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Who’s Really In Control? by Jasiri X

Mayor Bloomberg responds to Kedrick Lamar’s Control verse

Lyrics

I’m a billionaire with a private army that leaves you really scared 
One father had heart attack when we aimed at his silly head 
I don’t think you understand he’s literally dead 
Now I’m hearing these dumb rappers say my city is there’s? 
Don’t make me call Commissioner Kelly 
Cause Black and Brown get stopped and frisked on a daily 
Handcuffs on they wrists and 45ths to they scullys 
Shot in the back like Kimani or in they own bathroom like Ramarley 
And I know Jay Z don’t like Harry Belafonte 
But he like my little brother he looks at me very fondly 
He’ll never get in the club but we let him carry the laundry 
So you ignorant Black folks think he’s Illuminati 
RIP Ed Koch I’m more ruthless than Giuliani 
Getting rid of all the poor all they do is reduce the property 
while I’m here all week with my boys on wall street 
Penthouse all suites we don’t care where yall sleep 
Ask occupy get on my bad side them shot will fly 
Riot gear choppers high cockin when my coppers ride 
Armored tanks, tear gas, tasers, night sticks 
Flame throwers light shit mace in the face of white chicks 
Build a statute of my likeness and put it in front of Rikers 
For the Black men I mass incarcerated and indicted 
The schools I turned private the hoods we gentrifying 
Bye bye Bed Stuy Big up in heaven crying 
I’ll though up some ice for the nicest MC 
But you can tell Kendrick Lamar the King of New York is me 
Bloomberg I got my own channel and news firm 
They said I couldn’t run again so I bought me a new term 
You’ll learn tell that judge and the federal government 
That the constitution don’t apply to the 1% 
We still stop and frisking from dawn until the lights out 
In fact I saw a black man lurking round the White House 
2016 that’s right Hillary I’ll show you what a billie means I can spend anything 
New york Yankees I’ll just buy the wining team Dr. Evil really schemes I just need a mini me 
These rappers must be kidding me listen I got drones 
That will Christoper Dorner you burnt to a crisp in ya home 
They all under surveillance from no name to famous 
Asked the Hip-Hop police they said you all gave statements

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Imagine if Trayvon Killed George Zimmerman – Jasiri X

I decided my put my thoughts about the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict into a 16 bar verse. The lyrics are below

Do you wanna know how messed up the system is?
Imagine if Trayvon killed George Zimmerman
You think Trayvon would have been found innocent?
He would have faced a lifetime of imprisonment
See Stand Your Ground only works if you’re a citizen
So that right isn’t his only whites benefit
We are not legitimate that fact is definitive
Don’t believe ask Marissa Alexander if it is
To protect herself in her own home with her kids
Fired a warning shot she got a 20 year sentencing
Now that’s ridicules but all Black are witnesses
Of the hatred in this nation that’s run by hypocrites
Would the NRA have backed Trayvon?
Would Fox news tell white folks if he gets off stay calm?
We know the truth so I won’t go no further
Cause Trayvon was found guilty of his own murder

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George Zimmerman IS a Creepy Ass Cracker – Jasiri X

I decided to put my thoughts about the Zimmerman Trial, the Voting Rights Act, and Race in America in a 16 bar verse:

Oh you was born black welcome to the curse race
Oh you was born brown you sure this is your birthplace
This is America the home of the white man
Where every other American gets a hyphen
People of color police shoot us on site man
And then be like damn I was just frightened
See just the color of my skin is intimidating
Here I’m a criminal just based on my pigmentation
We need God our only mass is incarceration
We need Jesus cause these preachers got the heart of Satan
They toast to our death celebrating with ice cream
Vanilla with the cake cone must be a white thing
They wanna stop us from voting well what do rights mean?
If the end result of our struggle can just be wiped clean
And Zimmerman is a creepy ass cracker
A racist child murdering liar and bad actor

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Pillars – Jasiri X Feat Brother Ali – Producer Rel!g!on

