"She Knows" - "I wrote this in honor of a lot of the women I've met throughout my life. I don't consider myself to be a feminist, rather a brother who just sees the wrong and wishes things were more right. For me, it's not just another rap where I big up women but also an homage to every hip-hop song that put women in a positive light and attempted to provide comfort, strength and wisdom.
I'm only releasing a snippet of the unmastered version because this is one of my favorite songs on 'Little Brother Syndrome' and I want you to get the full experience when you hear the story that connects to it. This is the first verse to the song where I talk about women in hip-hop... inspired by a show I went to with a female headliner...
It features the ever-talented Ms. Jeanette Berry and is produced by the homie Donta Black."
"Won't stop - got a big heart/ Even if they want a menage"
(sidenote: the line was not a diss at Nicki... I'm a fan of her's lol)
"Child Soldiers" - "I debated whether or not I was going to release the mix of this song as part of Saturday Morning Music for a while now. I had an omen today when I came across this article in The Huffington Post about the rise of gangs in communities of Sudanese refugees in the Midwest (I didn't mean for that to rhyme at all)...
'Child Soldiers' is a song I wrote about the inner city youth of today. Going back to the mixtape's theme of growing up and becoming a revolutionary, I talk about my frustration of feeling powerless to do anything because of the social and economic barriers I'm trying to overcome myself, the disgust I feel towards the fact that our children's needs are being ignored for foreign support, and ultimately, what it's like to be the disenfranchised youth. There is a war going on and they are forced to become soldiers before they can grow...
Although I think the lyrics could have been better for the first two verses, the hook and the third verse ties everything together neatly...
I dedicate this to our young brothers and sisters, U.S. and abroad. I know it's hard but fight on, family. Fight on..."
"'Cause their inheritance - a war they can't escape..."
Peace and Love...
V.W.
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