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My plans on the eve of Judgement Day.

2011-05-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

So, tomorrow is May 21, 2011. Judgement day, where predictions the world will end in biblical fashion. Great floods, fire and brimstone, little demons dragging people by the ankles to depths of hells kicking and screaming "I didn't inhale! I DIDN'T INHALE!"

Are you prepared? Maybe. I walk the road of "do your best" and "do no harm." I prayed 3 to 7 seven a week depending on how many times I've been told "You Suck" by my ex-wife.

Its the day before I meet my maker and it feels like this threat of creditors "If you don't make a payment today, the full balance is due tomorrow!" Flashes of movers taking all your possessions, the HD3D TV, the leather couch, and your P90x DVDs, zip through your mind. "NO!" you scream and you begin bargaining phase of the grief process.

"Before we meet Mr. (or Mrs.) Maker, I got this thing I gotta do. Its what I love and I always told myself before I met you, this would be the last thing I do. I have been blessed in this life to have the opportunity to do what I love and serve to make this world better with the gifts I've been blessed to possess."

Getting real for a moment, my talent (if there is such a thing) would NOT be music, poetry, or emceeing. It is creativity. I chose the medium of music, poetry, and emceeing to express love for best of human potential to positive changes themselves in the world.

This day being the day before judgement day. I'm doing what I love for the youth Rigler Elementary. I'm performing and sharing my words and ideas to inspire them to keep pushing for betterment. I'm put my heart, soul, nerve, and, sinew into this performance, because tomorrow is not promised, we are living on borrowed time, and depending on the terms you sign to, tomorrow payment is due in full. Unless... we get a deferment.

One,

DLUX THE LIGHT
www.dluxthelight.com

Desmond Spann, aka DLux the Light is a spoken word poet, a positive emcee and hip hop artist, and an educator who works to help kids express themselves. We get a glimpse into his creative process, and watch him work with a group of kids. When get a chance, watch the video.
http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/914

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The Offering: Why There's Greater Impact In Rap's Apologies Than Disses

2011-05-11T09:24:00.000-07:00

The Offering: Why There's Greater Impact In Rap's Apologies Than Disses

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Free Write

2011-04-29T08:36:00.001-07:00

They say tears are prayers too heavy for our lips to speak.
The silence creeps through window
Watery blur is the moon, Push and pullingoceans in my eyes.
Walks on sand are quest for foot prints. I need to be carried.
Pulled from the Brink,
THANK GOD for this ink to sink
Emotions DEEP into the page
I must say I Apologize,
Its my obligation to promise perfect moments, By ANY Means neccessary
Buried, under scopes of smiles and laughter, are these tears
These sorrys will be the Last
Sorry for being a sorry Excuse for a hero,
you play the villain so smooth, How did I let get so close.
I'm sorry for crying now and Lying then,
MAKE BELIEVE play PRETEND, WE could begin againBut ends, preceed new beginnings.

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A Gift

2011-04-27T23:03:00.000-07:00

Great video from the cast crew of Oregon Art Beat, "A Gift" is captured live from my performance live at elevated coffee.

http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/books/article/poet-desmond-spann-performs-children/

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DLUX THE LIGHT on Oregon Art Beat! Video

2011-04-22T17:44:00.000-07:00

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Free Write

2011-04-22T08:06:00.000-07:00

Striking a nerve, swerve through these words
Deliver the urge, to purge what hurts
Here on the dance floor, Its what you came for,
not the hard core but the mo better
Better wrap it in a jacket, if you get lucky
Don't judge me for what I might do tonight
feeling so good on a Busta Rhymes hype
Types? She might be it, lets mix the tonic and see what we get
Another chance to do love better
or just another cold morning
searching for your sweater
Put your clothes on,
because the show is over
stop the action games, you're getting older
not the a looker, like you once were
Now your just the vision caught in the blur

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Free Write

2011-04-15T10:30:00.000-07:00

FREE Write
Concept:ghost of Lyrics Past.

