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2pac's "Changes", Named One Of The Vatican's 12 Favorite Songs

ALCATRAZ — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:50:50 GMT

Almost exactly eleven years after its posthumous release, legendary rapper Tupac Shakur's 1998 hit "Changes" has been selected by the Vatican as one of the institution's "12 Favorite Songs" as part of a playlist for MySpace's new streaming service MySpace Music.

The distinction is the first time the Catholic Church has officially recognized the work of any popular American artist. With it, the song joins the ranks of works such as "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, the Vatican's own "Advocata Nostra," featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI, and "After The Rain," by Dame Shirley Bassey.

"The genres are very different from each other, but all these artists share the aim to reach the heart of good minded people," the Vatican explained on its official MySpace Music page.

The playlist, compiled by Father Giulio Neroni, was released Thursday, December 3 - and "Changes" has received nearly five million plays since then.

"This came as such an amazing surprise - it's not something I would have ever thought possible," says the late rapper's mother, Afeni Shakur. "I give thanks every day, knowing Tupac's words and music continue to have such an incredible effect on people worldwide. My son was always striving to reach out to as many people as he could, and he changed the world in doing so."

Released two years after the rapper's death in 1998, "Changes" has been acknowledged as one of Tupac's all-time classics ever since, with a message that resonates just as strongly today. The song is a streetwise meditation on racism, the Middle East, drugs and gang violence coupled with a call for hope and peace. In essence, it highlights the need for change on both a personal and global level.

"Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live, let's change the way we treat each other," states Tupac on the track. "You see, the old way wasn't working, so it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive."

The acclaimed single climbed to the top of the charts upon its release and became the only posthumously released Hip-Hop song to receive the Grammy nomination for "Best Rap Solo Performance." It recently confirmed its lasting power when it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Ringtones Chart (November 7, 2009), a spot it held for a whopping 34 weeks.

"It's a testament to Tupac's genius that his music can have this kind of impact more than ten years after the fact," says Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine. "This is an unprecedented honor to his legacy, as well as for those who had the privilege of working with him during his lifetime."

In additional Tupac news, it was announced in September that the artist's private writings would be added to Atlanta University Center's Robert Woodruff Library - an institution that also houses Martin Luther King's papers - to be made available for scholarly research.

The collection features Shakur's handwritten lyrics and track listings, personal notes, video and film concepts, fan correspondence, promotion materials and other items providing a unique insight into his creative genius.

O:)

The Big Conspiracy

WARPATH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:54:24 GMT

The Big Conspiracy, The Creation of Man, and the Awlful truth of it all.

At one point we all knew where we came from.

At another point we met up somwhere for dinner and a conversation.

We couldn't remember if we met each other before but we could see that we were related somehow.

Some us started telling others where they were from based on what they ate for dinner. Some of us judged each other based on what we brought to the table.

So the person with the tastiest dish got the best reviews that night, the reviews weren't based off of nutritional value.

The next time we met up for dinner, some of us started sitting on the side with the cook from whom they thought the food tastes best from our previous encounter. They associated each person's culinary art with the conversation.

The reveiws weren't based off of nutritional value.

So as we kept coming back to eat together, the same people sat together as a majority and started to get fat. They shared recipes and gave each other rave reviews. Pretty soon there was set menu and we all decided that we'll eat from these select recipes from now on.

Buy this time we were so busy getting fat and sleepy, nobody wanted to converse.

Some one at the end of the table tried to remind everyone else about where he came from and what they should strive to achieve at these meetings, but his opinion wasn't respected. Nobody liked his food and the intoxicated fat man next to him drowned out his words spitting cake crumbs all other place.

Then one night some new comers came to eat at the table. That night the food wasn't cooked right, it tasted artificicial, or somthing else was wrong. I think somebody spit in somone else's wine cup. People were crabby that night they started arguing. They decided they didn't like the new comers dish because it wasn't anything like what was on their menu. They were arguing over where the new comers at the table came from and how they should cook their next dish.

Pretty soon a food fight errupted. Pies were thrown and people left with egg on their face. The skinny guy that only ate veggies got crushed under a fat man's weight. That was the last night we ate together as a family.

