Can't nobody sang like K-CI Bailey!!!!

I don't know but it looks like Jamie ran outside, grabbed K-CI out of the alley across the street, brought him back inside and told him to do his best Eddie Kane Jr. impression.

Ya'll remember when he and Mary J. did that song about crack on her first album?
I think it started out something like this:

"If lovin' you is all that I gotta do,
I don't wanna do anything else"

Nah, that was bad. Sorry, Mary. Actually, I think him and Jo Jo were performing at Jaime Foxx's Birthday party.

Look who else was there. The food looks good on the table but...



...I like the dessert!! Let's see...Regina pudding, Gabrielle fudge, and Sanaa pie. What to choose....what to choose...

Sign O' the Times

I had a weird dream about someone last night. To find out more about her you will have to look at my friend J's blog.




You thinking what I'm thinking, J? I wonder what she's doing right about now? She's probably on a date talking about her favorite restaurants and shyt. LMAO!! A little on the light headed side but a part of me (guess which part) still wouldn't mind...you know. But after that I could maybe "refine" her a little.

Hell, I could even start a Stripper Outreach Program (STOP). I already got me a crew to help get it off the ground. There's Kurb Servin' Khary, Bartholomus Caesar, Catfish Malik, The Audi King, and Beer Swiggin' Bill. And J, you can run the day to day operations since, well, you are probably more organized than any of us.

Now if we can just get state funding...

Through the "bushes", one walked alone...

I love my family to death. We've had our problems in the past but I forgave them all for it a long time ago.

I hold my true friends close to me and they know who they are. People that choose to become a part of your life...well that's special to me beyond words.

I respect the people that I work with. To do the job we do takes courage, self sacrifice, and the patience of Job.

But I would turn my back on all you muhf*ckas in a second for the leading male role in this damn movie!!!!!



Family reunions? Screw 'em!!!

Friends? Find new ones!!!

Job and coworkers? After this movie I could live off my book sales.
I would already be destined to become the Trojan's International Magnum spokesperson just from the movie clips alone!!!!

Just write a 22 min scene (54 minutes, Director's Cut) where I walk up on the camp while the whole group's busy "tradin' fur" and I can ad lib from there!!! Replace Brittany Murphy with K.D. Aubert and I would do it for free!! WHAT!!!

The Nicotine Chronicles-Day 14- F@(!$%

I can definitely taste the food a lot better. I still haven't figured out if that goes in the plus column or not. Constantly itching and fidgeting around like the drug that I'm trying to kick is Crack cocaine instead of what's normally found in cigarettes. The road to recovery is long and winding and I'm already getting dizzy. This is my story...

Oh My F*ckin' GoooAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHhhh. Today was a f*cked day!!!! I swear I almost killed someone. Laugh or cry if you want, but I was this close (place right hand in front of you and measure smallest distance between index and thumb without touching the two). I spent every minute of every f*ckin' hour thinkin' about smokin' a cigarette!!!!! How the hell is that possible? Even when I was smokin' I never craved the shyt that much! I feel like a crack head.


I am eating up every damn thing in sight. I don't miss a meal and the vending machine has become my best friend. I don't remember ever going through it like this before. It's almost two weeks and it only feels like it has been two days. I don't know how much longer I can take it. Don't wanna even think of relapse. I must drink some water and sleep now. DAMMIT!!!!!

Some more memorable songs.

With a full bladder, Robert Kelly stands over the naked body of a 15 yr old girl and boldly proclaims…

"My mind's tellin' me noooooooo
but my body, my body's tellin' me yeeeesssss!!!!
baby, I don't wanna hurt nobody
but there is something that I must confeeeessssssss...
to you"
-Bump N Grind, R. Kelly


“Poppa don’t preach
I’m in trouble deep
Poppa don’t preach
I’ve been losing sleep
But I made up my mind
I’m keepin’ my baby.
Ohhh, I’m gonna keep my baby.
-Pappa Don’t Preach, Madonna

I don’t know what to say about this. I mean, she went from talking about being a virgin to tellin’ her father to get up off of her ass cuz she’s keepin’ her baby. The very fact that she put out a song like that surprised the hell outta me but I think it’s relevant to what I’m putting out here.

