Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house.
People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.