Gaia: Conscious Hip-Hop

Females and their misplacement in Hip-Hop

http://akellolight.gaia.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:37:43 GMT

Like Life, the mother is the care giving, understander, the creator in a sense. Is this what is miss in hip-hop? Beyond the simple fact, that people have to pay the bills. Does any current hip-hop have a creating-growing aspect to it with a skillful art-form.

PS>
Just because somebody talking growth, don't mean they are skilled.
Kinda like a person singing a gospel song on Apollo.

Conscious Hip Hop Artists Still in Business

http://sameerpatel.gaia.com — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:53:15 GMT

Something for everyone to think about,

Hip hop has been divided into two sections, an underground crowd, and a mainstream crowd, and artists from each group are unwilling to overstep their boundaries into the other's realm.

underground hip hop fanatics rage that the lyrics should be true and not about the money, while mainstream only cares about being paid.

What about a bridge, a halfway mark, where an lyricist makes thought provoking tracks, but has a mainstream radio sound as well.

Will it work? A more mainstream Lupe meets a more underground Kanye type of sound?

SMP
www.myspace.com/kingsmp

Synchromystickz Dictionary

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:06:10 GMT

Kev the Poet's Synchro Dictionary

23 Synchronicities - There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet, W = 23rd letter of the alphabet. It's symbol is 2 points down, 3 up. The human biorhythm cycle is generally 23 days. It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body. 23 days in the male sex cycle (according to Tantrists). The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells. Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human deoxyribonucleic acid. The "Dog Days" of summer begin on July 23rd when the star Sirius, in the Constellation of Orion, first rises from behind the sun. (See 'Siriusly', and 'Synchronicity'.)

2012 - December 23, 2012, huge cycle ends in the Mayan calendar. Many people mistakenly believe this is when the Mayan's believe the world will end but this is wrong, they merely end the calendar. Many spiritual thinkers expect vast change, astrologers hae stated that the Earth is moving into an area of more light and energy as our slar system moves into alignment with the centre of the galaxy, many scientists believe magnetic poles will shift which could create vast changes in the landscape due to Earthquake and volcano activity, many 'lost-it's try to tell you what will happen . Nobody knows shit.

Anarchy - a state where no individuals or groups have precedence or power over others and ideally everything works harmoniously without regulation or policing. Is often mistaken with, 'a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power', 'havoc', 'chaos' and infrequently used by as an excuse to throw bricks at policemen who are in the employ of oppressors, however that is misuse of the word Anarchy and should be treated as such.

Ayahuasca - an ancient medicine, a combination of South American roots and vines boiled into a tea which is considered sacred to South American shamans. Reportedly psychologically and physically healing. From a subjective point of view it provides the drinker with a connection to the divine, and both a physical and emotional enema. From an objective point of view it floods the body with DMT which is normally naturally secreted by your pineal gland during dreaming and your pineal gland floods your body when you're born and when you die. Usually drunk only in ceremonies with experienced spiritual and psychological journey facilitators (also known as shamans or specific to this medicine Ayahuasceros.)

Body English - among many other things it is a clothing company, a skatepark sponsor and organiser of the St George Hippy Ghetto Fun Jam (was that what it was called?) Body English is also one of Craig Reynolds many aliases.

Baba - used as a prefix for someone's name when they have said something wise, or used sarcastically when they have said something outrageous. "Oh, Baba 12 Volt!"
Also used in India as a prefix for the names of Holy men.

Babylon - all parts of the current political and economic system that are corrupt and intent on fostering inequity and inequality. See: "Babylon System", by Bob Marley on the Survival Album. Originally a part of Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia), arguably the first decadent city, recently bombed by George Bush's financial dependents. Some may argue that 'babylon' bombed Babylon.

Babylons (plural) - tits.

Blagger - someone who is skilled in the divine art of getting things for free. (See 'toblaggo.')

Bole Nath (pronounced 'bulleh nardt') - ask a sadhu, nobody else seems to know. Rumoured to change the atmosphere, or 'vibration', of a room or space by merely belting the words 'bole nath' as loud and victoriously as you can. Used by the Synchromystickz to describe things that are 'dope' or 'fantabulous' and also as an affirmation after somone has said something importeant, wise, profound or hilarious. (See 'dope', and 'fantabulous'.

'Big T'ings Occur' - Phrase, meaning stupendous events have either happened, are happening, or are about to happen. Also the title of an interdimensional cabaret at Mr Wolfs.

Dope - Good, fantastic, great (few people use that word for drugs anymore.)

Fantabulous - Fantastic and fabulous. Obviously.

Ganja - Cannabis, The most familiar short-term effect of cannabis is to give a "high" — a state of euphoric intoxication. "The acute toxicity of cannabis and the cannabinoids is very low; no-one has ever died as a direct and immediate consequence of recreational or medical use (DH QQ 219223)." Tests performed on mice have shown that the ratio of cannabinoids (the chemicals in marijuana that make you high) necessary for overdose to the amount necessary for intoxication is 40,000:1. For comparison's sake, that ratio for alcohol is generally between 4:1 and 10:1. Alcohol overdoses claim approximately 5,000 casualties yearly, but marijuana overdoses kill no one as far as any official reports. I am neither condemning nor condoning anything. Following the publication of two 1977 JAMA studies, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially announced its support for the decriminalization of marijuana. In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly increasing alpha-wave activity in your brain. Alpha waves are generally associated with meditative and relaxed states, which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.

Hippy - Context specific. Often used in a derogatory way to describe someone who uses anti-capitalist and anti-establishment philosophies as excuses for being lazy. However also is used as a compliment for someone who is anti-establishment, anti-capitalist and has a relaxed attitude towards life.

