One must excuse my skepticism
I do I level best to deal in a loving path of RasTafari which is embodied in the reggae music that inspires me
Nyabinghi drums and spirit drives the core of many including me as it flows in much of the music
Reggae taught me
Reggae continues to council me with truths and rights and touches the moral compass of the planet
It always has
Always will
The reggae soldier has much more of an affinity to Haile Selassie's teachings than it does with the propaganda brought to the sheeple by mainstream media and corrupt politicians
We had a prime minister in Bustamante who reveled in murdering RasTafari
Jamaican people
Alexander Bustamante is no hero. Any leader killing his own people can't be considered as heroic
Since so called independence I don't see an independent Jamaica
We all have the same history books and information and are well aware of The World Bank, The IMF, the CIA, the volume of guns and fire arms the corruption, the ills of being a "third world country", colonial continued racism, bauxite resources stolen, beaches and hotels for white patrons yet no pay for those kept deliberately poor by these divisive powers that surround the culture
I still equate reggae as the type of valuable commodity, if protected by the government, and profits filtered to the people, it would eliminate this fictitious debt we owe to white humans
So maybe that is UNESCO 's path?
Are they protecting reggae for the people?
Are they protecting against those pirates from renaming dancehall riddims so that they never acknowledge Jamaica, Jamaican artists or Jamaican music, and go after them for stealing royalties?
"Tropical House" for instance
Is this the role of UNESCO?
Is the protection a blanket thing?
Does it go after royalties owed to veteran reggae artists?
Skepticism by Rastafari against any colonial government or their initiatives is prudence in my mind
Independence was then and still today a complete farce and completely out of anyone's hand{s} in elevating the life of the Jamaican people
I do hope that a declaration of protection for reggae by the UN finds a path to truly feeding its artists, old and young and further protecting the home of reggae
I'm not trying to throw shade on a possibly really good thing, I just don't know how to push past my skepticism
Time
Time will always be the qualifier
#reggaeforlife
I do I level best to deal in a loving path of RasTafari which is embodied in the reggae music that inspires me
Nyabinghi drums and spirit drives the core of many including me as it flows in much of the music
Reggae taught me
Reggae continues to council me with truths and rights and touches the moral compass of the planet
It always has
Always will
The reggae soldier has much more of an affinity to Haile Selassie's teachings than it does with the propaganda brought to the sheeple by mainstream media and corrupt politicians
We had a prime minister in Bustamante who reveled in murdering RasTafari
Jamaican people
Alexander Bustamante is no hero. Any leader killing his own people can't be considered as heroic
Since so called independence I don't see an independent Jamaica
We all have the same history books and information and are well aware of The World Bank, The IMF, the CIA, the volume of guns and fire arms the corruption, the ills of being a "third world country", colonial continued racism, bauxite resources stolen, beaches and hotels for white patrons yet no pay for those kept deliberately poor by these divisive powers that surround the culture
I still equate reggae as the type of valuable commodity, if protected by the government, and profits filtered to the people, it would eliminate this fictitious debt we owe to white humans
So maybe that is UNESCO 's path?
Are they protecting reggae for the people?
Are they protecting against those pirates from renaming dancehall riddims so that they never acknowledge Jamaica, Jamaican artists or Jamaican music, and go after them for stealing royalties?
"Tropical House" for instance
Is this the role of UNESCO?
Is the protection a blanket thing?
Does it go after royalties owed to veteran reggae artists?
