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dear Lilith, lyrics
I feel it’s ill if I still live
Thinking this thing it’s real if you will then I’ll let it chill and
I’ll Stop writing you late into every night and
I’ll Stop reading so deep into what you might
Be trying to say to me
And Lying so they can’t see
Hiding behind a screen and some keys and complacency
It’s high time that I got a move on it
It’s high tide had to lose my shoes, promise
No waiting, blueprint plans scribed
No patience(patients), M.D. stand by
I need some real, of substance, and I’m gonna get it
I need to feel, real love, and I’m done regretting
I’m gonna live cause I haven’t been the time is now
I’m on a roll like a Maverick whose prone to foul(what?)
Moving before I pick
at least I’m going I know I’m a little sick(so what?)
Every day I’m improving from the last one
On Occasion, I think of you and ask some
Questions, I’ll probably never solve
Remind myself of this and I’m centered, I’m Pau Gausol
DreamVillians, nightmares, can’t doze
Weed, Killians, write, stare, rant, prose
Ever elusive, pondering what my purpose is
Semi-reclusive, wandering like a tourist is
I’m almost home to a family that I love with
Every single ounce of my soul, I put you above it(well)
That was then, this is now, and the script has changed
Sat with men, asked them how, I could quit the pain
That is your essence, I yearned it for years, I guess it’s
Greener when the grass isn’t yours, thru this cloudy message
I hope you feel what I’ve felt like a twin, I’m gone
I guess I’m writing to tell you I’m moving on…
Good Bye
GRR HipHop Council
Basically, what i am proposing is a coordinated effort to simply “flip-the-switch” when a release or a big show is ready, and have a bunch of social media-heads to talk ab/ the artists, communicate with them, and basically foster better communication within the community. Right-now it is a series of one-offs and no real knowledge building of what works best, we need to talk about the good and the bad of being an underground artist with ties to gRapids. I would like to propose that we come together as one unit and get some stuff done, that would resonate throughout the community, little is being done to win over the home-base, and that is what you have to utilize to get your message heard. So, my contribution can be to coordinate the Council, and have you all sit down and talk it out. Whether Super Dre is there or not is not initially important, it just needs some formality, to get a vote of Secretary and Treasurer, leadership will shake-out, but this needs to be a fully-operational organization, that earns its not-for-profit status, all in time.
My main motivation for this has been in seeing what Jon Connor did with social media to get way bigger than he would have without it, so it can work, its not just a necessary tactic, it is strategic, and so you got to get your name out there, and be heard, because if no one is listening than you need to figure out why, and correct it. My estimation is that you are not being vocal enough, about what you do on a day-day basis that makes your craft so unique, and why your work-ethic is second to no one in your own genre, that takes effort, but that is what social media offers. A real-time communication vehicle to talk with fans. Think about Kweli’s follower count that has gone steadily doubling every so often because he communicates, even when busy, he gets tweets in, and so should you, you need to speak up, period.
So, we can go through a time period where you follow other projects and tell me your too busy, but sooner or later you are gonna have to come to the conclusion that Grand Rapids needs a hiphop scene, and the only way that gets accomplished is if the members of the community know what each other are doing. That requires coordination and meetings and emails, and all sorts of revenue generating activities that will sustain the artists, and keep the activists busy with other opportunities, but first it needs to get started.
Tiger Style
Would one of those people in the street lights asking for money approach this car ?? I think Not.
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. lt’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don ’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”
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