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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.

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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.

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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

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"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... "

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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)

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"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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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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: -

 

 

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