Express Yourself

"Denial's not a game I'm prepared to play, so I express things most niggas scared to say"- Phonte

Whether its expressing feelings for a girl or expressing my dislike for a nigga. I'm not afraid to hold my tonuge, of course I might do it at times to avoid conflict other times I really don't give a fuck. "I give two fucks bout' what a bird said" or in this case what a nigga said. I could careless for alot of the bullshit floating around in my community. And because I have a conscience playing a long game of checkers with denial is the last thing on my agenda.

The point being is I try not to let alot of little things get to me. Stressing at a young age isn't good. Being a young black male in a society where the system is built against us the little stress I'm going through now is nothing compared to whats to come later in my life. To get out what I have bottled up I express myself. I might write a blog or write a verse. Writing has always made me feel better and seem to lighten the weight I am carrying on my shoulders.

Regardless of expressing myself and letting out bottled up feelings it never takes away from the fact that shit is still there. Writing a verse that consists of the pain and struggle I've went through won't change the past and I doubt it will alter my future. All it can really do is make me feel better at that present moment. In the end thats all that really matters when your trying to pull yourself up from a time when you feel like you ain't got shit but you and well...you.

I feel that Phonte is saying denying the actual truth about a situation and beating around the bush isn't something hes up for. Most niggas do that and since in this particular song he was talking about a female most niggas do beat around the bush when it comes to the opposite sex. Expressing himself and his feelings for her is something alot of niggas are afraid to do. Not many dudes will be straight forward and actually get to the point with a female. Why? Maybe because they're afraid of rejection or think that when they approach a female she automatically reads thier mind and knows what they want. Anyway, I flipped that into expressing feelings of all type especially ones that swarm your mind when your going through something.

Why deny the fact that shit got rough for a minute and now I'm in a depression state? Naw, I'd rather express myself and face the shit rather than beat around the bush. Most niggas won't express themselves in such a way where they can face their problems. But I can and I plan on doing it. Denial's a game where you can't win so instead of playing I'd rather express shit that won't make me eligible for a game token.