Powerful Quote “Eye of the Hurricane” - Rubin Carter

[Thought Art]

From Eye Of the Hurricane, My Path From Darkness To Freedom - Dr. Rubin Carter with Ken Klonsky 

This book is by Rubin Carter who was falsely imprisoned for 20 years for a triple murder he did not commit. 
 

Page 125 

From that Very cell, I remembered the biblical story about King Solomon, who had a dream in which God came to him and told him, “Ask me for anything and I will give it to you.”

And King Solomon answered, “I am but a little child. I know not how to go out or to come in, but I am a servant of thy people. Give me, therefore, an understanding heart that I may judge thy people wisely and fairly.”

And God Said, “Because you did not ask for the lives of your enemies, did not ask for longevity, did not ask for riches, because you asked for only this one thing, understanding, I will give you understanding. There will be none wiser than you on this earth.”

In remembering this story from my childhood, I was always impressed by King Soloman’s wisdom and humility. As a judge, he wanted to be wise and fair, but he also understood how difficult such a task would be. He seemed to care little for the things most other people lived for. Most important, King Solomon made me understand that I can still be a man and yet not seek revenge for the wrongs that been done to me. This may be a foreign idea to the mythology of imperial countries or in the minds of religious fanatics, but it now took root in me. 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Thought Art

[Thought Art]

I highly recommend people read this book. 
 

It’s very in line with any other spiritual teaching. Rubin’s life is extremely inspiring and I think learning about it, and the problems associated with false imprisonment of the innocent is a huge eye opener. 

He talks not only about freeing himself from prison, but freeing his mind from the sleep of our toxic unconscious society.

It also gets you to understand the importance of truth. The book dove tails nicely with many of Leo’s teachings on truth, what is the devil, what is corruption, etc 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Thought Art

[Thought Art]

Lyrics

[Intro / Verse 1]
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out, “My God, they killed them all!”

[Chorus]
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world
[Verse 2]
Three bodies lyin' there, does Patty see
And another man named Bello, moving around mysteriously
“I didn’t do it,” he says, and he throws up his hands
“I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand

[Chorus]
I saw them leaving,” he says, and he stops
“One of us had better call up the cops”
And so Patty calls the cops, and they arrive on the scene
With their red lights flashin' in the hot New Jersey night

[Verse 3]
Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down

[Chorus]
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Paterson that’s just the way things go
If you’re black, you might as well not show up on the street
Unless you want to draw the heat

[Verse 4]
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
He said, “I saw two men running out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates”

[Chorus]
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said, “Wait a minute, boys, this one’s not dead”
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him he could identify the guilty men

[Verse 5]
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
They take him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Say, “Why did you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!”

[Chorus]
Here’s the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world

[Verse 6]
Four months later, the ghettos are in flame
Rubin’s in South America, fighting for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley’s still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him
Lookin' for somebody to blame

[Chorus]
“Remember that murder that happened in a bar?”
“Remember you said you saw the getaway car?”
“You think you’d like to play ball with the law?”
“Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw
Running that night?”
“Don’t forget that you are white”

[Verse 7]
Arthur Dexter Bradley said, “I’m really not sure”
The cops said, “A poor boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job, and we’re talking to your friend Bello
Now you don’t want to have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow

[Chorus]
You’ll be doing society a favor
That son of a bitch is brave and gettin' braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder
On him
He ain’t no Gentleman Jim”

[Verse 8]
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
"It’s my work", he’d say, "and I do it for pay"
"And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way"

[Chorus]
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse

[Verse 9]
All of Rubin’s cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin’s witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum

[Chorus]
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigga
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed

[Verse 10]
Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder “one”, guess who testified?
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride

[Chorus]
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed
To live in a land where justice is a game

[Verse 11]
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink Martinis, and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell

[Chorus / Outro]
Yes that’s the story of the Hurricane
But it won’t be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he’s done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world