They are Back, ALL the WACK LINES
your mind DESIGNED, Thought they Blow up
Like land mines you step on.
Takes you Back in time
Like A Land mine time machine.
Scratch that, text track
What if every rhyme manifested?
BECAME REAL Life you projected
Would you say the SAME things?
Talk about money, rings and ignore suffering.
WOULD you SAY your moms on crack
Praise the exploits she did for a hit
song.
Long gone are the Days where praise
is paid to those who Laid Life
instead of bricks to build bridges, for
you to cross.
Could of been Lost in the VALLEY of alleys,
MADLY Dodging Venom fangs,
syringe NEEDLES sucking veins,
traps baited with games,
CRAP shoots.
TRADE IN your Boots for shoes of
YOUR pleasure,
for your Leisure stroll on the BRIDGE
over the trolls, Just pay the toll.
Gotta Pay to cross.

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Free Write

2011-04-08T10:32:00.000-07:00

FREE WRITE

Let the countdown, Begin to the Eruption
Volcanic flow to start the combustion/Engines/
training you to be something
That's never fake or is /fronting/
Like we know it ALL
and we can ball without /rules/
to the game: Don't spit the mundane
Lips making noise, only saying nothing
Is the true Definition of Bluffing
Your Poker face is laced with lies
Trying to hide cries, keep them tears in disguise

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Free Write

2011-03-04T10:03:00.000-08:00

Truth is.....

Truth is I can't tell you, what the truth is. I can only tell you what its like.
Truth is like the sun is warm. Pleasant from a distance, but don't want to get to close.
Truth is like snow flakes, no two are alike like finger prints and DNA. The truth is like us.
We the people
like truths to be self evident,
self aware, self fulfilling prophecies
but they are elusive
only providing glimpse of disappointment and excellence.
Truth is like love.
Not completely because love loves to hate indifference.
Truth is like hate, as it motivates great potential in low expectations.
Situations when classmates stare at the truth too long and can't see how amazing you are.
You are like the truth, reluctant to reveal yourself and the colors that made you.
Truth is like a painting, self portrait, brush strokes carefully crafted to hide themselves.
Truth is like what you want to see. Beauty of intentions, when the road points to heaven.
Truth is like heaven.
Because I can only compare the truth to things I've experienced.
To my recollection I haven't been to heaven, but I have experienced a joy that left me wanting not.
A joy of complete satisfaction. It was hard to handle but not impossible,
kinda like the truth.

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No Free Write but...

2011-02-13T23:35:00.000-08:00

http://www.theemceemind.com/2011/02/freestyle-impromptu-audio.html

Here is some audio of me freestyling! Check the link and the explanation from my other site TheEmceeMind.com.

Word!

Desmond

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Free Write

2011-02-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

“Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about things that matter”

So don’t stay quiet, Get up riot
When its Necessary to Beat back apathy
Love’s Adversary
Enemy to compassion, blasting distractions
Get focus on Passion, to bring the attraction
laws.
Young lions use their paws
When it’s time for play and time for war
Its serious, the city is delirious
Lost the curious, for lust of sex and bucks
Now star struck with a mortal wound
Who knew a shooting star could mean doom

You don’t care!
What do you mean you don’t care?
Blank stares from too many star gazes
You don’t care or You don’t know
You don’t know so you don’t care
I dare you
I dare you to know
I dare you to know to care and care to know
‘Cause the show is based on wholes
Flash glows, false flicker, star ass lickers
Shocked Mind Wiped Blank But
You don’t care
You don’t care
You don’t bare burden barebells
Fair, sails through wind tunnel ear canals
Mach speed 5
No resistance. No resistance? No resistance!
No Revolution
No Re-newables. No Windmills. No Wheels turning.
No Evolution
So!
You do not care
You do not dare or speak truth
You do not root, You do not hold value and make connections
You do not
You get not
Not…ting (Nothing)

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Free Write

2011-01-28T19:55:00.001-08:00

A Grin, A Smile, A Laugh

The Calabash, gave the blast to creative explosion
Expressions became weapons of mass protection
Guarding bonds of friends solidified by

