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empallinso i caught the end of ghosts of mississippi this morning and figured i would watch it. i had seen most of this movie the other day but got distracted before reaching the end of it. not a bad movie but i really wonder how acute it told the story of civil rights activist medgar evers and his untimely passing at the hands of a racist fuckwad. so because of this movie the allin machine started rolling full steam ahead. at one point the was a john f kennedy quote (those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.) that i was not familar with. so i did a search for it. while reading the text of the entire spech i got another idea.
so off i went looking for information on the black panter party. i was actually looking for something specific. in the movie panther they make reference to a picture taken of huey p newton after he was supposed beaten by police while handcuffed to a hospital bed. the article that accompanied the picture was not of much interest so that set me off on another topic.
in one of the black panter party pages it mentioned something about centurion ministries. centurion ministries assists people who they believe have been wrongly convicted. it is probably on of the sadest sites i have read in a while. the worst part of it is where they list the two cases that ended in executions. i really wish they would go into deeper details on this cases rather than the quick blurbs they provide.
you know you really can't do any kind of research on the black panther party without coming across numerous references to cointelpro and the mess of abuses to civil liberties. not to mention several deaths and injuries. it was interesting to seee that somebody else thinks that the patriot act opens the door for a return of this kind of behaviour from the us intelligence agencies.
while go over all of that i came across some references to the 1968 democratic national convention in chicago. i was not really aware of this. i knew that the chicago 8 trial was because of something to do with this but had never really looked into it. while on this i was lead to information on the weathermen. and that is where i quit. they dont teach this stuff in most schools and i really feel i learned more today than i did some days at school. a lot of days.
as helpfull as the web as been with all of this i really think i need to find a few good books to read. all of this from watching television. ill be damned.
dream team by spearhead
red black green, red gold green
dat's how we know we a fe we dream team
(repeat)
the other day
a friend gave me a call
he said that the dream team was playin basketball
was so excited
that i hadda get a witness
the first time the nba was in the 'lympics
players from the east/ players from the west
and you can bet that they took the very best
("except they left tim hardaway at home"
"yeah that was hella fucked up!")
but anyway
i tuned in because i was hella psyched
to see magic johnson on the same team as mike
gettin crazy
havin lots of fun
makin sure that they got the job done
fans were wavin the red white end blue
it seemed strange to me
was it strange to you?
brotha's on the street
and everyone is scared a ya
so how could ten africans represent america?
bullshit, it didn't mean a thing
'cause in the same year we saw rodney king
so i thought that i would put a team together
a team that i have been waitin for forever
some a you may know what i mean
but if you don't then
lemme introduce you to...
my dream team!
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
well chuck d'sannouncin'
flava's doin' color
halftime enterntainment by dre and ed lover
malcolm x is the coach he's drawin' up the strategy
he's choppin up america's anatomy
'cause they're the ones we're up against of course
our general manager is chief crazy horse
huey newton 'cause he was extra hard
he's the one who would be playin at the shootin' guard
i dreamed charles barkley would be
played by marcus garvey
he'd be throwin people off his back and makin
sure they never got a rebound rebound
and he'd throw it to the outlet
nat turner 'cause he can turn the corner when
he's out there
he be flyin through the air throwin passes like
he really doesn't care behind the back
and in between the legs
he's handlin the rock as gently as an egg
he's throwin it in to angela davis's neighborhood
she's postin up down in the extra hard wood
she grabs the pill and then she puts her shoulder down
get out the way 'cause she's gonna throw down now
boom! oh my god! i just can't believe it
get anotha backboard or bettah yet leave it.
we always play for fun but we always play for keeps
the game is over and the loser's gotta sweep.
up the glass that we busted in the ass
set the record straight now about america's past
this is my dream team
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
dream team's in the house
dream team's in the house
well after doin that we be headin
for the ceremony
hand on the heart is a bunch of baloney
the spirit of the '68 olympics
black power people can i get a witness
fist in the air this is proper manners
while jimi hendrix is fuckin' up the spangled banner
up into the sky miles davis blows a horn
look into the bleachers: it's bill clinton sellin popcorn
so now we jump! and we have a celebration!
shaquille o'neal would provide the entertainment
to some of you this is a far fetched scheme
but to me... i'll tell you what it is...
