Born Free

I just saw one of the most controversial 8:53 minute video of my life. M.I.A. finally came back releasing her new album, "Free" and I haven't heard all the songs but I feel this one. The video is crucial and very controversial but it reinforces the injustices that occur in our society everyday, whether we choose to "see" it or not.

I actually admire her for being bold enough to address the fact that these issues are VERY PRESENT in society. Everything is NOT all good, just so happens that not everyone is socially aware...whether it's because they choose to be or not for one reason or another.

It's even more upsetting that people choose to be blinded by these issues that are CLEARLY right under their noses. Everywhere we go, there is always some type of injustice, and it continues to be perpetuated because people choose not to say or do anything about them! "An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" so it's up to us to protect ourselves and our freedoms.

My homie Sy addressed something I didn't think about before. He said that we were born free but as soon as we are out, shackles are forced upon us and we become enslaved by the typical norm and bullshit society feeds us. Freedom is a relative term, especially when we have to UNDO things and ideologies we have been fed to believe and live up to.

I choose not to be a dummy or a slave to bullshit. I hope you strive to be free, just like me, because we ARE born free...so we should live with that legacy!

http://www.miauk.com/

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1637769/20100426/mia__4_.jhtml

[Here's the link to the video & the article]

Whooo!
Yeah man made powers
Stood like a tower higher and higher hello
And the higher you go you feel lower, oh
I was close to the end staying undercover
staying undercover
With a nose to the ground I found my sound

Got myself an interview tomorrow
I got myself a jacket for a dolla
.............
and the car doesn't work so I'm stuck here
yeah i don't wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see ya
I got something to say
I throw this shit in your face when I see ya
Cause I got something to say

I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)

You could try to find ways to be happier
You might end up somewhere in Ethiopia
You can think big with your idea
You ain't never gonna find utopia
Take a bite out of life make it snappier yeah
Ordinary gon super trippyer
So I check sh!t cause I'm lippyer
And split a cheque like slovakia

Yeah i don't wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see you
I got something to say
I throw this sh!t in your face when I see you
Cause I got something to say

I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)
ooooh

I don't wanna talk about money, 'cause I got it
And I don't wanna talk about hoochies, 'cause I been it
And I don't wanna be that fake?, but you can do it
And imitators, yeah, speak it

Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
and tell em!

Born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)