A grin

A smile

A laugh

Tony had a great one of each with a heart to match
welcomed us artist into his Calabash

A Soul’s departure always arrives too early
to those still waiting for flight
Wish they could fight for a window seat
just for one more conversation

Great people soar with you
to a destination we should all see
When my time comes for departure
I’ll be at peace knowing

A grin

A smile

A laugh

Of a friend will be waiting in heaven
R.I.P. Tony

Free Write

2011-01-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thankful for the prayers, I do not hear
Silent whispers of truth in the wind
Sins upon my brow lay heavy
My mind weighed down and stressed like the levies

Gentle breeze through tunnels
funnel troubles down the drain
Pain, a figment of my imagination
Pigments in the pictures' painting
Filament the keeps my light blazing
A candle in the dark, for those who are lost
it's a sign of home.

Come now
Rest now
Family provides the best pillows
fluffed with love and stuffed with high hopes.
We come short of saints and popes
but come we must

to be embraced by trust and faith.
Two arms never felt so safe.
But they let go sometimes
to let the risk we take
ours to contemplate.

We see farther upon higher ground
by those who climbed out of death valleys
to mountain tops and cemented the foundation.
Now we star gaze
with nothing in our way
except
the wind.

Free Write

2011-01-14T11:46:00.000-08:00

In my death,there is the voice of the righteous,
Defiance to all injustice that feeds on silence,
The riots and protest to bring the best of humanity,
To the surface. March forward on the grounds I lay under.
In my Death, I'll hold you up and watch over you.
My Death, may it serve as cries of battle,
Combat snakes that rattle our faith.
Fearful trimmers from when foundations break, and
For sakes of little fates resting under our wings of protection
Teach them to fly,
To sing,
To conduct symphonies as their wings, glide through the air.
We are beings deliberately created to be deliberately creative.
Its our native Purpose.
Our passionate nature will save what is threaten
Protect what is destined. Our Victory? There is no question.
My death, let it be the lesson
A life honorably discharged from is a life worth living.

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Free Write

2011-01-07T12:08:00.001-08:00

Between black and white aren't shades of gray,
But the colors of the rainbow
As I flow down slides and chutes, I listen to melodies of flutes
Guiding me home to the place of origin
Swollen members by pounding pavement
To make rent payments and keep lights luminated
Many hated during hating season, ringing bells against liberty for treason of the cause
Watered down by clause in laws
Design by shock and awe minds
Nothing mysterious leave us delirious,
Looking for help that's serious
I'm tired of too many games being played
People posing more than a game of charades

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Georgia on my mind

2010-12-15T21:37:00.001-08:00

Thoughts on returning to the south, Atlanta to be exact:
Ya, black people!
My cunning iPod knew to play Erykah Badu, sweet.
Nothing like the smell of black and mild to bring back memories of new Livingston hall.
Steve Harvey on the radio, hell yes.
Must find open Mic. Must find stage.

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2010-11-09T16:57:00.001-08:00

RAD309
My return to the Mic will be magical\
Lying low now on a business sabbatical\
#MicroRhyme

2010-10-31T19:06:00.001-07:00

No more shows this year. Besides some spot appearances in other programs, poetry slams, and speaker mind; I'm done for 2010!

2010-10-18T18:30:00.001-07:00

RAD308
Hip hop like doing the jerk\
Take the running man and throw it in reverse\ #micropoetry #hiphop #spokenWord

2010-10-16T11:26:00.001-07:00

Yes, I still maintain a 9 to 5. Nevertheless I'm making living off of my passions for youth development, music, and creativity. What I always wanted.

2010-10-15T12:41:00.001-07:00

"Positive communication" will be the subject of my 1st speaking opportunity of my career. Any thoughts on the subject?

