Gays aren't responsible for gang violence in black neighbourhoods
 There's an old saying that goes: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Somebody must have lied and told Ja he had the solution.
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Can't blame gays for the senseless gang violence in the our neighborhoods that is and continues to take the lives of many Black men. And it's unfair to blame gays for the number of Blacks that are unemployed in America. Oh, and gays weren't the reason that in 2003, he punched a man in Toronto for shouting at him in a crowd because of the 50 Cent feud. Nor were they the reason that in 2004, police investigated whether a feud involving The Inc. led to fatal shooting outside a nightclub party hosted by Ja Rule. Now were they?
But what about little 10 year-old Jerome Jenkins who is sitting in the back seat of the car singing along with his mom who is in the front driving bumping Ja Rule's last hit song from 2001 "Livin' It Up?"
Work with me for a minute:
Baby, this ain't your typical, everyday, one night thing
It's a physical, I'ma fuck you tonight thing
fuck, knowin your name, jump yo' ass in the Range
And roll over, gettin blown while blowin the doja
Bring head to a closure - that's a good bitch
Before it's all over, I'ma meat this bitch
Probably treat this bitch
, mo' betta
Cause if you ain't - know, thugs and ladies go together
Poppin my collar potnah - who in the spot?
Baby, Rule in the spot; and the mug and the watch ugly
Half the h--s hate me, half them love me
The ones that hate me only hate me cause they ain't fucked me
And they say I'm lucky; you think I got time
to fuck all these h—s and do all these shows?
Or flight in the llama chargin white Rolls
Uhh-oh, another episode
b---hes, just wanna hold a name that's active
That's why they suck dick with mo' passion than average
And I ain't mad at'cha; never leave you alone
Cause we fucks when I'm home, phone sex when I'm gone
We both grown, both got minds of our own
Plus I freaks off like O-Dog in "Love Jones"
Been in, many zones, baby one h--s, two h--s
From, prissy b---hes to h--s that do porno
But you know, the Rule be livin it up
And got all these h--s, givin it up
I like a, little ooh baby, how cute are you?
With a body that rides on sexual
I got a stick, I'll ride right next to you
Do a doughnut, and cut, then I'll open it up
On the freeway,dick in the mouth, foot on the clutch
Rule bitch, not givin a fuck
That was Ja in 2001, just imagine what words he's added to his vocabulary in the last 6 years? So little Jerome, thanks in part to Ja Rule, but mostly to his mother for playing it around him, learns at a young age that women are b---hes and h-s and are to be f---ked. And hey, if momma is singing it and saying it, it must be so. Right? Now if you ask me, that's what's contributing to bringing down Black America. Our kids are being taught from a young age, by the lyrics of rappers like Ja Rule and by parents who care more about bumpin' their song, than the effects that hearing those lyrics day after day have on their children.
Ja Rule will be releasing his seventh solo album and sixth attempt at a comeback this fall entitled "The Mirror" thanks to Universal Motown Records. But I'd like to say that Ja Rule would do good to take his own advice and take a good long look in the mirror. There's got to be a reason why he's been attempting a successful comeback album almost every year since the release of his first album. Perhaps if he spent more time focusing on his own personal self development and leave the politics of hip-hop to artists who actually make it onto the charts, he wouldn't have to stage a comeback year and year.
There's an old saying that goes: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Somebody must have lied and told Ja he had the solution.
Based in Los Angeles, Jasmyne A. Cannick is a nationally syndicated race, culture, and social issues journalist and critic.
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