The Honesty of Nas's Song "Daughter"

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Can Destiny be saved having two parents like Nas and Carmen?

I've always had a love and hate relationship with Nas as a rapper. Or should I say, like and disappointment. To me, Nas is one of the potentially stronger soldiers of this culture. Despite this he seems to go back and forth with the positivity and profoundness of his lyrics, which can have a confusing effect at the end of the day.

When I get really upset with his direction and who he collaborates with I call him a "Double Agent". I call him this because like many rappers he battles wanting to gain fans through them being able to relate to him and sending a message that can help them out of their situation and get them to think in life. It's a dilemma with a lot of artist. Particularly rap artist who want to relate to their fans but do nothing to help them with the chaos and "bondage by impulse" of their lives.

Many might say, that's not their job, it's not, but they wind up making things worst. "Double Agents" make things worst because once their fans can relate to their negativity because they do it too, they feel empowered by it because they feel they're just like the celebrity who seems dominate.

So that brings me to Nas's song "Daughter". I like it, I like how he comes clean by revealing his own mistakes in life. And I want to analyze the song from the perspective of being his Daughter and being one of his male fans who has a daughters.

The Hunger Games and the Danger of a Parents Silence After The Movie

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Summary: The Hunger Games is like The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger gone perverse. Instead of watch adults kill each other, kids are watching kids kill each other while adults who are suppose to protect them looking on.

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Wow, that's all that I can say!

Times have really changed haven't they? Let me be clear and state; I've always grown up enjoying movies and my parents were pretty liberal when it came to what I could watch. They knew that both my brother and I were mature enough to watch certain things.

Even as a child my mom allowed me to watch "Scarface" with Al Pacino and other crazy movies that were rated R. The only time I had to close my eyes was during the sex scenes of the movie. As I look back, I see how appropriate that was because watching sex acts spark a child's curiosity. Whether they go on to play doctor with their friends or try the actual act of sex at an earlier age, because it's equated with pleasure they are more likely to try it.

Violence on the other is not something the average person wants to be apart of, unless they're disturbed or surrounded by that ENERGY, like those who live in a bad neighborhood. When people who live around violence watch violence they process it in a different way. Fortunately that was not the case during my upbringing. I didn't watch Scarface or movies that had gun violence and then have to walk outside into the community and that type of behavior was right in my face. I did not hear gunshots on my block or face any scenario that would allow me to relate to the violence in movies.

Hopefully for many of you, this is can become an "Ah Ha" moment where you can finally understand why Black men are amongst the biggest supporters of the movie Scarface. They go beyond enjoying the movie and wear T-Shirts and other memorabilia to honor the character Tony Montana. When I worked at a gas station in a Black neighborhood, they had key chains, lighters, shot glasses and pens that had Scarface logos. Society understands that many Black men go beyond enjoying criminals but relate to them due to the conditions they live in.

Well let's take a look at the ENERGY shift through the years when it comes to movies. A shift "The Power Control Force" is supporting in the hopes that it will desensitized society to witnessing death of everyday people all around them.