New 2Pac Quoting System

ALCATRAZ — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:20:46 GMT

B.C. = "Before Caesar's" (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas)

Book 1 - 2Pacalypse Now
Book 2 - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Book 3 - Thug Life: Volume 1
Book 4 - Me Against the World
Book 5 - All Eyez on Me (Book 1)
Book 6 - All Eyez on Me (Book 2)
Book 7 - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (As Makaveli)

A.D. = "After Don Killuminati"

Book 1 - R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
Book 2 - Still I Rise
Book 3 - Until the End of Time
Book 4 - Better Dayz
Book 5 - Loyal to the Game
Book 6 - Pac's Life

To quote "Death Around the Corner", I would reference Book 4 accompanied with the 14th song (Chapter) on the album "4:14"

Here's an example:

yo god, peep da pure lyricism pac brings forth in this jewel...

"I was raised in the City,
Shitty every since I was a itty bitty kiddy,
Drankin liquor out my mama's titty"

The Gospel of Tupac 4:14

****************

This way it's easier to keep reference to our favorite 2pac darts and maintain a proper system of quoting his work to the masses at Wu-Corp. Don't thank me, thank 2pac... for your life.

Might tip my hat, whistling in the Graveyard...

ALCATRAZ — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:13:57 GMT

Former Black Knights MC, popular for his ultra-detailed multi-layered poetry, and correct english pronounciations. Has a limp in his walk due to truck accident many years ago during a lone visit to Japan.
Warcloud has become the subject of much recent debate due to the sudden change in his rhyme style. Although his lyrics are still largely "multi-layered and ultra-detailed", his execution is a far more off-beat, more avant-garde, free association verse incorporating allusions to classical literature (especially horror, children's stories and poems) urban legends, myths, western Americana and to a lesser degree popular culture. He refers to this new style as �Old Jail Pajama Room�, as opposed to his old style which is �Mixed Forest Zone�.

Together with his cousins Onslawt (Black Sun) and Leviathan (L-Swift), and Skarekrow and Mantra they formed Da Monstar Mob -- An underground Wu-Affiliated Hip-Hop crew. Da Monstar Mob released the album �Da Nightmare B-4 X-Mass� in 2003 but Warcloud did not appear on this album which left the fans with the question whether Warcloud is, or isn�t a member of Da Monstar Mob. Those questions got answered by an interview with Da monstar Mob who informed the fans that Warcloud will always be a Monstar Mobster. Warcloud did however appear on an early Monstar Mob project called �Operation Takeover� which leaked all over the internet and never got an official release till 2006. Warcloud appears on two tracks, �Blue Apples� and �Creepin�� where technically we can hear the first real �Old Jail Pajama Room� style cause the album was created during a period between 1998-1999.

In 2002 Warcloud's two first albums suddenly got sold over the internet,which immediately left the fans wanting more of Warcloud. Those two albums �Nightmares That Surface From Shallow Sleep� and �Smuggling Booze In the Graveyard� eventually had a re-release in 2006 with cover art on Chambermusik including a bonus track on each album. In between this period Warcloud kept himself busy working alongside his partner The Professional and appeared on 2 of his albums. �Pro�s Laboratory� was the first one which had it�s release over the internet in 2003. The album earned itself a very good name in deep underground hip-hop which was loaded with dark, raw beats by The Professional and Skarekrow, and guest appearances by Vulgar, Leviathan, Onslawt, Bootface and of course Warcloud. In 2005 The Professional released his short album �Hip-Hop Endurance� where we can hear Warcloud rhyme in his Alcatraz style. In 2004 Warcloud also appeared on Vulgar's album �Hammer Pattern�. Another great raw underground hip-hop release with Pro & Skarekrow productions. During 2005, Warcloud resurfaced from a hiatus to work on an album tentatively titled Hole in the Sky 2012 in the persona of Holocaust. Under his alias Alcatraz he made an appearance on The Professionals album �Hip-Hop Endurance� as on Contribution X�s �Gun�. In 2006 producer duo Blue Sky Black Death released "The Holocaust" with Warcloud making it the first 'officially' released album from Holocaust. Birth name Anthony Creston Brown.

OB4CL II Review (pt 2)

the silencer — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:58:20 GMT

12. Broken Safety
ft Jadakiss and Styles P
prod by Scram Jones

BANGER..the beat is SICK and Rae stomps and chomps it. �I�m forever zooted, crushed up glass I�m splashin through it�..
I honestly haven�t been feelin the Lox since their first album but Jadakiss is nice on here�Stlyes I hate his flow here but his last line is tight and the kung-fu samples all over this joint are wild..

