Saul williams

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.
There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People are going to see this and get blown away.
We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there.
[sung] I will not rhyme on tracks Niggas on a chain gang used to do that (Huh!) way back I will not rhyme over tracks Niggas on a chain gang used to do that (Huh!) way back Don't drop the beat on me...
[Samples: heard through-out the entire song] [Flavor Flav:] Come on down! [Chuck D:] Put a hand on a nigger pull the trigger! [Saul Williams:] So you don't like the way we're running things? And you...

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If I could find the spot where truth echoes I would stand there and whisper memories of my children's future I would let their future dwell in my past So that I might live a brighter now Now is the...
("ohm" is chanted in long drawn out syllables throughout the song) [Saul Williams] Through meditation I program my heart To beat breakbeats and hum basslines on exhalation [Saul beatboxes]...

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Nigga, you betta drink half a gallon of Shaolin Before you pluck the strings of my violin My life is orchestrated, like London symphony Concentrated, niggas waited and waited I'm birthday whistles,...

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In 1972 my mother was rushed from a James Brown concert In order to give birth to me My style is black hole Most niggas simply sound like earth to me If hip hop were the moon i'd be the first to bleed...

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[Verse 1: Saul Williams] I used to hump my pillow at night The type of silent prayer to make myself prepare for the light Me and my cousin Duce would rank the girls between one and ten And the highest...