210: I Wanted to be a Hip Hop Legend

The Mortified Podcast

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What if all you needed to discover your true self were two turntables, a microphone and some sick rhymes? Tales of kids who find themselves through hip hop.

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0:00.0	Radio tapio.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:10.0	I've got rhythm.
0:13.0	And it's flowing through my bones just I've got the rhythm.
0:18.0	And I know how to bring the beat home.
0:20.0	As a shy 14-year-old in Detroit,
0:22.0	Chris Hamburg sat in her bedroom and tried her hand at Rap lyrics.
0:26.0	I was pretty introverted.
0:30.0	So there was me there kind of searching for a new identity for myself,
0:34.0	which wasn't so tied to being very book smart and studious.
0:38.0	I've got beauty, poetry, stability, and make noise.
0:40.0	I leave a lasting impression on all the fly boys.
0:42.0	So forget that girl, fire, forget that girl.
0:44.0	Ice because it is a new queen and her name is Spice.
0:48.0	I was walking down the street.
0:50.0	For kids like Chris who grew up in the 80s,
0:52.0	hip-hop wasn't just music.
0:54.0	It was a source of empowerment.
0:55.0	I can be real sweet even below your kisses.
0:57.0	But don't try to diss me because I turn wool vicious.
0:59.0	I could beat you down myself.
1:01.0	But that won't do.
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