A TALE OF THREE KINGS

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LONG, LONG AGO THERE WAS A RACE OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO WERE BROUGHT TO AMERICA ON BOATS TO TILL THE SOIL AND WORK THE LAND FOR THEIR CAPTORS. THEY WERE AFRICAN SLAVES WHO WERE ONCE FEARED, LOVED AND RESPECTED UNTIL THE DAY WHEN THEY BECAME MUCH LESS THAN WHAT THEY TRULY WERE. FOUR HUNDRED YEARS THEY TOILED FOR THEIR MASTERS ONLY TO RECEIVE THE POOREST STANDARDS OF SO CALLED LIVING. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE SPAWNED THE GREATEST WARRIORS THE WORLD HAD EVER KNOWN AND DURING THEIR REVOLUTION THEY PROVED THEIR ANCESTRY. FROM THE SLAVE STATES IN AMERICA TO THE TOBACCO FIELDS IN THE WEST INDIES THE SO CALLED MASTERS FELT THE WRATH OF AN ENTIRE CONTINENT OF FEARLESS SOULS. THE BATTLES LASTED MERE WEEKS, IN THEMSELVES GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DENIED FOR SO LONG, WHAT THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR...FREEDOM. BUT LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT THE BLOOD PRICE FOR TRUE FREEDOM WOULD BE MORE THAN THEY HAD EVER EXPECTED. JUST AFTER THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY CAME THE BIRTH OF SEGREGATION BARRING THE AFRICAN "NEGROES", AS THEY WERE CALLED, FROM LEADING WHAT WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO BE EVEN RESEMBLING A NORMAL LIFE. "WHITE ONLY" GROCERY STORES, "COLORED" BATHROOMS, "NO NEGROES ALLOWED", ETC., WERE JUST SOME OF THE TERRIBLE PREJUDICES EXPERIENCED BY OUR HEROES. TO EARN A LIVING WAS TO BECOME A SLAVE BY CHOICE. AS SOME DID TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES OTHERS FOUGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE IN THE NEW SOCIETY WHOSE "WELCOME BASKET" WAS FILL WITH THICK BRAIDED ROPE, WHITE HOODS AND A GUN. THOSE THAT LED PERSONAL UPRISINGS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE STRUGGLE. UNTIL THE ONE THAT CAME WHO WOULD SHOW THEM THE WAY TO FIGHT TO BE TRULY FREE. HIS NAME WAS DOC HOLIDAY. HE SAW THAT HIS PEOPLE, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, WERE IN GREAT NEED SO HE MADE IT HIS MISSION TO "LEAD THEM TO THE PROMISED LAND"...A MISSION THAT WOULD COST HIM HIS LIFE. A PRICE HE WAS GLAD TO PAY. LIKE THE WESTERN CHARACTER PERSONIFIED HE BECAME THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. HE UTLILIZED NON-VIOLENT WARFARE AND PASSIVE-AGGRESSION TO WIN BATTLES AND ULTIMATELY "THE WAR", ALONG WITH PROFESSOR X, SIR NEWTON AND MR. SEALE. BOYCOTT AFTER MARCH AFTER RALLY BROUGHT REVOLUTION CLOSER TO REALIZING ITS LEADER'S DREAM UNTIL ONE NIGHT DOC HOLIDAY FELL TO THE COWARDICE OF THE IGNORANT. HE DIED THAT NIGHT ON THAT BALCONY AS A KING WHO HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS PEOPLE. HE GAVE THEM HOPE AND A DREAM. A DREAM THAT ONE AMONG THEM WOULD CARRY ON. A LITTLE BOY WHO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND...BUT NOT BEFORE THE ONE WHO WOULD BRING IT TO THE PEOPLE'S EARS. SOME YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE KING THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER TOOK PLACE IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED BROOKLYN. GROWING UP HE WAS THE PRIZE OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. USING HIS LYRICAL TALENTS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS PEOPLE AT THAT TIME AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO GET BY. HE TOLD OF A NEW STRUGGLE HIS PEOPLE WERE FACING...THE BATTLE WITH POVERTY. HIS MUSIC HAD AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE. HE BECAME THE KING OF RAP. THE FAME OF HIS ARTISRTY BECAME THE CORNERSTONE OF RAP. AND AS SUCH ALL PEOPLE INFLUENCE BY HIM TRIED TO IMMULATE IT. LIKE THE GREAT KING BEFORE HIM BIG GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE BULLET TO PRESERVED HIS LEGACY AND CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF HIS PEOPLE'S MUSIC-POETRY. TOO MANY OF THE PEOPLE'S LEADER'S HAVE DIED FROM IGNORANCE. THE BLOOD LOST EQUALS THE AMOUNT OF TEARS SHED. THE ONE HAS SEEN IT ALL. THE LITTLE BOY WHO WITNESSED THE DEATH OF A KING AND A TITAN HAS RISEN TO CARRY ON THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED VALIENTLY IN THE NAME OF PEACE AND EQUALITY. HE IS THE NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENC FOR THE PEOPLE. A NEW SYMBOL OF FREEDOM. HE IS THE FIRST OF THEM TO BE GRANTED THE COVETED PRESIDENCY, AND HOPEFULLY NOT THE LAST. THE NEWLY CROWN BARACK OBAMA WILL USHER IN A NEW ERA OF PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE LAND AND RESTORE THE PEOPLE TO THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE.

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