$ALE$ VS. SOULS

WHATS GOOD G’Z

MAN I’VE SEEN SOME VERY WILD SHIT OVER THE WEEKEND IN THIS SHIT HOLE. A FEW SLASHINGS, COUPLE OF STABBINGS AND 2 HEAD CASES OR “M.O’S” (AS THEY CALL EM’ IN JAIL). THEY TRY ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO KILL THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF SERVING THEIR TIME. I WON’T GET INTO ALL THE GORY DETAILS, BUT IT WAS REAL BLOODY AND CRAZY NASTY. ONE OF MY HOMIES THAT WORKS CLEAN-UP IN MY COMPLEX, HAD TO CLEAN ALL THE BLOOD. JUST PUT IT LIKE THIS, I SAW HIM WALK PASS MY CELL AT LEAST 5 TIMES WITH RED HAZMAT BAGS AND HIS EYES TOLE IT ALL WHEN HE LOOKED AT ME. BUT IF YOU WANT MORE HARDCORE SHIT YOU CAN GO TO MY SITE HNIC2.COM. OVER HERE AT VIBE.COM I GET INTO MORE SERIOUS AND ENLIGHTENING TOPICS THAT ARE ON MY MIND. CAUSE WHILE THE CHAOS GOES ON AROUND US IN THIS CRAZY WORLD, WE STILL HAVE TO REMAIN COOL, WITH A LEVEL HEAD IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IT ALL. YOU CAN’T PANIC AND BREAK DOWN, YOU GOTTA BE STRONG, AND NEVER GIVE IN TO THE EVIL THAT’S AROUND US ALL. JUST LIKE THE FAMOUS BIBLE QUOTE SAYS: “YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL.” WHETHER YOU IN JAIL OR OUT IN THE WORLD SHIT IS TUFF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE FROM THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I CAME UP. YOU CAN FIND YA SELF, SAYING OR THINKING ABOUT THAT QUOTE OFTEN.

MY GROUP “MOBB DEEP” HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT SINCE WE FIRST STARTED BACK IN 91’. HAV & I ACTUALLY CAME TOGETHER AS A GROUP WHEN WE MET AT ART & DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1989. OUR ORIGINAL NAME WAS “POETICAL PROPHETS,” CAUSE IT WAS THAT ERA OF RAPPERS LIKE “THE X-CLAN, JUNGLE BROS, & TRAGEDY FROM QUEENSBRIDGE” (HAV’S MENTOR AT THE TIME). HE’D JUST DROPPED AN ALBUM CALLED “INTELLIGENT HOODLUM.” SO THE STYLE HAV & I HAD WAS SOME HOOD SHIT WITH A MESSAGE, AT THE SAME TIME. ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS WE WROTE WAS CALLED “PEER PRESSURE,” AND ANOTHER “HIT IT FROM THE BACK,” SO YOU SEE, WE WERE A BLEND OF HARDCORE WITH A LITTLE MESSAGE ADDED. BUT AS WE BECAME CLOSE AND STARTED REALLY HANGING OUT, DOING TALENT SHOWS AND DISCOVERING WHO WE REALLY ARE, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR NAME TO SOMETHING THAT BETTER DESCRIBED US. WE WERE LITTLE DUDES IN ALL OF THE BIG INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS IN N.Y. ALWAYS WILDIN’ AND UP TO NO GOOD. JUST ASK, P.DIDDY & CLARK KENT, ASK ANY OF THE O.G’S FROM OUR ERA ABOUT PRODIGY & HAVOC. THEY’LL ALL CONFIRM THAT WE WERE LITTLE KIDS IN THEIR GROWN PARTIES WITH ALL THE JEWELRY, CARS AND WEED SMOKE. PLUS IT WOULD BE LIKE 20 OF US OR MORE, SO ONE DAY INSIDE OF DEF JAM WE SAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THINKING OF A NAME. AND, HAV & I CAME UP WITH THE NAME MOBB DEEP. THIS WAS AROUND 1991; I GOT SO MANY STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THE YEARS DATING BACK FROM 1989 TO 1995, THAT’LL MAKE YA HEAD SPIN. WE WERE THERE FOR IT ALL. WE KNEW P.DIDDY WHEN HE WAS JUST PUFFY AT UPTOWN M.C.A RECORDS OFFICE. AND WE WERE LITTLE NIGGAS CATCHING CHARGES IN DEF JAM BACK WHEN SLICK RICK JUST GOT LOCKED UP FOR POPPIN HIS COUSIN.

