First, let me just say that the New England Patriots are playing and I’m a PSYCHO FAN!
Yay, we're flippin' awesome!
While watching today’s game, I went to MSN.com and the first things I noticed was an article stating that entertainer Jay-Z should spit a rhyme or two about marriage. What?! Writer Jozen Cummings posted on September 11th of this year that because of Jay-Z’s widespread influence, he would be the best person outside of actor/author Hill Harper, comedian/actor Steve Harvey, and President and Mrs. Barack Obama, to reach young audiences.
"They want me to rap about what?!?"
Cummings says, “To be clear, hip-hop doesn’t have a vulnerability problem. There are plenty of rap songs about the ups and downs of being in a relationship, but marriage? In rap, it might as well be called the M-word because almost no rapper wants to say it in a song, let alone write three verses and a hook about it.”
Hmm. Well. Marriage in the black community isn’t even thought of as a logical option, unfortunately. Just read the infamous article from the spring of 2006 entitled “Marriage Is for White People,” a statement made by the writer’s 12-year-old black, male student. It’s sad; but the world around us (to be read as: morally flip-flopped U.S.) has more examples of non-”traditional” family settings than the latter. I’m not going to get into my opinions…I’m a young, black woman who’s been married for two months to a young black man…because I have a bias. Yes, I’m capable of writing without the bias, but I don’t want to this time.
Thus, below you’ll find my proposed album for Jay-Z, or any performer, who decides to tackle the amazing life experience that is marriage:
Album Title: I Signed Up for THIS S***?!
1. My B**** Looks Good in That Wedding Dress
2. Honeymoon to Last
3. She Don’t Cook S***
4. I Rather Work Late (than Hear Her Nagging)
5. We Gone Make a Baby
6. Damn, We’ve Got a Baby
7. B**** Like the Baby More than Me
8. Mommy’s a Nag
9. So I Gained a Lil’ Weight
10. With a Spouse Like This, Who Needs Enemies
11. A Lifetime I Can’t Forget
12. You’ll Either be at My Funeral, or I’m at Yours
"Squeeze any tighter and you're sleeping on the couch, I swear..."
Tags: Marriage
Haha…. Marriage is INDEED something we are missing in the black community… it may hold some reason why families are deteriorating and morals of our people begin to suffer. *DEAD* @ the tracklisting!! Same comment submitted on Facebook. Just commented here to leave my website haha