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Jasiri X – Mandela

[Lyrics]
Dearly beloved what we covet is rubbish
I hover like God’s judgment above it
This is ascension come and listen to vision
intelligence intuition like Neil Tyson and GZA
discussion nuclear fission
my producer’s Religion my Creator’s omniscient
my destiny it was written I guess you can see that it’s spittin
I was patient like Mandela in prison
cell sittin but never fell victim cause you can’t jail wisdom
go at the devil so you may see me in hell’s mentions
crucifixion my feet and hands used have nails in em
I bore the cross, mind frame for the cost
time came I tore in off high plains I’m soaring off
This is ascension come and listen to vision
intelligence intuition like Neil Tyson and GZA
discussion nuclear fission
my producer’s Religion the truth is Lucifer’s finished
I shoot put 2 in his fitted
the rest flew through his henchmen his captains and his lieutenants
they got turned into the walking dead by the true and living
X, Jah Siri god clearly
Come to give sight to the blind voice to the dumb and ears to the hard hearing
I was born in the shadows they adopted the dark merely
Now I’m flying towards the heavens you can see the stars near me
This is ascension come and listen to vision intelligence intuition
Everything that’s he’s spittin is relevant to his mission
The son of the son if man I was summoned to tell the system
The devils ended and we representing a new beginning
My producer’ Religion my flow is fluid infinite you know this dude has ascended
given high fives through the bright skys and beyond it
you might see this pilot climb out cockpit and ride a comet
put the sun behind a sonnet cause a solar eclipse
this flowwer spits plus owns a grip like a boa constricts
and I will never kill a man unless Jehovah insists
hold up my rod in front of MCs like Moses they split
consider this the equivalent to Noah on ships
a refuge from the judgement of God the closer it gets This
This is ascension come and listen to vision
intelligence intuition like Neil Tyson and GZA
discussion nuclear fission
my producer’s Religion we wining we super driven
like Benzs with supped up engines
spin this the roof is risen
never PC I Mac like a computer technician
wanna know who the best listen
this is ascension intelligence intuition
like Ali and Sonny Liston
I shook up the world when I hit em in under 3 minutes

released 22 March 2013

Spit – Jasiri X Feat. Tahir Jahi (Prod. by REL!G!ON)

Jasiri X as released his FREE mixtape titled “Rappers On X” featuring Mac Miller, Rhymefest, Ras Kass, Planet Asia and others. This mixtape is a prelude to Jasiri X’s long awaited full length solo project “Ascension” available March 26th 2013 courtesy of Wandering Worx Music & GreenStreets.

Awkword – Notorious f. Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze & Capital X

[Via SoundCloud & 2DBZ]

On the latest single off AWKWORD’s forthcoming DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View, up-and-coming Australian producer @amin-payne re-flips the original Duran Duran “Notorious” sample for a song inspired by the stabbings and shootings that took place across the country at the premieres for the Biggie biopic of the same name.

The brand-new single — heralded by recent Rock & Roll HoF inductee Chuck D of Public Enemy — begins with a vitriolic a-capella intro from raptivist Capital X; follows with AWKWORD’s sneering response to those disturbing events at the premieres; delves deep into the politics of Hip Hop and violence with incredible guest appearances from @wordsmithmusic, @jasirix and @jusdaze; then closes out with classic quotes from B.I.G., chopped up respectively and with precision from Amin PaYnE.

“Notorious” world premiered — AS A STREAM ONLY — via AllHipHop.com:

allhiphop.com/2012/12/29/awkwordrap-ft-wordsmith-jasiri-x-jus-daze-and-capital-x-notorious/

THIS is the FREE DOWNLOAD.

