James Baldwin talked about doing his part.
He left from Paris with the goal of documenting the spark
of revolution in the civil rights movement through art-
full expression of words and voice.
See, my choice is the same.
It’s a different time, same challenges.
The same call to action needs the same brave analysis.
Map the calluses.
Pressure-points to all the imbalances that aggravate my thalamus
and now I just ponder what it means to be free?
Explore the work of Gordon Matta-Clark in anarchi-
tecture. Thoughts are metta, waves in theta,
bold conjectures magnify oppressors,
so now I’m just angry.
Tabulating civil wars, civil costs, civil laws.
Frankly, wars on every front.
Which one to choose?
I choose the ones that hold significance against my views.
The news is hostile. Full of fake apostles.
Rembrandts with titillating neolithic gospels.
Aren’t we past that? What? The stone ages.
I guess not. History repeats itself in stages.
Watch the cadence and watch the sadists.
Watch the cadence and watch the sadists.
Watch the cadence and watch the sadists.
Watch the cadence and watch the sadists.
Faded to flashbacks.
Label it hazmat.
Normalize -the horrors- makes you pause instead of clapback.
Distraction is a means to keep us standing still.
Study celebrities instead of people like Brad Will.
Indulge in toxic narcissistic garbage,
while kids are getting killed going to school
I’m heavy-hearted.
I watched Joaquin Oliver’s Dad paint a mural in Wynwood Miami.
Agony fueled his body and his brush strokes.
It had me grieving and heaving for families that I never met,
#NeverAgain Parkland 17.
There’s no in-between, no sidelines in this struggle.
Active participation. No comfort. No bubble.
I’ve got a son who’s already been stopped and frisked.
Not one time, but three times, enough to keep me lit.
Is this the way we groom children about grit?
Exposing them to prison themes, paradigms shift.
Study the works of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca,
Cato the Younger and Epictetus.
Yep, I choose Stoics, Dharma Punks and street poets.
Counterculture misfits with all their raw heroics.
To never lose focus I won’t ingest the lotus.
No complacency, acknowledge what you notice.
To never lose focus I won’t ingest the lotus.
No complacency, acknowledge what you notice.
Mixing space funk, jazz and warped soul, “Everything’s Fine” is a fluid masterpiece that’s very much of the moment. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 29, 2018
I think this is the most Cunninlynguists’ underrated project and glad to have this as a vinyl. Cunninlynguists are probably the most unique, exciting group in hip hop history.. cheers from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 BLQLYTE
