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7.12.2016

VID: KRS One on Malcolm X, failure of Civil Rights movement, Racism and Institutionalized White Supremacy


Malcolm X, in 1965, in one of his last statements, [spoke] to a group of young students. 
This is what he said. 
"In America, students have been noted for involving themselves in panty raids,
goldfish swallowing, seeing how many can get into a phone booth, not for their
revolutionary, political ideas, or their desires to change unjust conditions,
but some students are becoming more like their brothers around the world. 
However, the students have been decieved somewhat, in what's known as the "Civil Rights Struggle", which was never designed to solve the problem. It was pretty much designed to deal with the problem, to live in the problem, to find better ways to accept the problem. 
But Civil Rights, according to Malcolm X, never dealt with the problem.
The students were manevured in the direction of thinking, the problem was already analyzed, so they didn't try to analyze it for themselves, said Malcolm X.
So they didn't try and analyze it for themselves. 
If the students forgot the analyis that had been presented to them, and they went into a huddle, and began to research this problem of Racism for themselves, independant of politicians, and independant of all foundations which are part of the power structure, then some of their findings would be shocking. 
But they would see, that they would never be able to bring about a solution to Racism in this country, as long as they relied on the Government to do it.


My question is, why is what was said 50 years ago still completely relevant today?

10.16.2015

RAP: Immortal Technique - Ultimas Palabras (W/Lyrics) And Speech

"might doesn't make right .. it just makes right now"


Music

Speech


Lyrics (courtesy genuis.com):

A new American revolution has begun. Not against the forces of a colonial kingdom, but a rebellion against an oppressor that has risen among us
It is not a foreign invasion we have to fear, rather the threat of a force within our nation that has usurped what was once a dream of having the greatest democracy ever known to man 
We now live in a world where the population has grown exponentially
And the planet is running out of resources to sustain us all. We in the inner-city and those struggling in the suburban ghettos may not realize it yet, but make no mistake, the people who control the technology and run every enterprise that makes up our world have seen this coming for a long time. The ideas of renewable energy, global warming, the idea of collectively working were purposefully bought out, derailed, demonized, or corrupted in favor of an economic structure designed by a monetary caste system
In a desperate attempt to convince us that we need to maintain that extravagant existence, they’ve pretended we might share in their dream
That we can justify any inhumanity in its name. Out of this blind ignorance was born the curse of slavery. Many of the founders of this nation were themselves Masons. That is not a Left wing or Right wing conspiracy theory. It is a widely known and accepted fact
So then explain to me how a nation founded by men who not only understood the long and complicated history of Europe, but also that of Africa could permeate such a lie in convincing the American public that one race of men was superior and one inferior. When, in fact, we know that all the early men the people who created civilization and every aspect of what we see today, the foundation of all modern human life, were from Africa
The greatest cowardice of course came not with slavery itself, unfortunately. But with the excuses for slavery. For if America had been as brave as the Roman Empire and all other empires that have come after her, and claimed “No, we were just stronger and that’s why we took you,” then when slavery was over, racism would’ve probably followed in suit
But instead it was the social lie, the religious lie that was told that stayed in the minds of people that separated one human being from another. In order to distract us from the issues of class and freedom, they created issues around religion and race to dominate the world for centuries to come
Some claim that they respect the culture of life in this country. They cry out for indignity of children that are slaughtered before they are born. But God has not penetrated their souls, for they have no empathy. Nothing in their cold hearts for the hundreds of thousands of lives we have taken in our wars overseas, for that which they call “collateral damage,” which are the burnt and damaged children of the world. They have no prayers for them. Only snide commentary on the internet and laughter in their hearts. And yet you claim to be one with God?
We talk about immigration in this country. Might doesn’t make right, ladies and gentleman; it just makes right now. What we are saying to the rest of the world is, one day, when America grows weak, one day when her legions falter, on the day when her economy crumbles... China, Russia, Europe, whatever power has arisen... all you have to do is come here and conquer us in a few military excursions, and then you too can set up shop here, and in 100 years you can tell every red-blooded American, “No, you are an illegal human being. I am the true citizen. I have all the rights. You have no rights."
Maybe you forgot how you got this country. Maybe you take for granted the blood, the sweat, the tears, that the people who live in practical serfdom shed everyday. For we may not run America, but we make America run
We talk about the Law, yet how many indignities have been legal in the past? How many treaties with Native American people have we broken? How many international laws have we violated? And, speaking of laws how can a corporation be regulated by a government that is funded and controlled by corporations? How can there be accountability for people who see a profit margin above the lives of Americans? Above the lives of human beings in other countries?
We have taken the soul out of ourselves and placed them inside machines
My words, of course, will be marginalized, demonized in typical fashion. Any time you dare to question the power structure they say you hate America. No, I love this country. I see its beauty every day in its people. And I love it a lot more than those who have abandoned the American worker that have chose to exploit and try to take away every single benefit she has, those that attempt to make excuses for every atrocity committed, in the name of supposed freedom. Those who demand accountability from everyone, but offer none themselves... who favor contracts over lives... Who favor invasion and control over organic democracy overseas
The greatest flaw that any intelligent person has is to think that they’re smarter than everyone else. And so as the government has planted its spies amongst us, we have planted our spies among them. They have infiltrated every branch of the American government. They have retrieved names, data, hard numbers. The paper trail that will expose those that truly control this country, those that control the political parties, those that control the oil industry, the energy. Those that stand behind the companies faceless, whose names have never been revealed

