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I was born and raised in Oakland, California, and there are few things that inspire as much pride and sense of purpose as my love for my hometown. Still, I have never felt like I truly belonged in the United States, and the more I have learned about the unbearable moral and environmental costs that are paid in order to maintain my standard of living in this country, the more it sickens me to participate. I live in a deep contradiction and paradox of being born into extreme privilege (access to clean water, healthy food, and shelter with a loving and supportive family), while knowing the depths of exploitation that are being perpetuated to supply some of these gifts. 


Questions to consider: 
* How much am i producing and contributing to the world versus consuming and extracting?
* Who benefits and who suffers from my actions and my inaction?
* How do i experience joy in the face of suffering?

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InstruMental One, was born and raised in Oakland, California, and his first love was Hip-Hop music.  He was initiated in the late 90's through endless freestyle ciphers huddled over park benches and crammed in parked cars. His music is an offering of gratitude for the ancestors, and strives to connect unique, individual experience to universal Truth.

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