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Feb 5

SOME INSPIRATION: Part 10. [Leontyne Price]

“The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.” -Leontyne Price

“If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don’t think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out, and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you …” -Leontyne Price

“You should always know when you’re shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.” -Leontyne Price

“Accomplishments have no color” -Leontyne Price

Jan 2

AUDIO DRAMATIZATION: Fxckin Problem by The Black Opera (w/LYRICS)

“Aye, Aye my nigga, you got them Flinstone Vitys my nigga?
you poppin that echinacea my nigga??
Woo!
fxck this Life shit man…
fxck wit me doe!” -Nokbai

“I love bad bitches that’s my fucking problem.
I don’t want knowledge less they suckin swallowing .
I love my family but I love these dollars,
more than anything.
My bibles my wallet.
Them presidents make a prophet.
THEM PRESIDENTS MAKE A PROFIT.
and that’s why I voted for Obama,
Cause he be making them mahfxckin Romneys.
Black people poppin pills that’s a fxckin problem.
BLACK PEOPLE POPPIN PILLS THATS A FXCKIN PROBLEM.
Fuck Malcolm X, I be Danny Brownin.
Fuck Oprah Winfrey, she on that Rihanna.
‘Popped a Molly I’m sweatin. WOO!’
even Badu fuck around and Co-Sign it…
[SKIT]
These old niggas don’t know my problems.
THESE OLD NIGGAS DON’T KNOW MY MAHFXCKIN PROBLEMS!!
My father sold crack to my only momma.
Then left my black ass in these fxckin projects.
Black man go crazy that’s a fxckin problem.
White man shoot babies then he got some problems…
White man kill babies…
Anybody kill babies that’s a fxckin coward.
ANYBODY KILL BABIES THAT’S A FXCKIN COWARD!!” -Sensu

“These automatic weapons is a fxckin problem,
shit is like assholes everybody got em,
get mad at a nigga ima go & pop him,
even better ima go & pop a random toddler.
I’m xanny poppin (woo!), I’m Mollywoppin (woo!)
Look at me look at me ain’t nobody watching.
Nobody even cares if I was gooone.
But fxck that I ain’t goin out alooone.
…This nigga lookin at me wroooong.
Guess we got a fxckin problem now it’s ooooonnn.
America (America) got a fxckin problem.
everybody scared of US y’all don’t want these problems.
My cousin shot herself in the stomaaach.
She was fxckin ‘round playin with that gun shit.
Accidentally pulled the trigger her life ended we got 99 problems to keep 1 hunniiiid” -Nokbai

“Black people poppin pills, that’s a fxckin problem.
Anybody kill babies, that’s a fxckin problem.
Israel x USA, thats a fxckin problem.
Boys beating up girls, that’s a fxckin problem
America’s gun laws, that’s a fxckin problem.
WorldStarHipHop, that’s a fxckin problem.
Blogs not posting TBO, that’s a fxckin problem.
YOU DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND, YOU’RE THE FXCKIN PROBLEM.” -Kensah

May 17

AUDIO DEMONSTRATION: Black Superstar by The Black Opera(composed by yU) (w/ LYRICS)

CHORUS:
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.
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In ya Stupid House, Stupid Chain, Stupid Car.
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Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.

“Caught up in the limelight: The Glamor Life.
Burgundy 9-11: a Deadly Drive.
Mercury 9-11: I’m Fahrenheit (fair in height).
Surgery type of weapons: the hand and knife
Either way I’m doing Time (Time).
They give me Life (Right).
Just to raise me Right (Right).
Institutionalized whether WE on the Wrong or Right
side of the Law.
I’m trynna find the right Crime just to Ball.
Ball So Hard: Police Man trynna fine YOU.
Out of Line like the coloring of a blind-mute.
Had a nine on me, had a blonde moment, the I lost my mind on em,
now my time frozen, like my watch broken,
and my mom hoping that I make it out alive.
Its 25-Life whether in chains or on the block.
The Block is Hot. The Block is Hot.
Niggas Snitchin’.
Whether on Television or in the Kitchen.
I Gotta Get It!” - TBOG #041380

CHORUS:
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.
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In ya Stupid House, Stupid Chain, Stupid Car.
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Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar. Black, Black Superstar.
Black Superstar: They don’t care who YOU are.

