LISTEN (METAMORPHOSIS)
Urban-ghetto landscapes scraped me early in my youth
Mama kissing those wound with
Supreme loving
But there I was again
Off and running
Ducking crooked cops
Sworn to put a stop
To young hard rocks like me
Sporting our caps cocked
Deep to the right
Creep through the night
Stomachs uptight
Seeing with no sight
Blind, in other words
Lifestyle absurd
“GD ‘til the world blow up”
Was our plighted word
Fighting in herds
And never landing a solid punch
Systematically subjugated
In Chi-Town
Segregated
Never knew other races ‘til a visit
To the Audey Home
Butt-naked and dethroned from our project zone
And Saint Charles could not sanctify
Or provide
The fear of god
Times of living hard left too many battle scars
Not all times visible
We lived no principles
Simple ghetto motto:
“Get that money nigga”
So the counselors figured
We’d never stand and deliver
Blew the brothers up with potatoes and liver
Shivering in summer
Sweating in winter
A lifetime furlough from realness
Is what we knew
Returned to the street
Burning envious heat
Every brother we meet
Automatically suspect
Before automatic gats
And technology of death
Our paths were chosen to keep us frozen
Stuck on stupid
Man
We’d bum rush cupid
No love we exhibited
That shit was prohibited
Only visits off the block
Were excursions to the Loop
Picking pockets for loot
Feathered hands to salute
Tripping over vital points
We landed in the joints
“Bottom of the World Ma”
As if by appointment
Learning disappointment when girls broke bad
Never knowing what we had
We were on a mad dash
Cash ruled the subject
We knew no economics
Trapped by reaganomics
Shit became hectic
Life so frantic
Narcotics became medicine
Trees our herbal remedy clearly defined insanity
Vanity Fair in Fox Brothers’ suits
Tailor-made for our pursuit
Of the American nightmare
Shooting dice in stairways burning out days
Dazed in this maze to old folk amazement
Blood on the pavement from brother I ran with
Young sisters having shorties
And the parents never planned
The seed was conceive to Roger Troutman’s
“I Wanna Be Your Man”
But kid what’d no man
He a dysfunctional boy
His father he never knew
So ‘ol girl was his toy
How are you to be responsible
When your ability to respond
Had never been cultivated?
Educative measures designed to bury our greatest treasures
And an entire childhood spent
Desperately trying to recover it
Discover this
Enter the Phoenix
Precious Black Jewels we found in the dismal crypts
Osiris-Jesus mix
Proving wrong this whole establishment
Locked in this cell with nothing but books to read
Breaking down every word of the Chairman’s Creed
My Soul began to bleed
From the Bible to the Qur’an
History and archaeology
My self started rising like Kilimanjaro
Over African plains
The frame in my mind I shattered
Then constructed one anew
Learning who’s who
In regards to who am I
Questioning why so many had to die
So I write and I read
I write and I read
I write and I read
I Right and I Bleed
Words
Being emitted from this punctured soul
Each vibration awakening you to let your story be told
Don’t let your Blackened Blues ‘cause you to misconstrue
Your affinity to the
RED BLACK AND GREEN
Or deferred dreams drowning in spoiled American cream
Niggativity holding us down like gravity
It takes the Divine in you to restore your sanity
Peace to Larry
Chief Malik
And all the voices that I speak
Slain soldiers
Warriors that never were
In all these urban streets
Sunday, May 23, 2010
What's In A Name?
WHAT’S IN A NAME?: THE GOD DEGREE OF THE LOSTFOUND
MUSLIM LESSON NUMBER ONE
There is only One Force in existence, manifested into the Realm of Relativity as the Original Man, Who is Allah, the Supreme Being Blackman of Asia: The God (7). This One Force of God manifested from a 'Single Idea' everything that is. Everything that is comes from the Force (Energy, Truth) of God, which is the Cause; or, is a product of Its Energy and Power. The God Degree of the Lost-Found Muslim Lesson Number One gives Us an example of the Idea of everything coming from the Force of One: Knowledge. God is the Good Orderly Direction first put in motion by the One Force or Energy that is known by many names, according to the languages and levels of Civilization of the peoples of the Planet Earth. Some call this Force Allah, Yahweh, the God, Amen-Ra, etc. We learn as We "Read" Qur'an:
"Say: 'Call upon Allah, or call upon
Ar-Rahman: By whatever name ye call
upon Him, (it is well): for to Him
belong the Most Beautiful Names".
(Qur'an 17:110)
The Truth of it all is that Allah is One, and the Only Sure Reality (Al Haqq). This means that Allah is the Only Truth. Allah is God "in the Earth and the Heavens above". This is being interpreted that Allah is no
mystery that the Supreme Being is in my Being Supreme. This is to say
that Allah is One, and is further alluded to in Qur'an thus:
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the
Heavens and Earth were joined
together (as one Unit of Creation),
before We clove them asunder? We
made from water every living thing.
Will they not then believe?" (Qur'an
21:30)
It is from the Wisdom (Water) of Allah that every Living thing that Be is. The "Heavens and Earth" is symbolic to saying 'Mind and Body', the
'mental and physical', which are manifestations of the Force or Energy of Allah: The Spiritual or 'Spirit You All'. But the Spiritual is not a spook, it is the Force or Energy of Soul; it is the Soul-Force in Man expressed as Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty: G.O.D = Gumar (Wisdom) Oz (Strength) Dubar (Beauty) or Spirit, Mind, and Will. Herbert B. Puryear, PhD gives Us this insight regarding Soul:
"We have defined the soul as the
spiritual body with the qualities of
spirit, mind and will...The spirit as the
life force of the universe is not a
neutral force but one with a quality
which may best be summarized by the
word 'love' in the purest
form...Ultimate on the agenda of all
souls is pure love of God and
fellowman. This orientation toward
the universal whole opposes the selfcentered
spirit of rebellion. The spirit
of love is affirmed most clearly in the
adoption of an ideal of the spirit of
obedience to higher law and the
greater good...The mind is the
attribute of the soul which builds from
impulse toward
manifestation...Thoughts are things,
and that upon which we dwell we build
not only into our bodies but also into
our souls....with every thought we
think, we are either helping or hurting,
aiding or hindering the person to
whom or about whom the thought is
directed... It is only when we have
taken charge of our thoughts and given
them positive direction, that we
achieve a major step in our soul
developments...will is the educative
factor. The use of will in accord with
the Law of Love teaches us attunement
and provides joy, happiness, and
peace. The abuse of will compels us to
deal with more difficult and
challenging lessons...no influences,
whether hereditary, karmic, or
otherwise, can stand in the way of the
will provided that it is made one with
the resident pattern of the
Divine...when we tap into the flow of
this living and creative energy, we can
actually change things from the course
set by any predetermining influences."
