Dengang kultur var modkultur.

Poul Henningsen "Man binder os på mund og hånd" 1940 (uddrag)

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Sel' når skib på skib går ned
og land på land bliver slettet ud
handler man af ærlighed
og ber til hver sin gud.
Fredstraktat og venskabspagt
det er papir, der koster blod.
Svaghed væbner sig mod magt
i angstens desperate mod.
Det gælder kærlighed og krig
at alle løfter kun er svig,
og ingen kan stole på menn'skenes ord.
Hva' hjalp de håndslag som I gav
den der står ved mandens grav?
Et menn'ske er nul mod den hellige jord.
Angst for vore fjender? Ja, men mere angst for den
stormagt som vil hjælpe os og kalder sig vor ven.
Det gælder alle tiders krig,
at alle løfter kun er svig
og ingen kan stole på staternes ord.

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Møde hvad der venter os
og ingen ve' hvordan det går
Bære skæbnen uden trods
hvad der så forestår
Glad ved hver en venlighed
men uden tro, at det bli'r ved
Søge fred, idet vi ved,
at vi har ingen krav på fred
Man binder os på mund og hånd
Men man ka' ikke binde ånd
og ingen er fangne, når tanken er fri
Vi har en indre fæstning her
som styrkes i sit eget værd
når bare vi kæmper for det, vi ka' li'
Den som holder sjælen rank, kan aldrig blive træl
Ingen kan regere det, som vi bestemmer sel'
Det lover vi med hånd og mund
i mørket før en morgenstund
at drømmen om frihed bli'r aldrig forbi.

Saul Williams - Coded Language lyrics

Whereas
breakbeats have been the missing link connecting the diasporic community to its drum woven past
Whereas
the quantised drum has allowed the whirling mathematicians to calculate
the ever changing distance between rock and stardom.
Whereas
the velocity of the spinning vinyl, cross-faded, spun backwards, and re-released
at the same given moment of recorded history, yet at a different moment in time's continuum
has allowed history to catch up with the present.

We do hereby declare reality unkempt by the changing standards of dialogue.
Statements, such as, "keep it real", especially when punctuating or
anticipating modes of ultra-violence inflicted psychologically or physically
or depicting an unchanging rule of events will hence forth be seen as
retro-active and not representative of the individually determined is.

Furthermore, as determined by the collective consciousness of this state of
being and the lessened distance between thought patterns and their secular
manifestations, the role of men as listening receptacles is to be increased
by a number no less than 70 percent of the current enlisted as vocal
aggressors.

Motherfuckers better realize, now is the time to self-actualize
We have found evidence that hip-hop's standard 85 rpm, when increased by a
number as least half the rate of it's standard or decreased at three-fourths of its
speed, may be a determining factor in heightening consciousness.

Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging,
the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Equate rhyme with reason,
Sun with season

Our cyclical relationship to phenomenon has encouraged scholars to erase the
centers of periods, thus symbolizing the non-linear character of cause and effect
Reject mediocrity!

Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which as been given
for you to understand
The current standard is the equivalent of an adolescent restricted to the
diet of an infant
The rapidly changing body would acquire dysfunctional and deformative
symptoms and could not properly mature on a diet of apple sauce
and crushed pears
Light years are interchangeable with years of living in darkness
The role of darkness is not to be seen as, or equated with, ignorance
But with the unknown, and the mysteries of the unseen.

Thus, in the name of:
Robeson, God's son, Hurston, Ahkenaton,
Hathshesput, Blackfoot,
Helen, Lennon,
Khalo, Kali,
The Three Marias, Tara, Lilithe, Lourde,
Whitman, Baldwin, Ginsberg, Kaufman,
Lumumba, Ghandi,
Gibran, Shabazz, Shabazz
Siddhartha, Medusa, Guevara,
Guardsieff, Rand, Wright,
Banneker, Tubman, Hamer,
Holiday, Davis, Coltrane,
Morrison, Joplin,
Dubois, Clarke,
Shakespeare, Rachmaninov,
Ellington, Carter, Gaye,
Hathoway, Hendrix,
Kutl, Dickerson, Ripperton,
Mary, Isis, Theresa,
Hansbury, Tesla, Plath,
Rumi, Fellini, Michaux,
Nostradamus, Nefertiti,
La Rock, Shiva, Ganesha, Yemaja,
Oshun, Obatala, Ogun,
Kenedy, King, Four Little Girls,
Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
Keller, Biko, Perone, Marley,
Magdalene, Cosby, Shakur,
Those still aflamed, and the countless unnamed

We claim the present as the pre-sent, as the hereafter
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun
We are not afraid of the darkness, we trust that the moon shall guide us
We are determining the future at this very moment
We now know that the heart is the philosophers' stone
Our music is our alchemy
We stand as the manifested equivalent of three buckets of water
And a hand full of minerals
Thus realizing that those very buckets turned upside down
Supply the percussive factor of forever
If you must count to keep the beat then count
Find you mantra and awaken your subconscious
Carve you circles counterclockwise
Use your cipher to decipher
Coded Language, man made laws
Climb waterfalls and trees,
Commune with nature, snakes and bees
Let your children name themselves and claim themselves
As the new day
For today we are determined
To be the channelers of these changing frequencies
Into songs, paintings, writings, dance, drama, photography, carpentry,
Crafts, love, and love
We enlist every instrument: Acoustic, electronic
Every so-called gender, race, sexual preference
Every per-son as beings of sound to acknowledge their responsibility to
Uplift the consciousness of the entire fucking world
Any utterance un-aimed, will be disclaimed, will be maimed
Two rappers slain
Any utterance un-aimed, will be disclaimed, will be maimed
Two rappers slain