GREEN PAPER GANG

My Favourite of all time...

2010-06-10T13:37:00.000-07:00

Since these Bulls left Chicago I haven't really watched basketball...

Feel Good Music...

2010-05-19T11:43:00.000-07:00

yo, everybody is stressed right about now, dark clouds over Jamaica and everybody's broke :-( so to counter all the negativity here's some music...listen, dance and vibe...fuck it, just feel good...

Oye mi canto by http://soundcloud.com/funzone9

VOICE MAIL - BAHEBA - BAHEBA RIDDIM - DON CORLEON-21ST by adtrin

VOICEMAIL FEAT CUTTY - FOLLOW THRU - JAFRICAN RIDDIM - COPPERSHOT-21ST by dancehallmad

SERANI - SEARCHING - DASECA by user6661368

MY CUPP- RICHIE LOOP by IAMTHESHANZ

RDX - LET US DANCE - APT 19 by venomfire

MAVADO - GYAL A MAD OVA - BAD PEOPLE RIDDIM - DI GENIUS-21ST by dancehallbuzz

The Agony of Defeat...

2010-05-14T08:10:00.000-07:00

Celtics 94, Cavaliers 85 (Celtics win series 4-2)

Random...

2010-05-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

To quote Mavado, "Mi nuh know bout a nex man, but everyday...

From Yuh Have Life Yuh Have Everything...

2010-05-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

Mavado - Nine Lives

"Jah have everything under control...

PS. Cobra aka Helta Skelta got shot this morning, fortunately it wasn't fatal...i'm still waiting for the violence in these streets to end...

Get Well Soon...

2010-05-10T15:43:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately O'neil from Voicemail got shot this morning and is currently is the hospital, here's hoping for a full recovery...

I put it all on the line, in a hustler's state of mind...

2010-05-07T15:55:00.000-07:00

DJ Khaled featuring Nas and John Legend - Victory

"For my hustlers here's a little motivation/ He who has begun is half done...

Beautiful...

2010-05-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

I always loved Billie Holiday.

Africa Must Wake Up...

2010-05-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

Africa Must Wake Up - Nas and Damian Marley featuring K'naan

Soulful and Rootsy...listen to the lyrics...this is a deep song...

The album, Distant Relatives, drops on the 18th...

green paper gang

What I'm Reading Now

2010-05-04T13:53:00.000-07:00

The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

No, I don't play tennis but this book is more than a book on tennis, it's a book that teaches you to play the inner game...The Inner Game being the ability to control your thoughts so as not to defeat yourself when partaking in an external pursuit...so the book is practical in any situation from Tennis to Sex...(yes!)...

According to the Product Description on Amazon:
The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning.

Check out the theinnergame.com blog and purchase the book.

PS. green paper gang is probably not a brand for the shallow...i'm just saying...

Consider This...

2010-05-04T12:09:00.000-07:00

“However desperate the situation & circumstances, don’t despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy itself by surprise”

Sun Tzu

Jeezy X

2010-05-04T11:23:00.001-07:00

Young Jeezy released his long awaited mixtape, Trap Or Die II today (hosted by Don Cannonnnnn)...Download here..

I like the cover though, Malcolm X tribute...it has already spurred controversy but hey...

A Wise Word....

2010-04-23T13:57:00.000-07:00

"He is able who thinks he is able" The Buddha.

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You can do anything you think you can do...

Look at Ce'cile's face...

2010-04-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

her expression is priceless and Beenie seems to be concentrating very hard...

Defiant Even in Death...

2010-04-22T14:53:00.001-07:00

Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave

Johnny Cash is someone I always admired, I just think he was a brave person and a true rebel...he dealt with the last years of his life which were very hard with a lot of grace...he kept the Black Flag flying....he's someone who I think of when I think of a O.G. and someone who should be emulated...like Bob Marley or Malcolm X or Charles Bukowski, or Scarface or Bun B or Mike Bigga or Guru (RIP)...Men Of Honour

ain't no grave can hold my body down...

PS. I know this blog is eclectic and all over the place but yo, I never learned to colour inside the lines...

Jay-Z & Beyonce "Young Forever" live @ Coachella

2010-04-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Carter joined Mr. Carter for "Young Forever" at the Coachella Festival...Epic.

greenpapergang-esque behaviour...