Until tod.. (GUNSHOT)

10.13.2015

RAP: Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (HOT)

Respect The Architect!



Lyrics: (courtesy genuis.com)

And his own story was as curious as his narrative
The tale of his life is the tale of a writer of incredible vision
An astute analyst and pundit
A lyricist compassionate and callus
A reckless hedonist and disaffected malcontent

[Verse 1]
I spit that Wonderama shit
Me and my conglomerates shall remain anonymous
Caught up in the finest shit
Get that type of media coverage Obama get
Spit that Kurt Vonnegut
That blow your brain Kurt Cobain, that Nirvana shit
Who gon' bring the game back
Who gon' spit that Ramo on the train tracks
That gold rope, that five-finger ring rap
Running with my same pack
You can find the Christ where the lepers and the lames at
Life is like a dice game
One roll could land you in jail or cutting cake
Blowing kisses in the rice rain
Nice whip, nice chain, a closet of skulls
The stench is like slave blood at Providence Hall, yeah
They built my city on top of a grave
Nigga die, nigga get high and watch the parade
Back in the early '90s
Where they at, where they at
Get the gat, get the gat was a popular phrase
Bally Animals and Rugbys was a popular craze
This the vivid memoirs of a obnoxious slave
I pave ways like Nat and Harriet
I blast on Judas Iscariot and peel off in the chariot
I'm sitting pretty, spitting flames, gripping grains
Ain't a damn thing changed

[Interlude: Willy Wonka and Child]
How does he do it?
My young lad, do you ask a dolphin how it swims? No
Or a eagle how it flies? No
That's right, you don't, because that's what they were made to do
You are about to bear witness my friends
To one of the greatest technological advances in modern history
BEHOLD! a confectionery behemoth

[Verse 2]
They say Candyman, Candyman, spit me a dream
Blow a chunk of the levee out and spit me a stream
Knock a man's house down and build a casin-
A two thousand dollar government check from FEM-
I swam down shit's creek and came up clean
With a new lease on life like Andy Dufresne
It's the most poetical, Nat King unforgettable
Clarence 13X Allah's rhapsody from Bellevue
I'm splitting atoms, spitting flames
Bringing change, things will never be the same
I got the rap game singing At Last like Etta James
Lames get they plane shot down like John McCain
It's a dream, it's a dream
The flow is elegant like Miss Coretta Scott King
A lot of kings seen death and turn queen
Crack they twenty-four inch rims in the ravine
Respect the architect, never test the Elohim
Goodnight, this is Jay Elec, live from New Orleans

[Outro: Napoleon Hill]
My journey has brought me to an understanding of the divine forces which we have all been bestowed
It was in this search that I came upon a revelation
Which has called me to guide millions of people towards their righteous destiny




7.07.2015

RAP: Precise Science, FreedomWriter & F.L.O.: TIME w/lyrics

[Chorus]

What happens to time, when times up?
Time tells all things traveling
Unraveling, from atoms, to galaxies
All things are gathering
When the chips all fall down, whats gonna matter then?
TO YOU!?

What happens to time, when times up?
Time tells all things traveling
Unraveling, from atoms, to galaxies
All things are gathering
When the chips all fall down, whats gonna matter then?
THE TRUTH!

[Precise Science]

Born captive in this land of dairy and honey
Where they get drunk off of religion
And think TIME is money

Africans always been here
Set up for annihilation
Demand you aughta be scared

I track time like the Incas and Mayans
Tryin to re-enact the time when the earth was still thriving
Didn't need cleansing, man and woman remembering
Respect nature, or compromising for the paper

Your calendar wrong man, no wonder you late
Change the 2 Double 0, its 6248

And no wonder you can't relate, you need a paradigm shift
Crackers buying time cuz they want to exist

Forever I'll resist these times of babylon
Strengthen the youth
So Tubmann City lives on
To the next dimension
Time was never contention
Or how we tracked it, or how we choose to spend it

[F.L.O.]
[Chorus]

(TBC)


7.04.2015

RAP: Chali 2na ft. Kanetic Source - Controlled Coincidence w/ lyrics



[Hook]
From genesis to exodus
From homelessness to extra plush
From Flesh to dust
These unexplained intense secrets, is it a form of control or coincidence

[Verse 1]
The war is on, i saw a fire in the storm
Shaytan got his arms and picking people for bonds
Putting people at harm, they killing and stealing alms
Prison is like another simile for a farm

Goin' on...

