1. "Ooh child things are gonna get easier/Ooh child things'll be brighter/ Someday....We'll get it together and we'll get it all done/Someday when your head is much lighter/Someday....We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun/Someday when the world is much brighter" - The Five Stairsteps "Ooh Child" 2. BFF that was for you AND me! Be strong love. 3. Tis my blog and I tells the truth in this mug, right? Right! 4. And with that said......Im pretty sure Ive been battling probable mild depression for the last month or two 5. Mood swings, generally feeling down, the not give a fuck-ness, unmotivated to do much, financial stress, lack of a love life and relying on my good friend 'Ze Likka' a bit too much about adds up to mild depression I think 6. I dont mean to alarm you....Im okay I promise......it's just a valley that I must see my way through...I'll be back up in a minute 7. "My shit always work sometimes!" - Mike Lowery 8. Congrats on your impending wedding Nichelle! 9. Oh how I love love.....*sigh* 10. "....Sometimes love takes a long time/But wait for love and you're gonna get the chance to love/Wait for love, wait for love.." - Luther Vandross "Wait For ...

1. "It's a great day for genocide/ (What's that?)/ Thats the day all the niggas died/ They killed JFK in '63/ so what the fuck you think they'll do to me?!?!?" - Ice Cube "When Will They Shoot?" 2. Sometimes all this shit makes me wanna revert back to my extra-militant self 3. Got me listening to old Ice Cube, PE and The Coup and shit 4. This Skip Gates fiasco is just getting way outta hand 5. I dont think the "Beer Summit" was of any use since both parties have essentially left the door open to still sue one another 6. I commend President Obama for trying to help but he cant do everything 7. With this being a matter of race and him being.....ya know....black.....and also being.....ya know.....the president I think the presumption of bias on his part is too much 8. The bottom line though is once they were both inside and Gates proved it was his crib that shoulda been the end. 9. I can understand his frustration and mouthing off once inside seeing as though he had just got home from China. Have you any idea of that plane ride and then to come home and hafta deal with this shit? 10. Part ...

1. "And when the groove is dead and gone/ You know that LOVE survives/ so we can rock forever on" - Michael Jackson "Rock With You" 2. God bless Michael, Farrah, Chasity Turner, little Jada Justice, and their families 3. Live your life yall.  4. Go out and find joy. Make your own damn joy if you gotta. Just be joyful! 5. So I think I get that BET was trying to save time by not bothering to go through the nominees before they announced the award winners....but what was up with Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo performing 3 times each?!?!?!! 6. And as for the BET Awards show overall.....welp I'll chalk it up to them only having 3 days after Michael's passing to change it up. Period. 7. Oh and one more thing.....after her performance is it safe to say that Beyonce is slowly but surely changing into the black Barbara Striesand? 8. Artest to the Lakers? If you cant beat 'em you join 'em I guess lol 9. It's gonna be a really different NBA this year folks 10. "...but slip up and shoot the wrong fucking video/ and they think they can market you however that they decide to!' - Drake "Say What's Real" 11. And he said ...

1. "Just give me a minute/ I betcha er'thang gon turn out lovely/ Just give me a minute/ Imma be alright.....just trust me!" - "Bubba Sparxxx "Lovely" 2. And I start this one off with that quote becuz dammit Im finna do some venting on this list. I think we're going to '50' on this like we usta do! 3. Stick around and read if you like. If not....I'll see ya when I see ya I guess 4. I hate to say it but....I got some straight up niggers in my family 5. And yes with the 'er' as opposed to the 'a' at the end. 6. You try to help niggers and they just shit all over you! 7. Damn shame these mugs is my blood....came out my daddy nut sac just like me and I gotta cut them off! 8. Learn the power of saying 'NO' my good people 9. It will save you TONS of grief down the line.....trust! 10. "Tell me now/Can you make it past your Caspers?/ So we can finally fly off into NASA/....We were never meant to be/Baby we just happened/ So PLEEEEASE dont mess up the trick/ Hey Young World...Im the new Slick Rick/ They say I move too quick/but we ...

1. "There is nothing special about me.....I am just a little star/ If you try to reach out and touch me/ you'll see that....I'm not really that far/ I may not be the brightest nor am I the last one you'll see/ but as long as I'm noticed/ that's just fine with me" - Kelis Feat. Cee-Lo "Lil Star" 2. Yo no lie....this song has been on repeat for like the last 30 hour as I type this 3. It's a weird mix of melancholy, humble and reflective I think 4. Whatever the case I simply can not stop listening to it 5. Swine Flu?............*shrug* 6. Maybe, just maybe with the recession going like it is....the health industry put this shit in the air so it can get it's loot up 7. I mean they fucking injected unsuspecting humans with syphillis once upon a time to see its affect on them so I cant put shit past none of these government agencies 8. But is it me or are ALL the symptoms of the "swine flu" kinda identical to the regular ass flu flu? 9. Like my girl @Slim_Goodie said "First Anthrax, mad cow disease, SARS, west nile disease, flesh eating bacteria, bird flu, etc. Now it's ...

