I wrote a song about a month ago as we were putting the finishing touches to recordings we had done for my upcoming EP. The song's title is "Change". It was just a little vibes that turned into a bit of a tune;-). Anyway, once the song was recorded I felt a great sense of release that has only come with a very few of tunes I have written. To be a vessel of words, sound and power can sometimes be spiritually exhausting hence the sense of release I speak of. However, this song stayed with me a lot longer than I thought it would, partly due to the mood on the streets of London (and UK). As I watched the riots unfold, more and more i started to connect with these same words I had just written down. Here is a quick sample of the song.....
"Theres a new breeze i can feel a change coming in the air
the leaves are on the ground, but summers only just appeared
as I look to the sky the sun got a different kinda glare
as i look into the eyes of the youth i see no more fear......
"...Change dont come in a day
but everytime the whole world spin around we going somewhere
As the seasons change we'll find a way
But just remember change wont come in a day...."
The song will be released as part of my upcoming EP in either late September or October, as I feel it necessary to release it post Ethiopian new year. Over the past few years as I have observed and lived and written songs, one of the things I have noticed is how alienated young people feel. Yeah, yeah, I know everyone talking is about that now on all the news channels, but I ask myself why it has taken this ting to happen for elders to sit up and take notice.
I had an (friendly) argument with one of my rasta elders as to why little real efforts were being made as a unit to connect with the yout's on the wrong side of the poverty line, it's not the responsibility of the old to guide the young. We can't rely on them people in power to provide funding and youth centres when they're busy trying to fill us wit propaganda and fight or their bullshit causes. Lets take care of ourselves. Anyway let me not go in too deep, I could go on 4eva on that subject.
If you wanna hear me and my brethren ramble on more about this type of thing stay tuned to this page or more to come.
Anyway to link this reasoning back to the song.... Change takes time and effort. We just have to (truly) will it and it will manifest. Now is the time, the time is now etc.... anyway I have taken a break for a while in terms of releasing material. So now is the time for... "Change". Look out for it over the upcoming weeks and stay tuned into the website and the blogspot.
"....As the seasons change we'll find a way
But just remember change wont come in a day...."
Peace and Love
Vibes and Pressure
N
...so the events of last week has played heavily on my mind.
I sat down to write this about 6 times but each time I just stared at the computer screen and there were so many words that my fingers just could not move quick enough.
Every1 been talking about the Riots. But more and more I am starting to wonder what exactly talking achieves. Everyone talking about the looters, Every1 talking about these hooligans, everyone talking about jobless, lazy young people. Some people talking about organization amongst the gangs, some people talking about revolution, some people talking about rubber bullets and the army, hardly any1 talking about Mark Duggan, some people talking about the racsism in this country, a few more people talking about the poverty line.... anyway there's a whole heap of talking going on.
So I thought I'd just Listen!
Prior to listening I was observing!
I stood observing with my two feet planted on Tottenham High Road, yet ready to move when the "fire" got "too hot". How I came to be in Tottenham on that same night is pure coincidence, but that's another story. Even though my heart was racing and palms were sweating, what I saw that night didn't surprise me one bit. I know it sounds mad but there is no effect without cause and the yout's been crying out 4 a while, for the past ten years I been writing songs about my generation and our youngers.... as i say cause and effect.
However what did surprise me was the willingness to destroy our own shops and houses as opposed to the buildings that symbolize babylon. All I can speak of are the frontline brothers I saw at 1am, charred from fire sprayed out by the chopper, wounded from armshousing police officers. That night I saw a wild angry freedom in the eyes of "the rioters". I was there late when there were no more looters, the only ones left were the ones not there 4 free trainers.The only ones left just wanted to lick down them same police that stop and search them. The only ones left were the "angry voice of the youth" crew, not the "free trainers" crew. Black and White united through poverty aiming all their frustrations, anger, burning sticks and stones at the modern-day human symbol of western oppression - The riot police!
The second thing that surprised me was the little action taken by the police, especially to stop the looters. However, as time has continued on its constant path that surprise soon turned into "of course, I should have known....". I think we all have our different theories on the (non)action taken by the police. I'll reserve my opinion for a song maybe one day.
