Music Mondays – Frank Ocean – “Back”

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“…I will never sleep with my back to you…”


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 – The Arcs vs. The Inventors – “Janitor”Blue Lines Coachella Weeks

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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.

New To You Music Sundays – Bosnian Rainbows – “Eli” NFL Edition – Go Giants

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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 – Heltah Skeltah – “I Ain’t Having That” feat Redman and Doc Holiday RIP Sean Price

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They don’t like us
Word up
They don’t like us
They ain’t gotta like us f–k them son

Starang forever like Wu Tang my crew brings drama
Hangin’ your a-s upside down by ya shoe strings
Smoke, tell ’em how we doin’ this
Stop the whole s–t just to big up my newness

(Now, by all means)
I do a show in New Orleans
And get wit b’out it ’bout it Mystikal
(Starang, we been missin’ you)
Last year ATL we almost got physical

I can’t talk, now, read about it in the interview
(While y’all up in D&D)
I caught two and three stitches
I was still gettin’ b—hes in the tunnel takin’ pictures
In the mazda listenin’ to ‘Kris, I Got Next’
I wanted hot sex, so I ran and got the Lex

Text Tuesdays – Pearl Jam – “Sirens” lyrics

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2013, ALS, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, grunge, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Key Yemaya Walker, Lightning Bolt, Lyrics, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Pearl Jam, Saints, Seattle, Sirens, Steve Gleason, Text Tuesdays, Washington

Hear the sirens, hear the siren
Hear the siren, hear the circus all go found
I hear the sirens more and more in this here town
Let me catch my breath to breathe then reach across the bend

Just to know we’re safe, I am a grateful man
This light is pit, alive and I can see you clear
I could take your hand, and feel your breath
For feel that someday this will be over
I pull you close, so much to lose

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – A Tribe Called Quest – “Award Tour” requested by Promoter Ike’s World

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[chorus Dove from De La Soul:]
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
New York, NJ, N.C., VA
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
Oaktown, L.A., San Fran, St. John

[Q-Tip:]
People give your ears so I be sublime
It’s enjoyable to know you and the concubine
N—az, take off your coats ladies, act like chorus Dove from De La Soul:
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
New York, NJ, N.C., VA
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
Oaktown, L.A., San Fran, St. John

[Q-Tip:]
People give your ears so I be sublime
It’s enjoyable to know you and the concubine
N—az, take off your coats ladies, act like GEMS
Sit down, Indian style, as we recite these hymns
See, lyrically I’m Mario Andretti on the mo-mo
Ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo
Heard me in the eighties, J Beez on the promo
On my never ending quest to get the paper on the
Caper

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Frank Ocean – “Wiseman”

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“Frank Ocean wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn’t a scene for it…I could have thrown it in quickly just to have it, but that’s not why he wrote it and not his intention.” ~ Quentin Tarantino on why “Wiseman was omitted from the Django Unchained soundtrack.

Wiseman closed his mouth
Madman closed his fist
Young man shows his age
Judge man named it sin
Bad man don’ exist no
No evil man exists
Good man don’t exist no
No righteous man exists
Sad man cannot cry in place where man can see
Never witnessed father weep
This old man thought it weak
But strong man don’t exist
No undying man exists
Weak man don’t exist no
Just flesh and blood exists
But your mother would be proud of you
I bet your mother would be proud of you

Blue Lines Blog – #FMSPhotoADay – November – Day 29 – Big – Georgia Dome

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#FMSphotoaday, Atlanta, Atlanta Falcons, Big, Black, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Day 29, Dome, Eggs, Falcons, Fat Mum Slim, Football, game, Georgia Dome, GWCC, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, National Football League, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, NFL, November, Red, Saints, Thursday Night Football

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 – Frank Ocean feat Andre 3000 – “Pink Matter”

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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.

Blue Lines Blog: My Blue Print Cleanse Journey Day 3 (2/20/11) Last Day

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Blue Lines, Blue Print, C.A.B., Cashew Milk, Cleanse, Codex, Cuba, Cuban, Detox, Etsy, Front Page News, Green Juice, Key Yemaya Walker, Little 5 Points, New Orleans, New To You Music Sundays, P.A.M., Radiohead, Sassy Raggs, Spicy Lemonade, The King Of Limbs

“We can all learn something else about ourselves.”

 

Day 3 (The Last Day):

After my long Saturday with the fam, I actually woke up, headache free this morning around 7:30.  I don’t know whether that was a good or bad thing as I laid back and wrapped my mind around getting up, preparing my hot water, lemon, and cayenne pepper to drink before my first juice.  I decided to get up, and prepped as I sat at the computer reviewing the night, and deciding whether to go on to the gym to sit in the steam this morning.  The sun was bright, thought the temperature was much lower than yesterdays near 80 degrees.

 

Juice 1: Green Juice

I finished off my first juice while prepping my standard Sunday blogs, and listening to the new Radiohead album The King Of Limbs.  I’m addicted to the song “Codex.”  I decided against any of the new material to make the post of “New To You Music Sundays,” since the material is very new.  I try to reserve that for obscure artists or songs, that YOU should be up on, but are not.

 

Juice 2: P.A.M. (Pineapple, Green Apple, Mint)

My mother had been against this cleanse the entire time, and labeled it a fad diet, not truly understanding my reasoning behind it (weight loss was not a considering factor).  I waited until she arrived for her “model shoot” she wanted me to model her new shirts for her Etsy website to sell.  I walked in with the juice to get a response from her, only for her to say, can’t you make that at home.

 

Juice 3: Green Juice (again)

I drank this before leaving so that she could get a late Sunday lunch…because I knew I would be sitting there watching and waiting to drink my next juice.