Alpha Blondy Posted January 18, 2011 this is a conscious music thread. No pop or mainstream nonsense. we have lost 'our' ways listening to manufactured bs. Alternative, anti-establishment, anti-western rhetoric. critique of cultural imperialism, which isn't just limited to globalisation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 18, 2011 This is a very educational song which talks about the struggles of Black people and indeed the resistance to western subjugation. Dezarie talks of the the term ''America'' coming from Italian explorer called Amerigo vespucci. His name has been feminised to ''America''. She asks; What is an african-american, Cause if you a black, you're African and then done Amerigo Vespucci, I ___ he done And that’s where the name America come from Overstand he ones responsibles for the death of out that Indians and Africans, they raped our continent This is very interesting indeed. because she is asking a very important question as far as identity goes. All these hyphenated social constructs really need to be examined in closer detail. What is a somali-american baal? If you're somali and surely that is enough. The falsehood of the west is being exposed, as we speak! In the second verse of the song, she talks of; They called up this a land of opportunity But opportunity fe who you are we Without a majority of minority what could you be You only need us here to do your laboring In the sun toiling How great could a blood city be When you did not earn your greatness fairly You thieve all your signs and symbols from Egypt Kemet, Abyssinia, India or Tibet Still we can forget Its important that we remember all the facades of development and modernity isnt really anything new. Its just the west reinventing itself as the global power. She talks of all their signs and symbols being stolen from other greater civilisation which have preceded them, without any regard. Thats is not surprising, since ''they'' will never admit to getting rich of the backs of slaves and colonialism. she speaks of; How great could a blood city be When you did not earn your greatness fairly You thieve all your signs and symbols from Egypt Kemet, Abyssinia, India or Tibet This is very interesting because white hegemony is being exposed for its falsehood. Its on a decline and they are getting desperate to hang on to their power. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted February 3, 2011 Also heavily advertised in local newspapers and daily's That they are encouraging for people to come down and work And then we went to the embassy and they showed us Kew garden pictures and pictures of the various parts of england That it is all that beautiful and everything is just right And that's why we just applied for the voucher. You burn my flame within your hands You know when my destiny falls This time has insecurity I feel, makes me restless inside Will you take me there To a distant place I've never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams You hold your secrets from my eyes You see where the furthest rain falls The day breaks over in the streams You know where my rivers will flow Will you take me there To a distant place I've never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams And I dream of places far from here And I call your name to the wind And I wish the night would take me to another world Where no one knows a face or has a name Will you take me there To a distant place I've never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams Make the rivers flow Will you take me there Will you take me there Oh yeah Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Take me there Will you take Will you take Me there Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Make the rivers flow x7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted February 13, 2011 "We want peace in Liberia Peace in Monrovia We want peace in Liberia Peace in Monrovia Cause Babylone shall not rise again Babylone shall not rise again Babylone shall not stand again Babylone shall not stand again Cause everyday they talking about the Liberian civil war and everywhere over JAH land muddy rivers of blood oh Lord!! No matter who wins, Liberia is crying no matter who looses, Liberia still crying no matter who's right, they've got to stop the fight no matter matter who's wrong, the devil still stronger... So we want peace in Liberia Peace in Monrovia We want peace in Liberia peace in Monrovia Cause Babylone shall not rise again Babylone shall not rise again Babylone shall not stand again Babylone shall not stand again We calling on Jesus Christ to save I and I We calling Jesus Christ to save I and I We calling on Allah to save I and I Calling Adonaï to save I and I cry, cry Liberia... " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted