Minus The Bars

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

random ish: "...what if i die 2nite?...."

note: this post was inspired (jacked) from blogger adrienne.
thank you.

saying no to:
all lies.
negativity.
crazy ish.
chasing waterfalls.

saying yes to:
living my life.
what my heart says.
nothing but the truth.

giddy about:
the ability to maintain.
carrying on; that which surely awaits me.

deeply inspired by:
unconditional love shown by oldest daughter, christina (pictured above).

my homey/lover/friend, monique. we've been through it all together.

these two scriptures: john 15:18, 16:33.
emotional connections.

obsessed with:
breathing.
reflecting upon my inner self.
that raw ish.

in love with:
my late grandmother's spirit.
the fact that i am rather unconventional.

haunted by:
an abortion which i once paid for.
the way life is.
my balls and my word.
karma.

saved by:
my firm belief that an angel will appear the very moment i have taken my last breath.

...and you?

How many women REALLY follow a man's lead?

note: repost

Browsing YouTube, I found this engaging Def Jam Poetry video of Cheryl James performing her self-written poem entitled We Follow Your Lead. James, from old school hip hop Salt-N-Pepa fame.

On this particularly strong and well written piece, the former hip hop songstress James offers valuable insight as she invokes the complete truth. As a black woman, she allows her vulnerability and compassion to pour while speaking to all brothers from a "rib" perspective, which goes back to Adam and Eve. How God created the original woman from the rib of the original man.

As a man, I honestly believe all women should thoroughly submit and completely support men. And vice verse. My lifelong belief isn't meant to say women should allow themselves to be woefully led astray. That is not what I am saying. I wouldn't want for any woman to allow herself to become passive to some foolishness. If so, I do not know of any man who would even respect that.

When it's all said and done I don't see anything in this world that can touch a man more than a woman. So it has to be accepted how much ish black women take off us. Y'all take so much, and go through mountains and mountains of our less than considerable behavior. I can honestly admit that.

At times, men act like women are the worst thing that could have happened. Truth is, we hardly really believe this to be true. Men know how much of a gift women truly are. We'd love to show our appreciation if we could ever get y'all to start complaining. And trying to be the man in the relationship. We want y'all to be women. Need.

For me, there's always something touching when I see a black woman who can look within the essence of a black man and attempt to speak to his soul. We Follow Your Lead is meant to show just how much black women endure, and long to be able to endure for her black man. At least that's the message I took from this poem.

In the end I guess it goes back to the saying: Behind every good man is a good woman.