Cover Sundays – Bonnie McKee – “When Doves Cry” – Prince Cover

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1984, 2016, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bonnie Leigh McKee, Bonnie McKee, California, Chanhassen, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Georgia, iPhone, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Minneapolis, Minnesota, music, Paisley Park, pop, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rain, Reprise, Sacramento, Seattle, Singer, Singer-songwriter, songwriter, Vacaville, Vocals, Washington, When Doves Cry

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

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New To You Music Sundays – Phantogram – “Run Run Blood”

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2016, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, dream pop, Electronica, Georgia, iPhone, iPhone Post, Josh Carter, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, New To You Music Sundays, New York, New York City, Phantogram, Run Run Blood, Sacramento, Sarah Barthel, Saratoga Springs, Shoegaze, Three, trip hop

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Gotta Have It”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chad Hugo, Chicago, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, East Coast Hip-Hop, Ferris Bueller, Fred Wesley, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, James Brown, Jay-Z, Joseph Roach, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, KiD CuDi, New York, New York City, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams, Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sacramento, Sean Carter, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, The Neptunes, Watch the Throne

[Kanye West:]
Turn my headphones up
Louder
Uh-huh, uh-huh

(What you need, what, what you need)
(What you need, what, what you need)
Oh (I got what you need)

Hello, hello, hello, White America, assassinate my character
Money matrimony, yeah, they tryna break the marriage up
Who gon’ act phonier? Who gon’ try to embarrass ya?
I’ma need a day off, I think I’ll call Ferris up

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “Hated”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Georgia, Hate, Hated, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Poem, poetry, Prose, Sacramento, Text Tuesdays, UNC Chapel Hill

7/19/16
One November night,
Eight years ago,
The venom began to brew,
You never loved me,

Music Mondays – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – “Over The Rainbow & What A Wonderful World”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Folk, Georgia, Hawaii, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Ka ʻAnoʻi, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, Music Mondays, Over The Rainbow & What A Wonderful World, Sacramento, Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, The Fearless Eyed, ukulele, Vocals, World

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

New To You Music – Kelsey Lu – “Empathy”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, cello, Charlotte, Empathy, Georgia, Kelsey Lu, Kelsey Lu McJunkins, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, New To You Music Sundays, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Sacramento, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Cover Sundays – El Perro del Mar – “Breaking the Girl” Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Shell Toe Thursdays – Dirty Adidas White x White Shells At #BlackLivesMatter March

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Sacramento

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – A$AP Ferg – Beautiful People (Ft. Chuck D & Mama Ferg) – “Beautiful People”

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A$AP Ferg, Always Strive And Prosper, ASAP Ferg, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Carl Ryder, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Chuck D, Darold Ferguson, East Coast Hip-Hop, Georgia, Harlem, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, iPhone, iPhone Post, Jr., Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Mama Ferg, music, New York, New York City, Photography, poetry, Prophets of Rage, Prose, Public Enemy, Sacramento, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[Intro – Chuck D:]
We got our ways, but ain’t we human beings too?
If our lives don’t matter, no lives matter
Thus life is our future, dying is unacceptable
Living for what we believe in is life itself
And that in itself is beautiful, iight

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “I Don’t Want To Be Your Next #BlackLivesMatter #Hashtag “

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#BlackLivesMatter, Alton Sterling, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Black, Black Lives Matter, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brother, California, family, Georgia, iPhone, iPhone Post, Japan, Japanese, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Louisiana, Minnespta, Philando Castile, Photography, Poet, poetry, Prose, Sacramento, Son, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

7/11/16
Did my life matter,
It mattered to my Black Father,
It mattered to my Brown Mother,
It mattered to my Sister,
It mattered to my Brother,