Music Therapy with Miss Moon

"You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?"
~ Dr. Seuss

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."
~ Johann von Goethe

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde

"A girl should be two things: who and what she wants."
~ Coco Chanel

Working in a super fashion-conscious neighborhood in Manhattan is great for fashion inspiration and people watching. It's not so great for the self esteem when you aren't 5'11 and built like a supermodel.

I admit to days where I feel horribly out of place walking the streets of NoHo. And believe me, some of the inhabitants contribute to that feeling with their utter disbelief that I'm dare to breathe within 5 feet of them.  Me being so.... not them. Days like that, I just want to stick a paper bag over my head and find a bell tower somewhere to dwell permanently in. I hate days like that.

So I am going to change the way I think about myself on those days. I am going to believe that I am just as fly and fabulous as they are... there is just MORE fabulous me to behold. And I think we all should feel that way about ourselves. Short, tall, fat, thin, big nose, small nose, whoever and however we are. We should strut.

And today's song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon is a strutting song that celebrates everything that we are, despite what the haters may say! I hope you all will feel a little bit more fabulous today with Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu's "Q.U.E.E.N."



Girl, this is crazy... let me tell you

I can't believe all of the things they say about me
Walk in the room they throwing shade left to right
They be like, "Ooh, she serving face"
And I just tell 'em cut me up and get down
They call us dirty cause we break all your rules down
And we just came to act a fool, is that all right? (Girl, that's alright)
They be like, "Ooh, let them eat cake."
But we eat wings and throw them bones on the ground

Am I a freak for dancing around?
Am I a freak for getting down?
I'm cutting up, don't cut me down
Yeah I wanna be, wanna be Queen

Is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror?
And am I weird to dance alone late at night?
And is it true we're all insane?
And I just tell 'em, "No we ain't" and get down
I heard this life is just a play with no rehearsal
I wonder will this be my final act tonight
And tell me what's the price of fame?
Am I a sinner with my skirt on the ground??

Am I a freak for dancing around?
Am I a freak for getting down?
I'm cutting up, don't cut me down
Yeah I wanna be, wanna be Queen

Hey brother can you save my soul from the devil?
Say is it weird to like the way she wear her tights?
And is it rude to wear my shades?
Am I a freak because I love watching Mary? (Maybe)
Hey sister am I good enough for your heaven?
Say will your God accept me in my black and white?
Will he approve the way I'm made?
Or should I reprogram, deprogram and get down?

Am I a freak for dancing around?
Am I a freak for getting down?
I'm cutting up, don't cut me down
Yeah I wanna be, wanna be Queen

Even if it makes others uncomfortable
I will love who I am
Even if it makes others uncomfortable
I will love who I am

Ohh, shake 'til the break of dawn
Don't mean to sing so tough, I can't take it no more
Baby, me and tuxedo crew; pharaohs, it ain't my tomb
Crazy in the black and white; we got the drums so tight
Baby, here comes the freedom song, too strong we moving on
Baby this melody will show you another way
Been 'droids for far too long - come home and sing your song
But you gotta testify because the booty don't lie
No, no, the booty don't lie, oh no, the booty don't lie

Yeah.. yeah, let's flip it
I don't think they understand what I'm trying to say
Haha, yeah, uh, I asked a question like this

Are we a lost generation of our people?
Add us to equations but they'll never make us equal
She who writes the movie owns the script and the sequel
So why ain't the stealing of my rights made illegal?
They keep us underground working hard for the greedy
But when it's time pay they turn around and call us needy
My crown too heavy like the Queen Nefertiti
Gimme back my pyramid, I'm trying to free Kansas City
Mixing masterminds like your name Bernie Grundman
Well I'm-a keep leading like a young Harriet Tubman
You can take my wings but I'm still goin' fly
And even when you edit me the booty don't lie
Yeah keep singing, I'm-a keep writing songs
I'm tired of Marvin asking me What's Going On?
March to the streets 'cuz I'm willing and I'm able
Categorize me, I defy every label
And while you're selling dope, we're gonna keep selling hope
We rising up now, you gotta deal you gotta cope
Will you be electric sheep? Electric ladies, will you sleep?
Or will you preach?

