I made this thread because I think it's an important topic.
The topic is not about a particular music artist but rather on the movement of what most of us here on ATS strive for.
Here's a blog that an artist that many of you know as Lupe Fiasco
His next album is called lasers and below is the definition of lasers.
THE L.A.S.E.R.S. MANIFESTO
To Every Man, Woman & Child...
1. We Want An End To The Glamorization Of Negativity In The Media.
2. We Want An End To Status Symbols Dictating Our Worth As Individuals.
3. We Want A Meaningful And Universal Education System.
4. We Want Substance In The Place Of Popularity.
5. We Will Not Compromise Who We Are To Be Accepted By The Crowd.
6. We Want The Invisible Walls That Separate By Wealth, Race & Class To Be Torn Down.
7. We Want To Think Our Own Thoughts.
8. We Will Be Responsible For Our Environment.
9. We Want Clarity & Truth From Our Elected Officials Or They Should Move Aside.
10. We Want Love Not Lies.
11. We Want An End To All Wars. Foreign & Domestic (Violence).
12. We Want An End To The Processed Culture Of Exploitation, Over-Consumption & Waste.
13. We Want Knowledge, Understanding & Peace.
14. WE WILL NOT LOSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOSERS, WE ARE LASERS!!!
Lasers are the opposite of losers. Lasers are shining beams of light that burn through the darkness of ignorance. Lasers shed light on injustice and
inequality. Losers stand by and let things happen. Lasers act and shape their own destinies. Lasers find meaning and direction in the mysteries all
around them. Lasers stand for love and compassion. Lasers stand for peace. Lasers stand for progression. Lasers are revolutionary.
Lasers Are The Future.
We're Not Losers...We Are L.A.S.E.R.S.!!!
Love Always Shines Every-time Remember 2 Smile!
Lupe's last album was great, it was called the Cool.
It's intro explained the cool.
It's called Baba Says Cool For The Thought
It was about the govt. thinking gentrification is cool, that oppression is cool, that the CIA dumping drugs is cool, that leaving people dying during
katrina was cool. But then it says the problem is that many think that being from the hood is cool(gentrification) or that selling weed in the
corner is cool(cia dumping drugs) or that being gangsta during a catastrophe is cool(katrina).
His next concept is lasers.
I thought it was a very interesting concept.
We aren't losers, we are lasers!
[edit on 5-7-2009 by ModernAcademia]
