wiid, is should be nothing new to you man, youve always had good karma it seems.

but serioiusly, thanks alot for being the one of the realest people on these boards. you are a leader and a person who knows the word respect.
i hope i have showed you mutual respect.

tommorow is the continuation of this ceremony. more enlightenment. more or less a continuation of today. but it was nice to see family that i havent in soooo long. god damn. excellent day. i wish everyday was like this.

the ceremony was very nice today.

before i went to sleep last night. i said to myself that i wanted to make a collage/slideshow of my grandfather's legacy. but simply i dont have the means of doing so.

since this was my first wake/type of situation i was in today. there it was to my surprise, next to my grandfathers casket. a tv hanging on the wall, of 100's of pictures spanning thru his entire life. my god. when i talk about a miracle. i made sure to get a copy of this made. i will post it in this thread and on youtube ASAP.

i saw so many members of my family today. it was so nice. i saw my sister. her fiance, who ive never met. very nice guy. my uncle bill and aunt jan, uncle steve.. so many others,

after the ceremony we went back to my uncle pat's house and hung out. i actually drank some beers, which is a first for me in close to 5 years. it was in memory of grandfather though since he enjoyed his beer. was a nice time. i could of used that buzz i got for the grieving. it was very nice. we hung out there for about 4 hours, just got home.

tommorow morning is the church ceremony. which will be the last time i get to see my grandfather.

i took a few looks at him from afar. it just looked like he was sleeping. it was nothing i couldnt handle. maybe tommorow i will get closer then i did today.

but it was a very nice ceremony. his spirit was most definitly in that room. no doubt about it. it was magical. no words can describe it.

ok my friends, early night tonight because i gotta wake up tommorow. thank you for the most recent replies today: amir, chaos. wiidoshi. i appreciate your inspiration and i hope you check out the video/slideshow of pictures i post of him/us/my family. it really really really was absolutly amazing.

peace out

im definately gonna check it out, sorry about your loss man. and nice vid, very good shit.

where???

do you know what is : "the secret of the attraction"

Quantum universe!!!!!!

its that =

being positive!!!

You're right Wiidoshi, Positivity matters a great deal. It helps you focus on a brighter day even when the night seem it'd last forever.

Hope the Service was all good, Check and that you all did your best to celebrate his life.

Peace be with you man!

OUT!

awesome, im glad to hear youre interested in watching it.

after the ceremony today, me and my family actually went through 100's of more pictures. really, everyone had a good time. but we are gonna do some more of those slideshows. theres so many good pictures. but me doing all the editing etc with my videos, i gladly offered my service to make these videos. itll be alot of work. but i dont mind.

anyway, long day today, 7 am -11 pm. just got home. thank you for the PM. ill be brief when i talk to you about it. not to worry.

thanks again shogun.

hmm, no i have not ever heard of it.

The only book i really follow is The Quran. but its been a while seen ive read it. 9/11 fucked alot of that up for me.

but you seem to have a good attitude, regardless, yes being positive is what im all about too and what i try to pass along to others. no surprise there from you.

one thing my uncle said to me today about my grandfather after the church ceremony:

"remember your grandfather for the good times and everything you did together. not the bad times, and the last days in his condition etc"

obviously im still going through the grieving process. but my uncle bill is one of the most humble people i ever known. such a happy man with a great outlook on life. im honored to have him in my family. he has been so good to me over the years. he is one of the members i havent seen in close to 15 years. oh well, great day today. me, my uncle bill, my uncle steve, my uncle bob, my moms boyfriend and my uncle pat were all pallbearers. i was honored to be a part of it, but also a little nervous because i was in the front when we had to lift it back into the car that carries it ( sorry i cant think of the name of those things atm )

anyway. more tommorow.

yes that is exactly it: we all did our best today. i actually went up to his casket today. he looked so good, damn, it was incredible. im still amazed at how he looked:great

the church was beautfiul. everyone did a good job today, my uncle bill's eulogy was very inspiring and the ceremony wouldnt have been the same without it. my uncle pat got up there too and said something. which was nice. i wanted to, but i was so nervous and had already been crying and just wow. couldnt do it.

about halfway through the ceremony, i felt my grandfathers spirit enter the room. it was incredible. i cried about 4 times during the ceremony. after i was given the body of christ i started crying instantly. i dont know what the signifys, but the tears actually felt different. they felt heavier. anyway

we all hung out till 11 pm tonight. me personally for the good part of the afternoon was just too upset to be a part of it. its just how i am. they all seem to just hang out and celebrate because " its what my grandfather would of wanted" i dunno, it was a first time for me, but it was great. im glad everyone had a good day today for my grandfather, thats what matters most. what a long day. 7 am- 11 pm

yawn. anyway im gonna go. thank you everyone once again. tommorow is the final day. i have to be up early again tommorow for the burial. ill be home around 1 pm and ill get back to everyones best wishes through their PMs. i thank you once again for help making this process much easier. you are all good friends, no surprise from the ps2 community, as always.

later

kool!

