A tribe is viewed, historically or developmentally, as a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states. Many anthropologists used the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups (see clan and kinship).
Some theorists hold that tribes represent a stage in social evolution intermediate between bands and states. Other theorists argue that tribes developed after, and must be understood in terms of their relationship to, states.
It is important to note that the word 'tribe' is a contested term due to its roots in colonial anthropological foundations and the connotations that these hierarchical definitions have.It is common practice to use alternative terms like 'ethnic group' , or nation.
The English word tribe occurs in 12th-century Middle English literature as referring to one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The word is from Old French tribu, in turn from Latin tribus, referring to the original tripartite ethnic division of the Roman state: Ramnes (Ramnenses), Tities (Titienses), and Luceres, corresponding, according to Varro, to the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans respectively. The Ramnes were named after Romulus, leader of the Latins, Tities after Tatius, leader of the Sabines, and Luceres after Lucumo, leader of an Etruscan army that had assisted the Latins. According to Livy, the three tribes were in fact squadrons of knights, rather than ethnic divisions. The term's ultimate etymology is uncertain, perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European roots *tri- ("three") and *bhew- ("to be").
Theophilus London is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York City.
London was born on the island of Trinidad, on February 23, 1987, and was raised in Brooklyn briefly, then moved to the suburbs of the Poconos and graduated from Pocono Mountain East High School in 2006.[citation needed]
His debut EP Lovers Holiday, released on Warner Bros. Records on February 7, 2011, features TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara, Glasser, and Solange Knowles. His full-length debut album Timez Are Weird These Days, mixed by noted producer Dan Carey, was released by Warner Brothers on July 19, 2011.
According to critics, London's "genre-bending approach draws from a range of styles, from soul-pop and post-punk to electro and contemporary R&B," citing influences that include Michael Jackson and Prince as well as Kraftwerk and the Smiths."
In 2011, London caused a stir with performances at the Cannes Film Festival. London was one of the headliners of the Northside Festival in Brooklyn in June 2011. On June 30, 2011, London performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, in response to which the Montreal Gazette remarked "Theophilus London is going to be big. Very big. The buzz has been building for some time." On February 22, 2012 London introduced his new single "Big Spender" to a select New York audience at the Encore Sessions at le Baron Chinatown
Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) in Chicago, IL is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and producer.
Jesse Boykins III is a World Soul artist from Chicago, later relocating to Miami and finally Brooklyn . His first EP, Dopamine: My Life On My Back EP was released February 14, 2008 and his follow up The Beauty Created LP was released November 25, 2008 through NomaDic MuSic.
Jesse’s career in music began at the age of 9 when he joined his school choir. He soon began auditioning around Miami and found himself recording with various local Miami artists. In High School Jesse was invited to perform in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble and recorded a full length album with them.
After high school Jesse was recruited to The New School University in New York City. At The New School Jesse perfected his skills as a writer, performer, arranger and producer and as a vocalist. He also studied with classical trainer Kamal Scott and Universal recording artist Bilal[disambiguation needed ].
Jesse is currently touring with his band The Beauty Created. Members of The Beauty Created Include:
Plot
On the eve of his high school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past... that he is about to become a werewolf. Now, in an effort to fight destiny and save their love as well as their lives, they must battle not only Will's growing blood lust but an army of fearsome beasts bent on killing them... and then, us all.
Keywords: black-dress, black-panties, bondage, bra-less, bully-comeuppance, disembodied-head, domineering-mother, fall-from-height, femme-fatale, first-sexual-experience
Full Moon. New Blood.
Plot
Maggie's brother is brutally killed by a gang of thugs. Maggie is in prison but is allowed to leave to go to her brother's funeral. At the funeral, she takes off and goes on a quest for her brother's killers so she can avenge his death in a pleasant, violent manner.
Keywords: drugs, female-nudity, female-protagonist, independent-film, murder, reference-to-blade-runner, revenge, teenager, throat-slitting
You've seen the rest ... now meet the best.
She'll make more than your day.
The only thing she couldn't remember...was how to forget!!!
Maggie: You know something?::Annalee: What?::Maggie: You're a cunt.
Black Girl: There's only two kinds of people in this world: The fuckers and the fucked!
(Greg)
I saw the film said that's the life for me
Forsake the mundane for some instability
So sue me
Now you're hiding upstairs
And now I'm not so sure
What is all this for?
