I actually cried while

[MichaelHarris]

writing this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1435414

I'm really not a weenie. :)

[Systematic Chaos]

1. You don't need to be a 'weenie' to be upset enough to cry

over what is going on right now.

And as far as "voices" go, they are out there. They just aren't doing the same types of folksy music that was big in the 60's. Somebody a few weeks ago posted a thread here about a hip-hop artist who calls himself Immortal Technique. I've never cared AT ALL for the usual rap and hip-hop lyrics that are present in MTV-style fare where half the words have to be silenced out, so I was quite surprised to find myself really liking this guy's stuff. The song discussed here was called "The Point of No Return". Here are the lyrics (complete with typos from the website I found them on):


Yeah... It's that real this time around
Immortal Technique... Revolutionary Vol. 2
It's on now mother fucker..
Lock and load!


This is the point of no return I could never go back
Life without parol up state shackled and trapped
Living in the hole, lookin' at the world through a crack
But fuck that, I'd rather shoot it out and get clapped
I've gone too far, there ain't no coming back for me
Auschwitz gas chamber full of Zyklon-B
Just like the spanish exterminating Tynos
Raping the black and Indian women, creating Latinos
Mother fuckers made me out of self richeous hatered
And you got yourself a virus, stuck in the Matrix
A suicide bomer strapped and ready to blow
Lethal injection strapped down ready to go
Don't you understand they'll never let me live out in peace
Concreate jungle, guerilla war out in the streets
Nat Turner with the sickle pitch fork and ma chatte
The end of the world, mother fucker you not ready
This is the point of no return and nobody can stop it
Malcolm little running up before Elijah Muhammad
The commedent killed the dinosaurs, changing the earth
They love to criticize they always say I change for the worse
Like prescription pills when you miss using them nigga
The temple of nights when they took Jerusalem nigga
And figured out what was buried under Soloman's temple
Al Aksa the name is no coincidental
I know too much to government is trying to murder me
No coming back like cutting your writs open vertically
How could the serpant be purposely put in charge of the country
Genetic engineered sickness spread amongst me
My people are so hungry that they attack without reason
Like a fuckin' dog ripping off the hand that feeds him
Immortal Technique is treason to the patriot act
So come and get me mother fucker cause I'm not coming back


This is the point from which I could never return
And if I back down now then forever I burn
This is the point from which I could never retreat
Cause If I turn back now there can never be peace
This is the point from which I will die and succeed
Living the struggle, I know I'm alive when I bleed
From now on it can never be the same as before
Cause the place I'm from doesn't exist anymore


This is the point of no return nigga you better believe this
Mary Magdalen giving birth to the children of Jesus
The evolution of the world, bloody and dramatic
Human beings killing monkeys to conquer the planet
The kingdoms of Africa and Mesopotamia
Machine gunnin' your body with depleated uranium
This is the age of micro chips and titanium
The dark side of the moon and contact with aliens
I started out like Australians, criminal minded
Broke into hell, tore it down, and built and city behind it
South Paul, murderous, methadology nigga
Remember that I'm just a man don't follow me nigga
Cause once you past the point you can never go home
You've got to face the possibility of dying alone
So tell me mother fucker, how could you die for the throne?
When you don't even got the fuckin' heart to die for your own
It rains acid, one day the earth will cry from a stone
And you'll be lookin' at the world livin' inside of a dome
Comperized humanity living inside of a clone
This is the place where the unknown is living and real
Worm went to planet X and the seventh seal
Universal truth is not measure in mass appeal
This is the last time that I kneel and pray to the sky
Cause almost everything that I was always ever told was a lie


This is the point from which I could never return
And if I back down now then forever I burn
This is the point from which I could never retreat
Cause If I turn back now there can never be peace
This is the point from which I will die and succeed
Living the struggle, I know I'm alive when I bleed
From now on it can never be the same as before
Cause the place I'm from doesn't exist anymore

[MichaelHarris]

2. man that is incredibly cool

made me feel good seeing that. :)

I felt bad because the other day an article I wrote caused my wife to cry. I mean I guess I was going for an emotion but I didn't expect to see it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=45313

[Seldona]

3. There are voices.

Like Russel Simmons.

He has alot of good things to say, and is really raising awareness. And he has the street credibility to pull it off.

The best I can do is the raise my children with a strong sense of self, and social activism.

I take my daughters to every protest.

I spend alot of time discussing current events, and history with them.

They may be the only 3 and 5 year olds that can name the last 4 Presidents, and all of the Democratic nominees for President.

That is better than some 40 year olds I know.

And no you are not a weenie.

I wishj there were more of us that cared and paid attention.