FantoMusic and my label CT Corporate Takeover decided to LEAK "A Good Man", a future release off my next album "SeeS Between The Lines", simply because I fell in love with the finished track and didn't want to wait to put it out to the world!
I have been a long time fan of "the art of storytelling" especially in rap music. Some of my favorite songs of all time (Nas "Undying love", 2 Pac "Brenda's Got A Baby", Slick Rick "Children's Story", and the list goes on) highlight the strength and power of good storytelling. Commercial rap these days has departed from this style, in my opinion mostly in part to peoples shortened attention spans and obsession with money, sex and violence in short doses, usually out of context and without consequence.
"A Good Man" also plays on themes of money, sex, and violence, since it is what plagues our society as a whole, but puts them into a context that shows the intended as well as unintended consequences of peoples actions. The message is that life is unfair and doesn't guarantee a happy ending and often times the "Good Man (or women)" will pay the consequences for the actions of the people they associate with. The moral of the story is to be careful who you love because the things they do directly affects you. I also wrote this song to women to convey the power of a women's love and how when manipulated purposely can destroy both bad and good men.
As a writer my goal was not to make a catchy commercial song, but to make a song that draws you in, paints a visual picture, gets you connected to the good character and then provides a detailed account of what happens to that character who's only mistake was falling in love with the wrong girl.
Check it out to "SeeS" what happens! Please share with your friends and comment to show your support!
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