It's Not A Movie, No Private Screening

Since The Songs Were Written Over A Five-year Period, I Think These Are Little Snapshots. Some People Call It Political Or Topical, But I Think Each Song Is Self-contained. I Think It Fits Together As A Picture Of The Last Half-decade Of Time.

Men With Purple Hearts Carry Silver Guns And They Will Kill A Man For What His Father Has Done. But What My Father Did, I Don't Live It: No, I Am Not Him.

I Think That Hip-hop Is More Of An Individual Effort. That Means You're An Artist From The Streets, They Expect You To Rap About The Streets, Because That's What Happens There.

Little Soldier, Little Insect You Know War It Has No Heart It Will Kill You In The Sunshine Or Happily In The The Dark Where Kindness Is A Card Game Or A Bent Up Cigarette In The Trenches, In The Hard Rain With A Bullet And A Bet.

And Me I'm In My Bedroom Drawing In My Notebook Because My Hand Thinks I'm An Artist But My Heart Knows I'm A Poet It's Just Words They Mean So Little To Me.