Rick Ross....the Boss??

ok so i don't get it...do you have to have bullet wounds and a record to be qualified as a rapper? i guess these days, you do.

i was listening to donnie simpson this morning and he was talking about how rick ross' background was clean and how he used to be a correctional officer. when he announced that, callers called in and the other people on the morning show were trying to clown him. i mean really, what is the big deal? so he raps about dealing weight and doing this and that but is that not what being an artist is about? creating an image/story for listeners and then delivering it? maybe its me but i don't see the problem. granted, he raps about what he hasn't been through but why not criticize authors of novels and authors of editorials? those who write novels haven't been through all they write about and clearly writing an editorial is speaking on something you don't know about. yes, its your opinion, but why bother if you haven't been through it?

does anybody feel me....?

now that we know the real rick ross, is his credibility shot? are you not going to buy his albums as a result? i wanna know.....

word infatuation

now, i wouldn't say its caught up because lets be real

i aint in love

but i would say heavy like...or maybe close to infatuation

infatuation with words you see

more than the physical because hell, i can get that anywhere

but this here is more of an intellectual lust goin' on

the way i feel when i hear the thoughts flow from his lips

spittin' the words, the lyrics of such greatness make my mind go off

makes my body rock off and my heart beat to an uncontrollable beat

linking his words to a twisted reality of my own, i see it all come to life

i see it all become a reality

and when a man can speak to me and make me contort and fall deeply without a touch

shit...

that's what i call word infatuation

...life, or something like it....

so it's my first entry...and i feel like getting thoughts out so, here goes....

today was weird; i woke up feeling pretty good. but then within 10minutes of my awakening, i get a text message that baltimore's own DJ K-Swift passed away. needless to say i was shocked. i mean, i just heard her on the radio a few days ago...i thought it was a rumor. but as i read into it and heard more, i came to the conclusion that it was indeed true. although i didn't know her personally, i felt that i was/am apart of her extended family....just as the rest of the baltimore community. she was young, talented and very good at her craft. and for her life to end seemingly so suddenly made my heart heavy. so i said a prayer for her family, contacted a few of my friends and solemnly went about my day....all was well and then bam. i am on the phone with my mother and she tells me my a friend of the family, who was just like an aunt to me, had passed. she was given a week to live, but she made it to 2 weeks. she was truly a fighter. however the sad part is that she passed away on one of her daughters birthdays. sigh....



it just seems like these days, people, young and old, are dying and leaving the world so suddenly. and although i know death is apart of life, its getting to be too much. within 2 years, i have lost countless relatives, friends, acquaintances and it seems like the circles (families, friends) are getting smaller and smaller. its just a lot to take i guess and because i am so young and i see people my age, and even younger, dying it makes me stop and think.....



we've all heard it before and we've probably all said it but, life is short. make the most of it...be with who makes you happy, do what makes you happy and live in the moment. don't live life with regrets or live life grudgingly...it's not worth it. incidents like these make me appreciate my life and the life of those i love so much more. i make it a point to tell them everyday i love them...because i don't ever want to say, "i wish i would've..."

i end with my mantra; "LIVE....LAUGH....LOVE...."