2010-04-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

I was on slate.com and saw this pic, and thought to myself, "mmmh this dude is a green paper gangster". Nice.

Melanie Fiona - Monday Morning

2010-04-19T08:08:00.000-07:00

Since it is Monday morning and I like this song...

Mi Tiyad...

2010-04-16T15:13:00.000-07:00

Bounty Killer - Mi Tired

Mi tired fi mi black bredda dem behind di steel,

Mi tiyad fi see we hungry an' ah suffer fi di meal,

An' mi tiyad fi haffi beg di bigger heads fi sign di deal,

An' mi tiyad fi sweat fi nutten, but mi still a till the field.

A conscious tune from di Poor People Governor...

Quotable....

2010-04-15T11:40:00.000-07:00

"Ambition is the desire to go forward and improve one's condition. It is a burning flame that lights up the life of the individual and makes him see himself in another state. To be ambitious is to be great in mind and soul; to want that which is worthwhile and strive for it; and to go on without looking back, reaching to that which gives satisfaction." - Marcus Garvey

I just saw this quote on kush-i.com and decided to share it...green paper gang mindset

I wanna be a Billionaire so f@#king Bad...

2010-04-09T10:27:00.000-07:00

Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars - Billionaire by The Dope Stop

This captures my hustler's ambition perfectly...green paper gang means ambition, aspiration, getting money...

PS. call me ~~Travie~~ Kievy Claus minus the Ho Ho...

Green Paper Gang @ Daydreams

2010-04-08T11:06:00.000-07:00

Jomi rocked the Black "Different Girl" tee to Daydreams in Ochi, as expected every female wanted him...that's what happens when you rock GPG...

Follow him on twitter @JomiSpeng

Never let a woman go even when you know, she can always be replaced...

2010-04-07T11:07:00.000-07:00

KING CHARLES - Love Lust by tomrobinson

I discovered this song (discovered in a Christopher Columbus sense, ha..) recently, and I just love it...its urgent, its loud, its deep, kinda like your beloved Green Paper Gang...

The lyrics got me, when i first heard him say, "Never let a woman go even when you know, she can always be replaced" I was like "What???"...then I thought about it and he has a point...then he said, " With a guitar in my hand or a gun in my hand, I’d give it all up for a hand in my hand". I'd give it all up for a hand in my hand. Then he said, "Love will set your soul on fire"...And that certified this song for me...

Damn i'm now a romantic.

green paper gang.

Here's a Quote to Live By...

2010-04-06T14:23:00.000-07:00

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Henry David Thoreau

Gyal Mi Wah Fi Hol' Yuh...

2010-04-06T13:28:00.000-07:00

Hold Yuh - Gyptian

I've known Gyptian from way back, even before singing so i'm always happy when he drops a big tune...this one is huge...

PS.. You can use the first bar as a pick up line, when you see a sexy girl just look at her and say, "Gyal mi wah fi hol' yuh, put mi arms right around yuh".

Disclaimer: This may or may not work...

PPS. The pic above is Timberlee, cause hey...i want to hol' har...

green paper gang.

Thank You...

2010-04-01T11:14:00.000-07:00

There's an entry about Green Paper Gang on the Mealthy Blog...thank you man...and all the best...

follow them on twitter

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You

2010-03-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You by SoulDiscoveries

I loved this song since Kanye sampled it on "This Can't Be Life" ('Ye, you a genius!!!)...this is extra soulful...Nothing more to say...excellent song...

Distant Relatives Cover

2010-03-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

Dropping on May 8th...Green Paper Gang anticipates...

Rapradar

I Wanna Rock (Travis Barker G-Mix)

2010-03-24T10:47:00.000-07:00

HARD....

New Green Paper Gang tees....

2010-03-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

These will be available at Fashion Addiction sometime this week, I have to confirm when...if you simply cannot wait til then to get yours, you can email me greenpapergang@gmail.com and we can make arrangements...zeen...

These are the only colours available for now and they are in extremely limited supply...

Go...

GPG...

The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down

2010-03-11T12:07:00.000-08:00

I've been listening to this song the whole day, one of my favourite Beatles songs, I just love the passion...the song is just HARD. And i like the pic above, John looks like a Boss.

