Does NYOIL have a point?

[Mizzo]

I recently did an interview with NYOIL on thestartingfive. He's trying to soul shake the game. Is he peace or is he foul?

MT: If you could elaborate, what is your message? Why do you think it’s imperative to come so hard?

NYOIL: My message is important because we’re at a place and a space in history where people are so lost. They don’t know right from wrong anymore. Fools are kings now. Liars are people who we seek the truth from. I’m not trying to be deep about what I’m saying; I’m being very straight forward. We go to the news to seek the truth and those aren’t nothing but liars. Fools will have you think everybody is stupid. (Hypothetically they say “Aw they can’t handle this…it’s too deep.”

Are you kidding me? Everybody ain’t stupid. Not that kind of stupid. Everybody don’t wanna run around like a fool…carrying on like a fool. It’s not about not having a good time. People can smile. It’s not that. No one has to be serious all the time. AIn’t no man an island. No one portion of life is supposed to keep dealin’ why the others are diminished. It’s about 360 degrees of a person.

The fact of the matter is that you have people take one thing or the other too far. You have people carrying on so much that now we are being made to be fools. No one is taking us serious–at all.

Did you see the BET Awards last week?

MT: Nah, I couldn’t watch it man.

NYOIL: Exactly! Ya dig it? People can’t even stand to watch the BET…Black Entertainment Television Awards…a channel that’s supposed to be for us because no one wants to see a big jigga boo fest. A bunch of fools man. I mean not one of them was worthy of respect on there. The few on there that have a knowledge of self were lost in a sea of foolishness.

MT: Now are you specifically talking about Hip Hop or someone like Alicia Keys?

NYOIL: Period. We’ve been brought low man. We are low right now…low. We gotta rise up and take this thing serious. Taking this life serious. We need to seriously be involved in what’s going on.