Photo Cred: Julie Bernardo
Once A Lion ~ Rupert “Ojiji” Harvey
“Innocent Blood” was the beginning of a conversation Ojiji and I were having, about the story of how Toronto Police murdered Albert Johnson in 1979
The rage we feel now, some forty years later, is the same
This lifetime will never see my trust of police
The message was sent to all black men in Canada, with how they brutally executed Albert, in front of his seven year old daughter
We got the message about how we were all viewed as by them as well as the “justice” system here in Canada
This song was never released in Canada as Warner music, back in them days wasn’t having that shit on any Messenjah album but the beauty of music is that it lives forever
There are no untrue words in “Innocent Blood”
The story is real as i / we all had to live that traumatic, violent energy from the police
Then Rupert told me it was song number six on the “Once A Lion”
A whole album never released in this country
Again, I get hear music at any point I feel like it
It isn’t currently on any digital platforms today, but by the end of this week, I bet you it will be
I am on full album listening mode with my second spin
The words in “Innocent Blood” resonate through my psyche
Nuff gems on this album, recorded in 1998 in Hawaii
Tek a listen
Tell Rupert how you feel about this album
“Innocent Blood” was the beginning of a conversation Ojiji and I were having, about the story of how Toronto Police murdered Albert Johnson in 1979
The rage we feel now, some forty years later, is the same
This lifetime will never see my trust of police
The message was sent to all black men in Canada, with how they brutally executed Albert, in front of his seven year old daughter
We got the message about how we were all viewed as by them as well as the “justice” system here in Canada
This song was never released in Canada as Warner music, back in them days wasn’t having that shit on any Messenjah album but the beauty of music is that it lives forever
There are no untrue words in “Innocent Blood”
The story is real as i / we all had to live that traumatic, violent energy from the police
Then Rupert told me it was song number six on the “Once A Lion”
A whole album never released in this country
Again, I get hear music at any point I feel like it
It isn’t currently on any digital platforms today, but by the end of this week, I bet you it will be
I am on full album listening mode with my second spin
The words in “Innocent Blood” resonate through my psyche
Nuff gems on this album, recorded in 1998 in Hawaii
Tek a listen
Tell Rupert how you feel about this album
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