Haven't got a lot to say have you have you
Oh you've done it now haven't you haven't you
How many times I didn't unfold you
Look at your face I hardly know you
Oh I'm in it now up to eyebrow
Oh I've done it now haven't I
Oh me thinking you'd be my joyride
I'll be lucky just to survive
I read the book I thought that it meant me
Your feverish vision of exquisite misery
It threw me
Now I'm in free fall
I'm empty as a bottle that you can see through
What am I to do?
I've had my fill
I feel that chill
I'm tired
You're still not home it caught me by surprise
It's a telltale odor I almost recognize
And I can hardly see
The pupils in your eyes
Now I realize
(Terri)
I am painting here with the lights off
Making swirls with the paintbrush
You say-what could this be of?
We're laughing, neighbors they make fuss
Then you serenade me
Lucky lucky me
You are lagging behind in the dark wood
I turn, retrace all my footsteps
You leap out from a tall tree
I jump, a plot just to kiss me
I am waiting still as the nights are
Listening, practice your guitar
Watching all of the sky's stars
(Janet/Eric/Terri)
*(vocal by Terri)
He knows how to make me feel tragedy
He's crafty
He senses many ways to quiet me
He's clever
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He's waiting for me down there
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He cannot wait to tell me
I will rescue you
He does not accept my reasoning
He's angry
He suspects his charms are failing him
He's anxious
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He's learned a perfect rhythm
Let me in, let me in he's sorry
(Terri)
Well look who isn't here, didn't say good-bye
All that leaves is us without so much as a good reason why
And guess who isn't here, can you believe that guy?
A promise to him is like a million other lies
How long have we waited here, and who has the time
We can't sit and wait, we will feel like we were left behind
Was he so great a man, didn't say good-bye
Good riddance to him like this Armageddon
I'm tied to him Tell me where's the sea go
Like sea to sky In a blue sky
And I'm torn Tell me where does he go
In a blue sky
What's that you're saying there, do you think I'm blind?
I know what you think, you think I fell for him like quite a find
Well that's not it at all, no I'm just fine
You and I had such good times
Summersun was on our minds
Stars were always shining
In our fantasy (fantasy)
Like romeo and juliette (juliette)
We fell in love with no regrets (no regrets)
I think you were the longest love
Was meant to be (meant to be)
So in love with you
I love you
So in love with you
Only you
I'm so in love with you
I will always be with you
As time goes bye our love grows strong
Many thought that we were wrong (we were wrong)
Will be you
that our move was never turning blue (turning blue)
So when I look into your eyes
The light I see is no surprise (no surprise)
No one could ever keep me
Away from you (away from you)
So in love...
Like Romeo and Juliettewe fell in love with no regrets
I think you were the longest love
Was meant to be
(Janet/Terri)
Tossing and turning as your sheets wrap around you
And your breathing is peaceful but you sleep is unsettling
Slowly and steadily your memories start spinning 'round
And you try hard to follow you will want to remember
The breeze moves the curtains as it passes across your arms
And you stir as it passes but you can't really feel it now
Something is different the colors are shimmering
And your breathing gets quicker and your arms start to stiffen
You know that you're sleeping and you're sure that you're sleeping
Under certain conditions this could be terrifying
Movement and quality are somehow in harmony
*Zumbi e o senhor das guerras
Zumbi e o senhor das demandas
Quando Zumbi chega
E Zumbi quem manda*
(Crenca popular)
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your God - Our God
Your tribe - Our tribe
Tribe
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your God - Our God
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your tribe - my tribe
*Hear the drums... they come from the sea
Bring the tribal spirit on me
Cause my pride and my roots I believe
No, this tribe you can*t take it from me*
Apalai Apiaca Arara Botocudo
Goitaka Guarany Yamamadi Ypixuna
Maori Aboriginal Zulu Banshee
Mohican Masai Hopi Panga
Omai Asaro Xingu Buli
Guaikuru Tukano Tupinamba Karo
(StoneTate)
There's a thunder in my head,
a roar I can't escape.
I can't ignore this certain fate
I'm experiencing something.
I can't explain.
There's a frame of reference fragile at best.
An itching fear that's stronger than the rest.
Follow the black ribbon into the sun.
Push it further baby, careful with this burnout now.
I'm losing myself in you
and trying to get back to me.
But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.
The sand in my mouth,
the wind and heat I feel numb.
Ten days on the road and it feels
like where I've been ain't so bad.
Gotta get back home to you.
Gotta get back home to you.
Gotta get back home.
Throttle back slowly there's no time like now.
Red line it baby I'm pushing to the edge now.
I'm losing myself in you
and trying to get back to me.
But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.
I'm beating down this desert highway
one hundred miles an hour times two.
But I'm so far away, I'm a million miles away.
