Open Fire in OakTown!

Greetings in the Spirit of Justice!

While I usually hold this blog exclusively for music news, what has been going on lately in the city where I stay @ has made worldwide headlines and I feel like speaking on it.

By now I am sure all of you have heard about the murder of Oscar Grant in cold blood at the hands of BART pigs on New Years morning. Since then there were 2 rebellions (what the media would call riots) in downtown Oakland (which is a bizness not residential district) on January 7th and 14th. I attended rallies before both of these spontaneous rebellions broke out and witnessed the intimidation/agitation of the local riot pigs decked in full gear; armed with guns, teargas, helmets, batons, and even a tank. It was obvious to me that this show of force was intended to suppress the peoples desire to voice dissatisfaction with what was going on-but that didnt happen!
There are numerous articles already written around the facts of the case and the current status so I am not gonna get into that. I will include sum lyrics from a new East Bay Politix song that we wrote for Oscar Grant III, that summed up InI feelings immediately after:

"Its a New Year / the Black Prez is here / but if u think its all good / you not seeing clear / cuz fear is still in the heart of these wicked police / but we caught em this time now rebellions in the streets / yellin NO JUSTICE NO PEACE / backin it up wit action / they wouldnt have done shit till we got 2 smashing / u know whats happening? / my folks have had enuff / born and raised ina shitstem that dont give a fuck / so its time 2 erupt / Oakland 2 Palestine / Genocide Worldwide / 2 many violent crimes / perpetrated by the state / occupations everday/ i was in downtown O staring down a tank / what u think? / the war is on / we East Bay Politix Ras Ceylon / I blaze fiyah on the pigs / we got the rite 2 live / and every youngsta in the hood could be a revolutionist....u dig?"

So that last line was made into the flesh by the young man Lovelle Mixon, who on was also killed by the OPD on Mar 21st of this year but no before he took out 4 of them. Since that happened there has been an outpouring of grief, sadness, mourning etc etc over the loss of these "peace officers" lives. Flags were at half mast, agents of the state from all over the world gathered @ Oracle Arena for a humongous funeral (in which the cops families asked the Black mayor Oakland not to speak becuz they didnt want it political-yet they had the Governator and other white politrickians speak. Overall I feel that it is hypocracy that the lives of these 4 non-residents of this city are obviously valued more than the lives of 2 young men from the Town.

I stand firm in principle. For anyone that really feels my music or overstands my lyrics can probably tell that I take these types of issues seriously. Not only that, I will not change my objective opinion simply because it does not match the status quo. In other words, "fuck what babylon talkin, InI deal with Truth & Rights, all day, everyday." I will keep this Revolutionary mindstate wit no apologies 2 the authors of lies and hate. I stand in solidarity with all victims of institutional white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, brutality, criminalization and oppression. Just like the comrades Chairman Fred Jr, Tragedy Khadafi, stic.man & Askari X, I mean what I spit and stick 2 the PEOPLES script in which we dont fall for no govt. tricks!

After all this happened I went back and stuck in "Scientific/Non-Fiction" CD and it seemed even more relevant now than when we dropped it in October. Suggested tracks 2 cope wit d Oakland Inferno: "Betta B Ready" becuz the "War A Gwan" and there are "Many Levelz" when we "Open Fire" on the "Western Front"!

This is Ras Ceylon, reporting live from West Oakland, occupied Kalifaztlan, modern babylon.