Quotes from RAS CARDO REGGAE

listen!! my real wish is for people of all races, ethnicities, class and creeds, to show humanity, love and respect for each other. this was the same things bob marley, peter tosh, and all our trench town people wished for, but never see materializing. I did say- man is a communal animal. if he loses this communality then he will perish and become extinct my reggae aims to keep that wish alive. but still I hope..

Most men act real stupid trying to restrain the emotions of an emotionally strong and tenacious woman. They often find themselves in an -emotional quick sand- the more they wiggle, the deeper they sink-after someone dies of course! what stupidity!

my mentoring with bob marley was both detailed and expansive. he was willing to learn, so I showed him a lot- the reasoning-yu a go tired fi si mi face, you kaan get mi outta di race- was one of many prophetic reggae and rastafari vision which he put in a song. today, his face is everywhere. I am ras cardo who created reggae and the music in my 1962 back yard. I own the copyrights for reggae creation and others.library of congress has the proof.

my message to all black people globally is this:-did we not have enough great examples of leaders and achievers to follow? so, why were they hidden from us? who deceived us? we must resurrect them all and learn the hidden history lessons they lived before it gets too late.

My message to jamaica is simple. This is 2019-I, ras cardo, reggae creator from trench town comes now and say:- you can change the report, but you cannot change the history of trench town. What is done , cannot be undone!

my mother always said-once a man, twice a child! she explained thus:- a man will become, and act almost like an infant child, although fully grown as an adult, if and when certain diseases in life strikes him. He crumbles easily.

My quotes are like an endless stream in the reality of life. Those who learn from what I share become the ground penetrating, mesmerizing forces, seen but unseen, to which no technology can detect. The forces which traverses the blood brain barrier leaving no visible mark on the M.R.I images.

my reggae music was created to chant down babylon. I/we said-they see their dreams and aspirations crumble in front of their face, and all of their wicked intentions to destroy the human race- my reasonings with bob marley and the trench town people put into song.

my reggae teaches the history of our people. it speaks about slavery then and now. how many americans know about the-1811 slave revolt? slavery built america. when I speak of reparation for slaves as black people this is something that should never be denied. why are the current politicians having a problem with reparation? why is there no slave monument in america? my reggae asks the questions!!

my trench town created reggae is a spiritual mission, not a competition, or something to follow aimlessly with blind ambition. It is sacrosanct, and for a healing of the nation. This is all embodied in my- reggae education/r.A.S.P.E.C.T1

nepotism and despotism will lasts only for a short while. For like a dead fish in the heat of the mid-day sun it is bound to rot and spoil

never let a politician grant you a favor or else they will want to own you forever. Stand firm, it will always be -we and dem, but we know this:- someone will have to pay for the innocent blood shed everyday.

on modern man, modernity, and technotyranny, I say this:-hooked on technology. can't discern myth from reality, loses his identity, yearns for a state of ideality. one thing he knows, is that no matter how older he grows, he sees this as just a delusion- he has no solution, that's why there is so much confusion.

one thing about this pandemic is sure-it has brought the hidden injustices and inequities in a racially flawed system in america of the abject conditions of the poor to the rich man's door. America cannot hide from it's hate and racially motivated wickedness against black people. Black people in america must now-wise up- and seek their own destiny. Sufferings has been -much too long!

one thing poverty has taught me is how to be patient.because I learn that so many times,-driven by our desire to make things better with our circumstances, we often overlook the dangers of unforeseen catastrophic consequences. my beloved mother would say-tek time, run fast. jamaican proverbial wisdom.

people keep asking me about -why I am so passionate about trench town and its people? they also want to know what- bob marley and peter tosh was like. I will say to them:- just think about some poor youths trying to sing their way out of poverty while their friends were being killed around them almost daily, and to see most of them die a tragic death. this is trench town.I am here to tell this history and truth.

poem- when good cops die I ask the lord why- why do they need to go when our country, america needs them so! (2) it was the officer at the capitol, a rage of attackers on their fellow man. now the officer in boulder, his death could not be colder. (3) my heart hurts for their family. the home will never be what it used to be.I must pray, say a prayer for their family. america will never rid itself of such hate full tragedy.

political inhumanity- this is the inhumanity shown by government against its own people or any people who runs to it for help and safety, yet is blatantly denied access to care. It should be classified as a crime- against humanity, and those responsible should face the prosecutorial justice of the world court.

racism is so woven into the fabric of american society that it will take several decades, if possible, to de-programme the populous not to see others as just-property-to be sold and let.Until then, the injustices will continue.

rain a fall, breeze a blow. bend down low let me tell you what I know!- trench town days with ras cardo and the brethren and sistrens including- bob marley, peter tosh, cherry junior, and others.

ras cardo said:- plutocracy- in the age of technotyranny was what the founding fathers missed politically to promulgate the presidency! big mistake!- but they could not have seen this day and age of what I have called- technotyrannical society. for in the written constitution there would be its inclusion, and now its interpretation would be no cause for confusion.

Ras cardo speaks-tragedy and triumph usually go hand in hand like the flip sides of the same coin, and the truth that you dare not have one without the other- ras cardo reasonings.

ras cardo speaks: one of the greatest blunders and mistakes jamaica has made to-reggae- is the ostracizing and exclusion of the trench town people from the rest of the society. they never knew us, because they never wanted to get to know us. so, now, when I hear them talking about reggae music as their- cultural export - one wonders, who are they fooling? the damage is already done.

reggae and the jamaican economy. I/we from trench town knew this all along that's why we put the messages in a song. It took the financial sector of jamaica so many years to let the world know about- the reggae dollars fate. Now the boj announced the truth, let us wait and see how this benefits the youths. I am ras cardo from trench town who created reggae there in 1962.