Hoody - essential.

Hold it down - to limit behaviour which could be considered as disturbing, anti-social or illegal.

Holding space - to use your presence, especially at ceremonies, to maintain a calm and calming atmosphere.

Hottie - a visually attractive person, usually a woman.

Lost-It - someone who has taken so many psychedelics that they appear to have misplaced the script for their own lives, or 'lost the plot'. eg "He keeps making insane outbursts and offending people, I don't want that 'lost-it' back in here."

Maggers - The Magpie

The Magpie - we're not really sure. (See Temporary Autonomous Zone,

Man-scan - to look for something lost, but not look very hard. "I couldn't find it, but I only did a quick man-scan."

Media-Ninja - someone with advanced digital information absorption and networking abilities.

Munter - someone who frequently gets inebriated to the point they can barely walk or talk.

Munted - one who is inebriated to the point they can barely walk or talk.

Ninja - 1. somone with athletic ability, especially advanced yoga practioners, capoeira players or circus skills.
2. someone who dresses in all black and uses the ancient Japanese art of killing people silently. Please refer to classified section.

OMI - pronounced 'omey', Open Minded Intuitive. Someone who is open-minded about spiritual ideas but does not necessarily believe anything or everything they hear. Someone who avoids dogma and tries to stay detached from points of view. Someone who trusts their intuition whether to accept or reject something. Someone who combines both the scientific and the spiritual in a marriage of logic and intuition such as the seemingly paradoxical findings of quantum physics (electrons have no concept of space or time) mirroring the wisdom of ancient spiritual teachings (space and time are illusions created by the individual external observer) of Buddhism, Hinduism, Yoga and Tao. Generally spiritual thinkers who wear hoodies and baggy trousers. (See 'Rainbow Ninja')

Rainbow Gathering - Rainbow Gatherings are temporary intentional communities, typically held in outdoor settings, and espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, consumerism, capitalism and mass media. Rumoured to have started with reference to the Rainbow Prophecy, however many if not most attendees appear to be unaware of the prophecy. Isolated from 'festival culture' by the absence of drugs and alcohol (most of the attendees do not appear to consider cannabis to be a drug.) Due to the strict drugs policy Rainbow Gatherings are generally despised by munters. This gives those who are on a spritual path for reasons of ego a reason to believe they are better than others, they are wrong.
(See 'Rainbow Prophecy', 'Rainbow Warrior' and 'munter'.)

Rainbow Ninja - A Rainbow Warrior who does not look or act like a hippy and can therefore communicate with munters. For example somone who does reiki in squats. (See 'Rainbow Warrior', 'hippy' and 'munter'.)

Rainbow Prophecy - A Native American prophecy that after Europeans have nearly killed all the Natives, the land and seas are polluted the spirits of the Native Americans will return in the children of those who killed them. These children will be members of a Rainbow Tribe, of all different colours and all different nationalities. The Rainbow Warriors, of the tribe would use only the force of peace.
(See 'Rainbow Warrior'.)

Rainbow Warrior - 1. someone who uses 'only the force of peace' to help maintain balance in the eco-systems of 'mother earth', frequently found at eco-activist blockades and protests bringing peace to the front line.
2. someone who likes the sound of the Rainbow Prophecy and would rather be a reincarnated Native American warrior or shaman than 'Bob from Ealing' or whatever.
3. two ships of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace have borne the name Rainbow Warrior.

Shambala Festival - a great excuse to dress up and act like a tit, the most fun Kev the Poet had in 2007, the home of the Bristol Massive Roller Disco.

Shambhala - in Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala (also spelled Shambala or Shamballa; Tibetan: bde byung, pron. De-jung) is a mythical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks of the Himalayas. A utopian place in Tibetan myth - has been called both a physical crystal temple and also a meta-physical temple in the 'heart.'

Shambhala Warrior - the most important quality of the Shambhala warrior is being non-aggressive. The Shambhala warrior is defined by gentleness and fearlessness. As Chogyam Trungpa said it, "the first principle of warriorship is not being afraid of who you are." The ultimate goal of the Shambhala path is to create an enlightened society of wise and compassionate human beings, which is the tradition of the Kingdom of Shambhala.

Shrooms - Mushrooms. I am neither condemning nor condoning anything.

Shanti - literal translation is 'peace', however also used to describe peaceful settings and anything that is influenced by India.

Shantify - to make shanti, eg, putting up drapes, burning insence, or getting someone stoned. (See 'shanti'.)

Siriusly - usually sarcastic remark on how silly, or un-serious a situation is. Specifically if it has mystic or spiritual significance, hence the reference to the star-system Sirius which is written to have had contact with the Dogon tribe in Africa (Google 'Dogon Sirius', I mean it, siriusly.)

Standard - Something that happens frequently or something that should happen frequently.

Synchro - (See 'Synchronicity' and 'Synchromysticism.')

Synchronicity - is the experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner, usually beneficial coincidences with spiritual significance, although the benefits may be incidental, financial or health related. The concept does not question causality, it maintains that just as events may be grouped by cause, they may also be grouped by their meaning. The meaning of these coincidences is for the individual to determine via logic and intuition. Carolyn North, author of Synchronicity: The Anatomy of Coincidence (Regent Press) - "It gives us a sense of hope, a sense that something bigger is happening out there than what we can see, which is especially important in times like this when there's so many reasons for despair."

Synchromysticism - A state of consciousness where dynamic context is attributed to phenomena, allowing patterns, themes and insight to arise out of a web of connections. "The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance."--Jake Kotze, The Brave New World Order (See synchronicity.)

