Posts tagged Movement
TBO SIGHTINGS: The Black Opera “PANIC BUTTON”.
The Beast is trynna Pin US….but WE can’t be Pinned. Or can WE??
FIND THE PANIC BUTTON.
EnterMission.
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
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.
EnterMission.
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.
OUR 2nd Album “EnterMission.” is available here: http://bit.ly/ul4hJe
SPREAD THE WARNING.
EnterMission.
