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Jay-Z & Kanye West… With as much respect and appreciation that I have for you both, this isn’t really about you…

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

I saw a tweet go out from a dear friend of mine, Telisa D and it got me to thinking… And I’m concerned about us. The “throne” is the issue. By most accounts, there are 196 countries on this planet. Each one has their own government… their own way of doing things… their own system… their own culture… their own throne. Each throne is run and ruled by a person or a handful of people and their conscience and moral standard. In essence, the people of that country are tied to a system rooted in whatever that throne believes. Furthermore, that throne is most likely associated with a group of other thrones. These thrones have dinners together and play cards together and share weapons and money and maybe even blow trees and snort coke together and exchange bodily fluids, who knows? Some thrones are obviously more powerful than other thrones. Some thrones are more advanced than other thrones. At the root of all of this are 2 main thrones… The throne of GOOD and the throne EVIL.

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

Contrary to what you may believe there is no neutrality. A person’s belief system is rooted in one or the other. I’m not the one to judge each person on which throne they are (or appear to be) rooted in but it just is what it is, people. And although I am an American and we’re supposed to be the *does mocking air quotes… Leaders of The Free World with the fancy Red, White & Blue, I’m also NOT at liberty to judge any country’s throne on whether it’s rooted in good or evil… even my own. With that being said… Each throne is rooted in one or the other. And all of these thrones, Good or Evil constantly intermingle with each other on a daily basis.

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

The problem is, Evil tends to take more of a subtle, deceptive and secretive approach than Good. Evil does not come in a red outfit, with horns and a pitchfork. No, evil comes dressed as an attractive new opportunity, just when you happened to run into some extra cash… Evil comes in a 3-piece suit… Evil comes packaged as what you think might be your “soulmate” (whatever that means)… Evil comes with a low introductory interest rate… Evil comes to tempt your children… Evil comes as a bi-product and end result of bad habits… Evil comes promising to please and serve you but only seeks to enslave and dominate you. And if you think that there are not entire, powerful, entities out there… powerful THRONES out there with plans to do this, then you are sadly mistaken. I do not wish to put a damper on the day of anyone who may have downloaded the Watch The Throne album. I share this to actually encourage you to be more mindful of your decisions… more mindful of what may have an influence over you, without you even realizing it… more mindful of where your future is headed, as well as the future of whatever throne(s) you may attached to.

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

While some of you are busy watching the Jay-Z/Kanye throne, many of us didn’t realize that our country’s long standing AAA Credit rating has been down-graded to AA. They say AA+ but that little “+” can smoke one, let’s call it what it is. With no clear-cut plan to better our economy and with our citizens having either the “Everyday I’m hustling” attitude or the “Everyday I’m spending what I don’t really have on stuff that I don’t really need to impress people who I don’t really know… or people who I don’t really like” attitude, along with our key financial institutions having “Racks on Racks on Racks” as their theme song, I don’t see our financial situation getting any better. It may not get worse right away but I don’t see it getting any better.

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

I’ll add to that… I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to other countries. And because I travel in the name of entertainment, I don’t have the same “American Label” attached to me as a US citizen travelling as a tourist. Because of that and being a “personable” type of lad, I have had people from other countries open up to me about how people in their country, generally, feel about Americans. With that information along with things that I see in media, it is pretty evident that there are some Thrones out there who, if given the opportunity, would love to drive the genitals of US Throne into the mud and hope that mud dries into an eternal cement, REAL TALK. I say that to say, that as we decline, whether it’s in the area of finance, military defense, technology or otherwise, the opposition against America increases and the chance to fight back gets that much heavier.

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN!!!!!!!

I don’t want to turn this into a debate on Islam or Judaism or Christianity or Gnosticism or Atheism or Buddhism or New Age or New Thought or Hinduism or Scientology or Confucianism or even Hip Hopism… Believe what you believe. But be mindful that what you subscribe to is what you tie your life to. And whatever you subscribe to, has its thoughts on Good and Evil… it has its doctrine on Thrones. If Jay-Z and Kanye is what you choose to bang in your iPods and speakers all week, and then for those of you whole will purchase the hardcopy next week, knock yourselves out! But be mindful that while you’re watching their throne… Your spirit needs to also be watching the throne that truly matters.  NOT Sharing this with the 1 person or 1,000 people you think need to read this, would be almost disgusting of you…

LET THEM WHO HATH EARS LISTEN…. but y’all don’t hear me though.

-Kel Spencer