We have overcome.
Except those of us now in Gaza. Except those of us
whom police kill. Except those of us who are suspects. Except those of us
whom the church hate. Except those of us damned to taste good. Except
those of us held by fate. We are meeting in the capitol. Word is, freedom
will not wait.
All that once was never shall be.
All they could do won’t be done.
All we sang of is now happening.
[note to self:]
Must write
new songs
to become…
...And so it was. Through the collective
imagination of the people, the force of will and human potential, and an
unflinching ability to hold himself to task, Niggy Tardust was liberated.
His ability to see beyond the boundaries and obstacles of 'genre', 'race',
and suppression, allowed him to encompass a grace and sound that embodied
the all. All that had stood against him, now stood with him. All that had
claimed a lesser harmony, now craved voice and resonance. He stood with
poets, painters, dancers, students, children of the night who had
transformed themselves into a million bright ambassadors of morning, and
proclaimed,
“We declare declaratives and deny the
official. Based in the landmark of the G-spot, we have overtaken ourselves
and overthrown our forefathers. Let there be light within the light and let
it answer to the name of Darkness. We are forever risen from the deadly:
the anti-virus and the All Stars. Granted power by forces unbeknownst to
us. Made in the likeness of kindness. We offer anger to the angry and fear
to the fearful. We dance at our own funerals to forsake the
mourners…
…This is no time to cry! This is no time at all! Here is the moment
of the overlooked and the unforeseeable. We are the elected officials of
the people: poets and artists. We are the declarative statement of the
inarticulate, the irreparably damaged goods of the bad meaning good. We are
the government! We are the government! We are the
government!”
GH_WHT
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A
symphony for epic poem 'NGH WHT', from The Dead Emcee Scrolls, has been
composed by Swiss composer, Thomas Kessler and performed by The Arditti
String Quartet and Saul.
Experience the full
compostion through the eyes and ears of a 72 year old avant guard composer
as well as the isolated...
The full composition as well as the isolated ‘stems’ are
available for download below. Send us your remixes and we’ll post
them for listening on saulwilliams.com..or just enjoy the composition!
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