SynchroFlow - a series of synchronicities, and the experience of each synchronous coincidence leading to more beneficial coincidences (See 'synchronicity'.)

TAZ / Temporary Autonomous Zone - An area, or zone, which is not subject to control from outside; is independent, self-governing; is independent; and it subject to its own laws only. 'The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism' is a book by anarchist writer Hakim Bey.

The rules - unwritten smoking rules regarding social smoking behaviour, eg "I gave you the toblaggo so I get twos, you know the rules!" (See 'toblaggo' and 'ganja'.)

Toblaggo - a request for a donation of tobacco. (See 'blagger'.)

Healed (lyrics)

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:28:33 GMT

Healed

Blessed again, blessed externally and internally,
Blessed for infinity beyond eternity.

Gratitude for Angels incarnate, spirits discarnate,
Egyptian Lotus Flowers growing in Karnak

And beings like Parvati. I invoked Lakshi,
Quan Yin, Ganesh, and when guilt bitch slapped me

They were there to hold me, I was honest not phony,
The Catcher in The Rye, The Lotus Flower showed me

And reminded me the vibes were neat, the healing I received
From my brethren made me realise I had been deceived

By myself, emotions I thought were transcended were merely repressed.
No bother, I done told ya I've been blessed.

So have you... just believe it.
Whatever you thought you relied upon, you don't need it.

White Lion in the Age Aquarius, goldilocked Neo.
Opposite Aquarius is the house of Leo.

That's the esoteric, the Lion of Judah,
Just another point of view, from Israel to Utah

Dogma's disappearing, graffiti's appearing
With positive affirmations leaving lacerations

On outdated modes of thinking, I'm drinking
Tea with mushrooms and blue lotus flowers.

ArchAngels appear and remind me why I'm here,
False humility only hides my fear

That my destiny is massive even if it's a mystery.
Just a story I created, like the rest of my history.

Synchronicity reinforces the illusion that it matters
But it leads me to the moments when the illusion shatters.

I love paradox, the noun and the poet.
I had a train of thought there but got lost in the moment.

I love Paradox, the noun and the poet.
I love my brethren. The rhythmic talk was coded.
__________________________________________

I feel healed. Free to see and be observed...
Free to be me... Free as a bird.

We feel healed, free to see ourselves when we observe.
Free to BE ourselves... free as a bird.
__________________________________________

Convulsions and tears as I released my fears,
I gripped the quilt as I released my guilt.

Black smoke leaving my body, emotions or entities?
Violet Flame transmuting, spirit guides defending me.

Turquoise Butterfly. Turquoise Butterfly.
Hopi Goddess condoling, blessed by propolis.

Welfairies may seem well scary to some
But scented feather dusters are more than fun.

Reiki healings, evading agents with Matrix Energetics,
Aura cleansing, a glitch in the Matrix is fixed.

Blue lightning in toes and fingertips,
Convulsions no worry, he's known to twitch

In energetic spaces, Stone circles, healing circles,
Auras of churches get facelifts of purple.

Pulling strands of darkness out my mind and my spine,
I feel lighter now, I feel more than fine.

Just wait within the illusion of time,
Unique vibrations have found their time to shine.

Studious, industrius, not just that, we've got love in us,
So do you, you know it's true, it's more than just above us, trust.

The Kingdom of the one is within you,
The Children of the Law of One are in this too.

Indigo Children have grown up, rainbow's showed up,
So have archangels, and they love Hip-Hop! Show love.
__________________________________________

I feel healed. Free to see and be observed...
Free to be me... Free as a bird.

We feel healed, free to see ourselves when we observe.
Free to BE ourselves... free as a bird.

I feel healed. Free to see and be observed...
Free to be me... Free as a bird.

We feel healed, free to see ourselves when we observe.
Free to BE ourselves... free as a bird.
__________________________________________

By Kev the Poet aka KP the Hip-Hop Bard.

Spirit vine inspired lyrics...

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:26:58 GMT

Mama Ayahuasca, full power healing and Hip-Hop

Previous Future Previous Life Reunion Organiser - Plant Spirit Part 1

I wrote this down between cups of the sacred brew of the sacred spirit vine. Thank you mama Ayahuasca...

The first cup...
Debriefing, releasing the grieving leaving Earth and staying grounded
Nothing really matters profound reality shattering normality

Yet so normal, grass looks good, the hedges look good
In this light, hug a tree, hold a tree, hold a conversation with a tree

Just before twilight, "yeah, ah yeah, that's the stuff",
Is everybody all right? Is everybody All White?

Releasing, debriefing, easing, joints popping like b-boys, evolving,
growing, knowing nothing, purging, healing, emerging,

Revealing, "keep breathing, feel your body, be strong, dance
If you want to," enter the spirit world in trance if you want to,

Keep breathing, use your entire lungs, lower and upper,
Giggle, laughter, breathe slow, breathe energy into your abdomen,

Keep breathing in energy into your abdomen, keep breathing
In love into your chest, keep breathing in, smile, rest,

Breathe out thanks... gratitude... appreciation.
Thank you Mother Earth Plant Spirit

Interdimensional Tribe Reunifier
Previous Future Previous Life Reunion Organiser, Reunifier,

Interdimensional Tribe Reunifier
Previous Future Previous Life Reunion Organiser, Reunifier...

PART 2 - Previous Future Previous Life Reunion Organiser - Plant Spirit

Alot more structured than the first verse (because I didn't write it on Ayahuasca...)

The second cup...
The first cup made me really sensitive to energies,
Feeling other people's emotions, empathic telepathy,

If I may say so I saw fellow rainbow warriors
Of interdimensional tribes that had all met before

Between lifetimes or between planets.
It doesn't really matter dagnammit.

