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    "Good Medison"genre: Hip Hop
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    features Remnant Militia & Sons of Intellect (Drastic, Deacon, KJ52, GoldenChild, Roldan, Construct, Oposit)
    CD: Plague   Label: Rescue Records
    Credits: vocals: Drastic, Dirt, Deacon, KJ52, GoldenChild, Roldan, Construct, Oposit

    Story Behind the Song
    Dirts favorite Line(s): c’mon now! There are way too many references to list here.
    ‘I’m blastin a barrage of vivid lyrics/ like a civic stick shift’(drastic).-‘annoy my ears like dial tones, time to set you straight like broken bones’ (Goldenchild)- ‘Spiritually intoxicated, receiving battle codes from the trinity’ (Roldan)- ‘Christs reality/ cuasing holes in devils like cavaties’ (Oposit)…NUFF SAID!


    In ’97 I got to go on tour with P.O.D.. We left for 6 weeks as we made our way up to the Cornerstone festival (http://cornerstonefestival.com). It was one of the most enlightening times of my life. Not only did I learn a lot from watching Sonny and them boys on stage and behind stage, but my mind was opened to the fact that there were more musical genres out there beyond the one I grew up in. And even beyond that I realized that in reality there is no good reason to shut off a group of people because of their outer appearance or customs. There are excellent things to be gained from opening yourself up to other cultures and societies. It was a great time, and the lessons of those days have yet to leave me.
    Most of the Plague album had been recorded by this time. I had a strong desire to establish ‘Shadow of the Locust’ with on this album (a network I had started of likeminded musicians across the U.S.). Obviously to do that, I had to get some of my cats on the album. At the time my record label was not seeing my vision, and understandably so, because they had signed just me as a solo artist. The misconception on their part was that I didn’t want my people to be ‘signed’ on the label with me, I just wanted the world to know that there was a whole crew of similarly creative emcee’s that had been kept underground with me. I was never good at self promotion and I am always concerned with allowing the people around me to climb the ladder with me.

    The original plan was to have all the cats in ‘Remnant Militia’ and ‘Sons of Intellect’ to represent themselves throughout the Plague album. But it turned out to be a hassle for me to gain the label support financially and spiritually to do this. So in the long run, I opted for the second best option. One chance, one song, all emcee’s. My one opportunity came on the tour with P.O.D.

    I set it up so that I had a ride from Cornerstone down to Florida, were those two crews were based. From there, I had bought a one way plane ticket back home to San Diego. There was a band that was from Florida that was willing to give me a ride down after the Cornerstone event so that I could get the ‘Good Medison’ song recorded. But things just never seem to go as planned in the crazy adventurous world of Dirt. At Cornertsone, the band that offered the ride never showed up. So after my opening set for P.O.D, on stage in front of 9,000 fans, I humbly asked for a ride down to Florida. Throughout the next few days I was approached by a few groups of people that were willing, but ended up goin with a youth pastor and his group. His name was Chris Boggles, and if you look in the credits he is listed as the ‘executive producer’ of the song. It was my way of saying thanks for the ride. They were able to take me to Atlanta Georgia, and Chris bought me a plane ticket the rest of the way to my destination.

    While in Cape Corral I was blessed. I spent most of my time with Goldenchild and his family. We had to drive about an hour away from his pad to meet up with ‘Remnant Militia’ at the studio. Everything concerning the song was kinda up in the air. The song was goin to obviously be long, so we had decided to make it as one solid drum track, with 4 different loops coming in as the song progressed. So in most respects it would not get boring because it was almost like having 4 separate songs mixed together instead of one long one. Upon arriving at the studio, no one had written anything, and the beats were yet to be ‘complete’ (oooh, that’s a rhyme!). Even though there was a bit of stress to get the song done (we only had that night to do it), it really became a great time of fellowship. I hadn’t seen my family in 6 weeks while on tour, but being with these guys I felt like I was surrounded by fam!

    Needless to say, the song got done. I had to leave the masters with Drastic and Architect/ Construct so they could mix it. I didn’t hear the end result for another month or so. I was highly impressed considering the rushed atmosphere surrounding its creation, but I wasn’t hopeful that the fans would like it. It was really long, clocking in at 7 minutes and 40 seconds. I was afraid that it didn’t move enough to capture the ears of kids for the whole length.

