Oakland police murders, President Obama�s teleprompter, and implicit processing

The Oakland police murders, President Obama�s teleprompter, and implicit processing by Kevin MacDonald

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In support of Obama�"s search for Hip-Hop with a positive message: The Real Thing, Hip-Hop at its Best (Part 2)

There has been a lot of talk lately regarding one of the main elements of Hip-Hop, Rap: �Sthe rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry.⬝

This discussion has even reached the presidential palace. In 2008 Obama stated that:

�SHip-Hop is not just a mirror of what is, it should also be a reflection of what can be⬦ Imagine something different, imagine communities that aren�"t torn up by violence, imagine communities where we are respecting our women, imagine communities where knowledge and reading and academic excellence are valued. Imagine communities where fathers are doing right by their kids. That�"s also something that has to be reflected.

�SArt can�"t just be a rear view mirror, it should have a headlight out there, you know, pointing towards where we need to go. [So Hip-Hop needs to have] the audacity of hope.⬝

Based on the above comments, I can only assume that Obama is in search of hip-hop with a positive message. He is looking for leadership through music that can help us build sustainable communities for future generations - music that not only reflects reality, but also provides us with solutions. As he puts it, hip-hop that has the �Saudacity of hope⬝.

Obama�"s search is admirable. One of the best ways to disseminate information and help improve our society is by sharing a positive message through music. After all, it is not just change that we want, but positive change.

Being a hip-hop aficionado, I believe that I can help Obama in this search.

Below you will find some amazing hip-hop that you will most likely never hear on commercial corporate mainstream media: the real thing, hip-hop at its best sharing a positive message that has the �Saudacity of hope⬝ (excerpts from the lyrics have been included):

Dead Prez: - Sellin D.O.P.E.: Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 - 2002 (4:08)

Ask my aunt and my brother and my stressed out mother

How realistic it gets it�"s sadistic

Statistics show it�"s sick how we livin

The one thing bigger than dope games is prisons

One million niggas inside

Over three million is tied and plus the president lied

Because the white house is the rock house

Uncle sam the pusha man

This is for my people on the island

Jedi Mind Tricks: - A History of Violence: Trail of Lies - 2008 (4:28)

Turn the television off, cousin, it�"s a tool for them to clog the mind

Conservatism and Liberalism they divide the line

the natural feelings of a child will still be common kind

then they show you ads for the marines and they decide its time

so they can send you to a war behind they fog of crime

then send you homeless in a limb and not provide a dime

and the news tell you that cops is on the block for people

I�"mma put it simple and plain, cops is evil

take the television show cops for example

that�"s the shit that they want America to watch and sample

never showing you how dirty that they really is

and that they hide behind they badge and that they really bitch

I aint never met a pig in my life,

and I aint want to catch a body on the jig of my knife

yeah, that�"s another fucking topic for another day

I�"m gonna try to tell you how they get you in another way

they tell you that there�"s something wrong with you, you need they drugs

but there ain�"t nothing fucking wrong with you, they thieving thugs

they sell drugs and commercials at the same time

lock a motherfucker up for the same crime

South park Mexican: - Never Change: The System - 2001 (4:53)

99 percent of all criminals are dope dealers

get busted by bullets or fuckin squeelers

And the One percent that made it was pure luck

but even he'll tell that his life aint worth a fuck

cause in his mind he was caught a thousand times

and in his mind he was shot a thousand times

Without peace there can be no happiness

I wear a cross around my neck like the catholics

Im not sure exaclty what my religion is

I just know I thank god for my little kids

this is the baddest sellin drugs like sum guinnie pigs

then they arrest us after we done make it big

they take our money our cars and our houses

now tell me whos really sellin the ounces

and any cash that we might have hidden

goes to the system tryin to stay out of prison

Immortal Technique : - Revolutionary Vol. 2: The 4th Branch - 2003 (5:19)

The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish

A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist

Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond

And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran

They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam

When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran

This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings

Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings

I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish

The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ

You murdered and stole his religion, and painting him white

Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy

Conservative political right wing, ideology

Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation

Got my back to the wall, cause I'm facin' assassination

Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration

How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?

Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves

Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm

You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?

Human rights violations, we continue the saga

El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua

And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison

Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism

Blackalicious: - The Craft - 2005 (3:35)

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Gift of Gab - Verse One]

I didn't have to be, given the gift to rip

I'll never master me, I know that it's from Him

or Her or It, dimensions that sit

Waitin' to sift through me, I fall short, still it hits me swift

I didn't have to see, I coulda hit the lick

I coulda drifted it quick, I coulda quit so quick

It's really a trip, I guess I was picked

I don't know what I did to deserve a ride like this (Damn!)

I didn't have to eat, I coulda been so thin

I didn't have to be, quoting these sentences

I didn't have to reap, the work put in but then

even the work in itself was such a blessin

I didn't have to see, the planet tip to tip

I didn't have to make, a livin' writ to writ

I didn't have to dream and then begin to live it

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Chorus]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Verse Two]

I give thanks for my rhymin' ability

I don't front like it's not a responsibility

I can open a mind, if the youth will listen to me

I'm not goin' to front, like I'm on some killin' spree

and as hard as the times are, God is livin' through beats

that come not from minds, but that travel through spiritual reasons

Some of the time, I feel like, it's not even me

No mon-ey can buy gateways to infinity

Still I'm hun-gry to shine, when I know I should let it be

I want but I have, every single thing that we need

So help me align self with soul and then I'll be free

To sculpt and design verbal styles and experience freedom

[Chorus]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Chief Xcel samples]

"Let go, do what's in front of you"

"Then, let go, then do what's in front of you"

[Verse Three]

This ain't leisure, although it feels

It is a duty, a way to live, another way to give

Another way to just, have communion

With the source of the sun and moon and, a way to pay the bills

Displayin' skills, I take it REAL serious

The vibe's so mysterious, not just one more day to kill

..and I could lose my connection

if I do not respect it enough, fffade away it will

Day to day it gives energies

That replenish me, if I believe and I say it will

and act on it, 'cause action is the key to freedom

Only way to be a leader, lead by the way you live

[Chorus 3X]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

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SThe automakers were promised a total of $17.4 billion in direct loans from Washington and they had to present restructuring plans by Feb. 17, 2009, if they wanted a second installment. While Ford opted out of the process, saying it doesn't need a loan just yet, the plans GM and Chrysler came up with are costly.

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So just one year"s worth of profits for the oil industry is approximately three times what the auto industry is asking for in their bailout package. If these five companies bailed out the US auto manufacturers, they would still be able to report billions in profit.

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