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One Love
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   Posted 8/18/2007 9:59 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for that, Tom. Truly magnificent!! :-)

Something else...

Verbal Brilliance.

Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common Sense
"Respiration"

www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1184&vid=9401

Damn.

Socially conscious rap. Not materialistic nothingness.

Man, I miss this...


"Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.  And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began."

"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.  I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

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   Posted 8/19/2007 1:33 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
:-)


"When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love."
~ Soren Kierkegaard

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   Posted 8/20/2007 3:04 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Vi. I'm on you. For real. Had to get this down...

God is in tha PLACE, siblings! Bump this out your speakEEERRRRRRRRRS!

David Banner, Akon, Lil' Wayne, Snoop Dogg
Speaker

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njyn0wwdnI

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Yo, yo, yo, yo...

Seek wisdom at all costs, by any means necessary
Listen to God, take notes like a new secretary
Write it down, speak it out. Hit the town, remove the doubt.
Rehearse it over, build ya clout. North, East, West, and South
Cooking with tha heat, just like I was Cicilian.
Creative to the max, changin' up like a chameleon
Adaptation is the rule, man. Straight classic.
God's in the present moment. All else is plastic.
I mean synthetic, fake, false, pseudo, un-real.
Kairos is tha moment, baby. Hey, there's only one Wheel
...in the middle of the Wheel. (That's Ezekiel. )
God speaks MAJOR words in his speaking, never menial
We'd better listen NOW, all attentive like an apprentice
to the Master Teacher. Disciples, come to your senses.
Seek the Kingdom of God with everything you are.
Kill tha rotten fleshly mind, become tha True Star...now!


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Hayell, yeah!

May the Holy Fire of God be upon you today! ;-)


"Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.  And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began."

"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.  I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

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   Posted 8/20/2007 4:54 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Nah, nah, nah, D.  ;-)  
THIS is where it's at - check it out:
 
Black Violin
(it starts getting really good around the 3 1/2 minute mark)
 
Especially check out at 8:42 and listen to them lyrics!
 
 
 
I LOVE it how the new generation is really integrating violin into all types of music.


 

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   Posted 8/20/2007 5:23 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
But yeah, those are some awesome lyrics up there!


 

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   Posted 8/20/2007 5:49 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for that video, Vi.  Too sweet!  biggrin
 
And thanks for the kudos.  blush
 
Hey, why don't you do something here?  Corey killed the game with his!  cheers
 
hop Go for it! hop
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   Posted 8/21/2007 2:45 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Lil' Wayne
"I Can See The Future"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53jbwObetQ&mode=related&search=

This song made me think about something.

Necrophilia.

The pathological preoccupation with death.

As I think about things in our culture today...

I wonder...

Can a whole community of people be necrophiliacs?

I think I can see the future...

Maybe because I see the present...

Check it out. Yo, yo..

Death, mayhem, murder, chaos, simple destruction.
Oblivion is upon us. Null and void, just like some suction
Vacuum. Nothingness. Emptiness. Futility.
Frustration. Das Nichtige. Despair. Inability.

The far side of sanity left a long way back. It's like we...
Swimming in a desert, staring at the sun...and high on crack...
Co-caine, dancing with the maggots and flies.
Pro-fane, chancing every moment of our lives.

Rolling dice, throwing craps, more like Russian roulette. Drinking...
...lit Molotov cocktails. Hey, boy, we do it to death. (yeah)
Death! That's our favorite topic. Zombies. Yo, we creatures of night.
Skulls and crossbones everywhere, but no Jack Sparrow in sight.

Pirated emptiness. Witlessness. And despair "On Demand"
Big Brother. E-lim-i-date. "Idol", then it's Makin' the Band?
The Horsemen ride. Death's leading. Sorry...time ain't on our side.
Hurry to the mall, get your last high, like formaldehyde.


skull Necrophilia. skull

Damn.

Come quickly, Lord Jesus.



(This is a baby's bib.)

Post Edited (Theoria) : 8/21/2007 3:04:27 PM (GMT-5)

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   Posted 8/23/2007 1:26 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Wow. And you want ME to write something? Can I have a year to think about it? There's a reason I picked up the violin and not singing! (Harmony's good... but writing my own lyrics? whew!)


This is all I came up with:

I like to eat some rice along with a bit 'o sushi
It's all yummy gummy but they think it's gushi
Gimme that wasabi and that soy and yeah some garlic
Please don't choke on me 'cause I'll hafta do the Heimlich


Yeah... can I have a year?

Pretty please?

(yes, I made myself laugh, thank you very much)icon_brows2
 
I hope I didn't destoy the mood. I just wanted to show how... giftedless I am in this area.


