Forty's & Blunts
Method @ Rock The Bells Festival 2007
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Back in my sophomore year of high school, during the peak of The Wu Tang Era my cousin Calvin (who I still haven’t figured out how we are related) decided to make a organization called the Black Vipers. Calvin who was obsessed w/ Method Man dubbed himself TiCal and wrote a petition on 5 pieces of paper ripped out of a spiral notebook to gather names and form the Black Vipers. The Organization that would pick up where the Panthers left off, and fight against the powers of the “Man” and the unjust rules regulating our high school.
Forty’s
The concept was great, students jumped at the idea, TiCal boasted how this organization would be an official organization recognized by the school and hold events. Events like getting guest speakers to come address the school, and possibly getting the WU to come and rock at our school in a massive rally to uplift the oppressed students of Elizabeth High. 40 pieces of ripped out spiral notebook pages later we had an unofficial group, equipped with union dues, meetings and designated days to wear black.
Things started out fine, until TiCal’s obsession w/ Method man took over his being. He started coming to school w/ half of his hair braided and gold grills equipped w/ fangs. I believe he used the fangs to harass faculty members, white people and the geeks of the Black Vipers for union dues. All dues went to support Calvin’s newfound addiction to street fighter and 40 oz bottles of Malt Liquor. The shit was funny b/c he would bully people using lines from Method’s Judgment Day Album. Walking up on some young unexpecting kid singing I came to bring the pain hard core to your brain while giving him noogies until they pealed off their lunch money and chocolate milks.
Blunts
About 3 years ago, I walking down the streets of Elizabeth, which looks just like every other hood in America. You know Liquor store run by the Arabs, Chinese Restaurant, Check Cashing Place owned by the Koreans, Corner Store owned by a Hispanic or even more Arabs, 2 more Liquors stores, 4 More Check Cashing Places and maybe a Nail Shop depending on which block you‘re on. Then I saw Calvin. He was higher than eagle feet, forty in one hand and a Dutchmaster cigar in the other, his pants hung right below his ass, his t-shirt came down to his ankles. Then it hit me. It wasn’t the “man” holding us down, all this time.
No it was ourselves, along w/ the Arabs and Asians by coming into our hood charging us a dollar more on everything from bootlegs to bread, most of it stale and barely meeting the mandates set by the FDA. I mean think about it, how many black owned businesses are in the avg. hood? For the most part, white people are the highest consumers of products produced by blacks, like hip hop and movies such as Soul Plane and BET. I’m convinced... just look at the picture. So I say lets take back our community and help make this world a better place.
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