4/5

13. Canal Street
prod by Icewater

plenty of shit going on in the beginning, basically serving as an interlude or break in the action..
it�s a good track with a good chorus (I was surprised at how ill pretty much all the choruses were on this album) but I could do without this track..

3/5

14. Ason Jones
prod by J-Dilla

oh man, what a track�starts off so wonderfully, like Rae is sittin back with a Bailey�s and a tokin a blunt just chillin and reflectin for a sec..
This is probably my favorite track on the album; it�s an elegiac classic of Rae payin respects to his fallen brother through DOPE and heartfelt lyrics on his own classic album and it�s produced by another fallen hip hop brother..
The Dirt Dog cuts are great and really this track solidifies the album for me. This is Wu right here.
�Russell Ason Jones I knew him for his braids and lessons�

5/5

15. Have Mercy
feat Beanie Sigel, Blue Raspberry
prod by Icewater

the smooth instru from the intro reappears and it�s a great track, Beanie�s is my favorite non-Wu guest spot on the album..
yet again, the Rae�s chorus is great..Blue Raspberry is aight

4/5

16. 10 Bricks
feat Cappadonna, Ghostface
prod by J-Dilla

16 tracks deep already, plenty of dope shit so far�and then you get THIS SHIT!? Some people complained about the length of this album but to me that�s one of the STRENGTHS of this album, it�s got depth, a deep roster of tracks�I feel like once you reach this point you�re startin to think it might be over soon and then this ridiculous joint pops up..
tied with Ason Jones for my favorite joint on the album, I love everything about it..another J-Dilla banger, Rae�s �blow killed the doctor� and he takes �baths with white women, lingerie see-thru�
the chorus is SICK, �knock the ash off the blunt, confront niggas who cunt�!!!
I�m sorry but I�m wild about this joint, I just really look forward to hearin this shit live at a concert.
Ghost is LIVE AS FUCK HERE!!!

5/5

17. Fat Lady Sings
prod by The Rza

Another track with a bunch of drama goin on in the beginning, again it�s like an interlude. Kind of a weird, unconventional instru from Rza here but once you soak it in it�s tight----Rae goes in with the bloody visuals of knockin out a Dread who�s tryin to sling in his area, cutting him up and then �You ain�t dead yet?�..
Track is brief but tight..

4/5

18. Catalina
feat Lyfe Jennings
prod by Dr. Dre

my least favorite track on the album�I find it hard to believe this is Dre, it�s such a simple, dare I say amateur beat. The melody is okay but the hi-hats splashin in make it sound so corny and jesus Lyfe Jennings is whackadocious�Doesn�t belong on this album..
Rae is Rae as always but it�s hard for me to listen to this track..

2/5

19. We Will Rob You
feat Gza, Masta Killa, Slick Rick (chorus)
prod by Justice

the beat is pretty simple and repetitive but it�s okay here cuz the emcees grab the spotlight..
crazy pictures painted by Rae and then The Genius (!) comes through�Masta Killa is okay and clarifies Rae�s infamous tongue-twist from the original album while also goin thru the supreme math, cool verse but has nothing to do with what everyone else is saying..

4/5

20. About Me
feat Busta Rhymes
prod by Dr Dre

�stay fly, hungry and wise/ you know the code, honor it�
DOPE head-nodder, this Dre beat is simple yet again but it works to perfection..Rae is hungry on it and spits fire in both verses and Busta is pretty ill..

4/5

21. Mean Streets
ft Inspectah Deck, Ghostface
prod by Mathematics

I could do without this track. This and Catalina are my least favorite joints on the album..
My problem with it is that the sample is just way to familiar by now and this ain�t even a good use of it�the drums are whack�
Rae's verse is good but I ain�t feelin Deck�s and Ghost�s too much..

3/5

22. Kiss the Ring
ft Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa
prod by Scram Jones

perfect ending�I feel like the opening stuff is a celebration of the album itself and it�s cool that New Wu is playing in the background.
With Ason Jones and 10 Bricks, this is one of my absolute favorites on the album. The beat is dope, Rae KILLS it, then Deck comes in and KILLS it, and then the Masta�

Masta Killa�s verse on this track is my favorite guest verse on the whole album (and that�s sayin a lot), it�s fuckin ill..Last verse on the album and he perfectly paints and summarizes the entire theme of the album just in this one brief verse.