A Little [JANELLE MONAE] for a Saturday Night

I don't know about you all, but this Saturday night... I feel like dancing!! Rather than get dressed and go out and fork over $60 for drinks and entry into some club... I am having a party for one right here at Casa di Miss Moon!! This party also has a cyber V.I.P. list and you all are invited!! So let's start dancing with Janelle Monae's "Dance Apocalyptic"... Who's with me?

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."
~ René Descartes

" I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
~ Mahatma Gandhi

" If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it."
~ Lucy Larcom

" Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

I've been given the challenge to be more positive at work. This can be hard, because I am in a profession where 75% of the energy that I deal with is negative. But I do love a good challenge, and I am planning on meeting it with gusto!

I am a generally positive person, I practice expressing gratitude as a daily ritual, and I like to consider the bright side most of the time. But I concede that I've been a Negative Nancy and I recognize the need to change that. Not only for the sake of my job... but for the sake of my spirit.

So I have promised not to succumb to the anger and negativity of others. I will recite Om Vajra Sattwa Hung (Om vahj-rah saht-wah hoong), which is a mantra I recently learned for clearing out negative energies from within your body after interacting with people with a lot of negative energy. I will remember who I am, and never let anyone change that. And I will remember to smile.



Smile, though your heart is aching, smile,
Even though it's breaking
When there are clouds, in the sky you'll get by
If you smile, through all fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face, with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness

Although a tear maybe ever so near
Cause that's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you, you just smile

Although a tear is ever so near
Cause that's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of you crying
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you, my darling just smile

Smile, darling baby, smile
Thank you, thank you very much

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people."
~ Barbara Corcoran

" Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power."
~ Shirley MacLaine

" People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"
~ Nhat Hanh

" Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day!"
~ Bob Marley

It's the most wonderful time of the year.... unless you (like me) are working in the service industry. While most people are gathering with friends and family and reveling in each other's company,  some people are furious, ravenous, frustrated and feel the need to vent. And that's where people like me come in.

Last week was a tough week at work for me, and today is gearing up to be an even tougher one. On Friday, I decided to make a note of the number of times someone yelled, became irate, or was just straight-up rude to me over the telephone and through email. The list was astonishing. I ended the week feeling emotionally drained and frustrated at the sense of entitlement some people seem to have that makes them feel they are completely allowed to behave in a disgusting manner.

But I started thinking about it. Why was I focusing on the people who were approaching me negatively? And by doing so, what message was I sending to the Universe? I'm a firm believer in the law of attraction (What you think about, you bring about!) and if I am putting focus on the rude and irate customers, why was I surprised that I am getting so much of them? Why not instead put my focus on the customers who are patient, understanding, and most importantly recognize that they are talking to a human beings and not soulless robots created to take their abuse? Why not show gratitude for every single kind word of thanks and well wishes for a good holiday?

So today's Christmas Eve and like many people in the service industry... I'm working today. And I'm going in there knowing that today is not going to be all sunshine and roses.

But I will walk through the day with agility and show gratitude only to the customer interactions I want in my career: ones where I can do my job to the best of my ability, and help as many people as possible, and anticipate happy endings whenever possible. And to get me through the day, I will keep in mind today's song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon. I've featured this song before on the blog, but I happen to think it's the perfect song for dealing with negative people during a generally positive time of the year.

So I dedicate "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae to myself, my co-workers and to everyone who works in the service industry today, because we need it. And to those of you out there who have to call Customer Service about an order, or go shopping today, take a good look or listen that that tired-looking person answering your call or ringing up your purchase, put yourself in their shoes, and send them a little joy, because this is the season to spread love and light... to everyone!!