(The Edgar Cayce Primer)
The Divine Nature in Us gives Us the Power to define. It is with my Knowledge of Equality (1 + 6 = 7) that I Wisdom (live, be) my Power (2 + 5 = 7), and this comes from Understanding (Seeing) my Culture or
Freedom (3 + 4 = 7), which is Divine: I-God. The 'devil' calls Our people Africans as a tactic of tricknowlogy. The devil' would rather call Us anything but what We are: God. However, Our Wisdom is so Powerful (2 + 5 = 7) that it is difficult for Us not to See the Divine (C,3 + D,4 = G,7). Our people of North America have been made into "tools and slaves" by not having a true Knowledge of Self. The definition of the word 'continent' is "one of the seven great masses of land on the earth. The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica". The word 'continent' also means " showing restraint with regard to the desires or passions; using self-control; temperate". Both definitions are from the Latin 'continentem' meaning "holding in, refraining".
To say that Our people are merely from the continent of Africa is to say
that We are not Known or native to any other part of the Planet Earth. But the Truth is, We are the "maker and owner" of the Planet Earth, "Father of Civilization and God of the Universe. We are native, as members of the great Asiatic Family, to all of the "seven great masses of land on the earth". This is saying that We are God (Seven) of the great masses of land on the earth. At one point in the history of the Planet Earth the entire planet was called Asia. The land mass Known nowadays as Africa has gone through many name changes. This has been due to the levels of Civilization of the people, the times, and the result of various other circumstances. The point is that the God has the Wisdom Power (2 + 5 = 7) to define and re-define the landmasses according to Our Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Culture, and Refinement; as long as We are not savages in the pursuit of happiness. The devil calls the continent Africa to divide Us from Our peoples. It is a trick to hold Us in a scheme of division. This is significant in relation to the slave making process. The slave must accept his lot, and toward this end miseducation and mis-information serves a great role. The slave must Be made to accept the Idea that he/she came from a savage, backward, and "jungle people". The continent known nowadays as Africa suffered a decline in its level and quality of Civilization. This decline opened the door of opportunity for the grafted man and his tricknowledge to come in and pillage the land, resources, and people of Africa. This is symbolically given in the Degree as “he bought a trading post in the jungles of that continent". He began to come into that continent after that continent had experienced a considerable level of decline. We must remember that the Great Pyramids were relics of a Civilization at the birth of Musa/Moses. There is much to the history of that continent that We are only recently discovering. In 1882, Henry H. Gorringe, lieutenant commander of the United States observed:
"Egypt itself is a book of history, one
of God's great monumental records...It
was the birthplace of literature, the
cradle of science and art, the garden
and garner of the world...In the
branches of decorative art and the
science of architecture they were
undoubtedly far in advance of us at the
present day...The architectural types of
all other structures of antiquity sink
into insignificance when compared
with those of Egypt. The Egyptians
were the first to observe the course of
the planets, and their observations led
them to regulate the year from the
course of the sun. They were a
wonderful race, combining within
themselves all the branches which
adorn, beautify, and add to the
reputation of a people when directed in
the right channel."(From Anthony
Browder's Nile Valley Contributions to
Civilization)
The Nile Valley is one of the cradles of Civilization. About 3400 B.C.,
according to The World Book Encyclopedia:
"Small states combined into two large
states, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Menes, king of Upper Egypt, united
the two states about 3100 B.C. This
united kingdom was to become the first
great African civilization and one of
the greatest civilizations in history.
Egypt reached the height of its power
about 1400 B.C. Later, it became part
of the Persian Empire and the empire
of Alexander the Great".(The World
Book Encyclopedia)
The period prior to Alexander the Great witnessed only the decline of a
Great Civilization. Egypt, however, is only one of the many Great civilizations of Africa. There were Great Civilizations in West, North, South, and East Africa. The Civilizations of India, Persia, Babylon, China, and other parts of Asia and Africa are all collectively products of the Asiatic Black Man. After the decline of the African Civilization,
which was really a decline of the Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding,
Culture, and Refinement of that Civilization, they began to "pursue happiness" in the form of gross materialism and forgot their stature as Gods. We allowed Ourselves to Be 'incontinent', lacking restraint with
regard to the desires or passions; We could not refrain from a 'jungle way of life'. Yes, this type of mentality is largely the result of the Lost Tribe of Shabazz. The Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad tells Us of this Tribe. The historic Lessons Teach Us that the Tribe of Shabazz, of Whom We are descendants, went into what is now called Africa and lost the Knowledge of themselves. We became savage, meaning We lost Civilization: Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Culture, and Refinement. We began to pursue happiness from materiality and got caught up in that mess. But really, We come with the Planet Earth and are the Sole/Soul Controller of the Universe. The Degree says that the 'Original People Live On That Continent'. Being interpreted, this means that Original People should Be 'Continent', practicing Self-Restraint, (Taqwa, Conscious of Allah, Righteous), holding in the passions and refraining from ignorance and savagery. The Seven (7) Continents of landmass on the Planet Earth is symbolic to the Idea of God (7), the Supreme; to Be Supreme We have to be Conscious or 'Continent' (Taqwa). To Be Conscious or 'Continent' calls for correct Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding: Zig Zag Zig, another Way of saying GOD (G.O.D = g,7 + o,15 + d, 4 = 26 [Z]).
