: Emcee Rangus] The media says stuff that doesn't even make sense Most of the time they just try and be an influence They just hear things they think they can report about Most of the time without knowledge from the background Some of the time it can all just come around Just like the time they reported about Kendrick Lamar It was at the BET Awards, up on a vandalized cop car saying, “We gon' be alright” The song's about police brutality When Fox News come out they say it's all just a tragedy They think that hip hop is the cause of racism How could they think that, when it's all just your opinion? [Sample: 2Pac Shakur] "I was talking to people and everything. Cause we don't like black people. Alright that's fine, that's your opinion. Just like I want people to respect my opinion all the time, Imma respect your opinion. But I want you to treat me with respect and I'll treat you with respect and we get along good." [Verse 2: Emcee Rangus] See what I mean just treat people with respect and it'll all turn good Maybe if you did that it wouldn't be so bad in the hood The media doesn't respect anyone's opinion They just wanna report on things that can bring completion Sometimes I come to think, 'Why do they do this?' I come to the conclusion that they think were all helpless They can put things in your mind that just don't make sense How could racism be caused by hip hop and that just be the end? If it really was, the sh** would be banned How could it cause it I just don't understand Fox News got plenty fans that think its all fine If you think that you won't even earn a dime Some people need to lift their senses and stop bringing up all these hard expectations [Sample: 2Pac Shakur] "Half of my fans are white. The white fans, they listen just as much as the black fans. The ones that have approached me are the genuine fans. These are the people that are gonna have jobs in the future, they're gonna hire my family" [Verse 3: Emcee Rangus] As you can hear Pac doesn't care who you are So why don't you just give all respect and we'll hopefully stop this y'all I know I'm white, I know I may not be the best to talk about this But if you say that then how isn't that racist? Really if it comes around at the end of the day all we're saying in our rap lyrics are things that express our feelings, okay? Successful rappers talk about what there going through That's what Pac had to defend through all these interviews Pac was an influence to many people Nowadays it sounds like the media's taking credential The thing that annoys me the most is how your opinion can change with just one post None of this would actually matter to me if the media just stopped giving us sh**ty information it would be G Some of this is personally pretty close to me How could it be wrong if it's on the TV? Sometimes you gotta understand that when sh** hits the fan you just gotta increase your cave man attention span In most of the songs that bring up police brutality All the artist is trying to do is rap reality But when it comes to people that just don't understand they go bam And talk about things that don't even make sense, man [Sample: 2Pac Shakur] "Well because we saw the horror, that's what made us stop the Vietnam War. So I thought, that's what I'm gonna do as an artist, as a rapper, I'm gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they'll stop it, quick."