DJ Kwestion mainly scratches choruses on the turntable. Kwestion is also a part of the group Skratch Makaniks. Kwestion, who is the tour DJ, was a replacement for JMT's previous DJ, Drew Dollars, who is no longer affiliated with the group due to creative differences.
JMT has collaborations with both regional MCs and rap veterans, including GZA, Kool G Rap, 7L & Esoteric, Sean Price, Ras Kass, Canibus, Percee P, Killah Priest, Immortal Technique, Block McCloud, Virtuoso, Louis Logic, R.A. the Rugged Man, Tragedy Khadafi, Chief Kamachi, Necro and Ill Bill. The group has sold over 250,000 albums in the United States and 450,000 albums worldwide, all of which were released independently.
The ninth studio album "The Bridge and The Abyss" was released on 22 June, 2018.
Shadow Business
Jedi Mind Tricks Lyrics
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- I guess what hit me the most is the condition of the factory that the workers were in:
The factory was surrounded by a fence and barbed wire on top and on the bottom. And they have a chain-linked fence surround the whole factory and, and dormitory compound. The gate has aâ?¦has a guard shack, where the guard sit there and control the worker movement in and out of the.. of the factory
- The factory are made of ahm.. tin panels with tin roof. It's really hot. The temperature over there is verily ninety degrees and inside the factory or the dormitory it reaches way over a hundred degrees.
[Verse 1]:
Yeah
It's the contemporary form of slavery, they call it slave labour
When you rocking that fly shit that's made in China
By an eight year old child tryna feed his mama
He exposed to contamination and disease
And only fifty-five percent of them will get degrees
And the women have to try to placate the boss
Because it's sex discrimination in the labour force
The slave master only let them speak in sign language
And they're suffering from lung disease and eye damage
Fourteen hour shifts, seven days a week
Two shitty meals a day, very little sleep
Human life only worth three cents an hour
All human right laws loose sense of power
What did four hundred years in the grave passes?
Only the improved cleverness of slave masters.
[Chorus]:
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
- Many Chinese workers are forced to sign secret agreements, known as shadow contracts, before they leave China, severely and, in some ways, illegally restricting their activities while on American soil. Workers are forbidden to participate in any religious or political activity or to ask for a salary increase or even to fall in love or get married.
[Verse 2]:
It's one point six million people locked in jail
They do new slave labour force trapped in hell
They generate over a billion dollars worth to power
And only getting paid twenty cents an hour
They make cloths for McDonald's and for Apple Bee's
And working fourteen hour shifts in prison factories
And while we sit around debating who the wack emcee is
They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees
Slavery is not illegal, that's a fucking lie!
It is illegal, unless it's for conviction of a crime
The main objective is to get you in your fucking prime.
And keep the prison full and not give you a fucking dime
But they the real criminal keeping you confined
For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine
And ain't nobody there to protect ya
Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors
[Chorus]:
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
- The sweatshop situation's kind of cohesive and kind of take advantage on the people that are poor and at an economic disadvantage.
- This Chinese woman made T-shirts and pants at the factory until she became pregnant.
- When I told them I was pregnant, they told me to have an abortion..
- Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion and has now been barred from entering the factory.
- To allow them to bring that on to US soil is a very deep concern. We've now documented the facts that management coerces female workers who become pregnant into having abortions.
- But human rights workers say it's common practice
- Inside that factory Chinese law applies, and Chinese law isâ?¦ is supreme
- Even though it's the United States of America?
- The flag doesn't fly inside there.
The lyrics of Jedi Mind Tricks's song "Shadow Business" talk about the contemporary form of slavery that exists in today's world. Slave laborers, many of whom are children, are forced to work in appalling conditions to manufacture products like clothing, electronic products, and toys, which are shipped around the world. These slaves are not given any rights, their health is ignored, and they are paid very little. What is more, they are kept in such poor conditions that their quality of life is akin to that of prisoners. Chinese women who work in these factories are forced to have abortions if they become pregnant, and if they refuse to do so, they are barred from entering the factory.
The song highlights how the Western world is complicit in this form of slavery; we buy products made in these factories to save money without thinking about the people who made them. The song's chorus questions whether a life worth living is worth living in a hellish environment where the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell, and it highlights the failures of the system regarding human rights.
Line by Line Meaning
It's the contemporary form of slavery, they call it slave labour
Modern day labour practices that are akin to slavery are prevalent, but they are not classified as such by authorities.
But they don't prosecute them 'cause it's how they make paper
Authorities do not prosecute factories that use slave labour because they are profitable.
