When we hear the word "addiction" in our society, images of crack heads, meth heads, gambling fiends or even Robert Downey Jr. and Amy Winehouse pop into our minds. We don't realize how addiction touches every aspect of our lives in America and around the world.
It seems everybody has got something that we cling to to get us through the day. Don't be so blind and self-righteous as to say "I'd never pop a pill or take a drink", but you can't go a whole day without an Aleve or a cup of coffee. Chocolate, sugar, dairy, even your coveted Tylenol PM are addictions just like sex, food, alcohol, gambling, cigarettes and perscription pills.
Americans are addicted. The media are the real pushers. Everywhere you turn there is a commercial about the newest drug or a song on the radio about sexing you up, going down and even "in the club".
Sex sells , so the record companies are filthy rich and don't care that the children are getting hurt. Our babies are listening and watching intently, learning with each commercial or video what it is that they need. As soon as 3:00 hits and the babies are out of school...here goes Clear Channel with nasty and absurd lyrics to phat beats. B.E.T. doesn't stop the videos. They roll all night long. B.E.T. is there whenever the 3rd grader finishes his homework. Put the audio with the video and you have instant hypnotism. Our children are hypnotized by sexually explicit words and images.
Everything is political. The more sexually addicted our society is the more HIV/AIDS cases spread (our Black woman is dying), the more abortions we have (stem cell research, y'all), the more rapes occur (the Black man is steady incarcerated at gross rates) and so much more. The sick cycle is spreading and the only way to stop it is by elevating our minds, shaking the hypnotism and by TURNING OFF THE RADIO...TURNING OFF THE BULLS**T!!It is WAR. Which side are you really on? Can you sacrifice not listening to Lil Wayne or the Dream or T-Pain...even Twista and Beyonce'? Can you skip Ludacris and BOYCOTT B.E.T.? If it means a more wholistic environment for our children's growing minds and spirits, I'll do whatever it takes. Sex sells, but Love heals...Holla if you hear me.
MANTRA: Breathe and let Light fill you. I will sacrifice what I do not need.
It seems everybody has got something that we cling to to get us through the day. Don't be so blind and self-righteous as to say "I'd never pop a pill or take a drink", but you can't go a whole day without an Aleve or a cup of coffee. Chocolate, sugar, dairy, even your coveted Tylenol PM are addictions just like sex, food, alcohol, gambling, cigarettes and perscription pills.
Americans are addicted. The media are the real pushers. Everywhere you turn there is a commercial about the newest drug or a song on the radio about sexing you up, going down and even "in the club".
Sex sells , so the record companies are filthy rich and don't care that the children are getting hurt. Our babies are listening and watching intently, learning with each commercial or video what it is that they need. As soon as 3:00 hits and the babies are out of school...here goes Clear Channel with nasty and absurd lyrics to phat beats. B.E.T. doesn't stop the videos. They roll all night long. B.E.T. is there whenever the 3rd grader finishes his homework. Put the audio with the video and you have instant hypnotism. Our children are hypnotized by sexually explicit words and images.
Everything is political. The more sexually addicted our society is the more HIV/AIDS cases spread (our Black woman is dying), the more abortions we have (stem cell research, y'all), the more rapes occur (the Black man is steady incarcerated at gross rates) and so much more. The sick cycle is spreading and the only way to stop it is by elevating our minds, shaking the hypnotism and by TURNING OFF THE RADIO...TURNING OFF THE BULLS**T!!It is WAR. Which side are you really on? Can you sacrifice not listening to Lil Wayne or the Dream or T-Pain...even Twista and Beyonce'? Can you skip Ludacris and BOYCOTT B.E.T.? If it means a more wholistic environment for our children's growing minds and spirits, I'll do whatever it takes. Sex sells, but Love heals...Holla if you hear me.
MANTRA: Breathe and let Light fill you. I will sacrifice what I do not need.
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