Monae and Leftfoot

Whoa
Another day
I take your pain away

Some people talk about you
Like they know all about you
When you get down they doubt you
And when you tipping on the scene
Yeah they talkin' about it
'Cause they can't tip all on the scene with you
What you talk about it
Talkin' about it
When you get elevated,
They love it or they hate it
You dance up on them haters
Keep getting funky on the scene
While they jumpin' round you
They trying to take all your dreams
But you can't allow it

'Cause baby whether you're high or low
Whether you're high or low
You gotta tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, baby

Whether you're high or low
(High or low)
Baby whether you're high or low
(High or low)
You got to tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Now let me see you do the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
And I'm still tippin' on it

See I'm not walkin' on it
Or trying to run around it
This ain't no acrobatics
You either follow or you lead, yeah

I'm talkin' about you,
I'll keep on blaming the machine, yeah
I'm talkin' about it,
Talkin' about it
I can't complain about it
I gotta keep my balance

And just keep dancing on it
We getting funky on the scene

Yeah you know about it,
Like a star on the screen
Watch me tip all on it

Then baby whether I'm high or low
(High or low)
Baby whether you're high or low
(High or low)
You gotta tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Yeah, tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, baby

Whether you're high or low
(High or low)
Baby whether you're high or low
(High or low)
Tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Baby let me see you tight rope
And I'm still tippin' on it

Whether you're high or low
(High or low)
Baby whether you're high or low
(High or low)
Tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Baby let me see you tight rope
(Tip, tip on it)
And I'm still tippin' on it

You gotta keep your balance
Or you fall into the gap
It's a challenge but I manage
'Cause I'm cautious with the strap
No damage to your cameras damn I thought that
Can I passy
Why you don't want no friction
Like the back of a matchbook
That I pass as I will forward you
And your MacBook
Clothes shows will shut you down
Before we go-go backwards
Act up, and whether we high or low
We gonna get back-up
Like the Dow Jones and NASDAQ
Sorta like a thong in an ass crack,
Come on

I tip on alligators and little rattle snakers
But I'm another flavor
Something like a terminator
Ain't no equivocating
I fight for what I believe
Why you talkin' about it
She's talkin' about it
Some calling me a sinner
Some calling me a winner
I'm calling you to dinner
And you know exactly what I mean,

Yeah I'm talking about you
You can rock or you can leave
Watch me tip without you

N-N-Now whether I'm high or low
(High or low)
Whether I'm high or low
(High or low)
I'm gonna tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
MMMMMM
(Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, baby
Whether I'm high or low
Goblogtainment
(High or low)
High or low
(High or low)
I got to tip on the tightrope
(Tip, tip on it)
Now baby tip on the tightrope

You can't get too high
(You can't get too high)
I said you can't get too low
(We can't get too low)
Cause you get too high
(You can't get too high)
No you'll surely be low
(No, you'll surely be low)
1, 2, 3, Ho!

Yeah, yeah
Now shut up, yeah
Yeah, now put some voodoo on it
Ladies and Gentlemen the funkiest horn section in the tribalist
Yeah, oh
We call that classy brass

Oh
Oh!

Do you mind?
If I play the ukulele
Just like a little lady
Do you mind?
If I play the ukulele
Just like a little lady
As I play the ukulele
If I play my ukulele
Just like a little lady

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness."
~ Shakti Gawain

" I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part. "
~ Shirley MacLaine

" There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself."
~ Anthony Rapp

If I (God forbid!) were to die today, I hope sincerely that a major point that I've conveyed in writing Miss Moon's Musings is that it's okay to be yourself. As flawed and dorky as I am today, I am so much happier than the woman I was ten years ago... Who feared being shunned or misunderstood. Who feared being alone and branded an outcast, so she became the women she thought people wanted her to be.

When I started working on myself (Believe me, that's an on-going process!) in my mid-twenties, gradually the woman I am today starting emerging. And you know what? I lost a lot of people I considered "friends" in the process. They couldn't hang with the Audrey I was becoming, and that's cool.. because I didn't want to hang with anyone who could not support my growth and see it for what it was... a miracle.

The moment you choose to buck the system and say, "I'm going to do something wonderful and follow my heart", is the moment where you start to see the world clearer. And I recognized that people who wave their freak flags high are the people who make life more interesting. They are the people who truly inspire.. just through their example. They are people like you, and like me... and I think that it's time we celebrate being ourselves!

