Don't let the necessary Occur
I've been listening to 2pac & DMX this week and today I threw in Bonnie &Clyde (Jay-Z) and in basking in the music of my late teens/early twenties a theme peeked out at me. I am not a fan of rap as a genre particularly not gansta rap so on the surface my enjoyment of these artists seems odd even to me but I have always felt moved by their music.
In listening to specific songs like Keep Your Head Up, Come Back In One Piece, Dogs For Life, Dear Mamma, and Bonnie & Clyde I started thinking about how they all in one way or another dealt with love, life, and a certain type of masculinity in which one of the manifestations is that they are men who handle their business in whatever way that needs to happen.
They are portrayed as men of depth and complexity who while they wouldn't hesitate to take someone out, they also enjoy fine things, and feel deeply without any shame in expressing it. If you mess with what is theirs your are taking your life into your own hands. It occurs to me that while I may not have always known I would flourish as a slave I knew I wanted a man like that. I needed that in my life. To feel protected to the highest degree in a way that has so rarely been afforded me and to also have in that same man someone who would not only put up with my various eccentrics but adore and encourage them, tall order I know. I got the bonus plan. :)
In listening to specific songs like Keep Your Head Up, Come Back In One Piece, Dogs For Life, Dear Mamma, and Bonnie & Clyde I started thinking about how they all in one way or another dealt with love, life, and a certain type of masculinity in which one of the manifestations is that they are men who handle their business in whatever way that needs to happen.
They are portrayed as men of depth and complexity who while they wouldn't hesitate to take someone out, they also enjoy fine things, and feel deeply without any shame in expressing it. If you mess with what is theirs your are taking your life into your own hands. It occurs to me that while I may not have always known I would flourish as a slave I knew I wanted a man like that. I needed that in my life. To feel protected to the highest degree in a way that has so rarely been afforded me and to also have in that same man someone who would not only put up with my various eccentrics but adore and encourage them, tall order I know. I got the bonus plan. :)
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