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When Lighta was young he was influenced by rappers like Tupac, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Twista, Thai Viet G, and his older brothers Maniac and Wiz. Lighta says they motivated him to rap because what they were spittin’ felt real.
Throughout his life he was constantly surrounded by gang violence, so he decided he wanted to see a change. He didn’t want to rap about guns, gangs, killing, and mistreating girls, but to rap about something that was real. He wanted to save lives-- those who didn’t have anything left but a record to save them-- and he wanted everybody to be able listen to his music, including the youth.
If you listen to his music, you realize he doesn’t cuss in his raps, and not once does he mention guns. It’s something that a majority of rappers don’t do these days. Lighta speaks about his life experiences, and about how to feel a million bucks, not make a million bucks. He finds more interest in incorporating wordplay such as metaphors and simile’s into his lyrics.
Lighta loves to rap because it sets him free from his problems, although he’d rap when happy too, because rapping is his passion. He hopes to make his family proud, and he believes that he was sent on this earth for a specific reason, and that was to make music with a positive message. He says that he’s blessed to not be dead, to be able to see and write, and therefore should take the advantage and continue to write music.
Lighta’s main goal is to have people feel his music as much as he does, because if they do, that’s when he says, “You know you put your heart on a track.â€
