Life in my Belly

So... I just finished watching "Belly" the movie. I've seen it a bunch of times but I don't think I've seen it in about 3 or 4 years. I used to enjoy watching it along with other movies like "Menace To Society". I've gotten away from a lot of those types of movies because when you put a certain type of energy in your life your life tends to follow the same pattern. And over all “Menace to Society” was a very negative movie. Just about everybody in the movie died at the end. Not to say it’s not one of my favorite movies but I could see my life going in a direction that was not flattering for my survival.

Belly was a very similar movie in my view with everyone either dying or going to jail for the most part. So I tended to stay away from it as well. But watching it today was very refreshing. I saw the movie for what it was. You know not only does the movie share a black story but it takes the picture of the era in which it took place in. (Thinking back to the late nineties and early 2000) this movie was very inspirational and over all had a great message. I don't know why it spoke to me so much this time but I can really say that I really appreciate the movie for what it was worth. You know I feel like we did things in the 90's that shaped the black community as a whole. Hip hop reflected the lives that we lived. It reflected who we were as people in this foreign country just trying to make it. I miss the way. The older people used to encourage the kids to stay in school and make something out of our lives. I just don't see that now-a-days... its cooler to be a dope boy and have lots of money then to take care of your family and your community. I don't know maybe I'm just disconnected from the streets and I just don't see what's going on any more. But none the less it is a great movie and I think anyone can get something out of it. The end