50 Cent: The Language of a Three-Minute Song
“The people who listen can tell the difference.”
Because the song is three minutes
Before you reach a overkill point
You only have enough time
To create a description.There’s no time
To develop cause and effect.
There’s no time
To establish moral standards.So when you
Make reference to a wh*re,
Do you know what I’m talking about?The average woman
That’s out in the nightclub
That hears that
Is not offended by it.Because morally she knows
That’s not me he’s talking about.The people who listen
Can tell the difference.And if you look at
Female consumers of hip hop music,
While these things are there,
They don’t have an issue with it.
— 50 Cent
BBC Interview by Evan Davis (2009)