    But after the album was released, my fear was put to rest. Some songs on the album I have gotten little or no feedback, But not ‘Good Medison’! I have never heard anything negative about it. The time factor actually played well because most kids said that they were enraptured by the fact that it was so long but still remained phat all the way through.

    The song was placed as the second on the album because after making my intitial ‘impression’ I wanted to show that there was a crew behind me that was also geared up and readied for any knuckle ruckus.

    I got the vocal sample in front of the song (‘insects are all around us…’) from a ‘Money Mark’ album. I chose this sample because it states at the end that some things are ignored even though they are beautiful to listen to. Through out the song, there is another vocal sample from the GI Joe movie. It’s Destro saying ‘Behold, the culmination of centuries. The ultimate fruit’. I am pretty sure Architect was responsible for that one. I liked it because in ‘christian terms’ fruit is symbolic to the result of your work. Your efforts will bear ‘fruit’.

    My favorite of the 4 loops used in the song was definitely the first one that I appear on. But I equally love hearing Oposit and Roldan on their parts. The small backup before Oposits’ piece is me ‘creatively’ explaining the meeting of Dirt, Remnant and Sons.

    The name comes from the idea that medicine is good because it heals. But the word medicine was spelled wrong on purpose to suggest that Gods son (medi-Son) is the ultimate doctor.

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    Lyrics
    "Good Medison "

    (DRASTIC)
    IT DON'T MATTER, WHO YA ARE
    BOO YA KA! SCATTER
    DRASTIC FIRST BATTER UP TO CAPTURE, YOUR IMAGINATION
    WITH A 4RTH DEMINSIONAL, GRAPHIC, SCHEMATIC
    ON TELEPIC COMMUNICATIONS
    SELECTED METHOD UNDETECTED
    TELEPATHIC PERSUASION
    ADVISE ADVACUATION
    YOUR DEFENSE STATIONS BEEN SABATOGED
    BY LIUTENANT COMMAND ROLDAN MESSIANIC
    PEASANT ASSASSIN AT LARGE
    I'M BLASTIN A BARAGE
    OF VIVID LYRICS
    IN 5 DIFFERENT SPEEDS LIKE A CIVIC STICK SHIFT
    MY MIND DRIFTS IN THE SPIRIT
    GOT GIFTS NOT TO RECEIVE BUT TO GIVE IT
    WON'T SAY IT UNLESS I LIVE IT
    DRUNKEN DRAGON SLAY IT THEM EVICT IT
    FROM MY PREMISES
    CAN'T MEASURE THIS WITH THE UNFOCUSED EYE,
    OR MIMIC THE STYLES OF THE NEMESIS
    DOPEST LYRICIST
    LOCUST SWARM THE SKY
    AND EVER SINCE MY SECOND BIRTH, I BEEN TRANSFORMIN LIKE THE FLY
    BODY PARTS START TO FALL OFF ONLY TO REPLENISH
    WHAT MY GOD STARTS HE'LL FINISH
    SO I DEFEAT AND DIMINISH
    THESE POSSESSED EMCEE'S
    I TOLD YA SOLDIERS NEVER REST AT EASE


    (DIRT)
    YOU PRESSED ON YOUR GAS AND WASTE YOUR FUEL, SON
    SHOULDA REMEMBERED, THE WEAK SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM
    OF HEAVEN
    21 ATTACKED, I KNOCKED EM DOWN TO 7
    AND SAVED PRACTICE FOR MILITIA
    BULLET LIKE LYRICS HIT YA
    AND RIP YA, REDEFINE CRAYOLA OR CHALK
    LIKE THE SCARE CROW IN THE CORNSTALK
    I PETRIFY WICKED BIRDS THAT WANNA EAT UP THE CROPS
    REAL HIPHOP
    STRAIGHT FROM GOD’S SOIL
    WE BURN IT LIKE VEGETABLE AND SQUEEZE LIKE SNAKE COIL
    THEY GAVE US MICROPHONES BECUASE WE WRAP (RAP) LIKE TIN FOIL


