Root Deep

Erase The Race War music vid
Rainbow Warriors
Rainbow Warriors

Add to My Profile | More Videos
A h o p e f u l f r o n t r u n n e r i n t h e f i e l d o f w h a t h e ’ s d u b b e d : " M u s i c W i t h A M e s s a g e , " R o o t D e e p d a r e s t o c h a l l e n g e t h e m a s s e s w i t h h i s t h o u g h t p r o v o k i n g l y r i c s . S c h e d u l e d t o b e g i np r o d u c t i o n o f h i s d e b u t a l b u m , " M i n d M u s i k 1 0 1 " i n A u g u s t o f 2 0 0 7 , h e h o p e s t o m a k e a m a j o r i m p a c t i n t h e i n d u s t r y , w i t h a l l i n t e n t s o f r a i s i n g t h e s t a n d a r d s f o r n o t o n l y h i p h o p , b u t m u s i c i n g e n e r a l .
Personal InsightIn short, music is my passion in life, and so, has become the basis of my life. I have to say that I became deeply troubled once I realized the unforseen direction that rap and hip hop had strayed in. This being mainly because, not only do I feel it misrepresents the mental capacity of Blacks/African Americans, we’re basically spoon feeding these derogatory lyrics to our babies. It’s sad to think that at the age of 4, most of our children would probably think that it’s only natural that we address our women as "bitches" and our brothers as "niggas." After all, they’re only adopting their standards of social behavior from those whom they look up to the most, as do their peers. Did we ever stop to realize that our children don’t ulitmately learn from each other, but from us. All mannerisms that our children may adopt from each other were initially learned FROM us, and eventually spread THROUGH them. Having realized this, it becomes quite easy to understandhow the negative messages of just a few could influence so many, especially when that message is delivered through music that is constantly and repetatively heard by so many. I’ve come to feel that this sudden change in airplay was in no way, by chance or coincidence, but done intentionally to influence the thought process and standards of acceptance for all who would hear the message. Though we may not have done so intentionally, there’s no denying that we truly have been sold a sham, and sold ourselves short in buying and accepting it. It seems like just yesterday our elders marched along side each other singing "We Shall Overcome," or spoke words of hope proclaiming "I Have A Dream.". How oh how did we ever fall so far so fast?
It’s thoughts like this that will no longer allow myself, and those who feel as I do to simply accept the loathsome image we’ve created for ourselves as a race and as a people. Though our efforts may not impact change immediately, we will keep doing all that we can to make our message be heard by all who will hear it, and that message is:
A Message of HOPE
" A n e w d a y o f h o p e i s d a w n i n g . A l l w h o s e e k i t w i l l f i n d i t , w h e t h e r i n t h i s l i f e o r a n o t h e r . T h e t r u t h i s n o t " O u t T h e r e " , b u t i s i n f a c t r i g h t h e r e i n o u r f a c e s , a s i t h a s a l w a y s b e e n , a n d w i l l c o m e t o u s a s w e a r e r e a d y t o r e c e i v e i t . I f w e e n v i s i o n a f u t u r e o f v i o l e n c e , w e w i l l e x p e r i e n c e a n d r e c e i v e m o r e v i o l e n c e . I f o u r t h o u g h t s d w e l l o n h a t r e d a n d n e g a t i v i t y , w e w i l l e x p e r i e n c e a n d r e c e i v e m o r e h a t r e d a n d n e g a t i v i t y .M y m i s s i o n i s t o i n f l u e n c e t h e t h o u g h t s o f t h e m a s s e s t o f i r s t , W A K E U P a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e s i t u a t i o n w e a r e i n , a n d t o t h e n w o r k t o g e t h e rt o u n d o w h a t w e h a v e h e l p e d t o d o t o O U R S E L V E S a n d t o t h e w o r l d w e l i v e i n . O n c e t h e C O L L E C T I V E c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f t h e m a s s e s b e g i n s t o c h a n g e , s o w i l l t h e C O L L E C T I V E r e a l i t y f o r a l l w h o l i v e t o e x p e r i e n c e i t . "
" T h i s i s a m e s s a g e o f h o p e t h a t I i s s u e t o a l l w h o w i l l h e a r i t ’ s c a l l i n g . I ’ v e c o m e t o s u m t h i s m e s s a g e u p i n t w o w o r d s t h a t I u s e o f t e n i n h o p e s t h a t a l l w h o w i l l e v e n t a l l y s e e o r h e a r t h e s e t w o w o r d s w i l l r e m e m b e r t h e m e s s a g e , s o a s t o i n s p i r e t h e m t o c o n s t a n t l y i m p r o v e u p o n t h e m s e l v e s i n o r d e r t o b e c o m e m o r e t h a n t h e y a r e ;
"GET ROOTED!!!"