Where Do You Go....

In time of trouble? How do you handle the situations of your life that aren't that great....well, I mean that have you downright ready just to snap? I know we've all been through those times before....so how do you handle it? Here is one song that I have on REPEAT when I go through those times.



Recently, I just felt like I had been under attack for no apparent reason. I always know something is going on when it feels like the world around me was crashing down on my head. Usually, when this happens, I start to listen to gospel music extra tough...just because I know where my help comes from. (that tidbit came courtesy of a post I read yesterday...shoutout to SIL). This song comes right in handy for me...because I know that regardless of what's going on my life, God will make a way.

Even though I can't see you
And I can't feel your touch
I will trust you Lord
How I love you so much
Though my nights may seem long
and I feel so alone
Lord my trust is in YOU
I surrender to YOU

Those are deep words right there. But those are the truth if you really think about it.

Here are a couple of songs that I love to listen to when I'm goin through:





Now if you know me, then you know that I'm always talking about a "quiet place" or "perfect peace". Honestly, in my mind, they go hand in hand with each other. Normally, when I go to my quiet place, perfect peace is what I'm looking for. It's what keeps me in focus when I'm about to go crazy.

And what I love about this time is that when it's over with, things normally come out 10 times better than when I started....which makes me appreciate THIS song even more:



Just when I thought all was said and done, God said "Not GUILTY". Shoutout to Thin Mint for puttin me onto this song.

I hope that this blesses someone immensely....and remember "you can't see the rainbow without goin through the RAIN".

Be Blessed readers!

Well Lemme Roll Me a Mic

And let me smoke it til' I'm high
If you ever seen me rock than you know that I
Live and die for the things I do slang I use
Breakin' down mics and destroyin' crews.



Now I know that this is gonna get some #sideeyes because people weren't really feeling Kris Kross by the time that Young, Rich, and Dangerous came on the scene. Everyone knew that KK was on their last leg in the game, but they were here to show you that they weren't done just yet...matter of fact, they showin folks that they were back and on their grown up game.

Live and Die for Hip Hop was a banger out the gate. The beat produced by Jermaine Dupri (in his prime) brought in the song on a hype beat, and combined with Da Brat and Aaliyah, it had folks jockin them and respectin them once again.

I still like this song and bump it regularly. Granted, YRD wasn't their best cd...but this song was a hot track though. Even Jermaine had a bangin ending to the song...how you know it's off the chains. LOL.

Can't knock them for leaving the game on a high note...

Passion and Desire

Come See Me



After going to the Jill Scott/Maxwell concert on Friday, listening to Jill sing this song live made me want to revisit it. Now I can't even put it down. I must say that this is one of the more sexy songs that I've heard put it down....and to hear it live was PHENOMINAL. Seriously, this song makes me wanna give it to her...while she was singin it.

Then she came right behind that singing this song.



Now I must admit, I didn't realize how much of a sexual cd this Vol 3 was. After hearing her singing these two songs...she made me go back and revisit it. Jill def did her thing on this cd.

But it's something within me that will always love original Jill.

"Who is Jill Scott"? That was the question that we all wanted to know.

One of my favorites from that cd was this right here:



This is CLASSIC Jill...when she sang about food and sex...and how sex made her want food...and food reminded her of sex.

She wants her dude to show her that he loves her instead of just saying the words. Honestly, it's interesting, becus I was having this conversation with someone not too long ago.

But nothing will ever....and I mean EVER top this song (although Come See Me is up there now). This will always be my #1 song by Jilly from Philly.




So what says you...which one do you prefer? Classic Jill or Sexy Jill.

Thoughtful Thursday: Is There a Cure?

I know I've chatted about this song before, but as I listened to it more and more, it made me think about some things that I never would have thought about before.

Loveaholism....is there a cure for that?

Raheem DeVaughn seems to think that there is. Unfortunately, the problem is this: once you have it the first time, it would seem that you would be addicted to it. Now there's not a problem with being addicted to this "Love Drug"; but the real question is this: do you have to have this drug ALL the time, or is it that you can have it in doses?

I would think that this is one of those things that you SHOULD have in doses; yet and still, it's one of those that you WANT to have all the time. Let's face it; if you are deep in love, then you'll need it all the time. And there's definitely nothing wrong with that...especially if the love that you feel is requited by the object of your desires.

This "prescription" should be handled with care though. Cause it's been known to take you sky high when you're lip locked with that special someone. It should probably be dubbed "The Starship Enterprise"....cause it takes you where "no man has gone before". LOL. But on the real though, I've been there before. It definitely had me addicted, and not where I couldn't kick it, but I didn't WANT to kick it.

