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Interests: Conscience Rap. Getting By. The Club Scene. Shavonda. Bombing Art. Pulp Fiction. "Friday" Lover. The Knitting Factory. Street Ball. Break Dance. College Student. Universal Studios Employee [haha].
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Thursday, November 11, 2004

You know I just watched "Tip drill" for the first time today. . I didn't go on and look it up but it was on one of those myspace pages. I have to admit I was interested because iz been hearin about all the controversy and hooplah. But on the really real tip I was shocked stone when I saw the things Nelly and his boys was doin. I mean damn. Those girls were wild'in out with each other, shakin their HUGE! butts while doin splits and all kind of weird crap.

So yea I guess I would have to come clean and admit that it was attractive but it was also hella sick. I don't know there's something about hoochies, tricks and chicken heads that just turns me wayy off. Just seein a girl in a video so willing like that is gross. Hah whatever I'm probably the only one who thinks so.


Sunday, September 19, 2004

September 11th rolled around without my knowledge. I'm not one who plays the date game. Unfortunately it almost passed me by without me taking a moment to remember it.

It does seem highly unlikely that someone like me would get all sentimental about an occasion such as this one. But I do exibit a few human emotions and sadness over death just so happens to be one of them.

Ofcourse the tourists at Universal Studios that day were all wearing patriotic garb but I didn't make the connection what so ever. After I had finished my last tour, I got on the 405 made that treck home, turned on the t.v. and started playin with azeriah. It was 10:00 and the channel was CNN. They were showing the people who jumped out of the twin towers falling... That really hit me. Having to make a decision like that. Face the flames or Free fall. That isn't something any human being should ever have to decide.

It's really sad. I am proud to be an American. Very grateful to be born in America no matter how much quote-on-quote bullshit I have to deal with as a urban black male. I'm Blessed.

One Love.


Monday, July 26, 2004

UPDATE AND SHIT COMING SOON. I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS SHIT. MISSED YA'LL THOUGH. AND I KNOW I ALWAYS SLACK ON GETTING BACK AT EVERYONE - PEOPLE FEEL UNLOVED. BUT SHIT I'M STILL YOUR NIGGA FOLKS.


Sunday, June 20, 2004

CAR WASHING FOR GUN CONTROL

SO WE'RE WATCHING THIS DOCUMENTARY IN CLASS. ITS STRAIGHT CRAZY ON THE REAL. WE'RE TALKIN ABOUT SOME LEVEL OF AMERICAN VIOLENCE VERSES THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. AND WHILE MANY CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE ROOTED IN TURMOIL AND BLOODSHED, THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOWS THAT THEY DO NOT EVEN COMPARE TO AMERICAS TRACK RECORD.

I GIVE THE HOST OF THE DOCUMENTARY SOME SERIOUS STREET CRED BECAUSE THIS DUDE WAS OUT IN ABOUT IN HOODS AND ALLEYS ACROSS AMERICA. HE TOOK IT FROM CALI TO MICHIGAN TO CANADA. THE SUPRISING THING IS THAT THE CANADIANS ARE SO PEACEFUL.

I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THEM. AIN'T NOBODY HEAR OF SOMEBODY TRYNNA START NO WAR WITH THE CANADIANS OR HEAR ABOUT CANADIANS KILLING EACH OTHER OVER A PAIR OF SNEAKERS. AND YET THEY SELL MORE GUNS THERE THAN HEAR. AS STUDENTS IN THIS FIELD WE WERE ALL MADE AWARE OF THE STRANGE FASCINATION THAT AMERICANS HAVE WITH VIOLANCE AND HATE. KIDS IN CANADA REPORTED THAT IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE SOMEONE THE EXTENT OF THEIR TORTURE WOULD BE TEASING, WHILE OURS IS A SHOOTING. IN A MAJOR CITY THERE WAS ONLY 1 SHOOTING OVER A COURSE OF 3 YEARS. TEENAGERS WHO COMMIT ROBERYS [HOUSEHOLDS ARE KEPT UNLOCKED] ONLY GO AS FAR AS STEALING BEER AND BUNDLES. AIN'T THAT SOMETHIN?

AND I DON'T KNOW MAN BUT THE BLACK ON BLACK VIOLANCE IS STRAIGHT KILLIN ME. THE HOST WAS SO COOL IN EXPLAINING THE SITUATIONS AND SO NON-RACIST THAT I ACTUALLY RESPECTED HIM AFTER WATCHING HIS DOCUMENTARY.

WHEN JESUS CHRIST SAID "THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD" IT WASN'T NO JOKE.


Saturday, June 12, 2004

THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES

WE CAN CONTINUE TO REAP PROFITS FROM BLACKS WITHOUT THE EFFORT OF PHYSICAL SLAVERY. LOOK AT THE CURRENT METHODS OF CONTAINMENT THAT THEY USE ON THEMSELVES:

IGNORANCE, GREED, AND SELFISHNESS.

THEIR IGNORANCE IS THE PRIMARY WEAPON OF CONTAINMENT. A GREAT MAN ONCE SAID, "THE BEST WAY TO HIDE SOMETHING FROM BLACK PEOPLE IS TO PUT IT IN A BOOK." WE NOT LIVE IN THE INFORMATION AGE. THEY HAVE GAINED THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ ANY BOOK ON ANY SUBJECT THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, YET THEY REFUSE TO READ.