ME & MY PARTNER HAV ARE THE ONLY LITTLE NIGGAS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALL THAT. WE’RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN TELL YOU THE REAL STORY OF THE 90’S ERA OF RAP, ALL THE WAY UP TO RIGHT NOW. WE’RE THE ONES IN THE MIX OF THE ACTION, ON THE TRAIN, THE BUS AND REALLY INVOLVED WITH ALL THE SHIT YOU TRULY NEED & WANT TO KNOW. DON’T WORRY MY BOOK IS DROPPIN’ SOON, MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY RATHER. THESE OTHER DUDES STORIES AIN’T AS GOOD, INTERESTING OR LONG ENOUGH TO FIT 500 PAGES. I’M AN OFFICIAL YOUNG VETERAN AND I CAN BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU FROM THE BEST PERSPECTIVE CAUSE I’M NOT A SIDELINE DUDE. I’VE REALLY LIVED THE SHIT FROM 1989 TO 2008, AND STILL GOIN’. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THINGS THAT WILL BLOW YA MIND. FROM THE STREETS OF N.Y. TO THE STREETS OF LONDON, GERMANY, AND INDIA, “WE DONE SEEN IT ALL, BEEN THROUGH IT ALL MAN. FOR REAL FOR REAL, I AIN’T LYING!” SO WHEN P TELLS YOU SHIT LIKE: “I DON’T WEAR JEWELRY NO MORE, DON’T BUY RIMS, SYSTEMS AND ALL THE OTHER BULLSHIT, SPEND YA MONEY ON SECURITY & PROPERTY!” THEN YOU REALLY SHOULD TAKE HEED TO THE WORDS OF A WISE YOUNG VETERAN. I’M NOT ONE OF THESE FOOLIO’S RUNNIN’ AROUND HERE TRYING TO PROVE SOMETHING AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE. I SINCERELY WANNA HELP MY NIGGAS IN THE STREETS BY PASSING Y’ALL SOME WISDOM. I THINK A LOT OF Y’ALL GOT ME FUCKED UP FOR A “STUDIO GANGSTER” OR SOME TYPE OF PUNK NIGGA. WELL LET ME REFRESH YA MEMORY AND SHAKE YA SKULL JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT’S ME BITCHES!!!!! THE REASON YOU SAY DUN AND THE REASON YOU CALL PEOPLE SHOOK WHEN THEY SCARED TOO DEATH. I’M THE REASON YOU BOUGHT A BIGGER CHAIN & PIECE TO MATCH, AND IF YOU RAP THEN I’M THE REASON YOU MADE YOUR LINES MORE VIOLENT AND YOU TRIED HARDER. I’M NOT TRYING TO SAY I’M BETTER THEN YOU, BUT PLEASE STOP FRONTIN’. I’M THE REASON YOU STARTED DRINKING HENNESSY, E&J PLUS THE SOLE REASON YOU GOT CARHARTT UP AND AVIREX’D OUT. I’M NOT EVEN GONNA GET INTO TIMBERLANDS AND PELLE PELLE’S. DOGS IT’S P, I DON’T GIVE A GOOD GOT DAMN WHAT THE JZ’S AND NASTY NAS’ IS TALKIN’ BOUT. (HELLO) THEY KNOW AS WELL AS MOST OF Y’ALL WHAT P DO AND HOW I AFFECTED YA LIFE. SO WHEN I TELL YOU STOP SPENDIN’ YA MONEY ON ALL THIS GARBAGE, MONKEY, BUFFOONARY BULLSHIT; THAT MEANS STOP NOW!! LET’S SHUT DOWN THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY, LET’S MAKE THIS SHIT REACH CNN, BBC AND EVERY NEWS CHANNEL THERE IS.

WE CONTROL THE ECONOMY, CAUSE WE’RE THE ONLY DAMN FOOLS SPENDING OUR LIFE SAVINGS ON A DIAMOND. PEOPLE EVEN IF YA JEWELS ARE FAKE, NOT ONLY ARE WE WASTING OUR MONEY, BUT WE LOOK FUCKING STUPID WITH ALL THAT SHIT ON. WHEN I WAS ON RIKERS WE WERE ALL IN THE CHOW ROOM WATCHING, “I’M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA.” IT WAS JUST SO IRONIC TO ME THAT WHILE THIS MOVIE WAS PLAYING, I HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS. KEENAN IVORY WAYANS MADE THE SAME POINT APPROX. IN 1991 WHEN IT CAME OUT. INSTEAD OF ANY DRUG OVERDOSE, PEOPLE WERE DYING FROM WEARING TOO MUCH GOLD. EVEN ONE CHAIN ON THE NECK LOOKS FOOLISH TO ME. PEOPLE! MY BROTHERS & SISTERS! THE SHIT IS OVER, IT’S DONE, IT’S PLAYED OUT!!! ALLLLL THE WAY OUT!!!!