Picture Source

Quote...

2010-03-09T12:32:00.001-08:00

"High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true."

Robert H. Schuller

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and just like that...i'm back...ha!

Rob Dyrdek...How I Did It.

2010-02-26T07:38:00.000-08:00

One of my role models, (for real) Rob Dyrdek sat down with Inc.com and disccussed how he did it, how he works, his history in business, for me its inspirational so watch it or else...

CLICK HERE

Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Troublemaker Remix)

2010-02-26T06:27:00.000-08:00

Nina Simone is my favourite female artist of all time...this is one of my favourite songs...remix by DJ Troublemaker....

Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean

And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me

Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel

Who Yuh calling Nigga?

2010-02-25T08:28:00.000-08:00

mad Capleton tune

This is more like it, passionate and cross...this is like an adrenaline shot...luv dis...oh before you start listening, note that its unedited so if your ears are virginic you might want to skip it...

who yuh calling nigga?/
who yuh calling nigga?/
yuh think dis is Pac or Small or Jigga/
who yuh calling nigga?/
who yuh calling nigga?/
yuh this is Busta or Rhyme or USHA????

Are they Gonna bring it back?

2010-02-25T07:56:00.000-08:00

As everybody knows I love music, lately however I am not intrigued or turned on or excited about most of the music that is being produced. I though about why and i think i came to the crux of the matter, the reason why i think most music is crap is becuase most music is beta ( Beta Male: An unremarkable, careful man who avoids risk and confrontation. Beta males lack the physical presence, charisma and confidence of the Alpha male- Urban Dictionary) ...beta in the sense that there is no aggression, no form of rebellion, everybody is just trying to be as nice as possible and as safe as possible...nobody is pushing the boundaries and making dangerous music. Dangerous music is like Peter Tosh, like Bob Marley-i feel like bombing a church-Sizzla in the early days-Capleton when him did a bun di fyah hard...nahmean? Its like nobody is doing that, the music that stirs your blood, the shit that you feel in your heart...I mean there are a lot of persons making beautiful and pretty sounds but i am not interested in that, i need soulful shit..some passionate shit...some let's start a riot shit...i cant deal with the one bag a, "oh girl i love you, if you leave i'm gonna die", or the oh "i have money, let me floss" shit...dem sey its a recession a lot of people can't identify with that sentiment...we need music for the people, that reflects what is going on...

Dancehall and rap a just disappoint me right about now...

What would Malcolm X listen to if he was alive today?

PS. I'm not saying that someone should promote violence, don't let me be misunderstood, I'm advocating for more authentic music, respect your audience, give us something real...

Blak Ryno - Fi Have Nuff

2010-02-24T12:14:00.000-08:00

"Money haffi nuff fi live a Norbrook"

This song kinda captures the essence of Green Paper Gang, it's about aspiration and wanting to achieve things...Green Paper Gang means a team chasing money, wealth...just like in the hook when he says, "every ghetto yute wah fi have nuff / money fi store up inna di bank book"...True..but actually most (not only ghetto) yutes want to have nuff...this is their brand.

I Still Luv Her

2010-02-24T12:04:00.000-08:00

Quote

2010-02-23T13:10:00.001-08:00

“Never be a minion, always be an owner.” Cornelius Vanderbilt

Jah Vinci is a Wailer...

2010-02-22T12:56:00.000-08:00

Prayer

This is one of my favourite songs at this moment, I listen to this over and over again, the reason for the title is that he is crying in the song, you can feel the emotions...this song is coming from somewhere deep...

P.S.
Here's a bonus tune...Wipe Those Tears...

if i had failed to make the struggle by Charles Bukowski

2010-02-21T10:19:00.000-08:00

there would be no peace, no solace, no
wisdom.
night would follow night
like a string of ants
come to carry you
off.
in a world cluttered with the falsely
famous
there would be no
escape.
you would face a hard impossibility while
chewing on your toast
or cleaning your
teeth
or waiting for the
result
of a photo finish
or a cancer
checkup.
there would be no voice to
listen to,
no acceptable
god.
even the laughter you once
enjoyed, they would have
stripped even that from
you
and left you
to be worn down
finally
like water upon
stone.
in the beginning youth
fought them
off;
middle age was there to contemplate the
wounds;
and now
maturity
is here to record
a simple
victory.

