Several years back, I was visiting a Subway in Atlanta for lunch, and I met this 3-year-old girl who had to be the sweetest child I had seen. She was the kind of cute that makes you want to clone her, box her up and sell her to other deserving little girls for Christmas. Truly adorable!

So, while I'm waiting on my food, me and the little girl start to chat. I realized, after about three sentences, that this child was wise well beyond her years. Her conversation was fluent, and her comprehension literally floored me. So, I said, "You are such a sweet and smart little girl. I hope, when I have a daughter, that she is as smart as you are."

"How old is your little girl," said the adorable doll-baby.

"I don't have a little girl yet," I said, still amazed that we are having such a thorough conversation.

"Oh, so you had an abortion?"

Well damn! Needless to say, my adoration reverted to shock as I tried desperately to figure out how this child, regardless of how well spoken and astute she was, could possibly know anything about abortions...let alone how to use the word in its proper context.

I tried to imagine the world she lived in that would make her assume that the only reason a young woman my age (I was in my early 20s) would not have a child would be because of an abortion. My heart sank at this disturbing lack of innocence.

So, as I was re-reading the post about Snoop Dogg and the other fools that have nurtured the impression that hip-hop culture and full-fledged fuckery were one in the same, this particular situation came to mind. And I wondered to what degree we could blame the innocence lost on our youth on the recent pop culture embrace of pimping and whoring as the new lifestyle of choice.

First and foremost, let me just put it out there that I DO NOT consider these pop-culture numbskulls to be accurate reflections of hip-hop culture, nor are they true reflections of where the culture is headed. They are, in my opinion, an unfortunate by-product of hip-hop music, offering the genre and the music industry no real creativity at all. They are simply puppets who are willing to regurgitate the same messages and themes over and over again.

"I'm the greatest muthafucka out there."

"All my homies are some bad muthafuckas."

"We buy all the shit that regular people can't afford (and we can't even spell)."

"And we get all the women!"

Those four themes seem to resonate over every mainstream beat that kids dance to these days. And it's sad.

Now, it's truly not the responsibility of anybody in the fuckery-rap industry to raise other peoples' children. There are no laws that suggest that their daily code of conduct needs to be any more polished than the average Joe Blow. However, there is a certain responsibility that comes with the job of an entertainer...the same way every other job has its own share of burdens and obligations. If you're in the public eye, your standards should be different. You shouldn't just put out anything you want to for everybody to see. At least that's what I think.