When We stray away from Civilization We open the door for others to
define Us; We give up Our birth-right as Supreme Beings. We have to
explore the terrain of Self, which includes the Seven Continents. In the
Original Man's genes is the 'Stuff' of God, the Divine Intelligence: Gene equals Genius. This thought is clearly given in the world's scriptures, including but not limited to Qur'an and Bible. When We study Our Lessons well with proper application We are Being Divine; Being 'Continent'. We call the continent Asia: A.S.I.A (Allah Self/Savior [is] I [Self Lord and Master]; Allah). This is the 'Life' that We live. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan shares,
"While you are coming to life, the
greatest life is that Allah comes to
share with us His mind. 'Let this mind
be in you, the same that was in Christ
Jesus'. He is coming to take you from
where you are and make you what you
were in the beginning. What were you
in the beginning? Allah made man in
His own image and likeness. David the
Psalmist said, 'You are all gods'. The
Holy Qur'an says that man was made
Khalifah, meaning that he stands in
the place of Allah in the absence of
God. That is your destiny, but you
cannot stand in the place of God
without the Wisdom of
God".(Saviours' Day Address,
February 27, 2005)
We do not want anyone, place, or thing to "divide" or separate Us from
the Source of Our Being and "make us think that We are all different".
The 30th ayah (verse, sign, miracle) of the 30th Surah (Chapter, Degree,
Mounting up) of Qur'an provides:
"So set thou thy face steadily and truly
to the Diyn [Way of Life]: (Establish)
Allah's handiwork according to the
pattern on which He has made
mankind: No change (let there be) in
the work (wrought) by Allah: that is
the standard Diyn [Way of Life]: but
most among mankind understand not.
Turn ye back in repentance to Him,
and fear Him [waattaquuhu, Be
Conscious of Him; Taqwa]: Establish
regular prayers [salaat], and be not ye
among those who join gods with Allah,
Those who split up their Diyn [Way of
Life], and become (mere) Sects, each
party rejoicing in that which is with
itself!" (Qur'an 30:30)
We 'establish' (aqima, from qiyam) or stand [set] Our whole Self (wajh,
face) to the Diyn, Way of Life in Truth (hanifa). The word 'hanif' means "sound, well-balanced, true, right". The verse also relates, "Fitrataallaahillati fataran naasa", meaning, the Nature (fitra) of Allah is the Nature (fitra) of Man (naas). A good Muslim will comment that:
"As turned out from the creative hand
of Allah, man is innocent, pure, true,
free, inclined to right and virtue, and
endued with true understanding about
his own position in the Universe and
about Allah's goodness, wisdom, and
power. That is his true nature...But
man is caught in the meshes of
customs, superstitions, selfish desires,
and false teaching. This may make
him pugnacious, unclean, false, slavish,
hankering after what is wrong or
forbidden.."(The Meaning of The Holy
Qur'an, A. Yusuf 'Ali, footnote 3541)
We Know that the Spirit (Nature, fitra) of Allah is in man. The Way of
Life (Diyn) that is upright, the 'straight usage' is to Be True to this Nature (fitra); to have Our 'whole life, thoughts and desires' One with this Spirit (Energy, Nature, Force). We turn back in 'repentance' to this
nature: Our True Selves. This is a process of Being Taqwa (Righteous,
Conscious) or practicing Self- Restraint; to Be [Seven] Continent. We
will connect with 'salaat' or prayer, which is the Energy or Thought-
Form of Blessedness. Whether You are Muslim, or some other School of Thought that is legitimate as a Path to Godness (Goodness), We must come from the stand-point of Blessings (salaat) in order to Be what We are: Divine. Allah's Nation of Gods and Earths is a God-Centered Cultural Path. It is not Wise for Us to take the attitude "of those who split up their Diyn [Way of Life, Culture], and become (mere) sects". This is foolishness. This is what the Degree warns Us against by stating “he [devil, the Life "lived" backwards] wants to make Us think that We are all different". This is Our Equality: 30:30 (3 + 0 +3 + 0 = 6). Equality is to be equal in all things: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding. In closing, I would like to mention Wisdom by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Peace!!!
“When you come into the Life of God,
that is the Abundant Life. It is your
inheritance to be anointed with His
spirit, to be filled with Him, so that
when you are filled with His word, you
become an extension Him. When He is
in you, then the scripture is fulfilled.
Greater is He that is in you than he
that is in the world".(Saviours'Day
Address, February 27, 2005)
MUSLIM LESSON NUMBER ONE
There is only One Force in existence, manifested into the Realm of Relativity as the Original Man, Who is Allah, the Supreme Being Blackman of Asia: The God (7). This One Force of God manifested from a 'Single Idea' everything that is. Everything that is comes from the Force (Energy, Truth) of God, which is the Cause; or, is a product of Its Energy and Power. The God Degree of the Lost-Found Muslim Lesson Number One gives Us an example of the Idea of everything coming from the Force of One: Knowledge. God is the Good Orderly Direction first put in motion by the One Force or Energy that is known by many names, according to the languages and levels of Civilization of the peoples of the Planet Earth. Some call this Force Allah, Yahweh, the God, Amen-Ra, etc. We learn as We "Read" Qur'an:
"Say: 'Call upon Allah, or call upon
Ar-Rahman: By whatever name ye call
upon Him, (it is well): for to Him
belong the Most Beautiful Names".
(Qur'an 17:110)
The Truth of it all is that Allah is One, and the Only Sure Reality (Al Haqq). This means that Allah is the Only Truth. Allah is God "in the Earth and the Heavens above". This is being interpreted that Allah is no
mystery that the Supreme Being is in my Being Supreme. This is to say
that Allah is One, and is further alluded to in Qur'an thus:
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the
Heavens and Earth were joined
together (as one Unit of Creation),
before We clove them asunder? We
made from water every living thing.
Will they not then believe?" (Qur'an
21:30)
It is from the Wisdom (Water) of Allah that every Living thing that Be is. The "Heavens and Earth" is symbolic to saying 'Mind and Body', the
'mental and physical', which are manifestations of the Force or Energy of Allah: The Spiritual or 'Spirit You All'. But the Spiritual is not a spook, it is the Force or Energy of Soul; it is the Soul-Force in Man expressed as Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty: G.O.D = Gumar (Wisdom) Oz (Strength) Dubar (Beauty) or Spirit, Mind, and Will. Herbert B. Puryear, PhD gives Us this insight regarding Soul:
"We have defined the soul as the
spiritual body with the qualities of
spirit, mind and will...The spirit as the
life force of the universe is not a
neutral force but one with a quality
which may best be summarized by the
word 'love' in the purest
form...Ultimate on the agenda of all
souls is pure love of God and
fellowman. This orientation toward
the universal whole opposes the selfcentered
spirit of rebellion. The spirit
of love is affirmed most clearly in the
adoption of an ideal of the spirit of
obedience to higher law and the
greater good...The mind is the
attribute of the soul which builds from
impulse toward
manifestation...Thoughts are things,
and that upon which we dwell we build
not only into our bodies but also into
our souls....with every thought we
think, we are either helping or hurting,
aiding or hindering the person to
whom or about whom the thought is
directed... It is only when we have
taken charge of our thoughts and given
them positive direction, that we
achieve a major step in our soul
developments...will is the educative
factor. The use of will in accord with
the Law of Love teaches us attunement
and provides joy, happiness, and
peace. The abuse of will compels us to
deal with more difficult and
challenging lessons...no influences,
whether hereditary, karmic, or
otherwise, can stand in the way of the
will provided that it is made one with
the resident pattern of the
Divine...when we tap into the flow of
this living and creative energy, we can
actually change things from the course
set by any predetermining influences."
