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Mensa, the other half of controversial yet thought provoking music group FOKN Bois, took to Twitter this morning to speak to some issues about the Ghanaian musician he says he�s been �thinking� of for some time now. Over a wide range of very important subjects, he dished out what he thought was wrong with the system, applauding the ingenuity exhibited by a few. See tweets. �I�ve been thinking, like, what is the real purpose of an artist these days especially as a musician in Ghana?� �Are we just here to fill in the gap? Look for a catchy weightless idea, jump on some bandwagon or new dance craze for 6 months of fame?� �When you actually think about it, artists (musicians) have more power than politicians, pastors, teachers and world leaders all combined.� �Musicians have more power to inspire, influence, control minds, educate, lead and mislead, teach and reach more people than anyone else.� �Now me personally, I learned more about politics, social issues, love, injustice, war, science and humanity through music than I did in school.� �Ok so let me bring it back home, make any random collection of a 100 current tracks on radio today and tell me what they are about.� �Nothing!! Everyone�s talking about the same f*#king nothing!! If it�s not disrespecting or objectifying our sisters in the most uncreative way.� �Yes, disrespecting! If it�s not then it�s about �love� the kind that we�ve heard about over and over and over and over and over again.� �We are in such interesting times in Africa/ Ghana; we have the opportunity to share what we really are about as a people to the WHOLE world.� �Shout out 2 @GasmillaGH 4 �International Fisherman�, @r2bees ** for �walahi� @sarkodie for inspiring hard work. And all u who dare 2 b different.� �We�re in an environment where our leaders have hardly any respect for the youth; politicians don�t think they�re here to serve us.� �When you are a musician, remember you�re writing history, inspiring the youth, propagating ideas. So make it count.