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Otis Moss III: I must speak We are better when we come to the realization that there is a spirit in us working through us that is older than Earth and greater than ever lasting We are better when we find our rhythm our rhythm in jazz riffs and blue note chords When you hear the poet spit and the artist working their magic whether they are tagging on a wall or placing it upon on a canvas You must understand that we must learn how to speak truth to power even when your voice shakes the spirit is still working in you because you must understand that you are a child of of GOD You are son of the sacred You are daughter of the divine you are a nation of love You come from a village of victory We are better when we recognize this and understand the power that is within us (so much better when) We are so much better then (so much better when) We are so much better then So much better when So much better when https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603664494962-A3XQ1KL2BYNHMIQ9WTTT/I%27m+Down Track List & Lyrics Laying my arms down Fall on the soft ground I’m down Raising the white flag Run from the smokestacks I’m down Taking the chains off Rest in the rain cloth I’m down Runnin’ to your heart Making a new start I’m down Crawlin’ for cover Lost without lovers I’m down Burnt sky I’m breathing Silently screaming I’m down Calling down forces Men off your horses I’m down Run into your heart Makin a new start I’m down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603664165070-266FUCEKMT3TGDHS5OJG/Broken+Promises Track List & Lyrics Drea d'Nur: I will never let you hit the floor Or ever make you ask for more I will never leave you home alone Or ever let you drift in that zone I will dry your tears when you cry I will never let these feelings die I can’t run from this Broken promises Prayin' you forgive All the things I missed I can’t run from this Broken promises Put them in the flames Burn them all away Sayin' never ever again But the Chinese got a million in the camps Protect and serve that’s what you swear But they ain’t feelin' that over here Liberty & freedom for them all But millions ain’t hearing that call We can’t run from this Broken promises Prayin' we can fix All the pain & mess We can’t run from this Broken promises Prayin' we can fix All the pain & mess No more lies to give No broken promises Now it’s time to live Now it's time to live Quadir Lateef: Promises of a broken promise not to be broken Wearin' the pain because my ancestors wore a chain With promises not to be opened I promised you all of me All of my soul to have Half of my soul to hold All of us stole and sold None of our stories told Freedom Freedom became too expensive when justice gained a price tag I might ask GOD for loan when I’m alone To buy a poem from Rumi Palestine for my ummi Same spirit but a new me Beggin' GOD just to use me Cuz he usually never move me Never move me Gotta free myself Prayed at noon It was qu’un faya qu’un Couldn’t be myself Had to see myself It was be and it is It was me as a kid For the things that he did Everything that he is I believe that he is Everything that he did I believe that he is Unbroken Drea d'Nur: Come & please hold me my friend Trying to start over again Cause no more lies to give No broken promises Now it’s time to live Now it’s time to live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603609146774-VE0P1TX47RP262O51UA8/Your+Love Track List & Lyrics My cracked Earth heaves and it screams for your love My dry dirt bleeds and it dreams of your love My brittle leaves they tear & fall for your love Oh for your love My barren seeds they seek and they ache for your love My branches they bend and break for your love My parched breeze it begs for your love Yes, your love Oh for your love Oh for your love Oh for your love Oh for your love My raised roots they reel from your love My withered fruit pleads & they peel for your love My soft shade it always prays for your love Yea, your love Oh for your love Oh for your love Oh for your love Oh for your love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603918110576-7M6OA1YUEQFEDODHAA28/Mama+Please Track List & Lyrics Drea d'Nur: Little Mahmoud On his way to school Uzi submachine guns Boy don’t you move Tore off his pack Slipped on the cracks Hands in the air Bullet in his back Chorus: (screaming) mama please I can’t breathe Get these demons off of me They got their knee on my neck I’m on the ledge Honey come home Don’t fear their death Border police Dogs off the leach Maria begging No don’t take my Louis Cold and afraid, A kid in a cage Gripping her scarf Praying to be saved Crying, mama please I can’t breathe Get these demons off of me They got their knee on my neck I’m on the ledge Honey come home Don’t fear their death Jecorey 1200 Arthur: George had a mama. I think of Breonna. She coulda' been one. No. She shoulda' been one. But instead of a mama, She don' turned into a martyr. We