WE RUN THIS... NOT you

Ok, I have to say something about this one, because this is too much. Lil Wayne is going out of control. I don’t know, either his money is getting to his head, or his ego has expanded too much because of his fortune, his fame, his intelligence, and his status. Regardless it doesn’t give you the right to just bash a city because of your stupid mistakes that ultimately cost you jail time. For those of you that have yet to know exactly what I’m talking about, I am referring to the report that was made today on hiphopwired.com (http://hiphopwired.com/2012/08/22/new-york-officials-demand-public-apology-from-lil-wayne-for-insulting-city/)  about Lil Wayne’s alleged statement “I flat out don’t like New York”. Really Wayne?! Now don’t get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinions, and wouldn’t dream of bashing anyone because they don’t like a particular city, but at least have some class. Don’t publically bash a city that is the birthplace of what you represent, and most certainly don’t do it because your mad one person. Now I know the saying “One rotten apple can spoil the whole batch”, but this is not the case, nor is this phrase fitting for this specific portion of my discussion. Though it is for another part. You don’t punish the village for one farmer’s bad crop. What am I referring to here? Supposedly, Lil Wayne has had some recent gun charges in New York, and had to serve some jail time. Your problem Lil Wayne, not ours. Your fault, not mine. You were the one to make the stupid decision that caused you to become discovered by the police for having unregistered weapons in your possession. The laws are there for a reason. No, they don’t all make sense, a lot of them are stupid, old and outdated, but never the less we still have to follow them. If we choose not to, then we can only blame ourselves for the consequences we have to face for violating them and getting caught. The only reason your mad is because you got caught. The next city you get caught in for the same crime (because we all know you’ll do it again and try harder not to get caught) will give you a harsher punishment because of your previous offense, which everyone knows about (even the police) because you’re a celebrity, and so everything you do get’s blogged, facebooked, tweeted, and practically published by any other means of media disbursement. Will you publically make it know that you hate that city, or state as well? Keep it up and you will lose all of your fans. Now don’t get me wrong here, I love Lil Wayne’s music. He is one of my favorites. That doesn’t mean I did, do, or will condone any of his asinine behavior. If he keeps it up, he will lose me as a fan. Now that may not matter to him, because to him, I’m nobody. However, without fans like me, he’s nothing. If he loses all of his fans, he can’t perform, so he loses money, he get’s even madder, states more obscene comments, disgusts more people, loses more business, his label goes bankrupt… you get the point. Those that choose to stay loyal will feed off of his every word and will begin to follow anything he says, which can be very dangerous. This is the part where the saying, “One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch” comes into play. Think before you act people. Just because your famous and have earned a lot of money, and made gained a status does not mean that you are unstoppable, untouchable, or invincible. You most certainly are not above the law, and the only reason you got to where you are is because so producer that you would be a hit to the public and happened to be right. Because we liked your music, we bought your CD’s, and paid the money for ticket’s to attend your concerts. This is how you get paid. You’re not number one like you think you are. Your number one if and when we say you are. You get paid by the record label the amount that was agreed on between you, your manager, and the record label. Even if you own your label, you still have to pay bills, and your staff. But first you have to get paid. You get paid by us. We get paid by someone else, who get’s paid by someone else, etc; etc; etc. It’s a never ending circle, that we perpetuate so that yu are the end recipient of the money that we all earn, so you can live in your fancy houses, and drive your expensive cars, and so on. So you see, no matter how high you are, you still gotta answer to someone. And you answer to us. Don’t piss us off or we shall take back what we gave you… which is everything. Just look at all the “One Hit Wonders” out there, and the failed artists that no one cares to listen to anymore, no matter how many times they try to make a comeback. We Run This... Not You... the people do. Without us… your nothing.

The Truth B Told,

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