I remember watching "Street Flava" or some derivative of it over 10 years ago on Saturday nights when I had a curfew. It used to come on Channel 39, I think (maybe it was the local NBC affiliate). Suddenly I turn on the TV and its on PBS???? WTF????
Dude, it's been on Channel 8 for at least the last 2 or 3 years... I think it's just because of the local access side of Houston PBS and its viewers, more than the actual network PBS. D Solo is still a whack Fab Five Freddy though.
The Christian channel 14 also had videos on last night...MTV videos like Stacie Orrico. That surprises me unless she was a Christian singer before. The funniest one was some white rapper that sounded like Eminem. His song was called "Dear Slim" or something based on "Stan". Imagine some white guy that sounds like Eminem preaching to Eminem about changing his ways. I also saw Street Flava. Ridin on Spinners!!!
Yep he is a r****d. I hope Em rips his *** on his next record. I found the lyrics by KJ-52: Dear Slim, I never wrote you or been calling my name ain't Stan son nah we've never met and my name's KJ let me begin by introducing now myself to you and these very reasons I'll be writing why I took my time the who what where and why and the purpose of my verse and the reasons I'm reciting what I hope you're learning from the truth I pray you're finding and every word I'm writing down upon the dotted lines and see I heard ya first album it was called infinite I shook my head cause nowadays you sounding different what drove ya to take your whole persona and be flipping it now what makes a man totally change see I ain't getting it see was you sick of getting booed when you was ripping it and sick of never having dough and you wanted to put an end to it what good's all kinds of dough plus all kinds of flow? to gain a world of fans but suffer the loss of soul La la la la la la la la la la la la la la (to whom it may concern) Dear Slim, I never wrote you or been calling this is my 2nd letter cause see son I gots a real problem it's that to you that I'm always catching these comparisons and after shows I got these people coming up to me saying you sound like slim shady son you sound like eminem and I be like now really man do I gots to go through this again see I used to get mad and sick of people saying that till at this one show this one day I met this one cat he told me how he used to listen to you but now listens to me had your LP but threw it out and bought my CD I'm like for real he's like yeah said my music made a difference it got him away from all your words and images gotta mention this now what about the effects you have on kids? you ever stop to think about the millions you influence or is it just irrelevant is it a true life you telling it or just a way for some record companies selling it the only thing we's got in common is our melanin or a lack of it but anyway now this is what I'm saying its for you that I'm on my knees now daily praying praying that God opens your eyes now to what I'm relaying now I'm praying that it's your heart that will soon be changing praying one day that you'll be calling upon his name and but anyway I'm signing off now don't keep me waiting this is KJ another cat just trying to make it CHORUS Dear Slim, I heard about the stuff you's going through see, I could relate to you cause son I'm about as old as you see, we both know what it's like just to be growing up to be in a neighborhood when you's the one and only kid that's white or to get booed when you on the mic just because your skin is light it ain't right but sometimes you know that's life but really tell me what you do? you just push on with hopes on that someday you'll put on your crew I hope you understand that I ain't even dissing you and even though it's a song you'll probably never listen to see what I send to you is this is that a life without Christ is just a life that is never fixed I hope you remember this now a few sentences about a living God who loves you and plus forgives and I'll be praying for your ex-wife and plus your kid it's hard to live in a world as crazy as this one is and even though now it really might sound redundant God's got mad love for you up in a mad abundance you'll sell a couple mill I'll probably sell a couple hundred there's more to life than selling records and just getting blunted but anyway that's really all I gots to say just another word from an emcee now around the way maybe some day we meet each other in some way till then one love, one God, one way
This is dumb since I've lived in Houston all my life, but where's the public access? I miss the weirdness of Austin public access.
