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The Root of Reggae

4/21/2022

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The Soja Grammy win has white folks so angry at the responses from Jamaicans and black people, some telling me that they sad because "we" made it about color

If it ain't color, what the fuck is it about?

White people always trying to be the victim of all things... smfh

White people are always hurt when doing black things don't give them the acceptance that they seek, I believe because their focus isn't ever about reggae, but more about defending their whiteness.  Defending their automatic privilege

If it is a reggae conversation, I feel like black and white reggae people come up with the same answers to the same solutions of social justice

But we do not

NO BLACK JAMAICAN, REGGAE ARTIST WILL EVER RECEIVE WHAT WHITE SOJA RECEIVED BY WINNING A GRAMMY

That is a fact for black people, why isn't it a fact seen by all?

There is no argument at the origins of jazz, rock and roll or reggae

This is all black music

As the years progress, all parts of the world play these genre to varying degrees and many play these songs very well whether from Asia or Europe

No matter how good they play this music, it is still about learning from, and copying a black culture

The music is accepted on its merits and a hit tune touches everyone so man like Gentleman and Albarosie, who make great music don't seem to get the flack that Soja has received.  Their music, feels a lot like reggae energy

The Grammys are a Caucasian controlled market, by Caucasian record labels, selling to Caucasian audiences

We as a reggae culture give the racist entity too much credence.  Too much respect

Their job is to sell white bands to white audiences, which is a common sense business model to maintain profitability as their white audience is a loyal one

They will not sell a black Jamaican artist to said white audience because that white audience might reject that artist, no matter how good their work is, cause the artist is not white... they cannot relate to black interpretation of struggle

White people like to feel comfortable among themselves

They are uncomfortable hanging out where there are too many niggers

In my forty sixth year in Canada, it is clear from my journeys, a black audience dances with black audiences as whites dance with whites when it pertains to reggae music

What we are fully aware of, is that the Grammys, a white culture, will not give this kind of sales opportunity to a black band from Jamaica.  They will maintain that white audience with white reggae representing them

Sure, I'm racist

What the fuck ever!!!

We "reggae people" look at Jamaica and see no growth in reggae schools, putting instruments in the hands of Jamaican children, growing the culture

We do not see any vinyl pressings plants in the country that has some of the most vinyl-recording artists; and while white men trade and sell vintage tunes and make thousands of dollars off said sales, black Jamaicans end up dying broke.  The vinyl market makes millions among white and Japanese people, but the black artists?  Not so much!

Outside of Rebel Salute, why aren't there more concerts held in Jamaica?  Why are your biggest reggae concerts held in Europe?

It is about color

You just don't like being called on it

It is about the degradation that Jamaicans still unfortunately are subjected to by corrupt, governmental powers since 1962, as colonial lackeys forever under this abusive colonial yoke that birthed this music.  Empathetic reggae fans of all colors know these abusive histories

The Grammys protect their own

They are doing business for their white markets, while in the land of reggae, we watch the constant abuse of the people of that country and no upliftment and even greater, the constant in-fighting of reggae people

The Grammys can't solve black man issues nor should they be expected to but reggae people can see the reggae issues plaguing the citizens of Jamaica, the root of reggae music and we, nuh matta what color, should be addressing this brutal and corrupt culture encouraged by Jamaica's own governments since '62

No black man, not named Marley, is palatable to white people

A suh dem set de ting

There is no question that the Marley family has exceptionally gifted artists in Ziggy, Stephen and Damian but the Grammys are still a white man ting as is the music industry really but they have ZERO credibility with me as reggae aficionados.  They stink!

Yes, as a black man, I do write from a black perspective based in the consistent abuses and insults from colonizers black and white whose common agenda it is to belittle black people as is clearly evidenced through their treatment within the colony historically

One love, one heart

This is not happening in this world but getting the words out is me releasing my own cry

A single voice

Nuff black, experienced, reggae people disagree with my stance but as reggae heads, sons and daughters of the Most High, we speak the truths that we see and feel

My own narrative

Not the bullshit one that they expect me to accept

The root of reggae is Jamaica and it is being deliberately decimated by the governments of the country over several decades.  Before you argue, take a look at the real histories of the babylon shutting down dances all over the island on orders by the government for over a decade now.  "The root of the dancehall" is the dance itself

There are not enough music schools for Jamaican children, nor music scholarships to encourage the talent that is inherently within the people

Jamaica should be exporting reggae and benefiting from such profits but that isn't happening because of the corrupt "leaders"

Again, festivals and concerts are a natural in a place where tourists come anyway.  Where are these concerts that grow the Jamaican economy?

