First off let me say I jus got back from Iraq this past march after spendin a year of my life there. Then let me say I am from the Bay Area and have family and friends from the Yoc and spent a lotta years of my life chillin there and kickin it with my folks.
I joined the Army because I was bored and tired of workin for corruptass money hungry godless bastards. And that was at the dental labs I worked for. I was jus tryin somethin new lookin for purpose or somethin to die for. I found the same shit within the Army organization. Where everything is a lie and people are at each others throats for power or pussy under the guise of a brotherhood. I was surrounded by my "army brethren" in Iraq and my "iraqi enemy" and found myself alone fightin a war with nobody but corruption in general on both sides and tryin to protect or teach the people I could see didn't know or weren't taught any better.
The only purpose I ended up finding was the one where I have to fight sin in general wherever I find it in order to make this world better. I have to show it to the blind and find it within myself in order to learn what it is, what it does, and what I have to do to stop it.
But I know people need somethin to identify there friends from their foes with so they use things like flags, hand signals, pictures, and different forms of symbolism to make it easier. And they think those who wear or swear allegience to the same things are automatically family. But little do people realize that real evil is blind faith in a cause that was only designed to enslave you in your own sin.
Woodie is one of my favorite rappers. Not because he is a norte, or because I think he's hardcore and if I associate myself with him I will be held in the same regard.
He is one of my favorite rappers because he has heart and fight in a world that's almost forgotten what that is. His ability to say things and stir my blood is somethin that's hard for me to find nowadays in many rappers. Qualities such as loyalty, righteousness, the willingness to protect the weak, and the search for truth and purpose are all good things. And if God is good then I think he smiles when he sees good things cuz he knows that as his own. Not because of a flag, or a single symbol but what is good is his recognition of family and how he is able to communicate and find his children.
I remember in an interview once Woodie said "I am a Norte before I am a Rapper"... that's where I believe he found his path. When he can say and understand "I am Good before I am a Norte" that's where I believe he will find his purpose and learn what family and bein a warrior is all about.
Game recognize game. Let the princes find thier kings and let the kings find God.
Do Good. And God will teach you what it is to fight, love and everything else that comes along with bein righteous.
What you seek to know you will find in due time.