So this week's Music Therapy with Miss Moon is a celebratory song that I hope you all will enjoy. Here's Estelle (with some help by Janelle Monáe) with "Do My Thing"

hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey

i wear my clothes like this because i can
i wear my hair like this because i can
i walk around like this because i can
and i do my thing like this is who i am
if you are expecting me to give you an apology
for being nothing like you used to used to
hold your way hold your breath and concentrate
keep holding till your face turns blue

my burning, we just don't know just where i am going
my flow it ain't your flow,just i know, just how i'm flowing
i do my thing i do my thing
please feel free to hate everything
said ima do my thing
i do my thing i do my thing
say what you want cause this one ain't gonna change
i do my thing i do my thing
ha ha ha ha ha ha

i can't wear my clothes like you because i am not
i can't do my hear like you because i am not
i can't walk around like you because i am not
i can't do my thing like you well that just ain't hot
and if you are expecting me to give you an apology
for being nothing like you used to used to
i held your way hold your breath and concentrate
keep holding till your face turns blue

my road, it ain't your road, but just don't know just where i'm going
my flow it ain't your flow,just i know, just how i'm flowing
i do my thing i do my thing
please feel free to hate everything
said ima do my thing
i do my thing i do my thing
say what you want cause this one ain't gonna change
i do my thing i do my thing
ha ha ha ha ha ha

you don't know where i am going so you think i am lost
i ain't on your page, ok so to you that means i'm lost
when i am dancing i am dancing to the beat of a drummer you don't hear and you can't see
so if i look offbeat to you, well the problem must be you not me
irregular irrelevant unusual but never uncool
you're not call for my close
you never get me, i don't get you
either a believer of the fact
that unique equals love
so i won't go into the vast with you
open your mind and speed up

my road, it ain't your road, but just don't know just where i'm going
my flow it ain't your flow,just i know, just how i'm flowing
i do my thing i do my thing
please feel free to hate everything
said ima do my thing
i do my thing i do my thing
say what you want cause this one ain't gonna change
i do my thing i do my thing
ha ha ha ha ha ha

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

“You see things, and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say, 'Why not?'”
~ George Bernard Shaw

"If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go."
~ Dr. Seuss

I am on a journey, y'all!! I mean, we all are, that's what life is, and I know this. But for the first time in my life... I recognize myself moving along the path, dodging obstacles and keeping pace. And... this is SUCH a new feeling for me!! I've spent so much of my life crippled with fear and disgusted with myself at the stagnation that comes from staying still. So much of my past was wasted by not moving for fear of making a misstep. Now? Stillness is a much-welcomed pause in my life. Walking, meditating, job searching, blogging, day dreaming, laughing, learning, sharing, creating... I'm very blessed. We all are!!!

I've spent a lifetime reacting out of fear that things might end up sucky. I know now that there is NOTHING suckier than being deliberately stuck, hating it, but being scared to do anything about it. So I'm choosing to channel my inner Xena: Warrior Princess and fight for what I want.

Let me be clear: I'm not fighting anybody but my damn self. There is no enemy out there harder on me than that "Negative Nancy" voice in my head. I can't stand that heifer, y'all!! So nowadays, I hit her with a Xena yell and she shuts right the hell up! Wouldn't you?!? LOL

Obviously, my song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon is not the Xena yell. I wanted to find a song that would serve as my own kind of battle cry. As always, Janelle Monáe is my go to girl. I swear, she's becoming my musical fairy godmother or something... She has a song for all my Music Therapy needs! I hope that "Without a Fight" will inspire you as much as it does me, and that it reminds you to fight like hell to achieve your dreams!



I kept thinkin' I could never see this day
It seemed so far away, hey
Da, dada, dadadada

It's so funny how quick things can change
Don't wanna make the same mistakes, hey
Over and over again

This time I'll be a little smarter
I'll push myself a little harder
'Cause my dreams ain't that much farther, hey

I won't give up without a fight
I'ma reach for the sky, try 'till I get it right
So I can see the day
When I can have things my way

I'ma start all over
Things are getting closer
I can see it, baby

Although I've had my highs and lows
I'ma push down that road, yeah
Da, dada, dadadada

My Lord keeps sending me the signs
I know this one is gonna be mine, yeah
It won't happen if I don't try, no

This time I'll be a little smarter
I'll push myself a little harder
'Cause my dreams ain't that much farther, hey

I won't give up without a fight
I'ma reach for the sky, try 'till I get it right
So I can see the day
When I can have things my way

I'ma start all over
Things are getting closer
I can see it, baby

I won't give up without a fight
I'ma reach for the sky, try 'till I get it right
So I can see the day
When I can have things my way