5/5

OVERALL:
Beats 4/5
Lyrics 4.5/5

8.5 outta 10

OB4CL II Review (pt 1)

the silencer — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:57:18 GMT

this album is epic.
flat out. The buzz was humongous, Rae really did a masterful job of holding out makin everybody wait until the market was properly ripe and ready to receive this amazing album.. we saw all the interviews, we saw all the random YouTube videos of him just sayin "Cuban Linx 2, it's comin" and then walkin around Canada or someplace..

but when it finally hit, this shit made a major splash--deservedly so..

this is HIP HOP, this is bangin beats and raw lyrics. Matter fact, for as much attention as some of these beats are getting (Dilla's shine is incredible on the album, Rza came ridiculous with Black Mozart and New Wu) it is the LYRICS that truly define this modern classic.

I will say somethin else I don't think I've seen anyone mention yet and that's this: Rae finally gets his own shine here.. Some might disagree, but I feel like Rae has been underrated as FUCK by most Wu fans. Maybe not hip hop fans in general, cuz they see it as "oh well he released that classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" but as most Wu fans (in their right mind) see it, that album was mostly Rza and Ghost's shine. Rae was great on it but didn't take the spotlight even though it was really HIS album...his other albums are constantly shitted on and besides that he had never really gotten the deserved praise for being a slang master general lyrically, that mostly went to Ghost (or even Cappa)....well, Cuban Linx 2 is truly RAE's ALBUM.. he spits fire on every song, whether it's the ridiculous slang-drenched verses or he's vividly painting cinematic pictures: this is Raekwon's album and he gets his full shine on it..

and much respect to Raekwon for grabbin the torch and goin full force at the hip hop industry (a totally different scene nowadays) representing Wu to the fullest..I loved this quote from a recent interview:

"But honestly, I would do anything and everything to see my Clan on top. So I felt this was a job I had to take on in making this album. It was a must.�

enough of that, as for the product itself....

Album Cover:
peace to Wu-Corp's very own graphicist Sean for receiving the ultimate reward of having his work as THEE cover to Wu's biggest album in probably a decade. I think it pays homage well to the original but it's also got it's own thing goin for it with all this Purple, i really like the whole Purple theme to the artwork throughout and payin homage to the old purple cassette tape. The inside pic of Rae as a giant tied down in New York is sick but the pose pic of him holdin guns is hella corny. Reminds me of some G-Unit shit and he's even got the machine gun upside down so it might shoot him in the face..
the shit with Rza and the chainsaw is sick tho, is that from the New Wu video shoot?
(it also bears mentioning that there's a ton of misspellings and errors throughout the credits..they didn't list Ghost as featuring a couple times, left out Busta Rhymes...real sloppy shit that was surprising considering how long they had to put it all together)

1. Return of the North Star
ft Poppa Wu
prod by BT

great calm, smooth intro to a great album. Cool idea to set it off with the last lines of Pt 1.
I just love this line from Poppa Wu: �You didn�t let ME cheat you out ya money, shiiiit man, what?�
The switch up to the Have Mercy beat is sick, starts gettin you pumped for what�s about to come.

2. House of Flying Daggers
ft Inspectah Deck, Ghostface, Method Man, Gza (chorus)
prod by J-Dilla

honestly when this track first dropped I wasn�t that crazy about it and only listened to it maybe twice. Once I heard it on the album though I LOVED it. This is a Wu banger, cinematically-stringed marching stomp of raw hip hop. Rae spits that �live fly criteria�, INS sets it off crazy with a verse that sounds better with each listen, Ghost�s �train hat fits lovely�, and Meth surprises me---cuz I didn�t know he could still rap like that. And the ending is awesome, �I feel like my back�s broken!�

This is the perfect jump-off and perfectly, powerfully reasserts Wu�s name back into the scene for all those people who didn�t even realize they were still makin music until they got overcome by the flood OB4CL2 promotion and buzz�yep, they still make music and with this album they�re bringin HEAT..

PS: I also love the video for this track
5/5

3. Sonny�s Missing
prod by Pete Rock

okay so now it�s like, after his co-stars and Wu-brethren helped set things off with him, Rae jumps right into it�right into the vivid, Scorcese-movie style storytelling and lyrical picture-painting and image-scrawling.
I love this line, observin how the tied-up dude they�re interrogating was getting serious money by the sick sunglasses he had:
�I heard you copped a new beamer and them glasses is rough, they was the furlough joints, 18 karats, bought �em right in Brazil�
and then, once they�re shooting the guy
�Muddy Gucci joints on, them shits was 9 hun�ed, couldn�t wait to kill him, his son�s wanted it�
The scenes are ridiculous.
And even though the album has no skits, the chatter at the front and back of some the tracks, especially this one, works well. I love how all the voices are Rae�s

4/5

4. Pyrex Vision
prod by Marley Marl

Marley coming through with the smoothness�a brief, beautiful track with Rae in the kitchen bubblin up some drugs on the stove.

