Killarmy

Killarmy's 1997 and 1998 Albums

Quotes
"To all my Universal Soldier[s]: stay at attention while I strategize an invasion; the mission be assassination, snipers hitting Caucasians with semi-automatic shots heard around the world; my plot is to control the globe and hold the world hostage. . . . see, I got a war plan more deadlier than Hitler; it was all written down in ancient scriptures. . . . lyrical specialist, underworld terrorist. . . . we create a massacre like Texas Chainsaw, blood for blood; keep the unity thick like mud. . . . I pulling out gats, launching deadly attacks";
"Blood for Blood"; Killarmy, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, 1997, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

"Killarmy style rushing the stage. . . . like an armed struggle. . . . I come with the New Wu Order. . . . waging war on the devils' community. . . . whipped cardinals and one Pope. . . . Killarmy left on the battlefield; warfare is revealed. . . . on weekends catch me collecting head at the Caucus Mountains";
"Universal Soldiers"; Killarmy, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, 1997, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

"Attack the Pentagon. . . . I crucify them like Muslims murdering Jews from Jerusalem. . . . Armageddon. . . . devils disappear like they went through the Bermuda Triangle. . . . preparing they ass here for revolution and the burn up the Constitution; learn from us. . . . killing devils [and] scatter they ashes over the sea of Mediterranean. . . . open your eyes to the revolution. . . . unite with the black coalition";
"Wake Up"; Killarmy, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, 1997, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

"Listen to this black visionary, bringing war like a revolutionary; you're stuck in deadly poetry over murderous melodies; so prepare, for death be your penalty; now you're a mere memory, bloody victory; soldiers driven mad by centuries of lies and trickery; then go on a killing spree, putting devils out their misery; hearing screams, sounds of agony; my hostility takes over me. . . . camouflaged ninjas avenging";
"Under Seige"; Killarmy, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, 1997, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

"Carry out the Wu tradition. . . . sharpen my sword, chopping off heads. . . . army of black knights, conquerors, killers, guerilla warfare. . . . pass me the god jewels so I can murder Satan. . . . form the righteous uprising. . . . without Allah you never gonna survive this. . . . turning concerts to murder venues. . . . as long as blood spill in that direction; keep your fingers steady when you operate your weapons";
"Murder Venue"; Killarmy, Dirty Weaponry, 1998, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

"The Armageddon wedding; we the ultimate platoon; you die soon. . . . I drop anthrax bombs on your plantation; then murder you twice to make sure there is no reincarnation. . . . the great deceiver had fooled my old dad. . . . I'm a threat to America like Saddam; I be the verbal terrorist. . . . coming straight for your jugular vein with my double edged blade";
"Bastard Swordsman"; Killarmy, Dirty Weaponry, 1998, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

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      Wu-Tang Clan has helped out other rappers who put out violent racism. Method Man and other Wu-Tang Clan rappers wrote lyrics for Killarmy's 1997 album called Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars. Wu-Tang Clan's 4th Disciple and RZA produced tracks for the album, and Wu-Tang Clan Records marketed it. The Killarmy rappers are 9th Prince, Killa Sin, P.R. Terrorist, Beretta 9, ShoGun Assason, and Islord. On the cover art of the CD booklets, the rappers are dressed in military fatigues, and on inside leaves, each rapper has his face photographed on what is called a "Killarmy Identification Card." Each rapper has a description of his role within Killarmy, and all of them are as follows: 9th Prince as "The Last Lyricist of Today's Genesis," Killa Sin as "Street Specialist Trained in Urban Warfare," P.R. Terrorist as "Lyrical Pioneer," Beretta 9 as "Marksman Assassin of Killarmy on Some . . . Fuck It--Let's Go To War," ShoGun Assason as "Seek and Destroy," Islord "Thief of Bagdad--Specializing in Disarming Military Weaponry."

