Freestyle - the art of living

everyone is misunderstood, you are lucky if you have one or two people in your life that really know you.
in the end only GOD can judge you.
you shouldn't even be judgmental of yourself. just try to be the best you can. just be yourself

in the kulture of Hip Hop the art of Emceeing has many degrees, one degree is called Freestyle.
Freestyling (as a form of rap) is comonly considered to be the art of improvisational and spontaneous rhythmic speech, rapping/rhyming. specifically, rhythmic spoken poems that are thought of as they are being performed.

in the early days of Rap, a Freestyle was commonly a "written" rhyme that no one had heard before, performed in a live format. that is to say not previously recorded or intended as part of a structured song.

i would like to suggest that both of these defiinitions of Freestyle rapping are a metaphor for the Life of a Free Person. think about it.

You are the only one that is you. everyone must break tha mold and Make It Up As They Go Along.

another thought is this. If you do not Run Your Life it will be run For You. Steer your Ship. if you do not, then the winds and currents will decide your destiny. or you someone else will simply take over the Rudder.
But even if you choose to not be in charge of your own life, you have still made a choice. we are all held responsible for our own lives.

below is some recomended listening.

Misunderstood - Nina Simone


Be Yourself - Audioslave

the above insight is for everyone.

like me, some of you consider yourself to be Hip Hop.
below is a book about the art of Self-Creation specifically directed at Hiphoppas.