(The Edgar Cayce Primer)
The Divine Nature in Us gives Us the Power to define. It is with my Knowledge of Equality (1 + 6 = 7) that I Wisdom (live, be) my Power (2 + 5 = 7), and this comes from Understanding (Seeing) my Culture or
Freedom (3 + 4 = 7), which is Divine: I-God. The 'devil' calls Our people Africans as a tactic of tricknowlogy. The devil' would rather call Us anything but what We are: God. However, Our Wisdom is so Powerful (2 + 5 = 7) that it is difficult for Us not to See the Divine (C,3 + D,4 = G,7). Our people of North America have been made into "tools and slaves" by not having a true Knowledge of Self. The definition of the word 'continent' is "one of the seven great masses of land on the earth. The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica". The word 'continent' also means " showing restraint with regard to the desires or passions; using self-control; temperate". Both definitions are from the Latin 'continentem' meaning "holding in, refraining".
To say that Our people are merely from the continent of Africa is to say
that We are not Known or native to any other part of the Planet Earth. But the Truth is, We are the "maker and owner" of the Planet Earth, "Father of Civilization and God of the Universe. We are native, as members of the great Asiatic Family, to all of the "seven great masses of land on the earth". This is saying that We are God (Seven) of the great masses of land on the earth. At one point in the history of the Planet Earth the entire planet was called Asia. The land mass Known nowadays as Africa has gone through many name changes. This has been due to the levels of Civilization of the people, the times, and the result of various other circumstances. The point is that the God has the Wisdom Power (2 + 5 = 7) to define and re-define the landmasses according to Our Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Culture, and Refinement; as long as We are not savages in the pursuit of happiness. The devil calls the continent Africa to divide Us from Our peoples. It is a trick to hold Us in a scheme of division. This is significant in relation to the slave making process. The slave must accept his lot, and toward this end miseducation and mis-information serves a great role. The slave must Be made to accept the Idea that he/she came from a savage, backward, and "jungle people". The continent known nowadays as Africa suffered a decline in its level and quality of Civilization. This decline opened the door of opportunity for the grafted man and his tricknowledge to come in and pillage the land, resources, and people of Africa. This is symbolically given in the Degree as “he bought a trading post in the jungles of that continent". He began to come into that continent after that continent had experienced a considerable level of decline. We must remember that the Great Pyramids were relics of a Civilization at the birth of Musa/Moses. There is much to the history of that continent that We are only recently discovering. In 1882, Henry H. Gorringe, lieutenant commander of the United States observed:
"Egypt itself is a book of history, one
of God's great monumental records...It
was the birthplace of literature, the
cradle of science and art, the garden
and garner of the world...In the
branches of decorative art and the
science of architecture they were
undoubtedly far in advance of us at the
present day...The architectural types of
all other structures of antiquity sink
into insignificance when compared
with those of Egypt. The Egyptians
were the first to observe the course of
the planets, and their observations led
them to regulate the year from the
course of the sun. They were a
wonderful race, combining within
themselves all the branches which
adorn, beautify, and add to the
reputation of a people when directed in
the right channel."(From Anthony
Browder's Nile Valley Contributions to
Civilization)
The Nile Valley is one of the cradles of Civilization. About 3400 B.C.,
according to The World Book Encyclopedia:
"Small states combined into two large
states, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Menes, king of Upper Egypt, united
the two states about 3100 B.C. This
united kingdom was to become the first
great African civilization and one of
the greatest civilizations in history.
Egypt reached the height of its power
about 1400 B.C. Later, it became part
of the Persian Empire and the empire
of Alexander the Great".(The World
Book Encyclopedia)
The period prior to Alexander the Great witnessed only the decline of a
Great Civilization. Egypt, however, is only one of the many Great civilizations of Africa. There were Great Civilizations in West, North, South, and East Africa. The Civilizations of India, Persia, Babylon, China, and other parts of Asia and Africa are all collectively products of the Asiatic Black Man. After the decline of the African Civilization,
which was really a decline of the Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding,
Culture, and Refinement of that Civilization, they began to "pursue happiness" in the form of gross materialism and forgot their stature as Gods. We allowed Ourselves to Be 'incontinent', lacking restraint with
regard to the desires or passions; We could not refrain from a 'jungle way of life'. Yes, this type of mentality is largely the result of the Lost Tribe of Shabazz. The Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad tells Us of this Tribe. The historic Lessons Teach Us that the Tribe of Shabazz, of Whom We are descendants, went into what is now called Africa and lost the Knowledge of themselves. We became savage, meaning We lost Civilization: Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Culture, and Refinement. We began to pursue happiness from materiality and got caught up in that mess. But really, We come with the Planet Earth and are the Sole/Soul Controller of the Universe. The Degree says that the 'Original People Live On That Continent'. Being interpreted, this means that Original People should Be 'Continent', practicing Self-Restraint, (Taqwa, Conscious of Allah, Righteous), holding in the passions and refraining from ignorance and savagery. The Seven (7) Continents of landmass on the Planet Earth is symbolic to the Idea of God (7), the Supreme; to Be Supreme We have to be Conscious or 'Continent' (Taqwa). To Be Conscious or 'Continent' calls for correct Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding: Zig Zag Zig, another Way of saying GOD (G.O.D = g,7 + o,15 + d, 4 = 26 [Z]).