1. "Ummmmm....I dont mean no harm/but ya boy Young Hov got a mean ol arm/and all the young ladies wanna lean on him/and I dont turn 'em away/Im like 'Bring them on'..." - Jay Z "Somebody's Girl" 2. I mean thats whateverybody thinks of me, right? lol 3. Obviously that whole perception of me irks me but oh well...what can you do but live your life, right? 4. This Ani lyric(@ No. 10) seems fitting but I'll refrain from blogging it for the 64,973 rd time 5. I'll say this though : Think/Believe what you wanna....but when I pop up all boo'd up all of a sudden, dont say I aint warn ya! 6. *steps down from soapbox* 7.Can anyone tell me whenthis Steve Harvey mania will be over with already? 8. Whose dumb ass idea was it to have him on BOTH 'GCI and V103 at the same damn time anyways? 9. .....and lemme find out that he jacked that book idea/title from someone else.... 10. "Procrastination is fear of success. People procrastinate because they're afraid of the success they know'll result if they move ahead now because success is heavy and carries responsibility. It is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy." - ...

1. "I dreamt that I could paint you with words/But there were no colors bright enough/Black or white enough/Blue or green enough, it didn't mean enough..." - Mos Def (Mary J. Blige) "Beautiful" (Remix) 2. So I've just been told that at the last few weddings that I've been a part of...at some point during the ceremony I've stared off in space all dreamy and romantical like 3. Friggin hilarious b/c being the hopeful/hopeless romantic that I am it makes total sense....I just dont remember blacking out like that 4. Somehow I kinda figured myself to take the plunge before Zell but when a man is ready he is ready! 5. But still tho.....Zell!?!?!??! 6. Congrats to him and Joan 7. Having my younger cousin have to break down new slang for me is not such a great feeling. 8. Besides......."too slap" just sounds dumb 9. Slap = Drunk 10. "Outside the walls of your IMAGINED limitations, there is a whole world waiting to be experienced. Allow yourself to venture into it." - Unknown 11. Is that not the realest shit ever? 12. All thanks do to Monie for sharing that quote with me and for putting me up on.... 13....that new new : http://www.yearoftheblacksmith.com/ 14. Yes I surely did put the "Party ...

1. "I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. Whatever I say is always lawful ... I don't believe there's any cloud that hangs over me, I think there's nothing but sunshine hanging over me." - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on December 9th, 2008, the day before he was arrested and indicted with hella phone tap evidence against him 2. The sheer, absolute, and absurd audacity of this guy! 3. I mean really....you really figured you'd get away with selling a seat in the US Senate to the highest bidder? 4. Like for real B? Is that what's hot in the streets? Can we say 'drunk off of power'? 5. Shout out to Caryn for bringing that quote to my attention 6. That's our 2nd governor in a row that's went down in scandal 7. And then Jesse Jr. was about all set to pay to play too? 8. Im saying....WTF is with Illinois politics?!!?!?? 9. How's it go Stevland? 10. "There's no principles in what you say/No direction in the things you do/For your world is soon to come to a close/Through the ages all great men have taught/truth and happiness just cant be bought....or sold/Tell me why ...

*If you're unfamiliar....This is what’s called a "list" and it’s comprised of various thoughts that cross my mind in regards to happenings in politics, sports, love, music, pop culture and my life in general. Dont worry...it reads really fast. I promise. 1. "Dealing with alcoholism and afrocentricity/A complex man drawn off simplicity” – Common “The 6th Sense” 2. Life is all about balances and dualities people.....please believe me. 3. She said she had a childhood friend named Shapantwon (Sha'Pan'Twon), and knew a set of brothers named Lemonjello (La'Mon'Ja'Lo) and Orangejello (O'Ronge'Ja'Lo) 4. I pray in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost that she was just making that shit up to be funny 5. What else is there to say about the upcoming elections? 6. McLame is wack.....Barack is where it's at! 7. Alot of states have grace periods beyond the deadline to register so take advantage 8. So I got a chance to watch "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" the other day..... 9. ....if these ol siddity ass chicks aint got the most false senses of entitlement I dun ever seen!!!! 10. "Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality." - Bertrand Russell via Itika 11. Somebody get Keyshia Cole's ...

1. ".....the good Lord I prayed to him/And he said, "(People) are listening now so you better have something to say to 'em"/So I'mma tell you how it went down, man...." - Phonte (Little Brother) "Beautiful Morning 2. If you are tuning in from InChiCity.com and this is your first time reading this 'you are about to experience something so cold!' 3. This is what's called a "list" and it's comprised of various thoughts that cross my <s>ADHD afflicted</s> mind in regards to happenings in politics, sports, love, music, pop culture and my life in general.......among other things! 4. Oh and FYI : I be quoting hella shit too 5. Don't be shook b/c it goes up to 50 items. It's really a quick read I promise 6. In case you're wondering....All the blogs wont be like this I swear. And with that.....let me finish getting this thing to juking 7. *Shakes head @ Kwame Kilpatrick* 8. I'm likely to never send another text EVER! 9. Nah....fuck that! I just wont be running for nobody's office anytime soon! LMAO! 10. "His father was a Black Panther?!?!?! My father was a Black STONE!" - Geli 11. Speaking of Geli....we figured it out! The real Noriega prolly does owe Rick Ross ...