 

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   Posted 8/29/2007 1:17 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Good stuff, Vi! It's all about fun and creativity!

And it's always good to laugh at oneself.  rotfl

Something from the past...

Yo. So, straight old school.

Late 80s/Early 90s gangsta rap.

Me and the homies somewhat raised ourselves off this.

Ice Cube and the Geto Boys were kinda like surrogate dads for all of us.

Ice Cube's favorite statement from back then was "Life ain't nuthin' but bi#$ches and money!"

Notorious B.I.G. followed up in '94 by telling us "Money, hoes, and clothes: all a ni$$a knows!"

And we believed them.

Ignorance propogating itself. Despair feeding itself.

But DAYAM, the beats wuz hot as hell!


Ice Cube
"Jackin for Beats"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=36OwSXbrUeI&mode=related&search=


(Heavy Profanity in this next one. Watch yaself! skull  ) 
Geto Boys
"My Mind Playing Tricks On Me"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnRS-3AyGUs


Think of these from a SOCIETAL perspective. Think about the SOCIAL factors from whence such obvious self-loathing came from.

Wow.  Thank GOD for maturity and spiritual transformation!!! biggrin
Still...the beats were TIGHT! playin_guitar


"Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.  And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began."

"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.  I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

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   Posted 8/31/2007 9:38 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Heheh thanks! It took 2 days to write that, thank-you-very-much! biggrin

Hey D, just saw the one you wrote on wisdom...
 
dude, sweet! Believe it or not, earlier today I was getting a little bit of poetry inspiration.
We'll see what happens. I'll try working on it later tonight or tomorrow.
 
It's about how we are in no position to judge who is "saved" or not. A person's addictions has nearly no bearing upon them spiritually. This inspiration came from talking with a friend who has been trying (for at least the past 5 years) to be free of her 14-year addiction and the streets.

You'll see what I mean when I post the poem. Hopefully it'll do justice.



 

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   Posted 9/1/2007 6:21 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Ok, here's what I came up with last night. Still needs improvements, so I might edit a few minor things down the road if I think about it.

So here ya go...

So you thinking that you know me

With your eyes you see me foaming

And I’m high but don’t know why

I get dragged back into the buy.

Need some kind of sedition

Cuz the aches grind all ambition

To be free... free from the buzz

Free from the night... free from the flight

Yeah, that’s my plight... into the light

 

They say that I’m a boozer and a loser and a user

Yeah, they have their own passion for a mansion with some fashion

They think I’m something useless ‘till I win this battle – ruthless!

“You’ll do your time for your crime you little piece of grime.”

‘Till I start to believe it

That’s how they all perceive it

 

And I’m high but don’t know why

I get dragged back into the buy.

Need some kind of sedition

Cuz the aches grind all ambition

To be free... free from the buzz

Free from the night... free from the flight

Yeah, that’s my plight... into the light

 

But I’ve seen the dark, cried in the depth, climbed from the gates of hell

Been in the cold, my blankets sold, lived in the empty shell.

Still look to God for salvation and I tell my kin of a new nation

Where there is hope and there is peace

We pray to God for some relief

There's so few of us of this belief, so few of us know Jesus

Still in the pit stuck in this shit but it’s my faith that he will save us

 

And I’m high but don’t know why

I get dragged back into the buy.

Need some kind of sedition

Cuz the aches grind all ambition

To be free... free from the buzz

Free from the night... free from the flight

Yeah, that’s my plight... into the light

 

They say my addiction is some indication

Of my heart’s condition going in the direction

to the dead, yeah that’s my dread

Am I really doomed? That’s what has loomed

in my mind – but it’s only what THEY’VE assumed

and I need to be free... free from the buzz

Free from the night... free from the flight

Yeah, that’s my plight... into the light

 


 

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   Posted 9/1/2007 8:18 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

dude... this is crazy!

There's a movie opening up tonight in limited areas (only 2 theaters here).

This guy who grew up a few houses down from the house I grew up in wrote, directed, and acted in his own film called Self-Medicated that's won TONS of international awards... the friend of mine said she knew him. She told me of the movie. Hopefully the movie will come to MN soon.

Check this out... based on a true story right from my neighborhood.

http://www.selfmedicated.com/

http://www.fandango.com/videos_1_286402/v332574

 When I see it, I'll write about it here.


 

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   Posted 10/31/2007 3:28 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This is REAL TALK.

I worked at a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. I worked particularly with the adolescent boys population. This guy's analysis is DEAD ON.

tradingtapes.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/ti-kids-and-guns/

Just click to play...