I'ma start all over
Things are getting closer, alright

I'ma be that one shining brighter than the sun
Da, dada, dadadoda
It's time to have some fun
Feels like I've already won
Don't give up without a fight

I won't give up without a fight
I'ma reach for the sky, try 'till I get it right
So I can see the day
When I can have things my way

I'ma start all over
Things are getting closer
I can see it, baby

I won't give up without a fight
I'ma reach for the sky, try 'till I get it right
So I can see the day
When I can have things my way

I'ma start all over
Things are getting closer
I can see it, baby

See it, see it

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.”
~ Seneca

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
~ Oprah Winfrey

In the past few weeks, I've touched a bit on what I have been doing with my time since becoming a lady of leisure (translation: unemployed). The job market is iffy at best, which can make job searching a big old drag ... as opposed to the much smaller drag it normally is! LOL

I have chosen to not sit around and wallow and worry that there are not that many promising jobs, and the ones that are promising, haven't responded favorably to my application yet. I have chosen to let go of the fear and the worry and to instead focus my attention on something that will make me a much happier person: getting healthy, and in the process... lose some weight!

In the past few months, I have dramatically altered my diet, and as I've mentioned before, I have started to incorporate some exercise in the routine, by taking hour-long walks everyday. One of the benefits of living in Bed-Stuy is that many of the block are super long, which makes it a nice little work out when circling a block five times. I have expressed a desire to lose 35 pounds by my 35th birthday in November, and I don't know if that is truly a realistic goal, but it would be nice... and since I'm putting it out there, and putting in the work it involves, who knows? I'll just let go, hope for the best, and see what happens... which is, I believe the best way for me to proceed right now. Which leads me to my choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon today.

I've been all about anthems lately, and I think that this song is the PERFECT one for letting go, mostly because the title and overall theme of the song is "Lettin' Go"! LOL I hope you all will enjoy the amazing Janelle Monáe!!



Oooh! I got a call today, from my job up the block
It was my boss to say, you know we like you a lot
But we dont need you J, you daydream too much,
Well man Im glad yall let me go!

Cause with no 9 to 5, its a brand new day!
My rents due but Imma party any way!
I feel so alive, stress just faded away!
Its time to live my own life!

So, Imma let it go!!!!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
Imma let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
Imma lettin go!!!!! Oooh Im lettin go!

Thats right, left right
Im losing it to music, cameras, bright lights!
Im staying out all night
Dont shove dont fight!
Well make a million memories -- all incredible!
Cause with no 9 to 5 its a brand new day!
Got bills due, but Imma party anyway
I feel so alive! Stress just faded away
Its time I live my own life!

So, Imma let it go!!!!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
Imma let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
Imma lettin go!!!!! Oooh Im lettin go!

(Dance away your rainy days)
Oh! Come on and dance with me right now!
(Just for a little while!)
Hey! Just, for a, just for a little while!
(I know its hot but we gon keep it cool!)
I know its hot yall, aye, but wait a minute, we gon keep it cool!
(One last chance, come on and dance!)
Come on and dance wit me!!!
Im a let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imma let it go!!!!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
Imma let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
Imma lettin go!!!!!

Oh, yeah, alright everybody!
Now, I see yall jammin out there!
But I want yall to do one more thing for me, one more thing!
Now, when I say L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!
I want everybody to repeat after me
On the count of 1-2-3! Unh!!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!!)

Yeah! Come on we gotta let go!
Awww I see ya!
Now we gon break this down --
Like this!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!!)
Clap ya hands! Unh!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!!)
If you wanna dance, Imma make you dance,
If you wanna groove, Imma make you move.

Congratulations to you,
You had to let it go
You finally let it go
Im glad you let it go
Do do do do doo

(*sigh*) Dance.

Congratulations to you
You had to let it go
Im glad you let it go
You finally let it go
Glad you let it go.

