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[RasKunte]

Greetings inna d name of d lion of judah, sitter pon d throne, JAHHHHHHHHHHHHH (yuh dun kno. . . )

I-mon have been in Jah-mek-yah since birth & cannot believe the i-gnorance I've seen pon this forum.  Here's ten guidelines I've come up with based pon 30 years of ELDER experience.

10. ) Never put the lyrics of new jacks before that of the messenJAH, Bob Marley.

9. ) People talk a lot about Martin Luther King.  Stop them, and educate them about MAHCUS Garvey.  Burning Spear is a great tool.

8. ) When a dreadlock falls out - it means you've come to your true lionhood.  Make your locks as heavy as possible and build yah ROAR.  (seen?)

7. ) Nevah talk back to an empress.  She say something, do it.  She want something, give it.  Nuff multiplication.

6. ) There's two green things: ganja and money.  One you can smoke, one you cannot.  Money is the root of ALL evil mi seh.

5. ) Munga is betta then any baldhead, but Bascom X is betta then Munga.  (Tink, Rasta, tink. )

4. ) Nothin is more prescious then a BLACK woman and child.  Burn slavery days, zeen?

3. ) Yuh dont haffi dread to be Rasta.  But yuh dont haffi eat any meat, dairy, sugar, or grains either.  Ital is vital.

2. ) 70's was the roots.  80's was reggae night.  Stick to dis an ya nah go astray.

1. ) Rasta nah deal with itardation, so read yah books.  Vaughn Benjamin, Mutaburaka, etc.  These are the eldahs of JAHHHH (dem nah hear meh. . . )

Seen??

[JAHwalkwidme]

Greetings

Thank you for your guidance I am sure it will be of use.  However I disagree with a few things you have said.

5) Munga is worse for the reason he is proclaiming RasTafarI and singing slackness and violence.  That is an abomination.  I would rather a man be evil and honest than a hypocrite bringing down HIM name and making a joke of RasTafarI.

4) Nothing is better than a CONSCIOUS woman and her child, regardless of ancestry.

Iyah love.

[RasKunte]

5) Munga is worse for the reason he is proclaiming RasTafarI and singing slackness and violence.    That is an abomination.    I would rather a man be evil and honest than a hypocrite bringing down HIM name and making a joke of RasTafarI. 

Well yuh dun kno, Munga is a yute bringing di POWERFUL message of Rastafari, zeen? More knifemon inna d place.   Let Babylon know we are not di ones.  Dem a cat, we a lion.

4) Nothing is better than a CONSCIOUS woman and her child, regardless of ancestry. 

Wahhhh, unno like white pum-pum betta or suppem?

Iyah love. 

JAHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Nex track.  .  )

[Stevesc]

Blessed Idren,

I-mon think that what Jahwalkwidme is saying about 4), is that it doesnt matter what colour the skin is of the woman and baby.  White is no preference than Black, there is no difference.  InI is here because of Jah.  All peoples is here because of Jah.

InI still speak like they is two different peoples, but that seperation is only in InI mind because of Babylon.


Jah Bless

[RasKunte]

White is no preference than Black, there is no difference.   InI is here because of Jah.   All peoples is here because of Jah. 

InI still speak like they is two different peoples, but that seperation is only in InI mind because of Babylon. 

Why den Ali Campbell from UB40 a bowcat, meanwhile Bob Marley an African.  Mi have nuff white idren, but we burn slavery days, zeen? Ocular vision.  Marcus Garvey.

[JAHwalkwidme]

InI believe skin colour cannot make one more 'precious' than another and InI think your words were chosen unwisely.  Yes, in Babylon race is of great consequence, and InI believe that liberation of African people is most important.  But all race of people equal in Jah sight.  Also I am a Wombman and therefore am not looking for 'pum pum' of any sort!

And your argument of UB40 vs Bob Marley is nonsensical.  There are plenty of righteous people and bad people in every race.  Comparing any two says nothing at all.

Also, I would like to know how you feel that Munga is bringing a powerful message of RasTafarI?  'When My Gun Rise' for example, to me, presents a very confused idea of RasTafarI.  I found this on YouTube, some of the lyrics are wrong though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6OoUjs_3PA.

Jah Guide

[RasKunte]

I am a Wombman and therefore am not looking for 'pum pum' of any sort!

Wateva float ya boat...

Also, I would like to know how you feel that Munga is bringing a powerful message of RasTafarI?  'When My Gun Rise' for example, to me, presents a very confused idea of RasTafarI.

 

Well yuh dun seh Selassie rise his gun, so why Munga da Messenjah nah allowed to rise his gun?  No hippie bizzness.

[JAHwalkwidme]

No ones trying to deal with no 'hippie business' round here.  Selassie I rise his gun for a good reason.  Munga rise his gun 'on Monday if someone stepped on his toe on Friday' or some foolishness like that.  It is pointless and mindless violence with the 'macho' image of dancehall which runs totally opposite to RasTafarI.  For you to defend Munga and attack Fantan Mojah is ridiculous.