this is my dream team
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
yeah sista rosa parks she gets the
first seat on the bench!
and dr. king, webring him in in a pinch.
because i like to shoot hoops not brothas!
so off i went looking for information on the black panter party. i was actually looking for something specific. in the movie panther they make reference to a picture taken of huey p newton after he was supposed beaten by police while handcuffed to a hospital bed. the article that accompanied the picture was not of much interest so that set me off on another topic.
in one of the black panter party pages it mentioned something about centurion ministries. centurion ministries assists people who they believe have been wrongly convicted. it is probably on of the sadest sites i have read in a while. the worst part of it is where they list the two cases that ended in executions. i really wish they would go into deeper details on this cases rather than the quick blurbs they provide.
you know you really can't do any kind of research on the black panther party without coming across numerous references to cointelpro and the mess of abuses to civil liberties. not to mention several deaths and injuries. it was interesting to seee that somebody else thinks that the patriot act opens the door for a return of this kind of behaviour from the us intelligence agencies.
while go over all of that i came across some references to the 1968 democratic national convention in chicago. i was not really aware of this. i knew that the chicago 8 trial was because of something to do with this but had never really looked into it. while on this i was lead to information on the weathermen. and that is where i quit. they dont teach this stuff in most schools and i really feel i learned more today than i did some days at school. a lot of days.
as helpfull as the web as been with all of this i really think i need to find a few good books to read. all of this from watching television. ill be damned.
dream team by spearhead
red black green, red gold green
dat's how we know we a fe we dream team
(repeat)
the other day
a friend gave me a call
he said that the dream team was playin basketball
was so excited
that i hadda get a witness
the first time the nba was in the 'lympics
players from the east/ players from the west
and you can bet that they took the very best
("except they left tim hardaway at home"
"yeah that was hella fucked up!")
but anyway
i tuned in because i was hella psyched
to see magic johnson on the same team as mike
gettin crazy
havin lots of fun
makin sure that they got the job done
fans were wavin the red white end blue
it seemed strange to me
was it strange to you?
brotha's on the street
and everyone is scared a ya
so how could ten africans represent america?
bullshit, it didn't mean a thing
'cause in the same year we saw rodney king
so i thought that i would put a team together
a team that i have been waitin for forever
some a you may know what i mean
but if you don't then
lemme introduce you to...
my dream team!
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
well chuck d'sannouncin'
flava's doin' color
halftime enterntainment by dre and ed lover
malcolm x is the coach he's drawin' up the strategy
he's choppin up america's anatomy
'cause they're the ones we're up against of course
our general manager is chief crazy horse
huey newton 'cause he was extra hard
he's the one who would be playin at the shootin' guard
i dreamed charles barkley would be
played by marcus garvey
he'd be throwin people off his back and makin
sure they never got a rebound rebound
and he'd throw it to the outlet
nat turner 'cause he can turn the corner when
he's out there
he be flyin through the air throwin passes like
he really doesn't care behind the back
and in between the legs
he's handlin the rock as gently as an egg
he's throwin it in to angela davis's neighborhood
she's postin up down in the extra hard wood
she grabs the pill and then she puts her shoulder down
get out the way 'cause she's gonna throw down now
boom! oh my god! i just can't believe it
get anotha backboard or bettah yet leave it.
we always play for fun but we always play for keeps
the game is over and the loser's gotta sweep.
up the glass that we busted in the ass
set the record straight now about america's past
this is my dream team
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
dream team's in the house
dream team's in the house
well after doin that we be headin
for the ceremony
hand on the heart is a bunch of baloney
the spirit of the '68 olympics
black power people can i get a witness
fist in the air this is proper manners
while jimi hendrix is fuckin' up the spangled banner
up into the sky miles davis blows a horn
look into the bleachers: it's bill clinton sellin popcorn
so now we jump! and we have a celebration!
shaquille o'neal would provide the entertainment
to some of you this is a far fetched scheme
but to me... i'll tell you what it is...
this is my dream team
"spearhead in the area!"
this is my dream team, my dream team
my dream team, my dream team
yeah sista rosa parks she gets the
first seat on the bench!
and dr. king, webring him in in a pinch.
because i like to shoot hoops not brothas!