TIME TO MOVE ON. BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE CREATORS AND TRENDSETTERS OF ALL THE NEW STYLES. TIME TO START CREATING & SETTING. I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE OLDER GENERATION OF BLACKS; THE ONES OUR PARENTS AGE FOR THE YEARS WE MUST OF LOOKED LIKE DAMN FOOLS TO YOU ALL. AND I ALSO APOLOGIZE TO THE YOUTH FOR CAUSING YOU TO LIKE THAT BULLSHIT. I PROMISE TO RE-PAY ALL OF YOU BY TAKING A PERSONAL STANCE AND DE-NOUNCING THAT ENTIRE LIFESTYLE; “THE LIFESTYLE OF THE BEAST.” IT’S A LIFESTYLE OF GLAMOUR AND GLITTER, THE RICH & THE FAMOUS. WHERE PEOPLE JUDGE YOU BASED ON WHAT YOU WEAR, DRIVE, AND THE COST OF YOUR HOME.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING RICH & FAMOUS. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH IT ALL!!

I ALWAYS HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THIS WAY OF THINKING IS NOTHING NEW FOR ME, I’VE BEEN SPITTIN’ ABOUT THIS KINDA SHIT SINCE “HELL ON EARTH.” SO IT’S ONLY NATURAL THAT I GREW TO BECOME THE REBEL THAT I AM TODAY. I LOVE THE FACT THAT I’VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FROM DAY 1 AND IN 2008 I’M APART OF THE BIGGEST, RICHEST TEAMS THERE IS. MOBB DEEP JOINING FORCES WITH 50 CENT & G-UNIT IS SO PERFECT FOR THE WAY MY LIFE IS GOING. AND NOW THAT I BROUGHT MY NEW COMPANY VOXONIC INTO THE MIX, WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ALLIANCES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN ON PLANET EARTH. I SAY UNKNOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVEN’T REALLY WITNESSED WHAT WERE CAPABLE OF DOING YET. ALL OF US TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM IS SOME SERIOUS MONEY, STREET POWER, AND GENIUS.

I LOVE IT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW PRODIGY

IS A GENUINE MU’FUCKA. I GOT ALL THE MONEY, POWER AND FAME ALL AROUND ME AND YET I CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS BOLD STAND. MY FRIENDS ARE BILLIONAIRES: WE FLY PLANES, PARTY IN LONDON, ITALY AND DUBAI WITH THE BADDEST BITCHES. BUT ONE DAY BACK FROM TOUR IT REALLY SUNK IN AND I REALIZED THAT I’D RATHER HAVE A POWERFUL SOUL THEN TO HAVE POWERFUL POCKETS. I TOLD MY LIL COUSIN J.M. WHO’S UPSTATE SERVING 3 YEARS RIGHT NOW, HOW I FELT ONE DAY ABOUT NOT WEARING CHAINS ANYMORE AND GETTING ON SOME REBEL SHIT HARD. HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND SAID “NAH P YOU GOTTA SHINE FOR ALL THE NIGGAS THAT CAN’T GET IT, YOU GOTTA BE THEIR INSPIRATION TO GET RICH!”

MAN I LOVE AND RESPECT HIS WORDS. BUT I GOTTA FOLLOW MY HEART AND INNER VOICE, CAUSE IT’S SAYIN’—“MAN TAKE THAT STUPID ASS SHIT OFF. IT’S OVER!” SO THAT’S WHAT I DID, BUT LIKE I SAID IT’S WAY MORE THEN JUST TAKIN’ JEWELRY OFF. IT’S TAKING THAT WHOLE ENTIRE LIFESTYLE OFF AND DON’T JUST PUT IT ON THE SHELF. THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE FROM THE 3 POINT LINE. (INSERT SOUND EFFECTS- SWISH! AND THE CROWD CHEERING)

A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT ON THE WHOLE LIFESTYLE IN ORDER TO SELL MORE UNITS OR GAIN MORE FANS. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY- “I DON’T PUT THIS ON TO IMPRESS PEOPLE, I PUT IT ON TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL GOOD. I DO IT FOR ME!” OK, SURE YOU DO. ANYWAY, I DON’T LOOK OR SPEAK DOWN ON PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE “ICED OUT” & “VERSACE DOWN,” AT LEAST FOR NOW I DON’T. BUT THAT WINDOW IS SLOWLY CLOSING. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DO IT CAUSE I USED TO DO IT TOO, AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS TO LEARN. THEY’LL COME SOON AND IF THEY DON’T THEN THAT’S THE LIFESTYLE THEY CHOOSE.

