30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 8 – Random Fun Activity – Baseball Games at Away Stadiums

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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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays- 2011 Quotable of The Year – Common – “Cloth”

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I took time to transcribe this, but looking at the year in totality, this easily fits (though recent) as my Quotable of the Year 2011.

Common
“Cloth”
We were from different cities on the same block,
Grew up in different circles in the same spot,
Like rain drops, we fall in love, giving our all,
Showing her ring off, like a player at the ball,
I recall,
The walls that I had up,
Attracted to women for things that didn’t matter,
The clow, boom, pop,
The sound of my heart when it dropped,
The night that I met her,
It might be forever,
I hear people saying that they like us together,
I ain’t afraid to gamble,
Life is getting better with you,
I admit, I had issues,
Like ebony or essence,
Your pedigree, your presence,
Is more than clothes can say for you,
When I shop, I gotta spend more than day for you,
I pray for you and us,
That we infuse through lust,
And accrue the trust,
Lets shake off the dust from the cloth

Music Mondays – 2011 Year In Review

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Acoustic, After The Storm, Andy Allo, Atlanta, Bears, Beyond Race Magazine, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bon Iver, Brooklyn, California, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Citizen Cope, Cloth, Common, Cubs, Dreams, Ernest Wilson, Floetry, Florence and The Machine, Foo Fighters, How To Make It In America, I Should Have Known, I'm Sorry Who's Yosi?, Jamie Woon, Justin Vernon, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Late Nights & Early Mornings, Lonnie Lynn, Lost In The Woods, Lost in The World, Love, Marsha Ambrosius, Mumford And Sons, Music Mondays, MW, New York, Night Air, No I.D., Rebekah Jordan, sex, Soundfix Lounge, Stevie Nicks, Strange Love, The Dreamer/The Believer, The Kooks, The Trouble With Fiction, The XX Remix, Theophilus London, Va$htie, Va$htie Kola, Vashtie, Vashtie Kola, Wasting Light, You Got The Love (The XX Remix)

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Common – “Cloth”

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Please take a chance on this. Most looking at my Hip-Hop Quotable posts, are touched by the song, and the lyrics, and how they may have spoken to them during said time period. I can’t remember the last time that a song spoke to, and stuck with me like this (I just heard it today), not even Sia’s striking “My Love” from last year. But the words are so poignant, and actually speak to me and my life, thoughts and feelings, that I had to transcribe and share this today. I knew it, when I heard it during my commute.

Common
“Cloth”
We were from different cities on the same block,
Grew up in different circles in the same spot,
Like rain drops, we fall in love, giving our all,
Showing her ring off, like a player at the ball,
I recall,
The walls that I had up,
Attracted to women for things that didn’t matter,
The clow, boom, pop,
The sound of my heart when it dropped,
The night that I met her,
It might be forever,
I hear people saying that they like us together,
I ain’t afraid to gamble,
Life is getting better with you,
I admit, I had issues,
Like ebony or essence,
Your pedigree, your presence,
Is more than clothes can say for you,
When I shop, I gotta spend more than day for you,
I pray for you and us,
That we infuse through lust,
And accrue the trust,
Lets shake off the dust from the cloth