The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance, after he shared his artwork…
Philip Young: LAURYN HILL- VINYL ART
“Lauryn,” by Philip Young
Frederick W.: Super job!!!!!!!!!!!
Philip Young: Thanks Fred!
Rayn: ❤❤❤❤❤!!!!
Philip Young: Thanks Rayn! UROCK!!?
Lisa R.: love this pix!!!!
Philip Young: Thanks lisa!
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following captioned photo here, being shared by the page, “Ms. Lauryn Hill,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
Consumerism is a track coming out on the eve of Ms. Hill’s release. She wanted to get this music out while she was incarcerated, as it is a product of the space she was in while she was going through some of the challenges she has been faced with recently.
Available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/MLH_C
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.”
– Ms. Lauryn Hill
My Commentary: New song from Ms. Hill!
The following correspondence originally took place on the Facebook wall of my friend, Rebekah P…
Rebekah P.: “Stand by me” -Ben E. King ❤ “When the night has come, & the land is dark & the moon is the only light you see…No, I won’t be afraid!” was playing along Talibs Tribute to True Talent. Sending Love, Peace & Strength to every beautiful mess in the ‘Beautiful Struggle’
Rayn: Ms. Lauryn Hill has skillz! 🙂
The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance, after he posted artwork being shared by the page, “Truth Beckons“…
Oniel D.:
“Truth comes, but we can’t hear it. How can we hear it when we’ve been programmed to fear it?” – Lauryn Hill
Rayn: “Truth comes – we can’t hear it, when you’ve been programmed to fear it.”
It is a portion of Lauryn Hill’s song, “Freedom Time,” from her 2002 album, “Unplugged 2.0.”
It just happens to be one of my favorite songs of ALL-TIME!
Full verse: “There’s a war in the mind – over territory – for the dominion. Who will dominate the opinion? Skisms and isms. Keeping us in forms of religion. Conforming our vision to the world churches decision. Trapped in a section. Submitted to committee election. Moral infection. Epidemic lies and deception. Insurrection – of the highest possible order. Distorting our tape recorders from hearing, like under water. Beyond the borders. Fond of sin and disorder. Bound by the strategy of systematic depravity. Heavy as gravity. Head-first in a cavity – without a bottom. A fate worse than Sodom. What’s got ’em drunk off the Spirits? Truth comes – we can’t hear it, when you’ve been programmed to fear it. I had a vision. I was falling in indecision. Appalling, calling religion – some program on television. How can dominant wisdom be recognized in a system of Anti-Christs and majority rules? Intelligent fools. PhD’s in illusion. Masters of mass confusion. Bachelors of past illusions. Now, who you choosing? The head or the tail? The bloodshed of nail, or confidence in the veil? Conferences at Yale, discussing doctrines of Ba’al. Causing people to fail. Keeping a third in jail. His words nail everything to the tree. Severing all of me from all that I used to be. Formless and void. Totally paranoid. Enjoy darkness as” Lord” – keeping me from the sword. Blocked from mercy. Bitterness serves thee. Hungry and thirsty for good meat we would eat, and still – dining at the table of deceit. How incomplete. From confrontation to retreat – we prolong the true enemy’s defeat. Destitute of necessity. Causing desperation to get the best of me. Punishment ’til there was nothing left of me. Realizing the unescapable death of me. No options in the ‘Valley of Decision.’ The only doctrine: Supernatural Circumcision. Inwardly, only water can purge the heart from words – the fiery darts, thrown by the workers of the arts. Iniquity, shaping in. There’re no escaping when – you’re whole philosophy is paper thin. In vanity, the wide road is insanity. Could it be all of humanity? Picture that. Scripture that. The origin of a man’s heart is black. How can we show up for an invisible war? Preoccupied with a shadow – making love with a whore. Aching in sores. Babylon, the great mystery. Mother of human history. System of social sorcery. Our present condition needs serious recognition. Where there’s no repentance, there can be no remission. And, that sentence – more serious than Vietnam, the atom bomb, and Saddam, and Minister Farrakhan. What’s going on? What’s the priority to you? By what authority do we do? The majority hasn’t a clue. We’ve majored in curses. Search the chapters, check the verses. Recapture the land. Remove the mark from off of our hands. So we can stand – in agreement with his command. Everything else is damned: let them what is understand. Everything else is damned: let them with ears understand!”
The following correspondence originally took place here, on the Facebook wall of Ms. Lauryn Hill…
“Taxation is theft”
Marybett M.: So you’re PROUD to say you didn’t pay taxes cuz your ancestors were slaves. Hmmmm my ancestors died trying to free yours but I sure don’t hear “thank you”. More over if you did any kind of real research you would realize iSLAM is the “original slave trader.”
Yet today both our ancestors are dead. I DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DRIVE OVER BRIDGES, FUND YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT……
I don’t sit down on a pity pot and WHINE!
JS
Rayn: You are simply regurgitating DISINFORMATION that is being circulated by the mainstream media monopoly for the purposes of discrediting Ms. Hill, and emotionally riling up those who aren’t interested in doing their own research about the situation! Lauryn Hill stated EXACTLY why she withheld paying taxes on her very own Tumblr page, if you are really interested:
http://mslaurynhill.com/post/24689947994/it-was-reported-yesterday-that-ms-lauryn-hill-has
Marybett M.: Regurgitating disinformation. Yes I do understand that cycle. You give mainstream a topic especially on someone who they don’t like their views on and it will be recycled refurgitation.
However I did come across this quote. “She explained that she hasn’t paid taxes since she withdrew from society to guarantee the safety and well-being of herself and her family.”
If it’s true, I can appreciate the intent to withdraw from society because of it’s moral corruption, I GET THAT AND SO DO MANY OTHERS. However, it still stands that we have to “render to ceasar…”
Personally, if she’s that principled and has the courage to withstand what lamestream may say, she could certainly earn doing tours. There are many that support that same view especially if there’s any “spirituality” in that as well.
It’s hard to stand up to the system but you still have to do the next right thing.
