The Offering

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It is with my deepest love
And absolute respect
That I give praise to my source of inspiration and light
The universal principle of peace
The gift of positive circumstance
Allows all our beings to touch once agian
We must begin
To view our music compositions as vessels
Through which concerts become conscious conversations
And our records-
Repositories of positive images
To do this
We must always understand that our work must be
One: Collective
Two: Functional
Three: Committed

What you are about to hear is not jazz
Or some other irrelevant term
You allow others to use when defining our creation
But the sounds which are about to saturate your being
And sensitize your soul
Is the continuing process
Of consciousness
Manifesting its message within the context
Of one of our strongest natural resources
Music
We must begin to undertand
That it is our responsibility and duty
To be in constant search
Of stronger and better means
Of amplifying, radiating, and raising
The level of consciousness of our people

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And to the brothers who appear on this offering
I give my warmest affection and appreciation
Unity is the beginning
And as the African proverb says
If you know the beginning well
The end will not trouble you