Whereas, breakbeats have been the missing link connecting the diasporic community to its drum woven past Whereas the quantised drum has allowed the whirling mathematicians to calculate the ever changing distance between rock and stardom Whereas the velocity of the spinning vinyl, cross-faded, spun backwards, and re-released at the same given moment of recorded history, yet at a different moment in time's continuum has allowed history to catch up with the present We do hereby declare reality unkempt by the changing standards of dialogue Statements, such as, "keep it real", especially when punctuating or anticipating modes of ultra-violence inflicted psychologically or physically, or depicting an unchanging rule of events will hence forth be seen as retro-active and not representative of the individually determined is Furthermore, as determined by the collective consciousness of this state of being and the lessened distance between thought patterns and their secular manifestations, the role of men as listening receptacles is to be increased By a number no less than 70 percent of the current enlisted as vocal aggressors Motherf**ers better realize, now is the time to self-actualize We have found evidence that hip hop's standard 85 rpm when increased by a number as least half the rate of its standard or decreased at ¾ of its speed may be a determining factor in heightening consciousness Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth Equate rhyme with reason, Sun with season Our cyclical relationship to phenomenon has encouraged scholars to erase the centers of periods, thus symbolizing the non-linear character of cause and effect Reject mediocrity! Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand The current standard is the equivalent of an adolescent restricted to the diet of an infant The rapidly changing body would acquire dysfunctional and deformative symptoms and could not properly mature on a diet of apple sauce and crushed pears Light years are interchangeable with years of living in darkness The role of darkness is not to be seen as, or equated with, Ignorance, but with the unknown, and the mysteries of the unseen Thus, in the name of: ROBESON, GOD'S SON, HURSTON, AHKENATON, HATHSHEPUT, BLACKFOOT, HELEN LENNON, KHALO, KALI, THE THREE MARIAS, TARA, LILITH, LOURDE, WHITMAN BALDWIN, GINSBERG, KAUFMAN, LUMUMBA, GHANDI, GIBRAN, SHABAZZ, SIDDHARTHA MEDUSA, GUEVARA, GURDJIEFF, RAND, WRIGHT, BANNEKER, TUBMAN, HAMER, HOLIDAY DAVIS, COLTRANE, MORRISON, JOPLIN, DUBOIS, CLARKE, SHAKESPEARE, RACHMANINOV ELLINGTON, CARTER, GAYE, HATHAWAY, HENDRIX, KUTI, DICKINSON, RIPPERTON MARY, ISIS, THERESA, PLATH, RUMI, FELLINI, MICHAUX, NOSTRADAMUS, NEFERTITI LA ROCK, SHIVA, GANESHA, YEMAJA, OSHUN, OBATALA, OGUN, KENNEDY, KING, FOUR LITTLE GIRLS, HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, KELLER, BIKO, PERÓN, MARLEY, MAGDALENE, COSBY SHAKUR, THOSE STILL AFLAME, AND THE COUNTLESS UNNAMED We claim the present as the pre-sent, as the hereafter We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun We are not afraid of the darkness, we trust that the moon shall guide us We are determining the future at this very moment We now know that the heart is the philosophers' stone Our music is our alchemy We stand as the manifested equivalent of 3 buckets of water and a hand full of minerals, thus realizing that those very buckets turned upside down supply the percussion factor of forever If you must count to keep the beat then count Find you mantra and awaken your subconscious Curve you circles counterclockwise Use your cipher to decipher, Coded Language, man made laws Climb waterfalls and trees, commune with nature, snakes and bees Let your children name themselves and claim themselves as the new day for today we are determined to be the channelers of these changing frequencies Into songs, paintings, writings, dance, drama, photography, carpentry, crafts, love, and love We enlist every instrument: Acoustic, electronic Every so-called race, gender, and s**ual preference Every person as beings of sound to acknowledge their responsibility to uplift the consciousness of the entire f**ing World Any utterance will be un-aimed, will be disclaimed, will be maimed - two rappers slain Any utterance will be un-aimed, will be disclaimed, will be maimed - two rappers slain