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Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip – Letter From God to Man


(Youtube Direktgod, via Ectomo)

Dieses Video zu Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pips „Letter From God to Man“ ist im Sommer komplett an mir vorbeigerauscht, dabei ist es völlig fantastisch. Nicht das Video selbst, das ist eher „nur“ okay. Auch nicht die Beats und die Radiohead-Samples, die ab 2:50 völlig mindfucking großartig eingesetzt werden. Nö, der Text, ein Brief von Gott an die Menschen, in dem er sich für seine Fehler entschuldigt, ist völlig großartig. Hier zum Mitlesen:

Hey There, how, how’s it going?
Long time no see.
I know I haven’t been around much lately
But…it didn’t seem like you wanted me to be
The last time I sent down a message you nailed it to the cross
So I figured I’d just leave you to it, let you be your own boss

But I’ve been keeping an eye on you, I have, and it’s amazing how you’ve grown.
With your technological advances and the problems you’ve overthrown,
And all the beautiful art you’ve created with such grace and such finesse,
But I admit there are a few things I’m afraid have impressed me less.

So I’m writing to apologize for all the horrors committed in my name,
Although that was never what I intended, I feel I should take my share of the blame.
All the good I tried to do was corrupted when all the religion got into full swing,
What I thought were quite clear messages were taken to unusual extremes.
My teachings taken out of context to meet the agendas of others,
Interpretations taken to many different ways and hidden meanings discovered

Religion became a tool, for the weak to control the strong
With all these new morals and ethics, survival of the fittest was gone
No longer could the biggest man simply take whatever he needed
‘cause damnation was the price if certain rules were not heeded

Some of the deeds committed in my name just made me wonder were I went wrong.
Back at the start when I created this, the foundation seemed so strong.
See all the elements were already here, long before I began, I just kind of put it all together
I didn’t really think out a long-term plan.

I made the sun an appropriate distance and laid the stars across the sky
So you could navigate the globe or simply watch the sun rise
I covered the earth with plants and fruits,
Some for sustenance and some for beauty
I made the sun shine and the clouds rain so their maintenance wasn’t your duty
I tried to give each creature its own attributes without making them enveloped
I gave you all you all your own space to grow and in your own way space to develop

I didn’t know such development would cause rifts and jealousy
Cause you to war against each other and leave marks on this planet indelibly
You see, I wasn’t really the creater, I was just the curator of nature
I want to get something straight with homosexuals right now: I don’t hate ya
I was a simple being that happened to be the first to wield such powers
I just laid the ground, it was You that built the towers

It was You that invented bombs, and the fear that comes with them
And it was You that invented money, and the corrupt economic systems
You invented terms like just-war and terms like friendly fire
And it was You that didn’t know when to stop digging deeper, when to stop building higher
It was You that exhausted the resources I carefully laid out on this earth,
And it was You that even saw these problems coming but accredited them little worth
It was You that used my teachings for your own personal gain
And it was You that committed such tragedies, even though they were in my name

So I apologize for any mistakes I made, and when my words misconstrued
But this apology’s to mother nature, cause I created you

8 Kommentare

  1. Das gab es von Bad Religion auch schon mal: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/badreligion/betteroffdead.html

    1# - DerTim - 26. November 2008 @ 18:55 Uhr Reply to this comment

  2. Der Text ist wirklich großartig. George Carlin hätte das bestimmt auch gefallen =)

    ‘God bless America.’ Is that a request; is that a demand; is that a suggestion? … Let me tell you a little secret about God, folks. God does not give a flying **** about America, OK? … He doesn’t care about this country any more than he cares about Mongolia, Transylvania, Pittsburg, the Suez Canal, or the North Pole. … There are 200 countries in the world now. Do these people honestly believe God is sitting around picking out his favorites? … Military cemeteries around the world are packed with brainwashed, dead soldiers who were convinced God was on their side. America prays for God to destroy our enemies. Our enemies pray for God to destroy us. Somebody is going to be disappointed. Somebody is wasting their ****ing time. Could it be, everyone? If people want to say ‘God bless America,’ that’s their business; I don’t care. But here’s what I don’t understand. If they say ‘God bless America,’ presumably, they believe in God. And if they do, they must have heard God loved everyone. That’s what he said; He loved everyone and loved them equally. So why would these people ask God to do something that went against his own teachings? You know what these ‘God bless America’ people oughta do? They oughta check with that Jesus fella they’re so crazy about. They’re always talking about ‘What would Jesus do? What would Jesus do?’ They don’t wanna know so they can do it; they just wanna know so they can tell other people to do it. Well, I’ll tell you what Jesus would have done. I’ll tell you what Jesus would have done. He would have got up on top of the Empire State Building and said, ‘God bless everyone around the world forever and ever until the end of time.’ That’s what Jesus would have done and that’s what these people should do, or else they should admit that ‘God bless America’ is really just some sort of an empty slogan with no real meaning except for something vague like, ‘Good luck.’

    2# - alohastone - 27. November 2008 @ 07:54 Uhr Reply to this comment

  3. Wow. Simply Wow.

    3# - knack - 27. November 2008 @ 13:38 Uhr Reply to this comment

  4. Ebenfalls sehr großartig von denen ist auch “Thou shalt kill”: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4

    4# - DerTim - 27. November 2008 @ 14:09 Uhr Reply to this comment

  5. Hab die Jungs vorgestern live gesehen, war grossartig wenn auch etwas kurz. Zum song “a letter from god to man” gibts übrigens noch ein anderes video in dem die lyrics dabei sind.

    5# - sideshow - 27. November 2008 @ 16:52 Uhr Reply to this comment

  6. Und ich seh sie morgen wohl in Düsseldorf, yiha.

    6# - Patrick - 27. November 2008 @ 17:53 Uhr Reply to this comment

  7. der sinn des videos erschliesst sich mir noch nicht so ganz, aber der track und der text sind sehr gut.
    leider neben “thou shalt always kill” der einzig brauchbare vom album.

    7# - david - 28. November 2008 @ 17:56 Uhr Reply to this comment

  8. Und ich hab sie in Düsseldorf gestern LIVE gesehen. Grossartige Band!

    8# - zeitzeuge - 29. November 2008 @ 12:14 Uhr Reply to this comment

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