Since they didn’t hire I man Spear they cannot fire me, I Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear was hire by the Creator to do his work and to spread his message with music.
First I must say I am a very happy and relax man of Sixty three years old. Neither I or Sonia is frustrated, in fact it’s the opposite. A few are frustrated because everything they try this time around was not going to work.
In life there are no accident everything happens for a reason and a purpose. We are determining not to let anyone disturb our peace. While reasoning about the changes we see taking place all around us, and with the passing of so many of my fellow singers and musician. I man know that Jah would not take all of us he had to keep some of us on this creation to see the fulfillment of the things we sing about. Marcus Garvey words come to pass.
The name Burning Spear came from Kenya and now America have a president with a father from Kenya that bring thousands of people from around the world of every shade of colors in the street celebrating . History was made and it show that this race is not for the swift but for the smart for the one that know themselves as winners.
None can change what the Creator have plan, it’s not about the color of one skin or where they come from it’s about equal rights and justice for all. No man or woman should think they are superior to anyone because of the color of their skin or because they sit in an office everyday in a suit and tie.
Look around you, who are the people that cause the most problems for you in your work place that will go out of their way to make your life hell. Are they not the one that is the unhappy that you don’t want any contact with? Yet they always find a way to be in your space to contaminate it with their bad vibes.
The bad seed that they have sow now they are reaping it, and have become so jealous of us; they are indeed the ones that are frustrated.
Never let anyone define who you are or put words in your mouth of who they think you are, and tell you what you are feeling how do they know what our feelings are, why would you or I need instruction from those that have no peace in their lives. all they know is how to fight the innocent ones with their fake might.
I have a little hand book I read everyday title wisdom From The Four Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz “Don’t take anything personally because by taking things personally you set yourself up to suffer for nothing.” How true are those words? I empower you to take charge of your life and set goals, don’t past the blame on to anyone accept your responsibility and move to find your center.
Yes your center I and Sonia do Bikram Yoga if someone would have told I man Spear that I would do Yoga I would say no. I don’t go as often as Sonia but I do go. Sonia has now set a goal for her to do twenty class straight nonstop and also run six days each week. Only the Fittest of the fittest will survive in these times. Finding your focus will lead you in the right direction of self. Yourself and none else.
I Burning spear have never call or ask anyone for a loan to complete any of I man albums, they wonder that after all they did to us business wise we are able to still survive.
This is the reason I say they didn’t hire me so they cannot fired me musically. The price we are paying for the freedom of reggae music is worth it, we are standing firm and holding our ground.
So confident to see we are on the right track if you were to see some of the emails that was send out by some so call intelligent people informing us of what we must do and what they will do to us if we don’t do exactly as they say.
And when we don’t comply to their orders they move on to send out emails to their friends in the music industry to tell them not to buy and to remove Burning Spear Jah Is Real and other Burning Spear titles the question I ask what are they so afraid of, that I will see all the money they were making and not paying.
Let me make it very clear to them Jah Is Real is I man baby, yes Burning Spear baby, and not one of you will reap a penny from this album.
I am not responsible for your financial problem and none will ever rip me off again, and there will never be any more over the top action of take over. I would say nice try that pose is over if we didn’t learn anything from the past three years of we learn how to protect ourselves.
Sonia and I knew exactly what was coming our way and was ready without any fear, Jah Is my light and salvation who shall I fear? Proverbs 12:16 a wise son heareth his father instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke . A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Jah is Real and he is always guiding us into the right direction. No way was anyone going to take away what I own and push me in the river to drown.
Experience is the key once you see what people are capable of doing, don’t allow them to take any form of control of what you own. The key to success is learning to accept your lesson, learn from it and move on.
We are not looking back on our losses, we know we will gain more than we have lost. Life is not about things and possession it’s about how much did you laugh .The moment you are able to separate yourself from things none cannot hurt you, they can only hurt themselves.
At some point in life all the wrong they have done you and I will catch up with them, and no money in the world will be able to save them. Silent heart is the way to find victory, we have to find our victory from inside of ourselves, and peaceful in our mind can we exalt ourselves with light not darkness.
So many time I get request for show, I choose what I do now in form of Live Show, I am not here to live up to what other thinks I should be doing, I am Sixty three Years old, I paid my dues in this musical life so his majesty say I can now travel light.
None is interesting in us building a fountain for our music in form of selling our own records To stop the pirate of reggae music and to make sure we reap what we sow. It’s liberation time for our music, a friend send me this beautiful posters with these words from Malcolm X “if you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.”
In the 2008 we enter the gate in 2009 we will walk on a straight line, knowing all things will manifest itself in Jah time. I am not looking back and I hope you my friends and family will not look back either we must remain steady fast to achieved our goals.
The race is not for the swift but for the one that endured. I Burning Spear will stick to the plan if you know you are wrong do the right thing, I will not compromise and succumb to the wickedness of evil plans against I and I musical, That why I had to Run for my life.
They didn’t hire me so they cannot fire me. Jah Is Real