4/5

5. Cold Outside
ft Ghostface Killah and Suga Bang Bang
prod by Icewater

The Godfather Pt 2 sample is epic and I�m glad they used it on this album, always loved that scene and the music from it when the young Vito Corleone is walkin along the roofs of NY to go assassinate somebody. But, even though the beginning and end is pretty epic-sounding, I ain�t crazy about the beat itself.
Rae and Ghost�s verses are bananas, especially Ghost�s as he buggin the fuck out about the horrors he�s seeing in the world.

3.5/5

6. Black Mozart
feat Inspectah Deck
prod by The Rza

the transition from Cold Outside into this song is SICK with the sword-fighting craziness and this track is FIRE. Rza twirls the classic Godfather tune into an eerie organ banger and the two emcees are quite obviously hyped as FUCK from it, haven�t heard Inspectah Deck spit like this in ages!!!! Only thing I woulda hoped for is a Bobby Steels verse (and stay off the chorus) but it�s dope nonetheless, just as it is.

5/5

7. Gihad
ft Ghostface
prod by Necro

another banger with probably the second-best drums on the album behind the next song. Rae�s verse is wild and many of the lines have been stuck in my head ever since I first heard this joint. �We bought the crib next to Bill Clinton mother cuz she fuck with the Chinese� might be the funniest line on the album..
Really, this song reminds a lot of the track �The Game� when Rae/Ghost collabo�d with Pete Rock and Prodigy. It�s an absolute banger and the chorus sounds similar. Ghost�s verse is ridiculous----just ridiculous signature Ghost nasty shit.

5/5

8. New Wu
ft Method Man, Ghostface
prod by Rza

the bangin, melodic Rza-produced Wu banger that blew us all away when we first heard it and officially sparked the wick on the SERIOUS hype for CL2 (like "oh shit this album might seriously be awesome" hype).. Probably the best drums of any joint on the album and the track is hype as fuck, with a memorable chorus from Meth..

this track is a perfect example of what makes this album truly special and, for sure, something totally different than the first Only Built: Rae shines on this track lyrically IMO brighter than either guest (his flow, the ridiculous wordplay)�but every verse is sick, Ghost�s �inner strength flowin, mastered Chi Kung� line is wild and even though I�ve personally questioned Meth�s abilities and what he has left lately, he definitely came correct here. The Rza banger definitely hyped everybody up properly.

5/5

9. Penitentiary
ft Ghostface
prod by BT

RAGU dopeness..
The classic back-and-forth style from Wu�s duo is entertaining as hell on this track with a creative storyline and role-playing. Ghost is a prison guard who�s crooked and helping Rae (the prisoner) out, detailing how he�s gonna hide weapons in his breakfast.
The track is relatively brief, especially with the chorus repeated twice but the story ends great: it�s breakfast, Rae�s eating and he finds the stuff Ghost left for him in his grits, it�s a jailbreak and Rae�s people bust in �with blood in they eye like they ready to kill� and it�s over..

4/5

10. Baggin Crack
prod by Erick Sermon

Rae�s flow is off the hook on this one and the lyrics are, just as on most of this great album, crazy visual�the beauty of this album is the plentitude of colorful pictures painted all over it..

4/5

11. Surgical Gloves
prod by Alchemist

I ain�t as crazy about this track as some of the other CL2 enthusiasts. The beat is pretty good but to my ears this is one of the weaker tracks on the album..Rae�s second verse is a gem though:
�gold tuba from Bermuda in my livingroom spreads�

3/5

On it

.5KutSkeleton — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:21:18 GMT

It's funny how you never know who you are talking to until you really get to know them. My friend Sekmet introduced me to performing and I'm into it now. We talkin mics, albums, tours, the whole nine. She's read some of my work here on Wu-Corp and she even supports the idea of a self-published book. Just think, I met this woman when I worked at Cricket (yeah, I know...) trying to cell her a phone. My next Earthly vessel will have to be an artist. :spin:
So I'm spreading my wings a lil as a grown person. Lease, bills all in my name. Seems like a small thing, but how many of us really have our own? For so long I've followed another mind's advice and nothing came of it. My plans are bearing fruit as I said, and I can't complain. Next up is my own PC, then music programs.School starts for me in January (I will be a teacher in a few years) and I even have a multi-media project in the works.
Get at me for one stop shoppin on the creative word side. Idea man, wordsmith, and soon to be poet laureate. Damn my life is startin to look good. All I need right now is a b....nevamind, I got a fifth here with me. I'm good.
Peace.

