sitting in the dark
heat swelling
trees in my head mellowing
beats saying hello and inviting me over to freak
can’t say no
melody so cool it’s freezing
just what i need
a breeze across my body
wishing on a star
the sky lit up
in came the storm
the rhythm got me rocking
still air moved by frequencies beyond the terms east or west
a song
some singing
from somewhere
in the dark
I’m fixing my sleeping schedule.
I’ve been awake quite a while.
It’s a beautiful day.
I just got out of the shower…
and there were 573 new tweets by the time I got back.
Ya’ll mofo’s tweet a lot.
It’s all good.
I’ve got too many blogs in draft. I much prefer the ink.
I’m exporting in all forms.
I’m looking forward (as always) to June.
This event is going to be good in #NYC -
keep rockin world
peace
shine on
t
Where else other than the legendary SOB’s?
I missed out on getting tickets originally and I was pissed about it. I managed to find 1 person who had one on craigslist, I called the number in the ad around 9PM. The doors were at 9 and I was reading tweets that the line was around the block and people were waiting in the rain. Shiiiiit. True Hip-Hop fans as MelDCole said. The dude with the ticket(HENRY – who – if you read this – #YoutheFuckinManBro) still had the ticket and said he was in line. So I chilled out a bit, got ready, had half a beer, half a joint, and jumped on the L to the 1. I was there at 9:45. Texted henry he came out gave me the ticket at face value and I went in. No wait. No line for me. It wasn’t raining by the time I got there. Luck? Or…. good at being late? I can’t front. I’m a lucky mother fucker.
Before I walked in the woman in front of me greeted the bouncer who she knew… and she had a gift… what was it? Badu‘s new album Amerykah Pt II: Return of the Ankh!! Before I even got in the door I felt GOOD people! I felt GREAT.
I felt like I had a wiiiindow seat
I get in, the place is PACKED… but I got a spot. Center of the room in the back of the ground level. I’m tall skinny and lanky. I get in anywhere! Just like J cole as a matter of fact. Being 6’2 gets you a good view at any concert. I am greatly appreciative of that. The opening act was kind of a rap/R&B type dude who was alright, kinda corny to be honest, but it was cool. Good beats. Asher Roth came out and did a good verse, I never really saw Asher live before, kinda impressed but admittedly I had low expectations and don’t know his music too much. After the opening act who failed to properly identify himself(that’s a huge fail) was done, I think it was DJ SUSS one that was DJ’ing, but he played some classic shit. BIG, Pac, Pun, HOV…. The Crowd was ready for J COLE!
J COLE came out and just from start to finish killed it. He did all of the songs I wanted to hear. Especially “I get up” And “Losing my Balance”. He talked about when he saw Kanye back in 2003 and how being there was special to him. Real shit! The vibe was crazy. Here I’m going to copy some stuff I wrote on FB/twitter right after the concert
(from my FB – I ran out 10 quick thoughts on a thread)///////////// A WTF?! INTERLUDE /////////////////
I finally get home… vibing superhigh from the show… check twitter and what do I see but this RT’d like 15 times:
RT @RealLifeKaz: J.Cole is Drake if Drake never met Wayne and hung out more with Phonte
I’m just like.. what? Why do people even compare J cole and Drake? There is no comparison. You can take that how you will.
Anyways this is what I said
@t_NYC The Drake/J Cole comparisons are annoying me. Drake got talent but he is a fuckin child actor turned rapper. COLE is truth #fuckouttahere
///////////// OK BACK TO THE SHOW /////////////////
(my tweets after)
1 more thing, J Cole set the bar tonight for live performance. he was up there all alone – no hype man -no crew – no entourage about 11 hours ago via web
OH YEA J COLE said “they thinking about they breakfast while I’m warming up my dinner” on the new track tonight…. YUP about 10 hours ago via web
actually he said “thinkin about they breakfast while I’m heatin up my dinner” still … “They sleep, we grind” @fatbellybella about 10 hours ago via web
then from the man himself
JColeNC Sound like some wack ass prom line, but… Ill never forget this night. NYC SOB’s. Peeace about 10 hours ago via UberTwitter Retweeted by you and 22 others
OH Yeah. This tweet. That was the illest shit. Every doing Jay Elec’s verse. Nobody could do ALL the words though haha..
@t_NYC OH YEAH J.Cole + Talib + Everybody in the fuckin building at SOBs did @JayElectronica verse on “Just Begun” #HIPHOP about 10 hours ago via web
Great fucking night.
AND Then when I got out of the place 3 people handed me their CD’s(which of course makes me feel like I must look important or something), and 1 of them was actually kinda alright! Shoutout Gist , though I gotta say, I threw out the CD’s. I did keep the printcards on the inside though. I Think it might be more efficient/less costly for artist to just share a ‘card’ with their website than spend money/time making CD’s that people will just throw out. Especially rowdy hyped up possibly drunk people leaving a concert. Just a lil note.
ANYWAY
What I miss? Roc boy Young Chris came out and did a verse + an ill acapella on some real shit. Cole did his verse on his track with Wale.. a piano duet slowed down “A Star is Born” before going full force into the real one…. then the ENCORE! HE came out and did the new track which is what it is “COLD WORLD” TRUTH!!!!! KILLED IT!
PEACE
shoutout to everyone who was there
and if you weren’t
IT’S ALL GOOD
Olive (http://twitter.com/P10S) over at Pen10scribes a network site for Poets/Writers (http://pentenscribes.ning.com/) was nice enough to DM me on twitter asking if I would submit something for something she’s putting together. I like the idea of 10 lines. Could be 10 long sentence, or just 10 lines like I’ve done. Here’s what I sent her -
(written while playing Kid Cudi “Sky Might Fall” on blast)
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these are my prayers
these songs I play loud because the silence overcame my mind before I could bring words to my lips
they spoke for me
i didn’t feel comfortable in a church or kneeling before a priest but this
THIS sound I hear is IT
THIS is the answer and I believe it is my only way to deal with my demons
the only way to accept that yesterday really did happen and we CAN’T go back
but we can listen, we can listen and see the light of stars long gone
Shining… Shining beyond the weak boundaries of the human body
fragile creatures with invincible thoughts
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The Greatest Generation is a term referring to the generation of people who fought World War II and afterwords rebuilt everything that was destroyed.
I was thinking about this.
Do I want to be called a member of the Greatest Generation? I do.
I can’t?
Because I haven’t fought a war?
Because I haven’t killed anyone?
Well…
They are the Greatest Generation. I acknowledge and honor all veterans who’ve fought. The women who stepped up and supported them. The children, the innocent ones lost. Whether they were wrong or right they died. Anyone and everyone. But I want us to be known as the Greatest Generation. How can we top reuniting and rebuilding a world after a war?
We can top that by uniting and building a world WITHOUT war.
That would make us the greatest generation. That would have people speaking(and tweeting?) of us as the ones who collectively decided that enough was enough. The tools for such communication were never in place. The wealth of common knowledge has never been more accessible. I’m not on some crazy biblical the light is gonna shine down and all will be granted heaven-ish. I’m saying “the people united will never be defeated”. That’s a protest slogan I’ve heard. It’s true but how could the people of the 60′s be truly united when they were small groups of people limited by physical mail and telephone for communication? That’s only 50 years ago. We’ve been “modern humans” for thousands of years. Now look what we’ve come into just in our lifetime(every single person who will read this).
These are not toys we’ve been given they are tools. Let’s use them.
Happy New Year
I said to my friends & fam I hope we all get JUICY
I say the same to you
PEACE for 20-10
t
