THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERS IN A CHILDS LIFE.

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I’m a single dad, I’ve been with my son since before birth. talking to him while he was still in his mothers womb. Seconds after birth he recognized my voice opened his eyes and smiled at me while reaching out.  I raised my son as a single father since he was three. That’s him next to the D.N.A. model we worked on together. That’s also him at three years old at the end of the video.  “Please daddy dont leave“.

This song was inspired by him.  WHILE LEAVING FOR WORK MY SON SAID CRYING PLEASE DADDY DON’T LEAVE, STAY WITH ME.  I PROCEEDED TO WORK THAT DAY WITH  TEARS IN MY EYES, AND AFTERWARD TOOK MANY DAYS OFF TO GIVE HIM WHAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN NEED.

UNITED SCHOLASTIC STUDENT MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAM  was also inspired by him and my experience with the public school system.
 

I live in the city, an African American neighborhood, where their is a lack of fathers present to support and giude their children.

I sacrificed jobs and money to personally walk my son thru his formative years. I really felt all alone, mostly mothers and their children. Many without fathers present in their lives. I sacrificed also dating because I felt it would distract me from my double duties. His mother was not available. Many mothers overwhelmed me with their request for me to be there for their children and be a good influence for their sons too.  Where were their fathers ? Some working, some not there. I reluctantly turned the mothers down because, they were not willing to make the same sacrifices. They were not aware of the some of the  issues and beleifs I was instilling in my son that were absent in their lives. Not only did I not have time or extra to sacrifice ,but trying to combine the up bringing of my child, as a single father and help with their children, would have been too much for me to handle . Being an only child I took on the roll of being father, mother, brother, and friend.
I taught him computers before kindergarten, and stayed close to  him all along the way as he maintained an A average. He graduated from grammar school Valedictorian 3.9 average. I was so proud of him and glad I made the sacrifice.
Hes a junior in high school now, and so far wer’e beating the odds…….Now college ,,,,some how Im going to pull that off too.

A Fathers Involvement makes a Biiiiig difference. http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

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WE THE PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW OUR CHILDREN TURN OUT

First of all im a nieghbor, of the mother of Blair Holt.We grew up together in the same nieborhood. I am not a perfect person . No one is. BUT

Thier are too many of our children being killed by other children. Why does this happen?  It happens because the parents of these young kids who are in gangs, have missed the oportunity to stop thier children from growing up with hate in thier hearts, and the lack of respect for anothers life. Too busy at work, in poverty, fathers not there, gangs took over, I did the best I could, can no longer be an excuse. Me, you, us, them, we,the parents are the only ones that can stop this circle of violence. Check your children when they are young and they wont grow up killing other children. Watch what they are being influenced by. Watch who they are being influenced by. Know who the friends are they hang with. use your influence, to influence thier friends and other children. Know what your child is up to and who they are hanging with when they are not at home Dont let children raise children. Work together as a group when they are young, sacrifice if you have too, because the next child that is killed might be your own,killed by your nieghbors child. Or youll be explaining why your child killed someone else.Stop depending on the police or govt. to do our jobs after the fact.We as parents are always responsible for how our children turn out.

 

THANKS

SCORPI2000

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NEW SONG FROM ..RADICALROOTS….”SKAT RAP”

SKAT RAP  is a blend of jazz skat and funk rap  .I call it Skat Rap…

At scorpi productions we dare to be different

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NEW SONG by RADICALROOTS…”I’VE GOT TO GO”

A song that tells the story of how most relationships end. Well this is how my last one ended.

more songs released every week at:  http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

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RADICALROOTS…dare to be different

NEW SONG from RADICALROOTS… for FATHERS DAY….DADDY’S ANTHEM

My son graduated from high school . The song “DADDY’S ANTHEM” reflects the feelings I had thru the years of being a dedicated parent. heres some of the words

“When it comes you know “, “To making sure you grow ” “Im taking no deals” “No Deals”

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CHICAGO

2 NEW SONGS FROM RADICALROOTS LIBRARY “HORNY BEE’S”. and “DIDGERIDOO ROCK”

New song by RADICALROOTS… “DIDGERIDOO ROCK”

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The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Aborigines of northern Australia.

An old freind of mineJ James visited from California. He didnt know I did music, He had a Didgeridoo he made , WE recorded “DIDGERIDOO ROCK”

New song by RADICALROOTS.. “HORNY BEE’S” feat. Jeff Lowe on sax http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

HORNY BEE’S. by.RADICALROOTS .feat. Jeff Lowe, is a mellow jazz groove with Jeff Playing dual sax lines, WEAVING IN AND OUT LIKE HORNY BEE’S

NEW MUSIC FROM RADICALROOTS…….ARIONS DREAM

New, smooth sounds from Radicalroots hits the myspace pages. more to come
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ANOTHER NEW SONG FROM RADICALROOTS…. “BELIEVE IN LOVE”

Stay tuned many more songs to come , new songs posted weekly at http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

NEW SONG BY RADICALROOTS Tribute to Sly STONE… “IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY”

Radicalroots has posted a new song on Myspace .A tribute to Sly and the Family Stone. ‘IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY”
Thanks for influencing who we are

Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone by RADICALROOTS “IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY”

