Author Saul Williams
Anti War Freestyle
[2010]
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams
Single
This freestyle, recorded over Nas's incredible 'Made You Look' beat, is a phenomenal example of radical street poetry. Williams passionately denounces the war on Iraq, and examines the irony of Black Americans becoming soldiers in the US Army: "We was the first type of oil that they ever stole … Now they want a deal and asking us to back them".
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams
Single
This freestyle, recorded over Nas's incredible 'Made You Look' beat, is a phenomenal example of radical street poetry. Williams passionately denounces the war on Iraq, and examines the irony of Black Americans becoming soldiers in the US Army: "We was the first type of oil that they ever stole … Now they want a deal and asking us to back them".
Now let's get it all in perspective
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Contributed by giorgio 2011/1/20 - 08:58
Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)
[2004]
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha
Album: Saul Williams
Once the audience has been introduced to the central character, Saul Williams, the artist, and this central character has dealt with the current state of hip hop, he makes an open call to the youth of America, transcending hip hop and speaking to larger social issues:
"This is a call out to all the youth in the ghettos, suburbs, villages, townships: to all the kids who download this song for free. By any means. To all the kids short on loot but high on dreams. To all the kids watching TV like, yo, I wish that was me...I hear you. To all the people within the sound of my voice...".
Here, Williams again targets a large audience that transcends the hip hop community. He speaks to the youth of the world. He discusses the "state of affairs, likening the situation to Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar:
"Brutus... (Continues)
Lyrics & Music by Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha
Album: Saul Williams
Once the audience has been introduced to the central character, Saul Williams, the artist, and this central character has dealt with the current state of hip hop, he makes an open call to the youth of America, transcending hip hop and speaking to larger social issues:
"This is a call out to all the youth in the ghettos, suburbs, villages, townships: to all the kids who download this song for free. By any means. To all the kids short on loot but high on dreams. To all the kids watching TV like, yo, I wish that was me...I hear you. To all the people within the sound of my voice...".
Here, Williams again targets a large audience that transcends the hip hop community. He speaks to the youth of the world. He discusses the "state of affairs, likening the situation to Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar:
"Brutus... (Continues)
This is a call out to all the youth..
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2010/2/17 - 21:13
The Pledge of Resistance
"Not In Our Name" è uno dei principali gruppi di opposizione nati negli Stati Uniti in reazione alla politica del dopo 11 settembre. Nella prima pagina si trovano i nomi di Noam Chomsky, Laurie Anderson, Robert Altmann, Patch Adams, Zack De La Rocha.
The Pledge of Resistance è diventato l'inno di Not In Our Name. È stato scritto e declamarlo da Saul Williams, giovane poeta, musicista hip hop e attore. Si rifà volutamente a un altro impegno ben radicato nell'animo statunitense - il Pledge Of Alliance, la promessa di fedeltà alla bandiera insegnata in tutte le scuole - riformulandolo radicalmente.
Le parole sono volutamente semplici e dirette, come si confà ad un inno.
(Introduzione liberamente adattata dal libro "Oggi ho salvato il mondo" - canzoni di protesta 1990-2005 di Carlo Bordone e Gianluca Testani. Arcana Editrice, 2006)
The Pledge of Resistance è diventato l'inno di Not In Our Name. È stato scritto e declamarlo da Saul Williams, giovane poeta, musicista hip hop e attore. Si rifà volutamente a un altro impegno ben radicato nell'animo statunitense - il Pledge Of Alliance, la promessa di fedeltà alla bandiera insegnata in tutte le scuole - riformulandolo radicalmente.
Le parole sono volutamente semplici e dirette, come si confà ad un inno.
(Introduzione liberamente adattata dal libro "Oggi ho salvato il mondo" - canzoni di protesta 1990-2005 di Carlo Bordone e Gianluca Testani. Arcana Editrice, 2006)
We believe
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Contributed by Alessandro 2005/11/10 - 10:21
basata solo in parte sulla traduzione (parziale) pubblicata nel libro "Oggi ho salvato il mondo" - canzoni di protesta 1990-2005 di Carlo Bordone e Gianluca Testani. Arcana Editrice, 2006
L'IMPEGNO ALLA RESISTENZA
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Una ninna nanna da incubo che elenca tutti i mali del mondo.