      Killarmy keeps its messages focused as follows: blacks should murder whites; there must be a revolution along with Nation of Islam's racial Armageddon; and black rappers who do not put out the same messages should die. On the opening track, listeners are told to grab their army suits, black boots, and military gear. Killarmy rappers say that they are soldiers, and that they are a "militant darkness . . . from heaven." They describes themselves as "the men in war" and as an "army of black knights [who will be] sinners until death strikes." ("Dress To Kill")

      They give out "seven commandments," they say, and their work is like "military war hits" and is like "P.L.O. killer tactics." They say that they are "fighting wars from dusk until dawn" and that they reveal "destruction" like does the "Revelation." They describe themselves as "lyrical desperados," as "riddlers, and Hitlers." They say that Wu-Tang Clan is their foundation, that they are "moving populations," and that they "control the minds of Asians." A madman is imagined to be inside a church running up to a Reverend and stabbing him with a cross, and perhaps, say the rappers, it was their seven commandments that caused the stabbing. They say that they are "waging guerilla warfare." Rapper Dom PaChino describes himself as a "Puerto Rican terrorist from the Middle East [who is] refusing the mark of the beast." Their lyrics do not leave the minds of listeners, they say, and their words have an effect like "a sharp instrument" that was "sharpened in the temple of pyramids used to drill a hole through the minds of the ignorant." With the following words, Killarmy allows for the Armageddon to carry over into the next millennium: "21st century crime for you being born." Blacks rob and risk going to jail, they say, because there is "poverty" in the "ghetto." They say that their words are their "solution to this revolution." ("Clash of the Titans.")

      Dealing crack cocaine and smoking marijuana are glorified. ("Burning Season.") Dom PaChino says that his words are "propaganda" which expand minds and that Killarmy's "tracks are trench slaughter like a chain-saw massacre." ShoGun Assason says that his Universal Soldier's should be ready for the mission which is to act as "snipers hitting Caucasians with semi-automatic shots heard around the world." Their plan was "written down in ancient scriptures." Blacks must keep "the unity thick like mud." They describe themselves as underworld terrorists, as "deadly Contras of Lone Rangers," and as "pulling out gats [and] launching deadly attacks." They talk of squadrons, bombers, convoys, parachutes, ammunition, and bloody ditches. ("Blood for Blood.") The following statement shows how Killarmy says that whites have made blacks act violent: "it never seems to fail that the devils got niggas domes [heads] locked in hell." Rapper Islord says that Killarmy is "chopping" its way up to the Billboard charts. "Snakes are the niggas" who are willing to stare one in the eyes, but their penalty is death. 9th Prince says that he will "gash" into pieces a preacher who approaches him. ("Seems It Never Fails.")

      Killarmy tells listeners that they are part of the "Killa Bee ministry" which is "killing any savage mentally." "In us we trust," they mock, and they "come with the New Wu Order." They "attack the wilderness like a virus" for which "there is no immunity," they claim, and they are "waging war in the devils' community." They describe themselves as "camouflaged commandos, outlaws, [and] desperados [who] take the world by storm." They say that they are leading "operation counterattack devil city." "Skull and bones was the devils' hope," but Killarmy "whipped cardinals and one Pope." Killarmy speaks of "the red army moving across the desert on camels and black horses." "On weekends," 9th Prince says, one can find him "collecting heads at the Caucus Mountains." ("Universal Soldiers.") RZA's name is mentioned, and it is said that rappers lose popularity when they put out the wrong cipher. ("Love Hell or Right.")

      Sunz of Man rappers say that they "attack the Pentagon" and "crucify them like Muslims murdering Jews from Jerusalem." A rapper says that his name "will be worshipped like Jesus'." The war of Armageddon is something they understand, they say, and they are from "the Tribe of Judah." Sunz of Man claims to have an effect which causes "devils [to] disappear like they went through the Bermuda Triangle." They say that they are preparing listeners for "revolution and [to] burn up the Constitution," and they advise the following: "learn from us." As soon as blacks unite, the Seventh Seal will come and God will celebrate the "devils' death"; and also at that time, criminals will be let "loose" from jails. They talk of "collaborating on tracks with Bobby Steels [aka RZA]." Rapper Prodigal Sunn says that he illuminates and reveals the Book of Revelation, and that his "mentality and chemistry made [him] celestial throughout the galaxy." He could lead one-hundred men, he says, on a mission "killing devils--scatter they ashes over the sea of Mediterranean." Listeners are told to open their eyes "to the revolution" in order to make blacks escape blind "confusion." Blacks are of "the original nation." Listeners are told to "unite with the black coalition" made up of Sunz of Man, Wu-Tang Clan, and Killarmy. The chorus hollers out to listeners that they had "better wake the fuck up." In the background a voice says that "these devils is trying to kill us," and a shout out is given to the "gods and earths." ("Wake Up.")

