Why Arent We Allowed to listen to music

[smartsingh24]

i did a quick google on nas's lyrics......

http://www.ohhla.com/YFA_nas.html

i bet if i did the same to the others i wouldn't be pleased either.....

[nam_g1]

wjkk wjkf

ye..i agree that once u understand da meanin of wa ur listenin 2 only den..u can decided if ti is right or wrong. Personally i gone over all the hip hop stuff...cus i found summit betta, which is KEERTAN! neva listen 2 anythin else now. dnt need it. neva listend 2 bhangra in ma life. i h8 it! :doh: i stil dnt get y ppl even listen 2 it.ugh.

I think bhangra is worst than english songs. they all relate to lust one way or another. u shud go wit wateva feels right 2 u. WITH GURU JIS KIRPA im sure you'll do the right thing mn.

bhul chuk maaf...wjkk wjkf. :e:

[`KuMi´]

stil say assa di // da best

[gupt_paapi]

stil say assa di // da best

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aww bless u

[natsilahk]

Oh, you got to be kidding me.

Yes, Nas had his period of making bad songs and songs about killing and lust be he has re-invented himself PUBLICLY. He came on television and said he had a new purpose in Life etc... That's why you've found his bad songs.

And as for the other artists, go ahead and google Talib Kweli.

Here, there's a song titled "Going Hard"

Tell me these LYRICS aren't deep,

http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/t_kweli/str...oinghrd.tab.txt

(Hook)

I got a part to play, we going hard these days

**** the harder way, we doing it the harder way

To my God I pray, that's how I start my day

The bullets starts to spray the revolution starts today

I say the <admin-profanity filter activated> these people ain't got the heart to say

**** the harder way, we doing it the smarter way

To my God I pray, that's how I start my day

The bullets starts to spray the revolution starts today

(1st Verse)

You say you never scared there's kids in other countries

Making jerseys, jeans, and sneakers they could never wear

Parents never there, they're busy building homes they can't afford to buy

Cars they can't afford to drive

Working jobs that don't support their life

You busy screaming gangsta, gangsta all that talk is trife

You already lost the fight if you don't know the cost of life

These kids is forced to fight a war they can't outrun

Ain't got no shoes but got a gun

Now where the **** he pulled that out from?

People ask me how we wearing diamonds

When there's little kids in Sierra Leone

Losing arms for crying while they mining

Probably an orphan who's momma died of AIDS

He built a coffin working often but he never paid

Forever slaving in the world that's forever cold

Becoming the man of the house at 11 years old

This reality rap, I get inside the mentality that...

Terrorize you like a cowardly act

(Hook)

(2nd Verse)

I was sold to a sick European by a rich African battlin'

Middle Passages, I can't go back again

Battlin' years of denied history, lies and mysteries

Wives with misty eyes watchin' their husbands be beaten viciously

Battle in the wilderness of North America

Run by the river, only stoppin' to pray chased by predators

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president

Their capacity for evil so evident and prevalent

Ain't no hesitation involved, a nation dissolved

While we sit back waitin' to evolve

Those who would trade in their freedom

For their protection deserve neither

Not a name, not tradition

Religion, you learn Jesus

Turn the other cheek

Inherit the Earth, just stay meek

**** the way you speak

Try to run, we chop off your feet

Fast forward to 2004 we selling

Yo this ain't what I'm settling for

I want more, yo

(Hook)

Kweli speaks with true purpose.

I'm willing to send you some of his creative songs, and you can see for yourself.

This man is amazing and has alot of talent, skill and an extremely positive message.

Talib Kweli - Get By

We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes

We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn

We go through "Epidodes II," like "Attack of the Clones"

Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone

  To get by.. just to get by

  Just to get by, just to get by

We commute to computers

Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors

We survivalists, turned to consumers

  To get by.. just to get by

  Just to get by, just to get by

Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor

I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer

Me and Willa raised three daughters all by herself, with no help

I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself

These words, melt in my mouth

They hot, like the jail cell in the South

Before my nigga Core bailed me out

  To get by.. just to get by

  Just to get by, just to get by

We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky

with the window of the red eye

Let the lead fly, some G. Rap <admin-profanity filter activated>, "Livin' to Let Die"

[Chorus: Background singers]

This morning, I woke up

Feeling brand new and I jumped up

Feeling my highs, and my lows

In my soul, and my goals

Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin

And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

[Talib and background singers]

(ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

Just to get (by by by by by by)

(ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

Just to get (by by by by by by)

[Verse 2: Talib]

We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"

Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk

Yo, I activism - attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison

Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision

<admin-profanity filter activated> and all they got is rappin to listen to

I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional

Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable

Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you

  Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?

  Just to get by, we get fly

The TV got us reachin for stars

Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts

Some people get breast enhancements and <admin-profanity filter activated> enlargers

Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father

They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug

When, all you really need is love

  To get by.. just to get by

  Just to get by, just to get by

Our parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people watch"

We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop

[Chorus: Background singers]

This morning, I woke up

Feeling brand new and I jumped up

Feeling my high's, and my low's

In my soul, and my goals

Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking

And I've been thinking - I've got my reasons

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

Just to get (by), just to get (by)

[Talib: repeat 2X - with background singers]

Yoyoyo, yo

Some people cry, and some people try

Just to get by, for a piece of the pie

You love to eat and get high

We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly

Yoyoyo, yo

When, the people decide, to keep a disguise

Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside

But there's people you find

Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs

All I gotta say is, "Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable

Your position is pivotal, I ain't bulls****** you" -- It doesn't get much better than that.

[smartsingh24]

dude, the language is horrible, and the message isn't much better. You're wasting your time if you think this guy can create lyrics even nowhere close to kirtan.

[{"Taksal"}]

Just a small suggestion: :doh:

Like Guru Ji has given us his beautiful and glorious bani and by the combination of Harmonia, Tabla. It results in a beutiful Kirtan. In which we praise of Him! :e:

But if we like listen to other thingny, like rap or whatsoever. Will we have the Fal for the next juag? Are we praising of Him?

Listen to Kirtan or sing the Kirtan! May our ears or rasna become pavitar :TH:

If you sing or listen to other kinds of thingny, can you make your rasna or ears pavitar

Just a small suggestion, I hope you can find it fine :TH:

[Mahavir]

think about it guys....Guru ji gave us kirtan (plus categorizing Bani according to raag) for a reason.

we don't need to go any place else to get our fill

[All-Info]

Just a small suggestion:  :doh:

Like Guru Ji has given us his beautiful and glorious bani and by the combination of Harmonia, Tabla. It results in a beutiful Kirtan. In which we praise of Him! :e:

But if we like listen to other thingny, like rap or whatsoever. Will we have the Fal for the next juag? Are we praising of Him? 

Listen to Kirtan or sing the Kirtan! May our ears or rasna become pavitar :TH:

If you sing or listen to other kinds of thingny, can you make your rasna or ears pavitar

Just a small suggestion, I hope you can find it fine :TH:

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jst so people know if they dont already.. Harmonium is German origin... We use it as its much easier then traditional indian instruments.. I used to have an aritcle on it but cant seem to find it though i will try and get another copy and post up.. Tis good to read, explained which instruments were used and what for and how!!

[natsilahk]

dude, the language is horrible, and the message isn't much better. You're wasting your time if you think this guy can create lyrics even nowhere close to kirtan.

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lol, never said lyrics were close to kirtan.

some people find other things motivational too.

Seriously, theres bigger problems out there than a few dirty lyrics in a positive rap message.

Atleast Kumi's not hailing the next Sant or babba as a living guru for guidance.

Enjoy listening to other music and other cultures, just try to keep the message positive.