King Of Galaxies

* Dedicated to Nas, We're Not Alone


[The setting: The peak of Mount Hermon, 1st century Caesarea Phillippi. Scattered rocks adorn the uneven landscape, part grassy and part bare dirt and encompassing a menagerie of elevations. The green and brownish admixture crests of said mountain and those adjacent to it contrasted against the vivid cerulean sky give the ambiance a somewhat baroque appeal. Jesus stands and effortlessly sustains himself twenty feet from the ground, arms spread eagle, and dressed in effulgent dazzling white garments, flanked by Moses and Elijah whose garments also shine though to a lesser degree. Amazingly even Jesus' skin on his face, in particular, is incandescent, his eyes and pupils indistinguishable from one another: a solid gold. On the mountain Tony, John, James and Peter kneel aghast in wonder and terror at the sight of such a brash display of power and indifference to natural law. Peter offers to erect three tents, to diffuse the palpable tension amongst the two parties of people, those uncanny and preternatural, and the natural, but Tony interrupts before Peter finishes his thoughts]

Peter: Master let us build three te.....

Tony (interrupting): YO, YO, YOOOO ADRIAN!!! ....OOPS!! ....errr...I mean...A-YO JESUS!!!!
[Peter rolls his eyes, casting a cutting glance at Tony for his lack of decorum]

Tony (looking at Peter, then dismissively addressing Jesus and his friends): AYO SON, WTH MAN? WHAT-THE-HECK???? WHAT YOU DOING ALL UP IN THE AIR LIKE DAT SON? BOY DONE LOST HIS MIND. Get yourself down, like a civilized Gentleman and we'll talk! [trying to curry favor with James and John, who subsequently ignore him].... you know what Im saying James? Nah mean John? I mean dis bamma just jumps in the air...AND STARTS FLYING ON A BROTHA!!! IM LIKE WOOOOAAAHHH! Nah mean?
[Moses attempts to grasp Tony's attention by waving his hand in the air]

Tony (continuing his garrulousness oblivious): ......Like, John, tell me something son? When was the last time a bamma was at the market, right? And then, say for instance you was about to do some commerce, right?
[John ignores Tony's attempt at dialogue and resolutely keeps his gazed affixed on Jesus]

Tony (continuing): .......right....and....hey you listening dawg?....anyway yeah and right when you was about to drop some coins for dat item, you know what I'm saying...dat item...(pausing for dramatic effect)...THE BAMMA JUST FLOATS IN THE AIR!!! (laughing to himself); I mean, like Michelle Tanner would say - "HOW WUDE!!!"

James (listening but not looking):...who?
[Moses gets progressively agitated that Tony wont acknowledge Jesus, the person to whom he is supposedly addressing]

Tony: .....you know...Michelle....the girl from Full House son! You remember, right? Uncle Jessie....?
[Moses in a madcap fury throws his staff at Tony's head, which upon contact triggers a thunderous clap....and a large not on his forehead, also eliciting secretive laughter from Moses and Elijah]

Tony (angered): ...hey man?!!! ...WHAT THE FUU

Jesus (interrupting): Tony! I have a message for you

Tony (rubbing his head): ...what yo? What you got to say to me, Gawd?



------------/Not From Here: Jesus' Words To His Disciples On The Mount Of Trasfiguration


