Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Frank Ocean feat Andre 3000 – “Solo (Reprise)

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2016, André Lauren Benjamin, Andre 3000, Andre 3K, Andre Benjamin, Atlanta, Blond, Blonde, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Christopher Edwin Breaux, Christopher Francis Ocean, Dungeon Family, Frank Ocean, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Mike Dean, music, musician, OutKast, Rapper, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Solo (Reprise), UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This is truly the most real statement in Hip-Hop right now.

[Intro: André 3000]
Aye, aye, so now I’m—

[Verse: André 3000]
So low that I can see under the skirt of an ant
So low that I don’t get high no more
When I “Geronimo!”, I just go “Eh”
Solo, my cup is a rojo, my cholo, my friend
So low that I can admit
When I hear that another kid is shot by the popo
It ain’t an event no more

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Text Tuesdays – New Prose – Untitled

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

We take from the past,
To source the future,
Taste,
Memory,

Music Mondays – MDWS – “Circles”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Love, music, Music Mondays, New York, Sacramento, 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.

Music Mondays – Connie Constance – “Stars”

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2015, Atlanta, Black Acre, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Connie Constance, Georgia, Harry the imaginary friend/monster, In The Grass, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, London, music, Music Mondays, Sacramento, Stars, UK, 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 – James Bay – “Hymn For The Weekend” – Coldplay Cover

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Coldplay, Cover Sundays, Georgia, Hymn For The Weekend, James Bay, 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.

New To You Music Sundays – Nao – “Girlfriend”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Georgia, Girlfriend, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Nao, New To You Music Sundays, 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.

Shelltoe Thursdays – White x Black Superstar In San Francisco Outside Lands Music Festival

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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.

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “My Lament”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Father, Georgia, Harlem, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Life, New York, New York City, Poem, poetry, Prose, Sacramento, Son, Text Tuesdays

7/28/16
So eager to have what we think we need,
Based on emotion and no thought,
You always felt it unheeded,
The qualities it brought,
But it created confusion,
I watched you age before my eyes,
Your youth and strength diminished,
I struggle now each day, because,

Music Mondays – The Asteroid Galaxy Tour – “Around The Bend”

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2008, 2009, Acid Jazz, Around The Bend, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, BMG, California, Copenhagen, Denmark, Friut, Georgia, Herlev, Indie pop, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lars Iversen, Mette Lax, Mette Lindberg, Mikkel Balster Dorig, Music Mondays, Pop rock, Psychedelic pop, Rasmus Littauer, Sacramento, Simon Littauer, Small Giants, The Asteroid Galaxy Tour

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.