Omon Moni Birthday Soiree

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An Afro-Juju Mega-Poem —Burg City Records & The JB Studios Dedicates LETTER OF CONTINUITY To Our Sweetest Pops From the lineage where Ink Never Dries to September 16th the Continuum would forever remembers I write from the phase before the phrase found grace, before the Xound relayed in pace, before memory avoided been displaced. Before language remains language in through every race. PROLOGUE: First thing first— we acknowledge GOD of Juju as di GREatEsT, because GOD is in love with JiNG & BiNG. Now turn the Xound down low. Let the bass enter the bone. Let the drum remember the blood shown. Let the Blues tell the story. Let the Afro-Soul carry the spirit & memory. Let Dancehall bring the body into motion. And let Di Juju Xound connect them all on a different rotation. I — SOURCE FIRE Before the beat, there was breath. Before drum learn beat, before feet learn dance, before Blues learn pain, before Soul learn trance— there was LOVE. A love no distance fit overtake. A love no season fit erase. A love no lifetime fit forsake. GOD — as the main-domain again & again & again. The heartbeat behind the heartbeat. And from that heartbeat— JUJU. Not merely sound. Not merely song. History profound. the reader who became teacher, the teacher who became keeper, the keeper who became memory, the memory that became inheritance, the inheritance that became poetry, the poetry that became Poetrium, the Poetrium that became Xound. Reader → Teacher. Teacher → Keeper. Keeper → Carrier. Black Rhythm— pulse inside the dust, pulse inside the triumph, pulse inside the trust. drum keep beating, bass keep breathing, Blues keep speaking, Soul keep reaching, Dancehall keep moving, Poetry keep proving, memory keep preserving, the Continuum keep continuing Pen—when—then—again. Ink—think—link—sync. Draft—craft—shaft—lift. Write—light—sight—height. THE TEACHER Then the classroom becomes a chamber of possibility. Teach—reach—speech—each. Guide—inside—wide—provide. Learn—discern—return—burn. Question—reflection—direction—connection. Pain—gain—vein—retain. Strain—flame—name—claim. Tears—years—fears—cheers. The sorrow gets Xound. The Xound gets meaning. The meaning gets movement. And movement— becomes life in many ways. Where the ancestral voice finds the microphone. Where yesterday does not disappear— it remixes itself. Root—route—truth—youth. Lore—more—door—explore. Blood—mud—flood—love. The rhythm says: Relate. The Soul says: Elevate. The body says: Resonates. The future says: CREATE. From page to sage, from sage to stage, he carried the wisdom of the turning age; the written word became a living world, and every story that he helped unfold became another door through which the future could behold the past. Dancehall becomes another chamber inside the Continuum. Jamaica to Africa. Caribbean to the Arabian. Drum—hum—come—become. Skin—kin—within—begin. Beat—heat—feet—complete. And inside this rhythm stands My Sweetest Pops— The Literature Master. Before the melody, there was meaning. Before the performance, there was teaching. Before the Xound, there was listening. Page—sage—stage—engage. Word—heard—stirred—transferred. Mind—find—bind—designed. Soul—whole—goal—aligned. Poetry became Poetrium. Poetrium became Xound. And Xound became— DI JUJU XOUND where— Black Rhythm meets Xoulful Blues, where Deep Afro-Soul meets Dancehall riddim for the show. And then- Page meets stage, sage meets age, knowledge turns page and releases the cage. Word gets heard, heard gets stirred, truth gets transferred, memory gets preserved. Read becomes seed. Seed becomes deed. Deed becomes lead. Lead becomes proceed. Tear—year—fear—clear. Strain—pain—rain—refrain. Soul—whole—toll—goal. ONE CHAIN BECOMES ANOTHER Page—cage—sage—stage. Stage—age—engage—heritage. Heritage—lineage—language—passage. Passage—message—memory—legacy. Legacy—energy—identity—continuity. Then— Beat—heat—feet—street. Street—riddim—rhythm—system. System—vision—decision—creation. Creation—invention—expression—transmission. Transmission—Xound—ground—around. Around—beyond—respond—correspond. Correspond—connect—collect—protect. Protect—preserve—observe—remember. And remember— THE RHYMAL ENGINE Page—cage—age—stage. Word—heard—stirred—third. Mind—bind—find—line. Soul—whole—toll—goal. Read—lead—seed—deed. Teach—reach—speech—preach. Core—lore—store—door. Flame—frame—name—claim. Art—chart—heart—part. Craft—draft—waft—shaft. Verse—nurse—traverse—force. Flow—grow—glow—show. THE DEEP STACK Drum—dust—blood—trust— root—route—truth—youth— lore—core—door—more— page—sage—stage—age— word—heard—stirred—transferred— mind—find—bind—designed— soul—whole—goal—control— read—seed—lead—proceed— teach—reach—speech—preach— flame—frame—name—claim— art—chart—heart—part— craft—draft—shaft—lift— verse—force—course—source— HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY SWEETEST POPS. THE LITERATURE MASTER. THE ANCESTRAL POET. THE THING THAT DID NOT LEAVE GOD is in the Work as Afro-Juju Continues.