Take 5

I just wanted to take a few minutes and thank all of my friends, family and haters for being you. Because without you being you, Im not able to be me. You all teach so many different things about myself. And I truly thank you all.

Oh, and another thing.

Don't ever be afraid to show appreciation to others.

Life is to short.

Thank them for today, tomorrow, and more to come.

-Brandon "The Muffin" Ruffin

Thought of the Day

Music is love in search of a word.

- Sidney Lanier

Another Ah-HA Moment

Another Ah-HA Moment

So Im sitting here eating sushi, and it hit me!

Why do we call it a chopstick, when it doesn't chop???

I know.....

One word......

DEEP!

Just wanted to share that.

Back to my movie and sushi!

ONE LOVE

Quote of the Day

Respect yourself and others will respect you.......

-Confucius

Ah-Ha Moment.

So, me respecting myself causes others to respect me.

Which means, I can gain there respect by me being me.

Not changing what makes me, me.

WOW

Know Your Roots (Hip-Hop)

Due to ignorance of others. I felt it was needed to blog and educate others 

about my love called Hip-Hop.

Hip-Hop/Rap

Is first and foremost an art form.

Not just a genre of music

Poetry with a beat I like to say.

Before any great track can be, an artist aka poet has to take the pen to the paper to write the words that the mind, body, and soul is feeling.

Ok Second.......

Lil Jon, Lil Bow Wow, and Others like them are Hip Hop artists.

BUT

There are far greater POETS out there that get little or no love at all.

Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Method & Redman, KRS-One, De La Soul, Slum Village, Freeway, The Roots, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Eric B. & Rakim, Dilated Peoples, Public Enemy, Run DMC, N.W.A, The Fugees, MC Lyte, A Tribe Called Quest..... Ms U.N.I.T.Y herself Queen Latifah, Ghost Face Killa, Scarface and J Dill, Just to name a few.

DAMN!

(sigh)

In order to understand WHAT Hip Hop Is?? You have to know where it came from.

Take 5 and listen to the poets of Hip Hop for a change........

You may learn something.....

Like,

The Struggle of man.

The Education of man. 

The Growth of man.

The Praise of women.

&

The Respect of Each Other

Like Lupe Fiasco Said.......

Hip-Hop Saved My Life

One Song, One Love

B.Real

Lessons Learned

Don't make someone a priority in your life,

When they only make you a option in there's.

-B. Real

I realized. When you care for someone you do a lot of things that you normally wont do. 

Sometimes you get so wrapped up taking care of them you forget about you. 

Life is an amazing thing.

It shows use things that we normally cant see. We just have to really open our eyes and see the truth, vs forcing something that isn't there.

People say quitter's never win.

But in the game of life and love. Its not such a terrible thing.

There's no point being with someone that doesn't give you what you deserve. Don't be afraid to walk away.

Good Morning

A new day is upon us. 

Let us remember that tomorrow is never promised.

Live this the to the fullest. 

Hold nothing back.

One Song, One Voice, One Life

BReal

Once in a lifetime someone like you comes along.

It was not into my ear you whispered,

But into my heart.

It was not my face you touched, 

But my spirit.

It was not my lips you kissed,

But my soul.

I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you, for teaching me how to feel again.

Thank you.

Quote of the Day

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time

-Ornette Coleman

The Morning Word!

Shine your light on the world.

Shine you light for the world to see.

I want all people to be free, to be free, to be free.

Mos Def.

There is a light, that shines, special for you and me..

Let this light, be a guiding light the shows us new ways.

New Ways to Feel

New Ways to Love

New Ways to Learn

New Ways to BE.

One Song, One Love

BReal

Nightly Quote

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Music + Love

Music.

Noun- the art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion.

Love.

Noun- an intense feeling of deep affection.

Love and Music...... Music and Love....... No matter which way you put it, it all leads back to one thing, LIFE. Life is Music, and Music is Love.....

A Love that we all share in this crazy thing we call LIFE.