When We stray away from Civilization We open the door for others to
define Us; We give up Our birth-right as Supreme Beings. We have to
explore the terrain of Self, which includes the Seven Continents. In the
Original Man's genes is the 'Stuff' of God, the Divine Intelligence: Gene equals Genius. This thought is clearly given in the world's scriptures, including but not limited to Qur'an and Bible. When We study Our Lessons well with proper application We are Being Divine; Being 'Continent'. We call the continent Asia: A.S.I.A (Allah Self/Savior [is] I [Self Lord and Master]; Allah). This is the 'Life' that We live. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan shares,
"While you are coming to life, the
greatest life is that Allah comes to
share with us His mind. 'Let this mind
be in you, the same that was in Christ
Jesus'. He is coming to take you from
where you are and make you what you
were in the beginning. What were you
in the beginning? Allah made man in
His own image and likeness. David the
Psalmist said, 'You are all gods'. The
Holy Qur'an says that man was made
Khalifah, meaning that he stands in
the place of Allah in the absence of
God. That is your destiny, but you
cannot stand in the place of God
without the Wisdom of
God".(Saviours' Day Address,
February 27, 2005)
We do not want anyone, place, or thing to "divide" or separate Us from
the Source of Our Being and "make us think that We are all different".
The 30th ayah (verse, sign, miracle) of the 30th Surah (Chapter, Degree,
Mounting up) of Qur'an provides:
"So set thou thy face steadily and truly
to the Diyn [Way of Life]: (Establish)
Allah's handiwork according to the
pattern on which He has made
mankind: No change (let there be) in
the work (wrought) by Allah: that is
the standard Diyn [Way of Life]: but
most among mankind understand not.
Turn ye back in repentance to Him,
and fear Him [waattaquuhu, Be
Conscious of Him; Taqwa]: Establish
regular prayers [salaat], and be not ye
among those who join gods with Allah,
Those who split up their Diyn [Way of
Life], and become (mere) Sects, each
party rejoicing in that which is with
itself!" (Qur'an 30:30)
We 'establish' (aqima, from qiyam) or stand [set] Our whole Self (wajh,
face) to the Diyn, Way of Life in Truth (hanifa). The word 'hanif' means "sound, well-balanced, true, right". The verse also relates, "Fitrataallaahillati fataran naasa", meaning, the Nature (fitra) of Allah is the Nature (fitra) of Man (naas). A good Muslim will comment that:
"As turned out from the creative hand
of Allah, man is innocent, pure, true,
free, inclined to right and virtue, and
endued with true understanding about
his own position in the Universe and
about Allah's goodness, wisdom, and
power. That is his true nature...But
man is caught in the meshes of
customs, superstitions, selfish desires,
and false teaching. This may make
him pugnacious, unclean, false, slavish,
hankering after what is wrong or
forbidden.."(The Meaning of The Holy
Qur'an, A. Yusuf 'Ali, footnote 3541)
We Know that the Spirit (Nature, fitra) of Allah is in man. The Way of
Life (Diyn) that is upright, the 'straight usage' is to Be True to this Nature (fitra); to have Our 'whole life, thoughts and desires' One with this Spirit (Energy, Nature, Force). We turn back in 'repentance' to this
nature: Our True Selves. This is a process of Being Taqwa (Righteous,
Conscious) or practicing Self- Restraint; to Be [Seven] Continent. We
will connect with 'salaat' or prayer, which is the Energy or Thought-
Form of Blessedness. Whether You are Muslim, or some other School of Thought that is legitimate as a Path to Godness (Goodness), We must come from the stand-point of Blessings (salaat) in order to Be what We are: Divine. Allah's Nation of Gods and Earths is a God-Centered Cultural Path. It is not Wise for Us to take the attitude "of those who split up their Diyn [Way of Life, Culture], and become (mere) sects". This is foolishness. This is what the Degree warns Us against by stating “he [devil, the Life "lived" backwards] wants to make Us think that We are all different". This is Our Equality: 30:30 (3 + 0 +3 + 0 = 6). Equality is to be equal in all things: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding. In closing, I would like to mention Wisdom by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Peace!!!
“When you come into the Life of God,
that is the Abundant Life. It is your
inheritance to be anointed with His
spirit, to be filled with Him, so that
when you are filled with His word, you
become an extension Him. When He is
in you, then the scripture is fulfilled.
Greater is He that is in you than he
that is in the world".(Saviours'Day
Address, February 27, 2005)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Extinguishing the Devil and Re-Member Allah
EXTINGUISHING THE DEVIL AND RE-MEMBER ALLAH:
THE KNOWLEDGE ADD A CIPHER DEGREE OF THE LOSTFOUND
MUSLIM LESSON NUMBER ONE
The attribute ‘Muhammad’ is very Powerful: Truth Full; an elixir that the Righteous can imbibe to Refine Ourselves. The attribute Muhammad comes from the Arabic word ‘Hamd’, which means ‘Praise’. According to the English language, the word ‘Praise’ is to “express a favorable judgment of: commend; to glorify (a god or saint) especially by the attribution of perfections”. This general definition is from the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. When We examine the etymology of the word ‘Praise’ We learn that it comes from the Middle English by way of the Old French ‘preisier’, which means “to prize”; it is directly related to the Late Latin ‘pretiare’, “to prize”, from the Latin ‘pretium’: Price. We Know and Understand that a good attribute (name) is worth (price; value) more than silver and gold. We learn from Bible,
“A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, and
loving favor rather than silver and
gold”.
(Proverbs 22:1)
Being interpreted, it is best to Be ‘One worthy of Praise’ (Muhammad),
having favorable judgment and Being commendable, because this marks You as a “god or saint” with attributions of perfection. Perfection is what We strive to attain to. We do this by constantly examining Ourselves and standing perpendicular to the Square of Truth. In a sense, perfection is the ‘Prize’ that We constantly seek to embody by virtue of Our Wisdom: wise words, ways, and actions. Yet, perfection must Be nurtured and constantly maintained. This Wisdom is Born from having a Knowledge of the Cipher; and the Knowledge of the Cipher is to Enlighten You, to let You Know that God ---- a glorified Being --- is right inside You. That glorified Being is symbolic to Muhammad, which is the transformative Energy of Truth that We use to Refine Ourselves, that makes Us examine Our Life lived backwards ---devil --- and then extinguish or “murder” that defect within Us. This comes about as One that does Salaam or Islam --- “Muslim” --- gather his/her Energy and take the devil off his/her Square: a Square has “four” sides. This means that We must get to the root and take the devil from the foundation (Square, Four) of Our Being. It is given in the Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of
America --- which is really an excerpt from the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus The Christ ---:
“The only devil from which man
must be redeemed is self, the lower
self. If man would find his devil he
must look within; his name is self.
