cats love chocolate

After 2 years i got the nerve to re-read my thesis and to send it to the people i did my internship for at a University in Australia.
I wrote it on Indigenous and non-Indigenous newspaper reports on the 'Stolen Generations'. -genocide of 'mixed-race' Australian children- I'm a Afro/Euro 'halfbreed' myself and the subject got me totally angry and emotional.
My thesis got awarded 8/10.
The nexttime i'll read a book on racism it will be 'The End of Racism' by Dinesh D'Souza.
On the cover of my thesis you see the Lagoon Nebula. A nebula is a place where stars are born from gas and from dust.
thesis start quote
Fighting
You'll find a lot of the reason we behind
Is because the system is designed
to keep our third eyes blind
But not blind in the sense
that our other two eyes can't see
Goodie Mob
From the album
Soul Food
~
I'll Rise
You may write me down in history
With your…

LDN
Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my licence
It doesn't get me down and I feel ok
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless
Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, but he's sittin with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore
You might laugh you might frown
Walkin' round London town
Chorus
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies
There was a little old lady, who was walkin down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were…

i love Tori Amos.. i saw her perform a few years ago and i remember podiumlights circling the crowd..tears running down my face -
(im such a "wuss"..im not sure thats not how you spell it) (..but not too many tears though, just a few..for dramatic effect..know what i mean?)
..it was wonderful
i think she's an amazing artist
~Strange Little Girl
one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
she'd run to the town one day
leaving home and the country fair
just beware
when you're there
strange little girl
she didn't know how to live in a town that was rough
it didn't take long before she knew she had enough
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she's feeling old
and she found all things cold
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
where are you going?
do you know where you could be going?
walking home in her…

~ Move on Up
Hush now child,
and don't you cry
Your folks might understand you
by and by
Move on up
towards your destination
You may find
from time to time
Complications
Bight your lip
and take a trip
Though there may be
wet road ahead
You cannot slip
So move on up
and peace you will find
Into the steeple
of beautiful people
Where there's only one kind
So hush now child
and don't you cry
Your folks might understand you
by and by
Just move on up
and keep on wishing
Remember your dreams
are your only schemes
So keep on pushing
Take nothing less -
not even second best
And do not obey -
you must have your say
You can past the test
Move on up!

Mandibles
Take the bullet between my mandibles
It's the path I chose
Took life and I grabbed the balls
I rose like an animal
And the jungle taught me to handle foes
Take the bullet between my mandibles
It's the path I chose
Took life and I grabbed the balls
I rose like an animal
And the jungle taught me to handle foes
To all ya mother Effers
Heffers and half steppers
The best of us is yet to come
Ya'll aint seen the last of us
I am that kid that nobody ever gave a ufck about
Curse words and the worst words
Were the first words coming out my mouth
We started out with nothing so we had nothing to lose
Never had an option so there was nothing to choose
And it was all about turning food stamps into cash, buy some
Dipsey doodles with a food stamp
Get seventy-five cents back
What you know about that now?
In my darkest hour it seems…

Freedom of speech, motherfucker
Okay, something for the kids (hahaha)
(Pinocchio)
I got no strings to hold be down
To make me fret or make me frown
I had strings, but now I'm free
I got no strings on me
[Verse 1]
Step into the club smoothly with a L in my hand
Bitches know that I'm a freak like the elephant man
Intelligent plans
Fuck a record deal, I want development land
With my benevolent clan
And that's the reason that I only trust my fam
40,000 records sold, 400 grand
Fuck a middle man, I won't pay anyone else
I'll bootleg it and sell it to the streets my self
I'd rather be that than signed and stuck on a shelf
And because of this executives try to diss me
Racism frozen in time like Walt Disney
And now they say they wanna get me signed to the majors
If I switch up my politics and change my behavior
Try to tell me what to rhyme about over the beat
Bitch…

King Without A Crown
[Chorus:]
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
Sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
You're all that I have and you're all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without you there's no me
You're the air that I breathe
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I'll stand on my own two feet
Won't be brought down on one knee
Fight with all…

photography Serge Leblon
Dazed and Confused vol 2, issue 23
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Keep It Together

Keep it together now,
as you wish as you know how.
It'll all work out.
When nothing ever seems to be,
exactly what you need now,
hold fast now, to drench yourself and last.
All that you know,
is all that you've figured out.
But you'll never land again
until you stop falling down.
Don't let yourself wither now,
perpindicular to the ground.
It'll all work out.
And don't ever doubt the days.
As if they're not apt to change now,
it'll all come around.
So brace yourself and last.
All that you know,
is all that you've figured out.
But you'll never land again
until you stop falling down.
So alive, even cut down to size.
We're here to recognize our place in time.
The roll we play, the days we make,
and the ones made without us around.
We all must carry on,
when we can't carry on with what we want now.
All that you know,
is all that you've figured out.
But you'll…

Signs in life
There are lots of signs in life
Some that you may not like
You could be livin this minute …
The next minute you're gone away
So hold up your hands my brothers
And be conscious my sisters
And by your worst, you will get paid
True, you can move food on the street
Did a bitta that, got bored of that
Didn't move the brown or the crack
Use to pick up for the fact
I could make more back by breaking down to scores n that
Stack to buy out the stores n that
Didn't give a shit about laws n that
But I did give a shit about getting locked up
Or get boxed up, sentenced you'll get about 4 for that
Crap, you aint so rich now
I bet you feel like a prick now
Coz where's all your fancy shit now
Where's your…

All Heads Down
Where did it begin?
The skip in time, or the spark of sin.
Where corrupted minds were let to stand with
a head and tongue intact.
All I ask is how we carry on.
Tricked and blind, raped and robbed.
Shutting our mouths so not to speak,
and falling down to our knees.
All heads down to bow.
All heads down to bow to nothing
because nothing will save you.
It's you and yourself alone
because in the end, you're own your own.
So don't crawl into the pitiful
burrow of followers.
Where time erodes the strength and will,
we've got to hold to withstand the disarray
that brings us down to our knees.
All heads down to bow.
All heads down to bow to nothing
because nothing will save you.
It's you and yourself alone
because in the end, you're own your own.
So don't crawl into the pitiful
burrow of followers.
Stay upright and strong,
before the choice is gone,
and freedom fades like promises
made for the trade
of the vote in the…