February 27, 2011 Everybody's got a thing But some don't know how to handle it Always reachin' out in vain Just taking the things not worth havin' Chorus: But don't you worry 'bout a thing Don't you worry 'bout a thing (don't you worry, baby) 'cause I'll be standing on the side when you check it out They say your style of life's a drag And that you must go other places Just don't you feel too bad When you get fooled by smiling faces Chorus When you get off your trip Don't you worry 'bout a thing Don't you worry 'bout a thing Chorus Everybody needs a change A chance to check out the new You're the only one who see The changes you take yourself through Don't you worry 'bout a thing Don't you worry 'bout a thing (sweet baby) 'cause I'll be standin' in the wings when you check it out Don't you worry 'bout a thing Don't you worry 'bout a thing Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry 'cause I'll be right here waitin' for you baby Repeat (fade) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oba hiloowlow Posted February 28, 2011 "Africa Must Wake Up" (feat. K'naan with Damian Marley) [intro: Jr. Gong] Morning to you man Morning to you love Hey, I say I say [Chorus 2x] Africa must wake up The sleeping sons of Jacob For what tomorrow may bring May a better day come Yesterday we were Kings Can you tell me young ones Who are we today [Nas: Verse 1] The black oasis Ancient Africa the sacred Awaken the sleeping giant Science, Art is your creation I dreamt that we could visit Old Kemet Your history is too complex and ridig For some western critics They want the whole subject diminished But Africa's the origin of all the world's religions We praised bridges that carried us over The battle front of Sudanic soldiers The task put before us [Chorus 2x] [Nas: Verse 2] Who are we today? The slums,deceases, AIDS We need all that to fade We cannot be afraid So who are we today? We are the morning after The make shift youth The slave ship captured Our Diaspora, is the final chapter The ancetral lineage built pyramids Americas first immigrant The Kings sons and daughters from Nile waters The first architect, the first philosophers, astronomers The first prophets and doctors was [bridge: Jr.Gong] Now can we all pray Each in his own way Teaching and Learning And we can work it out We'll have a warm bed We'll have some warm bread And shelter from the storm dread And we can work it out Mother Nature feeds all In famine and drought Tell those selfish in ways Not to share us out What's a tree without root Lion without tooth A lie without truth you hear me out [Chorus] Africa must wake up The sleeping sons of Jacob For what tomorrow may bring May a better day come Yesterday we were Kings Can you tell me young ones Who are we today Ye lord Africa must wake up The sleeping sons of Jacob For what tomorrow may bring May some more love come Yesterday we were Kings I'll tell you young blood This world is yours today [K'naan] [somali] Dadyahow daali waayey, nabada diideen Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dillee Oo dal markii ladhiso, waadinka dunshee Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee Dadyahow daali waayey, nabada diideen Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dillee Oo dal markii ladhiso, waadinka dunshee Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee [translation] Oh ye people restless in the refusal of peace and when a man chooses religion, aren't you the one's to kill him? and when a country is built, aren't you the one's to tear it down? and when one attempts to tell the truth, aren't you the one's to cut him down? Who are we today? Morning to you Morning to you man Morning to you love Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted February 28, 2011 yes! yes! very militant indeed! excellent selection my friend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted March 6, 2011 Why can't we be (together)? Can't you love me, don't hate me I don't see (why can't we live together) Maybe we could get it on (maybe we could get along) Should be our destiny There's a cold streak living (inside us) There's no rainbows... just bullets and bombs If you want to rise up We can make this hate stop Now don't you want to rise up [Chorus:] We've been giving hate a chance (We've got all this love to give, you know) And the love will be running out for us Can you feel the dreams of life We're hoping we can still survive As the wind carries every dove away So why do we see (these colours) It's only skin deep, don't mean a thing So clear (underneath this we're all brothers) Can't you see it's killing us (Can't you see it's killing us) Can't you see it's killing me Trigger happy fantasy So stand up and be (so strong now) Freedom is not so far away If you know you want to rise up We can make this hate