"Not Tonight" is the 8th track on the album "The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power" by A.L.I.A.S.

The life of crime may seem glamorous from the outside looking in but "success breeds envy" and can lead to paranoia and constantly looking over your back. Even those you think may truly care for you will stab you in the back. Like Biggie Smalls said "Your moms will light that ass up properly gassed up!"

So in the fashion of Michael Corleone, A.L.I.A.S. goes on a killing spree for anyone he thinks may have done him wrong. This is a story of revenge, payback and "do unto others before they do unto you!"

Spiritually speaking this is the thinking of most people, however, what good is money or power if there's no one to share it with? Even people who have money still long for LOVE! And while it may be true that some would rather be feared than loved, it is NOT true that fear lasts longer then love. All the great people in history who lived a life of love are still adored to this day by people who never even knew them personally but they helped to inspire generations...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Gandhi and in the words of Jesus "for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword" therefore we should try to "love thy neighbor as thyself!"

The World Ain't Ready! Chapter 1: Rise to Power

Not Tonight

"LIFE" is the 9th track on the album "The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power" by A.L.I.A.S.

The name is self-explanatory... This song examines all the horrors of the world and yet all the beautiful potential. God has given us free will to choose what we individually experience. "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" and yet when we behave selfishly it creates an atmosphere that becomes self-destructive.

We live in a world of duality, hot & cold, rich & poor, strong & weak, good & evil. The Taoists call it the yin & yang. Hindus refer to as Maya the "magical measurer."

Jesus said to love another as thyself while Mohammed said to love the Creator you must love your fellow man first! Religions which were intended to connect man with Spirit instead they often become divisive. What it really balls down to is the "have and the have-nots!" The lust for power in the form of money is the true culprit which appears as political agendas, economic systems and religious dogma. This tactic works because it feeds off the fears of the masses and we justify our insanity with the defense of "survival." 

1 S.O.U.L. an acronym for "One Source Of Universal Love" was created as a platform not to divide people but to bring people together under the cause of LOVE! Love for self, love for our family, love for our neighbors, love for our nations but MOST IMPORTANTLY - LOVE FOR ALL MANKIND!!

LIFE

"Cry of the Streets" is the 12th track on the album "The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power" by A.L.I.A.S.

This is the story of hip-hop music in its pure and uncorrupted original essence. This music was born as part of the culture of inner city youth beginning in the South Bronx and expanding outwards to the rest of New York City, the nation and abroad. 

Of course once the corporations recognized it as a money machine, they seized control of it by soliciting artists and finding new avenues to commercialize it for "mass appeal" thus perverting her truth.

In this song we're merely presenting the story of hip-hop as a girl that's been kidnapped by the industry and like good soldiers, we must go to war to get her back and bring her back to her mother - the Streets!

Cry Of The Streets

"Watch Me Now" is the 14th track on the album "The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power" by A.L.I.A.S.

At this stage of the "story" A.L.I.A.S. continues to go deeper into the maze of power. Here he seeks to expand his reach by heading westward via his island connects with Jamaican rudeboys!

The empire is expanding and the money is coming in faster than can be counted. There is no regard for the people that are hurt or the lives ruined. We often see the glorious side of drug trafficking and praise the so-called "hustlers" and yet ignore the prisons full of sellers and users who will rarely be able to recapture a sensible life not consumed in violence...

The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power

Watch Me Now

"Me, That's Who!" is the 16th track on the album "The World Ain't Ready! Chapter I: Rise to Power" by A.L.I.A.S.

Who better epitomizes the "rags to riches" story better than Tony Montana aka Scarface! This gritty refugee in the early 80's rises from the grimy streets of Miami to become the drug lord kingpin. This movie, unfortunately, has influenced probably more "wanna be" drug dealers than any other pop culture phenomenon. 

Sadly, most of these inspired dealers fail to remember the end of the story that Scarface loses his best friend, wife, sister and ends up dead! The analogy likewise for A.L.I.A.S. is that the top is very lonely. When you've made your living via shady means it is a matter of time before fate comes knocking at your door.

They say absolute power corrupts absolutely! What good is power and riches if it is short-lived and you have no one to share it with?! Stay focused on the things that matter most in life - family, friends, health and love!

The richest man is the one who is missed the most when he leaves this earth...

Me, That's Who!

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc is the first historically black collegiate fraternity founded on the campus of ivy league school Cornell University in Ithica NY on Dec 4, 1906. 

This is the "Alphas Phirst Anthem" for the Phirst Family! Shout out to Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Iota Phi Theta, Masons and the Divine Nine!

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc

Alphas Phirst Anthem

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BBC Music Introducing in the West

01 Feb 2020

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BBC supports Enceladus (out now on Stress Records)

Young Veterans Music presents 'SOUL CRY LIVE' featuring Fantan Mojah performing some of his notable hits on live acoustics. The session is backed by legendary guitarist Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. In these unprecedented and turbulent times, it is our hope that you all can truly enjoy this profoundly heart felt ‘Soul Cry’ from the Soul Rasta. "There is no need to worry when Jah is by my side" Stay safe and enjoy!!

Soul Cry Live

Fun song to jam, ride or dance to! Witty lyrics, braggadocious flow with a catchy beat! Nothin' else more to say... Check My Swagger!

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Purchase “The World Ain’t Ready” on Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/world-aint-ready!-remastered/id122127999
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My Swagger

BBC Introducing supporting 'Division' (unreleased at time of play) on 15 August 2020

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