What's Going On

Album: Can-I-Bus (1998)
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  • On this track Canibus laments how rap music and gun violence seem to go hand in hand. The lyrics, "Can't Do no Hip-Hop shows without the gunplay, before you blaze think about the lives at stake" and "Every time a nigga reaches for chrome, he jeopardizes more lives than his own," pretty much sum it up. An interesting take on the concept, Canibus points out that this theme has been explored before: "a subject that was touched by Nas and Pharoah Monch." >>
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    James - Tucson, AZ

Comments: 2

  • Norma from Leeds, United KingdomNot nearly as nice as "Naughty, naughty, naughty" by Joy Sarney.
  • Joel from Baltimore, MdI don't normally listen to rap but I have heard this on a mixtape my friend made.
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