I just wanted to share with you a comment with enlightening lyrics which was left by David Powell on the post ‘The Wisdom of Hip-Hop: Vinnie Paz – ‘End Of Days’’:

THANKS SO much for posting this. Check out what my 14 year old son and I wrote speaking of the same….Also be sure to listen to Fat Joe No Problems and The Crack House off of his darkside album…HIP HOP BEEN SCREAMING SAME AS PUNK ROCK, but the ROCK that I count on is JESUS CHRIST 2 Timothy 4:1-8…Peace out and have a great weekend….

ASSUME THE POSITION BY LEVI & DAVID POWELL 2/26/11

TALK THE WALK. BORED OF THE BECK CHALK JUST USE A MIKE.
EVERYDAY WE ALL GOT SOMETHING TO SAY LIKE
STAND UP AND SHOUT TRUE THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND TRY NOT TO SELF DECEIVE
LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY
TRUTH IS PRICELESS ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYDAY
OPEN OUR EYES. LOVE THOSE WE DESPISE
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE WISE

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“Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.”

~ Morpheus from ‘The Matrix’ film

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The Lyrics to the Immortal Technique song ‘Poverty of Philosophy’ could serve as a response to the smug message in the post, ‘A Message For The Proletariat To Wake The Hell Up & Rise Up Against Your Rich Slave Masters!’:

Immortal Technique – ‘Poverty of Philosophy’

Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling to get food, clothes and shelter in the hood are so concerned with that, that philosophising about freedom and socialist democracy is usually unfortunately beyond their rationale. They don’t realize that America can’t exist without separating them from their identity, because if we had some sense of who we really are, there’s no way in hell we’d allow this country to push it’s genocidal consensus on our homelands. This ignorance exists, but it can be destroyed. Read more…

Whenever we as human beings commit misdemeanors or suffer from one of many vices which effects others or ourselves, we sometimes justify our behavior by blaming the Devil.

How many times have you heard someone say, “The Devil made me do it.” whenever they have been caught being on the wrong path in life?

However, rapper Jeru the Damaja, who is a prophet in his own right, says we are in fact making the Devil happy.  The very same devil that man has conveniently created to give him a excuse to neglect virtuous actions.

As you all should know the Devil does not really exist (well, I hope not).  He is just a metaphor of all what’s wrong in the world with all its ignorance, violence, greed, selfishness, manipulation, corruption and, most sadly, lack of self-knowledge and wisdom.

We are indeed the devil himself.

The fact of the matter is that this so-called devil has the capacity to be within all of us, and it is in our power not for it to possess us and weaken our resolve for doing good and improving ourselves.

In the following enlightening tune, Jeru portrays in lyrical form how the devil’s maniacal grip on one’s consciousnesses and conscience can bring about nothing but pain and destruction to one’s character, body and soul.
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Arise my fellow humans and stand up for nature, humanity and self-knowledge!

Mr. Lif drops some wisdom in the following thought-provoking tune, as he advises humanity to reconnect with nature and our spiritual selves, and to turn away from divisive and destructive man-made machinations.

I have to agree with Lif  in regard the ubiquity and popularity of today’s technology (iPad anyone?), which has inexplicably all but disconnected our consciousness from nature and one another – as I have previously written about in the post Living Consciously in a Technological World.

We have also become ever more dependent on this technology to help us live our lives instead of relying on ourselves, which is setting a dangerous precedence, especially regarding us ever achieving the most important goal – and that is, self-knowledge.

Most worryingly, Man’s ignorant capability of being able to destroy this planet with his mechanical toys because of war is becoming increasingly possible in this present climate of uncertainty.

Unfortunately, the evidence of all this is plain to see within myself, as I sit here alone at an inanimate object typing this blog, instead of being outside with the people that I love whilst basking in the sunshine and absorbing all the wonders that nature has to offer.

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