The Dark Carnival preaches to everyone in many different ways. Me and
Shaggy are just one of it's ways to reach people. For example, even an
old lady that plays Bingo every weekend will eventually hear the words
of the Dark Carnival only it will be through a different outlet.
Something that interests her will give her the message. Weather or not
she acts upon it is up to her. What ever this force is, it reaches us
all, whether you heed its warnings or not is your own choice.
This is what will happen to those that received the Dark Carnival's
messages threw us. After death, your soul will stand up out of your
body. You will all the sudden see The Dark Carnival's parade of wagons
rolling towards you. Lead by the 6 Joker's Card faces on giant flags
and an entire parade of ghost and wagons following them. You'll know
right when you see them that there not with God and not with the
Devil... These wagons are about to take you to one of them though.
You're about to face judgment. I think The Dark Carnival might be a
neutral group of ghosts. Existing between heaven and hell because in
life, it's warnings just open your eyes and show you what you are. They
let you choose weather or not you feel you need to make a change in
yourself. Once you die, they gladly take you to heaven or hell, which
ever you deserve. We've explained and we continue to explain all of
this threw our music. It loves to reward the people who heeded it's
warnings and it loves to punish those who laughed at it's warnings.
Everybody in the world will hear it's words before they die. It will
reach us all, weather or not you act upon it is up to you.
The 6 Jokers Cards show you 6 different sides of yourself that you
might have over looked. They help to show you your own evils ...Each
Jokers Card is another version of you. For example, take The
Ringmaster... Imagine if after you die, all your sins combined into one
big monster... How big would your monster be? Ask your self that. Can
you take down your own sin monster? If you can't, then your burning in
Hell. If you can, then your off to Shangri-La. That's what the
Ringmaster is.
The most important thing The Dark Carnival has taught me about
getting my shit together and becoming a better ninja is this... You
shouldn't be a cool ninja just because your scared of going to Hell
when you die.. You should be a cool ninja cause it's cool to be a cool
ninja! Understand ninja? Cool.
I look at it like this. You got 2 clowns running around rappin'
about your soul. Yelling about how there gonna take you to Heaven if
you are the shit or take you to Hell if your a dick. Yeah that sounds
pretty crazy, but what do you think ninjas were thinkin' when Noah was
running around with a long ass beard and a wooden staff? Telling
everyone that it's going to rain for a month? "Come get on my Ark!!
It's going to rain for 40 days and 40 nights! You're all gonna drown!!"
That shit probably sounded nuts too! I would have thought he was crazy
just for calling it an ark instead of a boat! The few open-minded
ninjas that actually did listen to him were mad lucky. The rest got mad
wet.
The Dark Carnival is some deep shit to think about, but I very much
believe in God too. Believe me I'd rather float in Heaven than drive a
wagon after I die, but looking at the life I lead right now, I doubt
I’ll be able to. I try to be religious or whatever but I'm just shitty
right now. When I get older I'll probably try to get my shit straight.
ICP is about bitches, Faygo, Juggalos, and dumb shit. Do I feel like
the Noah of today? Naa, I feel more like Noah is the Violent J of
yesterday. If I was Noah, I would have changed my name to Juggaloah and
built a big ass surf board and surfed my ass all over the planet. Fuck
collecting' Lamas and shit.
Violent J