The passing of the National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law on December 31, 2011 (while everyone was busy preparing to celebrate opening the New Year) marked the latest & biggest blow to the Constitution of the United States of America we've seen in history. Within it is the provision that American citizens can be detained, indefinitely, without due process of law (i.e. trial by jury), and by the U.S. military no less, on just even the government's feeling (not even confirmation) that a citizen mightbe a threat to the country, and can put you away for as long as they wish...or even take you out permanently. Throw in the potential passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is really a cover for the beginning of censoring the Internet--the last place freedom of speech and expression exists, and you have a serious problem about to brew in the world.

I am only one person. A musician armed with nothing but my skills in production, my imagination, and my inner conviction to use my gift not just for entertainment but to also raise awareness and maybe inspire people to wake up and see what is happening in the world and do something about it. I chose to use this speech by the late president John F. Kennedy because it could have very well been given today and made perfect sense. In fact, this was an excerpt taken from a 20-minute speech he gave on April 27th, 1961, addressing the American Newspaper Publishers Association in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York.

Some believe this was the speech that had him marked for his assassination 2 1/2 years later. The point of this track is not to speculate on that, although it makes for an interesting consideration. But no, this is about the FACTS of what is happening now, here at the opening of 2012, and as an American who cares about "We the People", I thought it was most fitting to have one of America's former and greatest leaders to capture and articulate the sentiment that is shared by the vast majority of Americans who are against the unconstitutional NDAA, SOPA, and the one that kicked it all off, the [un]Patriot Act.

The title is double-meaning. The first is obvious, the other is:

"Justice Freedom Knowledge 2012".

Production credits:
Spoken word/speech - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
All Music & Production - Ahmed Sirour