Today’s Degree, 1-40/Human Nature - It Ain't Hard to Tell...

I’m not really feeling the love for Michael Jackson right now, it'll prolly ring with me later…Do I have any empathy, yeah; love, no…maybe I'm being too ANALytical, who knows? I just know that Life goes on, & they need to be changing the subject on the news now, other shit happened to day too...

I’ve loved Michael Jackson’s MUSIC since I first heard Off the Wall…I had to be 2 years old, or close to it, but I still remember sitting or standing RIGHT in front of the speaker boppin’…All Praises due to Quincy Jones’ ears… My Old Earth was pretty caught up in MJ’s magnetic, so it trickled down to me…she went so far as to put the S-Curl kit in my hair in kindergarten…Yep, activator, plastic caps, I HATED that shit!!! (still Loved her tho)…That’s around the time my headaches started…

Another side effect was the girls loved it! From the start of the day on the playground til the end of the day leaving off the playground I’d have fingers in my hair…I learned early that there’s a such thing as TOO much attention…That lasted through 5^th grade @ her will,, ‘til I decided I wanted to put on a fez, otherwise known as the high-top fade…I grew a dislike for fads around that time too…

This was also around the time Michael Jackson started to deteriorate right before our eyes. Michael was being grafted, & most of Us laughed about it at LEAST once, I know I did, In Living Color was some funny shit back then…I asked my Ma Why Michael wanted to be lighter, she said ‘I don’t know, but you better not think about doing it’…When I got 120 I began to understand why. For whatever the personal reasons, Michael didn’t like himself as much as others did, he did fall victim to liking what was killing him (devil)…I wouldn’t have called it that before, but it goes the same for everyone…what’s not giving you keeping you healthy just may be killing you…disabling your melanin isn’t healthy…I’m not feeling sad for Michael to day, I empathize with his family, but they all know like I do, MJ was (mentally) dead a long time ago)…

Michael was a Genius, Eclectic, Magnetic, I’m not sure if he was taught to REALLY hold the weight being palced on his shoulders very well over the years…He was taught that he could pay his way out of trouble, or at least some one in his circle thinks it’s a good idea for MJ …I’m not going to judge him & spoil the love that people have for him, he was still subject to bad judge-ments just like any1 else…

Part of is success was due to the fact that he was not a threat to “the industry”, but indeed their greatest proof that their business model worked – at that time…black music made in America sold worldwide, and although Hip Hop was just sprouting above ground – at that time – it too would fall victim to a grafting of sorts, right before our eyes…Grafted geniuses leave a lot of mad scientists runnin’ around, Michael being one of such…he suffered on Earth for his high explosives, so I hold no ill will toward him…his past actions (I don’t need proof when he put himself in such compromising situations) I hate, but not him…he was used to subtly advocate a culture via pop culture, just like many have are and will…MJ was unique in that he affected MILLIONS of people with his every move…that’s a LOT of responsibility, & everybody ain’t built like that, so he did what he could do, what he was built to do…I Love what Michael was (Original), but not what he became (grafted)…Good person he was over all, when he fell victim, he fell hard…

Can never front on the power of music though…R. Kelly showed that again…How the FUCK he get off scot-free in this justice system?...Oh well, I didn’t make these laws…

I think about the sample I’ve used of MJ’s music, that he never heard & never will, but someone else might & will try to have me pay for just-so happening to know how to use it creatively…all along, I’m thinking Michael himself might have liked it if he heard it him self. Oh well, I didn’t make these laws…

Take the best part of everything…from some people you learn what NOT to do if you didn’t already know…@ the same time, every Original Person is uniquely gifted in direct proportion to their awareness of such, doubt can sidetrack your purpose in Life if you let it…learn to not be afraid of yourself, and you won’t fear the thoughts of others…

Rest in Peace, to the Star that never became the Sun