When they thought we didn't learn.

With hope filled hearts we made our way here.

We settled and made a home away from ours. 

Made friends, formed families and most of us never lost the vision.

We never lost the intelligence to reason so we couldn’t understand.

How! How we came and learned before we made the affiliations.

How we learned in our different capacities.

How you taught us that justice, and fairness are essential to decision making.

How you raised brows with your lectures of morality, dignity and integrity.

How you expanded our reasoning in calculating complexities so as to come to logical and probable conclusions.

How empathy and the best interest of the child was so much in your preaching yet you mock us now.

You attempt to

You tied us with your bandage of oppression

Apprehend us with your cuffs of silence.

Being Deep under the spell of corruption

You destroy the opportunity at life we have here today

You gobble the resources and

And burn the funds in your making merry.

By virtue of your regulations you cut out our tongues one by one.

You attempt to muffle the voices of our rebellion.

You stab the heart of our revolution

Dismantle the assembly of our association

But not today.

Not in a world where the pioneers of the moral standard have laid precedent.

When stories of the conquered liberation where told to us in the evolution of our generation.

When you have read us the book of rights and told us to live by those principles.

We refuse to be mentally incarcerated in prisons to fill your illicit fueled advancement

 Even if you place the condition of infinity on the duration of your plight.

We shall not bow.

In protest and advocacy we’ll fight for our peace.

We’ll be the thorn in your foot.

The disturbance to your tranquil.

For we belong to the free world.

We are the children of struggles.

Guardians of the woke lands.

The bud of seeds planted in rough and dry soil.

The light at the end of the tunnel has long been shown to us.

We’ve been told The Eden of our struggles has promised our welcome.

So be informed…

The reach of the effort in our quest

Is if need be

Until kingdom come.

Psalm African Child/ An African Childs memoir.

Today we take a walk in a land of time long gone yet so has much impact.

To a day when we lost many in life but gained in struggle.

When choice was not ours and force was their voice.

When pain screamed in its silence and life was lost in violence

When being black was a curse and being educated often worse.

That is the time I wish to take you to.

When choice and rights where are a  myth

And your voice could be your death.

When tyranny sat on the throne and segregation was the mission.

When one race flourished while the other withered in its thriving.

We swallowed the pieces of a conspired education.

That, that is the time I wish to take you to.

When we lived for a purpose straight out of destiny’s box.

When we had our fill of this omens cough

We cured ourselves of the abomination

And contributed to the plight of the rebirth of a nation

 We broke the chains of the mental slavery

And succeeded here today for an education that is optimal as needed to be.

We prevailed though with the count of men down.

The past has left us only with this.!
what is to come. And here, and now!

So may their deaths have meaning and bring out the best in you

So as to prove their struggle was genuine and true.

Happy African Child day.

The return?

Hey guys,

 I haven't written a lot  recently.
My time has been vested in my other endeavors,  {the books and gigs and radio presenting and blah blah blah.....) but  I've kept up with reading to some extent yeah.
So I can say that many things have been going on around me and it makes my mind boil in anticipation to put thoughts on paper but yeah, writers will get the drill mostly i think.
I've felt my presence here has been absent and it's time I kinda get back to this a little more consistently apart from captions on social networks yes? cool. So this is what is going to follow.
I am going to post two pieces I wrote very recently.
 Like one from Thursday and one I just wrote this morning.
The First one after this is a dedication to the commemoration of African child day, it's about how we as
as the youth in our era's have always have fought to prevail colonialism in all faces.
The second ones was inspired by the cumulative events that have sparked a lot of controversy recently between academic administrators including not excluding the other branches of educational institutions against students yeah.I pray you take a little time after you finish reading em, that's if your still feeling my flow after this yeah.
Indulge and provide feedback where you can.
It always feels good to know that what one writes can spark discourse that will lead to solutions on many issues.
Thank YOU again for being here.
Happy reading.

Blogmaster
The Philosopher

More Life.

Sometimes we create situations  for ourselves with consequences way out of the reach of our inner natural order.
Things homes teaching never brought our minds to.
We fall for wrong people; we make the wrong friends, we make shitty  life decisions, we act out and then we become destitute...

We adopt alien deamenours and paint them in new age titles..
. "Hook up culture, liberals.. free mindness... you name it"
Traits that were at times not passed down to us by those who came before us.
Evolution has advanced so deep that change requires change in definition.

