The revolution will not be televised Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
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I feel a little bit of pressure on my right brain Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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These are symptoms for: vertigo, a seizure, or more abstractly in movies/shows when a telepath uses their power
The right brain is the creative part of the brain, so Jay is stating how creative he is with his rhymes! Or “pressure” in that he feels like he has to prove himself and be the most creative he can be
I went blind, woke up in front of a mic stand Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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Allusion to the blinding of Saul, who was then given special tasks from none other than Christ. Jay has a similar calling.
Christ told him to move closer to the light, it sparked his creativity and his body rejected it at first rendering him blind but when he got used to it, he appears in front of the mic stand. He found his calling
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts 9:3-4
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During his pilgrimage he starts to see this vision of an “object” coming out of the ocean.
Many UFO sightings are explained away by strange reflections in water. And since he’s saying he was at Tepoztlan which is in Mexico, he may be referring to this incident off the coast of Mexico.
That was chiseled out of metal off the coast of Japan Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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This is a reference to the crash of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 in 1986. It is called the one of the biggest UFO sightings in history. The audio in the background of the end of the verse is of a reporter describing the incident
The scroll Jay’s carrying includes blueprints for a disc-shaped vessel (like many “UFOs”), like a CD
This has direct correlation with the belief held by The Nation of Gods and Earths, in which “UFO’s (more like Merkabah) were spotted of the coast of Nippon, which is known today as Japan. The Book of Ezekiel discusses this in more detail.
Their legs were straight. and the soles of their feet were round; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
Ezekiel 1:7
You can add this as the blueprint of the disc shaped-like vessel:
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Minds are consumed with swine we need bathin' Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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Swine is haram (sin) in the Muslim faith. The point here is that our minds are consumed with filth like the swine and we need to cleanse them.
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Mayan and Aztec are Mesoamerican civilizations known for their apocalyptic beliefs. According to Aztec legend, warriors have the ability to shapeshift into cats. The lion, as the king of the jungle, would be the greatest of all Aztec warriors.
Note that when he says “lion” he samples the MGM lion roar, which also opens the song.
In Five Percenter ideology, Asia is the name for the entire world (not just the one continent) and the Blackman is the original race of men. So the Asiatic Blackman from Zion would be a reference to the Original Man born in the cradle of civilization (Zion)–which would be a Hebrew reference to Jerusalem.
Cause a rapper in my face tellin' me that he the great
You can bet a shiny nickel I'll blast his motherfuckin' ass way past Jupiter Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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Jupiter is the biggest planet within our solar system, but it’s nothing but hot air (talk).
At a formal level, note how much space Jay inserts between “Lucifer” and its rhyme, “Jupiter”
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Though not as socially and physically destructive as 9/11, this song does go hard and will not be forgotten or so it seems, it’s even in a commercial.
CG mentions another big disaster in “Break (All of the Lights)” and that was definitely too tsunami (song was released only days after the disaster struck).
Also this refences the car the Porsche 911 which has fast track times. Also a track as in a racetrack
9/11 is one of the most complicated time signatures a piece can have, and by setting a beat to 9/11 you can easily make it a disaster