    (DEACON)
    LEAVIN SPOTS BLOWN FROM CTATACOMBS I EMERGE
    DEACON PREPARIN FOR WHATS ABOUT TO OCCUR
    FULLY RHYME SET THAT FLASH LIKE A BLUR
    THE WATER IS STILL SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO STIR
    WITHIN THE FAMILY WE'RE SHARPENIN OUR SWORDS
    ENTER IN WITH NEGATIVE, GET CHECKED, KID!
    CONNECTED LIKE SKIN TO YOUR PORES
    EXPECT IT, EVERY TIME WE STEP IN TO BLOW DOWN YOUR DOOR
    SO WHAT!?
    YOU DIDN'T THINK WE COULD ROCK LIKE THIS
    DIS WITHOUT THE FIST
    AND STILL PUSH WACKNESS OFF THE PRECIPICE
    NEVER LET IN ON THE HILL, BORN TO THRILL
    GOIN WORLDWIDE, YO, THRU THE LORDS WILL
    IT'S THE CONSCIENCE ONE, THE REMNANT REPRESENTA
    MILITANT MIND, YAHWEH'S THE EPICENTER
    BENT YA LIKE PIPES AND BLEW UP LIKE DYNAMITE
    PHAT EMCEE IS THE STATUS, SO DON'T TEST-AIGHT!?
    INVASION FROM CELESTIAL LIKE I WAS DEAMONITE
    TAKIN FLIGHT LIKE I WAS A LOCUST IN THE NIGHT
    GODS GOT THE BACK, NO NEED FOR HINDSIGHT
    LIVIN BY THE SPIRIT, NOT BY MY MIGHT


    (KJ52)
    I BREAK FORTH LIKE SUMMER ROSES IN JUNE
    EMPTY TOMBS CROSS MY MENTAL CACCOON, I ASSUME
    CAPTIVATION BY VERBAL TRANCES
    OF SPOKEN WORD SPLASHED ONTO THE CANVAS
    CUASING SPANSES
    OF HIGHER LEARNING TO SOME FORMS QUITE TOXIC
    CHRIST FORMS MY OPTIC, CHECK MY LOGIC
    IT KNOCKS YA OUT LIKE ANASTEZIOLOGIST
    TAKIN NOTES TO COPY THIS
    THERE AINT NO STOPPIN THIS
    I'M DROPPIN THIS MENTAL STRATEGY
    CUASE WHO'S THE NEXT TO BE THE CASUALTY
    CHECK MY MASTERPEICE
    I PRODUCE LINES AND LOCUST SWARM UPON THIS
    THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM
    DO NOT CONFORM TO THE LUKE WARM
    TENDENCIES
    ENEMIES FIEND TO APPREHEND ME
    THE SONS OF INTELLECT WILL NEVER BE DUPLICATED, ORIGINATED
    KJ5 LEAVES YOU ALL STRAIGHT UP JADED


    (GOLDENCHILD)
    SHADOW OF THE LOCUST CONSTANTLY STAY FOCUSED
    MY WHOLE STYLE IS MAGIC, SO HERE'S THE HOCUS POCUS
    DON'T OVERDOSE THIS, THE POTIONS TOO POTENT
    THE USE OF SHARP PHRASES
    AMAZES EMCEE'S TO GATHER ROUND
    WITNESS MIRACLES IN THE UNDERGROUND
    SALIVA DRENCHED MICTROPHONES MAKE WEAK EMCEE'S DROWN
    THEY TRIED TO APPLY FORCES FROM THEIR WACK HIGH HORSES
    I THEN USE METHODS OF MEDITATION
    AND CREATIONS THROUGH SENSATIONS
    JUST A SOLDIER, THAT'S MY OCCUPATION
    WHO'S THE GOLDEN ONE? SHINING LIKE THE SUN
    GETTIN AIR AND ROCKIN MICROPHONES JUST FOR FUN
    I TAKE OFF YOUR MASK TO DISCOVER OTHER ONES
    YOU CLONES
    POISON MICROPHONES AND ANNOY MY EARS LIKE DIAL TONES
    TIME TO SET YA STARAIGHT LIKE BROKEN BONES
    I THROW PEBBLES WHILE YOU PERSIST TO THROW STONES
    IMITATIONS GET SENT BACK LIKE HAITAINS FOR THEY PREMEDITATIONS!


