FOR WITHOUT BELITTLING THE COURAGE WITH WHICH MEN HAVE DIED, WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THOSE ACTS OF COURAGE WITH WHICH MEN HAVE LIVED... A MAN DOES WHAT HE MUST - IN SPITE OF PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES, IN SPITE OF OBSTACLES AND DANGERS AND PRESSURES, AND THAT IS THE BASICS OF ALL HUMAN MORALITY. WHEN POWER LEADS MEN TOWARD ARROGANCE, POETRY REMINDS HIM OF HIS LIMITATIONS. WHEN POWER NARROWS THE AREAS OF MAN'S CONCERN, POETRY REMINDS HIM OF THE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF HIS EXISTENCE. WHEN POWER CORRUPTS, POETRY CLEANSES. FOR ART ESTABLISHES THE BASIC HUMAN TRUTH WHICH MUST SERVE AS THE TOUCHSTONE OF OUR JUDGEMENT. WORLD LEADERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD SPILLED ON EARTH, FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS ABEL TO THE BLOOD OF EL-HAJJ ABDUL-MALIK EL-SHABAZZ. H.O.O. SHOUTOUTS: CYPRESS HILL, THE FUGEES, RUN-DMC, KRS-1, GRANDMASTER FLASH, TIM DOG, SLICK RICK, KURTIS BLOW, EVE, JODY WATLEY, JODECI, HOWIE T, UTFO, ROXANNE SHAWNTE, DA REAL ROXANNE, FAB 5 FREDDY, BLONDIE, TRAGEDY KHADAFI, MOBB DEEP, DOMINO, KANYE WEST, TOTAL, & BLACK ROB.