All the best to you and your family!!




ps: but you know what, lol I got anger problem @ MKA online when I lose! hahahahahahaha! I cant stop flick yes or no!!! but I flick yes or no too when its a fuking good match!!! anyways, its another story!!

noone likes to lose wiidoshi. thats always common.

but you need to know that mka is all about counterpicking. same as mkd and mkda. its not a game to be taken serious. let alone, online play is just a poor representation of the game. not to mention all the differences they made in the wii version.

more or less, lag dictates the course of the match. if it bothers you that much, then only play certain peoples whos connections you enjoy. youll find yourself not caring as much in that respect.

i personally enjoy playing the cpu more then online, maybe once a month or something ill get a urge to fight a real person. but even at that, the lag is so bad that you instantly dont take it serious anymore because its so different then offline. no wall combos = fail, lol

ok man, best of luck to you, but maybe that anger is something that will lead you to become a better player. i know getting my asskicked from versatile back in mkd inspired me to become a better player. he is mainly responsible for me becoming a great player. my suggestion is to focus on these players only and take however many loses until you start winning.

later

exact!!!!

I have the chance to fight offline with some of my PWR members @ my home!!

I enjoy playing online too, sometime I suk more offline, lol ....its like if offline is more laggy ( in my head ) then online...its weird!! I think I played too much on internet!!

LOL

you definitly do, lol.

it is so painful to watch online matches knowing thats not how the game was meant to be played. omg, it is very painful, lol.

but wiido, its because of offline that made me the best player to ever play the game. it can only benefit you from playing offline. thats what i did, and look what it got me. not only am i the best, but i have done the most for the community among the rest we all know by now, lol. its great to be known aroudn the world for something.

not to mention, this combo was great, it shut up all those anti 33 idiots. god that was fun ; ) i let my videos speak for me, hehehehe. ; ) silly kids.

wiido, one day man, we will exchange numbers and get together and play this shit offline. maybe before mk8, ok? i plan on doing some traveling over the summer. im basically retired from the whole thing, but special occasions i will do. im playing in my first UMK3 tourny next week! ; ) cant wait man

anyway, stay real. and my hands will stay steel ; ) lol, i swear im not a robot! i might play like one, but i assure you i eat, sleep, etc like a normal human being ; )

peace

the burial ceremony for my grandfather was great on tuesday.

the priest was very nice, same one as the wake on sunday. the military was there. it was so amazing how they salute and honored my grandfather ( him being a world war 2 veteran/ in the navy )

the expierience was easily the most lighthearted of the 3 days, which was good because the previous 2 days were quite rough.

it was great to see my sister again. and everyone else of course.

the whole day was about closure. remembering my grandfather but moving on.

he left me his car, which was detailed after he passed by my uncle pat. i look forward to driving that thing when i get home ; )

tommorow i leave for NJ for 10 days to go visit my family. while i feel this is a little early after the passing of my grandfather. it is also good to get away from everything for a while. its where i grew up, lived, basically had the best years of my life. i plan on seeing all my friends, recording some tracks, doing everything i did when i lived there. ill also be traveling to Long Island to attend my first UMK tourny!!! im very excited!!! i will try and get pics/videos for you ; )

when i come home, time to start working to pay off this new computer i bought so i could finish my videos for everyone. not sure how much ill be around. but ill definitly be posting some more fun stuff on my youtube, including that slideshow of my grandfather etc. not sure when ill receive my copy of it.

id like to thank everyon for their support in this thread. i couldnt tell ya how much i looked forward to coming home every night to let you all know how my day has gone. i learned many valuable lessons in life. most importantly, to live life to the fullest. i still have not played a video game, which is now going on 2 weeks. i will probably play sometime tonight and hook ya'll up with a going away present since i wont be here for 10 days.

take care everyone! thank you once again for your positive outlooks, you all have very good hearts and i love you guys so much. thanks again

-Check

we love u back man. that was nice of your Grandpa to pass down the car to you, I am glad to hear that.
Also I didn't think any of the MKO members would read the Quaran but if I had to guess it would have to be you. don't let the 9/11 incident hold you back from the Quaran. it's not a bad book to gain knowledge upon BUT the English translation is somewhat like the bible's translation; distorted and manipulated.
J, I thank you for sharing your most persoanl/inspirational moments with us, and if you ever come up to Canada to play my man Wiidoshi, just keep in mind I am about 2,000 miles west from where he's @ , lol, I am just kidding.

