What Is Your Favorite Rapper Feeding You? #poetry

What is your favorite rapper feeding you? /

Do you believe it’s true? / 

Is it soul food?

Do they tell a truth that gets you in a mood? /

Is he good dude? /

Or a dope chick? One hell of a lyricist? Or the type to keep diamonds on top of their wrist? /

Perhaps it’s a conscious brother/ stealing all the information/ and leads a revolution with education/

Are they feeding you the facts? / and as a matter of fact/

Would they pass you the blunt if you were in the back/

Of the stage right alongside them? /

Are they as nice as Rakim and as sick as Eminem? /

Do they feed you the lie that they have no fear? /

That they have no cares? /

That they never shed tears? /

Which part of the art moves you? /

Is it lyrical content/ or lyrical nonsense? /

Are they on the payroll of the corporate forces? /

Recover from losses/ and considered bosses? /

If they have to cut checks to the banks they owe? /

Do they speak on shit that they don’t really know? /

Do they act a certain way when those cameras turn on? /

And act another way once those cameras get gone? /

Are they in the hood for real giving out hot meals? /

Are they in the hood for real showing off those wheels? /

Are they really about that life that they’re portraying? /

And does anyone really give a fuck? I’m just saying/

Are they really about that life that they’re portraying? /

Are they serious about their art or just playing? /

What is your favorite rapper feeding you? /

Do you believe it’s true? /

Is it soul food? /

Do they tell a truth that gets you in a mood? /

Is he good dude? /

Or a dope chick? / One hell of a lyricist? / 

Or the type that’s quick to ball up a fist? /

Perhaps it’s a conscious sister/ standing ready to lead the nation/

Until her assassination/

Does she write her own songs? Or is there a ghost? /

Like it ain’t her show/ yet somehow she’s the host? /

Is she anything like you and is she respected? /

Or is being half naked/ the only way she sells records? /

Does she call herself a bad bitch and you agree? /

Are they a slave to a label or independent and free? /

Are they arrogant as fuck but they ain’t that nice? /

Would they put their hand up in a one on one fight? /

Is she on Instagram showing off stacks of money? /

Would she give you an autograph without looking at you funny? /

Is she a genius trapped in the flesh of a dime? /

Is she hot right now or was she once upon a time? /

Are they really about that life that they’re portraying? /

And does anyone really give a fuck? I’m just saying/

Are they really about that life that they’re portraying? /

Are they serious about their art or just playing? /

What is your favorite rapper feeding you? /

Do you believe it’s true? /

Is it soul food? /

Do they tell a truth that gets you in a mood? /

Is he good dude? /

Or a dope chick? / One hell of a lyricist? / Or the type that’s not scared and takes artistic risks? /

I’m less concerned with your evaluation/

Than I am about starting the conversation/

GB