Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Nico Segal feat Noname Gypsy, Chance the Rapper – “Warm Enough”

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[Noname Gypsy:]
Who are you to tell me
I’m not warm enough for summertime?
I know that I can decide myself
But you don’t know me like the sun you’ve never seen my horizon

[Noname Gypsy:]
If I was everything I never was
Drugs got me bubbly suddenly mumbling simile meant to be for you now
The futile go fishing for moon over roof top
A new style for praying to everything I ever loved
My black boy outer space looking like a rain child
But but my body move like the sun

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – J. Cole – “Apparently”

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2014, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Atlanta, Blaza, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chapel Hill, Columbia, Dreamville, Frankfurt, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, J. Cole, Jermaine Cole, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, Jungle City Studios, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Los Angeles, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Perfect Sound Studios, Rapper, Roc Nation, Sacramento, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, West Germany

This song resonates with me.

[Hook:]
Oh right, oh
Oh why na-da-da-da
I keep my head high
I got my wings to carry me
I don’t know freedom
I want my dreams to rescue me
I keep my faith strong
I ask the lord to follow me
I’ve been unfaithful
I don’t know why you call on me

This is my canvas
I’ma paint it how I want it baby, oh I
This is my canvas
I’ma paint it, paint it, paint it, how I want it n—a
F–k you cause there
There is no right or wrong
Only a song
I like to write alone
Be in my zone
Think back to Forest Hills, no perfect home
But the only thing like home I’ve ever known
Until they snatched it from my mama
And foreclosed her on the loan
I’m so sorry that I left you there to deal with that alone
I was up in New York City chasin’ panties, gettin’ dome
Had no clue what you was goin’ through
How could you be so strong?
And how could I be so selfish, I know I can be so selfish
I could tell by how I treat you with my girl
D–n she so selfless, but she put up with my way
Because she loves me like you do
And though it don’t always show I love her just like I love you
And I need to treat you better
Wish you could live forever, so we could spend more time together
(I love you mama)

Music Mondays – J. Cole feat Jay-Z – “Mr. Nice Watch”

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Blue Lines, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Key Yemaya Walker, Movado, Mr. Nice Watch, Music Mondays, White x White

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.