[BongoLevi]

I know Ras Kunte personally here inna yaad, and must say he is a true rastaman, sight?

I think some of di I's don't overstand the fullness of what Ras Kunte is trying to say. . .

When he talks about BLACK woman and child, di I's must check seh Rasta a black liberation movement.  That's not to knock mi white bredren and sistren dem, but black liberation we seh.  So sayeth the prophets Emmanuel, Marcus, and Sizzla.  Remember di mon Malcolm X seh dat in order to have unity outside, we must have unity within.  RAAAAAAAAAASTAFARI

Also, ones have to overstand the ites of Munga.  Like di sistren said, when Munga buss his gun it's because someone step on his toes pon friday so he buss his gun monday.  But if di I's check that statement, it's not literal.  When di babylon Mussolini step pon Selassie I toes, him likewise buss him gun.  I don't know why di Elder nah check for Fantan, but I thought "hungry" was a pretty ites tune. 

Check di levels Rasta.  But I assure di I's, Ras kunte is no wolf, he is a righteous elder, well respected Rastamon here in Yaad.  SEVEN!

[JAHwalkwidme]

I agree Rasta is a black liberation movement, something which is sometimes overlooked by ignorant white 'Rasta'.  However to say one race is more precious than another is wrong.

And I appreciate that you think Munga is figurative in what he is saying and listening to some of his tunes I can overstand that.  However, the fact he can sit on CD comfortably next to slackness and meaningless violence does not inspire confidence.  It looks like he is talking about killing his brothers, and just seems to me part of the culture of calling out 'Jah RasTafarI' on one tune then returning to your dirty ways.  Like the Muslim brothers I know who go to Mosque on Friday and then sell drugs and engage in robbery and violence for the rest of the week.  I can't comment on Munga's personal as I don't know him, but to put him forward as a good artist for Rasta to listen to is totally misguided.

Jah bless

[RasKunte]

Well yuh dun kno seh mi burn Fantan Mojah becau' its a gluttony ting. Handcart bwoys are supposed to bring fruit to ALL di people, zeen? Fantan a come and nyaam di whole ting up like its an American bu-ffet. Cha....

Ites reasonin a gwan doe. More blackness, more culcha, more light. JAHHHHHHHHHHH

[Nazarite I]

Well yuh dun seh Selassie rise his gun, so why Munga da Messenjah nah allowed to rise his gun?  No hippie bizzness.

I've been thinking about this and I think there is a fundamental difference in what Munga is singing about and what I and I should accept. It is a sad truth that plenty of RastafarI people are stuck in places where guns are a fact of life. Some even have to carry and use them to defend themselves. That is a reality and I won't deny that, and in some ways Munga represents that well. Where I think Munga strays from the example of I and I God and King Selassie I is the tone and content of his music. When Selassie I took up arms against the fascist Italians, it was because there was no other choice. Diplomacy had utterly failed the people of Ithiopia through the wicked schemes and deals between colonial empires and there was no hope of peace. His Majesty fought like a lion to defend Ithiopia and its people and that is praiseworthy. But His Majesty took no joy in war. In His exile in England, He would sit in the little theatre in Bath and watch footage of the war in Ithiopia and weep. And after the second world war that His Majesty had warned of at Geneva had passed, His Majesty's aim was peace. Never did His Majesty revel in war and violence because it is always something that is forced onto a people or person.
What I hear when I check Munga's music, is a man reveling in that forced situation. Many Rasta artists sing of the violence that tears up the streets of Kingston. Many openly admit that they have involvement with guns and that they will use them to defend themselves in dangerous places. That I don't see as particularly wrong. Where Munga differs from that is where he brings gangsterism and puts it up with RastafarI. Now I know that the I will know better than Iman the link between babylon and gangsterism in Jamaica that brings so much misery to the people. I was in the country in May last year when that nasty business with Dudus was happening in Kingston, and I heard from the people I was staying with who had family connections with people living in Tivoli Gardens, the horror that was unleashed on the streets in those days and every Rastaman knows the root of that evil lies with politricksters. I and I should have no part in that whatsoever. Maybe Munga himself doesn't mix up in that aspect of the gangsterism (I don't know the man personally so the music is all I have to go on), but by mixing I and I Livity with that business, it doesn't uphold the upright nature of I and I trod. I and I separate out of that sort of thing when I and I sight I and I calling to RastafarI. I can sight what Munga sings when he says that he is just singing of his upbringing and the situation that he grew in, but if the man is truly trodding RastafarI, it seems to I that he should be singing more about how Jah can bring betterment to the situation rather than boasting about his gun and his bedroom antics and sticking a few conscious lines in between.

Blessed love.

[Peace_Loving]

Good post, Nazarite I...Bless!
Posted on: June 11, 2011, 09:22:53 AMI agree with JahWalkWidme...all races should be equal.  That kind of thinking has brought all this division in our history that we should be trying to end and bring about unity.