Suburbanite
Joey Jones
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Let's tell the obvious truth of a place I was brought up and raised Damn near only black kid in the suburbs where I grew up So it was much harder to face I was living with my grandma, and my grandpa with the highest of stakes All it took was a disagreement or a falling out to be put out of their place Everyday I had to clean shit that wasn't even mine at nine years old I lost all my friends in second grade, so as a kid I really felt alone All I had was the neighbors, same age as my little brother so I was more or less to myself, there was really nowhere else to go Once they had put me in school, that's when I knew and I really had felt the change Assimilated quickly strictly as a coping mechanism not to feel the pain Internet had started booming, I was watching Naruto and other anime Then I saw an animated music video that shaped me and my destiny Linkin Park was the backing music for the video Felt the music speaking to me in a way that I had never felt before That was back in '06 limewire popping hella hella hella hard I was listening to music like an alcoholic with a personal bar I was always fucking nerdy, know I love to learn me some incredible facts Being super smart and being into art was really hard especially when you're black Especially when you seen the struggle first hand they don't really know about that Inadvertent racism and social stratification on top of that I love all of my white suburban friends very much and I hope that they know it too But there are some issues that they cannot even begin to fathom so, No surprise, once it came time for me to start fitting in I was everywhere and nowhere to be found I was just a fucking loner, man The harder I tried, the more I realized That there was really no place for me Then I was homeless, I finally noticed That the system was actually playing me Suburban or not, I was black in a world ruled by the whitest of men And that's when I said f*ck it, I don't care about the race I'ma fight it then At that moment I accepted the stereotype that society placed on me The blackest I ever felt at that moment and I hold that til this day you see So yes I'm a rapper, a bboy, the essence of hip hop rolled into one Being black in the suburbs made me appreciate how far we've come I appreciate it You know before I really thought about it, race didn't make any difference to me And to this day, it still holds a minimal role in how I treat certain situations with people However, now, I'm not ignorant to the unique struggles that each of these races face Cause I realize now, a lot of the struggles that I've gone through now are simply because of the fact of how the system treats black people Regardless of their education level or wealth It's the depiction and the social narrative of all humanity that's really important See because I believe that all people can be successful but now I know that some people's opportunities to reach certain successes might be easier than others And that's really important to recognize because As egalitarian as it sounds to treat everybody the same It's actually somewhat ignorant of the differences we all face
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Written by: JOSEPH A JONES
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