I saw my love walking and giggling hand in hand.
My brethren saw the hunab ku HQ, I tried to overstand.

Ding, ding, round 2 the shaman tapped the singing bowl,
Ding, ding, cup 2? Prepare to lose control.

Surrender, surrender, but the word surrender implies
Your surrendering to something bad. I advise

To see the drink as a spirit and the spirit as a teacher
And a healer, fractal patterns were a main feature.

The second cup blew ALL concepts out of the water
and made me aware of the point of view that we all are

One, regardless of Rainbow Tribes, previous lifetimes,
Future lifetimes, or psychedlimutaneous lifetimes.

As thoughts went from dark to light,
I didn't embrace the dark but I didn't choose to fight.

There was an over-mind watching my plight,
My higher self watched me and guided my consciousness to light.

Thinking about love helped me unwind,
And rewind to pleasant emotions, memories of happy times.

The wave or the cycle, from fear to love,
Dark to light, below and above,

Samsara laid bare, conflicting ideas made fear
That I would lose it forever actually seem just and fair.

But conflicting ideas reminded me that they're merely
Points of view, that's a unity consciousness clearly.

My mind unravelled, quickly, I remembered the DMT
Experience that definied an Open Minded Intuitive.

If nothing really matters how would you choose to live?
Moment to moment careless wisdom resting in awareness

Dark thoughts and happy thoughts, but what do you choose to give?
Thoughts come and go, no need to attach to the weirdness

Flipped my lid, thoughts going faster and faster and faster,
I went from Tai-Chi shaman to the drunken master.

From meditating on the vine and feeling fine
To staggering and stumbling, word mumbling.

Prior knowledge of the void was numbing my emotional pain,
I think could have done the same with singing or drumming.

Let go of the electric heater, babylon's falling,
go hug a friend in the outdoors, the fire's been calling.

No need to sit by the toilet anymore or right now,
The vomit has stopped and you've recovered your bowls.

You've stilled your mind, your one of a kind and one with the kindness
Of the infinite, Your third eye's not blinded.

Beautiful people laughing and dancing, and hugging,
The shamans were healing, not drugging.

Filth I had eaten for years was sitting in the sink,
I dealt with that later, warrior style, what you think

I'd leave it there, I try not to believe in fear,
Things I don't need, I'm leavin them here.

The group was beautiful with synchromystic connections -
Capoeira, yoga and previous life recollections.

Brain cells are lit, I get my Pixie on,
Smile like an Elf til armagiddy-on

When earth is rebirthed, not dead, not dying,
You create your own reality and I'm in

Aa musical not tragedy, comedy not drama
Epic, like 7 years in Tibet with the Dalai Lama.

Breathe out thanks... gratitude... appreciation.
Thank you Mother Earth Plant Spirit

Interdimensional Tribe Reunifier...
Previous Future Previous Life Reunion Organiser. Reunifier

Interdimensional Tribe Reunifier
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Tue, September 30

Re: Favourite MCs?

http://misstrna2010.gaia.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:16:45 GMT

hmmm...

rakim
kanye west
lupe fiasco
common
mf doom
krs one
public enemy
the cool kids
2pac
talib kweli
mos def
andre 3000 if outkast
slick rick
mc lyte

for the most part i only listen to 80s and 90s hip hop w. a little hipster rap(retro) thrown in...

Re: HipGnosis

http://hipgnosis.gaia.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:46:23 GMT

hey, thanks for the invite and the introduction to my music.

my name is eric young, aka HipGnosis. i'm a producer from the midwestern us, making a rather experimental blend of hip-hop, electronic, jazz, funk, classical, and rock. i'm trying to use hip hop as a means for societal evolution. there are many artists out there doing this, but they tend to just be lyricists that do it. i'm coming from a different angle. having produced for many different artists, i have also released 5 primarily instrumental albums of my own, available at http://www.nimbitmusic.com/hipgnosis in mp3 format.
some of the artists i work with address issues such as racism (both the subtle and overt kinds), sexism, religious intolerance, social injustice, class discrimination, and many other topics. My new album "Ear Responsibility" is soon to be ready for release both in digital format and on CD.

HipGnosis

http://lukesoloman.gaia.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:39:57 GMT

Hi everybody!

I invite you to check out the music of HipGnosis over at

http://consciousartistry.ning.com

Enjoy!

Re: Favourite MCs?

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:46:12 GMT

ps the question mark on 'Favourite MCs?' means I'm asking y'all to respond, who are your fave MCs? Feel free to say why ;-)

Favourite MCs?

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:30:13 GMT

Redman (I know he's not particularly conscious, but he's funny. Very funny.)
Gza (if only for Liquid Swordz)
Zack De La Rocha (of Rage Against the Machine)
Immortal Technique
KRS1
Chester P
MF Doom (SO unique)
Ghostface Killah (put emotion into it, spits New York cliches but makes them sound fresh, sick flow)
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Jeru tha Damaja
Rakim
Sparxillva (of Greenroom)
Benshaman Tree (one of the world's best freestylers, of the Synchromystickz)

Re: 'Reality' Strikes

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:24:03 GMT

http://www.last.fm/music/Kev+the+Poet+aka+KP+The+Hip-Hop+Bard/_/%27Reality%27+Strikes

Re: 'Reality' Strikes

http://thatgal.gaia.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:06:46 GMT

Liked it! :-)

'Reality' Strikes

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:21:42 GMT

Fuck you 'reality'. I've dealt with you before.
I create my own reality, do I want less or more?

Goddess or Whore? More or less
What you feel is what you get, so feel love I guess.

I remember university, they said it was a pity.
"Just wait until you graduate, cos 'real life' is so shitty."

