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Ivan

Ivan

About Me

My mama TOLD ME every morning on the way to the BUS, "We're all equal when they settle the DUST." I'm not the ONLY, but I'm the youngest of THREE. She had practice when she told it TO ME, so I BELIEVED, and now it's ON ME. I'm not alone, but I'm ready to LEAD this generation of my family TREE, and all my HOMIES. And everybody knows my WALK-- fully coordinated with the way that I TALK. And I'm an EMCEE. I've got the gift of the GAB. I'm fresh out the LAB with something for my people to GRAB. You'll never PIMP ME. I turn TIDES while you watch from the SIDE. You've got the power; let me give you the LIGHT. And what I DON'T NEED is yet another EXCUSE. I've gotta HURT 'EM with the BURDEN OF TRUTH. Witness the ART OF MY YOUTH. I had talent, talent grew into SKILL, now let me shout it from the top of the HILL TO EVERYBODY NOW....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/24/2005
Band Members:Ivan
Influences: LIFE.LOVE.PAIN.JOY.NATURE.WAR.STRUGGLE.HEROES.ENEMIES.HATRED .APATHY.IMPATHY.AMNESTY.GREED.GENEROSITY.GOD.KRS-ONE, Rakim, Public Enemy, Paris, EPMD, Run DMC, The DOC, Black Star, Outkast, Goodie Mob, NWA, Ice Cube, Above the Law, Tupac, Nas, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, MC Lyte, Common, BONE Thugs N Harmony,Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Michael Franks, DeBarge, Whispers, Spinners, Smokie Robinson, BB King, Bobby Bland, Clarence Carter, Miles Davis, The Marsalises, Dexter Gordon, Nina Simone, Anita Baker, Sade, Whitney Houston, Jeffrey Osbourne, Earth, Wind and Fire, Gap Band, Atlantic Starr, Marvin Gaye, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Shalimar, Five Star, New Edition, Boyz 2 Men
Sounds Like: Me, GDI, Tupac Kweli, Mos Sense, Talib Shakur, Common Def, Kanye Blessed, Big Boi 3000, Chuck Thought, Black D, Public Roots, YOU GET THE POINT. You can listen and tell me yourself!!!!!!!!
Record Label: Narcoleptic Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I Can't Call It

After "Colors", gangs swept thru my city and thru my 'hood. Closest homies ended up to no good. I understood from my mama how to navigate thru school and thru streets. My older brother taught me how t...
Posted by Ivan on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:26:00 PST

Proletariat Prose

We're working hard at the bottom of the pyramid. I'll make America dream if they just hear the kid. I'll paint a picture supreme just like my fathers did. Turn up the volume to scream; they're bare...
Posted by Ivan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Everyday Troubles...

Everyday I play the game, trapped like a rat in a cage/ Before the fame, before the stage, I keep my rap on a page/ Cuz I see madness layered over years, cemented with fears/ And ghetto sadness jus...
Posted by Ivan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST