30 Day Music Challenge - Day 5: A Song That Reminds You of Someone

Some years ago, there was this thin young chick that I worked with. When I first saw her, I didn’t think anything about her. I mean, she was young, thin than a mug and wasn't attractive to me.

Over time, we started to chat a little. I can remember her asking me what my nationality was. I told her African American. She meant more specific. Not knowing what else to say, I just told her that pretty much covers all Africans in America. She named off a couple of African nationalities but I didn’t really have an response cause I don’t know. It was good question but I’d have to do a family tree and ask a gang questions to get somewhat of an answer. I got some smiles out of her and she started to become attractive to me but I still didn’t think anything about it.

I didn’t think anything of our little conversation. Around the same time, this kat I knew was digging on her in a bad way. I was down with dude and wanted to see them hook up. We all ended up hanging out one night. It was cool. She came to me one day and asked if I wanted to go to lunch. I blew her off smooth cause I didn’t want to step on dude toes.

We had a few convos after that but I guess she figured that I wasn’t going to hang with her. She was cool peoples though and I felt she was down after we’ll were hanging out one night sipping on that Black Label Gin and she wasn’t sloppy acting while buzzed.

Not sure what happened to her? I’ve saw her once since we worked together. I sometimes wonder if she and I would’ve still been cool if I took her up on that lunch.

Anywho, around the 2:50 mark when I saw the video of this song, the woman kind of resembled the thin young chick, especially the part when she was looking through the window and the guy was sitting at the table. Every time I hear this song, I think of her and wonder where she is?

30 Day Music Challenge - Day 4: A Song That Makes You Sad

I met this chick many years ago that set something off in me that I had never felt before. When we first met her, I had a good feeling inside of me. So good that I started whistling while I worked and for some reason started having a lot flash backs at the time. Told a friend of mine that I had a winner. These feelings lasted for months. I was on the defense though, not wanting a relationship and she did.

I think we had watched Jungle Fever one day and I heard some Stevie Wonder songs so I started downloading more of his music. I came across Overjoyed. At the time, unknowingly, I wanted change. Change to the point that I was willingly to move out of town to where this chick lived if I had got a job paying enough for me to move.

By this time, I was all happy and listening to Steve Wonder.  I didn’t tell her what I was feeling inside. Probably because I didn’t know what I was feeling nor did I understand it. Just knew I had this feeling inside of me. Well, the job turned me down. Maybe a month after that, this chick cut me loose. No explanation or anything, just gone.

I can remember one night, about 2 weeks after the last time we talked, I had been sipping on some trusty ol Gin. She called and I snapped. All I got were excuses and nothingness. I was devastated on a whole new level of devastation. 

After that night, I couldn’t drink alone for years. I think I stopped drinking for a while because it would depress me. It took a little over two months for me to begin to get myself together. The whole time I was depressed and lost, I was listening to Overjoyed on repeat……

Kind of hate that I like the song but she crosses my mind when I hear it. I’m not in pain anymore but I don’t want to think of someone like her when I’m listening to good music.

30 Day Music Challenge - Day 3: A Song That Makes You Happy

Forever Begins by Common, gives me varies positive vibes. There’s something about it that makes me feel like everything is going to be ok. Sometimes I get lost in my box then hear this and it instantly opens my mind up. Common is deep.

30 Day Music Challenge - Day 2 - Your Least Favorite Song

WTF, I can’t stand Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison. There were so many people that liked this song when it was buzzing. Why was it buzzing? Ehhh, ewwww, enough said.

30 Day Music Challenge - Day 1 - Your Favorite Song

I don’t really have a single favorite song. I have many favorite songs for varies reasons. Sometimes it’s just the beat I like, choice of words, meaning, video, etc. I choose Crazy by Gnarls Barkley because he gave 3 totally different scenarios of crazy. Plus this song is different than the norm. Maybe I’m crazy but I’m feeling this song.