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i have nothing to add, the poem says it all...have a good week...

Quote Him On This...

2010-02-16T12:28:00.000-08:00

"I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." -

-- George Bernard Shaw

What I'm Reading...Now

2010-02-16T11:40:00.000-08:00

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, like most of the books I read, this is a book about strategy; it's basically a letter from Musashi (The Greatest Samurai of all time...the Michael Jordan of this samurai shit, ha!) to one of his students. The essence of the book is advice on how to excel, whether as a Samurai or in another field. If you are a warrior in life this book should hold something for you...since I'm trying to kill the apparel game...i'm soaking up the advice...

"Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased."

Download Here

PS...now i'm sorry i dropped out off kickboxing. sigh.

Strong Will Continue (New Version)

2010-02-12T12:59:00.000-08:00

I posted the original sometime ago but a new version has arrived, basically Nas has a new verse at the end where he ethers Kelis...I Luv It...enjoy

how in the hell am i supposed to stay comfy/
when i pay child support alimony monthly/
got maseratis and ferraris/
only like a woman who's a rider/
but only hoes want me/
single life crazy niggas wives on me/
i say stay faithful they say they man's corny/
so i’m stuck w/some married woman so fine/
cheatin while they husband rushin on the 40 yard line/
wonder if this is what my ex did the whole time.

I can definitely indentify with these bars...

GPG.

Bramma - Guided by The Master

2010-02-11T09:13:00.000-08:00

Feeling good, so giving praise...Guided by the Master.

bad mind, dem waa see mi live small
see di fake in dem eyes
dem nah go prosper, WE'RE GUIDED BY THE MASTER!!!

Google Buzz...

2010-02-10T13:32:00.000-08:00

Google introduced their new social network site yesterday, I got it today so I'm getting familiar now...I like what it could potentially achieve in terms of killing Facebook...not actually killing facebook but giving me an option as Facebook bores me to tears...

We have to wait and see the impact of this service though...in the interim...Plz follow me

Here's A Powerful Song...Gramps Morgan - Wash The Tears

2010-02-10T08:09:00.000-08:00

If you need inspiration listen to this..."Jah shall wash away all the tears..."

we know we shall win/and we know we'll survive

In Celebration of Bob Marley Day...

2010-02-09T08:17:00.000-08:00

Bob Marley's birthday was on Saturday the 6th, so happy belated Bob Marley Day...yeah i know i'm late...anyhoo, in celebration of the birth of The Gong, here's a Mixtape...a masterpiece in my view...Young Roc Rebels, a Jay-Z and Bob Marley mashup or Re-Mixtape by JLA Mewzik (Jamaica's Greatest Rapper)...this dropped last year but this seems like the most appropriate time for me to share it...

PS. I'm working very hard on a run of Green Paper Gang tees...i should do some screen printing this week, so by next week you can stop going outside topless...(actually Ladies should continue doing so and those who do not should definitely start...)

Anyway...Download the mixtape now and enjoy...

DOWNLOAD HERE..

The 48 Laws of Power...Chapter Headings and Download Link

2010-02-05T09:20:00.000-08:00

This book by my favourite author, Robert Greene, is a certified classic, it is very inspirational and can be utilized like a key in someone's pursuit of power and success...the chapter headings follow and you can download the book by clicking here...

1. Never Outshine the Master

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.

2. Never Put Too Much Trust In Friends, Learn How To Use Enemies

Be wary of friends – they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.

3. Conceal Your Intentions

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelop them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.

4. Always Say Less Than Necessary

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

5. So Much Depends On Reputation – Guard It With Your Life

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

6. Court Attention At All Costs

Everything is judged by appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.

7. Get Others To Do The Work For You, But Always Take The Credit

Use wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save your valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.

8. Make Other People Come To You – Use Bait If Necessary

When you force the other person to act, you are in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.

9. Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument

Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill you will stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

10. Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky

You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.

11. Learn To Keep People Dependent On You

To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so they can do without you.

12. Use Selective Honesty And Generosity To Disarm Your Victim

One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift – a Trojan horse – will serve the same purpose.

