Protect Ya Neck Analysis
Anger is an effective and widespread response and it is an important component for promoting social change. It ignites conversation and creates awareness, Method Man exclaims in a Rolling Stone article “We the street news. What the cameras don't show, we tell. That's the reason they wanna stop it – it's straight at you, hardcore, and the truth hurts” (Method Man). They say things for what they are, for example in the song “Protect Ya Neck” Inspectah Deck raps “Out for justice/ The roughness, yes the/ rudeness, ruckus/ Red rum, I verbally assault with/ the tongue” (Inspectah Deck). He describes his rhymes as verbal assault, and if you listen to the song the deleverence is like they are schooling you in a lesson. It’s very confrontational and