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Yesterday I was talking to a co-worker about positive hip hop. He seemed confused as to what it was, and how it could be different than what you hear on the radio. I have many friends that are into the local hip hop scene. They all happen to be Christians, though I don’t feel that they let ‘religion’ show thru into their music, which to me is a good thing. Their music is just like any other hip hop that you hear on the radio, except it’s positive. I explained this to my co-worker and he still didn’t seem to understand. I told him that instead of talking about their Cristal, their money, their girls, their cars, etc., they talk about relationships, the human race, changing the world in a positive way, changing yourself in a positive way, etc.
I’ve been to a few shows where my friends have performed and it is a completely different scene than anything I’ve ever seen. The people are all there for a reason. These musical artists are trying to change the world, one word at a time and I find that so inspirational. You don’t realize how bad the music on the radio is today. It has no meaning, there’s no good inspiration, it’s just words and sounds with no meaning, and that’s sad.
OK so back to the original story - I showed my co-worker a Youtube.com video of my friend performing a song. He watched it and said that he felt like a jerk. I was confused, didn’t understand what he was talking about. In a nutshell, he said that because this whole ‘world’ that I was talking to him about was so good and positive, the fact that he was so completely different than that made him feel bad…like he wasn’t doing his part, wasn’t as good as he could be. He said to me, “Let your light shine.”

You never know how certain people are going to be changed by seemingly ‘everyday’ topics. I love that about this life
I thought it was very interesting for it to have that type of effect on this guy,

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