Ascension

It happened the moment, when you were revealed
'Cause you were a dream that you should not have been
A fantasy real
You gave me this beating baby
This rhythm inside
And you made me feel good and feel nice and feel loved
Give me paradise

So shouldn't I realize
You're the highest of the high
If you don't know, then I'll say it
(So don't ever wonder)

--hello Musical Index to the different chapters in my life

Hotter than July

Stevie 'true' Wonder
You made my soul a burning fire
Youre getting to be my one desire
Youre getting to be all that matters to me
And let me tell you girl
I hope and pray each day I live
A little more love Ill have to give
A little more love thats devoted and true
cause all I do is think about you

All I Do - Stevie Wonder

Presently passing outside my bedroom window, you would think that I was commemmorating the King of Pop by blasting his classic hits. But if you were my neighbor, you would already know that this is what I do every other night.
A strong staple of my music playlists, Michael Jackson, or "MJ" as his worldwide fans would call him, defined a pop generation, and to this day - is still the #1 selling artist in History with over 100 million copies of his "Thriller" album sold worldwide.

With that said, there is no need to explain that as I play my music list now, with such timeless classics like "Do You Remember the Time", "You Rock my World", and "Butterflies" on rotation, that there is a different note that hits the airwaves -a feeling of underlying respect and nostalgia that is now forever sealed in each and every record by the one & only King of Pop - R.I.P. MJ -

Leslie Dizon is a freelance writer that is a strong advocate of doing what makes her heart sing, like baking cookies and memorizing choreography with her eyes closed.

For the Love of the Game

It was never for the fortune
nor the fame
It was I, pursuing my inner flame
That inner spark
of my engine plug
Burning fire to reach something higher
new heights to scale
new visions to attain
new adventure - To discover
what it is the game entails

-L.D.6/20

Bobby Caldwell's "My Flame" is my favorite song right now.
Past midnight, eyes heavy, and still struggling to piece together a lyrical viewpoint of today's happenings, and yet here I'm stuck on this hook - listening to it for the millionth time, yet it sounds more legit than ever.

I play to win.
And it teases the deepest regions of my mind, the corners of which regulate time.
A non-renewable resource that, once gone, is forever encapsulated through one's memory. Do you still love me? Do you still love me? (Some things will never change..) And no matter how society has conditioned me to think otherwise, I genuinely believe that it is possible to find truelove in this lifetime. Yes I've seen the marriage statistics that would endanger such a thesis, but I'm talkin bout the statistical anomolies, baby. That off-the-chart, out-the-cut, however-do-you-want it type event.

The melodic styling and the genuine vulnerability alone - dont sleep

My Flame - Bobby Caldwell
Sup playa its game time.

This is all I have to bring today

It's all I have to bring today
This, and my heart beside
This, and my heart, and all the fields
And all the meadows wide
Be sure you count – should I forget
Some one the sum could tell
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.

-E.D.

bomb grafitti

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" -DPS


Spray that on one end of the subway train 4me..

Y'all know bout the golden era of hip hop, I'm sure.
The 88-96. Ya girl was still two steppin' in the bahay kubo's of Metro Maynila, Taguig, doin the tsinelas thang in the streets BUT lemme just say....

The breadth of late 80's-90's hip hop & r&b that came out is nothing short of profound. Trust, I've been knee deep in these beats, lyrics, and hooks and it is the TRUTH. [Thank God] To wet the palette for a minute, lets discuss JODECI. Originating from Virgina and North Carolina are the members Jo-Jo, DeGrate (including both Dalvin and DeVante) and K-Ci. Under the management of Diddy to Uptown Records, the r&b group went platinum on three different ablums, including: Love Always, It's Real, and X. If "Forever my Lady" can attest to the lyrical pull these gentlemen have on women, "What about us" would demonstrate the effects of gravity on our articles of clothing. You heard it here first.

I wish I had a nice MPC to sample and chop the kicks and snares off these records.
I'd be gettin my Pete Rock on, no doubt.

Short little freestyle before I drift off to sweet dreams:
"You sound like a broken record the way you talk about money/
boastin bout the layaway chain on ya neck, I think its funny/
See, you amateur rappers spit rhymes without a solid foundation/ of your artform's creation/ using foul imagination right from the start, referee called it, and you never had the heart/
Do you use art to make money, or do you make money from the art/
game recognize real game/ and I can tell you sucka emcees apart/"

..daaaaammm, that was all me yo- your welcome! :)

[Background info: Elainne & I were watching dvd FightKlub battles earlier..haha)

Satisfaction

You blow my mind, baby
I'm so alive with you

You light my fire,
I feel alive

You blow my mind..
I'm satisfied

explicit

"Sometimes you gotta dig deep, when problems come near,
don't fear, things get severe for everybody everywhere.
Why do bad things happen, to good people, seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil"

Two days ago, I got robbed.
No pistols involved, just some hooligans actin silly on Melrose and Fairfax.
Unexpectedly strolling down the streets, on the hunt for cute footwear to add to the collect'ion
I pop open the trunk, in search to find my bookbag and instead
come to the harsh realization that this bag, along with other bags are poof! gone like some Sigfried & Roy sht...

...I was heated for a cool cool minute
but Mama C and I shook it off, watched a comedic movie w the homeboys of Redlight
and smoked legally, loungin

The only thing I can do is rise above the dust, file a police report, maybe install an alarm, and most definitely keep my sht movingthank you

my rhymes are heavy, like the mind of sista betty

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves,
the true kingdom for each one of us;
and true progress is to know more,
and be more, and to do more...

wsup though

Phife Dawg, Q-tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammed of A TRIBE CALLED QUEST have been saving my life daily and what better way to testify my love than this sexy lil wristlet? The complete set (Wu earrings not included) comes with working speakers yo..I feel like a thorough-ass btch listenin to this Puerto Rican named Fat Joe as we speak..I'm bringing this joyous mothafcka wit me everywhere!!! :)

Don't look any further

A Timeless classic, the Air Jordan Retro 1 dropped in 1985
and forever changed the game
Sneakers were no longer strictly for functional use, but considered art
One of my favorites from MJ! Cop'd for $56 (+tax) from Nike Greenland

Get Yours 2009*

Maintainin, puttin myself in a position most of these rappers ain't in
Striving, forever - turning nothing into something
Honestly, my number #1 policy is Quality
Fortunately my music is never watery
That's how its gotta be, as far as I can see
Maybe you should grab a telescope to see my veiw its like astronomy
It aint all about economy
so the fact that these wack emcees is making G's don't bother me


never sell my soul is my philosophy