no gangsters

no laces ... loose shoes, right fitting clothes, black, proud

RUN DMC

if rap wants to imitate some group, why not these early front-runners, eh?

in their shoes ... walk this way

no running, no driveby, no drug buy

what do you get when you mix acid, middle school and markers

Oh, Tom Tom Cllub's "Genius of Love" ... that's right. I remember seeing this video and then being left with wondering who directed the video ... Chutney from Curtis? Youth, aspiration, dreaming, denial. Actually, I'd venture some petty middle-schooler might latch on well to this song.

not of noble birth, but surely a good man

While his comments today were risque, rude at times, he was nonetheless who he is ... a good, honest man.