39 Responses to ““The Thickness””

1. Vanessa Bryant // Sep 25, 2007 at 3:39 pm

   All of the young woman need to hear this and know that it DOES apply to themselves, their friend, sister, cousin–someone that they know. Think about it. Do something about it. The change of thought in how we are portayed as women begins with none other than OUR SELVES!!

2. Cam, Chicago // Sep 28, 2007 at 11:46 am

   “The Thickness” made me examine myself as a man.

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   OFTEN DEGRADED AND CONSTANTLY EXPLOITED….BUT RARELY CELEBRATED,
   THE ANOINTED BEING OF WOMAN SHOULD BE ELEVATED HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS,
   TO BE SHOWERED WITH PRAISE AND ADMIRED BY CROWDS,

   HER LOVE AND STRENGTH ALONE MAKES HER WELL-ENDOWED,
   PRODUCTS OF A CORRUPT MILIEU,
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   IN RAP VIDEOS OR HOLLY-HOODS LEADING ROLES,
   WE HAVE MADE TO COMMON THE VULGARITY,
   OF WHAT WAS MADE TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL,

   HER INNOCENCE AND INTELLIGENCE GET STRIPPED DOWN TO CHEAP STREET CLOTHES,HER IMAGINATION BECOMES LIMITED BY THE SEE-THRU UNDERWEAR & DECORATED METAL POLES,THAT TOO MANY TIMES REFLECT HER TRUE SELF AND LIFELESS SOUL,

   NIGHTMARE FLASHBACKS AND THAT FAMILIAR SOUND OF STRANGE MEN LOOSENIN’ THEIR BELTS,TRYING TO GET INSIDE HER HEAD BUT NOT THRU CONVERSATION BECOME HARD DEALT,SYNTHESIZING LOVE TO GET SOME PENETRATION TO SATISFY SELF,

   OUR COMMON INTEREST SWIM INSIDE THIS MINUSCULE SENSATION,
   AS SHE BECOMES THE TARGET FOR OUR VERBAL ASSAULT,
   BUT RATHER THAN BE RESPONSIBLE-MEN TO BOYZ BALLADS,
   AND TRICKED WHIPS DRIVE HOME THE FAULT,

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4. Tee, Chicago, IL // Oct 30, 2007 at 8:52 pm

   This touched me in a way that I can’t explain. I was “Ms. Thickness”. I had the body of a grown woman yet I was only 13. My “Thickness” resulted in rape at 14 which was followed by a cycle of low self-esteem and becoming a teen mother. Thinkin all I had or all was is my “Thickness”. But I thank God for Him being in control and showing me that I’m more than my body.

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27. Malcolm Jackson, Kentucky (4now) // Feb 4, 2008 at 1:34 pm

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