stop Now don't you want to rise up [Chorus] [bridge:] (The wind carries every dove away, The wind carries every dove away, every dove away) Dove, dove, dove, dove, dove, dove, dove Now you've been taking our dignity for too long I want to save this sanctity that we hold And who's right and who's wrong We're not so different anyway Words are in this song Can't we stop the fighting? [Chorus/Outro] Coz we've been giving hate a chance Don't give this hate a chance We've got all this love to give, you know And the love will be running out for us (we’ve got all this love to give) (and that the love’s still alive, survive) Can you feel the dreams of life We're hoping we can still survive As the wind carries every dove away Don't give this hate a chance (can’t we stop the dove away) We've got all this love to give, you know That this dream's alive, will still survive (can’t we stop the dove away) Until no more people have to cry Don't give this hate a chance (can’t we stop the dove away) We've got all this love to give (that’s the wind carries every dove away) That this dream's alive, we’ll still survive And the love will be running out for us Until no more people have to cry Don't give this hate a chance We've got all this love to give, you know That this dream's alive, we’ll still survive Until no more people have to cry amazing song! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Complete Posted March 7, 2011 This song was pretty much used for the rise of Egypt's revolution and has slowly but surely ended up on my playlist. The paranoia is in bloom, the PR Transmissions will resume, they'll try to Push drugs, keep us all dumb down and hope that We will never see the truth around, so come on Another promise, another scene, another Package not to keep us trapped in greed with all the Green belts wrapped around our minds and endless Red tape to keep the truth confined, so come on They will not force us And they will stop degrading us And they will not control us We will be victorious, so come on Interchanging mind control, come let the Revolution take its toll, if you could [ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/muse-lyrics/uprising-lyrics.html ] Flick a switch and open your third eye, you'd see that We should never be afraid to die, so come on Rise up and take the power back, it's time that The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that Their time is coming to an end, we have to Unify and watch our flag ascend, so come on They will not force us They will stop degrading us They will not control us We will be victorious, so come on Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey They will not force us They will stop degrading us They will not control us We will be victorious, so come on Hey, hey, hey, hey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Complete Posted March 12, 2011 Uh huh, Friend of the People!! Yeahh, I mean c'mon. What the **** do I gotta do? This one for the fans here Jack. [Lupe: Chorus] I think I'm Malcom X, Martin Luther Add a King, add a Junior Some bible verses, couple sunnahs An AK-47 that's a revolution!! (nigga) Think I'm Tupac, Bob Marley Fela Kuit, Marcus Garvey [Lupe: Verse 1] Them the real ones, light a lighter for em Letcha know, that I'm ridin' for em Gon' gimme some, a lil more beat Call yo friends around, then call the police! Im ridin' wit my flow, it take up four seats So I'm gon ghost ride, but with no sheets One man by myself, even then I'm 4 deep Like hotel swimming pools, that's 4 feet These niggas like the rooms, so suite(sweet) Priceline! so cheaaap Im the cell phone, they some room keys Im some shell toes, they some shoe strings I turn em off, i take em out Im reverand run, with the laces out Adidas, so adios All day i dream, like im comatose Thats your ship sinking, and im so afloat I'm T-Pain, I'm on a boat!!! Not the slave one, decaprios either Hear the waves come, they started in the bleachers So I'm swag surfin', the pools getting deeper You still sweet though, here come them room keepers Ok ill be the strings, you be the shoes But guess what[what?], now they Jimmy Chu's I wear the pants, you in the pools Yo shit meows, my shit AWOOOOOOOOO I got a fifth flow, call me brother man Africa the set, yea that's the motherland For that BP, I shed 50 tears In Nigeria that oil been spillin' for like 50 years! Fifty years! Hell naww, hell yeahhh, tryina tell ya'll At this rate, niggas gon lose! Can't search for water, or grow your own food! Tell me what's gon' happen, when them stores close And ain't gon open up, no more Yeah thats the realest shit You gon' feel dat, hungers yo enemy But you can't kill dat! Nigga wake up, don't join the army Kill your own peoples, but fear Illuminatis and they ain't even real, or are they? But you ain't even know, cuz you