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(when) 7 nines collide
a rap about reggae music and other topics in the tropics
by rich stewart
an exclusive Reggae12.com excerpt:
introduction
Neville Itchwell is a record producer par excellence and rastafarian, who as a youth endured the plantocracy of the sugarcane fields. He is the focus and act I begins on a hot night, the first night after the death of a legendary reggae artist. After much reflection on the day's news, Neville drifts off and has a most interesting dream. It begins on the day of Jamaica's Independence and concludes near the end of the second millenium.
act 1
(just past midnight)
may 12, 1981
ninety-nine degrees Fahrenheit
burn the oil in the dead of the night
concrete jungle in the bloody heat
one drop rumble in the bloody street
those who languish in torn garments wail
revolutionaries croon in jail
shadows in the valley recognize
tuff gong rebel pose no compromise
(reggae beat creates a sense of shock
an inner music solid rock)
curious outsiders look on as
locksman dig on up that ghetto jazz
inspiration from the torch is passed
trumpet first might just as well be last
natty dread vibration: positive
life is one big road wake up and live
catch a fire watch the tables turn
hear the music see the fires burn
cultivation a la joseph hill
elbows rest upon one window sill
timeless flow from the sacred cup
vines of consciousness climb up and up
reggae beat creates a sense of shock
mystic vibes of cognizance unlock
natural mystic locksman turns the key
if you listen closely you will see
vestal octave bares twelve tones of flesh
rhythms tangle in a twelve tone mesh
babylon the bandit double faults
those who feel it dance a reggae waltz
one fine day you're here the next you're gone
scholars reason on and on and on
topics in the tropics getting deep
i and i drift off to get some sleep
surrealistic dreams have taken hold
a journey into dub starts to unfold
fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold
act II
(the dream)
as we are from this time here on in
a music revelation will begin
(when) the stage of seven nines collide
a universal rhythm will preside
and so the DUB of (when) 7 nines collide begins...
want a copy of the whole book...
It's $3.00 to:
Rich Stewart
PO Box 504
Paradise, PA 17562
DubPoet@aol.com
