The Easy Way Out

Humanity has shut itself off from going any further. We've advanced so much that everything has become automated. In automation, we've grown lazy. Just look at popular music. Hip hop? I can't think of a more disgusting trend in modern "art". Looping the same musical phrase over and over, while reciting the same contrived crap about "bling bling", "money", "V.I.P.", "back that back-end up", "rolling on dubs" etc. I've probably lost intelligence just writing it. It's not just hip hop either. It's pop music, nü metal, reality TV, Mtv, celebrity, cartoons, fast food, movies, and politics. We appeal to the lowest common denominator and everyone jumps on the bandwagon, because it drowns out all the noise. That "noise" is our soul crying for freedom; the freedom to feel. That type of freedom costs more than we are willing to give. It's a sad state of affairs. Back in the 70's people loved to go dancing, but despite the popularity of disco, rock endured, and people knew how to dance to it. Thinking people thrived on it. Now, rock clubs have all but emptied into these dance clubs where people move to the sub-sonic frequencies repeated over and over, ad nauseum, to drown out this voice calling for freedom. It's the lowest common denominator. Where is somebody with something to say? WAKE UP!!!!!!!!
There is a war waged against our consciousnes. The casualties are astronomical. The living dead roam our streets and drink in our pubs. They are allured by money, ease, security... Life is much more exciting when you don't know what will happen next. Cry, laugh, get angry, confront your fears. This is the only way to experience life and become a conqueror. Who wants to just get by? By hiding and running away, we die. Real death is an experience to behold, a door to more experiences. The other death is a coward's way out.
Why would you rob yourselves of an existence? It's really all you have in this life. Who wants to be a prisoner? Yet, everyday, millions of us succumb to being someone else's slave. Be to work by 9, do this, don't do that, today you are worth $________- but watch yourself. Some people take a stand on a bridge to tell the government to stop the war. Many others follow suit because it is the popular thing to do. It becomes easy. You want to stop war? Do something to prevent it! The Iraqis were held down by one man because the wouldn't stand up for themselves. They weren't willing to die for freedom. The Christians in The Sudan won't give in, so they continue to be tortured and killed. But, they live for something. Their lives have become more valuable, because they have taken the fight on themselves. Meanwhile, we rap along to 50 Cent in our 2003 Ford Mustang or Honda Civic, like everybody else's, and pretend we are getting the most out of our lives.
A woman stands in Texas because she wants to talk to the President, bastardizing the very memory of her son that died in the war. He believed in something so much, he was willing to die for it. Beware those that want to make us into something that we are not for their own gain. The real heroes are those that try to do something noble, and are willing to die for their beliefs, rather than piggy back on someone else's hard work and lie about the meaning of that person's existence. Are you willing to die for what you do at work? What you do away from work? The ideals that Justin Timberlake, Ludacris, and Ashlee Simpson sing about?
Stir up trouble everywhere you go. Try to right wrongs and take care of the less fortunate. At the same time, strive for freedom to feel. We've got to take America back. Not from the President, congress, courts or such, but from apathy and those who would rob us of an existence. Think, act, feel, and be in tune spiritually. That's a life worth being excited about!