This isn't the responsibility of Soja for those hurt by black man's response

This is an overall "reggae responsibility"

The racist color thing is real and black man is expected to accept it

I won't

The Soja win brings this response.  It is about color on the Grammy side protecting Caucasian profits yet for this black man, I'm talking about elevating the "root" of this culture

We, black people, know that we do not have the opportunities that Soja have.  If black people know this, shouldn't we all know this?

If you touch reggae, the "Reggae defender" that I am will rise and speak truths whitey won't print in their media

One love, one heart, one destiny is a common phrase used by all but we are nowhere close

I listened to the Soja, Grammy winning album, "Born in Babylon" and liked it.  Big love to the band and their music

Fuck the Grammys

I'm still adamant about the other points in this piece.  Elevate the root of reggae that is in Jamaica so that we may elevate the music as well as the psyche of the planet.  This is what Jamaicans were born to do.  We must put a stop to the corrupt, governmental, colonial lackeys from blocking and abusing Jamaican citizens.  The black colonizer is far more abusive than his white master and punish the population on the island mercilessly while a white band win a "reggae" award

I feel like we as reggae people need to examine and elevate the whole game cause this matrix leaves many, many queries to Jamaican / reggae abuse.  Everyone, including I, need to rise

Nah sah, mi nah accept dat a rass claat

Grammy clown dem a mek dem Grammy money

Reggae needs and wants a more humane route for the root

When I speak of "root", I'm speaking of soulhahs like Benjy Myaz, one of our most gifted musicians, jazz, R&B, reggae, dancehall, whatever you need

Says 6 hours / day, including performance and rehearsal, 6 days / week for 12 years!!!!  He worked the plantation for 12 years at hotel gigs

He played with Toots, Sly & Robbie, Jimmy Cliff and a host of many

Between the plantation work, writing his own tunes, producing in the studio and performing, I'm not sure I know of a more knowledgeable candidate who feels this music, who is a better "root"

There are more, just like Benji on the island, that we need to shine to the world as the root of this great music

Protect the roots of the reggae tree

If we don't all see this, that is my definition of "the problem"

The culture is being deliberately decimated

We do not need the Jamaican government to protect reggae

Reggae has its people

You are it's people

Give the root the same opportunity to earn like the leaves and branches is my idea of the fucking problem

Not that Soja is white

Reggae souljahs must protect the reggae root

Honor the root properly and the tree will flourish

That's my argument 
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The Judas Factor ~ An Easter Parable

4/14/2022

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As Easter rolls around, I thought that I'd tell my take on the parable of the last supper as it pertains to everyday life

For the non-religious and folks not into the church thing, the quick story is, we children of God are to be thankful for the Christ sacrificing his life for humanity, for He loved us so much.  That's the gist of the story anyway and He rose (came back to life on the third day, was seen by a few folks and then up, "He rose" into Heaven), hence the long weekend...lol

Before all of the dying and the rising, Jesus gathered His twelve disciples for His last supper and among the things He told them, "One of you has betrayed me" to which all of them denied it but Jesus knew already that it was Judas, rumored to be the disciple he loved most.  His best friend

I took mental notes as youth in Sunday School as well as Bible study and as I have learned in my personally limited experiences, I try to grasp the teachings

Lesson 1:  Out of every thirteen people I meet, one of them is Judas!

We continue...

After the Christ was captured, they asked a few of the disciples if they knew Him or were affiliated with Him and each of them denied Him.  They asked each one, not once, not twice but thrice and they denied the Christ all three times

Lesson 2:  The essence of Judas is in every person that we meet and probably within all of us given the right or the wrong set of circumstances

Christians say constantly, Jesus is love and I see where this must be a truth.  Though His love, He is able to easily see deceit and betrayal in the souls of all around Him

Love

Love is not blind

Love can easily feel {see} love coming from family and friends as well as from pets and love can easily feel it when someone doesn't love you, especially when they are close to you.  You may not be able to explain it, but you can always feel it

The Judas factor is happening in all aspects of life

Love

Arm yourself in love.  Real love.  You will clearly see who honors you as well as those who mean you no good

Your instincts are a part of your "love antenna" and they are never wrong.  We sometimes argue with these instincts of ours but they are always right, even if we don't listen.  Love puts those antenna out to defend the host... constantly

You are responsible for your own love; of nurturing and building loving energies so one moves in a more honorable path and suss out the fake folks and skin teet energy

Your love will highlight all the Judas's you will come into contact with

Lesson 3:  Love must guide my path as honorably as I can live in it, in every aspect of my life so that my instincts, my "love antenna" may work properly in living my best life

