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"Read A Book" Music Video Creators on CNN 2/2

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Uploaded by on Nov 6, 2007

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Lyrics to the song in question:


Yea!
Was up ya'll?
it's your boy D'Mite
you see i usually do songs with like hooks and concepts and shit right?
BUT FUCK THAT MAN, I'm tryin to go platinum
So I'm 'bout to go rock this shit
Check this out y'all, uhh

read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
R-E-A-D A B-o-o-k? R-E-A-D A B-o-o-k? R-E-A-D A B-o-o-k? R-E-A-D A B-o-o-k?

Not a sports page not a magazine but a book nigga.
A fucking book nigga.
Not a sports page not a magazine but a book nigga.
A fucking book nigga
Not a sports page not a magazine but a book nigga.
A fucking book

raise your kids raise your kids raise your godamn kids
raise your kids raise your kids raise your godamn kids
raise your kids raise your kids raise your godamn kids
raise your kids raise your kids raise your godamn kids

Your body needs water, so drink that shit!
Your body needs water, so drink that shit!
Your body needs water, so drink that shit!
Your body needs water, so drink that shit!

Buy some land buy some land fuck (fuck) spinning rims
Buy some land buy some land fuck (fuck) spinning rims
Buy some land buy some land fuck (fuck) spinning rims
Buy some land buy some land fuck (fuck) spinning rims

Brush your teeth brush your teeth brush your teeth your godamn teeth
Brush your teeth brush your teeth brush your teeth your godamn teeth
Brush your teeth brush your teeth brush your teeth your godamn teeth
Brush your teeth brush your teeth brush your teeth your godamn teeth

wear deodorant nigga wear deodorant nigga
wear deodorant nigga wear deodorant nigga
wear deodorant nigga wear deodorant nigga
wear deodorant nigga wear deodorant nigga

It's called speed stick it's not expensive
It's called speed stick it's not expensive
It's called speed stick it's not expensive
It's called speed stick it's not expensive

read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
read a book read a book read a motherfucking book
read a

This was shot on BET Animation and 106 and Park. IT IS A SATIRICAL OBSERVATION ON THE CURRENT RIDICULOUS, OFFENSIVE, AND EMBARRASSING STATE OF THE ONCE NOBLE ART OF HIP HOP. THE RAPPER WHO MADE THE SONG IS ALSO SATIRING THE CURRENT POPULAR RAP MUSIC WHICH IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO EVERYTHING RAP WAS. WHILE MAKING THIS SOCIAL SATIRE, HE ALSO PROVIDE A POSITIVE MESSAGE AND A SOCIAL COMMENTARY.

African Americans, open your mind. This man is not offending us. He's smaking us in the face and saying Wake Up. This is what they think of us...and the reality is...most of it is true.

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  • This reporter, let's just call him "Tom," is just mistakenly assuming that all people of color get up, brush their teeth, wear deodorant, buy land, and read books like he does. Get a clue, get a clue, get a goddamn clue!!

  • "If your kid is watching Rap City in the first place, that's a problem". I love how he makes a very relevant point and they keep bitching. Word.

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  • we need fuck the system and read a mother f**kin book

  • This is sad on all levels

  • What in the world is wrong with that guy's mic on the right

  • Last time I checc sue simmons cursed on air n it wasnt positive but yall didnt grill here lik yall grillin dem

  • pretty obvious that he doesn't know what goes on on BET or he'd easily see the satire. And even if you don't understand it you could at least be a respectful and objective interviewer but instead he was being an asshole. You don't deserve your job sir.

  • It reached it's target audience and did it's job. The packaging is the same as all the other rap videos and other degenerate shit that's shown on BET daily but the message behind it isn't 'fuck bitches and get drunk" or something along those lines. The only surprising thing viewers found in that video was the positive message and the audience had to actually think about what crap they'd been watching on a normal basis to get to the point where they'd be surprised by "read a book"s message.

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