"Hip-Hop is just like politics...real shit. You got your false minds in power controlling a movement that was started by people who really wanted change in the world they lived in. Messages are meaningless today, as are the historic figures which started it, just like politics. Money eventually has become the root of all evil. Whereas in politics fortune 500 companies control the economics, salaries, and spending habits of the unfortunate willing who are there to serve them; major record labels, television stations, and radio personalities base the tune of the new day off of ignorant ears, in turns for profit. This shit is sad." Aviyan (2008)
With that said man I'm just trying to preserve this music for the next generation. My problem is that the entire world is filled with talented artists who are better than the artists being put out. On no selfishness on myself, if an actual artist can get out, I'm by all means willing to support his or her efforts. That's another problem with-in the game. Underground artists aren't helping each other in ways in which they could. But whatever, enough about that. Onto me.
I'm Aviyan. Though I'd like to tell you about my "gangster" past, I think it'd be more interesting to tell you how I got abducted in 1400 A.D. by alien space craft. Shit was crazy, you know, they probed me, preserved me and brought me to this time. All in fun though, I've been through a couple of things, and I just feel it right to express them because we all go through shit. At the end of the day you're faced with the reality of life. And really it's just the little things in it. Either you can't find a job, or can't pay the bills, or child support, or community service, or prison, or disease, or love loss or whatever. Real shit. If I can connect with anyone through those aspects of life I'm straight. I don't care for the things that don't mean anything. I really do spend a lot of time divesting my mind into what I think your ears would want to hear. Understand that I do care about your minds, and at the same time, I won't take nobody's shit either. If you don't feel me, keep it moving. We're all grown out here. I figure you're grown enough to know the difference though, and if you can't see the truth, maybe you should stay on what you're on. I've been doing this since I was about thirteen, going on my tenth year next year, so rest assured the messages will keep coming. In that amount of time, I've learned to just depend on myself for almost if not everything. At the end of this all though, I pay respect when it's due, acknowledge the founders because there is no future without them, and try to keep those I cherish most closest to me. I got mad love for everybody though. So yeah I'm Aviyan. (2008)