I HAVE BEEN WEARING TONS OF JEWELRY SINCE I WAS 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD. I HAD JEWELRY RAPPERS COULDN’T AFFORD AT THAT AGE. I HAD THE CLOTHES AND CARS WITH THE PICTURES TO PROVE IT, JUST IN CASE YOU THINK I’M LYING. ALL THE PICTURES ARE IN MY SELF-WRITTEN BOOK. BUT MY POINT IS, I’M TIRED OF ALL THAT SHIT CAUSE I HAD IT ALL BEFORE I WAS FAMOUS; BEFORE MOBB DEEP. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL, THEN LOSE EVERYTHING, THEN HAVE IT BACK AGAIN, THEN LOSE IT ALL AGAIN AND HAVE IT ALL BACK AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE. SO IT’S EASY FOR ME TO SAY FUCK JEWELRY, FUCK RIMS. MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST BUYING THEIR FIRST BIG CHAIN OR WHATEVER. THAT’S WHY I UNDERSTAND AND DON’T LOOK DOWN ON THEM. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID THAT WINDOW IS SLOWLY CLOSING, MEANING GET YA PRIORITIES TOGETHER CAUSE IT’S A NEW DAY AND THAT ENTIRE LIFESTYLE & THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT IT IS BOUT TO BE IN MY SCOPE CROSSHAIRS.

WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THIS LIFESTYLE, I FOUND OUT THAT IT ALL COMES FROM THE “ROYAL FAMILY” AND WHEN I STARTED DIGGING DEEPER. I DISCOVERED THE ROOTS OF THE LIFESTYLE COME FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND “CEASAR” AND ALL THEM PEOPLE. ALL THEY DID WAS STEAL EVERYTHING FROM THE EGYPTIANS AND CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN. AND I MEAN EVERYTHING, FROM BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC, FASHION, JEWELRY AND KNOWLEDGE OF MANY OTHER THINGS. THE ORIGINAL STORY OF JESUS CHRIST (WASN’T HIS TRUE NAME), AND THE HOLY TRINITY WAS EVEN STOLEN FROM EGYPT AND THAT’S A FACT. IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, THE ORIGINAL HOLY TRINITY AND WHERE THEY STOLE THE STORY OF ISIS, ORISIS & HORUS (I HOPE I DIDN’T FUCK THAT UP). I AM BEHIND BARS RIGHT NOW AND I CAN’T CHECK MY FACTS, BUT I’VE STUDIED THIS SHIT FOR SO LONG I BELIEVE I’M CORRECT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE EXCUSE THAT BLACK PEOPLE LIKE JEWELRY CAUSE THE KING & QUEENS OF EGYPT WORE A LOT OF IT. BUT THAT HAS NOW BECOME A LAME ASS EXCUSE. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN 1 MILLION B.F.C (B.F.C. BEFORE THE FAKE CHRIST). THIS IS 2008 AND WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THE REASON, THE PROBLEMS & ISSUES ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED IS BECAUSE WE’RE SO BUSY TRYING TO LIVE & LOOK LIKE THE “ROYAL FAMILY” THAT WE’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND US. MOST PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY JUST TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR TO FEED THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TIME TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT I’M SAYING HERE. IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY AND MORE MONEY. BUT IF YOU STOP FOR A MOMENT AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT MONEY FOR JUST A MOMENT AND RESEARCH SOME OF THE THINGS I’M TELLING YOU ABOUT, YOU WILL SEE THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS.

STOP CHASING A LIFESTYLE THAT IS OUT-DATED. STOP THE JEWELRY, THE FASHION, EVEN THE EXPENSIVE CARS, AND EXPENSIVE ELECTRONICS, (UNLESS YOU GOT THAT HOOD HOOK UP). STOP BUYING EXPENSIVE HOUSES, (IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT.) BUY A MODEST PLACE INSTEAD. KEEPING IT SIMPLE IS THE NEW TREND. THEN WHEN YOU CAN MASTER THAT YOU WILL START TO MASTER EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE YOUR DIET AND THOUGHTS. SOME PEOPLE START WITH THEIR DIET AND THEN ON TO THE OTHERS BUT EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT. BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE ALL UNDER A SPELL AND NOT NO FANTASY, STORY BOOK SHIT. AND WHEN I SAY THAT I’M NOT USING THE WORDS “UNDER A SPELL” AS A METAPHOR. NO, WE ARE ALL UNDER A SPELL. THEY USE THE ENTIRE LIFESTYLE TO KEEP US IN THE SPELL. THE PEOPLE THAT SNAP OUT OF IT, TALK AND ACT LIKE ME, AND SOME ARE MORE INTENSE, DEAD, LOCKED UP IN JAIL FOR LIFE OR IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION. WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE TO PUT THE LIFESTYLE IN THE GARBAGE, CHANGE THEIR DIET AND THEIR MINDS, THEN THEY WILL SNAP OUT OF THE SPELL AND WAKE UP!!!! BUT, UNTIL THEN IN THIS BIG ARMAGEDDON WAR OF $ALE$ VS. SOULS, $ALE$ IS GONNA WIN AND YOUR SOUL WILL BE LOST..

……………………………PRODIGYhnic2

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