We Can't Be Stopped [PA] by Geto Boys (The) (CD, Jul-1991, Rap-A-Lot Records)

I had previously owned a single cassette containing two versions of the Geto Boys' song 'My Mind Playing Tricks On Me,' which I purchased way back in the days when I was 17 and a junior in high school, back in February of 1992. I suppose it was my purchase of this then-popular Geto Boys single that later urged me on to buy the full 'We Can't Be Stopped' album (which includes the song 'My Mind Playing Tricks On Me,' plus a lot of other good stuff). All the songs paint a vivid picture of what life in the ghetto must be like, painting a vivid picture of what that life must be like to me, someone who's never experienced that life. I can honestly say that I was shocked by the content of some of the songs. But others convey very meaningful sociopolitical messages. There's a song about one man's opposition to enlisting in the U.S. military and going off to war seemingly for nothing, or so he feels. Another song deals with the importance of always having enough money and avoiding being "broke." Overall, owning this 'We Can't Be Stopped' CD has been an enjoyable, insightful experience for its owner.