Bombs burst and blast beyond heat
Leave crowded streets encased in concrete
Innocent lives taken, the taste in non sweet
Despite this handshaking is peace beyond reach?

They went from helium flights to meteorites
Who's the most watched on T.V. tonight?
They feeding you like a baby needing pedialyte
Leading you right to believing you believe n' you right

Is it coincidence that some claim to be warriors?
Cos shady characters motives are ulterior
Silly cos you believe that they down to earth but they fake really
Tucked in the dirt like a snake deli

Get ready

And if you willin' and able
Connect your mind power like some jumper cables

Filthier than dirt in your navel they try and disable
Telling you fibs and fables and attempt to betray you

But I... keep stepping, dipping, moving and dodging
And im never surprised when opposition arises
It's critical ??? can't stop the progress
Controlled coincidence? its fate that knows best


[Hook] x2

No matter, right or wrong, it's still going on
No matter, right or wrong, it's still going on

[Verse 2]
The war is on provoked by global fascists
While here at home they harass lower classes
Smashes using tear gas to clash with the masses
Officers rolling quick with whips and moustaches

Pac got got and Biggie got Shot. Coincidence or not
When's this shit gon' stop
My momma told me to count the ones I got
Just look at how far me and 2na have got

We're telling there's compromise of an artists soul
And this compromise is another form of control
It's the opposite of sprite cos at first the scene shifts
Your image is everything and your thirst don't mean shit

Thats it, the ins and outs
Definites and doubts, how's, who's and abouts
Coincidence you hearin' these word from out my mouth
Got your head moving and shaking, bouncing about

Dousing the drought, cos this countries consciousness
Is controlled the word free does not exist

Atleast who exists?, one fist for pure consciousness
Where people live in a rhythm of bliss

But since, time is ending and space is endless
One minute celebrity and the next you straight friendless
All you have is a heart and a song
And controlled coincidence is what keeps this whole shit goin on

[Hook] x2

No matter, right or wrong, it's still going on
No matter, right or wrong, it's still going on

VID: How NWA Destroyed Hip Hop


47:30 "Thesis, Antithesis, & Synthesis: Police brutality was used as a problem, interjecting N.W.A, a group promoting everything negative about black men, as a solution to police brutality. However, their intended outcome was to convince black people to think that they were just niggers, so that they would only be a threat to themselves. And to this day, 25 years later, we still have to deal with black men, who even today, think they are niggers.Their end-game strategy." (paraphrased)

TRUTH Minista Paul Scott, Bro. Adika and Rok Royal of the Militant Mind Movement expose NWA for helping to destroy the black community.


For more info contact info@nowarningshotsfired.com Twitter @truthminista

website No Warning Shots Fired.com

7.03.2015

RAP: Saul Williams - WTF w/ lyrics


[Saul Williams]
(*fades in)...I'm fighting every war at once and I'm winning
You can't think of me like you did in the beginning...
By the time you hear this song you've gone wrong
Caught in the labyrinths of time, in your mind
Unlearn...Unwind... But, not to worry, there is no hurry
"Come unto me", says She. "You've been polluted uprooted by Time
You have been muted, computed, by times
You have been muted, computed, by times
But I'm a living vessel of the one, of the moon, of the sun. Come."

[Hook: Saul Williams]
Hey! You ain't as dead as you seem
What the fuck!? Hey!
But you keep living your lies
Hey!
Your life's a bore but you dream
Bring yourself to be yourself tonight

[Saul Williams]
I see evidence in how you hold your head
And I see evidence in how you say what's said
I see it in your eyes, that you've been hypnotized
"You've been polluted, uprooted by time
You have been muted, computed but I'm a living vessel of the one, of the moon, of the sun

[Hook: Saul Williams]
Hey! You ain't as dead as you seem
What the fuck!? Hey!
But you keep living your lies
Hey!
Your life's a bore but you dream
Bring yourself to be yourself tonight

Bring yourself to be yourself...(*this repeats along with the chorus)

Bring yourself to be yourself...(*repeats until song fades*)

RAP: Omid - Beneath the Surface - Who's Keeping Time? w/ lyrics

Omid feat. Xololanxinxo, Blackbird, Rakaa Iriscience, St. Mark 9:23


From Omid - Beneath the Surface - Full Album [Amazon]

[From Rap Genius]

As the years ago ..
Changed their opinions
As the sun [explodes/expose] into the sky ..
Hey ..
Whos keeping time?