We live in a war state ceaselessly
(mercilessly ravaged intravenous toxins of soul)
under the auspices of strictly controlled Martial law
the peace brokered by Rome and her subjects a misnomer pandering
politics a shroud prostitution a hallucinogenic robbery distracting
children birthed offered to flames parents with veneers of stoicism:
disingenuous. Pharisees upholding the Law of Moses, a sham.
Do as they say and not as they do. The prevailing philosophy of this
age is Corban misused, treachery and deceit the pure light of truth
John was beheaded yet his judges and executioners worthy of death
Fish and loaves multiplied normalcy
Read sea rent asunder waves standing as walls of Solomonic Judah
routine, healing the sick mundane. (From the bosom of my Father
impossibility is succored growing into infinite possibility)
The woman with the issue of blood a relic of a bygone era
Legion a senescent geriatric filled with regret clasping at the vibrant
lives they leave behind malicious attempts at hellish company
gasping for air, dying. Not willing to accept fate time dissipates
Satan stirs
the silent groans of the damned fill the air as thunder in storms
and howling winds in snowstorms to the ear unlearned
emancipation is your belief that this life is a lie
living is dying, breathing is asphyxiation, love for the world hatred
of one's destiny, sultry lust of the eye a poison to the eye a prism
to view the whole world as cesspool. mendicants are magnates
this is no time of peace, these times are not for luxurious leisurely
lounging
the rags I wear really dazzling attire, my face ruddy now beaming white
brown eyes pure gold in actuality
and I pray that now you see, that
your blind eyes (at least temporarily) now open
your minds once asinine, dull, obtuse open to a new reality coming
there is no more death there is no more disease or hunger or poverty
as you know it
that this world is passing away, that foreign worlds cause rifts
and dissonance keeping us apart our hearts are yet not the same
until you understand we are not alone
there is Being, an essence, a state, a planet
other than this one



(for the faithful, Selah)

---------Luke 9:27-36
 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen


----------Nas, We're Not Alone Lyrics
(feat. Mykel)

[Chorus: Mykel]
Where there's life there is water
We depend on mama nature
there's a message for tomorrow
Everything connects to you
Some say soon it will be over
you can see it in the weather
out of tune with mama nature
what you do comes back to you

We're not alone [4x]

[Verse: Nas]
Confucius, Confucius
Sigmund Freud
And Fard Muhammad
Is it evolution or God?
Searching for the truth is a threat
Seems the closer we get to the truth
State troopers or FEDs come out to silence you
My house in Malibu probably tapped
Because living next door to Demi Moore
Plus, I'm black
Plus, I want vengeance for the poor
Who's attacked daily
Patriot Act never scared me
Jake in the Taurus
Sticky in the jar-s
Niggas I'm with got warrants
America's brown and
Twenty years from now
Every town will be brown and Latin
An African lookin Manhattan
I'ma tell you what I seen with my three eyes
Word to me, not a hoax, back in 9-9
A spacecraft in the skyline
In L.A., in daytime, ask Horse if I'm lying

[Chorus: Mykel]

Every mother, every father
Raise your sons and your daughters
With respect and with honor
From the seed comes a fruit
Its an unbroken circle
All of life is universal
And we're all in the struggle
If i know one thing is true...

We're not alone [4x]

[Verse]
Evidence remains in debate
Documents of our own Air Force base
Additional terrestrial information
Other planets with life population
My observation
Scientists study pictures of a flying disc
Right on earth, anthropologists are finding s***
Visitors, probably live with us
They can mimic us
It's sort of what we seeing in the cinemas

[Chorus]

Take a look in the mirror
And see the bigger picture
Its good to be alive
Its good to be alive
Nobody is an island
we are part of an environment
Only way we gone survive
Is if we harmonize

We're not alone [4x]

[Verse]
Reginald Lewis
The black billionaire
Before Oprah or Bob Johnson
How'd he disappear?
Conspiracy theories, UFO's in the air
I've seen it with my own two eyes
And I swear, like Warren Buffet
Real money I'm just trying to touch it
The diamond-encrusted s***, live illustrious
'Cause we was deprived of it, suffered
Now we pop to prove anything's possible
My pimp strut was invented when they whipped us
Now we diddy-bop just to show you that our strength's up
Just when niggas about to see they cut
Global warming about to burn us up
Niggas never really seen paper in this world
American blacks the teenager of this world
Give us twenty more years to grow up
Already geniuses; what I mean is this
I used to worship a certain Queens police murderer
'Til I read the words of Ivan van Sertima
He inserted something in me
That made me feel worthier
Now I spit revolution
I'm his hood interpreter

[Chorus]

Take a look in the mirror
And see the bigger picture
Its good to be alive
Its good to be alive
Nobody is an island
we are part of an environment
Only way we gone survive
Is if we harmonize

We're not alone [4x]