13. When Asking For Help, Appeal To People’s Self-Interest, Never To Their Mercy Or Gratitude

If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees, something to be gained for himself.

14. Pose As A Friend, Work As A Spy

Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.

15. Crush Your Enemy Totally

All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed, completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way). If one ember is left alright, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.

16. Use Absence To Increase Respect And Honor

Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

17. Keep Others In Suspended Terror: Cultivate An Air Of Unpredictability

Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.

18. Do Not Build Fortresses To Protect Yourself – Isolation Is Dangerous

The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people, find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.

19. Know Who You’re Dealing With – Do Not Offend The Wrong Person

There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.

20. Do Not Commit To Anyone

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

21. Play A Sucker To Catch A Sucker – Seem Dumber Than Your Mark

No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. The trick, then, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.

22. Use The Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness Into Power

When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other cheek you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.

23. Concentrate Your Forces

Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time.

24. Play the Perfect Courtier

The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the most oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to have far you can rise in the court.

25. Re-Create Yourself

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

26. Keep Your Hands Clean

You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement.

27. Play On People’s Need To Believe To Create A Cultlike Following

People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.

28. Enter Action With Boldness

If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.

29. Plan All The Way To The End

The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.

30. Make Your Accomplishments Seem Effortless

Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – it only raises questions. Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.

31. Control The Options: Get Others To Play With The Cards You Deal

The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.

32. Play To People’s Fantasies

The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes from disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.

33. Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew

Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usually an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage.

34. Be Royal In Your Own Fashion: Act Like A King To Be Treated Like One

The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated: In the long-run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.

35. Master The Art Of Timing

Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.

36. Disdain Things You Cannot Have: Ignore Them Is The Best Revenge

By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.

37. Create Compelling Spectacles

Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power – everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then, full of arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, no one will notice what you are really doing.

38. Think As You Like But Behave Like Others

If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share you originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.

39. Stir Up Waters To Catch Fish

Anger and emotion are usually counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.

40. Despise The Free Lunch

What is offered for free is dangerous – it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price – there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.

41. Avoid Stepping Into A Great Man’s Shoes

What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.

42. Strike The Shepherd And The Sheep Will Scatter

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.

43. Work On The Hearts And Minds Of Others

Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you.

44. Disarm And Infuriate With The Mirror Effect

The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of the Mirror Effect.

45. Preach The Need For Change, But Never Reform Too Much At Once

Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to build a power base, make a show of respecting the old way of doing things. If change is necessary, make it feel like a gentle improvement on the past.

46. Never Appear Too Perfect

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.

47. Do Not Go Past The Mark You Aimed For; In Victory, Learn When To Stop

The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach it, stop.

48. Assume Formlessness

By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never be on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.

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Happy Birthday to Dennis Brown...

2010-02-01T13:36:00.000-08:00

Crown Prince of Reggae...(Feb. 1, 1957 - July 1, 1999)

R.I.P.

Motivation...

2010-01-29T14:14:00.000-08:00

Jah Cure & Phylissia - Unconditional Love

2010-01-29T05:28:00.000-08:00

One Word: Beautiful...

PS. Phylissia is sexy..very.

Mavado Featuring Stacious - Come Into My Room

2010-01-28T12:13:00.000-08:00

The Gangsta and The Gangstress go in...

"she say har first boyfriend did a live in a dream/sunday she wah love him gawn buy ice cream" Ha...

Nasir Jones and Damian Marley - Strong Will Continue

2010-01-27T13:09:00.000-08:00

This is more than just a big tune, to me this is an anthem, a source of inspiration....in this era of f...kery posing as music, its good to get a blast of realness...something to help you move forward...

Here's a Big Tune...

2010-01-27T09:00:00.000-08:00

I'm Currently Reading...

2010-01-27T06:41:00.000-08:00

Actually I'm re-reading it to get a little bit of inspiration, after all its "The Story of Success" and I am trying to be successful, that's the only reason I get out of bed in the morning...chasing the dream, trying to be successful.

PS. Gladwell is not as good as my favourite writer Robert Greene...Just saying...

PPS. Gladwell's mother is from Jamaica and the epilogue of the book is centred around her family history and upbringing on The Rock.

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I need these as well...Polo Ralph Lauren Men's Ranger Boot

2010-01-27T06:06:00.000-08:00

Good Morning...I love these shoes, they are are going to be my Gideon boots...fi step pan babylon.