Skepticism by Rastafari against any colonial government or their initiatives is prudence in my mind
Independence was then and still today a complete farce and completely out of anyone's hand{s} in elevating the life of the Jamaican people
I do hope that a declaration of protection for reggae by the UN finds a path to truly feeding its artists, old and young and further protecting the home of reggae
I'm not trying to throw shade on a possibly really good thing, I just don't know how to push past my skepticism
Time
Time will always be the qualifier
#reggaeforlife
RasTafari ~ Jamaica ~ Reggae Music
I was 3 years old when this photograph was taken
I somewhat recollect the fear that I had for RasTafari people from then till many years later. They were “dirty rasta” aka “dutty rasta” and “black heart people” and if I saw a RasTaman walk towards me on the sidewalk, I would cross the street {like many others in my formative years}
They were described to me as scary people
As I grew into adolescence, the perception changed as I played ball with RasTafari people and some of my favorite reggae stars, Bob Marley, Big Youth, Jacob Miller, Yabby Yout, Burning Spear and others were RasTafari people. I noticed their consciousness was different not only than my family but also different than the racist rhetoric of the so called middle class
I preferred Bob’s and Jacob’s messages more than the uppity, colonialist horseshit conversations that I was sometimes forced to listen to
Equality for all people
Equal Rights and Justice for all humans
Sell out colonialists don’t like that kind of talk as all seek “station” in life. All seeking the attention from buckingham
Sadly that behavior still rules today. This isn’t just ancient history
This photograph hurts my soul
RasTafari has paid great prices to achieve respect of spiritual humans globally because many sacrificed their lives, without violent retaliation, for their beliefs and doctrines and still praise Haile Selassie I
RasTafari is one of the most respected things about Jamaica and many are still frowned upon today by the bourgeois, wannabe, black, brown and white colonialist Jamaican
This photograph depicts black people, Jamaican people, treating another Jamaican the way the white colonist treated black people as slaves
Jamaicans were encouraged to do that abusive behavior by the Prime Minister at the time, Alexander Bustamante
This photo is taken one year after “independence”
Jamaica has succeeded in putting black colonists in place to carry on the work of their white masters from buckingham
Jamaican black men, police were ordered to kill and abuse other Jamaican black people, RasTafari people and they did it gladly
I find myself staring at this photograph, saddened at the knowledge that NOTHING has changed from that time till this very day
The man considered as “the king of reggae”, Bob Marley, could not get his music played on mainstream radio in Jamaica because of his conversion to RasTafari. It got so difficult that he left the country to go live in the US. This story is well known, yet probably glossed over by Bob’s eventual success
Look / stare at that photo long enough and ovastand that black Jamaicans were killing black Jamaicans
The photo don’t lie
I think of my uncle Woody King when I see this picture. He was beaten and shaved by Jamaican police
He took them to their courts and sued them, and won, making it illegal to trim RasTafari in Jamaica
Legally
Illegal tings gwaan all de while
Still
They act like, “that was then and this is now” yet NONE of their behavior has ever changed
Pinnacle land is nearly non-existent today
Sad
RasTafari has opened so many doors for the world community at large that it is I belief that Jamaica needs this spiritual guidance from RasTafari to help to quell the violence and murder in the country and build an economic community for this island nation
Yet yu dun know, politics and morality cyaa gree
A so
I was 3 years old when this photograph was taken
I somewhat recollect the fear that I had for RasTafari people from then till many years later. They were “dirty rasta” aka “dutty rasta” and “black heart people” and if I saw a RasTaman walk towards me on the sidewalk, I would cross the street {like many others in my formative years}
They were described to me as scary people
As I grew into adolescence, the perception changed as I played ball with RasTafari people and some of my favorite reggae stars, Bob Marley, Big Youth, Jacob Miller, Yabby Yout, Burning Spear and others were RasTafari people. I noticed their consciousness was different not only than my family but also different than the racist rhetoric of the so called middle class
I preferred Bob’s and Jacob’s messages more than the uppity, colonialist horseshit conversations that I was sometimes forced to listen to
Equality for all people
Equal Rights and Justice for all humans
Sell out colonialists don’t like that kind of talk as all seek “station” in life. All seeking the attention from buckingham
Sadly that behavior still rules today. This isn’t just ancient history
This photograph hurts my soul
RasTafari has paid great prices to achieve respect of spiritual humans globally because many sacrificed their lives, without violent retaliation, for their beliefs and doctrines and still praise Haile Selassie I
RasTafari is one of the most respected things about Jamaica and many are still frowned upon today by the bourgeois, wannabe, black, brown and white colonialist Jamaican
This photograph depicts black people, Jamaican people, treating another Jamaican the way the white colonist treated black people as slaves
Jamaicans were encouraged to do that abusive behavior by the Prime Minister at the time, Alexander Bustamante
This photo is taken one year after “independence”
Jamaica has succeeded in putting black colonists in place to carry on the work of their white masters from buckingham
Jamaican black men, police were ordered to kill and abuse other Jamaican black people, RasTafari people and they did it gladly
I find myself staring at this photograph, saddened at the knowledge that NOTHING has changed from that time till this very day
The man considered as “the king of reggae”, Bob Marley, could not get his music played on mainstream radio in Jamaica because of his conversion to RasTafari. It got so difficult that he left the country to go live in the US. This story is well known, yet probably glossed over by Bob’s eventual success
Look / stare at that photo long enough and ovastand that black Jamaicans were killing black Jamaicans
The photo don’t lie
I think of my uncle Woody King when I see this picture. He was beaten and shaved by Jamaican police
He took them to their courts and sued them, and won, making it illegal to trim RasTafari in Jamaica
Legally
Illegal tings gwaan all de while
Still
They act like, “that was then and this is now” yet NONE of their behavior has ever changed
Pinnacle land is nearly non-existent today
Sad
RasTafari has opened so many doors for the world community at large that it is I belief that Jamaica needs this spiritual guidance from RasTafari to help to quell the violence and murder in the country and build an economic community for this island nation
Yet yu dun know, politics and morality cyaa gree
A so
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Big shout to Toronto Reggae YYZ for holding down the vibes year in year out. Big love Jason McLean
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