I DO LOOOVE YOOOOU !!!
(oooooooooooooooh)
you can have a piece of my love (Dumb Bitch)
it's waitin for you (oooooooooh)
girl it's true
(IIIIIIIIIIIIIII)
you can have a piece of my love (lovin baby)
it's waiting for you (heeey)
girl it's true
you can have a--
baby you can't have all of me
'cuz i'm not totally free
i can't tell you everything that's goin on
baby
there's a few things in my past
that should not be explained
i'm askin you baby
be with me----for a lil while (you can have a--)
please hush
no questions asked
lay back and relax girl (i do love you-girl it's true)
now kick off your shoes
now put your head down (is waiting for you)
since we're here now baby
i'm givin you a piece of me you can't have (you can have a-)
-Piece Of My Love, Guy.


Man, I think that we argued for two complete school years over what the hell the opening chorus of this song says. I swear on everything I love that it sounds like they are saying “Dumb Bitch” at the beginning. You have to listen to it, rewind it, ask a friend, and then play it again. Trust me, its there. Guy snuck in there for a while towards the end of the eighties and had a few good hits. “Tease Me Tonight” and “Goodbye Love” were tight as hell too.

I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles
And the heavens open up every time she smiles
And when I come home to her that's where I belong
Yet I'm running to her like a river's song
(chorus)
she gives me love love love love crazy love
she gives me love love love love crazy love...
She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
And when I come home to her when the sun goes down
She takes away my troubles, takes away my grief
Takes away my heartache in the night like a thief.
she gives me love love love love crazy love..."
Crazy Love, Brian Mcknight.


I know he wasn't the one who originally song this song but I like it better. I can only wish to love a woman like that again. I mean, that much, you know? Wait, maybe I mean I can only wish for a woman to come along that will love me like that again. That sounds like some forever type love that you don't get all the time.

"Someday yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone,
Someday when your head is much lighter,
Someday yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun,
Someday when the world is much brighter,

Oooh child things are gonna be easier,
Oooh child things'll be brighter,
Oooh child things are gonna be easier,
Oooh child things'll be brighter,"
-Oooh Child, The Spinners.


Depending on what we were waiting for, I am still looking forward to when we will be dancing in the rays of a beautiful sun. If they are talking about what I think they are talking about, then we still have a long way before we get it together. Let's just get high, dance naked in the sun with only sunglasses on and continue to lie to our children. I figure that way we have all of the song's bases covered.

Please come now I think I’m falling
I’m holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I’m trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I’m down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
Hold me now
I’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain’t so far down"
-One Last Breath, Creed


Though they are disbanded now, I thought that their songs were pretty good. Sounds like this cat was contemplating suicide. Seemed a little Christian oriented but people loved them. You would think that with them doing so well they would continue. Oh well. This installment will be short. I am kinda tired and my fingers hurt. Be easy.

Powerful Lyrics

I was sitting around today thinking that there have been some very powerful lyrics in a lot of songs that just tend to reach out and grab you. Most of these lyrics happen to be from slow songs, or at least that is my opinion, but I've decided to post some now, as well as whenever they might come to me. I know that the artists listed below don't necessarily write the songs, but they do bring them to life. So now, without further delay, I bring to you my first installment of "Powerful Lyrics."

"Too strong for too long
And I can't be without you baby
And I'll be waitin' up until you get home
Cause I can't sleep without you baby
Anybody who's ever loved you
Knows just what I feel
Too hard to fake it
Nothin' can replace it
Call the radio
If you just can't
Be without
Your baby"
-Be Without You, Mary J. Blige.


Mary always seems to make you feel the pain that comes along with lovin' a person just a little too much, doesn't she? Probably the best at it. I mean, "Call the radio if you just can't be without..." How many people ever felt this way about someone???? Damn, that is just...STRONG! And "Anybody's whose ever loved you know just..." How many women ever reference women of a nigga's past???? Powerful...just powerful. This is just one of many of her songs that will probably appear on these posts.

"Thinking all that life would be
When you're not around
I just could not find my way
I wouldnt even know up from down
But since I've had you in my life
All these can be found
So strong and true, baby
Comin' from you, you, you, you, you..."
-I Call Your Name, Switch

Okay...okay!!! So this is the song that prompted this post and others that will be like it. You have to admit that this song was the shyt!!! Okay, just promise me that you will do a search, or maybe even download it from Limewire (shameless plug) and check it out. I am sure that you will add it to one of your favorites too.