Check, once you've checked in on WiiShido and then Funk, just drive down the highway (about 3500miles due east) that's where I'm at! hahaha

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Where is Wiishido based?

^ Quebec City I believe... if I hear Check is heading up to Quebec with proper notice, i'll definetly make my way to the east, driving or flying, preferably flying.
I would love to chill with Wiidoshi and if check is chillin there...
well let's say I just won't shut up about it on MKO. LOL

i started reading the quran when i was 17. before 9/11 happened.

when i moved to that particular area. i just met alot of 5 percenters who were influencing me on a daily basis about life, the streets, wisdom, etc. i was on the verge of becoming a 5 percenter, but i think i cared more about the things they were showing me and how it related to their cause then actually taking the next step and making a full fledge idea. i just went my own way with it and found enlightenment, the same stuff being a 5 percenter teaches. ( all of the wu tang are 5 percenters i believe )

but the truth is, 9/11 did change that. it fucked up my head for a long time. this is just how i am though, i am easily distracted. it did not change everything i had learned from it, but it made me question why it happened. why they would use god/religion as a reason to do that.

my beliefs now are: i dont use it as a religion, i use it as a way of life, living day to day, etc. because there is so much that book can teach you about self-awareness/reading people, being street smart, among other things.

but the main reason i picked up the quran was because of breal/psycho realm, their music impacted me, and i know breal reads the quran. basically when i got kicked out of my house when i 16 and moved to the streets etc. his music was all i had, ( until i started meeting people )

download any song from the psycho realm, i promise their music will leave an impact on your life.

download:

1)Needfull Things
2)False Prophets
3)Premonitions ( breal predicting 9/11 5 years before it happened )
4) R.U Expierienced ( take the first letter out of each word in the song )
5) LOST CITIES ( amazing song )

these dudes began revolutionary hip hop back in 95. there have followers such as tech nyne, hes actually down with them and has done shows. but his music lacks their depth and emotion. he's too "street oriented" eminem with his "political album" among others.

but the day i met breal ( i was 17, its a funny story actually ) i had brought the quran with me on the bus on the way to read. anyway, we were just all sitting smoking a joint. he noticed i was holding the quran, and he said something to me about it. he asked me what made me pick up that book. and i happened to have a flyer for the psycho realm as a bookmark.

i showed it to him and told him. "because of this/your music" once he saw, this man showed me the most gratitude i ever seen. they dont call him breal for nothing. and he was just very inspired by it that his music was able to do that for someone. i let him know about how his music saved my life and made me the person i am today.

he actually wrote about this in his journal he kept on cypresshill.com where he would write about what happened each day on the tour. when my friend amy told me about it, it meant so much to me. i keep in touch with breal every now and then, we exchanged numbers a few years back in hopes of working together. the possibility is still open now that i am done with my whole mk thing. my friend amy did a track with him already. its on his first mixtape "the gunslinger" name of the track is called "STFU"

but after the first 100 pages of the quran i was enlightened, my friend. it changed my life, i remember reading 50 pages during gym class. looking up and the entire world was just different after that. its message was clear, it has impacted me to the fullest and ill never forget it.

have you ever hung out with wiidoshi? im sure i can make another trip over by you at some point. in actuality, it would be nice if we all got together ( ps2 community ) and hung out. this is something that was talked about for years. too bad it never happened.

anyway, i only have a few hours before i leave for my trip up to NJ. i will be gone for 10 days. i wont find out about mk8 till i get home. hopefully this place doesnt blow up by then.

wish me luck on my trip ; ) and youre welcome for the respect. thats all anyone could ever ask for in life is mutual respect for one another. something ive preached for years.

later

yea it would be good to finally meet you to trax. but as i said to funkopath. i would make seperate trips for each person. i really dont mind, i love traveling and meeting people.

you guys have been great, and it is well noted about all of your respect you have shown me. you will see it back tenfold.

ok everyone, ima go, i only got 3 more hours to enjoy my time here. i have a little packing to do also. so ill see you later.

