Many great men have come and gone and one common thread that binds them all is their ability to use and live by the truth. In ancient cultures, there was always this notion of information being passed down from mouth to ear, so the lessons are given in that same way. It’s the process of making strong men and women who will empower themselves and their communities by sparking positive change and teaching the truth about life. The journey into the Nation is also a transformative process that changes the way you process information and act. The process of becoming a Five Percenter is a relationship you develop with your educator and yourself. It was the exact opposite of my church experience where all you needed was blind faith. With the Gods, you have to show and prove everything you say without a shadow of a doubt before advancing in your lessons. Rather, I had to "draw it up" or earn it myself. My stage name as an artist is Raz Fresco but my righteous name within the Five-Percent Nation is "I Power Allah." I wasn't born into the Nation and that name was not given to me. Since I was using a lot of slang from the Nation in my first verse I ended up just going with “godbody” for the hook. The way I wrote the verses ended up forcing me to change the hook I previously had. At first, I didn’t intentionally make it to be some type of Five Percent anthem, per se. It’s the same thing Jay Z meant on “Heaven” when he said: "Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head / this is godbody." I made this track to be one of the more uptempo joints on the Pablo Frescobar album. It means that you see God when you look at the body of man and that there is no mystery god in the sky. From there the power of truth would be in his or her hands. If I just big up myself like "Yo, it’s the godbody" in a cool way, I felt like a kid would be more likely to adapt the lingo and eventually come across the meaning, just like how I did. I put that truth in a song to lead some of my people back to that same truth without trying to beat them over the head with it. When I learned about who I truly was this gave me pride in myself and with truth comes power. I’m no conspiracy theorist but I’m pretty sure these things were kept away from me purposely. Can you take the time to worry about the balance of flavor, the quality of ingredients, the consistency of your product? If you can do all three, with good service and a good atmosphere, I feel confident a restaurant can do well.In school, I never learned that black people were the fathers and mothers of civilization and started things like mathematics, astrology, reading, and writing. The important thing is to push the limits and ask if you can make it better. "People in Texas see tacos as a staple," he says. None is concerned about the idea of opening in what some might call a saturated market. "He talks about cocktails the same way I talk about food and Rich talks about restaurants," Rodrigues says. Their cocktail program is equally serious, and they have the guy to run it: Andrew Stofko, a nominee for Best Bartender in CultureMap's 2017 Tastemaker Awards who was most recently at Ida Claire and previously at ground-breaking Victor Tangos, now closed. They'll have a more casual atmosphere than the other restaurants at the Union, with great music, late-night hours, tacos, margaritas by the pitcher, and service industry nights. Our goal was to find a corn tortilla with the flavor and flexibility and durability of a flour tortilla, and I think we're there." "The tacos are fun, composed dishes on a tortilla. "It's flexible - you can order an appetizer and then tacos, or order tacos to share and then some main entrees," he says.
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