Same Love, best lyrics of 2013 so far!

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

(ft. Mary Lambert)

 

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
‘Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
I told my mom tears rushing down my face
She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k tripping,”
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
I remember doing the math like, “Yeah, I’m good at little league”
A preconceived idea of what it all meant
For those that liked the same sex
Had the characteristics
The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man made rewiring of a predisposition
Playing god, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don’t know
And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
I don’t know

And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
I can't change
Even if I try
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
We become so numb to what we’re saying
A culture founded from oppression
Yet we don’t have acceptance for ‘em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
It’s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
Live on and be yourself
When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same, but that’s not important
No freedom till we’re equal, damn right I support it

And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

We press play, don’t press pause
Progress, march on
With the veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
When kids are walking ‘round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
And a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all
But it’s a damn good place to start
No law is gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever god you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it’s all the same love
About time that we raised up

And I can’t change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
I can't change
Even if I try
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
Love is patient
Love is kind
Love is patient
Love is kind
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I‘m not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
Love is kind


Pictures & Time?

(06.08.1928 - 22.02.1987)

 

One of my favourite quotes is one by Andy Warhol: "The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do". I don't know much about Andy Warhol, but I've heard he was a great artist! He was the king of the visual art movement known as pop art during the 1960s. People also identify him as the silver prince of the pop. 

Black List

In about three weeks (15th March) radio 6 airs its Black List of 2013. Radio 6 is the Dutch radiostation that plays soul and jazz music. You can create your own Black List on their hompage, www.radio6.nl Here are a few artists of my Black List:

Solomon Burke - Don't give up on me


Amy Winehouse - Back to black


Michael Kiwanuka - Home again


Nina Simone - Feeling good


Not a bad selection right? That is, if you like jazz & soul music. And there's of course a huge difference between the music from the past and the music nowadays! To check out my whole Black List visit this page: http://mijnzwartelijst.radio6.nl/stemmen/de-lijst-van/0b33ed9138443397189dbf25f2cf3e3a.html Perhaps it will inspire you to listen to other music, music you're not used to listen ;)

We don't want no war no more!

The voice of an angel

I should be very ashamed! I missed the day to commemorate the voice of an angel. Last Monday, exactly one year ago, Whitney Houston had passed away. I really don't understand how I could forget that, because I had written it in my journal. I love her music as well, so it really surprises me. Anyway, I hope you can forgive me and although it has been six days ago, I want to honour her beautiful voice, her perfect smile and her passion. May you rest in peace Whitney Housten, where ever you are!

This is one of my favourite songs of her. It's so energetic and in this video her smile is to die for :) This song also reminds me to celebrate life more often.

Serena Back on #1

 

 

Even if you are no Serena Williams fan, this will definitely hit you. She is a fabulous woman. Ever since I started reading a biography about her, I understand her better. I understand her emotions, her behavior, her everything.

 

(Doha)

 

I don't know if you remember her last match at Roland Garros. A French woman defeated her in the first round, yes in the bloody first round! Serena won the first set and could win the second set in the tiebreak. She had 5 matchpoints or so, but the crowd started to behave like wild animals and Serena lost the second set. During the break Serena couldn't control her emotions any longer and started to cry. I knew why she cried or at least I could relate to the situation. In the past she and Venus Williams both participated in the same tournament (I don't remember the name of the tournament), but at a given moment Venus couldn't play anymore. Everybody was convinced that this was all set up, so Serena could win the tournament easily. So the next match Serena played, the whole crowd was against her, they were yelling at her, making much noise when she was about to serve and the worst thing was that the crowd celebrated every mistake she was making. Pretty said if you ask me. (I believe it was Kim Clijsters who defeated her)   

 

I strongly believe that she was thinking of that match during that break at the Roland Garros first round match. I don't know it for sure and perhaps I'm completely wrong, but I believe so. No matter how successful Serena will be in the future, I will always be a huge fan of her!!

 

 

 

 

Now why did she become #1 again? In Doha she defeated Petra Kvitova in the QF's. I heared that the match was so amazing. Kvitova won the first set with 6-3 I believe, but Serena took the second set with 6-3 and the third set with 7-5. The third set must have been a thriller, because Serena was down 1-4!! Anyway, I'm just so glad she's back at the top again :)

 

 

 

 



Valentine's Day

For the lovers:

 

For everyone else:

 

 

Just for the record, I belong to 'everyone else', haha! I'm not against Valentine's Day, but I think the day has lost it's symbolic value. It's all about the gifts nowadays.

 



 

Riddle time..

 

Yesterday I saw this movie called '16 blocks'. It's about a police officer (played by Bruce Willis) who has to chaperone a prisoner to court. Sounds like an easy job, however there are people who want to kill the prisoner, because he's an eyewitness as well. Those people are no ordinary people, they are police officers to be precisely. A few police officers of the NYPD are playing nasty games and don't want anybody to know about that. So what seemed like an easy job, became a hell of a job.

It isn't a very special movie to be honest. Not that I didn't like it, but it's just another actionmovie ;) The hidden message wasn't bad though. I kind of liked it. The prisoner talked a lot in the movie. About anything. He really couldn't shut up. When he first met Bruce Willis he asked him this question:

You are driving in a car and you see 3 people standing at a corner:

1) An old sick lady
2) Your best friend who saved your life once
3) The men/women of your dreams

You want to pick up all three of them, but you only have room for one person, who do you choose?

The prisoner said it's a riddle to see what kind of person you are, how you think about life. I immediately chose to pick up my best friend, because I thought that would be the right answer. At the end of the movie Bruce Willis gave the solution, which surprised me ;)

  

Poemcollection

It takes a while, but eventually the hard work pays off :) For several weeks I'm trying to finish my book filled with my poems and my point of view towards society, life in general, mankind, emotions, etc. I didn't want it to be just another ordinary poemcollection, so I decided to write a letter to every poem. Each letter is addressed to a person I feel connected with. That could be a friend, a family member or a famous person like Martin Luther King. To introduce my book and to sketch an idea of what the content will look like, I wrote my first letter to The President. And it goes like this:

Dear Mr. President,
 

I’m writing you this letter to announce myself, because I want the whole world to know that it is my time to shine. The time has finally come to honor me as a person and to give in to my feelings. I want to be proud of myself and I can only reach that goal by listening to my inner self. I have never done this before, to give a big shout-out to myself. I’m new at this, to be honest with you.
 

So why did I choose to write my very first letter about me to the President? Well, it’s because everybody knows the President, but the President himself only knows a few. And I don’t want to be one in a million. I want people to know who I am even though that’s the toughest thing to do, to welcome people in your life.
 

Now I have welcomed the President in my life, I feel confident enough to tell my story to my people. To the people I feel connected with. If the greatest person on earth knows me, they should know me too.   

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ramai

 

 

I hope I'll finish the book in the next several weeks!