The Apple of every new generation seems to be falling further from the tree with every new coming future.
In philosophy,ethics, morals, lifestyles etc...
We do all these nasty, embarrassing and humiliating things.

But AYYY!
That is the beauty of existence.
True existence that brings with it a package of memories made, and the ability to learn.
To learn from past experiences and be able to act according to the  intellectualism of your growth.
In knowing the hope that despite not all is  perfect NOW, tomorrow will be a better day and  therein you know lies happiness.
Find your happiness and inner piece.
Accept the things you cannot change and change the things you won't accept.
Difference requires effort.
It's not really the external vibe that should matter, but it's how you feel inside and how you can learn to remedy and mend your broken self from all the pain and hurt of past experience.

It isn't easy so don't be so hard on yourself . Applaud yourself when you need to, treat yourself, pat yourself on the back and always have a contingency plan..
Learn independence.
You are your most important investment.
Know your worth and remind yourself that gold and diamonds shine and that should always be reflected by the radiance of your joy.
Live. Thrive. Prosper..

More life to you and yours.

Dear Becoming Educated

To any scholar out there, especially the grade 10's and 12's of the Land of the Brave. People are failing and the numbers only seem to be increasing year by year. Don't start a new year with new uniform and worry about how shiny your shoes look or how short your skirt looks or how nice your blazer looks. These are material things bought by your elders with money most likely hard earned you see.

You go to school and instead of giving your all to your books you give your all to your friends, to your cliques and to the social evils that hold many people down. Some of you know you have great potential yet you ruin yourself with indulging into things that are not relevant, you fool around in class, you ignore doing homework you dodge classes you become reluctant to take opportunities such as Higher level because of other peoples negative opinions yet these people are not you.

You fail to priorities and plan, you fail to set yourself a vision which is the same as planning to fail. The streets will embrace you nice, nice. You will become the talk of your hood, the shame in your family the laughing stock of your peers.

I don't know you personally but if you have reached this stage i know you care for who you want to be some day, just give your final year a little time ey, tell yourself you will become someone and work towards the achievements of those goals.

Let other people's experience be what teaches you, do not always have to fail inorder to pass. Yes! it is possible but you have a chance now and if you are blessed with opportunity, use it and go forward

Use your family, your aspirations, your dreams, your ambitions to be your inspiration and become someone. Break the chain of failure and be added to this years passing class percentage. Look at those who have gone before you and let their results be your fuel ey.

You are in school for many reasons but remember it is for yourself first and ey this does not mean the end of your social life, just set yourself straight divide the time and all will be okay.

Good luck for this academic year ey.
Go make your dreams come true

In a little perspective.

One day left, one day left for a very informative and life lesson filled year.😃

I wish i could get to line up every individual i met this year and shake their hand and give them a hug or something and just say, thank you for being a part of my 2016 ey🙂😎.

I've made some pretty strong and good friendships and associations that only continue to build me in some way or another, people that don't forget to remind me of how I started and people that also tell me to keep chasing the dreams I have, never to give up and always to keep a straight head, i can't mention names here but the feeling will hit you when you read this, you will know if it's you.🙌🙏

2016

I lost the love of my life this year man, i lost my biggest inspiration, I lost my Mom too man, my Queen.I felt I lost my life, the ones that f\have lost a mother will know how deep that pain is man. But yeah, God will never give you a struggle too hard for you to overcome, he knows your strength and with that in mind, know that it will never be the same but it will be okay someday

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I've had so many adventures in the course of Radio presenting, Mc'ing (Tah! big ups to all the people that always turned up the vibes with me), Debating ;as a student as a free mind, as a young person this year. I still din't find that girl, guess that's a work in progress ey, been single a couple of years and still am, you know how things happen and they don';t happen, kinda where this love life thing has taken it's course with me. It falls as well as it grows yo. but i appreciate and will forever those people that i kinda had or have a little deeper than average bond this year, had some pretty lit sessions yo, inserts chuckle.👦😅😜

And to every one I met only once or something✌🏽, I might not remember you, like when we meet again like some people I've been meeting this December but ey my love goes out to you and it's probably just coz we dint still on a deep or proper fam, that aint nothing big to get on about yo👍🏽.

