The Media

Itís the media
causing mass hysteria in all areas
Theyíre all carriers of false information
All barriers to true emancipation
and its scarier when youíre aware
how theyíre connected to corporation

Whoís the real terrorist
wanna pose some evidence
facts that are relevant
incase you missed history cus of television
here to perform an exorcist
after seeing satanís horns
peeking through the wreckage mist
I hope you can handle this
especially if youíre sitting home
with the candles lit
zoning out to channel shit
for its an obsession
which controls you perceptions
molds your conceptions
holds your mind hostage for your soul
for they know itís a kind of weapon
that could be lethal
heal the blind
and free the people
if you knew the truth
you could teach the youth
expose them to all the evils
so we could see through
to raise the feeble
to realize theyíre regal
understand what it means
to be able to walk through the eyes of needles
eradicate riddles
come to terms with God
then collide with these devils
never play the middle
cus then itíll be at a level
where things will never get settled
so my foots on the pedal
Iím gripping the metal
dipping on severalwhose mentalís are rentals
no matter how much we show you
what we went through
you choose to neglect essentials
make moves but with only respect to presidentials
We Projected the Blues
to take you to the door of consciousness
but you never stepped through
What kept you?
Thoughts are still unreal
and too sensual
for you refuse to deal with the
fundamentals
So this is streets news
with complete views we resent you
weíll repeat tools to increase the pool
of our people potential
weíll organize coups
decolonize schools
and baptize the hypnotized
so they realize they have eyes for their own views
so fuck the news
and bring it on ñ
cus Viacom donít want to stop the war Ö
stop the bombs
my people uninformed
is the worst way to be unarmed
shit ñ they donít want us to remain calm
they want paranoia to set in
so they could lock us down
to the point that weíre kept in
Donít you see the
conservative backlash
we find ourselves in?
People wave flags
subconsciously forgiving anyone
who made it bad for us in the past
now that shit is sad
people have gone mad
beyond crazy
Cus now they love Guliani
Canít get enough of Pataki
they hug politician
and snug with their lackeys
What the fuck can someone smack me!
Shit canít be
It seems many have forgotten
about police brutality
And the fight to end racial profiling
is a thing of history
And the plight for
Vieques Island is missing
and considered a mystery
Why canít they see
that shit like that
will only bring them more misery?
But they wonít listen to me
They wonít listen to me

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Turn off your TVs
Donít believe their news
Donít read their views
Theyíll keep you confused
Forget how to tie shoes
Talk about pulling yourself by your used bootstraps
Now whoís strapped
food strapped
somehow accused and trapped?
People in Vieques abused
cause theyíre brown and black
Just like down in Afghanistan
and in Iraq
Itís a part of their plan
of world domination
Control the land, its resources
and set up corporations
So if there wasnít oil
in the Middle East
Would there be a reason for war ñ
a reason to declare peace?
Would the Israelis be able
to occupy the Bethlehem streets
if they werenít backed from the beginning
by the u.s. hell-fire heat?
Yo -can we speak?
Did you peep
how America boguard Mecca
making the call for a Jihad complete?
Lets get deep
ad make leaps
into parts of history that they donít want to leak
What Is-real?
Which is fake?
Take a peak
Would this country come to the aid
a fellow corrupt state like Kuwait
if they only grew
wheat?
Yo donít sleep
cus what youíll reap
would be what someone else sowed
so no matter what grows
youíll have that to keep
And did you see
how this country talked meek
and court sweet
for a confrontation
with Pakistan they donít seek?
For these sheiks
hold heat
could shake with a nuclear
hand when they do greet
and how an Islamic fleet
could bring Babylon
to its eventual defeat
making prophecy complete
at the same time
smashing the riddle of the beast
as the answer lies
in why they chopped off
the black features to the sphinx
the same reason they want you think
Africa and Middle East arenít linked
stealing the Pyramids Gyza
right from
under your feat in a blink
as Elizabeth Taylor winks
for she knows that the stolen legacies are closer
to complete
she know
she knows
but the drum beat
that runs deep
on these streets
have been intercepted by hums of guns from rising slums in the east
for weíre all connected
yet a bit demented
ever since when these Jinns came with their aggression
the Nile never flowed down
But somehow our geography has been infested
with pornography
making history more easy to be molested
Plans were perfected
instead of Communism
we have another ideology
to be detested
Thatís how they keep your
interest invested
Air-waves projected
views that people
accepted
I aint lying
we need to free Palestine and bless it
What youíre blind
You lost your mind
Canít you see denying
self-determination is a deadly crime?
And donít forget Puerto Rico cus itís mine
As the sun was born shine
heavily on my soul
away from the cold
something you stole
like the black gold
for which you bombed Iraq
People armed with just the Quoran and Islam intact
You said your war was
for Saddam but in fact
you blew up hospitals,
schools, sewage treatment centers and water supplies
adding sanctions
making it possible every month
for 5 thousand children to die
So let it echo
as we will continue
to deliver the street news directly to the ghetto
As satan perches
right there on the churchís steeple
the media, theyíre filming
but they wonít show the people
for their plans are to keep you
and your mind in a fetal stage
and leave you in a daze
engaged in a maze
as you find your mind stays forever afraid
forever afraid

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by Ray Ramirez