Vomitspit - Homeboy Sandman

Homeboy Sandman
I Do Whatever I Want
Chimera

"I don't bla bla on your bandwidth....
I ain't blathering what I brandish
I get the notion that these bastards
Type to be like 'put the lotion in the basket'

Angel from Elmhurst on his suspicion of the true nature of said blathering bla bla-ers.

On a separate note. How cool would a new CB4 right about now.

"But beef for what?"

Homeboy Sandman
Peace & Love
Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent

I just can't get enough of Homeboy Sandman these days. On Sunday, he's bringing his talents to the Bean. Can't wait!

Off his most recent album this track, Peace & Love, stands out for so many reasons.

"I don't need her to do my dishes, I need her to do my stitches." -Homeboy Sandman

I'm not going to argue the artistic merits of a line about drugging and raping women. Rick Ross's song lyrics have been in the news lately, but bars like these aren't new news. Many rappers have penned similar lines. Art is art...I get it. 

This is different though. If this line was merely one among a wide range of Mr. Ross's pieces, which touched on a variety of topics and themes, then I'd possibly buy the art argument. Or if it were simply one intentionally used scene from a longer complex movie. However his catalog is not that varied -though he is talented enough for it to be. So I ain't buying it. 

Though the current climate of commerical Hip Hop music makes it difficult, I try to focus my energies on the good. Quality writing and flow are the most important thing. I'd prefer to allow the lyrics of his peers to serve as a counter narrative to the one that dominates the public's ear.

This will become a reoccurring post. Like all of the others, this title is also a nod to a line from a particular artist. This one is named after a Homeboy Sandman line from  The Rain from First of a Living Breed. The bars at the end of the first verse stand up well against the sea of sexist bars that flood the air waves. 

"Don't run with a dame cause a dame's fetching
We run with a dame cause her pro-fession is playing her po-sition  
Not talking about hoes or staying home in the kitchen
I'm talking about queens, homey those different, they roll for the whole mission
...My Mrs ain't sub-missive
A leader
I don't need her to do my dishes I need her to do my stitches"

Boy Sand taking bout' going all in here. Talking partnership in the truest sense. Comrades in the fight for social change in a crazy world. One that can leave you wounded. 

Vomitspit - Homeboy Sandman

Homeboy Sandman 
Sputnik
First of a Living Breed
 



"All I hear is honking horns
Behold a Pale Horse galloping on a honkey's lawn
Behold a pale corpse jacking off to zombie porn
Beneath a Air Force trained on playing Donkey Kong"

Homeboy on governmental cover-ups, racism and civilian casualties.

What happened to the type of spit that used to help a fellow out? - Homeboy Sandman

Homeboy Sandman
Rain
First of a Living Breed
 







"Don't run with a dame cause a dame's fetching
We run with a dame cause her pro-fession is playing her po-sition
Not talking about hoes or staying home in the kitchen
I'm talking about queens, homey those different, they roll for the whole mission
...My Mrs ain't sub-missive
A leader
I don't need her to do my dishes I need her to do my stitches"

Mr Sandman on healthy relationships, selecting the right life partner, and rattling the cage of gender roles.

Camay - Homeboy Sandman

One late night at work 3 years ago there were only four people in the building, me, two female co-workers and the night custodian. One of my colleagues came to my classroom and asked if I was planning on leaving any time soon. I told her yes, but that the night custodian was still there. I don't remember her response but I could sense that she was still leery of being there. I didn't understand her hesitance. To me, the night custodian was harmless. Just as I was attempting to make sense of her unease, my other colleague walked into the room and was posed with the same question. Before she could even mention not wanting to be there with just the custodian the second colleague almost finished her sentence. It was like she knew exactly what she was feeling. They shared a giggle and left. I left. It took me a while to understand what they understood.

"YOU THINK HONESTY IS WEIRD YOU SON?!?!

SON, WHERE YOU FROM?!?! - Homeboy Sandman

 I was trying to find lyrics to Eclipsed by Homeboy Sandman but I could find any. I flashed back to one of my earlier rants about rappers not leaving written documentation of their works, if for nothing more than historic and archival purposes.


It was then that I remembered that the song in question did indeed have liner notes! My excitement was dampened when I realized that the PDF that Stones Throw put out with Homeboy Sandman's First of a Living Breed was protected, preventing me from copy and pasting. Grr

Vomitspit - Homeboy Sandman

"We used to beat on Bush but now he's not around so people find another bush to beat around" - Homeboy Sandman

Illuminati - First of a Living Breed



Mr Sandman voicing his thoughts on politics, the two party system, complacency and the public's inability to be objective when it comes to "their" guy.