How Is Your Heart? by Charles Bukowski

2010-01-26T11:40:00.000-08:00

during my worst times
on the park benches
in the jails
or living with
whores
I always had this certain
contentment-
I wouldn't call it
happiness-
it was more of an inner
balance
that settled for
whatever was occuring
and it helped in the
factories
and when relationships
went wrong
with the
girls.
it helped
through the
wars and the
hangovers
the backalley fights
the
hospitals.

to awaken in a cheap room
in a strange city and
pull up the shade-
this was the craziest kind of
contentment

and to walk across the floor
to an old dresser with a
cracked mirror-
see myself, ugly,
grinning at it all.

what matters most is
how well you
walk through the
fire.

###
No matter what you go thru you have to be positive and realise that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, walk through your valleys with strength and dignity...

I Luv Her

2010-01-26T11:14:00.000-08:00

Soulful lady, and the best female Jamaican artiste...

Random Green Paper Gang t-shirt

2010-01-25T16:34:00.001-08:00

"mi see dem read di budget/ and all now wi pay nuh budge yet"

2010-01-25T11:49:00.000-08:00

Chino feat. Dean Frasier "Find It Hard"

This is a conscious song, big tune...

Sheesh, Finally...

2010-01-25T07:16:00.000-08:00

Good Morning everybody...Jamaica's Greatest Rapper finally dropped the mixtape that has been promised for so long...

DOWNLOAD HERE

HERE

Listen to it a lot and enjoy...good music to listen to while wearing GPG...ha

Quotable...

2010-01-21T05:56:00.000-08:00

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success."

– Thomas J. Watson

I Need These...

2010-01-21T05:54:00.000-08:00

Everybody who knows me know that I have a love for kicks, but I kinda stopped buying sneakers, however these Supra Skytop IIs in Black suede makes me want to get my credit card...

buy them at

factory413.com

ccs.com

utilityboardsupply.com

PS.

i wear size 12

Untitled

2010-01-15T11:06:00.000-08:00

Busy Signal "One More Night" Controversy

2010-01-15T08:38:00.000-08:00

If you listen to the song and hear "Gary" that simply means that's what you want to hear, and if you are listening to hear a man say "Gary give me one more night" then that says more about you than the artist.

Think about It...

Clipse (Featuring Pharrell and Kenna) - Life Change

2010-01-15T06:26:00.000-08:00

This is like an anthem for me right now, I went thru some things and had to change my life so it hits home..Malice's first verse is uniquely poignant and he references Revelations 3 verse 17.

Here are the lyrics

Quote...

2010-01-15T05:52:00.000-08:00

“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”

Swami Sivananda

Another Bed by Charles Bukowski

2010-01-14T07:38:00.000-08:00

another bed

another woman
more curtains
another bathroom
another kitchen

other eyes
other hair
other
feet and toes.
everybodys looking.
the eternal search.

you stay in bed
she gets dressed for work
and you wonder what happened
to the last one
and the one after that...
it's all so comfortable-
this love making
this sleeping together
the gentle kindness...

after she leaves you get up and use her
bathroom,

it's all so intimate and strange.
you go back to bed and
sleep another hour.

when you leave its with sadness
but you'll se her again
whether it works or not.
you drive down to the shore and sit
in your car. it's almost noon.
-another bed, other ears, other
ear rings, other mouths, other slippers, other
dresses

colors, doors, phone numbers.

you were once strong enough to live alone.
for a man nearing sixty you should be more
sensible.

you start the car and shift,
thinking, I'll phone Jeanie when I get in,
I haven't seen her since Friday.

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Charles Bukowski is my favourite poet...

Chris Brown featuring Sean Paul - Brown Skin Girl

2010-01-13T12:11:00.001-08:00

Big, Big, Big Tune...

