The Adventures Of A Hip Hop Fanboy and Hedgebrooms And Friends

The Adventures Of A Hip Hop Fanboy


The idea that Hip Hop is a slowly dying art form is a perfectly acceptable opinion
When you’re only taking into consideration
80% of what’s in the mainstream

So many irresponsible lessons
Being fed to the younger generations
And as it breaks my heart
I start to realise that those lessons were there
From the very start

You see
My early teens
Can be
Pretty much
Summed up
With these 5 things
Hip hop
Hardcore
Dc comics
Mike Patton
Twin Peaks
And let's be honest
At the age of 35
Not a whole lot has actually changed
In my life

Now
To me hip hop and hardcore
Were always interchangeable
Ethical
And political
With a message to rise above it all
But the misogyny
Racism
And homophobia run deep
If you just read between the lines
That our “heroes” once did speak

Growing up listening to Dre
And the D o double G
I didn’t think saying Bitch was meant to be derogatory
I just wanted to be cool
Like every other mother fucker in my school
I wore my onyx hoodie with pride
Wu-Tang hat tipped to one side

And it's not like the music
Was anything I could relate too
Never had use for an AK
Didn't need to drop any fools
Because life's pretty mundane
In the w.g.c
It's kinda lame being B.r.i.d.g.e

You see
Small town kids feel the need to
Feel bigger
So they start acting tuff
And using the word  
Inappropriate words
Inappropriate turns of phrase
So many homophobic slurs
It's like it's a crime to be gay
Which is not ok

So what I did next was
Branched out and finally found music
That actually spoke to me
Mos Def
Jurassic 5
Del
Gil
Dilated Peoples
Public Enemy

Still from streets that
I've never walked
But endorsing an ethic
That I could support
Hip hop with a conscious thought
Listening to every word
KRS-ONE taught

I found wisdom
In his lyricism
Couldn't help but sit and listen
To every lesson
That he was teaching
The words he was preaching
Soon became my religion

So now it's 2015
And you wanna tell me
That Hip Hop needs to get in the fucking sea?
Well before you make that decision
My suggestion is to go listen to Doomtree
Talib Kweli
Brother Ali
Atmosphere
Scroobius Pip
Run The Jewels
Sage Francis
MF DOOM
B Dolan
Saul Williams
They remind us
That

Hip hop is art
A way to voice our opinions
Hip hop is a way
For us to rage
Against the system
Not a platform for racism
Violence
And sexism
Hip hop should be poetry
And not your misogyny

So if you wanna ask me
who needs to get in the fucking sea?

Well...... It's Drake

innit

Obviously

Hedgebrooms And Friends

My friends look out for me like family
Every single one of them means so much to me
When darkness is the only thing that I see
They remind me that life gets better eventually

Then we sit and drink damn fine cups of tea
And we sit and watch episodes of Rick and Morty
Then we sit
And chat shit
For a bit
And then for a bit more
Because that’s what true friends are for

My friends look out for me like family
It’s that old skool London hardcore mentality
If you fall down we’ll bring you back to your feet
And without doubt you’ll always do the same for me

Because
Friends Are There
To Help You Get Started
To Give You A Push On Your Way
Friends Are There
To Turn You Around
Get Your Feet On The Ground For A Brand New Day

You see
My friends
They’re so much better than yours
We read Batman comics
And we fight to hardcore
Then we bop to hip hop
And we dance to cheesy pop
And we watch bad movies
Just so we can mock

We’re just a bunch of geeks
From the old skool
Before reading comics
And having beards were cool
Playing Nidhogg on out p.c’s
Because Fuck your latest console
And I may not WOW anymore
But I still represent Helkpo

And as far as the fake friends go
I’m fucking done with your hassles
I’m sick of the lying
And conspiring
And all the bullshit tales
That I have to unravel
Go feel free to take your dramas
And have a little choke on them
I’ll be here
Stroking my beard
Listening to the new B Dolan album

So Fuck those fucking fuck holes
I’ve got better friends I need to look out for

Be it Hedgebrooms
London crew
TTBT
We stole that from Doomtree
Be it 30 years strong
Or a new acquisition
My friends are there
Even if I don’t care
But my friends will care
For me