IT'S BECOME APPARANT TO ME THAT FEMALE POETS & EMCEE'S ARE NOT GETTING THE PROPER CREDIT DUE TO THEM. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THE RAP GAME AND THE POETRY GAME IS DOMINATED BY MOSTLY MEN BUT...WHAT ABOUT US WOMEN WHO CAN GO LINE FOR LINE, RHYME FOR RHYME WITH SOME OF THE (SELF PROCLAIMED) BEST MALE POETS & EMCEES? WHERE'S OUR STREET CRED AND RECOGNITION?
BY NO MEANS DO I THINK I'M THE BEST BUT...I MUST SAY THAT I AM SERIOUSLY GIFTED AND HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO SOME OF THE BEST FEMALE & MALE EMCEES...AND "I'M NOT A RAPPER". I'M A POET! I ALSO KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE ABOUT MANY MORE SISTA'S THAT ARE OUT HERE DOING THERE THING. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT WITH HARD WORK COMES BIG REWARDS BUT...I'M JUST SAYIN???
I'M TIRED OF GOING TO ALL THESE OPEN MIC VENUES AND THE LIST IS FULL OF THE HOMETOWN FAVORITES...REPEATING THE SAME OLE POEMS FROM YESTERYEAR...AND THE HOST WON'T EVEN LET A SISTA GET A ILL SPILL AT THE MIC!!! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT???
LADIES...POETS & EMCEE'S...WE GOTTA STEP OUR GAME UP AND SHOW THESE FELLA POETS THAT WE TOO ARE RUNNING MORE THAN JUST OUR MOUTHS!!! BIG UP THE WORDS AND BE HEARD!!! IT'S A LOT OF HOT FEMALES OUT HERE THAT GOT MORE TO SAY THAN THE AVERAGE JOE...
IF YOU CAN DIG THAT.
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"VENOM" SMOKENWORD ARTIST