This as usual is written from my own feel... not meant to be a guide for anyone but myself, so as you may disagree, this is fine, please go and live your path

Amen 

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Living In Love

4/11/2022

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I was asked about my deep affections for my ex-wife and how it would affect any future relationships negatively, like some feel that I need to "get over" loving her

I believe the persons asking the question felt that the feelings I had / have for her is hindering future relationships and one even said that it would be unfair for a future partner to compete for those affections and that I needed to get over such feelings for her

One female friend pointed out that the break up with my ex, screwed it for all other women since the split

I also suspect lots of folks would share such sentiments in this insecure energy currently on this planet.  Our need for ownership is ingrained in all of us.  It is my personal experience that, in most relationships, we "own" our mates

"My man"

"My girl"

I feel now that is unhealthy thinking in our society cause nothing "belongs" to anyone on a physical plane even if your have a legal deed for the land, house, car, slaves on a plantation... nothing is "owned" but we are indoctrinated into this divisive energy with no map to get out of

I fell victim to that thinking the she was "mine" and got a rude awakening when reality set in and she was no longer mine

What happens then?

Deeeeeeeeeeppp despair.  That's what!  And as I wallowed through this painful realization that I was never going to have her again, the hot lava of sorrow melted down deep in my soul

What was I going to do?

Then it happened

The sunshine got let in through the dark curtain of deep sorrow

No matter whether she was with me or not, I can still love her.  The memories of lived experiences from our past are beautiful today because they were beautiful then

I can love her for my whole life even if I have another partner and I will.  My new partner ovastands and encourages that love, not intimidated by it, knowing my depth of love is hers to explore as well and create a secure and honestly loving bond.  She does not have to stop loving past relationships for me either

Love is good in all forms

One's depth of love is truly individual so it is impossible to guage when we all have our own fantasies / illusions of what love is / means

I think that my love is eternal as well as ethereal and will survive when my physical essence has expired

Without her physically in my space does not hinder my spirit nor my zest for life.  I find myself able to love more honestly and freely without the hangups of neediness or ownership

Living in love must have some hard truths one must try to face as well as to live

Love is nice

Love is always worth finding and keeping

Love is nice to share in your close circles and then sometimes, to total strangers

I think it is necessary for many to elevate in love based on the abuses by those who rule this world, as it shifts the consciousness in ways that cannot be controlled

Love cannot be controlled

This isn't about "war" which is how we are easily distracted nor is it about fighting, it is about loving and giving it freely

No fight

No fuss

Just love 



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Reggae and Humanity

4/8/2022

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Some white people butt hurt about the loud, angry, aggressive response of many black people about the Soja, Grammy win and think it is about hating white people and the typical Karen response is to cry about it and make it about their white hurt

This is how one removes the "friends" of the black and Reggae community, separating ourselves from those who make it about their whiteness.  These karens do expose their lack of knowledge and more importantly, lack of empathy for the African descent souljahs who created their own music, their own sound, a place for a black man / woman to wail about the european / white abuses from slavery to present

Karen cries about her / his whiteness

Karen does not love me or my people.  She / he loves the culture, the notoriety she / he can get from the culture but no empathy for the journey of reggae through the expression of black man degradation

When Marley, Spear, Tosh, past and present reggae souljahs sing / speak, it is of lived abusive experiences still happening across the entire world and in Jamaica, the mandigo spirit is deep within many of the population and the fires of freedom and pride is always ablaze within

We fight on, even as babylon attempts to constantly trample black man pride

If Karen cared, she / he would not cry so hard when many of us seem so affronted by a reggae win by the children of the colonizer

Karen worries about what Putin and Russia are doing to the people of the Ukraine but no love or interest for what Ukranian, Romanian and Polish soldiers and authorities are doing to the black people at the borders of these countries.  They do not care that my children aren't protected like the white children

Karen don't care about me

If Karen was so into humanity and love for the world and for black humans, you might hear him / her speak of such degradation to black children but Karen don't care for me or mine

Soja gets props from other credible, reggae, black reggae artists who have traveled a twenty year reggae journey with these white brothers and their respect for Soja is real

I have no hate for Soja

I believe in the love of RasTafari and the true brotherhood of man and my black degradation is front and center of my psyche and as a reggae man, I do not see this music, Soja, relating to me in any way.  I do not feel that soulful groove prevalent in the music and Reggae culture since its inception

Africans dance the colonizer abuse away.  We dance for and with our ancestors.  We feel our music.  I do not feel Soja music

