When you hear someone saying ‘us’ it means that they are
representing a multitude or simply more than one. By being the one to state the
intention it also signifies that that person is in a level of authority representative
of a multitude. Therefore, we can deduce that that person can also be
considered royalty as most leaders tend to use such terms as ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’.
And as history teaches us royalty begets royalty and those who subject
themselves to them give their loyalty. Now Masta Killa’s album title ‘loyalty is royalty’ makes so much sense (haha).
But in this modern age what are we striving to become;
warriors, kings or subjects of the systems around us? The first thing someone
asks himself is who am I, to learn where they fit in. If they feel they are
royalty the act and work to maintain their status, if they feel they are
warriors out to conquer the world then they fight through obstacles with a
righteous will to defend what is dear to them. Or they may simply let those
stronger than them tell them what to do and subject themselves to their will.
There’s this line by one of my favorite artists Nas off of
the intro to his Stillmatic album that goes “blood of a slave, heart of a king”
which always blows my mind. The juxtaposition of two identities that make up
one individual which brings to question; what's my driving force? Furthermore,
it also raises the question what are we leaving behind for the next generation.
Are they inheriting our tendencies for servitude or are we empowering them to
reign?
Being Kings or Queens doesn’t mean we subjugate others for
our own desires, no! It calls on us to exude royalty and to inspire loyalty.
True kings do not rule with an iron fist, they actually rule best by setting a
good example and protecting their people. Back in the day it was the king who
went out as the first among many into the battle field ready to defend his
kingdom even with his life. Funny enough these days the so called rulers hide
behind a blanket of military and secret police because they feel they are too vulnerable a target.
Like my previous post on rap, it’s high time we remind the
youth to aspire to be royalty and reign with grace in their lives. There is too
much tom foolery going around distracting them from what’s really important.
Let me tell you, there is nothing worse than waking up old and confused with a
midlife crisis to attend to (haha).So no one is called upon more to change the narrative of what is currently being aired in the media than those in the entertainment industry. I mean, you’ve got artists with nearly a billion global following, if they wake up and say ‘guys let’s not support company x or y’ the company will feel the shift. Remember what happened to dove soap manufacturers?
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