No Church in the Wild.

What's a god to a non-believer?

 

The marvelous world of Kanye West is in full swing.  I hate to be such a hater and no offense to Jay-Z, but this video screams of West's creativity. 

Ever since the collapse of the world economy, there have been many ways in which the general population has reacted.  In the US, we attempted to form a loosely based protest on Wall Street, but have fallen short of any real change because of our pot-smoking, hippie protesters that refuse to look at our rights for what they're worth, and refuse to take responsibility for a potential cause for change.  In Europe, however, there has been a shift in the mindset of the working class; I would even go far as saying that the paradigm has returned back to the old times where people aren't afraid to rebel against the government.  Specifically speaking in Greece, massive violent protests have sent the country on a political shit storm that may just have severe consequences in the future (they have elected both communists and neo-nazis to their government in hopes of finding a more balance field).  Every country has the right to govern themselves and if they see this as their solution, well so be it.  But if we recall, the chancellor of Germany in the 1930's was also elected after some dire circumstances that eventually led to World War II.  Can we say deja-vu?  Who knows, but in the mean time, we can only sit back and watch in hopes that if a third world war occurs, we have enough supplies and shelter to withstand the nuclear holocaust.

My point is this...The song is reminiscent of the past (because I like history) and of a present where we are starting to realize (hopefully) just to what extent we have been duped by the world government.  And what I mean by the world government is that group of leaders that have single handedly  given the corporations access to all of our rights in an attempt to sell it to the highest bidder.  We have lost our ways, but in the end what is truly a god to a non-believer?  What will happen when we all decide that the government no longer gives a fuck about us?  And what will we do about it?  The power comes in numbers; we may lack brute force, but what we lack we make up in the bodies that can think, choose, fight, and change the world.  And this piece of art is a prime example as to just how lethal a mob of angry citizens can affect change in the government.  It may not be the best idea, but tell that to the Greeks, Egyptians, Syrians, and Lebanese fighting for their basic freedoms and rights.  

I know I mumble a lot, but what the song means to me is more than just a simple chaotic state.  It is a crisis.  And "true crisis is essential for any artistic breakthrough in that it realizes old forms are ill-adapted for a new, changing reality."  Yeah, or something like that.  But just to clarify: I am not an anarchist.  I am agnostic, I am an independent, and I believe that drastic changes needed to be made in the people running our world because if we don't, we all just may crumble in our own facade of bullshit.

Enjoy!

"No Church In The Wild"
(with Jay-Z)
(feat. Frank Ocean)

[Frank Ocean]
Human beings in a mob
What’s a mob to a king?
What’s a king to a god?
What’s a god to a non-believer?
Who don’t believe in anything?

We make it out alive
All right, all right
No church in the wild
[Jay-Z]
Tears on the mausoleum floor
Blood stains the coliseum doors
Lies on the lips of a priest
Thanksgiving disguised as a feast
Rollin’ in the Rolls-Royce Corniche
Only the doctors got this, I’m hidin’ from police
Cocaine seats
All white like I got the whole thing bleached
Drug dealer chic
I’m wonderin’ if a thug’s prayers reach
Is Pious pious cause God loves pious?
Socrates asks, “Whose bias do y’all seek?”
All for Plato, screech
I’m out here ballin’, I know y’all hear my sneaks
Jesus was a carpenter, Yeezy, laid beats
Hova flow the Holy Ghost, get the hell up out your seats
Preach
[Frank Ocean]
Human beings in a mob
What’s a mob to a king?
What’s a king to a god?
What’s a god to a non-believer?
Who don’t believe in anything?

We make it out alive
All right, all right
No church in the wild
[The-Dream]
I live by you, desire
I stand by you, walk through the fire
Your love is my scripture
Let me into your encryption
[Kanye West:]
Coke on her black skin made a stripe like a zebra
I call that jungle fever
You will not control the threesome
Just roll the weed up until I get me some
We formed a new religion
No sins as long as there’s permission’
And deception is the only felony
So never fuck nobody wit’out tellin’ me
Sunglasses and Advil
Last night was mad real
Sun comin’ up, 5 a.m.
I wonder if they got cabs still
Thinkin’ ’bout the girl in all-leopard
Who was rubbin’ the wood like Kiki Shepard
Two tattoos, one read “No Apologies”
The other said “Love is cursed by monogamy”
That’s somethin’ that the pastor don’t preach
That’s somethin’ that a teacher can’t teach
When we die, the money we can’t keep
But we probably spend it all ’cause the pain ain’t cheap
Preach
[Frank Ocean:]
Human beings in a mob
What’s a mob to a king?
What’s a king to a god?
What’s a god to a non-believer?
Who don’t believe in anything?

Will he make it out alive
All right, all right
No church in the wild
No church in the wild
No church in the wild
No church in the wild