And the women have to try to placate the boss / Because it's sex discrimination in the labour force
Female workers often have to submit to the sexual advances of their bosses because they face discrimination in the labour force.
They generate over a billion dollars worth to power / And only getting paid twenty cents an hour
A large number of people are trapped in jail and forced to work for long hours at a minuscule wage while generating billions of dollars in revenue.
But they the real criminal keeping you confined / For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine
Courts sentence people to long prison terms for non-violent crimes, which amounts to institutionalized slavery.
Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion and has now been barred from entering the factory
Female workers who refuse to have an abortion in order to continue working are often fired or barred from the factory.
Inside that factory Chinese law applies, and Chinese law isâ?¦ is supreme
Chinese laws about labour apply inside the factory, even though it is on US soil.
The flag doesn't fly inside there
The factories that employ slave labour operate beyond the laws of the land they are in and do not adhere to national values.
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Written by: KEVIN GORMAN BALDWIN, VINCENT LUVINER
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D3ZP0T
" Sombra de negocios "
[Intro: muestra Entrevista ]
" Cuando eras más en Samoa Americana , lo que más te sorprendió ? "
" Creo que lo que me impacto más era la condición de la fábrica que los trabajadores estaban.
la fábrica fue rodeado por una valla y alambre de púas en la parte superior y en la parte inferior
y tienen una valla cadena unida por toda la fábrica, y el complejo militar
la puerta tiene una caseta de seguridad donde el guardia se sientan allí y administran el movimiento de los trabajadores
dentro y fuera de la fábrica , la fábrica armada de paneles de estaño, techo de zinc , que es muy caliente
la temperatura allí es regularmente noventa grados , y dentro de la fábrica alcanza facilmente más de cien grados "
[Verso 1: Vinnie Paz] Sí, es una forma contemporánea de esclavitud, lo llaman labor esclavo, pero no los procesan porque es la forma en que hacen el billete, Cuando presumes tu mierda chida hecha en China, comprando a un nino de 8 anos trabajando para darle de comer a su mama, él expuesto a la contaminación y las enfermedades y sólo el cincuenta y cinco por ciento de ellos logran estudios. y las mujeres tienen que tratar de ligar al jefe Debido a la discriminación sexual en la fuerza de trabajo el maestro de esclavos sólo les permite que hablen en el lenguaje de signos y que sufren de enfermedades pulmonares y lesiones oculares, turnos de Catorce horas, siete días a la semana, dos comidas de mierda al día, muy pocas horas de sueño. la vida humana tiene sólo un valor de tres centavos por hora, Todos los derechos humanos perdidos, sin sensación de poder.trabajando 100 aNos en el cementerio solo para mejorales la vida a los jefes.
[gancho:] ¿vale la pena vivir si se esta viviendo en el infierno? Cuando la mente está confinada a una celda de prisionero? Y las mentiras que inventan y el sistema, que fallan. Pero esperan que el sistema falle vida vale la pena livin si livin en el infierno? Cuando la mente está confinado a una celda de prisionero? Y las mentiras que idean y el sistema, que no logran Pero yo espero que el sistema falle! [Pausa: Noticias de la muestra] "Muchos trabajadores chinos están obligados a firmar acuerdos secretos conocidos como" contratos de la sombra "antes de que salgan de China, severamente, y en algunos aspectos , restringiendo ilegalmente sus actividades, a los trabajadores en suelo americano, están prohibidos participar en actividades religiosas o políticas o para pedir un aumento de sueldo, o incluso a enamorarse o casarse "
[Verso 2: Vinnie Paz] Es 1,6 millones de personas encerradas en la cárcel Ellos son la nueva mano de obra esclava, atrapado en el infierno Generan más de mil millones de dólares en poder, y sólo les pagan veinte centavos la hora Hacen ropa para McDonald y de Applebee y trabajando "turnos de cuarenta horas en las fábricas de prisión y mientras nos sentamos alrededor debatiendo quien es el mc mas chafa ' la carencia de ellos tienen que trabajar cuando artrítica ataque de dolor de las rodillas. la esclavitud no es ilegal MC, que es una mentira puto. es ilegal, a menos que sea por haber cometido un crimen, el objetivo principal es conseguir que en tu puta Prime y mantener la prisión completo y no le dará un puto centavo pero el verdadero criminal, manteniéndolo confinado por un delito insignificante, te dan de dos a nueve anos y no hay nadie allí para proteger a excepción. ya un montón de incompetentes inspectores de derechos humanos
[gancho:] ¿vale la pena vivir si se esta viviendo en el infierno? Cuando la mente está confinado a una celda de prisionero? Y las mentiras que inventan y el sistema, Pero espero que el sistema les falle. vale la pena vivir si estamos viviendo en el infierno? Cuando la mente está confinado a una celda de prisionero? Y las mentiras que idean y el sistema, que no logran Pero espero que el sistema falle
[Outro: muestra Entrevista de noticias] "La situación de la fábrica de explotación se transporta y tiende aprovecharse de las personas que son pobres y de nivel económico con desventaja "" Esta mujer en china hizo las camisetas y los pantalones en la fábrica hasta que quedó embarazada ... dice que ella se negó a tener el aborto y ahora se ha prohibido entrar en la fábrica.