Untitled

Danny Fubu — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:39:39 GMT

You's a blog-lookin-ass bitch.

Quit tryin to stare at another dude's blog like some kind of soft faggot and go do youur 120, you derelict ho.

Mighty Healthy

.5KutSkeleton — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:24:52 GMT

All seeds bear fruit....mine are growing. I see the small shoots push through the soil and I see their strength. My harvest will be mighty healthy....my connections will be up soon and the enemies of WuCorp Army will feel my blade. Even farmers take up the sword to defend their land. I am no different.

Take heed.

Stop

GhettoGnom — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:41:25 GMT

Logic and individuality is lost.
It's like either loyalty blocks every individual opinion or thought you should've had, or, you just want to be cool by following a hype or rebelling against a hype like there's no in-between.
The truth shall set you free, therefore I hope you realize this and stop it.

Thank you for your attention :)

A Nice Smoothie

RzaRectum — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:23:11 GMT

Dear Diary

I ran across this deliciously disgusting site and had to write about it. These hot chicks get to make their favorite smoothie's and use specky-special instrumentation to pour their favorite drinks... in their ass. And then drink it. It looks so marvelous and delightful!
Can it be so simple?

Perhaps I will try one it one day, but I don't want to drown my own pet gerbil. Gawd forbid, I would miss him..

http://www.thirdpartyporn.com/asssmoothie/index.html
(^I'll just leave this link here for future reference ;D )

Chosen

.5KutSkeleton — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:05:26 GMT

I remember reading a scripture that said something like "do not yoke yourselves with unbelievers" and the holy text of Islam says something similar. Take stock of the ones you associate with. Where are they going? Are they pets on a wheel running this ridiculous rat race? Are they mighty gods destroying the negativity in their cipher and rebuilding the positive? Are they real, fake, or scared?
Too many in my life are fake and scared. The powers that be study psychology, marketing, and methods of manipulation. Tools and keys to our inner workings seem arcane and borderline "crazy" to the common people.

THERE IS NOTHING COMMON ABOUT US.

Enslaved and subjugated to continuing torture and cultural manipulation, we built the world being poisoned. We laid the foundation and let others dictate how our resources should be allocated. We allow others to drain our communities of funds, talent and what used to be called "soul".
Are we happy being the slaughtered sheep? In some ways we are. In the Matrix, the character "Cipher" chose to be decieved rather than to face the truth. Many of us do this unconciously in our lives. In my darker moments I lament that "ignorance is bliss".
One of my brothers heard me express this and asked me in return, "What is better, ignorance on fire or knowledge on ice?".

The splinter is there in the back of my mind, I can feel it. It keeps me from enjoying the brainwashing we call "entertainment", it keeps me from feeling happiness in situations others would give a lot to experience.
I know that in my ignorance there can be happiness, all I have to do is let go.

I can't.

The other problem is the removal of said splinter. I know that itz absence will only benefit me, but the removal is so painful. Not only in the physical sense, but in the social sense as well.
Who likes not having "friends"? Who enjoys being alone? I long for the deep spiritual connection that is possible between a man and woman. I long for the company of my brothers in their right minds.
Many will be called, fewer will be chosen.
As the chosen (I am Chosen because I choose to be in my right mind) we are few and we must be strong.

As parents (and Gods and Earths) we will weep for our children and not ourselves...

Can I get a Letter?

