Immortal Technique

[The_Warmth]

Just as much as the counter-culture of the 60's and 70's is viewed with a heavy connection to music, I feel the new revolutionary force will have, maybe even need, the same bond. New(er) underground hip-hop seems to be the epicenter for this breed of music, many times with no hesitation to present an ugly truth. I found this to be a good sample of the mood of some of these artists, let me know what you think!


Immortal Technique - The 4th Branch


The new age is upon us
And yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave
For those who hide behind the false image of the son of man
shall stand before God!!! It has begun
The beginning of the end
Yeah..
Yeah... yeah, yeah


The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist
Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran
They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam
When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings
I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish
The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ
You murdered and stole his religion, and painting him white
Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
Conservative political right wing, ideology
Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation
Got my back to the wall, cause I'm facin' assassination
Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration
How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?
Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?
Human rights violations, we continue the saga
El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua
And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison
Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism


It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Read about the history of the place that we live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children


Flow like the blood of Abraham through the Jews and the Arabs
Broken apart like a woman's heart, abused in a marriage
The brink of holy war, bottled up, like a miscarriage
Embedded correspondents don't tell the source of the tension
And they refuse to even mention, European intervention
Or the massacres in Jenin, the innocent screams
U.S. manufactured missles, and M-16's
Weapon contracts and corrupted American dreams
Media censorship, blocking out the video screens
A continent of oil kingdoms, bought for a bargain
Democracy is just a word, when the people are starvin'
The average citizen, made to be, blind to the reason
A desert full of genocide, where the bodies are freezin'
And the world doesn't believe that you fightin' for freedom
Cause you f***** the Middle East, and gave birth to a demon
It's open season with the CIA, bugging my crib
Trapped in a ghetto region like a Palestinian kid
Where nobody gives a f*** whether you die or you live
I'm tryin' to give the truth, and I know the price is my life
But when I'm gone they'll sing a song about Immortal Technique
Who beheaded the President, and the princes and sheiks
You don't give a f*** about us, I can see through your facade
Like a fallen angel standing in the presence of God
Bi*** ni***z scared of the truth, when it looks at you hard


It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view in the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering, generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Martial law is coming soon to the hood, to kill you
While you hanging your flag out your project window


Yeah..
The fourth branch of the government AKA the media
Seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-military officials
As if their opinion was at all unbiased
A machine shouldn't speak for men
So shut the f*** up you mindless drone!
And you know it's serious
When these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign
To try to convince you they're fair and balanced
When they're some of the most ignorant, and racist people
Giving that type of mentality a safe haven
We act like we share in the spoils of war that they do
We die in wars, we don't get the contracts to make money off 'em afterwards!
We don't get weapons contracts, ni***!
We don't get cheap labor for our companies, ni***!
We are cheap labor, ni***!
Turn off the news and read, ni***!
Read... read... read...

[JeffR]

1. K & R! Thanks for posting this

I discovered Immortal Technique some months ago when a DUer posted something about him. Color me a fan.
:toast:

[yellerpup]

2. K&R

Art speaks. :kick:

[soulcore]

3. I'm a relatively new fan as well.

Also check out Merc Mercy, Remo Conscious and Dead Prez, among others.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4552241204719421053&q=immortal+technique

[The_Warmth]

5. Thanks!

DP has got some crazy stuff.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. A nation takes on the mentality of its LEADER

Welcome to Bush America.

[mikelgb]

6. I was just listening to

Freedom of Speech a personal fav

[killbotfactory]

7. I like immortal technique

crazy ass mofo.

[izzybeans]

8. Revolutionary Volume 2 is a once a day spin

in the Ipod for me.

[not systems]

9. Bin Laden is classic...

Artist: Immortal Technique f/ Mos Def
Album: Bin Laden 12"
Song: Bin Laden

Lyrics :


Man, you hear this bullshit they be talkin'
Every day, man
It's like these motherfuckers is just like professional liars
YouknowwhatI'msayin? It's wild
Listen


Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga

Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--


I pledge no allegiance, nigga fuck the president's speeches
I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryna sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on niggaz to show you love
This shit is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at they mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you they mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden, was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface


Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga

Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--


They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
But that's bullshit, I'll show you why it's totally wrong
Cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
It'd be warfare through Harlem, and Washington Heights
I wouldn't be fightin' for Bush or White America's dream
I'd be fightin' for my people's survival and self-esteem
I wouldn't fight for racist churches from the south, my nigga
I'd be fightin' to keep the occupation out, my nigga
You ever clock someone who talk shit, or look at you wrong?
Imagine if they shot at you, and was rapin' your moms
And of course Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons
We sold him that shit, after Ronald Reagan's election
Mercenary contractors fightin' a new era
Corporate military bankin' off the war on terror
They controllin' the ghetto, with the failed attack
Tryna distract the fact that they engineerin' the crack
So I'm strapped like Lee Malvo holdin' a sniper rifle
These bullets'll touch your kids, and I don't mean like Michael
Your body be sent to the morgue, stripped down and recycled
I fire on house niggaz that support you and like you
Cuz innocent people get murdered in the struggle daily
And poor people never get shit and struggle daily
This ain't no alien conspiracy theory, this shit is real
Written on the dollar underneath the Masonic seal

(I don't rap for dead presidents
I'd rather see the president dead
It's never been said but I set precedents)--


Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga

Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--

(Shady Records was 80 seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fucked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours)--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA_xXWSXyFI

[TheModernTerrorist]

10. I've been a fan of his for years now.

he is nothing short of amazing.

[Bushwick Bill]

11. Some more videos for you.

The second and third verses to The Cause of Death are unreal.
http://www.all-good-tabs.com/lyrics-bands-immortal_technique-cause_of_death-113460.html

Anyway, here are some videos for The Cause of Death.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3261480970701377933&q=immortal+technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWh077_Ed3w
And the song Bin Laden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWEMCx3tKT4

[not systems]

12. Intense video

The Point Of No return

Somewhat graphic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c9gzpI_y90&mode=related&search=#

[Ms. Clio]

13. a friend of mine turned me on to Immortal Technique a few months ago

Check out www.pandora.com -- create an Immortal Technique radio station, and listen to him for free!

[The_Warmth]

14. How'd I know I'd find some fellow listeners here?

DU makes my day.

[evolved Anarchopunk]

15. Good post. There has been a lot of very good posts lately

that show the educated and open-minded, hence eclectic underbelly of certain DUer's personalities. This is why I am a Democrat, definitely a Democrat-for-life. An anarchist in aspirations only, I simply love my present company. I love you all very much.

There was a Dune thread on here maybe two days ago, "FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER", and now this, my fav underground rapper.

Immortal Technique has been my signature since I finally signed up for DU nearly 2 years ago, and I promise it will never change after this.