http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17106736

What a load of ****crapola*** AND CRACK MAKES YOU SMARTER----------------

Adam Bradley, associate professor of African American literature at the University of Colorado, also believes rap contains lessons in charismatic leadership they don't teach in business school.

 

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I like rap and I make more money than you.

Coincidence?

 

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tell us your secrets..... do you gunner people or wear you pants below you knees?

 

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I mean, really, it doesn't get more poignant than "ain't got time for bitches/gotta keep my mind on my mothafkin riches"

 

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Jay Z can be my business mentor any day of the week. So can Eminem. So can P.Diddy.

Jay Z went from selling drugs on the corner to selling his own vodka. Americans love a rags to riches story. Honestly, are only white people allowed to profit from misfortune? I think Chris Rock said that.

 

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I been in this game for years, it made me a animal
It's rules to this s***, I wrote me a manual
A step by step booklet for you to get
Your game on track, not your wig pushed back

Rule number uno, never let no one know
How much, dough you hold, 'cause you know
The cheddar breed jealousy 'specially
If that man fk up, get your ass stuck up

Number two, never let 'em know your next move
Don't you know Bad Boys move in silence or violence
Take it from your highness
I done squeezed mad clips at these cats for they bricks and chips

Number three, never trust nobody
Your moms'll set that ass up, properly gassed up
Hoodie to mask up, s***, for that fast buck
She be layin' in the bushes to light that ass up

Number four, know you heard this before
Never get high on your own supply

Number five, never sell no crack where you rest at
I don't care if they want a ounce, tell 'em bounce

Number six, that Goddamn credit, dead it
You think a crackhead payin' you back, s*** forget it

Seven, this rule is so underrated
Keep your family and business completely separated
Money and blood don't mix like two dicks and no bitch
Find yourself in serious s***

Number eight, never keep no weight on you
Them cats that squeeze your guns can hold jobs too

Number nine, shoulda been number one to me
If you ain't gettin' bags stay the fk from police
If n***z think you snitchin' ain't tryin' listen
They be sittin' in your kitchen, waitin' to start hittin'

Number ten, a strong word called consignment
Strictly for live men, not for freshmen
If you ain't got the clientele say hell no
'Cause they gon' want they money rain, sleet, hail, snow

Follow these rules, you'll have mad bread to break up
If not, twenty-four years, on the wake up
Slug hit your temple, watch your frame shake up
Caretaker did your makeup, when you pass

 

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Rags to riches are cool for black or white or pink-pokie-dot - This stupid bbc article is say there is freaking business sense in the lyrics - what sh-----t

 

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Are you an expert on rap lyrics? Know a lot about lyricism, do you?

 

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Only rap I ever hear is full of hate, sex anti American anti white anti everything.

 

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It sounds like you don't know much at all then. How can you scoff at the idea that rap lyrics could contain sage business advice, if you've heard maybe 1% of what rap has to offer?

hmm?

 

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