“I see WE still killin’ over Jordans…..
Ain’t no punchline in THAT bar.
Black Superstar, ‘hood Legend.
If I can’t be The Man I’ll be the man who stood next to Him then,
Get him murked, get his work.
Get his bitch, get his perks.
Now YOU got The Bulls-eye on YOU Targét.
Tryinna R.I.P. (Hamilton) YOU ur in harms way.
When them sharpshooters in The Mask visit.
Better hope it ain’t YOUR last visit, they morals is low,
Like a casket is, just ‘cus, niggas love to stunt.
Niggas love to flash, guess it’s in OUR Blood.
From marginalized, to Stars in the Sky.
We want it ALL, not just Part of the Pie.
By, any means I guess get YOUR money BIG.
Ball til YOU Fall like London Bridge.” - TBOG #120279

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Mar 16

SOME INSPIRATION: Part 7.

“The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.” - Alice Coltrane

“If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character; if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home;
if there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation;
when there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.” - Alice Coltrane

“Youth is very sacred. Do not misuse it by indulging in limitless desires and building castles in the air. Pursue your education keeping God uppermost in your mind. Do not get entangled in unnecessary activities and bondage, which will cause restlessness. Today people are in search of peace. But peace cannot be found in the external world. You will find only pieces! Peace is in you. You are the embodiment of peace; you are the embodiment of truth; and you are the embodiment of love. So first of all, know thyself. Only then can you be blissful always.” - Alice Coltrane

Feb 21

TBO SIGHTINGS: The Black Opera “PANIC BUTTON”.

The Beast is trynna Pin US….but WE can’t be Pinned. Or can WE??

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Feb 20

TBOreBlog: PERCEPTION IS QUEEN.

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Jan 31

REST IN POWER: Camilla Williams. (Black Opera OURstory)

“Camilla Williams, the first black woman to appear in a leading role with a major US opera company has died in Indiana aged 92.

She had been suffering from cancer, according to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where Williams became the first black professor of voice.

The singer made her debut in May 1946 in the title role of Madam Butterfly with the New York City Opera.

She also became a strong advocate for civil rights.

“It’s impossible to overstate how important that was for the music scene in New York, for African-American singers, and for American singers,” F Paul Driscoll, the editor-in-chief of Opera News, told the Washington Post.

Williams’ debut performance came nearly nine years before Marian Anderson became the first African-American singer to appear at New York’s more prestigious Metropolitan Opera.

A New York Times review of Williams at the time, said the singer displayed “a vividness and subtlety unmatched by any other artist who has assayed the part here in many a year”.

The following year she performed the role of Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme and in 1948 she sang the title role of Verdi’s Aida.

In 1951 she sang the title female role in first complete recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

A lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the singer performed in her hometown of Danville, Virginia in 1963, to raise funds to free jailed civil rights demonstrators.

She also sang the national anthem before 200,000 people at the 1963 civil rights march on Washington, immediately before Martin Luther King gave his famous I Have a Dream speech.

In 1950, she married defence lawyer Charles Beavers, whose clients included civil rights leader Malcolm X.

After Beavers’ death in 1970, Williams stepped away from opera in 1971 and began teaching before eventually retiring in 1997.

Her autobiography - The Life of Camilla Williams, African American Classical Singer and Diva - was published last year.” - BBC News

Jan 9

VIDEO DRAMATIZATION: BLACK CITY by The Black Opera (w/ LYRICS)

“BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BENZ.
High Saditty Chicks Want a Black Business Man.
Full House with a pocket full of Olsen Twins,
Making more White Money than a Black President.
Crackers hate it, while the niggas wanna mimic.
White niggas sayin’ nigga more than niggas.
White girls always down for whatever.
But, he trynna get his niggas up in Paris.
Momma say: Aint that shit Cray?
Z’s on the test skipping college everyday,
Cause Whoever play the best get a Scholarship to Pay
Nigga I don’t need the lessons, man I think I’m Bill Gates.
But, he aint even got a Steve Job.
Burnt bridges got em eating off a Bridge Card.
Syrup sipping got em leaning like a Retard.
Thug Life nigga, Hoes down, Gs up.
Crack pipe nigga, Coked Out, Pills what?
Got one life, Imma live it in a hurry.
Nigga plus I kill the mic/mike like Con Murray.
That’s Conrad Murray…
I think I’m Con Murray.
Now where them white girls at?
I think I’m Herman Cain…
Take her to the crib I don’t even know her name,
Pocket full of pills I don’t need no game.
Now where that white horse at?
I must think I’m Rick James…” - TBOG #041380

CHORUS:
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
SPREAD THE WARNING: #TBO IN YA CITY BITCH.