Fuck these Karens in I n I culture who benefit from the loving energies of inclusiveness by African children and turn around and make it about their white hurt

Because I cuss and swear and am quite angry at times, the love of reggae, the love for humanity, the pride in my mandigo spirit will speak my truths no matter how many white friends I end up losing

They were never friends

The humans, who are in my circle with true love, care about the corruption and abusive gun crime in Jamaica, in Toronto and shared knowledge of the colonizer abuses to Native humans and that brotherhood I share with these friends are deep and everlasting

Both mothers of my children are white and I have great love and pride in both of them as women and mothers of my children.  I am blessed with how my children love their moms and are guided by their attentive mummy-love for all of my babies

Yeah, "I have white friends" yet I can and must speak a stronger speak to elevate the spirit of this civilization that that we must all endure

My issue isn't "reverse racism" as karens point out and admit to their own natural racist behaviors

Empathy

Reggae is a love and freedom music and all of its souljahs are truly connected globally in all races.  We feel and love each other no matter color of skin.  The love for humanity is a common bond among all I n I reggae idrin and sistrin around the globe

Our love for each other is real

Karen does not know reggae when he or she complains of hurt.  They shine a racist spotlight which is difficult to miss

I must address this so the real ones know the deal

Reggae nor RasTafari is about hate

I am reggae and RasTafari

But I am angry

I am not pleased at the on-going orchestrated abuse to Jamaicans by colonizer planted governments yet at the same time, our music is here to aid us to chant and spread that loving energy around this earth, through generations of humans from all four corners

We are one

We do feel each other

All of us are on the freedom team

All know of the rise of this music from a strong and proud race of humans called Jamaicans

There is no insecurity of any race, especially the white race of "stealing reggae" cause reggae finds all its own souljahs and those who try to steal it, or claim their whiteness are called out by the culture.  Rejected by the culture

Reggae IS a global brother and sisterhood and all of its souljahs feel each other and our love is real and we are on one team.  We know each other though the love in our eyes

One cannot talk their way on this team

The love separates the wheat from the sheaf

The love is the key 
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Reggae Is A Prize

4/5/2022

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Reggae is a prize

The colonizer attempts at control of the culture is relentless

Reggae / Dancehall is news, opinions, revelations of truth and love, relationships, human interaction and a wise outlet to speaking on colonial abuse to black people and the planet earth

The speech is explosive, passionate and downright violent at times

But that is the pattern

The feel of the music touches the minds and souls of the listener and has been known to move the body as well.  Dancing to reggae music / dancehall has a life of its own, with new dances being created at all times

Dance is all about feel

Lyrically, the feel is prevalent from many shared experiences from the colonial whip which is still felt by the "subjects" of the colony... daily

Reggae music some call "feel good music" even though many genre of music makes us feel pretty good

It is also referred as "freedom music" as it has been instrumental in the liberation of many minds of black people globally

Control

Babylon is about controlling its citizens

Controlling the narrative

The message/s of those in control get challenged by the downtrodden, which is a large portion of the black world who feel victimized by those who make law

Dancing is a great outlet for stress from abuse

Lyrically, the music also provides stress relief because even if we are unable to change the abuse, we sing about it

We chant together

Globally

That is powerful medicine

Babylon is now fully educated at the power of reggae music and has made concerted efforts to control the culture now for the past 20 - 30 years

It is my opinion, that the governments of Jamaica have been instrumental in quashing the culture on the rock and today, that abusive control is even stronger, stifling the culture

Yes, I'm naive

Freedom of speech is an illusion

Yet listening to defiant lyrics does move the conscience of the abuser governments and elevates the psyche of Jamaicans as well as downtrodden masses all over the globe

Reggae is a prize

The abusive governance of the colonizer MUST control this impact to the masses

Must!!!

A control of the sound and lyrical content weakens the voice of those where reggae originates in Jamaica

No politician nor government is to be trusted as it pertains to the feel of the people

Reggae greats from the 70s and 80s seem like some of bravest and most conscious humans of any era, speaking passionate truths that are relevant these many decades later.  We are certainly in different times today and the impact of individual's lyrical content doesn't seem as potent or moving as their predecessors

Reggae is brave

Reggae is love

Reggae is protection of the planet

Reggae is a prize that the babylonian must have

Reggae is also a prize to the individual which makes it still uncontrollable to the colonizer governance.  Many individuals are naive like me and are moved to create love, support and protection of this planet and are driven to continue this spiritual upliftment

Yes, reggae is a prize and the right people need to ovastand that in this time
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