Motivation from Jonas Bevacqua

2010-01-13T06:18:00.000-08:00

When I need to be inspired to keep pushing Green Paper Gang, I always read this old interview with Jonas Bevacqua of LRG, he details the beginning of LRG, the struggles and gives some great advice...Read Here

My advice would be to really believe in your idea and really go after it. you can't just sit on a couch and think something is gonna strike you and all of a sudden and you have a company. be willing to put in the time and energy it's gonna take. keep your head down... no matter what people say or who hates on you just do what you gotta do. you have to really believe in what you're doing. there's a lot of talk out there... oh I'm gonna do this, or I'm gonna do that. that's great, now go screen some shirts, go get that account, go stay up for 2 days in a row and ship out product all day. you have to really go after it. have a great mentor like Robert Wright and don't worry about anybody else and just believe in yourself... that's it. oh yeah, remember haters hate because you have what they want, instead of hating you should admire them and use that inspiration as fuel and apply it to your own life.

GPG....

Quote...

2010-01-11T13:42:00.000-08:00

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.- Soren Kierkegaard

Sizzla Kalonji...Crucial Times

2010-01-11T08:42:00.000-08:00

The world's most prolific artist drops another album on January 19.

Late Night With The Roots (Mixtape)

2010-01-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

A collection of The Roots performances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon compiled by DJ Heat...

Tracklist

01The Roots – How I Got Over (Live)
02 Ludacris – I Do It For Hip Hop / Last Of A Dying Breed (Live)
03 Mos Def – Casa Bey (Live)
04 Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want (Live)
05 Black Star – History (Live)
06 Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Rock (Live)
07 Ghostface – Baby f. Raheem DeVauaghn (Live)
08 Wale – Pretty Girls (Live)
09 Raekwon – Catalina (Live)
10 50 Cent – Baby By Me / Do You Think About Me (Live)
11 Clipse – Popular Demand f. Black Thought (Live)
12 Clipse – Grindin’ f. Black Thought (Live)
13 Q-Tip – Barely In Love (Live)
14 Goodie Mob – Soul Food (Live)
15 Public Enemy – Bring the Noise (Live)

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Quote...

2010-01-08T07:50:00.000-08:00

SO OVER YOU IS THE GREATEST ENEMY A MAN CAN HAVE AND THAT IS FEAR. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE AFRAID TO LISTEN TO THE TRUTH—YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED ON FEAR AND LIES. BUT I AM GOING TO PREACH TO YOU THE TRUTH UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THAT FEAR....

– Malcolm X

Totally Random...Five Favourite British Rappers

2010-01-08T06:43:00.000-08:00

Cuz we all know that hip-hop is dead, American hip hop that is, I have to listen to different rappers and that means mostly british hip hop and sometimes Reggaeton (go Tego Calderon). These are my favourite in no particular order:

Sway

Sway's first album, This Is My Demo is a classic in my opinion, it was moving, deep, funny at times and had quaotables for days...honestly if Sway's name was "Drake" and he dropped that album he would be an international superstar...

I got angels on my nokia/

i'm out here and i got no fear/

no foes and no phobias/

so all those plotting with the obeah and voodoo/

there's no hope for ya/

hang yourself, i got rope for ya

Pyrelli

The Lazyboi...crazy flows and punchlines plus Jamaican heritage...he killed on Sway's "Up Your Speed"...and "Caribbean Love" is a mad tune with a mad video...Mad..

Mike Skinner aka The Streets

Probably the most popular, he has good songs like..."Fit But You Know It" and good conceptual albums like A Grand Don't Come For Free...

SAS Eurogang

Idris Elba does not like this group, but I do, they were with Dip Set for a second and they think that they are gangstas...this gang is hilarious...I don't know, its hard for me to feel their gangster cuz they have a British accent, thats not threatening at all...how do you threaten someone with an English accent? Tell them they won't get any sugar with their tea?...i divert...

Lethal Bizzle

and Lethal Bizzle, I could have gone with Kano, or Dizzee Rascal but I say Bizzle, cuz he had the song, "Bizzle, Bizzle" and he re-made "Police on My Back"...

I am a big Tricky fan but he's not a rapper per se so he didnt make the list, sorry Tricky...

Jay-Z in Esquire Magazine...

2010-01-07T12:38:00.001-08:00

Young appears in the February 2010 issue of Esquire, Why Jay-Z Is Everything We're Not, click to read.

Quote This...

2010-01-07T09:36:00.000-08:00

“Believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is—to live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into unchartered seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves!”

Friedrich Nietzche

Wise words from a decent man...

