Amidst The Music: Now Cipher
A Food, Drug and Health Awareness Project: Part 3 of 3
Artist: Labtekwon
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Ankh Ba Records
Released: May 8th, 1998/July 7th, 2007
Labtekwon is an emcee from Baltimore, Maryland who expresses and reveals many of his Kemetic roots in his music. You can learn a great deal from studying his musical archive. Which is why we chose one of his tracks for this special Amidst The Music.
The song we will be using for this experience is titled “Now Cipher”, by Labtekwon. You can find it on two albums under Ankh Ba Records. It appears as track 18 on the album, “Nile Child: Epic of the Kushite Warrior King [Labteknology Volume 4], released in 1998. It later re-appears as track 12 on the album entitled “Labteknology Volume 4: Nile Child – King of Kings”, which was released in 2007. This song will serve to compliment and support the true spirit of Hip Hop, in light of how we defined it in The Appetizer.
The music we rock with has a purpose. It influences our culture and the rest of our reality. The same is true for our food choices and health regimens. Over-commercialized, gimmicky rap is to True Hip Hop as refined, processed chemical based foods are to Nature and Wholistic Existence. A total disgrace and disaster of The Sacred, if you ask me. Cultural appropriation at its finest, if you ask somebody like Dame Dash. I am not implying that every song and artist that goes commercial or uses a “gimmick” is garbage. But those who understand the situation know what I mean. The mis-representation and mis-education of Hip Hop (just as all Black culture, history and consciousness) has been mastered, promoted and even praised in the western world and mind-state, across the board.
When initiating this style of music in the way we intend to today, there are many ways to approach it to be most effective for your needs. You can’t just play it. Well, you can… But you gotta learn to actually “tune in” to truly attain the benefits. You can first listen to the song a few times in its entirety, without concentrating on it, just vibrating and getting the feel for it. If the feeling of the track moves you for the greater good, listen again for a time or two, with a keen ear. This time focusing on detail, to closely observe and capture the message, woven into the rapidly fired words. Afterwards, read the words from the printed lyrics CAREFULLY. It is important to consider the statements when reading, and take the time to actually reflect on the questions asked. After reading the lyrics in their entirety, you can go back and play the song again. At this point, you should begin to notice how the words are becoming clearer and better understood. The rhythm should be connected to you by now as well.
For me, the energy in the music and lyrics begin to resonate and connect with my ambitions. Inspiring and supporting my drive towards health. If you make the connection and tune in, you can achieve the same or similar effects. Now we are in hyper drive so to speak. Welcome to the fast lane, with no compromise! Tuning in will allow you the opportunity to learn and memorize the words and the vibrations. The more we listen, learn, connect and commit it to memory, our brain receptors will begin to be stimulated, assisting in the awakening of our Natural Kemetic Anatomy. Helping to expedite the realization of our innate Human design and its native desire to protect itself against system/enemy-inflicted, as well as self-inflicted, harm and “dis-ease”.
The lyrics I’ve posted serve as a study guide. Infused with many links, to further elaborate on the issues mentioned and points made within the music. The links lead to different articles, videos or audio references. Regardless, they should be read, viewed and listened to. Enough to at least gain a general understanding of what’s being addressed. When you complete a long read or video from the links provided, it may be wise to reflect for a while before proceeding with the study. After reflecting, (whether for a few minutes or a few days) always listen to the song again before proceeding further. Keep in mind, you can choose to research and expand on different parts of the lyrics, other than the parts I have linked to. It is also OK and encouraged to challenge the lyrics and analyze the information presented within. Not to hate and refute in ignorance, but to drive you into your research on the disparaging issues and advance your prowess on the science and art of true health.
As long as you understand what we are doing here and you get the premise of the first two articles in this project, you can come up with and choose your own methods of approach, to compliment your needs and suit your style. As an example, one could commit to making a 3-day introductory study out of the song, diving into 1 verse a day. If you choose to do more or less in a day, no problem. Just do so at your own comfortable pace with the intent to attain maximum absorption of the knowledge and concepts. As long as you are going all the way in, with intelligence; treating the material like a scientific study course and a pleasurable expression of art, simultaneously; until it is committed to memory, either verbatim, and/or in concept, you’re on and in tune. Doing things in this way will prevent you from shallowly hearing the song in a single pass; with a topical ear and a lazy mind; then arbitrarily agreeing or disagreeing, saying or thinking to yourself:
“Man, that’s real”! (out of positivity)
or
"He don't know what he's talking about!" (out of negativity)
Either way, people do this far too often with Hip Hop music of all types and barely understand what they just heard, good or bad. Then they blame Hip Hop and it’s presenters for being shallow. Thus the power, purpose and pleasure of these 4 minute creative dissertations are all but ever fully recognized and utilized.
If done sincerely and completely, you will definitely be much more aware, in tune and knowledgeable by the end of the study. If you are already the active and aware type, you may find that you were already partially aware of some things addressed in the music. Nevertheless, you should follow through with this project anyway. Due to the fact that mastery of these things will need consistent research, practice and reinforcement. Keep in mind, we are doing things of this nature with quality Hip Hop music in general. Not just this song. So don’t sleep and try to leave Hip Hop out of the equation when it comes to transcendental, meditative compositions. You can get your Neo on and download an entire life change and a whole school of thought in 4 minutes flat when you tune in on one accord! But no matter what genre or style of music you engage for higher purposes, Hip Hop or any other, just remember…
The Kushitic man has been consciously creating frequency specific, metaphysically inducing, biologically altering music, with soul, rhythm and rhyme, longer than any other species on this planet, and probably the solar system for that matter!