partay too ****in much, if you start to doubt they already in yo mind, and comin' out yo mouth Its not a trick, nigga, it's a trap Survival of the fit, is what they aiming at And niggas aint fit, fat as hell! Fat in mind, body fat aswell Who use most the drugs? Americans! Whats in Afghanistan? heroin! You think thats by mistake? They cant stop dat? Don't think you safe though, because you not black Greed is colorblind, so I'm colorblind They gon' **** with yours soon as they done with mine They say i try to hard, verses overwhelm I learned most of this, from niggas sittin' in jail Where you think im from? I'm from the streets nigga! Triple OGs told me to teach nigga! And that aint made up, nope! Thats a fact They say that gangsta shit, is the shit i rap Look who i attract, look at my inner circle Bunch of street niggas, and a couple Erkles Look at my fanbase! Oh yess! **** what Pro say! Look at this protest! Where they do that at? Who they do that for? Must mean I'm doin' bad, that things is movin' slow We talkin' revolution on public radio! Then catch me down in Houston, sittin on them 84's Trae wassup, ABN, gotcha back nigga, sink or swim Free Chilly Chill, shake off yo mastas Pray to God; Build yo mind faster [Lupe: Chorus] I think I'm Malcom X, Martin Luther Add a King, add a Junior Couple bible verses, and some sooners An AK-47 that's a revolution!! (nigga) Think I'm Tupac, Bob Marley Fela Kuti, Marcus Garvey Them the real ones, light a lighter for em If you ain't know, I'm ridin' for em Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted March 14, 2011 from one of my favourite films of all time - Slumdog Millionaire You are my waking dream You�re all that�s real to me You are the magic in the world I see You are the prayer I sing You brought me to my knees You are the faith that made me believe Dreams on Fire Higher and Higher Passions burning bright on the pyre One spark forever yours Give me all your heart Dreams on Fire Higher and Higher You are my ocean waves You are my thought each day You are the laughter from childhood games You are the spark of dawn You are where I belong You are the ache I feel in every song Dreams on Fire Higher and Higher Passions burning bright on the pyre One spark forever yours Give me all your heart Dreams on Fire Higher and Higher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted March 14, 2011 I wake up in the morning and it's 6 a clock. They say there may be rain but the sun is hot. I wish I had some just to kill today, And I wish I had a dime for every bill I had to pay. Some days you lose you win and the waters as high as the times your in. So I jump back into where I learned to swim. Try to keep my head above it as best I can. That's why; Here I am, Just waiting on this storm to pass me by. And that's the sound of sunshine coming down and that's the sound of sunshine coming down... [Aye, aye, ayeehey...] I saw my friend Bobby he said "What's up man?" You gotta little work or a twenty to lend? I opened up my hand He said I'm glad to see, they can take away my job but not my friends you see. And here I am just waiting for this storm to pass me by. And that's the sound of sunshinen coming down And that's the sound of sunsbhine coming down [Here we go] I want to go where the sun will never end With my guitar on the beach there with all my friend. The sun so hot and the waves in motion and everything smells like suntan lotion, the ocean, and the girls so sweet So kick of your shoes and relax your feet They say that miracles are never ceasin', and every single soul needs a little realeasin' the stereo bumpin till the sun goes down, and I only want to hear that sound And that's the sound of sunshine coming down And that's the sound of sunshine coming down And now say You're the one I want to be with, when the sun goes down. You're the one I want to be with, when t esun goes down Sing; You're the one I want to be with when the sun goes down. You're the one I want to be with when the sun goes That's the sound of sunshine coming down And that's the sound of sunshine coming down [Aye, aye aye, Ha, aye aye] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted March 14, 2011 i'm sorry but for those of you posting hardcore and militant song; as people of colour, we are also capable of love, peace and tolerance. this isn't just restrict to the ‘’whites’’. conscious music should spread a message of pride not promote rebellion. the liberal media has engendered the simple notion of ''love'', in all its complexities as exclusively ''white''! check this clip to understand my point: - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Complete Posted March 14, 2011 ^ You my friend have good taste in music. My all time favorite band. Goo Goo Dolls. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
