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Emancipation of the Mind I
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saipan, rapper, cnmi, rota, tinian, marianas, northern marianas islands, commonwealth of the northern marianas islands, kagman, saipan rapper, miami
, aka , . I'm a Chamorro rapper from the Pacific island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Currently in Miami right now...
Song Info
Genre
Hip-Hop • Spoken Word
Charts
Peak #5,501
Peak in subgenre #70
Author
John Demapan (words)
Rights
2005
Uploaded
November 17, 2005
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MP3 1.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
i wasn't really thinking when i wrote the lyrics but somehow when i write this way, words seem to develop a story of its own, a kind of poetry
Lyrics
born into poverty a native with a common grief society's dying breed an island full of thieves robbery with no apology greatest ill on earth is poverty in the face of dream's illusion criminal tendancies of children without the proper guidance learn to act on their ambitions with violence handcuffed teens miranda rights to remain silent mercy's for the weak turn the other cheek gandhi's wisdom crooked politicians in a bureaucratic system benefit the rich and send the poor to prison you never know how hard it is living in a tin shack, a hungry kid tryna make a meal off the sweat of his back some say rappers lost their conscience with drugs and violence some say its nonsense family response is a lack of education the desperation to have the government regulate the next generation eliminate the future thru human extermination aborted before they formed a voice for conversation but whose decision must we remain indifferent to the spectrum of division where does religion play a role art is in the heart and soul to feel and know it rappers are the modern poets like homer in the olden days trace our lineage back to Adam rediscover the olden ways back to the golden age when all the colors were the fabric of the human race are we still savages or have we changed nowadays we lost our place and we congregate in a crowded space to come face to face with time ticking till the unconscious conquers the emancipation of the mind total separation the desolation of mankind
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