FYI, IF YOU WANT ME TO STAYwas recorded in one take,one hour,.,Just Reggie and Carl having fun in our studio as usual. RADIACALROOTS UNCUT
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NEW SONG BY RADICALROOTS…. “AWAY WITH A STRANGER”

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INNER CITY YOUTH NEED INTERVENTION

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First of all im a nieghbor, of the mother of Blair Holt.We grew up together in the same nieborhood. I am not a perfect person . No one is. BUT
Thier are too many of our children being killed by other children. Why does this happen? It happens because many of our children have been infuenced by a fad culture that has glorified and lagitimized a gang culture, which has had a very destructive effect on our niebohoods here in Chicago and many other places in the U.S. Do you know how hard it is for a child to go against a popular trend with most of thier peers. In order to survive most parents are at work.Even if they wanted to, they would have to risk thier jobs to stay at home or devote enough time and energy to offset the influence of popular culture.These trends are established and reinforced by companies who make a lot of money creating and selling the latest trend.The parents of these young kids who are in gangs, have missed the oportunity to stop thier children from growing up accepting a destructive trend that makes money for a few and leaves the victoms lifes in turmoil. with hate in thier hearts, and the lack of respect for anothers life. Parents are Too busy at work, in poverty, fathers not there, gangs took over, I did the best I could, can no longer be an excuse. Me, you, us, them, we,the parents are the only ones that can stop this circle of violence. Check your children when they are young and they wont grow up killing other children. Watch what they are being influenced by. Watch who they are being influenced by. Know who the friends are they hang with. use your influence, to influence thier friends and other children. Know what your child is up to and who they are hanging with when they are not at home Dont let children raise children. Work together as a group when they are young, sacrifice if you have too, because the next child that is killed might be your own,killed by your nieghbors child. Or youll be explaining why your child killed someone else.Stop depending on the police or govt. to do our jobs after the fact.We as parents are always responsible for how our children turn out.

THANKS
SCORPI2000
http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

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“ONLY THE BLIND CAN SEE WHAT IM DOING”…RADICALROOTS…NEW SONG FROM THE LIBRARY

Only the blind can, see what im doin
Only the mind can concievewhat i doin
only the mind can percieve my moves

NEW SONGS BY RADICALROOTS … “ONLY THE BLIND”..and..”BOW DOWN”

NEW SONGS POSTED TODAY… “BOW DOWN”… a song about giving in to a higher power. and “ONLY THE BLIND ” a song about concepts and ideas, something that cant be seen with your eyes but can clearly be seen with your imagination or minds eye. Stevie Wonder would understand this very well. New songs will be posted by RADICALROOTS every week. Come visit us at http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots

NEW song by ‘RADICALROOTS” “SUPERSTITIOUS” tribute to Stevie Wonder

another new song released from RADICALROOTS 200 SONG LIBRARY ….SUPERSTITIOUS …A tribute to Stevie Wonder instr.

THE BIG SHIP CALLED AMERICA

I love this big ship we all are sailing in.
The big ship called America.
Best ship in the World.
But those republican guys, who have been at the helm for the past 8 years, have steered us all in the wrong direction.
Half of the passengers saw the storm in front of us years ago, while the other half just blindly trusted their lead.
They kept telling everybody theres gold just beyond the horizon, dont worry trust us.
Everyone that tried to say somthing got labeled a traitor, and accused of hating the great ship America.
The other ships warned them not to go in this direction years ago too, they got told the same thing.
Weve lost over 4000 good men, and are runnig low on rashions.
Its going to take forever to get us back into calm waters.
I think its time to make them walk the plank, so we can turn this ship around, before we all go down.
Its time for liberals to take the helm.

NEW SONG BY RADICALROOTS… ‘DREAMING” by request

Nice smooth love song enjoy

NEW SONG POSTED BY RADICALROOTS ..”HOT ROD” kinda david bowish

New song by RADICALROOTS …HOT ROD requested by a fan.
Carl: vocals and drums
Reggie: bass rythme and lead guitar

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scorpi2000/radicaroots Is releasing 200 songs

RADICALROOTS … consisting of -

Carl Edmonson – Writter, Producer, Recording

Engineer, Vocals, Drums, Keyboards, Bass,

Guitar, Harmonica, Sound Effects

Reggie Gillerson – Bass ,Guitar ,

Keyboards ,Drums .

WE came together 18 years ago in a friends

basement for a jam session.

The musical vibes were so strong between the

two , instantly we both knew we wanted to work

together musically, and we’ve been writting songs

ever since.

OUR plan from the begining was to create the

type of songs, and music that inspired and moved

us. We purpously set out to be different with our

own unique sound no matter what.

We are a studio duo, our music has only been

peformed live a few times. 2 cable access

programs and a couple of clubs in Chicago.

TODAY we have begun an

experimental campaign on myspace.

Briefly we will pre release 200 of the 500 songs

written in a 15 year period for the public to listen

to and rate. Depending on how the public

responds and rates the different songs, will

determine how many and what songs will go on

each album .

Join in on our adventure and come to our site to

listen and rate the songs.

We are open to any and all responses .

THANKS, AND ENJOY

SCORPI2000

CARL AND REGGIE

A.K.A.

RADICALROOTS.
http://www.myspace.com/scorpi2000radicalroots