Much Respect To LabTek. For his contribution to that TRUTH. ALL PRAISE TO THE MOST HIGH, EL SHADDAI! Awaken your HeruKhuti!
The embedded links will be opened in a new tab when clicked. This way you will not lose your place in the study. If any of the links lead to a broken page, please leave a reference in the comments and it will be updated. Thanks and Enjoy.
TRUE INDEED!
The condition is rampant.
The system is ravish with mono-saturated fats and various additives.
Due to deviation from divine diets vegetation.
Your intellect as well as physical structure suffers from deterioration.
Constantly you consume putrefied animal carcasses and contaminated corpses,
infested with microscopic organisms, bacteria and worms.
You feast on beasts that host parasites, disease and germs.
Question: Why consume substances that require 3 days for digestion?
Answer: You’re ignorant to the concepts of viruses and cancer.
For your own enjoyment you poison your internal organs.
Leaving your body biochemically helpless.
Yet you’ll still eat beef, turkey burgers and shellfish.
You claim to need these things for proteins?
But the animals you consider cuisine only eat holistic vegetables that are green!
Our fellow primate, the ape, is a strict vegetarian.
No meat in their diet, yet more muscular than man has ever been!
Herbs use big words then dine on toxic turds?
You regurgitate nonsense like a college nerd.
Some say vegetables are no better due to pesticides
but there are countless organic varieties that you’ve never tried….. Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Then there are those that suppose poultry is status quo.
Why attempts to defend that which you do not know?
Chickens are fed poisonous, arsenic pesticides and tranquilizers.
Industrial expired DEATH, in a deep fryer?
20 percent of fouls are unfit for human consumption. That percentage may be higher. Yet, this is what your savage palate desires.
Synthetic, cancerous, FDA approved pesticides, fed to the animals to keep the manure free from flies.
Tranquilizers are fed to cows to increase milk production.
The milk is then obtained through mechanical suction.
The fluid is actually mucus, blood, puss, toxins, dirt and white dye!
And pasteurization causes bacteria to multiply.
Part of the reason why milk becomes so rancid is that before it is packaged,
Its base contents are contaminates.
Weeny emcees fiend for dairy products from pizza and ice cream.
Then they claim advanced intellect while they feed on disease?
Your lyrics are as primitive as your selection for dinner.
A 28 day fast should be on the agenda.
But first things first, you’ll quench your thirst with a sugar based fluid.
Of course, sugar has no nutrients.
As a food substance it’s essentially useless.
The truth is, it is a highly refined carbohydrate.
Technically defined as a drug, the reason why it gives you a buzz.
When sugar is concentrated in the blood,
It causes hyperglycemia, diabetes, and leads to obesity, and nevertheless you drown the powder in various forms.
Ignorance and consumption is considered the norm…… Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
You’re ridiculous.
The essence of ignorance.
In a sense VOID and confused.
Bragging about knowledge of the unknown, as you consume……. Poison foods?
Philosophies, a fantasy.
The intake of garbage crosses ALL logical boundaries.
Some say it’s justifiable by misinterpretations of scriptures from the bible.
Such savage habits were “non-cipher” until dead evil’s arrival.
White flower constipates the bowels, clogging growls.
Yet you still crave gravy on the cow.
Stressing your colon in an ocean of toxins.
When we were SLAVES we ate that way because we didn’t have an option!
Even warnings of caution should be found on gum.
Cold tar derivatives may not seem delicious.
But these are just some of the 30 ingredients not listed on the label.
All of which, in pure form, are fatal.
Synthetic rubber petroleum antioxidants, and other toxic carcinogens.
All of which goes against your body’s tolerance.
Chewing gum reduces acid in the stomach which tampers digestion.
Causing a negative reaction in tract of the gastro.
In touch with the act of chewing, dupes and prepares the stomach for food that never comes.
So you see, it’s dumb to season the tongue with pieces of gum.
How could a SUPREME MIND be deaf, blind and dumb?
Truth is a star, knowledge shines like the SUN. EAT TO LIVE!
To nourish is food’s TRUE purpose!
In pointing out the poisons, I’ve just scratched the surface.
REVELATION COMES FROM EL SHADDAI!!
Clearly you are Pharisees……… Uncivilized……… Now CIPHER……….
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
Uncivilized Now CIPHER!
The bassline on this one! The kick and snare... The percussion. The complex simplicity of the arrangement. Straight john blaze!
The VariVerb applied to this time shift puts this auric Cipher in a big room that leaves the rhythms and frequencies lingering and resonating a bit longer. Dynamically EQ'd, a boost of 2.7dB at 1.5kHz and 2.2dB at 5 kHz, brings the vocals and the percussion out to give them more presence. The bassline handles itself as is. Anymore boosting of the low end caused unwanted distortion, so I couldn't touch it. The track as a whole has been ultramaximized just enough for more thickness without losing volume dynamic range.
Put it on repeat and meditate til you're star traveling with the frequencies of Neter. GAGUT strikes again! You might wanna full screen this, and turn it up to star traveling volumes, if you got it like that...