Young Jeezy Encapsulates My Feelings...

2010-01-07T06:02:00.000-08:00

In the October/November issue of Complex Jeezy said some things that just rings true with me, especially now that I'm trying to be an entrepreneur...

You just said: “I’m not an in-love- ass nigga.” What do you mean by that statement?

Young Jeezy: I ain’t never been—I’ve been a hustler my whole life, so I was pretty much infatuated with money and success and just staying focused and down, so I ain’t never been the type of nigga that just admires my girlfriend.

But you got romance in your life.

Young Jeezy: Yeah, but they ask me what my love life is like, I tell them simple: I love life. [Laughs.] You know what I’m saying? That’s it. I’ma do me, but I ain’t never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly, you know what I’m saying?

And that shit’ll never happen for you.

Young Jeezy: l mean, I can’t say that—but shit, not right now! Gotta keep my eyes on the prize!

Why is that?

Young Jeezy: ’Cause I’m still focused. Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t gonna sit here and act like I ain’t got some things going on, but that ain’t never been my get-up. Anybody that I ever dealt with knows that I’m a very focused individual, and when it comes to my work and what I do, you might have to play the back burner to that.

To me its about focus and prioritising...basically...

GPG...

A Mixtape By Jamaica's Greatest Rapper...

2010-01-06T07:02:00.000-08:00

No, not Nadz...ha ha ha...its JLA....

It drops in 2 days...so its something to look forward to...gwaan pree the single AYO right here

Another Quote...

2010-01-06T06:49:00.000-08:00

WITHOUT DOUBT, PRINCES BECOME GREAT WHEN THEY OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES AND HURDLES PUT IN THEIR PATH. WHEN FORTUNE WANTS TO ADVANCE A NEW PRINCE ... SHE CREATES ENEMIES FOR HIM, MAKING THEM LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HIM SO THAT HE IS COMPELLED TO OVERCOME THEM AND CLIMB HIGHER ON THE LADDER THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT HIM. THEREFORE, MANY JUDGE THAT A WISE PRINCE MUST SKILLFULLY FAN SOME ENMITY WHENEVER THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES, SO THAT IN CRUSHING IT HE WILL INCREASE HIS STANDING.

– Niccolò Machiavelli

I love this quote, from one of my favourite books, The Prince...it teaches that we should embrace all challenges, every challenge is an opportunity to transcend and become better. Stop crying about challenges and talk bout how life hard, take it as an opportunity.

Rumble, Young Man, Rumble..

2010-01-04T12:21:00.000-08:00

Quotable...

2010-01-04T12:18:00.000-08:00

IN NOOKS ALL OVER THE EARTH SIT MEN WHO ARE WAITING, SCARCELY KNOWING IN WHAT WAY THEY ARE WAITING, MUCH LESS THAT THEY ARE WAITING IN VAIN. OCCASIONALLY THE CALL THAT AWAKENS—THAT ACCIDENT WHICH GIVES THE “PERMISSION” TO ACT—COMES TOO LATE, WHEN THE BEST YOUTH AND STRENGTH FOR ACTION HAS ALREADY BEEN USED UP BY SITTING STILL; AND MANY HAVE FOUND TO THEIR HORROR WHEN THEY “LEAPED UP” THAT THEIR LIMBS HAD GONE TO SLEEP AND THEIR SPIRIT HAD BECOME TOO HEAVY. “IT IS TOO LATE,” THEY SAID TO THEMSELVES, HAVING LOST THEIR FAITH IN THEMSELVES AND HENCEFORTH FOREVER USELESS.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

HAPPY NEW YEAR...

2010-01-04T12:07:00.001-08:00

Have Fun and get wealthy. Or get wealthy and have fun while doing it...

Jovi Rockwell Complex.com Interview

2009-12-22T12:59:00.001-08:00

I just saw this interview with Jovi Rockwell on complex.com, I love her so read it here

Re-Loading

2009-12-22T09:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who has supported Green Paper Gang so far...its appreciated...yuhzeet :-)

We are currently reloading as in doing new designs and everything...so on January 2...there will be new t-shirts...

Tees are Available

2009-08-27T17:13:00.000-07:00

at Fashion Addiction located at Oaklands, Constant Spring Road...

Go and fulldorse.