Baby Told Them Inmates Reading Ain't Gonna Help Them

[Richard Glidewell]

I know what he intended, this is usually why they hire publicists and public relations though...........

 

[Richard Glidewell]

To be fair, Birdman made hundreds of Ms without reading books, so his perspective is obviously completely tilted.

I think he meant helping in s more beneficial way than giving resources to the prison that they won't be apart of forever

 

[8WON6]

 

[Neuromancer]

Did he explain how he could help them?

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I, leap over lies in a single bound (Who are you?)
The Black Prophet
One day I got struck by Knowledge of Self
It gave me super-scientifical powers
Now I, run through the ghetto
Battlin my, arch nemesis Mr. Ignorance
He's been tryin to take me out since the days of my youth
He feared this day would come
I'm hot on his trail, but sometimes he slips away
Because he has an army, they always give me trouble
Mainly - Hatred, Jealousy and Envy they attack me
They think they got me
But I use my super-science and I twist all three
I see sparks over that buildin - they're shootin at me
I dip, do a backflip
Then hit em in the heart with sharp steel bookmarks
Ignorance hates when I drop it
But no matter, what he do.. he can't stop the Prophet
Yo Prophet, yo Prophet, come here real quick
Yo I just saw Ignorance downtown, let me put you on
Word, he down there buggin
He got them illin out, they shootin and everything else..
Let's continue the saga, mad mad drama
I met this chick, she said she knew where Ignorance was at
I said, "Where?"
She said, "Downtown"
He had babies havin babies - and young nikkaz sellin crack
I think the bytch is lyin, it's a set up
I can smell it, but Ignorance is runnin rampant
Aight baby show me the exact spot
Meet me at Hoyt and Schermerhorn at 3 on the dot
So I hops up on the A-Train, I'm bein followed
My seventh sense senses danger
I turn around, it's Anger
and he brought a mob along, it's the same old song
Despair and Animosity got broke with the swiftness
I don't know what they think this is
I feel a sharp pain in my neck
Now I can't see, I'm like Hiram
They hit me with the dart filled with the pork chop serum
I tried to hold on but before long I dropped
When I awoke I was locked in the barber's shop
Trapped in the barber's chair
Oh no, they're gonna try and cut my hair
But that can't stop the Prophet
Yo Prophet!
Ignorance is tired of you followin him around
We about to put an end to that RIGHT NOW
Anamosity (YEA!) Despair (YO WHASSUP?) Get him!!
A few minutes passed by, I hear a buzzin noise
It was that chick with some of Ignorance's boys
She said, "Prophet, we got you beat;
by the way I'm Mr. Ignorance's wife, Deceit
But enough talk; now for your hair cut"
When the clippers touched my hair, they blew the fukk up
After the explosion there was no one left
Cause I know Dim Mak/poison hand/touch of death
My vision's still kinda blurry, but I see a clue
Ignorance is at the library
I hurry, with lightning speed like The Flash
He's at the big one, on Grand, Army Plaz'
When I get inside the doors shut and the lights go off
Damn, another trap
I hear a hissin sound, I smell a funny smell
I gasp, I can't breathe
Ignorance is laughin at me
Waitin on my downfall, but he can't stop the Prophet





The remix is better though

 

[ThrobbingHood]

cant have these nikkas readin, learning how to get up out of prison slavery...

Or janky record contracts.

 

[Doobie Doo]

How do books PREVENT people from achieving these goals

 

[skokiaan]

fukk em books

 

[In The Zone '98]

Improve the life conditions so nobody has to be in there

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I used to work in a jail as a researcher. There are plenty of life experiences to learn from being an inmate. Books can help, but once you reach a certain point, none of that shyt matters. We don't know anything. Books are just one person's opinion. I've actually become disgusted by books and opinions recently. You gotta be yourself. Let your true self shine through. I don't know the best way to move forward. I have no idea what the best path forward is. Reading books can give your perspective and understanding. But that shyt only takes you so far. At some point, you have to be self-reliant. You have to look toward yourself for answers. No book is going to do that for you. I'm all about education, but I've reached the top of education, and I've learned, it's not it. There are other ways to learn.

So what are the experiences then bruh

Where are you gonna be able to go to learn a new profession, a trade, a skill that the jail funds and how they gonna get access to that shyt when they don’t have access to basic shyt like books.

You preaching to me like I don’t know this shyt.. my entire career has been based off me understanding the theory of shyt in a book but you don’t know nothing until you put your hands to action… no shyt. Didn’t need to be told or taught that, been on it for decades

My question is wtf are THEY supposed to be doing to improve themselves and their quality of life in there? “Looking towards in yourself” aint gonna do shyt really for basic skills that may help improve their odds when they leave that place. You want them to meditate? They makes books for that shyt too…

And if they can barely get book what makes people think they got anything else worthwhile going on in there. Books are like the EASIEST shyt to get and have. Just because of your opinion as one jail researcher doesnt mean everyone in there shares that opinion. And not all books are just specifically for “learning”… some are to entertain, some are for self improvement, some are to expand horizons, inspires… books are just that.. books. Not all are fukking textbooks

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Im actually curious to see what else he said.. because he clearly didnt care about books but wanted to see what was his altetnative

 

[Ciggavelli]

So what are the experiences then bruh

Where are you gonna be able to go to learn a new profession, a trade, a skill that the jail funds and how they gonna get access to that shyt when they don’t have access to basic shyt like books.

You preaching to me like I don’t know this shyt.. my entire career has been based off me understanding the theory of shyt in a book but you don’t know nothing until you put your hands to action… no shyt. Didn’t need to be told or taught that, been on it for decades

My question is wtf are THEY supposed to be doing to improve themselves and their quality of life in there? “Looking towards in yourself” aint gonna do shyt really for basic skills that may help improve their odds when they leave that place. You want them to meditate? They makes books for that shyt too…

And if they can barely get book what makes people think they got anything else worthwhile going on in there. Books are like the EASIEST shyt to get and have. Just because of your opinion as one jail researcher doesnt mean everyone in there shares that opinion. And not all books are just specifically for “learning”… some are to entertain, some are for self improvement, some are to expand horizons, inspires… books are just that.. books. Not all are fukking textbooks

You make good points. I have no comment. I just realized you can’t learn everything from books. But, you’re right, you can still learn something. I retract. Still, once you teach a certain level books aren’t going to help you. I guess you need both books and real life experiences. They should have access to books. I’m just saying all the answers aren’t there. You need to do more for the “true” answers. Perhaps I was making my point too strongly. I’m a big fan of education. It’s just not all education can be found in a book

 

[LevelUp]

 

[O.T.I.S.]

It looks like they pretrial?

How tf it look like that when all them nikkas in the same jumper?

And if so… ok, what is birdman saying he gonna help them with?

Is he saying fukk books, I got your lawyer fees?

fukk books, Im gonna get you a brand new lawyer, help take care of your family your dumbass left behind, etc?

 

[O.T.I.S.]

You make good points. I have no comment. I just realized you can’t learn everything from books. But, you’re right, you can still learn something. I retract. Still, once you teach a certain level books aren’t going to help you. I guess you need both books and real life experiences. They should have access to books. I’m just saying all the answers aren’t there. You need to do more for the “true” answers. Perhaps I was making my point too strongly. I’m a big fan of education. It’s just not all education can be found in a book

True answers aren’t in that cell either.

And I agree-ish with what you’re saying. Im not a fan of college but I am a fan of learning.

I’m a fan of books but it’s not my preferred way of learning. But if you're in jail thats a different story…