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Crazy World – Amir Latiff & Qaran

This song is written for an AIDs campaign to promote anti-discrimination against aids afflicted people.

I wrote it from a perspective of a person who has that disease. This youtube video is it’s first debut in the campaign. More updates will be posted here. Keep checking!

Crazy World – Amir Latiff Ft. Qaran

A track Qaran and I got on together. We did this for an AIDs campaign. More news on that soon.

Check out the track for now! :)

Cypher Session 2 – May 2011 (W/Lyrics)

Second video from the cypher session series. It’s call peace of mind. Lyrics are below

Everytime i close my eyes it’s like I
Got my mind locked in the night sky
my thoughts wander while i find my
Path in my life and I fight the mights
while I can try cuz my time heres fragile
we never know when we might die
we might fly, we might cry
fuck that I won’t sigh cuz I caught my lies
I was weak but I fought my fights
Sought new heights, brought tears to my eyes
Seeing what I became through all those fights
This feels so right, yea this feels so nice
Yea, this peace of mind, no one can take this peace of mind
cuz this peace is mine, yea this peace is mine.

This track is also available for download. JustĀ click here.

Singapore General Elections 2011 – I vote P.A.P.

The election day is coming very very soon and when I speak to my peers and family relatives, I find a growing number in people who aren’t going to vote for the P.A.P. Although I do believe that everyone has the right to have an opinion and choose their government, I do want to urge all of you to think hard about this.

The reason to why I am writing this is because I am worried that our country will divide and lose its winning streak. Here are some things to think about.

What are some of the primary factors that you consider to be important to you? A home, good education and schools, a progressive nation, social stability, security and reliability. Obviously there are more things but for such a young nation, we’ve already achieved all that. Thats a sign of a government that cares and has continued to care for its people. We’ve become probably close to 100% literate and have acquired skills that globalized our nation. Every Singapore child has the privilege to amazing education. Every Singaporean lives in a well looked after neighbourhood and has the freedom of movement that the people of many other countries could only dream of.

Sure there are many flaws you can bring up, but how can we ever have a perfect government? There’s always something that won’t work for us. But most of us live comfortably and are given equal opportunities to grow and enhance our lives.

Many other people would say, “It’s time for change, the P.A.P. has been in power for too long”. But why is it time for change? We shouldn’t ask for change just for the sake of change. We should only demand change when our government begins to fail to deliver. Has it ever failed you? The problems I face in my life are problems that I created, not my government. Others would say, “What about the rising taxes?”. What about it? We’re a country growing in population size and economy and buildings and schools and we need to expand to continue to sustain our exponential success rate. We should only question the rise in tax if nothing is given back to us. Look around you! Try to recall just 10 years ago, huge difference right? Forget 10 years, recall just 2 years! There are so many new things given to us. National expansion is accelerating.

What I am trying to say is, we should vote for what works. This is a system that works for our country and continues to deliver and deliver well. Whatever new policies P.A.P. has created, don’t think of it as unfair. Just trust that there’s obviously a good reason for it. Because I know, deep down, that my government will look after me should anything happen.

I don’t hate the other parties, I just think that it’s not the right time for change.

Love your country.

P.S. : I’ve noticed some comments on this post and don’t get me wrong but I am completely open to refutes and thats why I approved them. Just remember to be civil and respectful to each other so it doesn’t get out of hand. I don’t want to be the medium for any hate. So far it’s okay though. Thanks for reading and feel free to speak your mind.

Cypher Session 1 – Amir Latiff (W/Lyrics)

I thought of a project that I will try to be consistent at. Every month I’ll put out one cypher session video. In the video, I’ll “showcase” a short song of my own. So just so you guys have an idea of what its like, here’s the first one. It’s a fictional story I wrote in a form of a rap verse. Lyrics are below the video.

Lyrics-

He hides behind the door scratchin the skin from his feet
He can barely even think, hes feeling fuckin weak
Rubbin his face so hard that it’s burning up the meat
Hes ripping up the sheets but he can’t go to sleep
His gum bleeds as he goes nuts with the way that he grits at his teeth
He screams like a freak but still, no one hears shit
Hes alone and no one gives a shit, how can life get worse than this
He pops another pill, just to run from the way that he feels
cuz even if he dies he wouldn’t leave a trail
since everything he does is pretty much a fail, still,
His eyes roll back as the drugs take effect
The walls against his back as his world slowly turns black
He forgets hes sad, hes barely even mad
at the people who turn their backs on his ass
Hes almost gone now, hes grabbing at his chest
giving in to death as he puts his life to rest
“life after death” gets put to the test
He falls back flat as he takes his last breath

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