February 12, 2011

Here it is again, the annual NOKIA show in Los Angeles, California where the flittering gathering of the cascading lights of the magnificent venue would turn on it’s axis after Lady Tee rocked the house with her T- FUNK. So much so that after witnessing her stellar sold out performance the first time several years ago, the NOKIA Brass booked the venue around Valentine’s Day every year going forward for The FUNK of Lady Tee. Even with her passing, I hope that after this years tribute there will be many more every February. Her talent and legendary fan base should have the showcase locked in, forever.

Tonight as the concert strives on at the NOKIA where Teena Marie was to perform, I wish for LIFE, LIGHT and LOVE to fill the show as if she was there. I jump to the song Stevie Wonder created for the Prophet Nesta, Bob Marley on his Hotter than July Album ” Master Blaster Jammin ” – when you are moving in the positive your destination is the brightest star…
– if you are not then the lights shall dim.

Excerpt from Stevie Wonder’s Master Blaster Jammin’

You ask me am I happy
Well as matter of fact
I can say that I’m ecstatic
‘Cause we all just made a pact
We’ve agreed to get together
Joined as children in Jah
When you’re moving in the positive
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Stevie Wonder, the unofficial leader in the black community because of his moral authority and intense spirituality recorded his private visions in the early 70’s, when the Reggae legend was creating his International Reggae, as some call it, incorporating elements from rock, soul, blues and funk, along with the gospel styling of the Soulettes, which Bob Marley renamed, the I Threes.

The Rastafarian spirituality of Bob Marley and his metaphors of struggle and uplifting message, bring to mind my beloved friend, Lady Tee. Her charisma and funky soul breakdowns caught up in the spirit on stage, and her quiet walk off stage, cause me to pause tonight in the hours before she would take the stage.

The comparison to Bob Marley relates to his focus on the people, his fight to “see mankind live together, black, white, Chinese everyone… that’s all.” She is moving in the positive today with the movement of Jah people and the freedom that reigns in Africa.

Here is the part of Haile Selassie’s speech put to music by Marley in his original song “War” (Bob Marley slightly modified the original words, changing each “that until” to “until”):

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. – Haile Selassie

May The Light of Egypt shine on her songs and metaphysically tune all those that know… to a higher tune…