Despondent. Numb. Empty. This is a very, very difficult song to listen to, I have to warn you.
I’m sorry if this song hurts you.
Tonra’s performance is heart-breakingly real and she wouldn’t have released it if she didn’t want it shared.
I love you. Bg, dg.
PS. The Ensemble version is achingly gorgeous.
Gotta up the energy a little here. Picture it, Saranac, 1998.
I’m a sophomore from Redford and get introduced to “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem”, and more specifically, DMX. I knew Swizzy was a member at some point back then, but I didn’t know he produced RRA.
Fast forward to last year and I just loved the message that this song leads and ends with.
“Wherever you are, SHINE!, whoever you are, SHINE!”
I have a fun playlist called “On my Ted Lasso Shit”, which I’ll link below, and the vibe of this song fits it. Be you. Don’t let haters dim your light. Swizzy says “shake em off “. Do your thing. Change the world a little bit at a time.
Didn’t think Golden Girls and Ruff Ryders made sense together did ya? They do in my life! 😀
Be good, do good.
The more time goes on, the more music she releases, the more I’m in awe of how talented Billie is.
This song is so poignantly beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Barbie was also a dope film…but this song from the soundtrack really grounds it.
“I used to float, now I just fall down, I used to know, but I’m not sure now, what I was made for?, what was I made for?, taking a drive, I was an ideal, looked so alive, turns out I’m not real, just something you paid for, what was I made for?, hm, ’cause I, I, I don’t know how to feel, but I wanna try, I don’t know how to feel, but someday I might, someday I might, Mm, hm, ha-ah, hm, hm, hm, when did it all end, all the enjoyment?, I’m sad again, don’t tell me boyfriend, it’s not what he’s made for, what was I made for?”
Just floors me. A song that just personifies ache…but that ache let’s us know what pure joy feels like too in a way.
Can’t appreciate the light without the dark. I think at it’s core that’s what this song is about.
Be good. Do good. Love you.
Been a little under the weather and got myself a bit behind with posts. That kind of stuff used to stress me out a bit, missing deadlines, even self-imposed ones. Just thinking about it now though, I realized there are a ton of things in our lives we probably don’t give ourselves enough grace with.
We need to be kinder with ourselves.
Love the prose VÉRITÉ uses in her songs.
“Dark distant remarks are calling, to remind me what we are, dim romantic sparks, we all fall down, so we can all cover our eyes, from explosions in the skies, can you feel them burning, can you feel the Earth tilt?, can you feel my heartbeat, pounding into nothing, broken bones are floating, in my empty body, can you feel it reaching?, moving through the feeling, won’t you bring me down?, won’t you bring me down to size?”
Rapid fire posts incoming to catch up!
Be good, do good.
So endeth the run of covers! That was a nice way to end October.
Killer Mike hit my radar with Run the Jewels, but then I started hearing him more and more on songs talking about racism and police brutality. Chappelle’s monologue in the beginning of the song is poignant. The organ. Man oh man.
“So what’s the excuse, I’m not good enough?, I did something wrong, I’m not perfect, we just asking people to be honest, you’re a leader, lead, don’t be afraid, we got your back like the motherfuckin’ Verizon man”
Be good, do good.
everything, etc. 