"Iz The Truth" of Guerrilla Republik and "The Sargonites"
When Morbius and Outcome travel, for the most part their expectations for hitting the road is usually the same, Unpredictable! Over the years they've grown accustomed to the unexpected, embracing everything with what life has to offer on the road. Besides, travelling has always been an exhilarating breath of fresh air for them. A chance to step away from the fast paced city that never sleeps, even if it's just for a short time.
"Iz" (Ambassador of Guerilla Republik) reached out to The Sargonites and invited them to perform for a private birthday/benefit event for Chile in Wilmington, Delaware on March 20th 2010. Even though the invite was short noticed, The Sargonites couldn't pass up an opportunity to perform and not travel, so they humbly accepted and immediately began making arrangements. After several hours on the road, they finally arrived into town and quickly met with Iz to escort them to their final destination. Once there, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves mingling, toasting, smiles and laughter as we were all introduced to the host and several other very nice people.
As time passed, it was moments away for the performances to begin and the host got on the mic trying to detail what the evening has proposed, but much to our surprise, we became aware that the host herself came across some very challenging moments to grasp her people's attention. In effort to capture everyone's eyes, she boldly opened up the floor by reciting personal relationship poems followed by some of her own songs. With still, no full cooperation from the crowd (who she personally invited) an annoucement was made immediately after her performance for donations. We were told that a charity basket was going to be passed around by her nine year old daughter, and out of nowhere, we hear a guys voice yell out "Oh it's a scam!" accompanied by some crowd laughter.
We were already disgusted by the lack of respect and inconsideration she was recieving during her performance, but that comment made the event become very appaling at that point in time. The second act was then introduced to go on stage, a local emcee known as "Redjay" to perform his set. And while he's on the mic dropping lyrics, the sound equipment persons took the liberty upon themselves to conduct a sound check during the middle of his performance! And if that isn't any better, groups of people were amongst themselves taking pictures, some were in a corner what seemed to be gossiping and talking loudly, others walking in and out of the place refilling their cups, clearly showing their true intentions for attending that evening.
The Sargonites came very close to the conclusion of not performing that night, especially when they were told of only one microphone made avialable for the evening. Ultimately, a decision was made to go ahead do at least one song, being that they traveled all the way from the big apple's tri-state area. When Iz held the mic to introduce The Sargonites, he immidiately set the tone demanding respect and attention by expanding on the whole purpose of the benefit, by recalling our humanly right to assist others in need, and by doing in it with events such as that one. Morbius did the same, even going as far as calling specific individuals out in the crowd and reminding them of the homeless and foodless families in Chile and in Haiti. Emphasizing on how they all take for granted of a comfortable lifestyle by drinking, eating, partying and having a great time, but yet, forgetting about the crucial reason for coming to the event. As the crowd gave them their full attention The Sargonites siezed the moment armed with two songs, one mic, raw energy and the heart felt truth. Very few participating individuals at the event heard closely to the message, whom later on approached them showing appreciation of the insight given by the comrades. As usual, huddled conversations of enlightment carried on outside, music and contact information was shared to the one's with a genuine interest.
On the ride back stareing out of the car window and into the wooded fields, I just couldnt stop reflecting on what really happened on that momentous evening. The "Unpredictable" arose from the dead once again in attempt to disturb the harmonious power of enlightment, only to fall to the bottom fiery soles of The Sargonites footprints. And like always, they go out to deliver with purpose and complete a meaningful mission. The Sargonites showned no signs of penetration in their full metal jackets, they never ran out of ammo, dominated the rugged trenches and gave it their all. Only to come out in the end winning over some newly opened hearts and minds, through hip hop. Quite frankly, it was just another day in the battle field for The Sargonites.