"Brothers want to hang with the Meth bring the rope
the only way you hang is by the neck nigga poke
off the set comin to your projects
Take it as a threat, better yet it's a promise
Comin from a vet on some old Vietnam shit
Nigga you can bet your bottom dollar hey I bomb shit
And it's gonna get even worse word to God
It's the Wu comin through sickin niggaz for they garments
Movin on your left..."


My bad. I just didn't want ya'll to think I was too soft or nothin'. Unfortunately the two that I have listed are Meth's best. I don't know what happened to him in the following years, or songs for that matter. He seemed to only have been tight either with Redman or throwing down 16 bars for someone else. I think this next song was the first "real" Grammy single by a Rap artist.

"Shorty I'm there for you anytime you need me
For real girl, it's me in your world, believe me
Nuttin make a man feel better than a woman
Queen with a crown that be down for whatever
There are few things that's forever, my lady
We can make war or make babies
Back when I was nothin
You made a brother feel like he was somethin
That's why I'm with you to this day boo no frontin
Even when the skies were gray
You would rub me on my back and say 'Baby it'll be okay'
Now that's real to a brother like me baby,
Never ever give my cootie away, so keep it tight, aiight..."
-You're All I Need, Meth feat. Mary J. Blige


I guess that was every locked up nigga's anthem to the females that were keepin' it real wit 'em back in '94. Or so they were led to think. I would have changed the title to "Ode to My Shorty", because this is really a classic that belongs up there with any of Beethoven's works.

"Lady i'm hooked on you
There's nothing else i'd rather do
Spend my last dime
For a drop of your time
Cause you're the girl without a doubt
You know you got me strung out
And i need you more
And more
Cause you are my joy
You got me feenin..."
-Feenin', Jodeci.


What can you say about these cats? Their emergence quickly helped us forget about New Edition and whatever it was they were going through during that time. This is just one of the many songs that Jodeci belted out that helped get the belts off of many pairs of pants in the '90s. Every album had bangers on it and they are THE group of that whole hip hop/soul era. While some might argue Boys II Men, I believe it was Jodeci who started it all and kept it going while making people cross over to them. Is it just me or does anyone realize that Mary J and K-Ci could've been the first Whitney and Bobby Brown type couple?

"I carry a smile when I'm broken in two
And I'm nobody without someone like you
I'm tremblin' inside
And nobody knows it but me

I lie awake it's a quarter past three
I'm screamin' at night if I thought you'd hear me
Yeah, my heart is callin' you
And nobody knows it but me

The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin' about the love that we had
And I'm missin' you
And nobody knows it but me"
-Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project

A fool and his woman both shall soon part. I liked it though, while there weren't too many profound lyrics or whatever, it was still a pretty memorable tune. I can't remember if it won a Grammy or not. I think it was nominated at least.

"You keep running, running away
I know you can't run forever
You think you're heading for a heartbreak again
Just as you did before

I can teach you how to love again
If you just trust in me
I can show you things you never seen
You don't know how much you're missing.

CHORUS
Have you ever loved somebody
Can you learn to love somebody
the way somebody loves you
Have you ever known that feeling
Ooh that special feeling
When somebody loves you"
-Have You Ever Loved Somebody", Freddie Jackson


Now I didn't have a girlfriend when this song was big and I dreaded every damn minute of it! If that Chorus wasn't powerful I didn't know what was back then. I think I mainly put this down only because I am still scarred by it. Freddie seemed gay as hell to me but the song was tight. "Whisper sweetly in my ear..."


You may be young but you're ready
(Ready to learn)
You're not a little girl, you're a woman
(Take my hand) Let me tell you, baby

I'm yours for the takin'
So you can (Do what you please)
Don't take my love for granted
You're all I (I'll ever need)

Hold me, hold me in your arms
(Oh...baby) Never let me go

(There's a right and a wrong way to love somebody)
A right way to love somebody, to love me right
(There's a good and a bad way to love somebody)
There's a good, oh...whoa...oh...whoa...oh...
You do me good, ooh....
-Right and Wrong Way, Keith Sweat.


Now this cat couldn't dance a lick. It was actually pretty sad but during his entire reign that little flaw didn't matter at all. This particular song was the shyt. That first line alone set the tone. You see R. Kelly felt it, don't you? I don't know exactly how young Keith was talking, I guess it's relative, but people were singing that line in lunchrooms across the country.