2010-10-13T19:09:00.001-07:00

RAD306
Scared, in the jungle? its easier to run\
But They got a knife, and you got a gun\
#micropoetry

2010-10-12T14:40:00.001-07:00

RAD305
Your dough Doritos stop lying please\
Flashing them hundreds that's nacho cheese\
#micropoetry

2010-10-11T17:03:00.001-07:00

RAD304
More themes than mouse house Orlando, Disney\
Style out the park mantle Mickey\
#micropoetry

2010-10-09T23:00:00.001-07:00

RAD303
Don't get it twisted watch your health\
Names get big but fame aint wealth\
#micropoetry

2010-10-01T13:09:00.001-07:00

RAD302
People debate over words that cuss\
We define words they don't define us\#micropoetry #hiphop

2010-09-28T09:25:00.001-07:00

RAD301
Two radio stations separate on the dial\
Play teenage dream synchronized right now!#micropoetry #damnshame

2010-09-25T23:09:00.001-07:00

RAD300!
Thank you to all who came to celebrate\
My 28th year is starting off great\

2010-09-22T10:01:00.001-07:00

RAD299
Running a Marathon near the finish line\
Its the last mile that the hardest to stride\
#micropoetry

2010-09-22T09:55:00.001-07:00

RAD298
No matter how hard press by stress\
My best gets better can't quit can't rest\#micropoetry

2010-09-22T09:27:00.001-07:00

RAD297
Age digits get higher just like the stakes\
Keep pushin to stay inspired, elevate the hopes of the fates\ #micropoetry

2010-09-22T09:06:00.001-07:00

RAD296
A good day to be alive, reached 28\
I heard black don't crack, and neither does beige\ #micropoetry

2010-09-17T10:08:00.001-07:00

RAD295
Principles are buoys that float with life\
Rules measure the height of the tide\
#micropoetry

2010-09-11T23:43:00.001-07:00

RAD294
Ignored taunts to fight, I turned the other cheek\
With no cheeks left to turn, I'm baring my teeth\ #micropoetry 7! Countdown to 300 #hiphop

2010-09-11T13:37:00.001-07:00

Are you home now?

2010-09-11T13:36:00.001-07:00

Are you home now?

2010-09-09T15:04:00.001-07:00

RAD293
Change the standard from ass and cars\
You raise a glass, I raise the bar\ #micropoetry 8! Countdown to 300 #hiphop

2010-09-03T19:36:00.001-07:00

RAD292
When on the Mic don't abuse the cause\
Be dope, earn your applause\ #micropoetry 9! Countdown to 300 #hiphop

2010-09-02T18:01:00.001-07:00

RAD291
Saw this poem popping off at the mouth\
Treat it like mama said knock you out\
#micropoetry 10! count down to 300 #rap

2010-09-01T19:08:00.001-07:00

RAD290
Who motivates the motivator times are tough\
Who does god call on when he's had enough\#micropoetry#miniraps

2010-08-31T13:23:00.001-07:00

RAD289
Paralyzed by a pair of lies\
I can't I won't, first you better try\

2010-08-27T12:58:00.001-07:00

RAD288
So impatient so hard to coast\
Useless to rush when traveling by boat\

2010-08-23T19:42:00.001-07:00

RAD286
Do I claim zen only if I can't win\
to novacaine the pain and disguise aggression?\

2010-08-21T23:38:00.001-07:00

RAD285
Ready to elevate, meditate on greatness\
See it done before its done, when its dark, I know the sun\

2010-08-18T02:49:00.001-07:00

RAD284
I'm the most respected, un-detected\
never forget it, whenya hear the lyrics\
#micropoetry #miniflow

2010-08-17T12:30:00.001-07:00

RAD283
New lesson to learn to be connected\
Its our links staying strong that builds the necklace\ #miniflow #micropoetry

DLUX In The Schools

2010-08-13T23:29:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-13T22:20:00.001-07:00

RAD281
Writer's block is hot stealing words with capers\
Ink cops chase thoughts from spot on paper\

Freestyle Fir Ridge Performance

2010-08-09T00:52:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-08T09:08:00.001-07:00

RAD280
Photocopy industry sold copies for mills\
Originals? Stuck in machine paying bills\

2010-08-07T17:29:00.001-07:00

RAD279
Don't act like your style is heaven sent\
When you're VIP at a free event\

2010-07-30T11:28:00.001-07:00

RAD278
My style butter fingers it comes with the tools\
To be a clumsy diamond thief I be dropping jewels\

2010-07-28T19:18:00.001-07:00

RAD277
Words of wisdom from my son to you\
Don't forget to always go poo\

He's 8, give him a break.

