Gobbledygook

"Rapper" T.I. had the following to say at the Hip Hop Inaugural Ball, one of whose sponsors was the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, whose catchphrase is apparently "Taking Back Responsibility":

"I want to thank God for somehow … I know he perfect. So I'mma thank him for everything. I'mma thank him for making me drop out of school. I'mma thank him for making me run the streets. I'mma thank him for making me sell crack. I'mma thank him for making me have shoot-outs. I'mma thank him for allowing me to watch my partners die in my arms, So I'd be fearful enough for my life and paranoid enough to go out and cop machine guns and silencers so I catch a fed case and I have to put up $3 million for my bond so I have to spend seven months of my life in my house, so I have to spend a year of my life in prison just so I be validated enough to get out there and touch the youth because they know that I done been through it, and if I say it, it means something. You know what I'm saying?"

Actually, no I don't, sir.

I don't see very much about "responsibility", either, for that matter.

If this was representative of the quality of the speakers, I'm glad I didn't bother to watch any television coverage of the balls.