June 2011
198 posts
You Got Me
The Roots ft. Erykah Badu
Day 14: A song that reminds you of your boyfriend/girlfriend.
About this. I don’t have either. I call one of my closest friends “the most demanding girlfriend I’ve never had”, so she came to mind… as did one of our songs. I was trying to post Rather Be With You by Wale, J. Cole, and Curren$y. However, finding an mp3 code for that proved to be difficult. Excuse the misogyny in the song (if you’re familiar), but I LOVE double entendres, and it speaks to too many of our insiders.
Regardless of that, I opted for our other track… which ironically enough, reminds me of the guy I’m dating. I could post this song a thousand times over and you still may not get my connection to it. This song was the reason I went to church one day. Legitimately.
The Roots ft. Erykah Badu, You Got Me
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“Have you ever noticed how the sunset looks like a bruise? Purple & blue. Even the sky hurts when its’ love goes away.”
—Sinnea Douglas
One of the Guys
Me: (in a room with 5 guys, chillin’)
TV: (Vagisil commercial) Some washes don’t eliminate all feminine odors.
One of the Boys: Ahhhh shit.
Everyone: (burst out in laughter)
“Look, we don’t need to put a label on it. I just need some consistency. I need to know you’re not going to wake up in the morning and feel differently.”
—500 Days of Summer
“I don’t know what my mistakes have cost me but I’ve come to realize I can’t afford this living. ”
—Aja Monet
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“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn’t want you anymore that he is right — that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Don’t. It’s a bad word, ‘belong.’ Especially when you put it with somebody you love. Love shouldn’t be like that. Did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can’t even see the mountain for the clouds. But you know what? You go up top and what do you see? His head. The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes through, because the clouds let him; they don’t wrap him up. They let him keep his head up high, free, with nothing to hide him or bind him. You can’t own a human being. You can’t lose what you don’t own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don’t, do you? And neither does he. You’re turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can’t value you more than you value yourself.”
—Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
A Sunday Kind of Love
Etta James
Day 12, Song 12: The last song you heard.
Yes! God is always moving. I just wanted a reason to post this during the song challenge. This song has been doing everything for me lately. And yes, it was that serious. I definitely referenced God :)
Etta James, Sunday Kind of Love
“You wanna know how I got these scars? I swallowed my pride and then it clawed its way out of my mouth.”
—Rudy Francisco
“When God made you
He high-fived an angel
Cussed for the first time
Said “This shit right here!”
You were that beautiful
I’ve spent the last 6 months of my life trying to figure out how
I’m goin to introduce myself to you
I finally made a decision
It’s going to be something like “…….hi….”
That’s all I got so far
But I think it’s a good start” —Rudy Francisco
He high-fived an angel
Cussed for the first time
Said “This shit right here!”
You were that beautiful
I’ve spent the last 6 months of my life trying to figure out how
I’m goin to introduce myself to you
I finally made a decision
It’s going to be something like “…….hi….”
That’s all I got so far
But I think it’s a good start” —Rudy Francisco
Things I Don't Understand
I just don’t understand why there’s a Cars 2 but I can’t get a Finding Nemo 2. Now I like the Cars franchise, I actually love it. And, I know there was a certain finality to Finding Nemo since, well… He was found. But dangit I think there’s another adventure somewhere in that little fish’s life. Give me my Nemo.
Man, I love my friends.