      Killarmy calls itself "the last Armageddon," and they relish the fact that they perform concerts in Japan and San Francisco. The rappers say that, of the people who live on their neighborhood blocks, the rappers will keep their attitudes "hot." Killarmy has "no mercy" for the "United Snakes." They say that they "perform inside pyramids" like the Egyptians did. A rapper says that his "name is Born God Allah, King of North America." Making it seem as if Killarmy rappers personally suffered through slavery, the rapper makes the following statement in the first person: "on a ship I was stripped of my knowledge and wits." "Death to all enemies" and off with their heads, Killarmy declares. Killarmy travels in a "platoon," and they send out "heat-seeking lyrics." Listeners are told that "the black man be original." ("Wu-Renegades.") Wu-Wear and Killa Bees are promoted. ("Full Moon.")

      ShoGun Assason says that he is a "black visionary [who is] bringing war like a revolutionary." Blacks, or "soldiers" as ShoGun calls them, have been "driven mad by centuries of lies and trickery," and so blacks "go on a killing spree putting devils out their misery." ShoGun gives "cold stares" to fake "snakes," and their "wicked-ass gets subtracted." Dom PaChino says that in the new millennium he is living a wild life, and he calls Killarmy "camouflaged ninjas avenging." Baretta 9 associates Killarmy to "the 5 Percent," and he says that they "roll [with] God Allah." He hollers out the following: "fuck the government." Killarmy was chosen to inform the "85's." ("Under Seige.") Killarmy identifies with dealing drugs and "moving the product from state to state." ("Shelter.")

      Killarmy rappers call themselves "soldiers of the Wu infantry." "Stone the devil," they say, and "brothers get lost like wandering Jews on a pilgrimage." Calling themselves "lyrical destroyers [and] five in the mist," they say that they are "causing damage." In the following, they propose to grow coca on land that would come to them in reparations: "Killarmy, we roll in armored vans, mobilizing sinister plans, fertilizing cocaine plants on forty square acres of land." They say that they want to extort and import. Killarmy says that it engages in "war games because we're living in the last days." A rapper says that he smokes marijuana. ("Camouflage Ninjas.") They say that they "stimulate the brain cells" and that they are "bounty killers." "Their murderous style," they say, "is superior from Shaolin to Nigeria." Nat Turner, they say, was their "militant ancestor." They say that their style is like that of the rap group Ultramagnetic. Dom PaChino says that he is the "Puerto Rican mobster in camouflage." The "savage 85" is testing which side is stronger, but Killarmy lets "Allah bless them" anyway. Sunz of Man is mentioned. "Peace" is sent out to blacks who are in prison, including juveniles in Tober Center and adults in Rikers Island. ("Swinging Swords.")

      9th Prince says that they "go to war like tomahawks and Indians. ShoGun Assason says that he raps "the pure and uncut war poems from ancient zones" and that he is "the black Hitler, [the] killer riddler." He says he is "militant" and armed for killing and that he "shake[s] the settlement." The rappers describe themselves as ancient warriors, militant warlords, soldiers from the trenches, camouflaged avengers, and fatigued ninjas. The "government officials [are the] evil minds that govern this land," and the "wickedness" is trying to decrease, by one-fourth, "the population of the rhythm nation," in other words of "the blacks and the tans." Killarmy therefore causes havoc and "sparks bloody riots." Killarmy expresses its affiliation with "killer Wu Clan" and the 4th Disciple. ("War Face.") In the liner notes, thanks are given to all the Wu-Tang Clan rappers, and some of the other artists thanked are as follows: Street Life, Allah Mathematics, Poppa Wu, Ironman, and Shyheim. Dom PaChino also sends out the following: "Peace to all my Spanish niggas who supported me."