never chose these parents, They turned me into a Arthur. They got a knee on our neck. I got a foot on they neck. They gotta deal with a debt. They gotta cut us a check. From Breonna's Law to Cariol's Law, I dare you to draw, my area's raw. Youngins can dream on from IMAN to beyond. They must have forgotten everything we on. We can't be sorry — Ali to Rami, City was changed by a visit from Dalai. Want me to suffer and scream for my mommy. They must have forgotten everything I be. I'ma descendant of slavery. I'ma descendant of trauma. I'ma descendant of Shonda. That's my mama. 400 years. That's our trauma. Millions of tears. That's my mama. 400 years. That's our trauma. Feelin' the fears. That's my mama. 400 years. That's our trauma. Feelin' despair. That's my mama. 400 years. That's our trauma. Trillions repair. That's my mama. 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it Take a deep breath Take a deep breath and Then pray that you’re blessed Pray that you blessed with Every sweet step Every sweet step and it’s Time to move, time to move on it's now Time to be strong, time to be strong And time to move on, time to move on I know time will move on Time will move on But I’m moving on Moving on Moving on Moving on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603664114949-K6Z62RU3KCT3Q3W7TC8U/You+Ain%27t+The+One Track List & Lyrics Rami Nashashibi: You ain't the one 8x Amir Sulaiman: They may pretend to hate the devil They’re just jealous instead They want the devil’s crown I want the devil’s head, They want the devil’s throne I want the devil dead, Swords were drawn Coward fled Jesus wept Satan bled I’ve landed in the land of the lawless, Of lost causes I lost consciousness, my last offerings Hail Mary full of grace, hell’s fury Either this is medicine, no This sounds like medicine and menacing Its part Mecca- Medina, part Medellin This is medicine or menacing, no This is both medicine and menacing Part Mecca- Medina, part Medellin This is dope Uncut dope pressed out of the leaves It's either all knowledge or narcotic Our product is both And that's word to our Prophet And when I say profit, I mean both Cash deposits and Muhammad Allah huma salli alla wa alli Muhammad It was all a dream, I used to read Fatiha with Yasin More than likely He preferred to move white over brown Like a Thai ice-tea, he was a cop killer like the OG Ice-T Now he’s talking to the cops like a tv Ice-T Don't the let door hit you where the good lord split you Don't let the 45 hit you where the Shatan whispered They may pretend to hate the devil They’re just jealous instead They want the devil’s crown, Want the devil’s head They want the devil’s throne, I want the devil dead Swords were drawn Coward fled Jesus wept Satan bled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603664135464-87E3B4YS8MILVH27UMNZ/Pressed Track List & Lyrics Broken hearted In the garden Hear my breathe now Feeling pressed now Fall apart when Roman guards with That kiss betrays me Your love it saves me And I know you feel me When you’re alone And it’s dark outside And so I try To take this to a Higher ground A softer sound Arms Around my chest I can feel it now Press, yes your press Oh scars Fade from my flesh I can see it now Press, yes your press 30 coins and No one really wanna say shit Men tired & I know can’t they take it Heart heavy & I know they tryin to break it Face sweaty And our fear, I know they taste it In the distance walls swaying I can feel you In the corner praying Yeah I really hear you In my head saying I will always be true Now I know I really Found the real you And I know you feel me When you’re alone And it’s dark outside And so I try To take this to a Higher ground A softer sound Arms, 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AMPED The Academy of Music Production Education and Development (AMPED), choir creates stars of today by supporting and enhancing school music programs and by servicing unmet artistic needs in the community. 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His two-decade resume includes eight critically acclaimed albums, mentorships with iconic Hip Hop legends Chuck D and Rakim, and performances on late night talk shows with Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien. He’s also lectured at universities from Princeton to Stanford and delivered the keynote address at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Photo Credit: Colleen Eversman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9364afe522ff4870a66da2/1603672892171-S277RTAO3EC3DEJQ54ZS/Jecorey+1200+Arthur.png Features & Musical Guests Bios - Jecorey "1200" Arthur An award-winning teacher, musician, and activist from the West End of Louisville, KY. In June 2020 he was elected as Louisville's youngest metro councilperson in history. He will be inaugurated January 2021, representing District 4 that spans from Louisville's West End, East End, and Downtown. 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