    (ROLDAN)
    SPIRITUALLY INTOXICATED
    BIBLICAL CONTEXT DOCTRINE HAS MY SOUL ILLUMINATED
    THE RISEN MESSIAH IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
    AINTICIPATED BY A NATION, BEFORE CREATION PREDESTINATED
    TO BE HATED BY MODERN PHARISEE'S WHO ARE MENTALLY DEVASTED
    PHILISTINE MINDED, CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION
    IN CONSTANT WAR AGAINST CHOSEN ARMEGEDDON VIRTUAL FIGHTERS
    HOLY SCRIPTURE, ANGELIC NINJA
    REMNANT MILITIA MINISTER
    A CALLED SOLDIER ON THE FRONTLINE
    IN THIS WORLD WAR 3
    RIGHTEOUSS ARMY, DIVINE MILITARY
    RECEIVING STRATEGIC BATTLE CODES FROM THE TRINITY
    THOSE FOES WHO OPPOSE JEHOVAH ROFFI
    WILL BE SENTENCED TO A FIERY PENETENTARY
    TILL INFINTY, ETERNAL CATASTROPHE IS THE PENALTY
    FOR UNREPENTED SINS, SCENTED TROOPS OF INIQUITY
    PERPERTRATORS OF MOUNT ZION
    CLINGIN ON TO BLASPHEMIC ICONS
    PRESENTDAY BABYLON
    LIKE THE POPES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
    TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG-KONG


    (CONSTRUCT)
    WHEN THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK WE ATTACK WITH FULL FORCE
    ARTIFACTS SEALED TO DAT, CONTINUE ON COURSE LIKE AT-AT
    I WEILD THE SWORD AND POETRY WITH EQUAL SKILL LIKE THE SAMURAIS
    NEVER ANALYZE, MISSION EXECUTE WITH NO COMPROMISE
    NOTARIZED BY MY COMMANDEER AND CHIEF
    TO EXTERMINATE THE FALSE BELIEFS
    THAT INFILTRATE THE WEAK
    ZERO TOLERANCE TO FRUADULAENT
    MINISTER'S OF ANY MANNER
    WHEN SNAKES RISE AGAINST THE ARCHITECT, THE FAMILY HAMMER
    DIGITAL VANDALIST, ORIGINAL
    AMPHYDIS PROGRAMMER
    DO YOU HAVE THE STAMINA TO OUTLAST THE SOUL DISMANTLER
    IF SO, FOLLOW THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
    DON'T FALL FOR LIES OF PHAROAHS
    BLOCK THE FIERY ARROWS
    SHADOW OF THE LOCUST FOCUSED ON THE I AM I
    ELSHADAI WE GLORIFY
    TIME IS NIGH, DON'T LET YOUR SOUL RUN DRY
    NEVER FOLD, STAND BOLD AND IN CONTROL
    AS THE WINTERS GET COLD
    WE PLAN TO FULFILL WHAT'S BEEN FORETOLD
    WITH MILITANT TACTICS, BIBLICAL MATHEMATICS
    HITTIN YA ATTIC, SQUASHIN HUMAN PHILOSOPHICAL STATIC
    SINCE GENESIS, BEEN DOIN BATLE WITH MY ARCH NEMESIS
    SO I CONTINUE UNTIL FROM EARTH WE MAKE OUR EXODUS


    (OPOSIT)
    NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEE
    REMNANT THEOLOGY
    TO ATTACK SECULAR CEREBELLUM, CUASING FATALITY
    IT’S CHRIST'S REALITY, PUTTIN HOLES IN DEMONS LIKE CAVATIES
    ACTUALLY, JOHN 3:16, OR FAZE A CASUALTIES
    ONE REMEDY AGAINST THE DEVIL BE
    MESSIANICLY, DRAMATICALLY I SPREAD THE SEED
    EXPOSING HYPROCISY, THEY ACT FANTASY
    NO APOLOGY NEEDED FROM FALSE CHRISTIANITY
    LAME PROPANE INVADES LIKE SCUM IN HUMANITY
    BRAINS NUMB, PROLONGS HITS FROM THE CYCLONE
    OPOSIT SPREADS THE WORD LIKE TAGS FROM KRYLONS
    THAT TRAPS BABYLON, DIVERTING THE LOST FROM THE STORM
    7TH DIMENSION SWARM STRONG WITH SHADOW OF THE LOCUST
    TO CAPTIVATE YOUR IRIS AND DROP YOUR DEMONIC FOCUS
    NOTICE THE DEVIL IS HOPELESS, AND FOR THIS
    HE WILL PAY DEARLY, FOR CONFUSING THE EARTH FOR CENTURIES
    DAMAGIN CROPS AND FRUITS FROM TREE'S
    SINCE ADAM AND EVE, THE PLANETS BEEN DECEIVED
    SO LUCKY GOD'S WILLING TO FORGIVE SO I'M FREED TO BE
    CAPTIVE FOR THE LORD, YOU'LL NEVER SEE MY SOUL FALL IN A CASKET

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