Nas - One Mic

The message of this song shows the life of the Black Community and how things can end in a tragedy right before the eyes of anyone even the young and there is no one there to rise up and make a difference or let there voice be heard while the life becomes more like survival for those who live in it. It also shows no matter where you go you can never run away from the violence you see but you can always find someone with a voice that can be heard. This is a deep song that can on be felt by people who know what real music is. Here is one line that shows the struggle in the black community.

-I let the shit slide for too many years, too many times
-Now I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines
-If y'all niggaz really wit me get busy load up the semis
-Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty.

-Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots from twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
-Which means, one of my guns was holdin 17
-Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you.

It also shows that even after all this time Minorities are still being discriminated against after the long struggle we have been through and now even our own people turn on each other like nothing. It is a shame how your own race and turn on you with just a flick of the wrist just for money power or pride.