      Killarmy's 1998 album, called Dirty Weaponry, has less kill-the-whites phrases than does their 1997 album. The album opens with Killarmy's usual violent imagery as follows: take them to war; throw your grenade. . . . rolling tanks; carry shanks." They say that they will "defeat the devil." ("Galactics.") "Allah sees everything," a rapper chants. The government has a plot "to take the gods [black men] off the earth," and this is "what the devils [are] wishing." Listeners are told the following: "united we stand, son, divided we fall." Killarmy rappers express ecstatically that their CD's sell out in stores and that "white boys [are] sweating from their pores screaming hip hop." In order to confront "the Caucasian man" who has mastered a game plan, each black must grab his "steel [handgun]" and stand firmly. 9th Prince says that he takes his music to the streets which is made of "criminals imperial." He is "spitting poisonous thoughts" and will "seize the charts." He says that he will "reveal them and kill them like the pilgrims." He says that he is a "lyrical avenger with a two-shot Dillinger" and that he will "plot assassination with a Desert Eagle silencer." Beretta says that the Killarmy rappers are "the gods, the Asiatic black men." "Fuck the law," he says, and "fuck the fed coats." He asks "black man, woman, and child," how they are living. He said that he "sold drugs to survive." He says that he "civilized the 85." He speaks of dealing "with the four devils." ShoGun Assason says that he "sling[s] war slang like cocaine." He says the following about black supremacy: "this black man be the dominant intelligent." ("5 Stages of Consciousness.")

      They say that they "unite and fight [for] one common cause, to enforce Allah's laws." "They prepare for warfare," they say, "destroying all the devils' ideas." There will be "no victory [and] no peace until the enemy is deceased, and the beast cease to exist from being devilish." 9th Prince says that his father was killed by "Lucifer." ("Unite to Fight.") Dom PaChino speaks of carrying out the "Wu tradition" and of sharpening his sword and chopping of heads. The rappers call themselves an "army of black knights, conquerors, killers," who are carrying out "guerilla warfare." 9th Prince asks of Wu-Tang Clan rapper Masta Killa the following: "pass me the god jewels so I can murder Satan." Killa Sin says that with the "golden raps" he will "form the righteous uprising." Blacks must have knowledge of themselves and of Allah if they are "going to survive this." Killarmy will be "turning concerts to murder venues. . . . as long as blood spill in that direction." Listeners are told to keep their fingers steady when operating their weapons. ("Murder Venue.") 9th Prince calls himself the "revolutionist" and the "lyrical demolitionist." Killa Sin says that he is "a lyricist supremacist attacking the track." ("The Shoot Out.")

      P.R. Terrorist claims that when he "rap[s] diligently" there are "scars and injuries inflicted on [his] enemies." Killarmy hollers out "Wu-Tang" and "Killa Bees." They will "slaughter those who oppose," they say. When Armageddon hits, Killarmy will be "the ultimate platoon." "Gangsta" rappers use the word "plantation" to refer to white influences in society, and Killarmy makes the following threat: "I drop anthrax bombs on your plantation; then murder you twice to make sure there is no reincarnation." "My mind is bad," says ShoGun Assason, because "the great deceiver had fooled [his] old dad." He goes on to say that whites taught his dad to believe in a "mystery" God. "The war is on like Red Dawn," he says, and he says the following about himself: "I'm a threat to America like Saddam; I be the verbal terrorist." ("Bastard Swordsman.") The rappers say that they "refuse to get hung on crosses." Their thoughts, they say, expand at the "Wu mansion," and as a result, "Hitler's henchmen" have been killed off. They say that they "slaughter like Saddam Hussein, giving killing orders." ("Last Poet.") 9th Prince says that he is from "the Tribe of Shabazz." ("Serving Justice.") ShoGun speaks of fighting cops, shooting guns, getting shot, smoking pot, being put in prison, and of double-crossing "snake fucks." ShoGun Assason says that he dwells in the "slums" and that he "roll[s] amongst the bums like Jesus." He encourages black drug dealers to avoid getting caught. ("Where I Rest At.") Wu-Tang Clan's 4th Disciple and The RZA again produced Killarmy's album. The RZA, Method Man, Ol Dirty Bastard, 4th Disciple, Killah Priest, Raekwon, and U-God wrote, rapped, and produced for the album. GRAMMY Award winner Wyclef Jean produced a track on it, and GRAMMY Award winner Earth, Wind, & Fire performed on the same track.

References
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, Killarmy, 1997, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.
Dirty Weaponry, Killarmy, 1998, Wu-Tang Records, Priority Records, The EMI Group.

Posted at http://home.att.net/~phosphor on June 30, 1999.

Last editing was posted on 10-9-99.

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