.5KutSkeleton — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:38:59 GMT

I'm constantly surprised by the ignorance of others. I shouldn't be; my parents used to tell me that common sense wasn't common at all. I don't knock kings that deal with ignorant queens (how can I when mine boasts that she's so hood and a thug to boot?) but it's an excercise in patience. How can you overstand the kernels I'm trying to feed you if the written word is foreign to your mentality? KNOWLEDGE IS FREE. So what if you've been to college? Knowing how to spit nonsense to your so-called professors does not make one intelligent. A sheepskin is not a measure of enlightenment. If you have a doctorate but can't recognize the truth of life as it stares you in the face, who is the real idiot?
My daughter just turned two and she can sing along with most of the dumb-ass songs on the radio already! Thanks, Memah and wife...funny thing is, she can sing along with most of Wu-Tang Forever and GZA's Grandmaster CD too!
Did we forget that Wu-Tang is for the babies? What are we REALLY teaching them? We are their heroes, their examples, their makers and shapers.
The same applies to our women.
"As a man sees himself, so shall he be."
Your mental image of yourself is reflected in many ways in life.
Take a look at yourself...

Pain equations

LHX — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:14:36 GMT

pressure causes nerves to be exposed

when these nerves are struck it is painful

pain is a sign that something is out of place and requires healing

healing is the process of repairing something to a state where it is once again able to handle pressure

frustration may be a sign that there is something wrong with self rather than something being wrong with an external circumstance

a good relationship requires give and take from all elements involved

elements that take too much will eventually get merked
elements that give too much will eventually exhaust themself

The Most Important Information You Could Read

Mumm Ra — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:25:35 GMT

-The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
Building is an American flag.
- Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
- All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month.
- A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened
- Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
-The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
- The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture
element.'
- Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal
category.
- Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
- The average ear of corn has eight-hundred kernels arranged in sixteen
rows.
- The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
-Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that
tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint
plant call Diamond Star.
- On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of
Independence Hall is 4:10.
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
-Almonds are members of the peach family.
- If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total
is 5050
-The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
- The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded
into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it
got "the whole 9 yards."
- The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.
- The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
- Duddley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse."
-Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet
came into veiw. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.
Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered
trademark of AT&T.
The first hard drive available for the Apple ][ had a capacity of
5megabytes.
In many cases, the amount of storage space on a recordable CD is
measured in minutes. 74 minutes is about 650 megabytes, 63 minutes is
550 megabytes.
Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real
brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is
number 47. Until August 7, 1953, congress forgot to vote on a
resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have
$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without
being
able to make change for a dollar.
Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one
at a time.
The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific
Ocean
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is
Flint, Michigan.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
On the cartoon show 'The Jetsons', Jane is 33 years old and her
daughter Judy is 15.
In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person
who has a speaking role.
Only humans and horses have hymens.
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English
language.
The state with the longest coastline in the US is Michigan.
We will have four consecutive full moons making two blue moons in 1999
(January 2 and 31, March 2 and 31.) The only other time it happened
this
century was in 1915 (January 1 and 31, March 1 and 31.)
Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's
salaries.
Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation , was played by
six different cats.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston.
The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California...
The 'y' in signs reading "ye olde.." is properly pronounced with a 'th'
sound, not 'y'. The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman
occupied (present day) England use the rune "thorn" to represent "th"
sounds. With the advent of the printing press the character from the
Roman alphabet which closest resembled thorn was the lower case "y".
The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977)
is 3263827.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and
ends with the letters "und."
The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the
production of Guinness beer.
If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but
more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.
Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus.
The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are
radioactive-so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear
reactor.
In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government
recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum)is
in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck
Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to badmouth Yeager
claiming they need someone who went to college. During the
conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is
standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed
low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in
"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford
English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwh
enuakita
natahu, a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,
"L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were
caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked
for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million.
There are 22 stars surrounding the mountain on the Paramount Pictures
logo.
Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which
occurs six times: Indivisibility.
In most advertisments, including newspapers, the time displayed on a
watch is 10:10.
The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is
'angstschreeuw'.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he
was sewn up after surgery.
The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.
The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was
"Smile".
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order.
Geller and Huchra have made three-dimensional maps of the distrubution
of galaxies. In each layer of the map some galaxies are grouped
together in such a way that they resemble a human being.
Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The second longest word in the English language is
"antidisestablishmenterianism".
When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel
= motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a
"portmanteau."
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's
assassin John Wilkes Booth ... and whose shame created the expression
for ignominy, "His name is Mudd."
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same
pattern of whiskers.
In 1969, the last Corvair was painted gold.
The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith
Fore.
Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside
sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her
basement.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book
'The Naked Lunch'.
Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's
Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who
fathered over 160 children.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten
words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he,
in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
Canola oil is actually grapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada
for marketing reasons.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the
stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered
blood donors.
John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was
the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."