Most of us don’t use the term ignorant appropriately. I know that I’ve called people ignorant for something as petty as slamming my door too loudly. As you can see above, that statement doesn’t make someone ignorant. A little inconsiderate maybe, but not ignorant.

Ignorance is a real big problem. It is a belittling disease that will have you believing that things are fine when they’re not. It will make you prey to all predators and like life threatening diseases; it must be eradicated.

The problem is not ignorance itself, you see. None of us are immune to ignorance, and there’s nothing wrong with that. We will never reach a point in our lives in which we will ever know everything.

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However, ignorance becomes a problem when people advertise their ignorance as if it’s some type of marketing strategy to sell more ignorance, which in turn does nothing more than perpetuate the already existing ignorance that plagues us now.

The person who coined the term:”Ignorance is bliss” was a very weak and lazy individual.

The song “Still Fly” by the Big Tymers is a prime example of what I’m talking about. The chorus goes something to the effect of, “Gator boots with the pimped out Gucci suit, ain’t got no job but I stay sharp…” How could anybody’s priorities be so messed up that they would be willing to spend anywhere from $1,500 – $4,000 (depending on the vendor and quality of animal) on one outfit, without a job?

The Big Tymers have a lot of money, so much that they can afford to spend thousands of dollars on one outfit, but that’s the problem, because they can afford it. Most of those who actually listen to the words and like the song will do so because they understand where the Big Tymers are coming from.

Anybody ignorant enough to be able to relate to that song is probably too ignorant to know that it’s not a good thing to have a car that costs more than your house.

I don’t want to digress from the topic at hand, but music is one of the many forms of keeping the ignorant, well, ignorant for lack of a better word. Upon closer examination of this example that I bring, you should see what is happening here. Songs that advocate ignorance by telling you to spend your money foolishly, while uplifting songs that teach you the truth of yourself to the inherent powers that you possess, get not real airplay.

They don’t want you to know how significant you are for the fear that you will someday want what’s rightfully yours (you see you’ll never be a real threat is you never know that you are a threat).

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I understand that commercial rap is going to be nothing more than commercial, but for the past few years rap has been saturated with materialism. There is no talk of how we can unite and get our crown back. There is only talk of how the little crumbs that a few of us have been given is something to marvel at.

There is no talk of how we deserve more than what we’ve been given. There is only talk of who wears what.

There is no talk of how we’ve lost our way and need to get back on track. There is only talk of us exploiting ourselves.

There is no talk of there and tomorrow. There is only talk of here and now.

There is no talk of understanding. There is only talk of judgment.

There is no talk love. There is only talk of hate.

I won’t act as though I’m so enlightened that I have never been or ever will be the latter, because I have and I will. Still and all, I think that people should want to spread positive energy, and rarely does it come from negativity.