My Playlist, Myself

Schoolboy Q – Blessed

            I enjoy listening to this song very much; it picks me up when I’m down. It reminds me that I am blessed to wake up every day and not be dead or in jail. How there are many other more important problems that other people are facing, and sometimes I complain about the little things. Just remember that we’re blessed every day that we wake up.

 Critical-Bill – 1000 Times

            My father wrote this song for my mother so I’ve been listening to it for years. I like the idea of “love” and how it is so powerful and life changing; it makes you think how you can love a person more than you love yourself. Makes you wonder what lengths would you really go to to have your loved one back when they've gone.

            Grover Washington – Just the Two of Us

            I just like everything about this song: the beat, the tempo, the vocals, and the meaning. Once again it makes you think of that life changing emotion, love. Imagine yourself working on the rest of your lives with someone else, and accomplishing anything that comes your way.

            Chance the Rapper - Acid Rain

            I like this song because the artist speaks to you instead of just rapping. I’m a hip-hop head, I love the instruments in the beat and the meaning of the words he’s spitting. The Word play that he uses is quite elegant. "Before i had believed in not believin in, yeah I inhale (in hell), who believed in me not breathin in "

            Dolla – Closer to My Dreams

            Dolla is a young rapper from “the hood” who made something of himself through his music. He was shot and killed, but his music keeps him alive. I write music sometimes and it shows me that it is possible to be something more than a statistic, but people will always hate you. People will hate you even more when you are successful. R.I.P. to a great artist.