They might have been right, at least for a couple of years,
Keeping up with my peers, and drinking weak beers.

Then I said "fuck you 'reality.", and went on my way.
I took a leap of faith and I started to play.

Follow your bliss, and do it day after day.
"Go west and seek your fortune" apparently they used to say.

I followed my heart and my I-Ching reading and my fortune was love
Unconditional, from below, around and above.

Love from the Earth, my friends, the plants and the sun.
Gratitude, appreciation and copious amounts of fun.

Then the Shield Knight and Bard went searching for his Holy Grail.
True Love and he met pitfalls common to every male,

Heartbreak, and heartache, and solitary confinement
'Time to meditate', I guess I needed refinement.

My patience was tested, so was my lust,
I tasted defeat and for a while my trust

In the synchroflow was broken, holding back the tears and choking
"I SERVED YOU, I WORKED FOR LOVE AND NOW YOU'RE PROVOKING?!"

But it was all in the ebb and I heard what the Moon said,
I knew why the crows had abandoned me and left me for dead.

I knew where I was needed and it was not chasing my Holy Grail
If I was working for The MOST HIGH I could never fail.

Work for the planet with energy from the sunlight,
That's the kind of love that delivers men from the gunfight.

So I reevaluate, that's right I succeeded,
In becoming my own fucking HERO! You didn't misread it.

I'll continue to defy logic and act a bit nutty
Hide my pain from the profane and appear ever so nutty.

The shoulders of Angels might be wet with my tears
But like the archetypes of Christ I want to face my fears.

If the Holy Grail is to be found, it's certainly not by looking.
Keep doing what you feel is right even if Hell's not cooking

And right are wrong are subjective, just because it FEELS right.
Reality will cause no pain when it tries to strike.

If I create my own reality my higher self was a drama queen,
I'm ready for 'happily ever after' now, oh what a dream.

Fuck you 'reality', like being pissed off 9 to 5
For 5 days a week is any kind of life.

Fuck you 'reality', like government handouts
Aren't disempowering, renunciation wins hands down.

Fuck you 'reality', like reality TV
Ain't edited for drama to make you believe.

Fuck you 'reality', like of course she is another me.
Holographic reflection, a sister in love with me.

I love you reality - because my reality
Is one love unconditional interdimensional family.

I love you reality, some people get free rent
I felt so guilty about my talent that I attracted mistreatment.

I love you reality, some people love their jobs,
Some people get paid to write about forgotten 'Gods'.

I love you reality, some love government handouts,
They stole from us for years, but some thefts still stand out.

I love you reality, I create my own reality,
Kin 23, my night is Blue and Planetary.

I love you reality, I'm always where I need to be
The divine will shine from within for all who didn't believe in me.

From Zeitgeist to Esoteric Agenda
A truth is being told - two less things on my agenda.

I still can't resist an "I told you so" because I was pissed
Off throughout my teens for talking all about this.

Civil Liberties disappearing and my so called friends were sneering
When it came to telling truth it felt like only I was daring.

Arrogant? Yes. But I was also depressed.
Now my reality is Angels who also see the mess.

I was chasing the Holy Grail like a Templar Knight
To wake up next to someone who loves me, and holds me tight.

Fuck you.

I don't need mobile phones and michrophones
I need megaphones like Alex Jones.

I'll be laughing all the way to the bank but when it crumbles
I'll be dancing on the rubble and doing the skank.

Reality Strikes? Well I strike right back with Love,
You don't exist in my reality if you don't like that.

Thank the Supreme Almighty that resides within and without
That's what attracts me, not your grin, nor your pout.

From the mountains of Tibet to the mountains of Vancouver
It's your decision to see yourself as a winner or loser.

...Or as the referee or as the umpire.
Water, Air, Earth, and bu'n Fire.

Synchronicity provides my path and I expect a miracle
Whether it's more wonga or a tantric hottie...

So I'm not looking for the Holy Grail, I'm waiting for it.
Whether it's my life buddy or my light body...

My reality doesn't strike...
It strokes me on my head and asks me if I'm alright.

Yes. I am now. Breath in love and energy and breath out love and appreciation, all day every day, pushing weights or pushing pens because love loves love. Loves it. Ever so fucking much. Breath in love and energy and breath out love and appreciation, yes, I'm alright. One day, when I'm no longer a bridge between the spiritual and the urban, one day when there is no urban or spiritual, one day when we are all a rainbow bridge. One day, regardless of whether I am eating raw cacao or unhealthy Cadbury's chocolate, whether I am at a rainbow gathering or in a filthy squat, whether I am by your side or on the other side, it will be obvious to all that I feel more than I can express, that I am more powerful than I can currently conceive, and yet I'm merely another you.

In'lakech

Immortal Technique - lyrics

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:33:57 GMT

All lyrics from http://www.ohhla.com

Artist: Immortal Technique
Album:  Revolutionary Volume 2
Song:   The 4th Branch
Typed by: holla1234gully@yahoo.com *

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[Talking]
The new age is upon us
And yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave
For those who hide behind the false image of the son of man
shall stand before God!!!  It has begun
The beginning of the end
Yeah..
Yeah... yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist
Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran
They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam
When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings
I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish
The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ
You murdered and stole his religion, and painting him white
Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
Conservative political right wing, ideology
Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation
Got my back to the wall, cause I'm facin' assassination
Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration
How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?
Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?
Human rights violations, we continue the saga
El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua
And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison
Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism

[Hook]
It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Read about the history of the place that we live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children

