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Topic: Danger - Mind of a Muslimah
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T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 09:29 PM
Heard this on the radio today and it gave me chills - goosebumps.  Mind of a Muslimah Amir Sulaiman: Danger http://mindofamuslimah.blogspot.com/2009/04/amir-sulaiman-danger.htm I am not angry I am anger I am not dangerous I am danger I am abominable stress, Eliotic, relentless I知 a breath of vengeance. I知 a death sentence I知 forsaken repentance to the beast in his hench men Armed forces and police men that survived off of oils and prisons until their cup runith over with lost souls That wear over sized caps like blind folds Shiny necklaces like lasso痴 Dragging them into black holes And I may have to holla at Fidel Castro To get my other brothers outta Guantanamo And the innocents on death row Is probably in the same proportion as the criminals in black robes that Smack gavels that Smash homes that Smack gavels that Crack domes Justice is somewhere between reading sad poems And 40 ounces of gasoline crashing through windows Justice is between plans and action Between writing letters to Congressmen and clapping the captain Between raising legal defense funds And putting a gun on the bailiff and taking the judge captive It is between prayer and fasting Between burning and blasting Freedom is between the mind and the soul It is between the lock and the load Between the zeal of the young and the patience of the old Freedom is between the finger and the trigger It is between the page and the pen Between the grenade and the pin Between righteous anger and keeping one in the chamber So what can they do with a cat with a heart like Turner A mind like Douglas, a mouth like Malcolm, and a voice like Chris? And that is why I am not dangerous I am danger I am not angry I am anger I am abominable stress, illiotic relentless I知 a breath of vengeance. I知 a death sentence I知 forsaken repentance to the beast in his hench men Armed forces and police men I will slice his belly open and Free The souls of the Navajo The souls of the Iroquois The souls of the Ibo The souls of the Scottsboro boys The souls of great Black leaders The souls of Kandahar and Baghdad I burn my white and raise my black flag To free the souls of the great black leaders The souls in Attica The piece of solace on the prison floor Until then I am not dangerous I am danger I am not angry I am anger I am abominable stress, illiotic relentless I知 a breath of vengeance. I知 a death sentence I知 forsaken repentance to the beast in his hench men Politicians and big business men I知 a teenage Palestinian opening fire at an Israeli check point Point blank Checkmate Now what! I am an inmate short shanked to the c-o Earlobe to earlobe Cut short Case closed Now what I am Sitting Bull with Coronal Custard痴 scalp in my hands I am Senkay with a slave trader痴 blood in my hands I am Jonathan Jackson handing a gun to my man I am David with a sling shot and a rock And if David lived today it would be a Molotov cocktail and a Glock So I say down with Goliath I say down with Goliath But we must learn, know, write, read We must kick, bite, yell, scream We must pray, fast, live, dream Fight, kill, and die free IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 09:39 PM
(i think some of the words might be off.....i hear different ones .... will have to see if i can find the true lyrics)IP: Logged |
Lei_Kuei Moderator Posts: 594 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 09:48 PM
Without compassion, you become the very Tyranny you stand against...  Its easy to spout bullsh!t like that when I'm not living in the west bank, nonetheless... I dunno, its just sad!
------------------ ~*~ Did you know that a circle is round? ~*~ - Tautology You can't handle my level of Tinfoil! ~ {;,;} IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 09:58 PM
I'm not sure I know what you mean. I think his overall message was passionate and positive. & didnt hear too much spouting of bs. I happened to be scanning channels and this was just beginning. It caught my ear and I listened to it on the edge of my drivers seat....and made a mental note to look him up.Yes, different story when you are on stage somewhere, instead of living it. Could he be giving a voice to others...reaching a greater audience, ... for people that might never get a chance to scream and shout and be heard? I don't know. Perhaps he is closer to this, or it's more personal to him for reasons we don't realize. Sounds like a passionate poet/rapper to me. Nothing wrong with that. It can bring awareness to things that people don't want to pay attention to. I felt some strong heart-force behind what he had to say. It struck me.  (sorry, i still have not looked to check lyrics yet) IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 10:06 PM
there are a couple of violent soundling lyrics i don't like, yes.IP: Logged |
Lei_Kuei Moderator Posts: 594 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 10:07 PM
No sry, I mean its easy for me to spout crap such as : "Without compassion, you become the very Tyranny you stand against... "------------------ ~*~ Did you know that a circle is round? ~*~ - Tautology You can't handle my level of Tinfoil! ~ {;,;} IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 10:08 PM
I see.   IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 7006 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2012 10:18 PM
i replaced the original post with what seem to be the correct lyrics.IP: Logged |
RegardesPlatero Moderator Posts: 3631 From: Storybrooke, Mr. Gold's Shop Registered: Sep 2011
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posted August 19, 2012 06:30 AM
It really does incite violence and the lyrics are very divisive. I don't really see anything positive or uplifting about the piece in the OP. I could see his point in the beginning, talking about corruption, but once he talked about violent acts, terrorizing others, and murdering people, e.g., "clapping" a captain, the thing about the gasoline (and calling that "justice"), the grenade, "lock and load", killing a judge, killing a baliff, killing police, burning the "white flag", and killing Israelis, and then comparing himself to historical figures, that is where it went too far for me. He lost me there. I could see his point up until that part. As I've said many a time, I dislike extremes. I don't find that sort of thing appealing. I also don't like those kinds of lyrics as a matter of personal taste. I dislike rap for similar reasons, especially since those lyrics are often disrespectful of women and contain a lot of swearing. ** Also, I looked up his pages (found through Google), to see where he was from so as to see his POV. Apparently, he's from New York. I also don't see what this has to do with "divine diversities". I think that it would be better suited to Aquarius Rising. IP: Logged | |