If man would find his savior he
must look within; and when the
demon self has been dethroned the
savior, love, will be exalted to the
throne of power. The David of the
light is purity, who slays the strong
Goliath of the dark, and seats the
savior, love, upon the throne”.
(The Holy Koran of The Moorish
Science Temple of America:
Elihu’s Lessons --- The Unity of
Life)
According to Our Living Principles of Supreme Alphabets, Love, has the numeric value of 12 or Knowledge Wisdom, which Borns to Understanding. Or, Allah (1) is to Be (2) in order to Be See[n] (3). The Degree mentions “four devils”, and I have alluded to the Idea that ‘four’ could very well pertain to Our Foundational Square or Truth. According to Supreme Mathematics, 4 is Culture or Freedom, which is I-God expressed Divinely as I.S.L.A.M. When We Live I.S.L.A.M We are worthy of Praise. We have Righteous attributes that constantly re-Mind Us of Who We are; this is the good name that has Us worthy of Praise: Muhammad. The reward or ‘prize’ We receive by living out Our Culture or Freedom is a placement at the Root of Civilization, symbolically referred to in the Degree as “free transportation to the Holy City of Mecca”, where We will actually --- by virtue of “Love”, or Knowledge and Wisdom, --- have traversed through “Hell” (the abode of devils) to make Ourselves (save Ourselves) “Right”. The Four devils that We, as Righteous people, should forever Be alert to are “Lust, Envy, Hate, and Jealousy”. Of course, there are other lower-self propensities that We must beware of, but Lust, Envy, Hate, and Jealousy, seem to Be at the root of much of Our Nation’s and the world’s waywardness. Father Allah taught Us to Master Self, and part of this process has to do with leaving certain things alone; not letting certain things set up shop in Our Minds. This is a Way of killing or murdering the Four devils. Devils of whatever type are “100% weak and wicked and will not keep and obey the Laws of Islam”. We are to Be Powerful (The Truth) as opposed to Being weak; Righteous (or Just) as opposed to Being wicked. We observe the Laws of I.S.L.A.M within Self --- at Home and abroad. We do not want to have characteristics (ways and actions) like “a snake of the grafted type”: twofaced, forked-tongue, and slithering movement. No! As We come along with Our studying of 120 Degrees and applying the Best Part to Self, We --- as One worthy of Praise --- will learn that We do not “ reform the devil”; meaning We do not endeavor to dress Our devils up and present them other than what they are: “so they [have] to be murdered” or done away with. We must purge Ourselves of weak and wicked inclinations, and this will only Be done when We apply Knowledge and Wisdom to Our Cipher: 120.
Consequently, this will Born Understanding: the Best Part. If We do not attend Rightfully to the Life sustaining Force expressed through 120 and Our Keys of interpreting them, We take the chance of having Our devils or snakes creep up and “sting someone else”. Be that sting a diluted teaching; the rationalizing of criminality; misogynistic Ideas; Earths manipulating Gods with the Power You, or whatever: this is not a game of joke. Each One that does I.S.L.A.M --- “Muslim” --- is required, not suggested, “to bring in four devils, and by having and presenting four at one time” --- or 4 plus 1 equals Power to Refine Your Self --- the reward is You Being identified (symbolic to the “button on the lapel of [Your] coat”) as One worthy of Praise. This is the purpose that the button serve: to call attention to a particular decoration, slogan, or Idea. Think on that. But it will Be Your Freedom --- Free Dome (Free Mind) --- that will transport You, via the wings of Justice, into the Equality of 120 --- 1 + 2 + 0 = 3, which is Our Universal Family of Islam --- where, based on Your Knowledge and Wisdom applied to the Cipher of Reality, You will See --- Understand --- Muhammad: One worthy of Praise. Muhammad , the One worthy of Praise, serves as an example for Us, both in Islamic lore and 120 Lessons; Christians, Jews, Buddhists, or Hindu. At any rate, Muhammad’s life is worthy of study. We have in Qur’an:
“Ye have indeed in the
Messenger of Allah a beautiful
patter (of conduct) for any one
whose hope is in Allah and the
Final Day, and who engages
much in the praise of Allah”.
(Qur’an 33: 21)
The words translated as “praise of Allah” in the above verse are “wa dhakarallaaha” These are very significant because, “dhakara” means something closer to ‘remembrance’, and Allah is the Supreme Being, of which We are Members.
“Recite (atlu, from talaa, follow)
what is sent of the Book by
inspiration to thee, and establish
regular Salaat: for Salaat restrains
from shameful and unjust deeds;
and remembrance of Allah
(dhikruullaahi) is the greatest…”
(Qur’an 29: 45)
Yusuf Ali, comments:
“The tilaawat of the Qur’an
implies: (1) rehearsing or reciting
it, and publishing it abroad to the
world; (2) reading it to ourselves;
(3) studying it to understand it as it
should be studied and understood
(2: 121 of Qur’an); (4) meditating
on it so as to accord our knowledge
and life and desires with it. When
this is done, it merges into real
Prayer [Salaat], and Prayer
[Salaat] purges us of anything (act,
plan, thought, motive, words) of
which we should be ashamed or
which would work injustice to
others. Such Prayer [Salaat]
passes into our inmost life and
being, for then we realize the
Presence of Allah, and that is true
dhikr (or remembrance), for
remembrance is the bringing to
mind of things as present to us
which might otherwise be absent to
us. And that is the greatest thing in
life. It is subjective to us: it fills
our consciousness with Allah. For
Allah is in any case always present
and knows all”.
(The Meaning of The Holy Qur’an,
A. Y. Ali)
Also in Qur’an We have this:
“Then do ye remember Me; I will
remember you. Be grateful to Me,
and reject not Faith (wa la
takfuruuni)”.
(Qur’an 2: 152)
Again, Mr. Ali offers:
“The word ‘remember’ is too pale
a word for ‘dhikr’, which has now
acquired a large number of
associations in our religious
literature. In its verbal
signification it implies; to
remember; to praise by frequently
mentioning; to rehearse; to
celebrate or commemorate; to
make much of; to cherish the
memory of as a precious
possession”.
“O ye o believe! Let not your
riches or your children divert you
from the remembrance of Allah. If
any act thus, the loss is their own”.