[Verse 2]
Flow like the blood of Abraham through the Jews and the Arabs
Broken apart like a woman's heart, abused in a marriage
The brink of holy war, bottled up, like a miscarriage
Embedded correspondents don't tell the source of the tension
And they refuse to even mention, European intervention
Or the massacres in Jenin, the innocent screams
U.S. manufactured missles, and M-16's
Weapon contracts and corrupted American dreams
Media censorship, blocking out the video screens
A continent of oil kingdoms, bought for a bargain
Democracy is just a word, when the people are starvin'
The average citizen, made to be, blind to the reason
A desert full of genocide, where the bodies are freezin'
And the world doesn't believe that you fightin' for freedom
Cause you fucked the Middle East, and gave birth to a demon
It's open season with the CIA, bugging my crib
Trapped in a ghetto region like a Palestinian kid
Where nobody gives a fuck whether you die or you live
I'm tryin' to give the truth, and I know the price is my life
But when I'm gone they'll sing a song about Immortal Technique
Who beheaded the President, and the princes and sheiks
You don't give a fuck about us, I can see through your facade
Like a fallen angel standing in the presence of God
Bitch niggaz scared of the truth, when it looks at you hard

[Hook]
It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view in the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Martial law is coming soon to the hood, to kill you
While you hanging your flag out your project window

[Talking]
Yeah..
The fourth branch of the government AKA the media
Seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-military officials
As if their opinion was at all unbiased
A machine shouldn't speak for men
So shut the fuck up you mindless drone!
And you know it's serious
When these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign
To try to convince you they're fair and balanced
When they're some of the most ignorant, and racist people
Giving that type of mentality a safe haven
We act like we share in the spoils of war that they do
We die in wars, we don't get the contracts to make money off 'em afterwards!
We don't get weapons contracts, nigga!
We don't get cheap labor for our companies, nigga!
We are cheap labor, nigga!
Turn off the news and read, nigga!
Read... read... read...

*****
Artist: Immortal Technique f/ Mos Def
Album:  Bin Laden 12"
Song:   Bin Laden
Typed by: em_amaru@yahoo.com *

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[Mos Def - talking]
Man, you hear this bullshit they be talkin'
Every day, man
It's like these motherfuckers is just like professional liars
YouknowwhatI'msayin? It's wild
Listen

[Hook - Mos Def]
Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]
Tell the truth, nigga

Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]

[Verse 1 - Immortal Technique]
I pledge no allegiance, nigga fuck the president's speeches
I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryna sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on niggaz to show you love
This shit is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at they mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you they mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden, was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface

[Hook]

[Verse 2 - Immortal Technique]
They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
But that's bullshit, I'll show you why it's totally wrong
Cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
It'd be warfare through Harlem, and Washington Heights
I wouldn't be fightin' for Bush or White America's dream
I'd be fightin' for my people's survival and self-esteem
I wouldn't fight for racist churches from the south, my nigga
I'd be fightin' to keep the occupation out, my nigga
You ever clock someone who talk shit, or look at you wrong?
Imagine if they shot at you, and was rapin' your moms
And of course Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons
We sold him that shit, after Ronald Reagan's election
Mercenary contractors fightin' a new era
Corporate military bankin' off the war on terror
They controllin' the ghetto, with the failed attack
Tryna distract the fact that they engineerin' the crack
So I'm strapped like Lee Malvo holdin' a sniper rifle
These bullets'll touch your kids, and I don't mean like Michael
Your body be sent to the morgue, stripped down and recycled
I fire on house niggaz that support you and like you
Cuz innocent people get murdered in the struggle daily
And poor people never get shit and struggle daily
This ain't no alien conspiracy theory, this shit is real
Written on the dollar underneath the Masonic seal

(I don't rap for dead presidents
I'd rather see the president dead
It's never been said but I set precedents)--[Eminem]

[Hook]

(Shady Records was 80 seconds away from the towers)
Some cowards fucked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours)-- [Eminem]

*****

Artist: Immortal Technique f/ KRS-One
Album:  Bin Laden (Remix) 12"
Song:   Bin Laden (Remix)
Typed by: trenton.ray@gmail.com

"I want the world to know you won't beat us because were the children of
those who took the worst fall, of slavery and brutality that ever existed
Our parents survived the middle passage, only the strong got here
And then we lost our name, our culture, our religion, and were still here
So you may have a momentary victory Mr. Bush, but you don't know who we are"

[Immortal]
I pledge no allegiance, fuck the President's speeches
What the industry did to 'Pac they did to Jesus
Rapin' his vocals and destroying his message
Tryin to deport us if they can't destroy arrest us
Government front religious, but thier heart is empty
Like a televangelist preaching out of his bentley
Calling abortion murder in a medical building
But don't give a fuck about bombing Iraqi children
Talking like units in the fucking libretto
Look at thier mansions and look at your suburban ghetto
The gulag, the new hood where they send us to live
Cause they don't give a fuck about none of our kids
That's why blacks and latinos get the worst education
While devils run america like "Birth of a Nation"
Affirmative action ain't reverse discrimination
That shit is a pathetic excuse for reparations

[Chorus: Immortal + KRS]
Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)
Tell the truth, nigga

[Immortal]
They say that terrorism revolves around the Qu'ran
But that's stupid, I'll show you why its totally wrong
Cause if this country was invaded and crumbled
I'd turn Harlem into a columbian jungle
And I wouldn't be fighting for a Christian nation
I'd be fighting for survival from extermination
I wouldn't fight for Fox News, them racist niggaz
I'd be fightin for the hood, for the faceless niggaz
I'd be fighting for the immigrants america loves to despise
Even tho it needs them to make the economy rise
They feed us genetically modified garbage
So I repetitively reload the cartridge
Boston, New York, down to Atlanta
Guerilla war in the swamps of Louisiana
Camera panoramas of hammers couldn't rock me
East coast to West coast you can't stop me
And fuck Schwarzenegger, his pops was a nazi
And it runs in the family so run for the grammys
Run to the coon picnic and try to pick up a mammy
But half of y'all are faggots tryin to pick up a tranny
Eddie Murphy ass motherfuckers goin commercial
Even Interscope is gettin pimped by Universal
{?} sounds like green tooth lantern something {?}
But the Bin Laden slush fund remix just worked you

