ftpmovement:

Original Interview in Italian and English can be found at http://www.hiphopreader.it/?p=87

The first thing we would like to state is that we commemorate Black August, not celebrate it. We don’t want people to think that it is a party or just an event. Black August is about resistance. The…

treeparty:

Watch the coverage of the Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Penalty Appeal On Tuesday November 9, 2010. Stream starts @ 12 Noon. CLICK ABOVE.

recalljudgeperry:

 Conference Call

(559) 546-1100

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12 NOON EASTERN

11AM Central 

9AM PST

Agenda: 

-The Information from the CA Secretary of State

-The Plan of Action 

-Strategy Planning 

-Preliminary call for resources

-General Q & A… 

Lauryn Hill "Social Drugs" ~lyrics 

These social drugs x 4

Afraid to address
The reality before me
Too proud to confess
That im addicted to a lie.
So I seek temporary feeling
To replace reality
Though the truth is telling me Ive died,
BUT IVE BEEN TAUGHT TO numb IT
sedate it, don't confront it
I hate when I find out
That I can't get what I wanted
This emotional tantrum
Has become sort of an anthem playing everytime i need TO TAKE A LITTLE TRIP

To hide this condemnation
I'll find a combination
Of a man made stimulation
to deny my situation
Now this beyond reality
is distorting what I see
Reporting back to me
A sense of false security

So in my imagination
I must find a recreation
DESPERATELY and SEARCHING WAYS
To alter my sensations
theres no equilibrium
inebriated till im numb
intoxicated till im dumb
to avoid confrontation

these social drugs
messing with my mind
these social drugs
telling me im fine

these social drugs
messing with my head
these social drugs
telling me im dead

now this chemical analogy
is our emotional reality
these political
traditional
and ethical stimulants
when the SOCIAL etiquette
wont let us be too upset
with the way things really are
your taught to camoflage regret
and our religious structures
tell us GOD want us to suffer
to support a situation
we all know is obligation
and if you shun a complication
they'll just gun your repuation
like mob intimidation
to enforce participation

see they need to keep us fiends
to their lies and broken schemes
and if you find another means
your told your being to extreme
and if you wanted to get clean
theres this pool of social strings
holding up their social nose
defying noble things

now were all stuck in tradition
unable to state opposition
to afraid to contradict
the expectations of the system
oh and the harsh reality
is they've made Grace for you and me
instead of saving you and me
theyre just enslaving you and me!!!

these social drugs x 4

know what i mean? x 2

these social drugs x until fade out...

Rotating bodies, confusion of sound 
Negative imagery, holding us down 
Social delusion, clearly constructed 
Human condition, morals corrupted 
Trapped in reaction, lawlessness war 
Dissatisfaction from bowels to core 
Devil’s technology, strategy for 
Human mythologies, urban folklore 
Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure 
Wicked theology, robbing the poor 
Scheme demonology mislead the pure 
Strictly strategically studying war 
Light shown in darkness, image exposed 
Few can see through the new emperor’s clothes 
Lustful this hustle turn humans to hoes 
When the blind lead the blind 
Just more trouble and woes 
It’s the mind that they chose 
Its designed to stay closed 
Standard of jokers, court just a logic 
Sick looking cosmics, from schoolyards to college 
Primitive man with civilize knowledge 
System collapse and he still won’t acknowledge 
God is the saviour, studies behavior 
Trying to fix the mix mind that he gave ya 
Stiff-necked scholars on prescription meds 
Wishing their problems were all in their heads 
Morale dilemma, pride is the root 
Misguided from youth, heart divided from truth 
Egyptians and Grecians, spiritually dead 
Imperially led, by the gods in their heads 
Motives and thoughts 
Industrial wealth 
Global economy, in it for self 
Heart full of madness, covered with kind 
Pleasure designed to take over your mind 
Furnished in godliness, painted in good 
This tainted priesthood got real saints misunderstood 
While classes in government, set up the veil 
And cultivate minds for more mythical tales 
Typical Hollywood follies good girl 
While vice and corruption take over the world 
Motives and thoughts 
Check your motives and thoughts 
Blind with the wickedness, deep in your heart 
Modern day wickedness is all you’ve been taught 
Lied to your neighbors, so you get ahead 
Modern day trickery is all you’ve been fed 
Motives and thoughts 
Check your motives and thoughts

Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?

one of my favorite poems

(via blackroyalty)

February 23, 1868 - W.E.B. Dubois, scholar, activist and author of the Souls of Black Folk, born.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist, public intellectual, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95.

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Today(23rd=Wisdom(2) and Understanding(3)) which brings life to (5)Power and Refinement. (2+3=5)

In order to have power, one must have wisdom and understanding. One must have knowledge of their knowledge and use it accordingly to teach and reach. When Power and Refinement is born from wisdom and understanding, this must be passed on because we are responsible for our brothers and sisters. Love them all. Never give up on them. Remind them of who they are, where they came from, where we are going, and where they can go also if they ascend and elevate.

HERU~~Spoken Word Saviour

Today bore wisdom of culture and free-dome which bore divinity. 

Divine: the essence of self, Godly by nature, which can neither be added to nor taken away from; can’t say “Allah” without saying “all.” One’s nature is pure and untampered-with. Wisdom of culture births wisdom of self. Simple as that. In order to have a “free dome” one must have wisdom of culture and wisdom of language. WORDS + SOUNDS=POWER (W+S=P).

Malcolm X Documentary Part 1/6  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XuyiK5Ejpo

goddess-ascension:

He was known as Malcolm Little… Detroit Red… El Hajj Malik El Hajj Shabazz…Whatever you remember him as, Malcolm X was one of the most prolific, charismatic, dynamic and amazing men to of his time, our time… And any time you could have placed him in. His words, thought provoking. His mind, profound. His wit, unmatched. His energy, magnetic…

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2/21/2010

The 21st equals 3(UNDERSTANDING)~~~~> 2(Wisdom/Be/Born) + 1(Knowledge/Allah)= 3(Understanding/You/Universe)

Wisdom(2) is wise-words being spoken, or to speak Knowledge(wise-dome meaning wise-mind), and act according to it. Wisdom is WATER, or the vital building block of life.  Wisdom is the ORiginal Woman because thru her Cipher(womb) life is continued. It is also a relection of one’s Knowledge, and is shown and proven b the Knowledge=Wisdom(1+1=2). WISDOM=MOON=ORIGINAL WOMAN

 Knowledge(1) is the accumulation of facts thru observing, learning, and respecting. Knowledge is the foundation of tall in existence, for it must be “known” in order to make it manifest. Knowledge is the “light” given off by our SUN, which is the foundation of our Solar system. Also the Original Man whom is the foundation of ALLAH/GOD’s family.  KNOWLEDGE=SUN=ORIGINAL MAN.

Understanding(3) is that which shows and proves the completion of Knowledge(1) and Wisdom(2) (Man, Woman, Child). Understanding is a clear mental comprehension. It is the Original child which is the star. The highest form of Understanding is Love, the bond between Man and Woman, or Knowledge and Wisdom. UNDERSTANDING+STAR+ORIGINAL CHILD. 

Crave Knowledge, make honest and successful attempts to speak wise words from a wise-dome.  Know that water is the essential tool to obtain knowledge and wisdom.  Water is nourishment, necessary for life, brings growth. As long as God grants you another day on this beautiful earth work at gaining more knowledge, wisdom and understanding.  ”None but ourselves can free our minds”   Bob Marley