All these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThere’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase.
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If they think that there’s a lot of racism going on then there’s another Hip Hop artist who’s gonna come out and speak their mind.
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Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
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Overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
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I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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I’m as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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There’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase.
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Thanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that’s happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.
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Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There’s the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.
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I’d like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go.
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That’s definitely my goal, and always has been through the Universal Zulu Nation, is to show that music breaks down all that foolishness and can bring all types of people together, especially when you can mix it and shape it.
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