Transitions

It is said death takes people three at a time. Ed McMahon, Farrah, and Michael Jackson were pop icons. How can somebody, anybody say they watched television in the 1980's without one of these three being seen? Impossible.

Who can forget Star Search before Publisher's Clearinghouse? Charlie's Angels? Where were you the first time you witnessed the King of Pop?

Michael Jackson was a sensation. It was as if he was a celestial being gliding across stages made of wood. The Moonwalk is an ode to entertainers passed in Vaudeville acts. The irony to Michael is he didn't have to wear Blackface. He chose whiteface. Maybe he was ahead of his time. Maybe he was showing what happens when the performer is made to do just that? Perhaps we never got to really know Michael Jackson the person. Perhaps we will one day...

R.I.P.

Rest in PEACE.

Nyla's 1st Photo Op

This is only the beginning. :(( Pictures were taken today for the Dance Recital May 31, 2009 @ Clifton Center.

Crimes Against HUeMANity

Things are... How can I say this??? Well, in a flux.

Now, Obama's first one hundred days are in the books. When can we stop with this laissez faire attitude err love affair with the man and start expecting the change his campaign promised? Now, I for one am not somebody expecting anything much diferent from W, but, it appears that's just the case. Troops are still marching the Middle East. Torture is still okay. Well, it's not a punishable offense which leads me to believe it's okay if justified... But justified by whom? One man's terrorost is another man's patriot.

Enough politics. Let's move on to something a little more close to home. Education. We would be hard-pressed to not know someone not directly effected by American Public Education. Let's take a few moments and revisit Batman. Not the Caped Crusader, but a more, vigilant crime fighter. I use the word crime very intently. I firmly believe stealing is taken too lightly these days. If a person is murdered, whether it be accidental or pre-meditated, that person's life was stolen from them. If life without knowledge is death disguised, why aren't we as citizens using our Constitutional rights to hold these beurocratic educators to their tasks? Again, here is crazy Joe Clark, aka Batman, aka “you smoke crack, don't you"



Now, you’ve made it this far, don’t stop now. The continuation:

Interesting

Describe yourself using only music titles from your favorite artist!!!
Using only song titles from one artist and cleverly answer these questions.

Pick a band/artist: The Roots

1. Are you a male or female: 100% Dundee

2. Describe yourself: Stay Cool

3. How do you feel about yourself: Do You Want More!!!

4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: You Ain’t Fly

5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: You Got Me

6. Describe your current location: Something in the Way of Things (In Town)

7. Describe where you want to be: The Next Movement

8. Your best friend(s) is/are: Rolling With Heat

9. Your favorite color is: One Shine

10. You know that: Clones

11. What’s the weather like? : It’s A Lazy Afternoon

12. If your life was a television show what would it be called? Concerto of Desparado

13. What is life to you: Clock with No Hands

14. What is the best advice you have to give: Atonement

15. If you could change your name what would you change it to: Ital (The Universal Side)

"Struggle"

This is "Struggle"

circa 2004 aka my Age of Enlightenment

enjoy...

