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A call to awareness in Hip-Hop (Part 2 of 2)
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We of the Hip-Hop culture have a choice, and the choice is this: Shall we continue to allow Hip-Hop to be used as a corporate tool to destroy ourselves and our culture, or shall we take it back in order to use Hip-Hop as a tool to unite Hip-Hop heads, all people, all races and all cultures? Will Hip-Hop be yet another flash-in-the-pan movement that could have been, or will it be the movement that speaks for the Buddha's, the Christ's, the Ghandi's, the Lennon's and the King's in all of us who seek peace, justice and equality for all of Humankind, free from fear and the manipulation of truth? We of the Hip-Hop culture have the utmost responsibility to nurture what we built as MC's, DJ's, Beatboxers, Breakdancers, Graffiti Artists, and all Hip-Hop fans worldwide. Nobody can usher in a dawning of a new age for the Hip-Hop culture but us. I truly believe that this is the ultimate purpose and destiny of Hip-Hop. We are more than a music. We are more than a culture. We are a movement destined for great things if we only believe in ourselves and our potential. In the spirit of those who have fallen before us. In the spirit of those who sacrificed their lives, standing up against injustice, inequality and the powers that seek to continue to conquer us through fear and separation. I am calling for a Revolution, but not a Revolution of might. Not a Revolution to instill fear in the hearts and minds of those who have hijacked the Hip-Hop culture. Doing so will make us no better than them. Rather, what I am calling for is a Revolution from within. A Revolution of the Self. A Revolution by which we change our perspective of Hip-Hop, the world, our significant purpose in this world, and those who seek to use Hip-Hop for their own selfish gain. A Revolution by which we use our minds, hearts and wits rather than our fists to undermine the corporate machine's stranglehold of our culture from the inside-out. The corporate machine has met us half way by bringing us into their fold, and now it is our turn return the favor. I am calling for all major record label Hip-Hop artists assimilated into the corporate power structure to utilize its resources to raise awareness among the Hip-Hop youth. I am calling for the Hip-Hop Underground to build solidarity under the banner of Peace and Nonviolence. I am calling for Hip-Hop heads worldwide to stand for Unity and Justice, and to be a beacon of Hope and Love in the eyes of those who still see us as a beacon of Hatred and Fear. I am calling for the Hip-Hop generation to stop fighting each other, for that is what the powers that be want us to do so that we don't realize the rug being pulled from under us. I am calling for the Hip-Hop generation to wake up from its self-perpetuated mass delusion of materialism, misogyny and violence as part of what it means to be Hip-Hop. While the corporate machine has used our weaknesses to their advantage, we bear the ultimate responsibility for our actions in the name of Hip-Hop, and only we can change our image in the eyes of the world and among ourselves. Only we can rise above and beyond anyone's expectations of us as individual heads and as a global movement of Peace, Love and Justice. Only we are capable of seeing in Hip-Hop the potential to usher in a new age of Oneness, free from Fear and the Delusion of Separation.
The corporate elite that fears the Hip-Hop movement is not our enemy. They only seek to control that which they fear. A Revolution of vengeance and might in opposition to those whom we believe oppress us similarly seeks to exert control over that which we fear. Thus, fighting fear with fear, no matter how benevolent one's intentions are, only validates and constitutes more fear. This leads to even greater injustice and will never lead to true justice, peace and equality. Rather than enemies, the corporate elite and all those whom we believe threaten Hip-Hop and all cultures worldwide are simply reflections of our own fears, just as we are a reflection of theirs. We cannot change a reflection of our Selves by forcing the reflection to change. In order to change our reflection, we must change. We must be the change. This is what I mean by a Revolution of the Self. The Revolution starts from within, and begins by realizing that we must disbelieve in our limitations. It begins by being the change you wish others to be, especially those whom you fear. It is believing in the power of Love as the only way to bring an end to injustice. The Revolution that I am calling for within the Hip-Hop movement is not one of violence or indignation, but rather through the exemplification of Love. It is through exemplifying Awareness. Exemplifying Respect. Exemplifying Humility. Exemplifying Solidarity. Exemplifying Understanding. Exemplifying Compassion. Exemplifying Oneness. Only by changing our Selves can the Hip-Hop cultural movement begin to un-realize Fear and Separation as an inescapable reality in our lives and realize true Peace and Happiness. This can be the ultimate purpose and destiny of Hip-Hop, but only if you make it so.
To be a self-realized Hip-Hop head is the ultimate reality one can experience within the Hip-Hop cultural movement. But awareness is only one half of the equation. The other half is applying your awareness. To do something about it. And so, after all that you have read, the question I ask of you is this: What are you gonna do about it?
Brian Sanchez hopes to reinstate the All Is One Society website and organization, and invites spiritually like-minded individuals interested in being a part of this venture to E-mail him. For more information, please visit www.ALLisONE.org.
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