I'm losing myself in you
and trying to get back to me.
But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.
Get me off this desert highway.
Gotta get back to you but I'm so far away.
I'm a million miles away.
She taught us to dance to the sacred music
Taught us respect for every tribe
Taught us to question the power
Said do not enlist and don't subscribe
You're only beginning, you've only begun
Tried to keep us safe from falling
While she pushed us to the edge
Tried to be a full-grown woman
While we were sleeping in our beds
She said you know
There are no stupid questions
Only fools who like to speak
Try to break through your restrictions
See how far your soul can reach
You're only beginning, you've only begun
You're only beginning to become
It's gonna be the most you see
It's gonna grow farther than you or me
Gotta trust it, put your faith in it
Never try and question when
You're gonna step in it
She's a raging river, she's a storm at sea
She's an arrow in the quiver of the warrior in me
Sweeter than an apple right off the tree
Does her pollen dance for the other honeybees
Her strength is my razor, this faith is my gun
Don't believe your borders or television tongues
Take away all this metal, take away all this noise
Take away all this shrapnel and all these war toys
Because we're only beginning, we've only begun
There were voices shot to the skies
There were cries sent to unblind eyes
There were downturned palms unraised
From fists to claps that drowned out in praise
There were shouts shut from the back of tongues
Swallowed down throats to choked up lungs
Joy brimming from the deepest well
From the source sprung to break the spell
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
Once a raindrop became a sea
From one seed grew a forest of trees
From two bodies generations came
To walk the ground and disappear again
Until a siren blew among the reeds
Warning of crops that no longer feed
Sending buds up to flower and bloom
Under cover of the darkest moon
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
For one embrace a whole people prayed
For one tribe a whole lament was played
Now the wind blows against the shore
This song of songs will be sung no more
From the ashes of the ruins will grow
A new time to scatter and sow
Over the desert a rainbow spans
A bridge of hope across the western lands
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
(Tribe)
Yesterday I was thinking
It's a good time to change
Progress the future
It's happening it's ok
One day like another
Something to mend
It's tempting to press on
When will I reach the end
Sometimes evenings
Problems two-fold
I know how to solve them
Why go overboard
It's big it's scary
It's been done before
I'm moving still moving moving
(Terri)
When he's not home
Means we move around as we please
But when he gets home the blood that's in my head will
freeze
A big bottle's empty
Another one is still full
And when that's all gone someone's sure to get it
in the end
And when he's home he's home it's not a home
It's just a madhouse anyway
It's two o'clock
Mom says we can stay home again
But at six o'clock we'd rather be at school
again
A hand looms higher
Than a little face, it's 'cause
He knows this child wishes he wasn't here
Won't you try to come down
They all said they'd be here
You know you've been to every gathering
Stretching out the years
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
Just a photo on the wall
(I can see)
You can't cut, I cannot bleed
Relieved to see my dreams recede
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving bye bye
Finally going now waving goodbye
I keep asking them why
It's so much warmer this year
The people in the house across the street have moved away
Had I said that the stove needs repair?
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
Just a photo on the wall
(I can see)
You can't cut, I cannot bleed
Relieved to see my dreams recede
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving goodbye
As if you hoped to find me paralysed in record time
Clinging to life well I'm not blind
I'm not blind
I'm not blind...
Won't you try to come down
they all said they'd be here
you know you've been to every gathering
stretching through the years
it's the least you could do
you could come down once or twice
or three times a year
it just seems like the least you could do
the least you could do
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
just a photo on the wall
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
(Greg/Eric)
Come on in now get warm
Don't bring yourself to harm
You know the light is always on
You could be home now between
Sheets that you know are clean
You know the light is always on
Be of good cheer now somehow
You can forget for now
You know your glass is always full
Down here at the home
Cooking/Eating
Now you've jumped in a whim
It's time you learned to swim
You know it's time you had a try
In a bad film you careen
Driven from scene to scene
You know the camera always rolls
Please don't complain it's plain
You have yourself to blame
You knew this would be suicide
Could it be so, oh no
Back in your bungalow
You know the light is always on
Down here at the home
Washing/Drying
Dusting/Mopping
(Greg)
Ticket in my hand I'm waiting
Thinking this will be the time
Imagine it will all be mine
Far away I'll drink and dine
Spend the night in cities open all the time
My eyes will shine
All in all I can't pretend
It would be wise to try my luck again
Deep inside I'm smiling just because I know
Uncle Sam he runs an honest show
All in all I can't pretend
It would be wise to try my luck again
The jakpot's up it's up again
It towers over mortal men
And just to think that if I win
I could alter who I am
And I know that in the end
If I don't win I'll try again
And I feel good I'm doing my share
The profits go to Medicare
And I'll be standing here in line
Spend my money bide my time
The jakpot's up it's up again
(Greg)
I saw the film said that's the life for me
Forsake the mundane for some instability
So sue me
Now you're hiding upstairs
And now I'm not so sure
What is all this for?
