(when) 7 nines
collidea rap about reggae music and other topics in the tropics by rich stewart an exclusive reggae.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, 1981ninety-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
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