Jonny 5's Rhyme of the Day 2-22-10 "Simultaneous Translation"

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"Simultaneous Translation"

Hope you don't mind if I post this a few hours early.

I first wrote this for a rally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform during the DNC in August 2008. At the time, Boots Riley from the Coup was actually staying at my house, which was very cool for me, because he'd been a big inspiration to me for many years.

The shirt is from Denver's premiere Chicano theatre, El Centro Su Teatro. They gave my mom and I free tickets to a show this morning. The group was called Los Planeros De la 21. They had the whole audience dancing in the aisles at 10 am on a lazy, snowy Sunday.

http://www.suteatro.org

Oh, and I made the beat a few years ago from noises donated to me by some folks I was working with through Flobots.org's music program. Hope you enjoy it.

Hey, if you like this video, pass it around! Maybe we can institute "viral Mondays"...

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[cobrafan427]

fuckin loved it, Spanish flows almost as beautifully as French does. A couple questions tho 1: Were u repeating urself in Spanish or were they completely new lines? and 2: When rapping in Spanish, can u focus on making it rhyme and make sense or is it limited to just making it flow and sound good?

[flobot5]

Simultaneous translation!

[rookis25]

Good shyt way to show respect to the most disrespected ppl by ppl, try Apache next if you will, we a dying race that ppl remember but don't care about.

[flobot5]

Do you know Apache? If so, I can't think of a better way for me to learn than by watching a video reply of you spitting a verse in Apache, since you're obviously a talented lyricist...

[flobot5]

Um... Ich spreche keine Duetch aber ich will deutch lernen.

[RageAgainstMachinist]

Amazing man, as usual. I can't wait for the new CD. You've truly been an inspiration for me, probably the biggest in my life of 16 years. Your music and rhymes have literally pushed me to do well in school and becoming politically involved and I have begun to truly understand the world I live in a bit more. Thanks man, I hope to see you at a show soon enough, come to MA, you've got plenty of support over here!

[skateboard0099]

@RageAgainstMachinist

Yeah Massachusetts!!!!im fom bolton, MA

[TheIcebitfang]

Dude I'm a HUGE fan of yours! I love all of your songs so much! You are awesome.

[MRmattconnell]

man ive been trying to learn spanish for years, this video makes me so jelous

[DefendingAtlantis]

@antielixor hahaha. Tricky. I see what you did there... you trickster.

[ItsLonzo21]

crazy creative man. it must have taken a little bit of time to get the synchronations right.

[MaxJakeSam]

I'm working on learning french at home... and its frustrating. Time consuming, and I feel like I'm making no progress. This rhyme helps motivate me to study & learn. Thanks... :)

[frostbytet17]

Have you made a song in ten languages yet?

[Beastlyrider13]

at a loss for words on this one Jonny..all i can say is wow!

[juses421]

Wow your Spanish is Excellent,,

Donde aprendiste Espanol?