God, continue to help heal us!


"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit of Christ, who is in you, whom you have received from God the Father? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you."

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   Posted 11/13/2007 1:20 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hmmm...

Jesus is in the hood.

Do you see Him?

Hint: He's actually in each person in the video.
 
Look closely.  :-)

DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Plies, Rick Ross
"I'm So Hood"

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1998098&vid=171893


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 11/13/2007 1:31 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Throwback R&B for Selah. (You know you like it, girl... :p )

Ne-Yo
"Can We Chill"

www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2002414&vid=177691

See any influences? How about...

Michael Jackson
"Rock with You" (circa 1983)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4yb7pPaj0w

hop WHERE'S THE DANCE FLOOR???? hop
 
"And when the groove's dead and gone...yeah...
you know that LOVE SURVIVES...
so we can rock FOREVERRR  ONNNNNNN...."
--the King of Pop, Michael Jackson


"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit of Christ, who is in you, whom you have received from God the Father? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you."

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   Posted 12/6/2007 5:29 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Essential soul music.

This oughta be a theme song for the New Humanity...

"Why Can't We Live Together"
Timmy Thomas
Circa 1972

www.youtube.com/watch?v=peEIj04-UfQ&feature=related

No more wars! Just a little peace in this world...

A good reason for peace.    (God bless the lil' homies.)


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 12/14/2007 11:59 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hot Stuff.

Collie Buddz
"Come Around"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOtKdOY9PfA

Smokin' music... icon_bandit

One Love, Jamaica.  Marley forever...


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 12/15/2007 7:11 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Who remembers this? Selah, I know you do...

Anita Baker
Caught Up in the Rapture (Live, Mid 80s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671dbO29wtE&feature=related

New schoolers...take notes.

;-)


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 12/15/2007 7:16 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Or this...

Billy Ocean
Get Out of My Dreams (Get Into My Car)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkKwjCnIpY
 
playin_guitar


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 1/2/2008 11:55 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I was feelin' this beat. So, I wrote a song to God...

"Say It"

I feel Your breath on me, You're whispering in silence
My desire for You, so intense, no pretense, and no violence
but I take it deep by force. Of course. Yo, I stay the course.
I am the vessel, Lady Spirit, you are my Source.

Eros and agape, passion unquenchable
Your fire burns me, consumes me, taxin' my all my principle
of pleasure and wet glory, it's better than bomb sex
Union everlasting, go from simple to complex


God, why don't you tell me what you want me to do..do for you...

Say it. Say it. Say it.

God, why don't you tell me what you want from me...Lord, won't you...

Say it. Say it. Say it.


I'm waiting on You, Spirit...but I'm showing impatience
Inpatient! I'm going crazy, losing all of my sapience
Your Love is like life support, hot and sticky in my veins.
Warm like hot butter, Your Words sweet like candy canes.

I am truly nothing without You inside of me.
Nothingness made real...but made the newest "Bride to Be"
Ready to give You satisfaction like a faithful concubine.
Enjoying the taste and scent of You, just like a glass of wine.

God, why don't you tell me what you want me to do..do for you...

Say it. Say it. Say it.

God, why don't you tell me what you want from me...Lord, won't you...

Say it. Say it. Say it.



To my Beloved.  I incline my ears to Your Word.  Just say it...


"For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.'  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in Spirit.

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,  Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

 

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   Posted 3/30/2008 9:27 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Young Jeezy
Trap or Die (Instrumental)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjK4UrI190

Ay, ay, ay...

I'm defending the faith like a Super Bowl linebacker.
Explosive! Dunamis power just like a firecracker.
Hotter than the Fourth of July, I'm supernova.
God's Spirit's just like a coup, he's takin ova.

Faith handed down like a racer's baton.
Faith received, got my wig straight. Call it salon.
Grace is amazin'. Divine fire straight blazin'.
Chewing the Word like a cow. Homie, I'm grazin'.

Praisin' the Ancient of Days like a cheerleada
Raisin' the Bar, Chopping the fat off like a meat cleva
Jesus is the Format and he's the Maker.
Grounding everything in himself. He is the Baker...

Cooking up confections, like cookies.
The One True Man's takin' applications for service, no rookies!
The field is white for harvest...and the time is near.
God is ever with me...and I have no fear.


May the Holy One be glorified for ever and ever.

:-) 


Whoever knows and recognizes how near God’s Kingdom is to him may say with Jacob, “God is in this place, and I knew it not.”
Meister Eckhart, "The Nearness of the Kingdom"

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within you.

 

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   Posted 4/2/2008 8:33 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Recognize.

Straight fire. Empowered by the beautiful human spirit.