Now I was just throwing down a couple of songs that popped in my head. If you feel there are some others like, "Adore U", or "As We Lay" that warrant attention, start a blog about it, or hit me up. I am sure I will have more in the near future. Be easy.

Last one!!!!

My sister put me on this a long time ago. You see, she had a nervous condition where she would rock constantly for no reason at all. I mean, she would sit there with a pillow behind her back and one in her lap and just rock all day. Coupled with that irritating fact was that she would play one song, ONE SONG, that she liked all day long. This was one of them. I used to hate it because of her, but grew to love it...because of her.



SWITCH
"I Call Your Name"


(Talking)
I used to think about immature things
You know like, do you love me? do you want me?
Are you gonna call me like you said you would?
Is this really your real phone number?

But you know Im a man now, baby, a grown man
And I came a long way, ha-ha
Cause those fears taught me one thing
Taught me to hold on to my love


Sometimes
I just can't help thinkin livin without you, baby
See, sometimes
I just can't live cryin about you, baby

I'm not worried bout a doggone thing
I'll take anything you bring
Although I love the sunshine
I'll still accept the rain

Cause when Im in my lonely mood
And I just can't be with you
I tried everything to occupy my mind
But there was no substitute

(Chorus)
Thinking all that life would be
When youre not around
I just could not find a way
I wouldnt even know up from down
But since Ive had you in my life
All these can be found
So strong and true, baby
All comin from you
You, I call your name, girl
Whenever I am lonely, baby
I call your name
When I feel the need of love
I think of you and it eases the pain
Take away the strain

Cause I dont worry 'bout what my people say
In my life today
Although they try to say youre not the one for me
Ill love you any way

Cause their intentions might be cool
If what they say was true
But theres more to you than they could ever see
And they dont even know you

(Chorus)
Thinking all that life would be
When youre not around
I just could not find a way
I wouldnt even know up from down
But since Ive had you in my life
All these can be found
So strong and true, baby
Comin from you, you, you, you, you

You, I call your name, girl
Sometimes when I get lonely, baby
I call your name
When I feel the need of love
I think of you and it eases the pain
Take away the strain

You, I call your name, girl
Sometimes I get lonely, baby
I call your name
I just cant seem to help myself for not wanting to be alone
So I call your name, I call your name, ho...ho...
I think of you and it eases the pain
Take away the strain

I do, you do
Birds and bees do too
I love you, you love me
And I know
Whoa...oh...whoa...whoa...whoa...whoa...whoa...whoa...
I call your name and it eases the pain

See, I just dont feel all by myself tonight
It seems like someone else is out there
Oh, thinkin of holding someone else tonight
So you will know where Im comin from
Oh, when Im lonely, when Im discouraged
Oh, I call your name, babe

There is no substitute for you
No one could take your place
Youre more than they could ever receive
Thats why I call your name

Ha!! I know you remember this one!!!

Troop
All I Do Is Think Of You


i can't wait to get to school each day
and wait for you to pass my way
and bells start to ring
and angels start to sing:
"hey that's the girl for you
so what are ya gonna do?"
hey little girl!!!
I LOVE YOU !!! (i love you so...)

CHORUS:
All i do is think of you
day and night (day and night that's all i do)
i can't get you off my mind
thinking back (all the time)
all the time

i begin to take the long way home
just so i can be alone
to think of how to say:
my heart's here to stay
(hey i'm in love with you
i think the world of you)
so won't you please...PLEASE be mine?
(oh please be mine mine mine)

CHORUS(2):
all i do is think of you (baby)
day and night (day and night that's all i do)
i can't get you off my mind
thinking about (thinking about you all the time)
all the time
oooooooh (bub bub ba bub bu daaaa...ooooooooooh)
(Spoken:)girl, i wanna say thing but i don't wanna tell ya (i just think
about it and i'm in love with you)
(bup bup bu da daaaaaa....oooooh)
i think the world of you (ooooooh)
ooooooooooooh

CHORUS(3):
all i do is think of you
day and night (day and night)(night and day)DAY YEAH YEAH
i can get you off my mind (oooooh)
thinking about
oooooooooh.....oooooooooooh baby
i keep thinking about you
all night long
oooooooooh
baby
day and night that's all i do
woooooaaaah (heeeeeeeey)
i can't get you (heeeeey)
i can't get you off my mind (heeeeey)
hoooooooooo (heeeeeey)(heeeeeeeeey)
OOOOH!!!
CHORUS(4):
all i do is think of you
day and night (day and night that's all i do)
i can't get you off my mind
thinking about (i should be thinking about you)

The Nicotine Chronicles-Day #6- Crash and Burn

I can definitely taste the food a lot better. I still haven't figured out if that goes in the plus column or not. Constantly itching and fidgeting around like the drug that I'm trying to kick is Crack cocaine instead of what's normally found in cigarettes. The road to recovery is long and winding and I'm already getting dizzy. This is my story...

