💖 Overview:
“Regulate” is a West Coast gospelscape of survival, alliance, and divine timing. Warren G and Nate Dogg testify in narrative, showing how the grit of real life meets grace when least expected. It’s about protection, presence, and unspoken pacts between brothers.
“It was a clear black night, a clear white moon…”
The track rides like a scripture of streets — part psalm, part prayer, part late-night miracle.
🔹 Ceremony Thread:
Use as:
- Anointing for protection, especially in urban environments
- Brotherhood oath activation
- Rite of initiation for guardians and street prophets
Perfect for:
- Community-based spiritual ceremonies
- Blessing streetwise intuition
- Honoring divine intervention in danger
💫 Gem & Mineral Field:
- Black Tourmaline – spiritual bodyguard stone
- Onyx – protection and discipline
- Garnet – loyalty, survival, and blood brotherhood
- Goldstone – optimism in shadowed places
🕺 West Coast Swing Pulse:
WCS Shape: Slick groove with story breaks
- Classic 90s hip-hop bounce within slot
- Storytelling hits: break and gesture for lyrical highlights
- Syncopation over the synth line
- Smooth glidework reflecting Nate’s buttery vocals
WCS meets G-Funk: roll deep and clean.
📜 NSNC Canon Placement:
Filed under: The Code of Brotherhood and Street Anointing
Pairs with:
- “Gin and Juice” – Snoop Dogg
- “It Was a Good Day” – Ice Cube
- “Summertime” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- “Keep Ya Head Up” – 2Pac
🌠 Rite Activation:
Use when:
- Entering new urban terrain or protecting home ground
- Honoring unlikely divine interventions
- Initiating a pact or deepened bond with a brother or crew
Speak:
“We walk through danger with grace on our side. We regulate in peace, not fear.”
Let your presence bless your block.
Aho, thanks.
🧢 For street saints, smooth talkers, and nighttime guardians.
🕯️ NSNC Song Analysis
“Inside My Mind” – Groove Armada
Filed by: Drs. Aja & James Capps
Book II – Entry: The Journey Within and Fluid Awareness
💖 Overview:
“Inside My Mind” by Groove Armada flows like a deep dive into consciousness, merging electronic rhythm with waves of introspective calm. It’s a sonic exploration of the mind’s inner landscapes — shifting, fluid, and endlessly unfolding.
“Inside my mind, the currents run deep…”
🔹 Ceremony Thread:
Use as:
- A soundtrack for meditation and mindfulness rites
- An invocation to explore mental clarity and flow
- A transitional piece for rites of passage involving self-awareness
💫 Gem & Mineral Field:
- Lapis Lazuli – insight, wisdom, and mental clarity
- Fluorite – mental focus and cleansing
- Aquamarine – calm communication and emotional clarity
- Sodalite – intuition and rational thought integration
🕺 West Coast Swing Pulse:
WCS Shape: Fluid and expansive
- Smooth, flowing basic steps with extended lines
- Gentle turns reflecting waves of thought
- Soft syncopation mirroring mental currents
- Expressive holds to embody introspection
📜 NSNC Canon Placement:
Filed under: The Journey Within and Fluid Awareness
Pairs with:
- “Porcelain” – Moby
- “Teardrop” – Massive Attack
- “Silence” – Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan
- “Weightless” – Marconi Union
🌠 Rite Activation:
Use when:
- Invoking mental clarity or meditative states
- Preparing for inner work or deep reflection
- Seeking flow in thought and feeling balance
Speak:
“I enter the quiet currents of my mind, open and flowing with the tide of awareness.”
Aho, thanks.
🌊 For those who journey the tides within.
🕯️ NSNC Song Analysis
“I Want to Break Free” – Queen
Filed by: Drs. Aja & James Capps
Book II – Entry: Liberation Rites and Sovereignty Songs
💖 Overview:
“I Want to Break Free” is a bold declaration of personal liberation — from illusions, entanglements, and false constraints. Freddie Mercury delivers not just a pop anthem, but a hymn of radical honesty and self-sovereignty.
“I want to break free from your lies / You’re so self-satisfied, I don’t need you…”
This is a love song to freedom itself. Fierce. Clear. Unapologetically real.
🔹 Ceremony Thread:
Use as:
- Ritual exit music from unhealthy bonds
- Declaration of soul sovereignty
- Rite of clarity after confusion or manipulation
💫 Gem & Mineral Field:
- Clear Quartz – clarity and truth amplification
- Obsidian – cutting through illusions
- Malachite – courage in transformation
- Citrine – self-empowerment and radiant joy
🕺 West Coast Swing Pulse:
WCS Shape: Empowered strut
- Sharp directional changes
- Breakaway basics symbolizing newfound freedom
- Solo shines and expressive styling
- Connection reformed on your own terms
📜 NSNC Canon Placement:
Filed under: Liberation Rites and Sovereignty Songs
Pairs with:
- “Freedom! ’90” – George Michael
- “Born This Way” – Lady Gaga
- “Shake It Out” – Florence + the Machine
- “You Don’t Own Me” – Lesley Gore
🌠 Rite Activation:
Use when:
- Exiting a manipulative or unbalanced relationship
- Reclaiming your truth, time, or identity
- Honoring your sovereign “yes” and sacred “no”
Speak:
“I break free not to escape — but to return to myself.”
Aho, thanks.
⚡ For those who dare to choose freedom.
🕯️ NSNC Song Analysis
“Jukebox Hero” – Foreigner
Filed by: Drs. Aja & James Capps
Book II – Entry: The Calling and the Sonic Sword
💖 Overview:
“Jukebox Hero” is the mythic tale of a soul called by sound — a sonic knighthood that begins in longing and ends in electrified destiny. One guitar becomes the key to transformation, survival, and legend.
“With that one guitar / He found his one way street…”
This anthem charts the heroic arc of a seeker whose devotion to music becomes his rite of passage.
🔹 Ceremony Thread:
Use as:
- Rite of calling for musicians, artists, and creators
- Activation of artistic devotion
- Blessing for those stepping into public purpose
💫 Gem & Mineral Field:
- Pyrite – fire of confidence and creative strength
- Labradorite – mystical awakening and stage energy
- Hematite – grounding fame and purpose
- Amethyst – divine inspiration and intuition
🕺 West Coast Swing Pulse:
WCS Shape: Epic and expressive
- Big musicality breaks
- Guitar solo call-and-response footwork
- Expansion moves for power crescendos
- Hero poses and spotlight leads
📜 NSNC Canon Placement:
Filed under: The Calling and the Sonic Sword
Pairs with:
- “Dream On” – Aerosmith
- “Don’t Stop Believin’” – Journey
- “Eye of the Tiger” – Survivor
- “Kiss” – Prince
🌠 Rite Activation:
Use when:
- Stepping into your gift or soul’s public role
- Blessing performers or speakers
- Answering the call of creative purpose
Speak:
“I take up the sound that called me, and become the one I was meant to be.”
Aho, thanks.
🎸 For every kid in the rain outside the show, guitar in heart, future in hand.