Quote of the Day

June 22, 2009 by Marc Lamont Hill

In front of two-inch glass and Arabs I order fries
Inspiration when I write, I see my daughter’s eyes
I’m the truth, across the table from corporate lies
Immortilized by the realness I bring to it
If revolution had a movie I’d be theme music
My music, you either fight, fuck, or dream to it
My life is one big rhyme, I try to scheme through it
Through my shell, never knew what the divine would bring to it
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want millions
More than money saved, I wanna save children
Dealing with alcoholism and afrocentricity
A complex man drawn off of simplicity
Reality is frisking me
This industry will make you lose intensity
The Common Sense in me remembers the basement
I’m Morpheus in this hip-hop Matrix, exposing fake shit

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9 Comments

1. DCI74 wrote:

Hot isht

June 22, 2009 @ 12:07 pm

2. Richard Brian Penn wrote:

This is good stuff!

June 22, 2009 @ 2:31 pm

3. booklover17 wrote:

“They say they want you successful, but then they make it stressful
You start keepin pace, they start changin up the tempo” – Mos Def

This quote more accurately addresses how I’m feeling today.

June 22, 2009 @ 3:41 pm

4. econwhat wrote:

mc donald’s or burger king…lol.

June 22, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

5. Abby Reikow wrote:

June 22, 2009 @ 6:46 pm

6. EminemsRevenge wrote:

Thought YOU would be riffing on how the CULTURAL revolution now going on in Iran is a direct result of a little black boy becoming president of AmeriKKKa!!!

Your Fox “news” friends are mum on the subject…but then again, so’s the rest of the media—except for Twitter and Facebook!

June 22, 2009 @ 9:17 pm

7. Blaxx wrote:

We could post a Common verse everyday for the rest of the day as QOTD

June 23, 2009 @ 12:11 am

8. ~JJG~ wrote:

“If revolution had a movie I’d be theme music”—I have no words.

June 23, 2009 @ 10:32 am

9. Jenny wrote:

Pretty good post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say
that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts. In any case
I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

June 23, 2009 @ 6:51 pm

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