What once was a stem has now become a wrist [were touching each other]
and with two joining hands the fruit has been crushed [my blood is wine]
down a face with leaf shaped eyes revealed
planted to exploit our dreams through shields [we created]

its the words we could never block that make us sink [im tired of the talking thoughts]
syncopated thoughts of a child that moves
outside the house the roof stops the rain
but inside, you know mother builds our strength [thank you mom]
life is in the length of tomorrow
narrow is the mind thats shallow
walls are illusion of perfection
hate is an infection and i feel no guilt [i love everything, every single one of us]
this is the map to free your soul

where once there was beauty there is only brick
society vomits opinion because this world is sick
as a teenager we act as if we know it all
while an adult just keeps trying to forget

regret is the poison that we all live in
in the mind of a child is the only time were free
return to me


us animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos telling time

most animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos keeping time


Dark leaf damages all recreational naves
leaving eventual art forever and ever
written dogma by the demigods upon mount ultimate
ultra violent, singeing violent clients of the deviant evil element
simple philosophical sessions filled with foreign ideologies and the pertinence
for your satisfaction i react and rocks the next act
for there is no competition
simple deduction, watson
elementary eventually evolves, such is symmetry
delivery of our artistry, tapestry
colors interwoven, meshed together like my ideas of crowds i wanna play for
say for, instance, you wouldnt eat hamburger everyday, would you?
could you, fathom, grabbing some other snack when, variety is the spice of life
hence the lack bravado, has to impress those, tired of excess of the super hard,
macho, slurring, crotch grabbing, spit slurping, beer breath burping,
lack of ideas hurting, saying anything for what its worth .. hmmm
or will it work?

us animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos keeping time

most animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos keeping time


on the third rock from the sun
i dont sleep well
with natives slaved, nature raped and lumber at retail
in twisted details, full of the use of dynastics
got you paying with plastic, society cash-less
nasas charter signed 1776, then presto, becomes the communist manifesto
desensitized scandals, global tracking [blip] lojacking animals,
and politicians, youre just cannibals
on my soul and brain, strain like andromeda
demons for doctors and the pope wears a yamaka
carrying on, a luciferian born, you should dig beneath the surface,
youll be very alarmed
how man kind tryin to kill the human mind
this clearly is the case
even to the color blind
egotistical terrorists plan aquarius arrival
its the end of living and beginning of survival


us animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos keeping time

most animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos keeping time


suppose its the last days
of an archaic personality defined
in idea and mind
which carried on willfully into a wack-ass backlash against the original
man, so he begins and mandates foreign plans
of burning, pillaging, plundering, raping, murdering
out of the war torn fold, a missionary stood bold
and said
you will believe as i believe, or off with your head
so many a brave warrior lie dead
yet under the wise with futurous eyes was surmised and disguised a vision
a wonderful oral tradition
passed on, from generation, to generation
that even in the face of a beast nation
a solar vibration
would fan the flames of hope and love
and expose the aims of sinister groups and thugs
such rhymings excites findings of alchemical lore
the adversary stopped and behold in horror


us animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
whos telling time

most animals changed as the years ago
humans oh its changed their opinion
as the sun explodes into the sky
a syncopated clock wraps around my wrist
hmm ...
whos telling time

RAP: Saul Williams - Amethyst Rockstar & Convict Colony

"you're a convict colony, and you're runnin from the sun, you dont really want it"




This video is a scene from Slam (1998), viewable on Hulu


VID: Hip Hop, Corporate Media, Institutional Racism, White Supremacy & Social Justice


Our show is centered upon the same principles as the legendary Afrika Bambaataa's original hip-hop radio program, which are "peace, unity, love and having fun, fun, fun...". We want to make a difference here at The Hip-Hop Corner and bring some positive energy to this planet.
Along those lines, no show we've ever done is more important than the episode that is available for download this week. We brought in my college professor , a renowned hip-hop activist and published author, Solomon Comissiong (www.solomoncomissiong.com), to speak out on hip-hop and how it relates to the larger American culture and society.
We spoke out on a wide range of issues from corporate manipulation of hip-hop artists to propaganda in the media to institutional racism to the prison industrial complex and more... The conversation got very deep and very controversial. Believe me, the powers that be don't want these types of conversations on the radio! Our website: thehiphopcorner.net.