DJ Kool Herc
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott Heron
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by
John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew
to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
E JOOX- In Class Sept. 21
Via ReverbNation:
New York hip hop has been at a stand still , when it come's to the new artist of this generation. Just when the listeners of hip hop were being turned away from the same old sound, rapper E joox emerged on the scene. At 25 he understands the science of making good music and is able to fuse his sound with many genres. The self proclaimed Bronx Rock Star not only raps but also songwrite's r&b and alternative rock. Joox has performed along side major artist such as Jim Jones, Paul Wall, Mike jones, Young berg and many others. Currently is working out of grammy winning studio Stadium Red located in Harlem USA. E Joox has a promising feature ahead of him.
i give it my all, still all in all im feelin vilified
feeling like tom cruise searchin for vanilla skys
puffin a vanilla ducth, waitin on the lords signs
though its hostile i crack a smile during hard times
dealing with the pain was the least of my concerns
watching foolish rappers on tv with money to burn
and so a youngen learned i gottta earn for my own
bronx rock star is no longer a pebble i am grown
and now that i am on im feeling like a rolling stone
i'll die for my beliefs mama im all corazone
shit i had to pay the bills i was in the streets sinning
feelin so elite ,even in defeat im winning
now im grinnin to the bank ha , holding in the laughter
the alpha and omega nigga there is nothin after
dont judge a book by its cover this is but a chapter...
New York hip hop has been at a stand still , when it come's to the new artist of this generation. Just when the listeners of hip hop were being turned away from the same old sound, rapper E joox emerged on the scene. At 25 he understands the science of making good music and is able to fuse his sound with many genres. The self proclaimed Bronx Rock Star not only raps but also songwrite's r&b and alternative rock. Joox has performed along side major artist such as Jim Jones, Paul Wall, Mike jones, Young berg and many others. Currently is working out of grammy winning studio Stadium Red located in Harlem USA. E Joox has a promising feature ahead of him.
i give it my all, still all in all im feelin vilified
feeling like tom cruise searchin for vanilla skys
puffin a vanilla ducth, waitin on the lords signs
though its hostile i crack a smile during hard times
dealing with the pain was the least of my concerns
watching foolish rappers on tv with money to burn
and so a youngen learned i gottta earn for my own
bronx rock star is no longer a pebble i am grown
and now that i am on im feeling like a rolling stone
i'll die for my beliefs mama im all corazone
shit i had to pay the bills i was in the streets sinning
feelin so elite ,even in defeat im winning
now im grinnin to the bank ha , holding in the laughter
the alpha and omega nigga there is nothin after
dont judge a book by its cover this is but a chapter...
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