Pimp C
All my homies drinkin liquor, tears in everybody's eyes
Niggaz cried, to mourn a homie's homicide
But I can't cry, instead I'm just a shoulder
Damn, why they take another soldier?
- 2Pac ("How Long Will They Mourn Me?")
These words from the late great Tupac Shakur from his song "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" as so appropriate at the moment in today's world. Earlier this afternoon, the rap game and the world lost another soldier to death in the passing of Chad Butler. Pimp C, as he was better known to the world, stood as one of the South's pioneering rappers and all-time greats. As one half of the dynamic rap group UGK, he and Bun B delivered some of the greatest music coming from Texas that represented the south to the fullest. Even through his three-year jail bid, we all stood united in support for Pimp C with the "Free Pimp C" movement led by his lifelong partner Bun B.
Hearing the news about Pimp C's passing early today came as a great shock. I couldn't believe those words when I first read them on HipHopDX that read, "BREAKING: Pimp C Found Dead In Hotel Room". I felt my body stand still in disbelief that legendary rapper Pimp C had died. With the recent passing of football player Sean Taylor and Dr. Donda West, this was just too much for me to take. I couldn't believe that we had lost another from the world in the death of Pimp C. His death led me to realize just how precious life really is and how we truely have to live each day like it's our last because you never know when God will call you.
Even though I wasn't the biggest Pimp C or UGK fan, I still had much respect for their music and their movement in the South. I believe it was a song ("Country Cousins") on Talib Kweli's recent album Ear Drum that featured UGK in which I heard Bun B rap, "Down south we listen to it all, we didn't discriminate". This line from Bun B stuck out to me so much from any other lyrics in the song. This showed me just how much UGK respected the rap game and how they supported everybody no matter which coast you were from. In a world where the south gets disrespected and overlooked because of their grills, candy painted cars, and southern slang, we could all take notes from UGK and learn how to respect and support everybody cause we're really all in this together.
UGK's song "One Day" has really captured my feelings during this time and really has a strong message that's come to the surface during this time. 1996 couldn't be more accurate in 2007 in saying, "One day youre here, but then youre gone". Like 2Pac once stated, death is around the corner and it's being felt more than ever right now. My personal motto has always been "Live For Tomorrow, Make It Past Today" and that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm gonna live my life to the fullest and make everyday count and see my dreams come true.
R.I.P.
Pimp C
Sean Taylor
Dr. Donda West
...We're Losing To Many!!!
Niggaz cried, to mourn a homie's homicide
But I can't cry, instead I'm just a shoulder
Damn, why they take another soldier?
- 2Pac ("How Long Will They Mourn Me?")
These words from the late great Tupac Shakur from his song "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" as so appropriate at the moment in today's world. Earlier this afternoon, the rap game and the world lost another soldier to death in the passing of Chad Butler. Pimp C, as he was better known to the world, stood as one of the South's pioneering rappers and all-time greats. As one half of the dynamic rap group UGK, he and Bun B delivered some of the greatest music coming from Texas that represented the south to the fullest. Even through his three-year jail bid, we all stood united in support for Pimp C with the "Free Pimp C" movement led by his lifelong partner Bun B.
Hearing the news about Pimp C's passing early today came as a great shock. I couldn't believe those words when I first read them on HipHopDX that read, "BREAKING: Pimp C Found Dead In Hotel Room". I felt my body stand still in disbelief that legendary rapper Pimp C had died. With the recent passing of football player Sean Taylor and Dr. Donda West, this was just too much for me to take. I couldn't believe that we had lost another from the world in the death of Pimp C. His death led me to realize just how precious life really is and how we truely have to live each day like it's our last because you never know when God will call you.
Even though I wasn't the biggest Pimp C or UGK fan, I still had much respect for their music and their movement in the South. I believe it was a song ("Country Cousins") on Talib Kweli's recent album Ear Drum that featured UGK in which I heard Bun B rap, "Down south we listen to it all, we didn't discriminate". This line from Bun B stuck out to me so much from any other lyrics in the song. This showed me just how much UGK respected the rap game and how they supported everybody no matter which coast you were from. In a world where the south gets disrespected and overlooked because of their grills, candy painted cars, and southern slang, we could all take notes from UGK and learn how to respect and support everybody cause we're really all in this together.
UGK's song "One Day" has really captured my feelings during this time and really has a strong message that's come to the surface during this time. 1996 couldn't be more accurate in 2007 in saying, "One day youre here, but then youre gone". Like 2Pac once stated, death is around the corner and it's being felt more than ever right now. My personal motto has always been "Live For Tomorrow, Make It Past Today" and that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm gonna live my life to the fullest and make everyday count and see my dreams come true.
R.I.P.
Pimp C
Sean Taylor
Dr. Donda West
...We're Losing To Many!!!
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