yo i know this thread is a year old and everything, but somehow stumbled upon this...hoping to clear up some views here. I have looked at it this way as well, but changed my opinions after hearing ALL of their music.
For one, "Rise of the machines" was the first JMT song i ever heard, and the line you're talking about definitely turned me off from them for a short time, partly because of the nature of the comment, but also because IT DIDNT RHYME AT ALL! Plus, on the real, after listening to JMT so much over the years, I now understand ... Paz HAS RHYMED ABOUT FLOWERS!!! before and after visions of ghandi!
On "The Immaculate Conception" (Psycho-social) he says he "
The decaton
The higher arc modron
Encompass my soul in a beam like proton
I am Voltron
***With helmeted head and lotus flower***,"
as well as on saviorself, ft. killah priest "I walk through the valley of the kings, ***With a white rose***, white robe, and *???* rings"
And he says "You still a disgrace, You like to sit around with WOMEN watching will and grace!" not 'faggots'.
I know the homophobic tendencies are a bit redundant, but alot of rappers are like that. It's bogus, but so what. i'm not gay and i don't give a shit about what other people do with their personal lives. I've learned to look past this and see the important things they have to say.
I just saw them live on april 8, 5 feet away from the whole team and i feel a strange peace now. It was simply the illest shit in history, Ever.
So you folks should stop focusing on the bad parts, and hear some of their actual heartfelt and important shit. Servants in Heaven, Kings in hell has some of the most profound topics of all their albums, JMT have helped me through the hardest times in my life by convincing me to pull up by the bootstraps and get with the fucking program. Stop feeling sorry for myself and kill shit! Life matters!
JMT For life!
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And dom, maybe you should stop listening to FUCKING PARAMORE for god's sake and hear some real shit. Just because some fine teenage bitch with shock red hair has a mic in her hand does not mean she has anything worth hearing, or even a shred of credibilty! No wonder you feel that way. What a pathetic disgrace!
Okay there's my one post. feel free to raise hell or something like that. Then Listen to Violent By Design on Repeat for a week and see how you feel.