2010-07-27T20:54:00.001-07:00

RAD276
Teaching reaching the youth can it be\
That I live life a spoken word emcee\

2010-07-27T17:34:00.001-07:00

Off to teach the youth free up there style. Freestyle club at ethos music center. No charge, just skills.

2010-07-26T18:01:00.001-07:00

RAD275
Social fantasy, an animal in the zoo\
All you want is lies, I don't feed you\

Hip Hop Camp Performance

2010-07-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

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2010-07-23T15:04:00.001-07:00

RAD274
Add mittens to you kittens cause you can't scratch\
I got the itch Dj wicked got my back!

2010-07-22T22:01:00.001-07:00

RAD273
Slighted like a magicians hand\
Still too slow to stop this man.

Tiredest Kid in the World

2010-07-22T17:14:00.000-07:00

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Cave Band Jam

2010-07-21T17:12:00.000-07:00

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Hip Hop Camp Videos

2010-07-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

Finally got a moment to upload these. Over the next few days I'll be posting the hip hop camp performances from ethos. You'll never see hip hop this cute in your life. Enjoy!

Desmond

all the performances, rock band and choir, can be seen here http://ethosmusiccenter.blip.tv/

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2010-07-20T17:09:00.001-07:00

RAD272\ pt.2
And ignite a young cusp, young star, ready to be the super novas they dream about.

Confused? Read pt. 1

2010-07-19T16:59:00.001-07:00

RAD271
The flicker of a star's light\ the chance to ignite your spark\ send Morris code through the dark\...
Pt. 2 tomorrow

The Gift

2010-07-15T20:12:00.000-07:00

(To listen to audio, go to the online store, in the bizmo, click the "+" next to poetics and select the poem by title.)

Children, you are not the future!
You are not the hope, nor the promise of a better tomorrow
You are not the byproduct of dreams dead, deferred, or denied reincarnated as children
You have been told a lie “you are the future”
As tempting as it is, you are not temptation
You are satisfaction in constant action
paddling the canals of a now growing universe.
You are not the future because there is no future
What’s beyond the universe, but more stars? What’s beyond today, but more todays?
The future becomes a trap for knaves
The fools bare their dreams to this stage
souls screaming with passion and rage
While stomping bar after bar after bar building their Guantanamo their cage
Now, forever imprisoned until they in a grave, Alive!
Buried by a dream’s wooden paddle turned shovel.
The cruelty of a dream is only realized when it’s denied by its mother, the source of its birth.
A dream speaks,
“Why can’t I be loved now and held now? Why must I be held a day away?
I can’t live in your tomorrow’s! I paddle through the white waters of the Milky Way
galaxy to be in your arms, only to be arm’s length from your reality!?
If I must live in your tomorrows, you will surely suffer today!”
This is a warning. Harsh words from an idea born of love and purpose.
A dream not properly cared for will make you nervous.
You become a rubber band ball of stress, bouncing stress balls of the walls at your desk,
wishing there would be something better to your existence than this.
A dream knocks on your now, holds up 2 signs in Big Black Bold Letters,
1^st reads
“GOT BETTER?”
2^nd reads
“Here it is!”
Your response
“That would be nice. I can’t wait ‘til that happens.” But you do.
Wait for the right moment
Wait for the right time to ask
Wait for the cash
Wait for the perfect circumstance
which is only a day away and is always a day away.
Children, you want you to see your dreams today?
Don’t be tomorrows!
We sing of our love for tomorrow and its future promise but the future promises
always to be beyond the horizon
Just out of your grasp,
just beyond the point where actions are taken.
While those who have forsaken their dreams smile by the hopes of you
you can’t be their hope for a better tomorrow or you will suffer their same fate.
Jailed by the state of wait penitentiary
Where many were told dreams come true and now feel they were lied to.
They were.
Not about dreams becoming reality but about when and the way they do.
Patience is a virtue and procrastination is an excuse.
You must be you now
and strap dreams blood stone tight to your back
start where you are at
and
Walk Now, Hike Now,
Climb Now, Fight Now,
Help Now, Ask Now,
Work Now, Play Now,
Enjoy Now, Love Now,
Hate Never, Fear Not,
Become Now, Because Now
is all we got. All we had, and all that will be given.
The Universe is now and Now always grows in trinity,
Nows that past, Nows that are here, and Nows to come.
Children, don’t be the future, ‘cause you are not the future.
Be the gift you were born to be, Now!