(Qur’an 63:9)
“Riches and human resources of all
kinds are but fleeting sources of
enjoyment. They should not turn
away the good man from his
devotion to Allah. ‘Remembrance
of Allah” includes every act of
service and goodness, every kind
thought and kind deed, for this is
the service and sacrifice which
Allah requires of us. If we fail in
this, the loss is our own, not anyone
else’s: for it stunts our own
spiritual growth”.
(Yusuf Ali)
Well, “dhakara” is the root word of the Arabic word “dhikr”, of which
good Muslims do when they meditate upon the attributes of Allah. But
more than that, dhikr” and “dhakara” also means “males” as in Man. Look at this verse of Qur’an:
“O mankind! We created you
from a single (pair) of a male
(dhakarin) and a female…”
(Qur’an 49:13)
Significantly, this verse is from the Qur’anic surah (degree; chapter) entitled “Al Hujuraat” or “The Inner Chambers”. It is the Culture Born
Degree (49) and imparts Knowledge and Understanding (13) which Borns to Knowledge of God ( 4 + 9 + 1 + 3 = 17), and gives Us the ability to Build positively with Our Queen (Q,17) and Destroy the negative: 1 + 7 = 8; and this pertains to He or Her (H,8) with Knowledge of God. Most people, --- Muslim, Christian, Jewish traditional Afrikan religionists and scholars included --- cannot Master this Culture or Freedom, which is I Self Lord And Master. Why? Because they seek to call Muhammad from “without the Inner Chambers”:
“Those who shout out to thee
[Muhammad] from without the
Inner Chambers --- most of them
lack understanding”… (Qur’an 49:4)
The “Inner Chambers” --- Al Hujuraat --- are the Inner Teachings of Truth of what Muhammad is. Those who ‘shout’ have no “understanding” or “Intelligence” (‘aql): Talking loud and saying nothing. They have tied or connected their “intelligence”--- a root meaning of the word ‘aql --- to an exoteric rendering and concept of Islam and Muhammad. But examine the word ‘remember’: Re + Member. “Re” is a prefix meaning “again; anew; back”. “Member” means a “constituent part of a whole”. Therefore, to “remember” is to
join back again with the Whole that You are: Uni (One) Verse (Way).
This is a Universe that We are: A Unity, in the sense of Being Whole.
The surest Path to Re- Membrance is to take the devil[s] off Our Square. Do not Be “Insane in the Membrane”, as Our illustrious brothers from Cypress Hill puts it. Re-Membrance is what it is all about; Being Whole. The literatures and sacred writings of the world --- exoteric and esoteric Sciences --- tell this story. Our Science of Supreme Mathematics is to bring Us into Enlightenment. There is much that I could add to this Build; suffice it to say that extinguishing the devil[s] and Re-Membrance of/with Allah is a task that will make one worthy of Praise and theLight of the world. I close this build with a passage from D.H. Lawrence, from his monumental work, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Those with the Eye to See will See. Peace!!!
“…I was talking about the mental
life…Real knowledge comes out of
the whole corpus so the
consciousness; out of your belly
and your penis as much as out of
your brain and mind. The mind
can only analyze and rationalize.
Set the mind and the reason to cock
it over the rest, and all they can do
is criticize, and make a deadness. I
say all they can do. It is vastly
important. My God, the world
needs criticizing to death.
Therefore let’s live the mental life,
and glory in our spite, and strip the
rotten old show. But, mind you,
it’s like this; while you live your
life, you are in some way an
organic whole with all life. But
once you start the mental life you
pluck the apple. You’ve severed
the connection between the apple
and the tree; the organic
connection. And if you’ve got
nothing in your life but the mental
life, then you yourself are a
plucked apple…you’ve fallen off
the tree. And then it is a logical
necessity to be spiteful, just as it’s a
natural necessity for a plucked
apple to go bad”.
(D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s
Lover)
Why I Spit
WHY I SPIT
by asukile salik bandele
(self born allah)
05/14/2004
'til emmett is given justice reparations aint shit
its for his likes i spit, those suffering in the pits
its for the addicts feeling static when they smoke their last hit
its for the thugs in the struggle middle-fingering governments
its for the temples destroyed by boys fronting as men
its for the souls that fuel the federal and state pens
its for the bums on the boulevard living life hard
its for the 'ho's working corners 'cause their self-esteem has been scarred
its for the bangers packing heat vowing : "never retreat"
its for this beat inside my mind reverberating off concrete
its for my daughter that i cherish with the will like forever
its for the boys seeking religion, settle for getting raped in the parish
its for the humans turned niggers thinking nothing 'bout pulling triggers
its for the crooked ass cops shaking down dope dealers
its for the judge and the jury blinded by their own fury
its must be fear that they hear when they found my mans them guilty
its for the crack and the smack the ecstasy and all that
its for malt liquor and cristal and the high priced malls
its for the mothers struggling hard praying god feed y'all
its for the rapp industry prostituting the game
its for the breakers and the poppers its for the djays and fame
its for the automatic weapons and the always halfstepping
its for the r.kellys and michael jacksons the cobys and the guards
in iraq and cuba fucking up the whole future
its for bullshit jobs and the welfare fraud
its for the h.i.v and the easy blow jobs
its for the corny cats posting mediocre rhymes
its for the wanna-be 50s and jay-z kinds
its for the manipulators stagnators non-motivators
its for all these i squeeze and travel cosmic elevators
its for the sun and the earth my diviness from birth
its for the missing jesus from the bible and the mis-interpretors of qur'aan
its for the ticking that you heard right before i drop bombs
by asukile salik bandele
(self born allah)
05/14/2004
'til emmett is given justice reparations aint shit
its for his likes i spit, those suffering in the pits
its for the addicts feeling static when they smoke their last hit
its for the thugs in the struggle middle-fingering governments
its for the temples destroyed by boys fronting as men
its for the souls that fuel the federal and state pens
its for the bums on the boulevard living life hard
its for the 'ho's working corners 'cause their self-esteem has been scarred
its for the bangers packing heat vowing : "never retreat"
its for this beat inside my mind reverberating off concrete
its for my daughter that i cherish with the will like forever
its for the boys seeking religion, settle for getting raped in the parish
its for the humans turned niggers thinking nothing 'bout pulling triggers
its for the crooked ass cops shaking down dope dealers
its for the judge and the jury blinded by their own fury
its must be fear that they hear when they found my mans them guilty
its for the crack and the smack the ecstasy and all that
its for malt liquor and cristal and the high priced malls
its for the mothers struggling hard praying god feed y'all