unfortunatly i didnt get anything up on youtube, i still havent played MKA or any game. its been about 2 weeks. but while im up there, ill definitly be playing something. probably be walking down to my old arcade. playing some pinball, and whatever else they got there. i cant wait to get there. i have plans with so many people already, i dont know what to expect!! its been 5 years since i been up there!

peace everyone

WOW, Jason your reply just blew my mind away.
First of all, I know the SHUT THE FUCK UP track and I love it, I almost love every single song on that mix tape, B-Real and Nate Dogg; I think the songs called warrior, and I love the B-real's version of Lean-back.
I will definetly check those songs you hooked up, you are a deep man, way deeper than I realized and it's truely an honour to converse with you(nothing to do with mortal kombat).
be safe on your trip.

btw I don't think it was the muslims who were the master planners for 9/11 but there were definetly muslims involved/used.

thats too funny, me and the girl on that track are the founders of Subliminal Orphans. i came up with the name when i was 17. i remember when she called me and was like "what should we call our crew??" and it only took a matter of minutes, i came up with orphans first, then subliminal afterwards. and she was like "subliminal orphans!!! i love it!!!" i still have the sweatshirt she made of our first logo, its a S and a O, with a little character she drew of me and one of her hanging on each letter ; )

as i mentioned on the first page, i recently started talking to her again, unfortunatly since i moved away from that area a week after high school, i kind of lost touch with her. but she continued the group without me. my life was so much different back then. when i moved out here i basically lost everything. i stayed rhyming for a few years and we kept in touch, but it was so hard without her here or anyone, its been rough.

anyway, we talked last week and she actually is solo now ; ( which is all good, i love her solo shit. ( download her track "So Many Reasons" on her myspace. ill try and find it. best track she ever did, she killed it.
now she owns half of breals label.. same label that the gunslinger came out on. called AudioHustlaz.

i used to be a mod at breals site, he sent us all a free copy of that mixtape. signed in gold letters. mine said. ( he spelt my name wrong, lol )

"CheKTheMecca, thanx for all the support"

Breal 05'

Im lookin at it right now ; ) he has signed so much of my shit before, lol. oh shit man, i forgot to tell you about the quran thing, he signed the cover of my quran!!! ; ) it said

"Keep Rollin Strong"

Breal


best track on that mixtape was BY FAR. "Creepin on Ya" my dude son doobie always kills it, hes one of the most slept on rappers in the game. noone does it like sondoob. his wordplay and flow is beyond crazy. plus i loved the sample from "Locotes" on Temples of Boom, cypress's best album by far. i hope their new one is dark and moody like that.

but our crew performed with cypress many times, im sure you remember me posting it.i didnt get a chance to go ; ( if i never would of moved down here, i would of been on that stage/song/with her out in cali now. sigh, h well. she loves mk though, i told her what ive been doing all these years and her exact words were " Its great that you are known around the world for something' we are gonna meet up this summer. possibly even while im up there.

my friend ( my dj ) works for continental and he said we could take a one day trip over there if he could get in touch with her. thats my homegirl though. that one picture i posted of me was out in cali, shes actually standing next to me in the pic. we went there together. i was only 17, man. good times. i also met sickjacken of the psychorealm, one of my favorite mcs. i took a picture with him too, but i gave it to amy and she lost it ; (

hopefully ill get back in the game soon, god knows ive wrote enough lyrics to retire. but im looking towards the future now. one of her final words to me last time were "we will cross paths again im sure" and it is true. i want to be out there with her and retain the life i once had. mk was such a distraction for me, but nonetheless i made my choices and im happy with it. now its over and its time to look forward.


Funkopath, i look at many other things from that time era, such as the anthrax in the mail, which was never solved, the taliban, which was a government that overid a country, and the amount of money under the table these people have. in my opinion, they are the ones in control. they are just fuckin with us. and in my honest opinion, i would move out of this country in 10-15 years. when you have people who are willing to kill themselves for their beliefs, all hope is lost. its not even a cause, its just a war. using gods name in defense for what they are doing goes against everything that is right in the world.

