dig on The Bots and their music video for their song “Stop”
February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967
His work “Goodbye Christ“
Listen, Christ,
You did alright in your day, I reckon—
But that day’s gone now.
They ghosted you up a swell story, too,
Called it Bible—
But it’s dead now,
The popes and the preachers’ve
Made too much money from it.
They’ve sold you to too manyKings, generals, robbers, and killers—
Even to the Tzar and the Cossacks,
Even to Rockefeller’s Church,
Even to THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
You ain’t no good no more.
They’ve pawned you
Till you’ve done wore out.Goodbye,
Christ Jesus Lord God Jehova,
Beat it on away from here now.
Make way for a new guy with no religion at all—
A real guy named
Marx Communist Lenin Peasant Stalin Worker ME—
I said, ME!Go ahead on now,
You’re getting in the way of things, Lord.
And please take Saint Ghandi with you when you go,
And Saint Pope Pius,
And Saint Aimee McPherson,
And big black Saint Becton
Of the Consecrated Dime.
And step on the gas, Christ!
Move!Don’t be so slow about movin?
The world is mine from now on—
And nobody’s gonna sell ME
To a king, or a general,
Or a millionaire.
Rest in power, Mr. Langston Hughes, thank you for your contribution as well to Black Liberation.
Here is a documentary about Hughes on youtube: Part 1 & Part 2
Click on pic to give it a listen
Sugar Minott – Tribute to Sir Coxsone
Ray Darwin – Nothing Can Touch My 45
Bunny Lie Lie – Dear God
Gappy Ranks – Mountain Top
Nerious Joseph – Cool Dem Down
Empress Ayeola/Soul Vendors – Reggae Music
Gappy Ranks/Soul Vendors – JAH Is My Everything
Etana – August Town
Gregory Isaacs/Blackout JA – Innercity Lady
Anthony B – Pressure
Donovan Levy – Ghetto Youth
Bascom X – Crime Rate
King Kong – JAH Is The Ruler
Dada Yute – War And Crime
Million Stylez – Born In The System
Fantan Mojah – Hot
Mykal Rose – Fight I Down
3gga/Emiliano – Too Far
Everton Chambers – Walk In Peace
word up to Tahir a.k.a. The Pyramid Kid, who has did some work with Femi Kuti & production for Dead Prez. he has a new mixtape out called BLAKKBERRY FILEZ Vol. 5. this Brother can take an old school beat and drop some inspiring Afro-centric rhymes over it.
Here are some other cuts that I like of his:
Tahir is also touring with Dead Prez in California the coming month of February:
