Too bad my mother wouldn't let me skip a day at Nichols Middle School to be a part of the park scene at the end of Heavy D and the Boyz's video for Money Earnin; Mount Vernon. Too bad I was chicken enough not to cut school to be a part of said park scene. Too bad Mount Vernon is not the same as it was and the thought a park scene in a hip-hop music video now conjures up images of police, sounds of sirens, and smells of fresh gun powder. Nonetheless, in honor of where I am from, and in recognition of the forty-something year old white dude working in the health food store in Piscataway who shouted out "Money-Earnin' Mount Vernon" when I told him where I was from, I present to some, and introduce to others, Money Earnin' Mount Vernon...
Rev i am so happy u did not cut school to go to hartley park to go to a heavy d taping, no tellen where u might be today if i had found out. that was the first time i ever watched his video, it was good to see him sing about money earning mt vernon
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