Or, BUY at YOUR OWN PRICE — and DONATE 100% to CHARITY (for at-risk youth; more info: AWKWORDrap.com):

awkword.bandcamp.com/track/notorious-feat-wordsmith-jasiri-x-jus-daze-capital-x-prod-amin-payne-australia

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COVER ART by Andreis Costa for SweatShop New York. Check the FLASHING “Notorious” MARQUEE .Gif here: www.awkwordrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/NOTORIOUS-marquee-art.gif

FULL Description:

“This song was originally inspired by the shootings and stabbings at the premieres across the United States for the Biggie biopic, Notorious — when we should have been celebrating one of our best and remembering the needless violence that caused his tragic death, we were busy perpetuating negative stereotypes. For me, and for Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze and Capital X, these events became symbolic of a greater societal, cultural problem: one that impacts the Hip Hop community, specifically, and needs to be solved now. Chicago in 2012 says it all: a record number of murders; regular reports of police abuse; and a now-famous gang-affiliated 17-year-old rapper Chief Keef laughing on twitter at the shooting death of a local rival. And the massacre at Sandy Hook shows the problem extends beyond ‘the hood’. For BIG, for Hip Hop, for our communities, all our communities, let’s change what it means to be Notorious.” — AWKWORD

CREDITS:

Lyrics/Vocals: Capital X, AWKWORD, Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze | Production/Cuts: Amin PaYnE (Australia) | Mix/Master: Trilian (Serbia) | Executive Production: AWKWORD, Amin PaYnE | Cover Art: Andreis Costa

Don’t Forget About The Hood – Jasiri X

Free Download at http://jasirix.bandcamp.com/

Directed by Emmai Alaquiva, “Don’t Forget About The Hood” illustrates how the issues of the poor and urban communities have been all but forgotten in this current election season, and wonders what happened to all of the energy and organizing that took place in the wake of the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin.

“Don’t Forget About the Hood” was produced in collaboration withhttp://hoodievote.org with Da Ricanstrukta providing the powerful soundtrack

LYRICS
See cause we broke they forget about the hood
So when you vote don’t forget about the hood
I ain’t telling folks don’t get up out the hood
just when you living good don’t forget about the hood

Let’s say we did it for the hood
Put on your fitted and you hood

I’m talking to the those you know that’s living in the hood
that ain’t getting what they should
we won’t forget the hood

We the lost and forgotten called rotten so we tossed to the bottom
Let em tell it we the source of the problem
They call us gangbangers and illegals
Cane slangers of da evil
Like we the main danger to the people
So our issues don’t get the same anger or treated equal
if you not one of them change raisers they don’t see you
So the hood every week is ignored
Before these politicians speak to the poor they reach for the door
now voter ID is the norm
Police brutality’s not reformed poverty’s even more
Tens of thousands of human beings they still deport
And they made it a felony if you come back and get caught
We need to stop cheering for sides like its a sport
Vote for your self and your own hood time is short
Cause doing nothing ain’t a option
Do something get it poppin
Real action over talking
The whole world is watching

So when you vote don’t forget about the hood
Get out and vote but don’t forget about the hood
I ain’t telling folks don’t get up out the hood
just when you living good don’t forget about the hood

Let’s say we did it for the hood
Put on your fitted and you hood

I’m talking to the those you know that’s living in the hood
that ain’t getting what they should
we won’t forget the hood

Do we remember Trayvon or is the pain gone
Do we remain strong or did we move way on
Remember when we all had pictures in our hoods
Did we forget about the hood
Zimmerman’s still free I don’t know about you but it kills me
This murderer could be found not guilty
Remember how we organized fortified for the ride
Polarized but mobilized I thought it was so divine
What happened to that energy we need it now more than ever
Many people kept working I will not ignore their effort
Give voice to the voiceless that’s why I record this message If you really for the hood for who or for what you reppin
That the million dollar question
Millionaires is who we follow but they hollow in they lessons
What’s the point of a weapon pointed in the wrong the direction
If your hood is what you reppin how strong is your connection
credits

NEWS
Rapper Jasiri X’s New Video Calls Out This Election’s Silence on Poverty via Colorlines.com