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shing02: rap activist, peace advocate, music explorer

Shing02 - rap activist, peace advocate, music explorer. Born in Tokyo 1975, raised in Tanzania, England, and Japan. Shing02 landed in California at the age of 15, and soon thereafter got involved in creating art, which was the first love. After a move to Berkeley for schooling he became immersed in the local scene which also nurtured dozens of creative hiphop acts. Eventually in '96 Shing02's music made its way back to Japan,
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" The ultimate reward is honor not awards
At odds with the times in wars with no Lords, a Freelancer
A battle cry of a hawk make a dove fly and a tear dry
Wonder why a lone wolf don't run with a klan
Only trust your instincts and be one with the Plan"
--battle cry



shing02

alias: vector omega, knock two
crew: freelancers utd, the knocks, kosmic renaissance
photo: kaori annen
mask: mr.44

Shing02 - rap activist, peace advocate, music explorer. Born in Tokyo 1975, raised in Tanzania, England, and Japan. Shing02 landed in California at the age of 15, and soon thereafter got involved in creating art, which was the first love. After a move to Berkeley for schooling he became immersed in the local scene which also nurtured dozens of creative hiphop acts. Eventually in '96 Shing02's music made its way back to Japan, partnered with Mr. Higo of Mary Joy Recordings, garnering tremendous support in his homeland. Currently residing in Oakland, he's working on music with his new collective "FREELANCERS UN1TED" (Freelancers = Knights without a Lord), and as 1/2 of production crew "The Knocks" with Doc Max. Currently envisioning new music as the inventor of the vestax "faderboard". Check for his latest creations as he intends to father some art that blends the cultural boundaries.


Black Is Beautiful

Black is beautiful to me
Wake up brethren Asian persuasion
Black is beautiful to me
Love Self sistren Asian persuasion
Black is beautiful to me
Respect brethren African persuasion
Black is beautiful to me
One Love sistren African persuasion
Afro-centric music is the roots but
Ever since birth I've wondered
Who, what, when, which, how did we get to this place
Island culture cultivate the race
Faces, basic smiles speak a thousand words
That go a million miles
Until we realize that we gotta stay true
Despite the lies, read between the lines
And move forward

Oh Lord

Heritage manifest in the color of the mane of our men and women
New born, blessed with natural melanin
Living and shine like filaments
Pitch black hair, rich black eyes
Capture the rapture of mother nature
Beyond Africa, Pan Pacifica, Antarctica to South America
Health before wealth in the kingdom of righteous
Fight until death do us part and I might just
Travel to the depth of the heart of Atlantis
Pledge to the state of the art so I plan this
Expedition as my mission all the while
Competition lose not knowing why
Til the day I chill in the east of the River Nile
Real skill, real deal never go out of style yeah



Who wanna test their blackness?
Let me guess, fake jocks frontin' like Loch Ness
Life blessed you to look the best
When you're dressed with less but cover the rest
Some kids with straight strands want dread locks
Some girls with a fro want to straighten their chops
It's all good we all grow out of it just like hair-do
You gotta vibe and flow with it just like air do

'Round the globe youth carry the hope
That one day everything's gonna be just fine now
Press rewind to a world color blind
Zero complex, find a space all mine
I grew up on the East Coast, opposite of Ivory
In the 21st, reckon economic slavery

Beyond Africa, Latin America, through Jamaica back to Japonica
Man and machine make the money that manipulate
Mind over matter meaning make moves to motivate
Before we globalize commercially
We need to mobilize community to spread the music with mercy
'Cuz exploitation is the blast from the past

Conversation help future visions last
Til the day I fill the post I'm supposed to live by
Real skill, real deal never go out of style yeah



Black is beautiful to me

Respect all state, all color, all race

Black is beautiful to me

One love, one god, one mind, one heart



INI, You and I, realize U-N-I-T-Y

INI, You and I, realize U-N-I-T-Y

Receive, Respect, Reflect

Pass it on, pass it on, pass it on

Receive, Respect, Reflect

Pass it on, pass it on, pass it on


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