Hun! What Did You Say?

Hey HLX Fam, it is your boy “Ron the Real Deal” coming back at you. When I was coming up we use to look forward to showing up to school with the lyrics to the latest song. The kid who had the lyrics first got cool points with the girls? It was easy to get the lyrics because they were right on the back of the album cover. I remember when Hip Hop was in its infancy and you can listen to a song a few times and knew all the lyrics right away. Raps song like Rapper Delight, The Message by Grandmaster Flash were easy to remember and fun to listen too. What has happened?

The lyrics to a majority of the song out today make absolutely no sense. I came across the lyrics of 2Chainz song “I’m Different” and let me tell you, I don’t know what the hell he is talking about. It appears to be a bunch of metaphors without any real message. These artists today are being allowed to get away with material with no real lyrical content or message. Listen to a Heavy D song and you find yourself getting caught up in the story line and how easy it is to understand what he is saying. The rap group Whoodini gave us songs like Freaks come out at night and Big Mouth which became our ghetto anthems and inspired us to want change. If I am going to spend my hard earned money on a song. I want to know what the heck the artist is saying and mean. We can’t keep letting these commercial artist get away with putting out generic songs with boo boo lyrics.

We must demand they come out with material we can all understand. I just want to know what they are saying without having to guess or ask for an interpreter.  You see, I don’t have this issue with artists featured in HLX publications. These artists do not have a problem with us knowing what they are talking about. I caught the BET 2015 awards show on and believe me you, I was not able to understand even half of what the artists were saying except for the few old schooliers.  I challenge our viewers to examine the lyrics of some of their favorite songs and let me know if I am right on this one. Please keep your ears and eyes open and allow HLX to keep you in the know. This is yo boy “Ron the Real Deal” giving a big Yes Sirrrrrr to anyone who can identify lyrics that make absolutely no sense in their favorite songs. Until next time, tune into the #1 online magazine HLX.

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