"Being that we all live under the same law and order, the same Constitutional right, whether the white man might have different options and benefits from a black man, we still all exist in a similar time-frame where we all do similar trivial, day-to-day bullsh*t. I still feel like we can identify with a lot of this sh*t despite we may not physically go through it hands-on. I deal with issues from partying, to fighting, to peace, to war, to getting money, to capitalizing. Nobody knows what the future has to promise a motherf*****r. So you've got to stay tuned and be aware of the worst-case scenario because it's better to be safe than sorry. God forbid the Y2K problem really goes down and everything stops completely. You ain't got your own food supply, your own lands and f**king power-generators and things of that nature to live on ... when that sh*t shuts down. Things that exist as ideas can be potential realities, and I just feel like as crazy as some of these things that we hear about sound, they can exist in some way, shape, fashion or form. And we just need to be aware of the possible realities and do what we can and just be able to withstand the worst-case scenarios."

Busta Rhymes

Well Busta, I couldn't have said it better myself.

MoVe Immediate

-- MVI (vtoc@aol.com), January 07, 1999

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MVI, this quote is destined for the history books as an all-time cult classic. Great post.

-- Mark (gal220@face2face.com), January 07, 1999.

This man Gets It. Do you?

-- Jack (jsprat@eld.net), January 07, 1999.

Sometimes ya just get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, a y2k 10 scale is just what's needed.

-- Z (Hearing@Doawaywithrappers.com), January 07, 1999.

Think I'll BUSTA MOVE on over to another thread............sigh

-- consumer (private@aol.com), January 07, 1999.

Yo Yo Yo Z, what the dilio? Ya bustin some dis on my bro Busta?

-- Dieter (questions@toask.com), January 07, 1999.

Hmmm, looks like this post got mixed reviews. But that's OK with me. I'm a 50 year old white bread who doesn't particularly like Rap, but thinks that Busta Rhymes' "Gimme Some More" is a pretty good statement about excesses in our society.

Yo Yo, check it out, check it out...Gimme some more.

MoVe Immediate (who is trying to reorg his brain to store more info and to gain tolerance)

-- MVI (vtoc@aol.com), January 07, 1999.

What does the artist formerly known as Prince have to say? Will we get an updated version of "1999" this year? "We're going riot like it's 1999....

-- Bill (bill@microsoft.com), January 07, 1999.

Bill,

Actually, Prince is planning to release SEVEN different remixes of "1999" this month.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds444.htm

"The Artist expands canvas in '1999'"

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), January 08, 1999.