What sticks out the most in my head from that night in Tottenham wasn't actually the burning eyes of the rioters, but instead a burning police van. I stood there staring at this burning police van, and as I looked into the flames my reality shifted. Growing up in London in fear of the police as a yout'man I never thought I would be standing next to a burning police van. Fire does a crazy thing to the spirit, so I guess part of me understands why nuff man took to the streets over the next few days, after seeing the streets ablaze. My good friend was down Pembury estate the next day and his experience was similar in that where he was there was no looting, just people there ready fi war with the feds. Street-soldiers. No interest in tiefing out likkle trainers and TV.... shame on us. There were soldiers out there ready to bun fire on babylon, and let their voices be heard in the same language that is used against them: violence, the language of oppression used all over the world... meanwhile all some people wanna do is take some bullshit material things. Now what voice do these yout' have? Do they not need to be heard?
As long as there is oppression abroad and in your own back yard the streets will be hot, as long as the police keep killing people and getting away with it the streets will be hot, as long as you keep stopping and searching with prejudice the streets will be hot, as long as you get richer while the poor man stay suffering the streets will be hot, as long as you stay the same as you are the streets will be hot!
As for now I am still listening, refusing to cast judgement, meditating and trying to get a grip on what is to come. I wrote a song called "change" a few weeks before the riots, so it is about time I put something out for these hot streets and those observing from their houses. Look out for it over the next coming month.
Peace and Love
Vibes and pressure
N
What is the connection between creation and water? Because wat I am now coming to terms with is that ALL life comes from water. Before i never really overstood the concept of life, now i see it as not just something that is breathing, but something that has feelings and energy.
Water has feelings, memory and energy.
I just watched a documentary on water and it blew my mind. It is a russian documentary and is very well-produced. One of the researchers was later found out to be not quite all he says he is, but the rest of the people talking all seem to be on point, including nobel prize-winners, scientists etc... ie not just your usual internet spiritual crusaders.
This documentary really made me think about the water we drink(out of bottles and tap) If water has a sense of life about it... ie it has memory and feelings, how do u think it feels after travelling from a big"purification" plant via old taps with horrible right angles(water suppose to flow like a river) and then out of the tap in my flat. I would imagine that it feels pretty shit. Basically how you test how water feels is by freezing it and examining the crystals under microscope. But wat has even more more of an effect on the water than its journey, in fact what affects the energy-state of water more than any other factor....US. Yeah you and me (not the usa). There are so many examples given in the documentary of water changing its energy-state based on such small things like giving love and thanx. Even playing music to water can make it happy. The way you can tell if water is happyt or not is by how the crystals form when frozen quickly after receiving the emotional info. Crystals look pretty and symmetrical when happy and look horrible when they feel horrible. Anyway this "energy" that the water has is being killed off by these plastic bottles and pipes, however the water is not dead, so from now on i will be singing "sweet songs of melodies pure and true" and giving love and thanks b4 i drink my glass of water.
Anyway hope every1 out there doing good, just done a wicked show in holland... Bigups to Duketown!!
check out the documentary here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d20NrDX9Es&feature=related
Peace and Love
vibes and Pressure
Natty
So I’m sitting here staring at this census form, yeah i know its old news but why they keep ringing my door bell at crazy times to get me to fill it out!!!
Anyway i was thinking with all the crazy stuff going on in the world ‘they’ and when I say ‘they’ I mean the so called ‘powers that be’ whoever or whatever they might be, ‘they‘ want me to tell them a whole leap of information about who I am who I know and where I go!!
Now considering they spend much of their time watching what we're doing in CCTV heaven(hell) why do they now feel its ok to come ask me to my face for even more information about me. And when i don't promptly respond they knock on my front door on sunday evening to try catch me!!! If they wanna know about what services in the community they should go into those communities and come take a look cause I’m sure it aint hard to work out. But I thought there was no money for services and such so what are we having a say in? the fantasy world of services we might like if things were better.
But I guess it cause ‘were all in this together’ yeah right.
Basically were living in a time where most of us have disclosed so much personal information that I wonder whether its gotten to the point where getting a intrusive form like this in the post (or ringing my doorbell) even matters anymore. If they want to know anything about us they only need go online to access the vast amounts of information that we have left behind and the trail clearly leads right back to us, so now its gotten to the point where the feel its ok to just demand this information from us, apparently this form is compulsory and if its not completed then they wanna fine us. Now I’m thinking the fact your demanding this from me with a fine attached if I don’t give you what you want, there must be some dodgy reason behind a mass census bearing in mind I don’t really remember ever doing one before.