Haven't got a lot to say have you have you
Oh you've done it now haven't you haven't you
How many times I didn't unfold you
Look at your face I hardly know you
Oh I'm in it now up to eyebrow
Oh I've done it now haven't I
Oh me thinking you'd be my joyride
I'll be lucky just to survive
I read the book I thought that it meant me
Your feverish vision of exquisite misery
It threw me
Now I'm in free fall
I'm empty as a bottle that you can see through
What am I to do?
I've had my fill
I feel that chill
I'm tired
You're still not home it caught me by surprise
It's a telltale odor I almost recognize
And I can hardly see
The pupils in your eyes
(Greg)
Through the windshield, on the footbridge
They cling to each other at the close of day
They've not a care for the crush of traffic
Their captive audience, they say
Look we've each other
What more could we ask for
We're right where we want to be
We're right where we want to be
And my heart skips and I twist a little
And the light's green and I drive away
I think who knows
What it is what it might be
I know anything goes
I've been there don't remind me
All kinds of twisted thoughts
Swirling through her head
She's already wondering about the baby
And look at him, watch his eyes
Who knows could be
He's already gone for the weekend in his mind
So here I am All on my own
Looking around Sun is shining
In all directions And now I feel
The wave inside And now I feel
(Terri/Eric)
Time's a mister crime's a mister
Mister right is sex and shelter
Sam says fists can make him feel like magic
Sam says bitch let Sam devour
The songs they seem so real
See the songs they speak to him
See the songs fists sinking, says he's sorry
Tears just only make the weak seem weaker
Sam says weak ones are the only ones to fight
Sam says sex is black and blue assault
And that salt makes better all the ladies
The songs they calm him down
See the songs they make a dove from a hound
See the songs can make even Sam sound sad
Down, down
Is this it?
Says his voice to the face in the payphone
And the face she seldom speaks, seldom lies
Says the face into the payphone
And the face she seldom speaks, seldom lies
Oh damn you killed our summer
And the weather seldom clears
Sam says baby let's be bygones
But the face she seldom hears, seldom heals
( *conversation while Sicilian music plays in the background* )
[ The Godfather Rock TE ]
I want you to take this funk to America
[ Ganxta R?dd ]
But Godfather, James Brown said it gots to be funky!
[ The Godfather Rock TE ]
Well, take O.M.B. with you
[ VERSE 1: Ganxta R?dd ]
I'm a B.G., too young to be an O.G.
But all the O.G.'s who know me respect me
MC's be slippin, I should be sittin
And now I be hittin cause they just keep trippin
(Trippin) (trippin) (trippin)
We catch you trippin, trippin in the hood
You think your rap could hit me from the bottle
I think you have nothin to say but to follow
Follow the leader, I drink a liter
Of Miller, still be standin with the rap fever
Turn up the level, bust on the devil
This is your spot, pass me a shovel
Turn up the stereo, this is your burial
8 feet under, turn off the radio
In your tombstone you lay down alone
Like me, but I spray them on the microphone
Rappers, I ????, they try to bomb on us
Radios fear us, we're too predominous
It's for the culture, it's for the culture
It's for the culture, it's for the culture
It's for the culture, your lyrics, I told ya
I brings it to ya, a Boo-Yaa sculpture
Cause I know what a MC don't know
My lyrics locked down in the rap ????
[ all ]
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
[ The Godfather Rock TE ]
Ain't we funky now?
Ain't we funky now?
[ VERSE 2: Ganxta R?dd ]
They threw away the key that unlocks my cell
But they failed, unloaded two shells, my record still sell
I ??? MC as if I was a swordsman
I got out, I was huntin for the warden
That's the way it is, that's the way I be
And if you didn't know, prison guards feel me
I'm Riddler [initial], my pen was behind bars
And when I get out you're gonna boom me in your car
Pump up the woofer, turn up the tweeter
O.M.B., bring on the bass beater
[ all ]
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
[ The Godfather Rock TE ]
Ain't we funky now?
Ain't we funky now?
