Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something… When you got a dream, you got to protect it. If people can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it, PERIOD!
The Pursuit of Happyness – Will Smith stars. Based on Heroic real-life struggle of Chris Gardner in overcoming the odds and triumphing, while maintaining a strong commitment of fatherhood.
LoveCompletely – Will Smith
LoveCommittedly
LoveSupportively
LoveWealthfully
LoveSexy
LoveSilly
LoveSeriously
LoveFriendly
LoveProtectively
LoveFreaky
LovePublicly
LoveConsciously
LoveFamily
Will Smith Week – Black Hero of the year – 2009
Will Smith is my choice of Black Hero of 2009 for being on the top of his game. Success, Intellect, Self actualization, Family devotion, and Social Contribution. I have posted a link (on the right margin) on my site of Will Smith, I watch it almost daily. I’ve searched my entire life for worthy heroes. I am starting to find them. I hope to be a hero myself someday. Thanks Will for the inspiration.
If he can do it, we can do it.
Heaven
Kemistry - The artist
I see the way you look at me
As if to say its right
I pray for you day in and day out
Something’s happening to me
The man I used to be is gone
He gave up his life
So I could go on
Girl, on in heaven
Where the love of a lifetime resides
In you
Girl there’s heaven in you babe
Oh Girl and it’s so meant to be
This place where two souls collide
There’s no pain, no fear, only you and I
Kemistry – It’s a matter of time
I have three sisters. One of which I have no relationship at all with. She is 5 years my senior and we have never gotten along. She wanted to be my scolder and discipliner ever since I can remember. When she was a bad teenage person, she failed to protect me, and my spirit was severely damaged. When she found Jesus, she forced me to go to church with her, even though no one else in our family went. Even in good, she tortured me. I never thought of it until right this moment, maybe I should appreciate her introducing Jesus to me. Hmmm, maybe it was her attempt at redemption. Anyway, we still don’t get along. I feel she is mean to the core of her. Rare title, but honestly descriptive. She is married to a man that I despise just as much. He has a host of his own issues. But every time I hear the following song I think of them. I think of myself.
Artist: Kemistry
Song: Matter of time
How can we be more like your brother
He was tall thin and fine
The head of his class yeah yeah
And everybody liked him hey
He’d spent his whole life chasing heaven
But never seemed to find it
‘Cause heaven resides right here
On the inside yeah
And people go from bad to good in just
The blink of an eye oh yeah
If they can go from bad to good I guess
Then so can I hmm yeah
It’s a matter of time
“My mama said I was not built to break”
From the top of fame mountain to the freebase lows of cocaine addition, with God on her side she emerges towards victory over what could have took her from us. On the path but with a distance to go, when asked by Oprah Winfrey, Do you think you’ll ever be tempted [to drugs] again?
“I can only take today, one day at a time”.
We are praying for you Whitney, we need to lift all of our queens so they may in turn lift our image and our spirits.
Black Hero – Tyler Perry
Writer, actor, producer, director. Born Emmitt Perry Jr. on September 13, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. At 16, he changed his first name to Tyler to separate himself from his abusive father. At one point, Perry even attempted suicide in an effort to escape his difficult situation. Perry dropped out of high school, but he eventually earned a general equivalency diploma, later. Trying to find his way professionally, including a time of homelessness, he held a series of unfulfilling jobs before discovering his true passion.
While watching an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, Perry was inspired by a comment on the program about how writing about difficult experiences could lead to personal breakthroughs. Similar to this blog being an assistant to my personal walk. He started a series of letters to himself, which became the basis for the musical “I Know I’ve Been Changed”. With $12,000 of savings, Perry debuted the show at an Atlanta theater in 1992. The musical’s run lasted only one weekend and drew a measly 30 people to see the show.
Disappointed yet determined, Perry continued to write and produce musical plays that dealt with many core issues facing the Black community. Perry is my Hero because, regardless of his success, all of his work feels like it comes from a place of genuine care of understanding. Money, fame and material spoils appear not to be Perry’s motivator. This pure reflection within his work always leaves a giggle in my gut, a pinch in my heart, a thought in my mind and a tear in my eye.
“My momma not being around ain’t got shit to do with how I be treating these bitches”
The Best Man
I can make it through the rain I can stand up once again, on my own and I know that I’m strong enough to mend. And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith. And I live one more day and I make it through the rain.
Mariah Carey – Lyric of the week – Through the Rain
July 7, 2009 9:45 a.m. Michael Jackson passes my window
Through my office window I can see the 110 freeway. There was a long line of at least 30 limousines with approximately 20 LAPD escorts heading to the Staple center. There were 2 ambulances behind the limos. On my way in to work on the train this morning there were about 500 law enforcement officers to control the crowd which already had begun to swell. Read more