GREED IS ANOTHER POWERFUL WEAPON OF CONTAINMENT. BLACKS, SINCE THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, HAVE HAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AT THEIR DISPOSAL. LAST YEAR THEY SPENT 10 MILLION DOLLARS DURING CHRISTMAS, OUT OF THEIR 450 BILLIOND DOLLARS IN TOTAL YEARLY INCOME (2.22%). ANY OF US CAN USE THEM AS OUR TARGET MARKET, FOR ANY BUSINESS VENTURE WE CARE TO DREAM UP, NO MATTER HOW OUTLANDISH, THEY WILL BUY INTO IT. BEING PRIMARILY A CONSUMER PEOPLE, THEY FUNCTION TOTALLY BY GREED. THEY CONTINUALLY WANT MORE, WITH LITTLE THOUGHT FOR SAVING OR INVESTING. THEY WOULD RATHER BUY SOME NEW SNEAKER THAN INVEST IN STARTING A BUSINESS.

SOME NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE THE LATEST TOMMY OR FUBU, AND THEY STILL THINK THAT HAVING A MERCEDES, AND A BIG HOUSE GIVES THEM "STATUS" OR THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY ARE FOOLS! THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR PEOPLE ARE STILL IN POVERTY BECAUSE THEIR GREED HOLDS THEM BACK FROM VOLLECTIVELY MAKING BETTER COMMUNITIES.

WITH THE HELP OF B.E.T, AND THE REST OF THEIR BLACK MEDIA THAT OFTEN BROADCASTS DESTRUCTIVE IMAGES INTO THEIR OWN HOMES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HUGE PROFITS LIKE THOSE OF TOMY AND NIKE. (TOMMY HILFIGER HAS EVEN JEERED THEM, SAYING HE DOESN'T WANT THEIR MONEY, AND LOOK AT HOW THE FOOLS SPEND MORE WITH HIM THAN EVER BEFORE!). THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW OFF TO EACH OTHER WHILE WE BUILD SOLID COMMUNITIES WITH THE PROFITS FROM OUR BUSINESSES THAT WE MARKET TO THEM.

SELFISHNESS, INGRAINED IN THEIR MINDS THROUGH SLAVERY, IS ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONTAIN THEM. ONE OF THEIR OWN, DUBOIS SAID THAT THERE WAS AN INNATE DIVISION IN THEIR CULTURE. A "TALENTED TENTH" HE CALLED IT. HE WAS CORRECT IN HIS DEDUCTION THAT THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF THEIR CULTURE THAT HAS ACHIEVED SOME "FORM" OF SUCCES. HOWEVER, THAT SEGMENT MISSED THE FULLNESS OF HIS WORK. THEY DIDN'T READ THAT THE "TALENTED TENTH" WAS THEN RESPONSIBLE TO AID THE NON-TALENTED NINETY PERCENT IN ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE. INSTEAD, THAT SEGMENT HAS CREATED ANOTHER CLASS, A BUPPIE CLASS THAT LOOKS DOWN ON THEIR PEOPLE OR AIDS THEM IN A CONDESCENDING MANNER. THEY WILL NEVER ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAVE. THEIR SELFISHNESS DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON ANY PROJECT OR ENDEAVOR OF SUBSTANCE. WHEN THEY DO GET TOGETHER, THEIR SELFISHNESS LETS THEIR EGOS GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR GOAL. THEIR SO-CALLED HELP ORGANIZATIONS SEEM TO ONLY WANT TO PROMOTE THEIR NAME WITHOUT MAKING ANY REAL CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE CONTENT TO SIT IN CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS IN OUR HOTELS, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL DO, WHILE THEY AWARD PLAGUES TO THE BEST SPEAKERS, NOT THE BEST DOERS. IS THERE NO END TO THEIR SELFISHNESS? THEY STEADFASTLY REFUSE TO SEE THAT TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM)!

THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN EACH OTHER OF WHAT THEY OWN FACT, MOST OF THOSE BUPPIES ARE BUT ONE OR TWO PAYCHECKS AWAY FROM POVERTY. ALL OF WHICH IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF OUR PENS IN OUR OFFICES AND OUR ROOMS. YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTAIN THEM AS LONG AS THEY REFUSE TO READ, CONTINUE TO BUY ANYTHING THEY WANT, AND KEEP THINKING THEY ARE "HELPING" THEIR COMMUNITIES BY PAYING DUES TO ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH DO LITTLE OTHER THAN HOLD LAVISH CONVENTIONS IN OUR HOTELS.

BY THE WAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THEM READING HIS LETTER, REMEMBER, 'THEY DON'T READ'!!!!

= THIS WAS A PAPER HANDED OUT IN CLASS THIS PAST WEEK. IT WAS ASTOUNDING TO READ. AS SOON AS I FINISHED READING I LOOKED UP AT OUR BLACK PROFESSOR AND SAW THAT HE WAS WATCHING THE LOOKS ON EACH OF OUR FACES. A FEW BLACK KIDS NODDED IN AGREEMENT OTHERS WERE LIKE "WTF" AND THE WHITE KIDS FELT REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.



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