rap, please help me, rap fans Options

[SoaDyPOP]

I have to write a speech for my Public Speaking class, and I'm writing about stereotypes. One of my topics is how rap isn't all about sex, drugs, pimps, drinking, clubbing, etc. I need an example, but I don't listen to rap, so I'm hoping somebody could help me out and give me an example of a rap song that doesn't have to do with the aforementioned topics. Also, make sure you tell me what the song is dealing with. If you can help me, thanks a bundle!

[azn_r4pf4n]

Nas is a good example.

His 2001 album God's Son had this track, "I Can," which really made a good point about trying your best in stuff. Here's a bunch of verses:

Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
Hung with the wrong person
Got her strung on that
Heroin, cocaine, sniffin up drugs all in her nose...
Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
Cause she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how,
Put your hands in the air, and take a vow

okay, it was talking about drugss... but Nas was rapping about not taking drugs.
here's another one. Talib Kweli - I Try featuring Mary J. Blige. Tells people to keep trying, even in the hardest of things.

Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle
C'mon, say it now

Nas is one of them rappers that really does make a good point about stuff. yes, he raps about violence, but his album God's Son is a good example of the reasons why they happen.

Then there's Twista - Hope Featuring Faith Evans. It was the hit single from the Coach Carter soundtrack, so you probably heard it b4. look at the lyrics carefullly and you can prove that rap is not all those steryotypical things.