My Flow So Tight - a request that should be fulfilled

Speaking of music videos, have you seen the song by Jump Smokers? You may have some trouble with the name as the song (My Flow So Tight) was originally done with a group by the name of Smoke Jumpers. It's the same group, just that another group had the original name first.

Actually there is a big hubub about the name. The group in Texas with the original name finds the song - that is gaining attention internationally - and/or the mixup in names has caused

"their name has been hurt "in the minds of music listeners everywhere."

Right. Because absolutely everyone has heard of the Texas band. They need to get off the high horse and appreciate the fact that now someone knows who the hell they are.

But beyond all the minor squabbles of names is the song itself. I find it to be a perfect prose on the emotions that acts of brutality against women, and specifically this act against Rihanna, conjure. In fact I would enjoy someone acting on this songs request.



For those wondering about the wording, here are the lyrics:

My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked,
(kicked) x6
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked,

Ass kicked 5x

My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked,

Boy hits girl,
Boy should be taken down,
No matter whos around,
The more I searched yo the more I found,
That there's a curse to this last name brown,
Dude can dance and yo dude gets loose,
Dude should come clean and tell the truth,
All the money in the world but there's no excuse,
Career suicide yo heres the noose,

Boy hits girl,
Boy should be taken down,
No matter whos around,
The more I searched yo the more I found,
That there's a curse to this last name brown,
Dude can dance and yo dude gets loose,
Dude should come clean and tell the truth,
All the money in the world but there's no excuse,
Career suicide yo heres the noose,

(muffled)My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,(muffled)
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked,

Ass kicked x5

Boy hits girl,
Boy should be taken down,
No matter whos around,
The more I searched yo the more I found,
That there's a curse to this last name brown,
Dude can dance and yo dude gets loose,
Dude should come clean and tell the truth,
All the money in the world but there's no excuse,
Career suicide yo heres the noose,

Boy hits girl,
Boy should be taken down,
No matter whos around,
The more I searched yo the more I found,
That there's a curse to this last name brown,
Dude can dance and yo dude gets loose,
Dude should come clean and tell the truth,
All the money in the world but there's no excuse,
Career suicide yo heres the noose,

(muffled)My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,(muffled)
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
My flow so tight and the beats so sick,
Chris Brown should get his ass kicked.

This may not be the best song in the world, but the lyrics and mentality behind it deserves to get airplay. Unless we want to promote domestic violence as much as R Kelly has done for pedophiles with the fiasco that was his trial.

Mekhi Phifer - excusing the inexcusable

Sometimes celebrities and entertainers just need to shut their mouths. They need to stop speaking and think of what they are saying. This isn’t personal, but I think that Mekhi Phifer just had one of those moments.



Phifer was at the World Poker Tour Invitational tournament, to raise money for Vine Group USA – a charity that provides funds for educational programs in Africa. I always admire when entertainers do things for good causes, helping people in need. But I wish he just stopped at that.

Of course being a Black celebrity, plus having been in a film with Chris Brown, there had to be a question asked about what he thinks of Chris Brown allegedly beating Rihanna (possibly with a gun). Phifer could have said nothing. He could have said he was unaware of the details. He could have said that he deplores violence against women, though he was not present at the incident in question.

Instead he said,

“People make mistakes—and while I don't condone what happened that night, you know, what Chris did to her—I remember being young, 19, and at that age it seemed like everything was so over-the-top, and everyone's so passionate about things at the age.”

He may not condone what happened, but he sure as hell seems willing to excuse it.

A mistake is when you write the wrong date on a check. A mistake is when you take a left turn instead of a right. A mistake is even telling the nation that “I did not have sex with that woman” though a blue dress exists to prove otherwise.

But to actively lift your arm, with or without anything in your hand, and to bring down your fist with force against the face and body of a woman is an active conscious thought. He did not trip and beat her face. He did not walk past her and his arm convulsed repeatedly striking her. Chris Brown made a decision to abuse Rihanna (allegedly), there was no mistake about his actions.

I too was 19 once. I too have had volatile relationships. And life was difficult at 19 for me as well, perhaps more so as I did not have the money or resources of a Chris Brown. Yet there has never been a day in my 40 years of life where I had a need to beat a woman. Neither has any true man.

Chris Brown made a stupid, violent, reprehensible decision. Were I the D.A. I would be looking for any way in which I could arrest Chris Brown for this action. Because Chris Brown is a symbol, whether he likes it or not. Young fans are aware of what he has done, and if he walks away without consequence what are we telling those kids?

If Mekhi Phifer does not want to publicly chastise Chris Brown, fine I can respect that. But don’t excuse his alleged actions. Make a statement that a man would make. State clearly that this was wrong, that the concept of abusing a woman is wrong. Because I truly doubt if this was his mother, (sister, and/or daughter if he had them) he would be stating this was a mistake.

I don’t know Phifer, nor what he was thinking at that moment. But as I said at the beginning, sometimes celebrities and entertainers need to understand when to just shut up.

Chris Brown vs. Rihanna: Domestic Violence is inexcusable

I normally do not like to delve into the sorid tabloid scheme of invading the privacy of entertainers and celebrities. There are better ways to make money or gain an audience. But I will take up the issue of Chris Brown's alleged domestic violence against Rihanna.

Domestic violence, and all violence against women is abominable. No true man ever has a need of placing his hands on a woman. It is a sign of cowardice and inferiority, in my opinion.



Domestic violence, and any violence against women, is inexcusable. This is not love. It is not an accident. It is not something that is the blame of anyone except the child that wants to be viewed as a man. No woman should ever have to expereince this.

If there is anything that the Chris Brown / Rihanna case can do, it is to make it clear that ANY woman can be a victim of such abuse. It makes clear that neither money nor fame make a man, and violence even less so. Real men do not need money, fame, violence to be strong or respected. Real men do not abuse women, but instead defend them from what I feel are worse criminals than almost any other, those that hurt women.

If you are a woman, if you are the victim of domestic abuse, or any violent crime, get help. Go to the authorities. It's not something to hide. Rihanna has taken action, and her fame makes this a spotlight that few could imagine. Yet the more important thing is her life and ability to live without such abuse. She made a brave choice, and so can you.

There is help out there. The National Domestic Violence Hotline (www.ndvh.com) at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) is available 24/7, every day of the year. And they speak 170 languages. All calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline are anonymous and confidential.

Beyond this I will not discuss the case, as I feel to do so would be exploitative.