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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9, "Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise ye princes, and prepare the shield./For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth./And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with such heed./...And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground."
Music by elton john Lyrics by bernie taupin Available on the album madman across the water
1971
As I awoke this evening with the smell of wood smoke clinging Like a gentle cobweb hanging upon a painted tepee Oh I went to see my chieftain with my warlance and my woman For he told us that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving This I cant believe I said, I cant believe our warlords dead Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns
Oh great father of the iroquois ever since I was young Ive read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums Ive learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild To run the gauntlet of the sioux, to make a chieftains daughter mine
And now you ask that I should watch The red mans race be slowly crushed What kind of words are these to hear From yellow dog whom white man fears
I take only what is mine lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child I cant stay to see you die along with my tribes pride I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run
Trampling down the prairie rose leaving hoof tracks in the sand Those who wish to follow me I welcome with my hands I heard from passing renegades geronimo was dead Hed been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on In this land that once was my land I cant find a home Its lonely and its quiet and the horse soldiers are coming And I think its time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running For soon Ill find the yellow moon along with my loved ones Where the buffalos graze in clover fields without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole
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"Ghetto Gospel" by Tupac Shakur featuring Elton John
[Chorus - Elton John:] Those who wish to follow me (My ghetto gospel) I welcome with my hands And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold And peace to this young warrior without the sound of guns
[2Pac] If I could recollect before my hood days I'd sit and reminisce, nigga and bliss on the good days I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to'em They tested, it was stressed that they under In our days, things changed Everyone's ashamed to the youth cause the truth looks strange And for me it's reversed, we left them a world that's cursed, and it hurts cause any day they'll push the button and yall condemned like Malcolm x and Bobby Hunton, died for nothing Don't them let me get teary, the world looks dreary but when you wipe your eyes, see it clearly there's no need for you to fear me if you take your time to hear me, maybe you can learn to cheer me it ain't about black or white, cause we're human I hope we see the light before its ruined my ghetto gospel
[Chorus - Elton John]
[2Pac] Tell me do you see that old lady ain't it sad Living out a bag, but she's glad for the little things she has And over there there's a lady, crack got her crazy Guess she's given birth to a baby I don't trip and let it fade me, from outta the frying pan We jump into another form of slavery Even now I get discouraged Wonder if they take it all back while I still keep the courage I refuse to be a role model I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottles I make mistakes, I learn from everyone And when its said and done I bet this Brotha be a better one If I'm upset, you don't stress Never forget, that God hasn't finished with me yet I feel his hand on my brain When I write rhymes, I go blind, and let the lord do his thang But am I less holy Cause I choose to puff a blunt and drink a beer with my homies Before we find world peace We gotta find peace and end the war on the streets My ghetto gospel
[Chorus - Elton John]
[2Pac] Lord can you hear me speak!! To pay the price of being hell bound...
20080524 Nexpoint: KDDC crashed May 21 restored to January 24 2008 status
Nexpoint KDDC crashed May 21 restored to January 24 2008 status
-----Original Message----- From: Nexpoint Support Team Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:08 PM Subject: Important Account Notice - kevindayhoff.com
Dear Kevin Dayhoff,
As you may or may not be aware, on Wednesday, May 21, at approximately 1:00 PM EST, your Nexpoint Web Hosting/E-Mail Hosting server suffered a critical hard drive failure. The sudden and ultimately uncorrectable failure causedweb site and e-mail services for kevindayhoff.com to be offline for more than 24 hours.
The cause of the lengthy downtime and unavailability of a recent backup is due to the nature of the failure. Fortunately we were able to locate a much older backup of the server and restore from that. This failure has not left us without certain repercussions.
Web Site Content
Currently yourweb site should be up and running from a backup made on January 24. This means that any changes or updates you made to your web site between January 24 and the present have been lost. This data is unfortunately and absolutely irretrievable on our end.
E-Mail Data Status
E-Mail accounts have been set up from a much more recent list so all of your E-Mail accounts should exist at this time. Most if not all E-Mail Aliases/Forwards should be created. Mailing Lists are in the same state as the web site data and are irretrievable.
Your E-Mail account passwords were randomized during recreation because the original passwords are stored in an encrypted format on the Plesk platform. These passwords can be reset through the Plesk Control Panel.
Control Panel and FTP Access
Along with your E-Mail account passwords, your Plesk Control Panel and FTP passwords have changed as well. The passwords for these services have been synchronized with your support system password. Updated Account Setup Letters containing your new Plesk Control Panel and FTP passwords should follow this E-Mail shortly.
Nexpoint management and staff would like to express our deepest apologies for the situation this issue may have placed you in and our sincerest regret that such an event even occurred. We are striving to insure this type of situation does not arise again. If we can be of any assistance, please let us know.
Kevin Dayhoff is a retired elected official, landscaper and nursery stock farmer from Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA. An avid artist and writer, he continues his interest in music and books, government and politics, technology, the environment, business and agricultural issues.