[Chorus]


*****

Artist: Immortal Technique f/ C-Rayz Walz, Diabolic, Loucipher, 
        Poison Pen, Pumpkinhead, Tonedeff
Album:  Revolutionary Volume 2
Song:   Peruvian Cocaine
Typed by: VeinzFAQ@yahoo.com, blackout_darkside@hotmail.com

[Intro: from the film "Scarface"]
Host: I've heard whispers about the financial support
your government receives from the drug industry.

Guest: Well, the irony of this, of course, is that
this money, which is in the billions, is coming from
your country. You see, you are the major purchaser of
our national product, which is of course cocaina, cocaine.

Host: On one hand, you're saying the United States
government is spending millions of dollars to
eliminate the flow of drugs onto our streets. At the
same time, we are doing business with the very same
goverment that is flooding our streets with cocaine.

Guest: Mmm-hmm, si, si. Let me show you a few other
characters that are involved in this tragic comedy.

[Beat starts]

[Two Men Speak in Spanish]
1st man: Oigan ustedes ahi! Ustedes trabajando! Sigan trabajando carajo!
2nd man: Oye Luis, ¿Cuándo van a terminar? 
1st man: Ahorita
2nd man: Bueno que se apuren los burros. Aorita viene el camión, apúra, diles!
1st man: Ahorita van a venir para recoger los productos, apúrate!

[Immortal Technique - Worker]
I'm on the border of Bolivia, working for pennies
Treated like a slave, the coke fields have to be ready
The spirit of my people is starving, broken and sweaty
Dreaming about revolution (REVOLUTION!) looking at my machete
But the workload is too heavy to rise up in arms
And if I ran away, I know they'd probably murder my moms
So I pray to Jesus Cristo when I go to the mission
Process the cocaine, paced and play my position

[Pumpkinhead - Cocaine Field Boss]
Ok, listen while I'm out there, just give me my product
Before we chop off ya hands for worker's misconduct
I got the power to shoot a copper, and not get charged
And it would be sad to see your family in front of a firing squad
So to feed your kids, I need these bricks
40 tons in total, let me test it, indeed I (*sniff*)
Shit, this is good, pass me a tissue
And don't worry about them, I paid off the officials

[Diabolic - Peruvian Leader]
Yo, it don't come as a challenge, I'm the son of some of the foulest
Elected by my people...the only one on the ballot
Born and bred to consult with feds, I laugh at fate
And assassinate my predecessor to have his place
In a third-world fascist state, lock the nation
With 90% of the wealth in 10% of the population
The Central Intelligence Agency takes weight faithfully
The finest type of China white and cocaine you'll see

[Tonedeff - American Drug Distributor]
Honey I'm home, nevermind why our bank account's suddenly grown
It's funny, we're so out of this debt from this money we owe
Woulda ya...mind if I told you I had two governments overthrown
To keep our son enrolled in a private school, and to keep ya tummy swollen
C'mon, our fuckin' home was built on the foundation of bloody throats
The hungry stolen of they souls, of course this country's runnin' coke
I took a stunted oath to hush the one's who know
But CIA conducts the flow of these young hustlers who lust for dough

[Poison Pen - Drug Dealer]
I don't work in the hood (Hit my connect)
That's what's really good, they supply work to the hood
These dudes fucking crack me up, scrutinize like we inferior
Petrified when we meet in my area (calm down)
My goons won't shoot until I say so, you got the loot?
Give me the YAY YAY like Ice Cube, so don't play with my llello
We won't stop for you bastards
My street scramblers, chop it and bag it

[Loucipher - Undercover Police Officer]
Taking pictures and tapping phones 
To baiting snitches and cracking codes
Fast the cuffs, or blast the fo'
On any hustler stacking dough with pumpin crack or blow
And my overtime is where your taxes go
I gain your trust
Get you to hand weight to us because we paid up front
On the low with cameras taping ya
Getting pop with weight? Ya prison sentence is doomed
Make the collar and leave with two ki's out the evidence room

[C-Rayz Walz - Prison Inmate]
Out the evidence room (*Said with Loucipher*)
Went my fame, truck, boat or plane, they watching you
You think you got work? They copping too
We control blocks, they lock countries
Ya own companies, we had nice cars and sneaker money
Now there's players out there, talking 'bout the holding
With bugs in they house like they down South with windows open
Your dough ain't long, you wrong, you take shorts and soon
Feds will be up in your mouth...like forks and spoons
So enjoy the rush, live plush off Coke bread
Soon you'll be in a cell with me, like Jenny Lopez
In school, I was a bully, now life is fully a joke
I keep a flow on a boat for Peruvian Coke
Players do favors for governers and tax makers
Fat Quakers smoke crack in sex acts with bad mayors
The walls got ears, you big mouths probably scared
Not prepared to do years like Javier

[Immortal Technique Speaking] 
The story just told is an example of the path that
drugs take on their way to every neighborhood, in
every state of this country. It's a lot deeper than
the niggas on your block. So when they point the
finger at you, brother men, this is what you've got to tell them

[Wesley Snipes - from "New Jack City"]
I'm not guilty. YOU'RE the one that's guilty. The
lawmakers, the politicians, the Columbian drug lords,
all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just
like you did with alcohol during the prohibition.
You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick
the ballistics here: Ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem.
Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing
is bigger than (Immortal Technique). This is big
business. This is the American way.