Ace fell off the wagon yesterday. His flight pattern was fugged up from the gate. He has to deal with a lot of morons and I could see the stress mounting. He allegedly lasted for two weeks so I can't hate on him that much. I use the word "allegedly" due to the fact that I have caught him outside at night standing alone in the darkness. He claimed to not have smoked at all but I know better. His fate was sealed the day that 'Bama didnt get underway for deployment. 'Bama was sorta his "bullshyt buffer" and he knew it. Deployment, from his point of view is going to be hell. So for him to say that he was going to quit...I just waited it out.

I, on the other hand, don't have an excuse. I admit that I wanted to smoke one with him last night but decided against it. That took some will power. Now all I need to do is get started on a daily workout plan and I will have this thing beat. If my stress level stays the same, that is. All I need is for one of my young, inexperienced sailors to do something real crazy.

The Nicotine Chronicles-Day #4-Back Again for the First Time.

I can definitely taste the food a lot better. I still haven't figured out if that goes in the plus column or not. Constantly itching and fidgeting around like the drug that I'm trying to kick is Crack cocaine instead of what's normally found in cigarettes. Slowly becoming shorter and shorter with people. I can't stand to hear the voices of certain individuals onboard and I take no comfort in knowing that I must continue to put up with this for the next 5 months. The ship is only 567 ft long and 50 ft wide. That can be bad. The good thing, you ask? Well, they still haven't found those three bodies yet. The road to recovery is long and winding and I'm already getting dizzy. This is my story.


Look at that. She probably got his ass started on cigarettes too. The apple don't fall too far from the tree, J. You are all descendants of Eve with the innate ability to drag a nikka down!!!!


Anyway, why did I start on day number 4? Because the first three days were hell!!! I mean, I have been here before but it doesn't look familiar. I didn’t know if I was going to make it so I put off even blogging about it. Look, just over five years ago I was dating a beautiful woman who had the power to make me put cancer sticks down forever. She would hold me at night while I was going through the cold sweats. Look after me when I was coughing up, what felt like, both of my lungs. Having her around, as well as a never-ending supply of sunflower seeds, made my transition back into the world of the "nicotine free" that much easier.

Then we broke up. I was taking it rather bad. I was also scheduled to transfer to this gem of a f*ckin' ship in the middle of a Western Pacific deployment. I didn't think that would be enough for me to pick them up again after three whole years. I was wrong.

Now here I am 2 and 1/2 years later after starting back. No sunflower seeds to chew. No woman to hold me as I go through withdrawals not unlike detox. But I am here. I am making enemies along the way, but I am here. I will see this through. This time I will do it without gaining 20 lbs. I have friends who have quit several days before I decided to put mine down. Yep, Snake and Ace both set ‘em down a few short days apart from one another. Funny. I didn’t think I would soon mention both of their names in the same sentence again (See “Who’s Covering…”). With Audi King soon to follow, there will be plenty of people to lean on, watch out for, and compare body counts. The upcoming months should be interesting. Stay tuned.

The best laid plans of mice and men...

"I'm going to do the tourist thing this time. No spending every waking moment chasing after women and hanging out all night up in bars and shyt for me. I've done all of that before the other three times that I have been here to Australia. I'm going to go see Darling Harbor...

..take pictures, and maybe even climb the bridge there.

Then maybe even venture on over to the Opera House and sit on the steps."


Yeah that was the BS that was coming outta my mouth prior to pulling into Australia. What the hell did I end up doing? You got it!!!!


(Dont worry...I was OK but my game was SICK!!!)

Well, at least we had fun. And yes, I was drunk!!! Can't you see the girl in the pink, the one I was referring to in the "Who's covering my six" blog, holding my head up? I know, I know. Maybe I'll do the touristy thing next time? Yeah, right.