January 25, 2008
I’m a mess – Anthony Hamilton
I’m a mess right now I can’t eat can’t sleep. Bills are piling high ain’t worked in three weeks. Ain’t bathed, can’t shave cause my heart is so tender, like living in a blender. I’m shaken and I’m stirred. You and me were meant to last forever. And empty walls can’t hold this house together. We were meant to lie and die together. And now you’re gone and I’m so alone. Baby, come on home…
A lot of us have come to this point one or more times in our life where we have been missing someone terribly, and it has brought us to this emotion or feeling of being lonely. In this song, Anthony Hamilton is describing of a love that is no more and how much he is missing his woman. He screams how lonely he is without her and the effects that he is feeling from her not being with him. Whatever the reason that she has left, this man needs her. Sometimes, being lonely can be a good thing. Being lonely gives yourself the opportunity to sort your thoughts and feelings out, a “breather”, which always helps no matter the situation.
December 4, 2007
I’m looking at your picture, wishing I could be with you, but I’ll see you soon. Nevertheless, I still get so anxious, it never gets old to me, my love just grows constantly. I can’t explain it – its like, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, I can’t find the words for this love. It comes out like Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah this love is so marvelous, just comes out like gibberish – Blah, Blah Blah.
This is that type of love that brings you no words to describe the feeling. This week’s mood is Speechless. This beautiful song is by the talented PJ Morton Band. PJ is singing of a love that just makes them weak by the thought of the next person. Some of us have experienced that love that just makes you smile from the inside out but it gives you no words to speak. No one else knows of this feeling but you, all because you are speechless.
November 27, 2007
“I wish I could believe you, then I’ll be alright. But now everything you told me really don’t apply to the way I feel inside. Loving you was easy once upon a time, but now my suspicions of you have multiplied and it’s all because you lied.
I only give you a hard time cause I can’t go on and pretend like, I haven’t tried to forget this, but I’m much too full of resentment.
Just can’t seem to get over the way you hurt me. Don’t know how you gave another who didn’t mean a thing, no the very thing you gave to me. I thought I could forgive you and I know you’ve changed, as much as I wanna trust you, I know it ain’t the same and it’s all because you lied”.
A lot of us have been at this point of our lives, especially if you have experienced a bad relationship like the one Ms. Beyonce is singing about. You can feel the pain in her voice and believe that she has tried to trust again but she is just too full of resentment. Someone may have been going through this mood at one point of their life or they are experiencing it now. But just know that resentment should not last long, and out of resentment comes contentment.
October 8, 2007
“It’s kinda hard to keep faith in the things that you do when everybody turns their back on you…Yeah I know a city that’s surrounded by a beautiful beach, the economy boosted by the drugs they move in the street, more clearer than the crystal sky, blue as the beast. The people ain’t got shoes for they feet, or food to eat, so they hurtin’ but what’s for certain you can get you some heat, and over beef you laid to rest like you was gettin’ some sleep. Where the little kids get ammunition you can’t get no nutrition, or any type of suitable living condition…ask a cat what really matters, Nowadays usually it’s his pockets.”
As always Talib speaks the truth. This man gives you food for thought. When I first heard this song, it made me stop and realize the things that are going on in the world today but are continuously overlooked. Listening to Talib speak about the children in this verse is depressing. Children have better access to guns than good food and water. And this is normal, everyday living for them…but it shouldn’t be. We need to be more conscious of the world around us and not just what is in front of us. We need to get back to what really matters.
Click here to listen to Talib Kweli and Justin Timberlake – The Nature
October 3, 2007
Jill Scott – Wanna Be Loved
“Don’t feel no pity for me cause I’m going through a couple of things…life means change that’s the way it goes. All my life I had a constant burning, strong, deep desire, aching and ambiguous yearning…For something higher, for something better, for something bigger, for something wider, for something higher…a lot of regrets cause I ain’t seem to found it yet…I have been searching around the world never knowing what to expect. I get sad sometimes. I be mad sometimes, but I am out here on the grind making mines, but still can’t seem to find what I’ve been looking for…open so many doors…I just wanna be loved…like everybody else does”.- The Talented Jill Scott
All I can say is WOW…these words of encouragement could not have come at a better time. Our mood for this week is HOPEFUL. And what fitting words from the lovely Jill Scott to suit this mood. So many of us feel this exact same way. Grinding day in and day out, but often question what the outcome will be of their everyday struggle. Like at the end of the day you may have everything but can sometimes be unhappy. When it boils down to it we are all human. There are good days and there are bad days…but the one thing that can brighten up your day is Love, whether its from a higher power, friends, family or a significant other, as Jilly from Philly said “I just wanna be loved..like everybody else does.”
