When a public school teacher gets fed up with the educational system and quits to pursue a career in rap (because he can reach more students that way) you have... POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHER Realistic yet unbelievable in its depiction of this modern world, Poor Righteous Teacher is Marcus Moore's return to his street conscious roots after the informative My President Is Black. There's a strong dark yet ultimately hopeful vision throughout, because Marcus brings as much knowledge to a chapter about partying with Snoop Dogg ("Gangsta Party") as he does the brilliantly written ("Natural Essence"). It's the equivalent of reading an entire season of your favorite TV series.