The Healer
Erykah Badu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hCtjoq3KG4

Hip-hop is bigger than religion...

God...


Whoever knows and recognizes how near God’s Kingdom is to him may say with Jacob, “God is in this place, and I knew it not.”
Meister Eckhart, "The Nearness of the Kingdom"

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within you.

 

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   Posted 4/10/2008 8:16 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
"I" remember feeling a lot of these feelings before...

about cousins being shot or strung out on drugs...

about loved ones dying over nothing...
 
sadness...anger...despair...

So many times...

Bless your name, Father, for freedom.

Lil Wayne
Cry Out (Real Rap)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwlhtUnskb0&feature=related


"...white folks still spittin on us..."

"...if my thoughts got to me, I'd be in this rap..."


Whoever knows and recognizes how near God’s Kingdom is to him may say with Jacob, “God is in this place, and I knew it not.”
Meister Eckhart, "The Nearness of the Kingdom"

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within you.

 

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   Posted 4/23/2008 7:29 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Rodney King.

Los Angeles Riots of 1992.

Video of Rodney King's beating by the police.

Warning: High Profanity. But necessary for historical perspective.

Ice Cube (1992)
We Had To Tear This *#^(#(# Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGR7HonAUZI&feature=related

America, America...

I understand why I was trained to believe that White people were the enemy.

I remember when it sunk in. When I really believed the lie.

I remember seeing this verdict...Rodney King...1992...hearing the "not guilty"

I was a freshman at college. Just got out of high school.

I was in the t.v. lounge with a bunch of other Black people who were actually crying and everything...

At THAT VERY MOMENT, my doubts that White America was "behind enemy lines" for me...were absolutely removed.

There was no justice that a Black person could expect in America.

The promises of the Founding Documents were null and void to me.

And so, the hegemony of "white culture" became my ultimate enemy. The ultimate "devil."

After that, I listened to this song at least 5 times a day. No lie.

Imagine how much hatred I had for Whites at school...all the time!

And I vowed to succeed in life...just to prove to the evil whites that they could not destroy me with their LIES.

Ambition based on sin, hatred, and egoism.

I thank the Lord Jesus for my freedom...

But America has sown some bad a$$ seeds.

What do we expect is going to happen?

Yeah.

shakehead 



Whoever knows and recognizes how near God’s Kingdom is to him may say with Jacob, “God is in this place, and I knew it not.”
Meister Eckhart, "The Nearness of the Kingdom"

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within you.

 

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God and truth are sooooo hidden in the pop culture.  This song reminds me sooo much of the Psalms. 
 
 
Profane lyrics.
 
It Ain't Over-by Djay
 
[Djay]
Look this is my life, and it's a battle within
I gotta survive, even if I'm sinnin to win
And if I show no remorse I reap the devil's reward
He said he'd, give me riches but I'm lookin for more
When I was young, witnessed my dad, standin for right
Black pride in him even though he passin for white
Took years from my life, now I'm missin the man
Moms on some other shit and now I'm missin the plan
And so I'm... stuck in this fuck-a-marole
All the lessons to a young teen baby was cold
Then my pimpin-ass Uncle put me up on the game
It really ain't no love it's 'bout this, paper mayne
Put me in a position, got me out on a mission
Collectin from the hoes turned on to my pimpin
A nigga from Memphis dealin with life as a struggle
This is the gift I was given so I just live by my hustle

[Chorus 2X: Djay] + (singer, ad libbing at times)
(Keep hustlin) It ain't over for me, no it ain't over for me
(Keep, flowin) I'ma step my game up and get what's comin to me

[Djay]
Now I'm just gettin by, and it's FUCKIN with me
See others doin big thangs they was nothin to me
I'm seein what I used to be, and it's lookin legit
Got my hands on some music, started FUCKIN with it
Put it down hard, then I started bumpin to this
I let some others get a dose and they was NUTTIN to this
Let me check my connections cause we go back in the day
Say they was lookin for 'dro, heard I was hustlin hay
Got me connin my niggaz, spittin game to my hoes
This my opportunity I feel like anything goes
I was never 'sposed to see the new millenium mayne
And I refuse to let my dad die in vain
So I give it my all, you feel my struggle and pain
If you ain't feelin what I'm spittin trick you late to the game
But the closest ones to me know I'm holdin it down
You gon' feel me one day, we gon' be heard in the town

[Chorus] - 2.5X, singer ad libs to fade
 
You can also check out the other thread on "Hustle and Flow"


Brandon
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow, but vows to every purpose must not hold.--A friend.
To love without love is slavery--Mother Teresa

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