2k16 Law school, that was some other tip legit, but we pulled through that fight clean, 2 more years to go and then it's a happy dance. Endeavor to make yourself an educated individual if you are lucky enough to have the opportunity ey. Good things come from being an academic;a scholar and your credibility still grows, do what you like and how you like it, don't make it bad competition though👐🏽, before it is anything else it is your own journey so no need to feel you have to compare yourself to anyone else, this year I learned to "love yours". Things hopefully will become better, just persist in your hustles.👌🏽

As for the social networking world, thanks, I've come to meet several interesting minds here, woke people with a consciousness that is too lit, thanks for being the therapist😆😂 that i can't afford and the light to some of the ways, these socials play a very important role in creating your own personality and moral and social compass, you learn wa\hat to abstain and indulge in😏

peaking🙂 of indulgence 2016 for me was a year of 0% alcohol consumption, got rid of it so if you ever saw me lit, that way probably Mary. but yeah fall in and we fall out of things, we do as we shall for we know ourselves

thank you, and thank you for staying around for my own very poor version of a bible,

May next year be as it will. we wait and see what it has in store for us and speak little of it.

Adios and happy New years in advance to you if i don't see you tomorrow.

Who do you thank?

IF I HAVE NOT BEEN EVER BEEN THANKFUL, THEN I WOULD BE AS INCONSIDERATE AND AS SELFISH AS THE WORST COME..
2016 for me has been one hell of a ride, if we knew the extent of times and place with deep pain and hurt, this would surely have sufficed as time in hell hey.
As bad as it was though, I had my good times, My moments in happiness and a sense of growth unto me.
My passions grew, we left no interesting stone in our path unturned viable to our circumstances.
I achieved and learned from most if not all experiences.
I explored sides to me and as I met more people, I got to see diverse personalities to individuals and that honed my interpersonal skills on a hundred.
I gained experience, good and bad, but since it's the good we are remenisicng on I would like to acknowledge, everyone that has been there for me.
Always ever standing by me no matter what.
My family, the people that raised me, the ones that never threw me away like so many children in the world out there every day, the ones that made sure I stayed healthy, I stayed productive and gave me the platter on which I built my moral compass.  My friends, the ones that remain untouched by external influences and never forget to help me and my path, people loyal to dust and never in expectancy of nothing more than the average mind know they deserve in proportion of effort as well.  My Business associates that have become more like family as we have a strong understanding of what we have envisioned for tomorrow,   the dreams spoken and plans made that root us to deeper paradigms, My fans, I don't particularly like this term as it sets one on a high horse and gives you a whip of so much obligation and responsibility alas, to the people that always follow my stories, always support my shows, read my writings from everywhere in the world, I've seen views from Holland, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, France, UK, USA, and Russia to mention a few but in over 15 countries for me is a hella achievement and I am happy my work reaches a greater audience. To the ones that always remind me of how beautiful what we put in black and white can be thank you for understanding that beauty is a spectrum and we choose our own color in the rainbow. To the ones that follow me on radio, the ones that always wake up early with me for my show every morning from 6, you guys are the one yo. Those are difficult hours to wake up for radio and it is usually never easy to do yet I've people that come through for my show, for the contributions on discussions, just to request a song or so, I appreciate the time taken especially now when radio seems to be dying and nobody really voluntarily listens to it anymore, thank you thank you for being a loyalist.
I don't know man, I don't know if I  can finish thanking all of you,, the Levels loyalists, the people that rock The brand I Co-Own with two of my friends Cheni-Molo and John, to everybody that always gives us the juice so we go forward setting not only trends but ideas and and an indoctrination of bigger ideals, a movement to change mind shifts, thank you to all of you to..
Thanks to everybody that supported anything Immanuel, Scar The Philosopher Tomas was associated to, for the love, the constrictive criticism for everything, you gave me breathe, you were the fuel that ran this engine.
may we always have a complimentary well wishing relationship.
I just felt like writing an appreciation post on the blog man, I have so many unposted pieces and when the time comes, it will be Christmas for you that time of the year when it comes.
You're awesome and never forget your worth, you are real value and no one should tell you less.
fight for your dreams and just be true to yourself,never forget your story where you came from the rest of life will take care of itself.

Immanuel Tomas
The Philosopher.