[ VERSE 3: Ganxta R?dd ]
Flip a u-turn, check out what I learned
The punk judge sentenced me a short term
In the pen again, rappin from the lock-in
And it's the lock-in messin up my head again
That's why servin time got me smokin punks
(To all you posses) 187 with the riot pump
I'm packin it, click-clackin it
If it's too long, then I sow the front off it
Don't like to show off, we might just let off
Check out the T.R.I.B.E., watch my boys go off
What a big mess, unfinished business
Riddler did it, who played the witness?
My old crimey sittin at the witness stand
He still the homie? Be a snitcher, smoke him, man
No mistakes allowed in the Boo-Yaa crowd
This is the streets, so referee, go on with the foul
You know what I'm sayin?
And with these lyrics I be sprayin
Turned state evidence, changed his identity
He got away, 187 to his family
[ all ]
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
T.R.I.B.E.
B-Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
[ Ganxta R?dd ]
Let's go home
[ The Godfather Rock TE ]
Ain't we funky now?
(Hell yeah!)
(Hell yeah!)
Ain't we funky now?
(Hell yeah!)
(Hell yeah!)
Told you my boys was funky (funky) (funky)
[ all ]
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell to the muthafuckas
Hell to them other bustas
( *laughter* )
Hell yeah!
Bustas!
Yeah!
Boo-Yaa in the house
treachery's years
years of obscure death
here comes the man that brings
unknown disease, hate & deceit
and noone's the owner
of his own life anymore
one life? it's war!
one man. his war
this scalp is for my fathers
ans this is for mu tortured wife
this one is for my lost sons
is this the way we are?
time to count blows and blows
you don't deserve to deal with me
...wichasa!
no reason to smile
my legs, my sight, my brain, my hands
these are my only friends
my body smiles inside itself
I know who my enemies are
now running is forbidden
my hunting has taken another
bloody way...
treachery! no, no more
this is... my death's singing
this will... make your blood freeze
no fear... this is the only way I see!
here... locked in your cage
there is no way to deal with you...
another flight, other deceptions
other flights, resignation
(now) all that's life
are crumbs of hope
Your six hour drive changed our live,
You took a trip to Tallahassee to sing a few lines.
And who could forget the show at The Hardback,
Your thirty person caravan made the place packed.
And your familiar face in an unfamiliar place,
Made us go off on a marathon pace.
Hardcore representation with the shirt on your back,
Patch on your jeans and button on your backpack.
We'll never thank you enough for how we've been aided,
But this is to let you know man, you're appreciated.
You are my brothers,
This is my tribe.
You are my sisters,
This is my tribe, this is my tribe.
You are my people,
This is my tribe.
This is my family,
You are my tribe, you are my tribe.
An entry in our webpages guestbook,
Or when you emailed us those pictures you took.
Your unison group screams, helped fulfill our dreams,
Your the ones who know what balls out mean.
The smile on our face, when you gave the club fits,
With your stage diving, crowd surfing and mosh pits.
You'll never know the extreme difference that you made,
When you simply stood with your waist against the
stage.
We'll never thank you enough for how we've been aided,
But this is to let you know man, you're appreciated.
Who's in the tribe now, who's in the tribe?
Who's in the tribe now?
My tribe will never, ever die.
Yeah, Bobby's on the street for more
Says he's tired of living so low
I just want a cigarette
I just want to stay in bed
Yeah, Sally's on her back again
Says she's tired of living this way
My father's like a silhouette
Shadows me when I'm in bed
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on and join
Come on and join
Come on and join
Yeah, we're poor and we're living hard
With the others while they're living large
Let's get some land and we'll get a boat
Plant some trees and dig a moat
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Yeah, Bobby's on the street for more
Says he's tired of living so low
Yeah, I just want a cigarette
I just want to stay in bed
Yeah, Sally's on her back again
Praying that she won't let him in
My father's like a silhouette
Shadows me when I'm in bed
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
I hope the rain holds off just for today
I hope it doesn't rain on your parade
Kick up your white heels and wave your flags around
Kick up your white heels parading in our town
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
All around the side streets, needles look for veins
Where bullets found their mark in old rebellions
Others stand saluting, saying this is who I am
A piece of cloth, a field, an island
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
Joyce lies in Zurich, Beckett lies in France
What anthem has the tune to their dance
Who is my tribe, is it only green
Or is it in the rainbow of my dreams
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
My tribe is the swallow, flying to be home
My tribe is the heron, who never feels alone
My tribe is in Pine Ridge, my tribe's in Alice Springs
My tribe is in the heartbeat of all things
Home's a place inside, I take it with me
I meet my tribe wherever I may be
It's good to lay your head down outside
It's good to dance around the tribe