Sicker Than AIDS
Today happens to be World AIDS Day or some shit. I shouldn’t say some shit. I digress.
Everyone that reads my site (all 4 of you) are literate enough to know the statistics on HIV and AIDS or know how to obtain them. So I’m not gonna pussyfoot around with stats and such. Fuck that!
I never knew that words that weren’t meant to hurt people, actually would. In rap we are always saying shit and we don’t think if our words offend someone or not. I’m not talkin’ about you sensitive motherfuckers that think I drop subliminals about you. Fuck you.
I’m refering to people who catch the tail end of shit such as, “I’m sicker than AIDS” and just about any other AIDS metaphor/simile out there. I too am guilty of this. So what is my suggestion?
I say if you do decide to say something like that in your rhymes, at least find the time to educate someone outside of music about HIV/AIDS. Its a lot of people that don’t know about HIV/AIDS. Hell, I didn’t know until I found out my uncle contracted it.
My uncle doesn’t really listen to rap so I never asked him his thoughts on HIV/AIDS metaphors/similies. We usually talk about Islam and random shit. I’m not sure how he got it and he’s probably not sure how he got. My uncle was wildin’ for years.
One thing I notice about him since he contracted it is, at first he wasn’t taking care of himself. He was still living the same lifestyle and saw how the disease was killing him so recently he has been cleaning himself up. I’m proud of him.
I’m done here. If you haven’t, educate yourself and educate others. We’ll all benefit from it.
PS: This counts as my attempt to educate.
yea….alot of people really didnt care about aids awareness day ….didnt see too much red in baltimore. ……” i got AIDS scared to catch me”