“BITCH.
Money over Humans.
In the club throwin’ hunneds on a Human.
With these Racks I’m abusive.
Smack that ass, red bottoms Louboutins.
Niggas want them Papers, No School tho…
40 acres, No Mule tho…
They want them Cars with the Horses,
Jaguars and them Porches.
Big Booty. Slim waist. No Corsets.
You got the Hoes? Only Queens in my Fortress.
I tell ‘em make it juicy like a Starburst,
Buncha Women lookin’ like Outkast artwork.
Dennis Archer: BLACK CITY BITCH.
Kwame Kilpatrick.
Hey Coleman Young world be a Great King
You ain’t even gotta push the rock like Dave Bing.
Too many David Sterns tryin to block it.
Tell that man get ya hand out my pocket.
School of Hard Knocks or a doctorate.
Nigga what’s a Goblin to a Prophet?” - TBOG #120279

CHORUS:
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK CITY BITCH.
BLACK BLACK CITY BITCH.
SPREAD THE WARNING: #TBO IN YA CITY BITCH.

Dark Comedy.

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Dec 20

VIDEO EnterAction: EnterView. by The Black Opera

The Following Video Demonstration is a Series of Answers to Questions Asked by Followers of The Black Opera.

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Dec 13

EnterMission. is HERE: ThrILL by The Black Opera [Composed by 14KT, featuring FYZA] (w/ LYRICS and ALBUM LINK)

“For REAL, I’m goin’ for the Kill.
Red carpets because of the blood SPILL.
YOU NEVER SEEN A KILLA THIS CLEAN.
There’s SO many things to do with a pillow besides DREAM (on it),
Sleep ON IT, or SCREAM under it.
White Gloves so I don’t leave bloody Prints.
There’s a METHOD to the MASSACRE,
Messy like afterbirth, forensics afterwards.
My Work is over, the curtains CLOSE.
Spectators just witnessed a Murder Show.
Sudden Death can seem SO terminal.
I’m Nocturnal lurkin’, No Mercy, I got the Urge to GO.
GET ‘EM, clothes fittin’ tailored to a T.
Formal wear made for ME to slay ‘em brutally.
She held me close as we exit through the Velvet Rope.
Another night another list of victims felt the Dose” - TBOG #120279

CHORUS 1:
“Ah I got it, Weapon concealed
So Fresh so MEAN ah-ah dressed to Kill
(YOU NEVER SEEN A KILLA THIS CLEAN)
Ah I got it, Weapon concealed
So Fresh so MEAN yea it’s just the ThrILL
(YOU NEVER SEEN A KILLA THIS CLEAN)” - #TheBlackOpEra

“Cool. Calm. Collect: The C’s I Live for.
Don’t let me Connect them 3 C’s like Bio-hazard Symbol.
Zero in the back. Coolest in the Nucleus.
That Heat in the front, could Get Low if YOU ludicrous,
Shooting shit. They Sniff Blow just to Do a Hit.
Weed in the Blunt. YOU see em Sober YOU’D Boo they shit.
I thought Pills was just for Women on they Period,
and white boys that’s Scared to Death to try Heroine.
Crack Rock, Aerosmith.
Hall of Fame ain’t YOUR Kind , If YOU ain’t already Kurt Cobain in YOUR Prime.
Ain’t nothing New about YOUR Lane: There’s a Line.
Go Back in Time YOU will Find…
There’s a thin line between Skinny Jeans and Dresses.
But, Baggy Pants look just as Pathetic, guess its Perception.
They say we either gotta act gay or wear women clothes,
smoke dope, be funny or a play a criminal.
Word to: Will Smith, Chris Tucker, Wesley Snipes, Martin Lawrence,
Dave Chapelle. Nigga FEEL THIS.
Cant forget: Ving Rhames Tyler Perry, Fuck Tyler
A lot of these rhymers is so Vagina.
Crying through monitors to they Fathers,
and Mothers that never Loved them, do to a Substance,
and Uncles that tried to fuck em, so they trust shit.
Never learned to be A MAN, so that just A BITCH.
Emotional in ‘Emo-Land’. Thats what WE stuck with.
Promotional. They Pee they pants for a Budget.
Its so many ways to Sell out YOUR Soul.
They yell ‘UnderGround’ but, really they Hoes.
I came to KILL EM but, they did it to Themselves.
Suicide its a Suicide. Nobody, heard they yells or came to Help.
They won’t be around Next Year.
Too many Trends, can’t look they SELF in the Mirror.
They won’t be around Next Year.” - TBOG #041380

CHORUS 2:
“I Can’t Describe This Type of HIGH.
(And, I cant describe this type of high)
I Can’t Describe, What I Feel. So HIGH.
(And, I cant describe why I feel so high)” - #TheBlackOpEra (featuring FYZA)

THRILL OF THE KILL.

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