I don't get it! Is this is an experiment in social obedience? if you want to know how obedient a society is then you set up a form and tell people they have no choice but to complete it, cause for real who wants to give the government in these times more money they don’t really have.
They are marketing it as a opportunity for people to have a say in their communities on how money is spent on services and I’m like really?? Isn’t that the job of the person we vote as councillors or those we apparently vote into government to make those decision cause they have been doing it that way for as long as I remember but now all of a sudden they want our opinion. They didn’t listen when we said don’t go to war, they didn’t listen when we said don’t raise tuition fees, they didn’t listen when we said all these cuts and big society shit is all to line their pockets, they have even but now all of a sudden they wanna listen!
Ok, thanx 4 listening to me moan, but i needed to get that off my chest, they know where i live anyway so who cares wat i say right. Anyway on a positive note and a ps to all those waiting for the next album. we have completed recording half of it and have been recording now 4 about 4/5 weeks. so we shall have the other half dun by end of may. with a release to follow shortly. anyway take care 4 now.
Peace and Love
Vibes and pressure
Vibes and Pressure is the philosophy and theory on which I, Natty live my life. Another way to see it would be creation and application.
Vibration is the source of creation on every level, from atoms to art. Sound is vibration, hence my tool is music. Pressure is the right amount of force needed carry the creation through. For me one can't exist without the other, otherwise there would be sparks of creativity flying everywhere but no creations.
I believe that in any situation, personal or professional, a little vibes and pressure will see you through it, righteoussly. From this theory comes a movement. A collective conscious that recognises the need to be in tune with positive vibrations, and the need to apply a positive pressure.
Through the arts is where we find our voice, tapping into the right vibes and with the right amount of pressure, we really believe we can make a difference. So as a group not only do we create using the arts, but we try and provide a platform for positive people to get their voice heard. We put on gigs, community events and programmes, put up blog pages etc etc. Our Goal is to create a better present and future. Through our collective voice -that we express through our creativity- we can spread a vibration of truth, and through the right amount of pressure we can break down the neccessary doors to get our voice heard.
The world we are living in is changing. Yes change is the only constant but these times we are living in right now is different. I believe there is a type of spritual and conscious change which is unique to are times. Is this cos of 2012??? I'd say partly. It is no coincidence that people are talking about time speeding up, the earths magnetic fields in disarray, the mayan calendar etc at the same time when everyone is asking questions about the powers that be. More than ever now people are starting to believe in what they used to call "conspiracy theories" or fighting the system with publications or youtube broadcasts. what was once secret knowledge or unspoken truths are now in every ones mind. Nobody I know now belives the twin towers were actually bought down by a group of "islamic radicals." Whereas even a few years ago those same people may have been anti-war but they still understood why the english and americans started invading these countries. The truth is out there and it is now so easily accessible. And people are learning about this stuff more rapidly by the day. Also in science the level of progression is so much more than even a couple of years ago. The technical knowledge is accelerating so fast that sooner or later we will start asking real questions. And capitalism wont be able keep a lid on these technological advances to serve their greedy pockets, like they have been doing. The advances being made in technical fields such as maths and physics have led to the top guys in these fields talking in the language of quantum. Through theories such as entanglement even the scientists are now saying things like "we are all connected/we are all one." Also the religious institutions are crumbling, people are generally starting to accept a more spiritual angle. Don't get it twisted the church and mosque will continue to thrive for a while, and as long as the bombs are falling and injustice is served the youts in the middle east will continue to embrace the ways of the Jihad. But still there is a wave of consciousness creeping over this planet. Thats not to say people are rejecting the religion, but just looking at the institutions with a crooked eye.
Anyway, sooner or later all the hidden lies we are fed aren't gonna be hidden no more, which means the methods they use to control us ain't really gonna mean shit to us no more.
I've heard it said that every living thing has a kundalini, and so do planets, and around 2012 is when the earths kundalini will shift (if it hasn't already). This, along wit the shift in the stars that we face mean many things apparently. Me I dunno wats goin on or even wats gonna happen but I feel myself having my own spiritual awakening, and I know quite a few people that are too. Is this something to do with the times that we are living... yeah, maybe.
All I know is that shit is changing and I'm glad I'm alive now.
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