its for the rapp industry prostituting the game
its for the breakers and the poppers its for the djays and fame
its for the automatic weapons and the always halfstepping
its for the r.kellys and michael jacksons the cobys and the guards
in iraq and cuba fucking up the whole future
its for bullshit jobs and the welfare fraud
its for the h.i.v and the easy blow jobs
its for the corny cats posting mediocre rhymes
its for the wanna-be 50s and jay-z kinds
its for the manipulators stagnators non-motivators
its for all these i squeeze and travel cosmic elevators
its for the sun and the earth my diviness from birth
its for the missing jesus from the bible and the mis-interpretors of qur'aan
its for the ticking that you heard right before i drop bombs
poem: while listenng to the cacophony at plainfield prison, indiana
POEM, WHILE LISTENING TO THE CACOPHONY AT PLAINFIELD PRISON, INDIANA by Self Born Allah (Asukile Bandele)
i vote for just one more song about the ghetto just one more in all its variations, you know: the set the 'hood the projects but make that shit real gruesome, k...id! vincent-price-rappin'- with-icey-mike-jackson gruesome matter of fact, we need nigga extras and extra niggas emerging from shallow graves to quincy jones' break beats, sun: THRILLER! or a grand exodus from the mausolems of malfeasance we need not browbeat ghetto inmates in this song for wanting to get High as they get by: its a sign of discontent they just haven't realized that god is NO THING we need just one mo' betta blues song, y'all to pontificate our fiendish predicament and not be falling for no mo' okey-dokes, joe let's crucify dime-bag entrepreneurs to their woodgraiin steering wheels and loop that scene indefinitely until we're jolted from catatonic complacency fuck it let's get some formerly ghetto'd jews and italians to show us how to scheme our way out the ghetto 'cause doowop and bebop didn't work and Motown only made a select few mobile, who have recently come crashing back into us as burnt out divas smashing into closed cadillac doors when there should have been forgiveness yeah, we singing unsung heroes and sheroes in this song and giving madd props to hip-dified country bumpkins for their clandestine activity of smuggling negro spirituals up north hidden away in southern slang that preserved our warrior linguistics yeah, one no' 'gin for that definitive ghetto melody packaged in easily affordable box sts that must be blasted from all audio contraptions available we need post mortem tracks produced written and arranged by curtis mayfield and nina simone so we can drive by mississippi goddamn as we keep on pushing withe sassy intelligence provided by lefteye featuring muddy waters sophstication some primal voodoo shit that white cats like godsmack can appreciate: 'cause we need serenity some native slum rattle and hum that'll resuscitate the native tongues and have everyone speaking in sacred tongues directly to ONE let's mix donny hathaway's ghetto with too short's and rakim's and to demonstrate the blind can lead the blind and that visual sight has little to do with insight we'll have stevie wonder and ray charles hitting the road, jack harmonizing about village ghetto land with wu-tangs's gza opening each show with another victim of the ghetto i'm telling you this the shit the last hurrah ghetto song Listen billie holiday and eryka badu warning us of dangerous strange fruit swinging from treeless street corners corners that have always been either urban country clubs or training ground for martyrs and ghetto supa stars this ghetto serenade will be our sonic conlave hosted by robert johnson: master of the crossroads there we'll tap slowgrind and breakdance our way "out of our constrictions" with moves that defy all laws of physics we'll learn to define our music by hijacking the language and escape from the epistemological plantations of proper english this song must be perpetual continuous and loud as possible....
check out the book, Kultural Eunuchs, now available at https://www.createspace.com/3436089
i vote for just one more song about the ghetto just one more in all its variations, you know: the set the 'hood the projects but make that shit real gruesome, k...id! vincent-price-rappin'- with-icey-mike-jackson gruesome matter of fact, we need nigga extras and extra niggas emerging from shallow graves to quincy jones' break beats, sun: THRILLER! or a grand exodus from the mausolems of malfeasance we need not browbeat ghetto inmates in this song for wanting to get High as they get by: its a sign of discontent they just haven't realized that god is NO THING we need just one mo' betta blues song, y'all to pontificate our fiendish predicament and not be falling for no mo' okey-dokes, joe let's crucify dime-bag entrepreneurs to their woodgraiin steering wheels and loop that scene indefinitely until we're jolted from catatonic complacency fuck it let's get some formerly ghetto'd jews and italians to show us how to scheme our way out the ghetto 'cause doowop and bebop didn't work and Motown only made a select few mobile, who have recently come crashing back into us as burnt out divas smashing into closed cadillac doors when there should have been forgiveness yeah, we singing unsung heroes and sheroes in this song and giving madd props to hip-dified country bumpkins for their clandestine activity of smuggling negro spirituals up north hidden away in southern slang that preserved our warrior linguistics yeah, one no' 'gin for that definitive ghetto melody packaged in easily affordable box sts that must be blasted from all audio contraptions available we need post mortem tracks produced written and arranged by curtis mayfield and nina simone so we can drive by mississippi goddamn as we keep on pushing withe sassy intelligence provided by lefteye featuring muddy waters sophstication some primal voodoo shit that white cats like godsmack can appreciate: 'cause we need serenity some native slum rattle and hum that'll resuscitate the native tongues and have everyone speaking in sacred tongues directly to ONE let's mix donny hathaway's ghetto with too short's and rakim's and to demonstrate the blind can lead the blind and that visual sight has little to do with insight we'll have stevie wonder and ray charles hitting the road, jack harmonizing about village ghetto land with wu-tangs's gza opening each show with another victim of the ghetto i'm telling you this the shit the last hurrah ghetto song Listen billie holiday and eryka badu warning us of dangerous strange fruit swinging from treeless street corners corners that have always been either urban country clubs or training ground for martyrs and ghetto supa stars this ghetto serenade will be our sonic conlave hosted by robert johnson: master of the crossroads there we'll tap slowgrind and breakdance our way "out of our constrictions" with moves that defy all laws of physics we'll learn to define our music by hijacking the language and escape from the epistemological plantations of proper english this song must be perpetual continuous and loud as possible....
check out the book, Kultural Eunuchs, now available at https://www.createspace.com/3436089
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