"take heed to this warning, bad times storming" - duke of the psycho realm who is paralyzed now from the neck down. and has been since 1999. i hear he is making his return to the mic very soon though!

it was just a very confusing time for me, i grew up in that area where 9/11 happened my whole life. then 2 days after i move, it happens. then the anthrax, the sniper, just everything confused me. i more or less figure things out for myself in life. i seen enough to do so. that way, noone could ever tell me who i am.

im glad you found my post/s deep. its good to know theres real people on this site such as yourself. and dont worry, you will be hearing from me very soon.

ill talk to you when i get back, my man.

peace

oh yeah I forgot, I have never heard of 5 percenters but I love the Wu and got almost all their albums, I am hooked on the new one 8 diagram, not bad at all for shit that came out 6 months ago or so. But I did notice the Wu, Specially Rza rhymes about Allah and muslim perspectives. (I don't know if you know this but I was raised to be a Shiite muslim for about a decade but I don't practice what so ever)
Mortal Kombat is a distraction but that's how we take breaks from life man and you did get into it too deep but that's the kind of person you are and you might have been holding yourself back from your destiny but you have inspired us all to take control of our own destiny; then MK8's gonna come out and the cycle of life continues.
you best be hooking me up with your rhymes when it's time, I don't wanna be paying for that shit now, or can I get a discount???
much love

LOL I will do some MKO/MKA party at my home!!!!!!!! with my 150 inch screen!!! hahahahah JK !

but yeah it would be kool to do that oneday even if my english talking is very retarded!!!!

ive heard mention 5 percenters in a few of their songs. you should definitly check out La The Darkman. his first lp is fucking nuts. whole second half of that album is mad good. he fell off after that though, never heard from him again. muggs did the title track for that album too. way back dude, like 97? i forget.


i did not know that about you, thats cool! ; ) i hope to pursue that area of my life some more when i move back home to NJ, where it all started.

"Mortal Kombat is a distraction but that's how we take breaks from life man and you did get into it too deep but that's the kind of person you are and you might have been holding yourself back from your destiny but you have inspired us all to take control of our own destiny"

dude, no joke, to the letter. im speechless, thats exactly how i feel right now. excellent shit.

mk8 is whatever man, sorry to say, if i never came back, i would still always be remembered for MKDA-MKA. games that i actually cared about. mk8 simply just doesnt grab me like that. its going to be a sick game, but whatever man. fuck it, ill pick it up whenever possible.

ill post some of my lyrics for you, hope you enjoy em. years and years of work. ill be working on a track that i wrote ( actually 6 verses lol ) in 2003!!! thats how far back i have music to record. im looking forward to it. just like my combos, my lyrics will blow you away, inspire you to no return. and hopefully leave a serious impact on your conscience/soul

never man, ill hook you up with each song as its recorded. ill give you my number where ill be moving whenever i go. ima be gone man, in like a month. i probably wont be back for a few years. thats why ill give you my number where ill be staying so we can keep in touch.

so much good shit ahead. ill post up soon

sorry i took so long to reply. when i got home, i spent the night talking to people then wound up getting sick the next day, ive been sick ever since, but i think im finally snapping out of it. head hurts, thats all.

peace my friend.

yea man, its a great idea, and i would of been down for it before i found out a few things about the next few months of my life. im not gonna be around for a while, but ill leave you my number where ill be and we could keep in touch ( whatever english you know, lol ) till i get back, i honestly dont know when ill be able to get internet. i wont be working, just going to school, and getting a couple dollars to eat and get thru the week/2 weeks.

one day though, i promise ; ) when i am financially stable, ill be there in a heartbeat, and ill bring my robot hands with me! ; )

peace

funk, i found a couple tracks on youtube that i mentioned to ya in this thread.

heres some La the Darkman, easily my favorite member from wu.

Street Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0YZAAWfLA4

Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exC1cXzsfkw

Polluted Wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzLdf-rPgk

Element of Surprise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy5jIzSzAu8

As The World Turns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP41OxtFxYU

these arent the best songs on the album, but its all i could find
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Heres some The Psycho Realm shit i was telling you bout.

False Prophets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVaRxW5KMSQ

Needfull Things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGMNqtyx4W0

Lost Cities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7NZrcdx1k

Premonitions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnLMW3Moyc4

R.U Expierienced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZtSiuQDAA

All dope, take the first letter out of each word in R.U Expierienced. Heres the lyrics for it

http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/psychore/psycho/ru_exper.psy.txt

My dude Sick Jack ALWAYS kills it, second verse. too bad his style changed after 1999.


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Heres some other psycho realm tracks. Blood is too ill with son doobie.

Soul Sacrifice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omeJszQBB_A

Tradegy,Com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UETPg3Bc6uI

SickSide Uniforms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD7I2Os9qQc

Blood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRVfgMMQWk


enjoy man, also check out my dude Aesop Rock when you get a chance. other then the Psycho Realm/Cypress and Aesop, i dont listen to much else.