KRS says TEMBA SPIRITS music is BANGIN CRAZY!

http://tembaspirits.gaia.com — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:39:05 GMT

my greatest accoplishment in Hiphop thus far is to open for KRS (the teacha) in front of the TEMPLE OF HIPHOP banner,and have him give me a personal shout out from the stage.when he first heard my tracks he phoned me and left a message saying that it is "BANGIN CRAZY!"........ the song RECLAIM YOUR POWER is my latest song and i believe with all of my heart that it will become a Hiphop and music classic! go to www.myspace/tembaspirits to check it out.with all love and respect ,i greet you with the love and integrity of my heart.

KRS1 - Hip-Hop Beyond Entertainment

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:28:22 GMT

part one

part 2 - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7639097355768151801

Jah Sun the new concious hip hop

http://greenearthbuilders.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:40:01 GMT

check out www.heightoflight.com
jah sun is one of the many leaders in positive hip hop and starting concious tours.
he has a song with krs one called pop.

the plan is to set concious events where people can get involved.
invite companies that are making things happen for booths and with ways for people to become active and help make a global shift.

keep abreast...

and show up!

Re: Hip-Hop(The Blanket)

http://Esaplaneta.gaia.com — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:34:27 GMT

The Blanket is everything. HipHop is not everything, but, it's a part of the Blanket!

KRS1 and the Age of Aquarius

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:43:16 GMT

/|\ Artist: KRS1 /|\ Song: Fourth Quarter - Free Throws /|\

KRS-One - I Got Next (1997)

Artist: KRS-One
Album: I Got Next
Song: Fourth Quarter - Free Throws
Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash

Yeah, listen to the lyrics
We are the ones prophesized to return
My main concern is for all of you to learn
How to live, yes through the lyrics I give and send my friend
This age is coming to an end
Not the world, but the age is ending
Ending, listen to the astrological message I'm sending
I'm sending, tell em
Truth is truth, whether or not you like me
We are living now in the age of Pisces
When Pisces is over, at the year two thousand
When the Sun of God, changes his house and
enters the Age of Aquarius
The Sun of God as man is hilarious (okay)
When you think of Jesus, think of the Sun
The flaming Sun, that's where they stole this concept from
Stop believing and read your bible logically
The new testament is really old astrology
Jesus is the son of God no lie
But they might be talking about the Sun up in the sky
The Sun, that hangs on the cross of the zodiac
The zodiac with twelve signs to be exact
Each sign is a house, and you should keep in mind
Each house equals, a period of time
The time, two thousand years and that's a fact
It's called an age or a house in the zodiac
The twelve disciples, are twelve months of reason
The four gospels signify the four seasons
When Jesus fed the multitude with two fishes
It signified the Age of Pisces, not fish or dishes
If you read the bible astrologically it's clearer (no doubt)
The next age will be the age of the water-bearer
It's called the Age of Aquarius (word)
When logic and truth will take care of us
So in this age, of spiritual dignity
You'll see a rise in femininity
and creativity, meshed with masculinity
You got to get with me, this is your true her-story (rrryyy!)
Do you wanna go higher...

KRS1 - Fourth Quarter - Free Throws, 1997
From www.ohhla.com

The Gza / Genius

http://kevthepoet.gaia.com — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:52:47 GMT

The Gza explains how and why he $#!ts on most MCs... "Queen's Gambit" is another one of your dope conceptual songs, where do you get your inspiration to write songs like that? The inspiration can come from anywhere, anything, at any given time. It's just a thought. It can be something I hear, something I see, something I think about. Usually with songs like that, they're not pre-planned. When I did "Labels," I may have had a line of two before I had the idea. For instance, I might have heard someone say "Tommy ain't my motherfucking boy" or something like that, and then it came to me. After doing "Labels," I didn't say to myself, "I have to do another song like that." If I thought like that, I would probably do albums like that and it would be so corny. MC's do it all the time. They might say "oh, let me do a song about TV's" and name all sorts of TV sets, or "let me do a song about radios" and name Panasonic and JVC, all these types of brands. It doesn't work like that. After I did "Labels," what was next? (pause) The next song was "Publicity," with all the magazines, where I said, "who be first to catch this beat down, my rap pages be the source, I ego-trip on many victories and no loss, my rap sheets show you details of wars in streets, where the most live catch vibes, and blaze heat." Even in those few lines, there's about 10 magazines named already. But the way the song is delivered, you won't be able to tell because I don't use the magazines as a rhyme word. There's a way to lay it down. I love the way I rhyme and I always have to give examples. I don't want it to seem like I big-up myself because I don't want to talk about myself all the time, but I just give examples so I can show the difference between the styles and levels of MC's. A lot of songs like this, like if I use magazines and publicity, the magazines aren't just nouns. I use them as verbs. I didn't say "remember that time when we took a photo in the Vibe?" I used the word "vibe" as an action word, "vibe" is an action word, he caught "vibes." Same way you used the names on "Fame"… Yeah. The same way I did it on "Fame." I made sure I took names that were verbs, the majority of them, and nouns, but I really tried to focus on verbs. Look at "Larry's bird flew out of Nicholas' cage." I didn't separate the names. I didn't say "Nicholas just ran from his cage." I kept it together. "Joe texts messages from Satchel's page, Betty writes letters from Sean's pen." "She used Bernie's mack to search Veronica's web." That's a metaphor in itself. I can school a lot of MC's. There's maybe just a handful that would do it how I did it. The rest of this interview can be found here - http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=gza