"" porque esta permitido traer todo esto a suelo estadounidense?que es una preocupación muy grande ahora hemos documentado el hecho de que la gestión coacciona a las trabajadoras que quedan embarazadas a tener abortos "" los trabajadores de derechos humanos dicen que es una práctica común "" dentro de esa fábrica, se aplica la ley china, y la ley china es suprema "" a pesar de que este dentro de los Estados Unidos de América" "La bandera estadounidense no vuela en el interior de ahi."
Mona Yuki
When you over in American Samoa, whatâ?¦what surprised you the most?
- I guess what hit me the most is the condition of the factory that the workers were in:
The factory was surrounded by a fence and barbed wire on top and on the bottom. And they have a chain-linked fence surround the whole factory and, and dormitory compound. The gate has aâ?¦has a guard shack, where the guard sit there and control the worker movement in and out of the.. of the factory
- The factory are made of ahm.. tin panels with tin roof. It's really hot. The temperature over there is verily ninety degrees and inside the factory or the dormitory it reaches way over a hundred degrees.
Yeah
It's the contemporary form of slavery, they call it slave labour
But they don't prosecute them 'cause it's how they make paper
When you rocking that fly shit that's made in China
By an eight year old child tryna feed his mama
He exposed to contamination and disease
And only fifty-five percent of them will get degrees
And the women have to try to placate the boss
Because it's sex discrimination in the labour force
The slave master only let them speak in sign language
And they're suffering from lung disease and eye damage
Fourteen hour shifts, seven days a week
Two shitty meals a day, very little sleep
Human life only worth three cents an hour
All human right laws loose sense of power
What did four hundred years in the grave passes?
Only the improved cleverness of slave masters.
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
- Many Chinese workers are forced to sign secret agreements, known as shadow contracts, before they leave China, severely and, in some ways, illegally restricting their activities while on American soil. Workers are forbidden to participate in any religious or political activity or to ask for a salary increase or even to fall in love or get married.
It's one point six million people locked in jail
They do new slave labour force trapped in hell
They generate over a billion dollars worth to power
And only getting paid twenty cents an hour
They make cloths for McDonald's and for Apple Bee's
And working fourteen hour shifts in prison factories
And while we sit around debating who the wack emcee is
They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees
Slavery is not illegal, that's a fucking lie!
It is illegal, unless it's for conviction of a crime
The main objective is to get you in your fucking prime.
And keep the prison full and not give you a fucking dime
But they the real criminal keeping you confined
For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine
And ain't nobody there to protect ya
Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
- The sweatshop situation's kind of cohesive and kind of take advantage on the people that are poor and at an economic disadvantage.
- This Chinese woman made T-shirts and pants at the factory until she became pregnant.
- When I told them I was pregnant, they told me to have an abortion..
- Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion and has now been barred from entering the factory.
- To allow them to bring that on to US soil is a very deep concern. We've now documented the facts that management coerces female workers who become pregnant into having abortions.
- But human rights workers say it's common practice
- Inside that factory Chinese law applies, and Chinese law isâ?¦ is supreme
- Even though it's the United States of America?
- The flag doesn't fly inside there.
yung pseudonym
this is the kind of music you pay for.
Realeey Mee
Or donate the money to fund revolution
Szymon Kubal
True dat brova :)
Beelzebub fire
"While you rocking that fly shit that's made in china/ while a 8 year old trying to feed his mama" that line stays with you
scoobysdoobys
This is what rap was about in the day, speaking out and using our voices. Rap is stupid now and all about materialistic things, instead of wtf is going on right in front of our faces! Wake up America!!!
Are you a Hutu or a Tutsi?
Check out Denzel Curry, rap has always been the same thing though... Since the start
Bruce Wayne
It always has been. This is underground rap. For the woke.
cartmangreko
Mainstream rap was always about materialistic things
Thelonius Punk
too many blacks
Norman thomas
I'm afraid that the time to wake is long gone.such as mankind is long gone..it's all just the program that they follow