2010-07-13T14:22:00.001-07:00

RAD270\
The future is a trap for knaves\
The fools bare their dreams to this place.

2010-07-09T19:33:00.001-07:00

RAD269\
Kids make mistakes, kids have fun\
Grown ups perfect, and stress to get it done\

2010-07-08T17:47:00.001-07:00

RAD268\
When running from a bear or speeding from the cop\
All I'm tryna say is Don't Stop!

2010-07-07T13:09:00.001-07:00

RAD267\\car brakes break down before your date\
That's the brakes, that's the brakes.

Shout out to Kurtis blow!

2010-07-02T17:20:00.001-07:00

RAD266\\the last airbender, love the series\
The movie sucked in especially in 3D.

Boo M. knight! Boo!

2010-07-01T14:18:00.001-07:00

RAD265\\Patient water drops sculpt sand stone\
From them I learn how to build my own\

2010-06-30T09:57:00.001-07:00

RAD264 my pro position is flow editions\
Of soulful visions of global healing

RAD263

2010-06-29T12:27:00.001-07:00

RAD\\I write more than you think you are\
When heated in debate, against your mate\
Its a thinker...

RAD262

2010-06-28T12:12:00.000-07:00

Generals that taught emcees to be soldiers/

You betta get The Roots, How I got over!

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Got quotes, words, and ideas for rhyme a day? Send them to dlux@dluxthelight.com. Would love to be inspired by your wisdom.

One,
Desmond
DLUX THE LIGHT.com Spoken Word Emcee

RAD261

2010-06-25T20:38:00.001-07:00

one summer camp down, another in 2 weeks\
Molding the mind of the freshest emcees\

RAD260

2010-06-24T15:29:00.001-07:00

26Something so obvious, pages to a book\
When you lose something, its the last place you look\

RAD259

2010-06-23T07:57:00.001-07:00

With saturnights gone, and Fridays end\
Friends spend time, not your dividends\

RAD258

2010-06-22T23:41:00.000-07:00

Oh I see how you like to glare/

In the cage at the female dancing bear/

Think about it!

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One,
Desmond
DLUX THE LIGHT.com Spoken Word Emcee

RAD257

2010-06-21T09:04:00.001-07:00

I'm the king of camp there aint none higher\
These young emcees call me sire!

Keep It Moving Now on Itunes!

2010-06-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

Working on my 4th project this summer, until then enjoy timeless positive hip hop.

You can now, support the positive hip hop music of DLUX THE LIGHT through itunes!

Spread the good news. Thanks!

Keep It Moving (K.I.M.)
DLUX The Light

Release Date: Apr 12, 2010
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
℗ 2010 Rephokus Media LLC

iTunes for Mac and Windows

RAD256

2010-06-20T12:35:00.001-07:00

Fathers stand up, daddies get down!
Time to be men, raise your kids now!

2010-06-19T22:44:00.001-07:00

So on one weekend in Portland you have Juneteenth parade, naked bike ride, and the gay pride parade.

2010-06-19T22:38:00.001-07:00

The naked bike ride gotta love it!

RAD255

2010-06-18T18:28:00.001-07:00

If we must live self delusions\
I chose heavens knowledge, not hell's confusion\

Peace and Unity Fest!!!! It's Back!

