Words do something to me. When they are strung together in a way that calls my soul toward them they can light the sky so I can see clearly.

By any means human…by Sinva, found via the NFB (LOVE the NFB)

Instinct leads me to another flow…by Queen Latifah in U.N.I.T.Y.

Raise the bar, someone’s gotta make a difference…by Eric Proffitt, once again found via the NFB

I know I can…by NAS in I can

Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge, let’s see if I know the ledge…by Rakim in Juice

REACT, you best adapt…by The Roots in Respond/React

Turn your face to the sun…Maori proverb

You make my mountain stand strong…Matisyahu in Warrior

You can’t blame the youth (when they don’t learn)…written by Peter Tosh, heard in Ben Harper

…set the stage for the next phase…by Rapsure Risin in in2 the Lite

…a new dawn, a new morning, a new chance for us…by Omar Offendum. Listen to it here, click on Offendum and Narcy, 2008 collabo record

“Education is not to reform students or amuse them or make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.” Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977)

“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.” Che Guevara