Wednesday
Monday
Pressure On Your Name (test)
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day's the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
a sideways margin, why are we marchin again..
i bought my coffin, with a lil bit help from my friends
no ice cream socials, or dressin up nice tonight
my rites of passage, s’when I’m taking flight
out body, out of sight
out of scrutiny, out of my life
no longer obligated to be
held down by gravity
surpassed these human beasts
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
no one day's the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
a sideways margin, why are we marchin again..
i bought my coffin, with a lil bit help from my friends
no ice cream socials, or dressin up nice tonight
my rites of passage, s’when I’m taking flight
out body, out of sight
out of scrutiny, out of my life
no longer obligated to be
held down by gravity
surpassed these human beasts
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, whether sun or rain, pressure on your name
when you yell and scream just so you don’t hear the voices in your head no more, it’s time to go
no one day’s the same, no one day’s the same, every day's the same
Wednesday
List
- Must be hard to live everyday of your life followed in stores plus ppl are afraid of you because the TV and movies tell them to be.
- Must be hard to adjust the bass in your voice all the time because people are afraid when you speak.
- Must suck to have pockets but never be able to use them because having your hands in them or pulling your hands out of them is dangerous.
- Sucks that both males n females. Young n old of every complexion except for yours can wear hooded jackets. You can not. It’s wrong of you.
- Must be be hard to live in trauma for the entirety of your life and not realize it. Even worse the world doesn’t acknowledge your trauma.
- Must be hard to struggle when everyone wants to compare their struggle to yours.
- Must be hard to see the bigger picture. But be judged by your peers for not hating everyone that is not like you.
- Must be hard to try and change your life when the people that surround you don’t want to change their own.
- Must be hard to escape this life trap that’s been developing for so long.
- Must suck to not have to deal with any of this and surely not understand any of it so much so it forces you to be apathetic and blame those people for the life they did not choose. Man you’ve got it so bad.
- Must suck to have historically documented evidence that certain things were implemented specifically for you to fail, but have people ignore those facts. Tell you you’ve gottah pull up yah damn boot straps or something.
Thursday
Half A Mill Documentary "Player Hating: A Love Story" Interview With Director Maggie Hadleigh-West
My brief Interview with "Player Hating, A Love Story" Director Maggie Hadleigh-West
I went to Medgar Evers Tuesday night to see a screening of a film about a rapper. Turned out to be about Half A Mill. I honestly wasn't expecting much but the film was pretty good. I enjoyed it. After the screening there was a Q&A. I'm not fond of panels and most discussions that follow films about black folks. We always seem to end up in the same place upset and arguing saying nothing much that could actually affect change.
I couldn't take it and stood up and addressed the entire audience. In my brief rant I spoke about taking responsibility for one's self and for those who are around you. Being proactive and making a concerted effort to find something you can do to affect change. Someone kept asking, "but what can we do?" I pointed at the people on the panel and shouted they're telling you what you can do. Support them! I addressed the fact that if you truly want to do things you simply find a way to do them. I expressed that change is not always tied to a budget and it's important to understand that there is nothing small about any effort you make toward progress. You all want to have a perfect body but don't want to watch your diet and exercise. It ain't finna happen. I shared how one day I thought about how simply being nice to people in the street and smiling, speaking, kind gestures are powerful because there are people walking around everyday that simply do not want to live. All in all you have to actually care about people in order to want to help people. We are far too apathetic about things that happen around us that don't directly affect us. That has to stop. But we have to stop it. It's either do something or pretty much shut up.
Anyway... So much more to say but I won't. What I will say is that I support this film and I'd hope people will support it as well.
It's very interesting what gets support when it comes to the world of Hiphop and I'm not even discussing on a mainstream level because we all already know what it is.
This film deserves that support.
Quad Cinema: Fri. April 6 - Thurs. April 12
34 West 13th Street, NYC 10011 • 212.255.8800
Indie Screen: Fri. April 13 - Sat. April 14
289 Kent Ave. Williamsburg, BK, NY 11211 • 347.227.8030
Player Hating: A Love Story
Definition: Player Hating- Someone else is about to shine, and you'll do anything to keep that motherfucker from getting his cheese — it can be as subtle as negative flow (lyrics) or as extreme as trying to clap (shoot) him. -- Trent Bond, Half's Manager and former NYPD Detective
Half-a-Mill is a 26 year old hip hop artist from the Albany Projects in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. By the time he was seven, Half was sharing a gun with his brother, 'cause he was sick of people putting their guns in his face in the elevator of his building, and not being able to do anything about it. Half's been running with the same ten guys, since he was real little, and they're his crew. But he's the one that will take all of them out of the projects because he's been signed by the indie music label, Warlock Records. Half and his crew are doing most of the work to launch his first album Milion, but that's ok because there's the chance they'll blow up, and Half wants that so bad he can taste it, and he'll do whatever he has to do, in order to support himself, his family and his music.
Player Hating: A Love Story follows Half-a-Mill and his Brooklyn crew, The Godfia Criminals, as they struggle to launch Milion, in an effort to attain money, success and recognition through music. Player Hating delves intimately into the lives of young "thugs", and takes the viewer into an underground world of poverty, alienation, gangs, violence and music that most audience members have an inkling of, but few rarely see—unless they've lived it.
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