2010-06-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

Peace and Unity Fest 2010

On August 7, 2010 Y.O.U.th (Youth Organized and United to Help) presents The 3rd Annual Peace and Unity Fest beginning at 1:00pm at the Mallory Avenue Community Enrichment Center (M.A.C.E) parking lot located at 126 N.E. Alberta Street. Y.O.U.th is a non-profit organization promoting opportunities for youth to explore their talents and gifts through an art medium.

The Peace and Unity Festival serves as a fundraiser for the upcoming 5th Annual Youth Summit (February 2011). The Peace and Unity Festival will feature celebrated local and national musicians and spoken word artists, community activists and faith leaders, and community vendors.

Invited speakers include: Host Pastor Fred D Woods (Calvary Christian Church), Rev. Renee Ward (Chrysalis Ministries), Universal Zulu Nation Member, Representative of the Nation of Islam, Representative of Hebrew Israelites Church, and more.

Featured artists include Ro Deezy, Rose Bent, Black Market, F.I.Y.A. as well as DJ’s from all over the Northwest.

Vendors will include small businesses and individuals who provide a service to our community. The Peace and Unity Fest is a venue for these vendors to gain more exposure and support from the community.

The organizers of the event hope the Peace and Unity Fest serves as a magnet to assist us in “Building Our Community”.

School Supplies, along with your donation of $5, will assist families in need with the essential school supplies (backpacks, pens, pencils, paper, rulers, etc.) before the first day of school. Proceeds benefit the 5th Annual Youth Summit.

For more information on how to volunteer or financially support the 5th Annual Youth Summit contact Imani Muhammad Y.O.U.th at 503-781-5313 or via email at info@travelingpillar.com. Visit their website at www.youthsummit09.blogspot.com

Imani Muhammad
503-781-5313
The Future is All About Y.O.U.th
www.youthsummit09.blogspot.com

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RAD254

2010-06-17T14:49:00.001-07:00

Flash Light through the glass, keys under the dash\
Wish you a had a wire hanger, now you're so freaking mad\

RAD253

2010-06-16T17:56:00.001-07:00

Manifest rhymes that stand the test of time\
May they bless the mind that can't escape the crime\

2010-06-16T13:15:00.001-07:00

Youth summit on Portland cable media right now! Channel 11

RAD252

2010-06-15T14:52:00.001-07:00

Put my culture on CD, its Completely Disposable\
Hip hop lives in me, not on wax and recyclables\

RAD251

2010-06-14T17:35:00.001-07:00

Thoughts like weather sun rain and clouds\
Giving you all something to talk about\

RAD250

2010-06-13T19:50:00.001-07:00

many men grab mics embody concepts\
Many men grab hype for big pay checks\

RAD249

2010-06-12T10:46:00.001-07:00

80 degrees so I tell the clouds please\
Raise up out the city so we get a summer breeze\
At ease!

RAD248

2010-06-11T19:22:00.001-07:00

Happy dads happy grads please celebrate\
Young released to the world to take their fate\

RAD247

2010-06-10T09:49:00.001-07:00

Unexpected delay like waiting train tracks\
Makes me wish I'd taken the bus or max\

RAD246

2010-06-08T20:08:00.001-07:00

Found what I lost, lost the reason why\
I was searching the stars, in the night sky\

RAD245

2010-06-01T11:02:00.000-07:00

Nice to make an offer, to help someone move/
Better to grab boxes, without being ask too.

Thanks, My peeps!

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RAD244

2010-05-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

Soul speak through airwaves breaks barricades/
Mind trapped behind bars, captured and afraid/

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Vestal AVID 2010

2010-05-28T02:02:00.000-07:00

This is after we performed an original rap for the Portland Public School Board. We kicked off the meeting before the intense discussion about the new proposed changes to the high schools. Fun Night!

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RAD243

2010-05-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

With love and fear through centuries/
transmit vibrations of soul energy/

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RAD242

2010-05-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

These are not the end of days/
Time stays in motion, we grow to a new phase/

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