The sad part is that whenever you happen to kick this habit, that means that you're no longer in love. And nobody wants to be there...because being in love can be one of the best feelings in the world: to know that you love a special someone, and that special someone loves you back. So whenever you come across this particular drug, make sure that you get as much of it as you can.

The demand is always there, but the supply can run low at times. But I always got what you need.....

Cause I'm your Mr. Midnight pusher man.

I'm thinking of you

In my sleepless solitude tonight
If it's wrong to love you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
Cause I'm drowned in you
And I won't pull through
Without you by my side

I've been wanting to post something for the past week, but my mind wasn't working on music mode due to music. But since I've given the canary off for the past couple of days, my mind is back to working in its normal capacity (whatever that may happen to be...lol). This is one of my...no scratch that....this is my FAVORITE song by Mariah. The one where I could feel the emotion pouring from her soul.




This song came from her Butterfly CD, circa 1997....right after the nasty divorce from Tommy Mattola of Sony Entertainment. Many people wondered how she was going to fair after that, being as though he was the one who really brought her into the game, but Mimi wanted to let the world (especially him) know that she wasn't going anywhere and she was gonna make it to the top...with or without him.

I thought about this song about reading blog postings earlier about love and intimacy...and both of them prompted me to think of this song. I don't know why, but I think that this song is the epitome of what REAL love and intimacy should be comprised of. Mariah is singing about a man that she loves SO much, that she'd be happy with just ONE night alone with him to show her love for him. That's some serious love to me. One day...just one day.

I'd give my all to have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine.
Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all,
for your love
tonight

This is the Mimi that I know and loved...not this madness that she's turned into.

Just as a bonus...this is another one of my favorites from Meems.



Enjoy!

You Want my Love

And you can't deny it...
You know it's true..but you try to hide it



This has always been one of my FAVORITE Earth Wind & Fire songs. The Elements (as I like to call them), always just jammed with it, and anyone who knows me (or even anyone who's read this blog) know I love a song that I can bob my head to. But honestly, it's hard to have just ONE favorite EWF song...because they made music that spans not only the 70s/80s when it first came out, but it seems to span across all decades, and especially across all (well most) generations. I can remember listenin to this music with my moms, as we'd be cleaning up the house, and she would put on her EWF albums. (Which I always loved...cause the other cleaning music was Isaac Hayes..*smh*).

My other two favorite songs are these right here:



Fantasy...always made me want to go on a magic carpet ride #nooutkast. (my true hip hop heads will know what I'm talkin bout..lol)

And those who know Mr. Philip Bailey, know him for this song:



Now be real with me folks? How many of you tried to hit those high notes that Philip used to hit in this song? Maybe not in public...maybe in the shower, or when you knew you were home alone. LOL

D'Angelo did a good cover of this song as well. Peep it out.



It's just too bad that his background singers are THEE worst. I don't understand how he couldn't hear that during rehearsals. LOL.

Have a good day readers and leave your thoughts!

I'm Single....for real

In light of the recent video jumpoff that's being passed along, I figured I would provide the musical soundtrack for it. I mean hey...it just fits. This is dedicated to the chick who said she could "smash the homies" while on the phone with her boyfriend.



Now if you don't know what I'm talking about, please check out my boy Streetz' post on SingleBlackMale.org. Now here's the warning, this is NOT work suitable, and anything that you see in this video can NOT be held against me or the person whose site you saw it at. But yeah, she was REAL disrespectful wit it, and IMO, she deserves to blasted as such. But moving on....

This song is from Weezy's No Ceilings mixtape (although I'm not sure why there's a video for it...but I digress lol). When I first heard it, the beat automatically got me because I knew I heard it from somewhere else in a past time. Then I realized that it reminded me of beats from back in the day that used to knock like that. If you wanna know what song it is, click here. So it already caught me there...then to hear what he was talkin about, I thought it real coincidental that I hear that song after reading/watching the scandalocity (yeah I know I made that one up..lol) of that video.

But really tho...Weezy's words are probably what's goin through ole dude's mind that's videotaping her:

Uhh, now she got on her fuck em dress,
And I got on my double breast,
Uh, and he been fussing all day with her,
And I make her feel special like a place kicker,
She wanna be weezy f baby sitter,
Say she wish she could cut my dick off and take it with her <---I bet ole girl was wishin that one.

I know there are very respectable ladies who don't subscribe to the #swindle that ole guhl pulled, but when one gets down like that, the majority just get grouped in with. I know that it ain't like that...but she def was gully with hers. I think she listened to this song before she decided to get down on the dome like she did. LOL