Today, on the occasion of Grandmaster Flash‘s 49th birthday:
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The Message (1982) – Grandmaster Flash
“The Message” is an old school hip hop song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released in 1982. The song’s lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto. The song’s chorus of “Don’t push me ‘cuz I’m close to the edge” has become one of the most well known choruses in rap music history.
See previous entries in this series.
“Don’t push me ‘cuz I’m close to the edge” …
Once pushed to that edge … and, beyond that, into the ‘abyss’ … MAN! there could be some serious drama there… People who put faith in something other than smack-in-the-face-reality have somewhat of an anchor.