LAURYN + MOTIVES + THOUGHTS

PROVOCATIVE + CONNECTED + SPIRITUAL

I was in the house during this taping of Def Comedy Jam. I recall Lauryn hitting the stage with a very serious tone, sternly asking everyone to "be quiet" or she would not begin. Automatically you could hear several "WTF's" being whispered. We all thought and expected to hear an amazingly beautiful poem, lush with words that danced out of Ms.Hill's soul. We expected the Lauryn we all grew to love. What we got was someone with very serious intention, who wanted to speak with an extremely important message. She read as follows:

Motives And Thoughts

Rotating bodies, confusion of sound
Negative imagery, holding us down

Social delusion, clearly constructed

Human condition, morals corrupted

Trapped in reaction, lawlessness war

Dissatisfaction from bowels to core

Devil’s technology, strategy for

Human mythologies, urban folklore

Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure

Wicked theology, robbing the poor...


I was pissed after her performance because I wanted to be entertained. Instead I was educated and had no idea. Her message just hit me 8 years later. Check for the rest after the clip....