Vision/If women ran hip hop
If women ran hip hop
the beats & rhymes would be
just as dope,
but there would never be a bad vibe when you walked
in
the place
& the clubs would be beautiful & smell
good
& the music would never be too
loud
but there would be free earplugs
available anyway
& venues would have skylights
and phat patios
and shows would run all day not
just late at night
cuz If women ran hip hop we would have nothing
to be
ashamed of
& there would be an African
marketplace
with big shrines to Oya
Yoruba deity of the female warrior & entrepreneur
and women would sell & barter & prosper
If women ran hip hop
there would never be shootings
cuz there would be onsite conflict
mediators
to help you work through all that
negativity & hostility
& there would also be free condoms & dental
dams
in pretty baskets throughout the
place
as well as counselors to help you
make the decision:
do I really want to have sex with
him or her?
& there would be safe, reliable, low-cost
24 hour
transportation home
& every venue would have on-site quality child
care
where kids could sleep while grown
folks danced
& all shows would be all ages cause the economy
of hip
hop wouldn’t revolve around the
sale of alcohol
If women ran hip hop
same gender-loving & transgender
emcees
would be proportionally represented
& get mad love from everybody
& females would dress sexy if we wanted to
celebrate our bodies
but it wouldn’t be that important
because
everyone would be paying attention to our minds,
anyway
If women ran hip hop
men would be relieved because it’s
so draining
to keep up that front of toughness & power & control
24-7
If women ran hip hop
the only folks dancing in cages
would be dogs & cats
from the local animal shelter
excited about getting adopted by pet lovers in
the crowd
If women ran hip hop
there would be social workers available
to refer
gangsta rappers
to 21-day detox programs where they could get
clean & sober
from violence & misogyny
but best of all, if women ran hip
hop
we would have the dopest female
emcees ever
because all the young women afraid
to bust
would unleash their brilliance on
the world
cause it’s the time for the reclaiming of hip
hop
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