Pages fill with words
Draining pens of precious ink,
Dispersed throughout perdition
Don't speak—
Unless you think about your future,
Watching my book of life turn its page,
Swallowed key locked in Sam's box
Plagued by Black rage
Life's a bitch,
No doubt—
It's still meant for us to make it,
Just been asking for too long
Now it's time for Us to take it,
Ignorance is surely bliss
Life w/o knowledge is death disguised,
We must Struggle to find the balance
I write tears from Our eyes
Now—
Is the just time to refocus Our direction,
We can love and still lead Cro Magnon
Back from his transgressions
It has been written,
It's on us to unlearn their lessons,
Remember Our mission and
Remember how to wield their weapons
To resurrect the homeland
Remembering to engineer my own,
There's only one action in life called birth
It's on Us to unearth the diamonds,
Once littering shores starting the struggle,
We're the definition of survival
Now's not time to be humble,
Know the history of Hued men is peculiar itself,
So obscure are we about Ourselves
Self-Concept needing help
There's a cure for confusion
Simply put,
Hotep.
I can't be deep unless you're shallow
Depth of man is not to be measured,
For,
Knowledge is mathematics
Education should be treasured,
I'm a Guerilla Eagle smashing olives
Masked missiles in my feathers
KO'ing speds with my phantom punch
Like Ali - Say my name!
Cid Hamet's reversing hourglasses
Before Our spirit's drained,
Take one final look back,
I read hindsight's perfect,
Half century of brain damage
Mutant minds about to surface,
Social Darwinism from birth,
Trained to sustain Kujichagulia—
Pied Pipers being ordained
To whiten man's history
Yet they can't Clorox their stains,
I yearn to set free their captives,
Those of us begging for the chains
Global warming—
Ancestral tears forming acid rain,
Erosion of the spirit's bank
Diluting sense of shame,
I'm the collage made of rhymes
Too precocious for a frame,
On the long road for liberation
Clearing paths with Greek flames
Swallowing gassed up pawns
Too consumed by fame with
No glory,
No honor,
Big guns
But no armor,
I'm dodging bullets like Neo
Spreading Umoja like Narmer
Cid Hamet's the serpent charmer
Close your eyes
Feel this flute
Send vibrations through your insides
Dropping knowledge you can't refute,
Reptilians—
In my crosshairs
Duck Down as I shoot
My rifle,
My prayers,
Burning bushes
Climbing stairs
Don't be mislead by misdirection
Unless you are prepared to juggle this life
I'm re-spawned in the struggle,
King's dreams deferred to nightmares—
Washington Bullets came and muzzled
The mouths of Our Messiahs—
Malcolm, Fred, hell Huey P!,
Family ties exhibited in Tupac's methodology
Soldiers of Our word dead—
We pour out a little liquor,
Libations please the Gods
Making the spirit's wick thicker
Now attention spans are lost quicker
Than Brer or Roger Rabbit,
you know you hate school
But hares have to have cabbage
Television blocking airwaves
Black snow from shopper static,
Fears cause all the panic in
Cock diesel but asthmatic
Cowardly lions caught in Oz—
Afraid to break free from Our habits
When courage is caught
In the catacombs of doubled consciousness,
Seek and you shall find booby traps
Truth shines regardless,
Look deeply within yourself
And no one can knock your hustle,
Don't be too scared to fight
In everything We'll find struggle,

UHURU!!!

The Rundown vol 1

Guerrilla

–noun

1. a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.

–adjective

2. pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla strongholds; guerrilla tactics.

Thank you, Webster.

Friends, foes, and those of y'all undecided... There are many forms of guerrillas. Mostly made of soldiers, many wage wars across platforms a plenty transcending campaigns and theatres. So what's this all about, you ask?

Simple.

We voted for change and succeeded in our collective quest to pack the polls. Barack Obama is HNIC-elect. Yes, I said it because you know you've been wanting to. But, people, we can not afford to present ourselves as loitering savages, completely satisfied with marginal material things.

We now have the opportunity to witness a Black First Family. Furthermore, regardless if there lays riff-raff in every one, we can not excuse irrational behavior with the excuse, "The President is Black."

Have we no knowledge of the architects of this society?

Just how incredible is the notion of fathoming a Black Head of State living in America's big house built by African slaves?

I can see faces with newfound expressions of hope, of joy… but few with that of responsibility…

Wishful thinking…

The reason behind the definition above is because I want people to feel this call to action. Change is good. Change is necessary. Change starts from within. Black folks, how can we expect respect from people when we collectively don't respect ourselves?

Brothers are going to work it out. But, not without the help of our Sisters. And, not without our Children. Yes! They have to be counted on and have to be held accountable. It can happen, but it won't happen until we feel it WILL happen...

Elevate your minds by first KNOWing your LEDGE.

Get it done Guerrillas!

::::: In the Rotation :::::

Nothing like Speeches on mp3 to keep one motivated

Guerrilla Radio – The Wake-Up Hour

إسْمِي سيد حامد

هَلْ تَفْعمُ؟

For the Dog Days of Summer

Who knows? Maybe Mike Vick should've placed Center Field. Time can be wasted doing better things. This reminds me of Baseball on the Genesis.

http://www.zshare.net/download/16567840e4e1cdad/

Super Mario...for pocket pc

You can't go wrong, when you have the time.

http://www.zshare.net/download/165675515e47537c/

more to come...

Happy Birthday Barack

So, there's quite a few misleading 'reports' out there regarding the man named Barack Hussein Obama II. While they are all considered news, that can actually be argued. Some, however, have yet to even materialize on "you name it's" News Ticker.

One I like the most would have to be:



How blasphemous of him to pray with a group of Christians while AmeriKKKa's News outlets portray him as a clandestine popular Muslim cleric/political prophet/superstar who gives the pound to an AK-47 toting, Angela Davis'esque first lady.



Every vote counts in terms of a campaign. How silly of The New Yorker to portray a candidate they informally endorse as somebody the Good ol' U.S. of A. can NOT trust...

...what about that nut in the Oval Office Now?

Backing up the (not so) SmartPhone

FIRST off, the Media Players

Core Player
http://www.zshare.net/download/16516136752b5186/

Streaming Media
http://www.zshare.net/download/16514854120a2006/