Elegy For John Trudell -- Mic Crenshaw, Quincy Davis + Claudia Cuentas - Video
PUBLISHED:  Sep 15, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Artist links:
John Trudell: http://www.johntrudell.com/
John's spoken word piece in the intro is from the album: DNA: Descendant Now Ancestor: https://www.amazon.com/Dna-Descendant-Ancestor-John-Trudell/dp/B0019GQF44/

Mic Crenshaw Website: https://www.miccrenshaw.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miccrenshaw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miccrenshaw
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/miccrenshaw
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vXlfg8TBTC5K0tWaF1m4N
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mic-crenshaw/276115782

Quincy Davis: https://www.quincydavismusic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quincydavismusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quincydavismusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/quincydavismusic
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/7Vision
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7LoQeWtWlVnY9qET4Ya11o
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/quincy-davis/212256729

Claudia Cuentas: https://linktr.ee/ClaudiaCuentas



This track is from the album "Rebel Wise" available now on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/quincydavismusic/sets/rebel-wise

Cinematography by Megan Boaglio + Adam Lombaugh. Special thanks: Xochitl, Aaron + Turtle.

Lyrics:

(John Trudell)
There's nothing wrong with us...
Except how we see or don't see
If we don't figure out something here and now...
We live in the right time and right place
To meet the need of the evolution
If we understand that, then we will be up to it and we will meet that need
Because we cannot control what's going to happen in the future
But how we use our individual and collective coherency
Will influence the evolutionary outcome
of what this reactionary, non-thinking, exploitive, manipulative beast has in mind
We cannot out fight them
There may be times to fight, but we cannot out fight them
Because they invented that kind of death
Through history, since they invented that kind of death
Every provocation has been to get us, at some point, to try to out fight them
And so to me, it's like no, in reality we've got to out think them
We're surrounded in a reality where you have to have permission to think
That's called chain of command
They don't have permission to think
Only a few get to think. See, this starts to equalize out the numbers
So if you really, really think about it, the guerrilla warrior of the future...
Is going to be the one that thinks

(Mic Crenshaw)
We peeped the allegory at the campfire listening
as elders shared the stories of the vampire's victims
how do I not make the same mistake? wisdom
generate the vision, obliterate the prison
molten lava, imminent terror
tight rope walking over the caldera
eras, ages, epochs and phases
instruments and gauges in incremental stages
it's clear who engineered the fear and doubt
more than ears to decipher what you hear about
zionist neurosis, scientific psychosis
explore the folklore, it’ll tell you that you chose this
exposed to the elements, fragile and delicate
so relevant development of agile intelligence
not practical or tactical to be on your back defenseless
capitol offenses actually prevents this
the instant telling me, common sense compelling me
self defense extensive, existence is a felony
how much of the predatory’s actually hereditary
represent the truth you carry, be an evolutionary

(Quincy Vechi Davis)
Verbal alchemy when I'm spittin’ these rhymes
sniper from the balcony shifting in time
breaking through the lies of these prison bars
meditating in the hills trained my vision sharp
now my tactics guerrilla, take action wit principle
dealing with a system where the prison is invisible
de-hypnotize, reveal the schemes
who deal the fiends, and seal the screams in the field of dreams
of the matrix, I’m gunnin' with a razor sight
precise, sniper scope, amazing heights
awaken minds when I’m blazing mics
ignite rays of light through the dark phase in this maze of life
times of change, it’s meant to be…
from inside, ancient wisdom and memory
activation, natural energy
earth people unite, to manifest with integrity
by way of life, represent 7G
see in my heart is the truth and remedy to transform the pain
load up the clip, now I even got love for my enemies… bang

(Claudia Cuentas)
People are raising
Raising Everyday
Freedom in our voices
Clarity in our thoughts
Our Hearts are singing
Giving, Receiving
Commanding
The Earth is alive
The Earth is alive
The Earth is alive
She lives within us

(John Trudell)
So life was about responsibility
and the earth was the mother
So somewhere in each and every one of us there's a collective genetic memory
That goes way back to the beginning of the original dream, the beginning of our stories
And our relationship to power and reality is connected to us understanding that that is there

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