You keep dreamin,
Dont let your dreams die,
You know?
Life is not a rehearsal.
You gotta live it out.
You gotta do it baby.
You gotta do what youre gonna do.
Come on, somebodys gotta hear me

I've been thinking about starting a blog series highlighting my get healthy goals and activities, maybe. I would love all the suggestions and tips y'all have to give me as I blog about it, so be on the look out for "Miss Moon Gets Healthy" (I may change the name... it's lame) coming soon to a Miss Moon's Musings near you! LOL

A Little [JANELLE MONAE] for a Saturday Night

Happy Saturday, Everyone!!! This week was a tough one for this Brooklyn Geechee. I returned to work (despite not being 100% yet... I'm a trouper!) and have started to get caught up with all the work that I missed. Suffice to say, I've been coming home exhausted every single night, which explains the lack of blog posts.

This weekend is all about relaxation, kicking back, being quiet and just enjoying the stillness. My selection for this week's "for a Saturday Night" song is a PERFECT accompaniment for my mood, and it goes out with a very special shout out to my friend Marianne (Who celebrated a birthday this past week.. Scorpio Sister!!) who loves this song as much as I do. I hope that you all will love "Sir Greendown" by Janelle Monae....

DOPE: "Cold War" by Janelle Monae

Have you ever experienced this? You hear a song a countless number of times... and you like it, it's a good song. Then upon hearing at the EXACT MOMENT you really need to hear it, the song resonates so deep within your spirit that you are close to tears.

That is what happened this evening as I was leaving work, heading home on the subway, my iPod in my ears. As usual, it was set to Shuffle and Janelle Monae's "Cold War" came on, and it blew me away... it felt like every lyric was being tattoo'd on my soul. I knew that I would have to make it a "DOPE" selection for this week. I hope that the song with resonate as strongly with you.



So you think I'm alone
But being alone's the only way to be
When you step outside
You spend life fighting for your sanity

This is a cold war
you better know what you're fighting for
This is a cold war
Do you know what you're fighting for

If you wanna be free
Below the ground's the only place to be
Cause in this life
You spend time running from depravity

This is a cold War
You better know what you're fighting for
[x2]
This is a Cold War
Do you know what you're fighting for

When wings of the weak can
Bring grace to the strong
Make all evil stumble
As it flies in the world

All the tribes come
And the mighty will crumble
We must brave this night
And have faith in love

I'm trying to find my peace
I was made to believe there's something wrong with me
And it hurt's my heart
Lord have mercy ain't it plain to see

That this is a cold war
Do you know what you're fighting for
This is a cold war
You better know what you're fighting for

A Little [JANELLE MONAE] for a Saturday Night

This album is truly becoming a new favorite ... I haven't listened to enough of The ArchAndroid to figure out which song will ultimately become my favorite of the bunch, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this one will be it!!! I hope you all will enjoy "Oh Maker"... and may this Saturday Night be a blasty blast!

D-I-Y Nappturaliciously: Willow Smith's Fro Hawk!!!

When Mediatakeout had the headline, "WHAT IN THE . . . ??? WILL SMITH'S DAUGHTER WILLOW HAS A NEW LOOK . . . AND IT'S . . . UMMMM . . . WE'RE SPEECHLESS!!" I should have known not to click that link because it would make me angry. In fact, I should know better than to visit that site because frankly, 95% of the time... I get angry from the posts. And if I'm not angry at the post... I'm angry at the "ignant" ass comments!




Consider this a lesson learned. I am NEVER going on that website again. Because when I look at this picture of this beautiful little girl who DEMANDS to world to understand she is going to march to the beat of her OWN DAMN drummer, I want to stand up and applaud and pray that my (not yet conceived and/or born) children will have an eighth of the personality Willow Smith has. I don't want to visit a site where grown-ass people say things like "This little girl is so effin' annoying!!" and "I guess they tryna make her a lil dyke wow". That is despicable to spew such venom about anybody, but about a child!?!?!? People who write such hateful comments really need to look at themselves and truly do better!!

Anyway, my rant is over. I am going to focus on the positive. ::exhales:: Serenity Noooooooooow!
It looks like Miss Willow is a Janelle Monae fan, so I thought I would post this great YouTube Tutorial on how to achieve this type of Fro Hawk!! (Enjoy!)

Mo' Music Therapy with Miss Moon

Spending the past 24 hours reading about Aiyana Jones, then hearing news of a 5-year old girl being handcuffed and arrested for having a temper tantrum in school,  and the story of a man in Massachusetts who tried to exchange his infant daughter for two 40 ounces of Malt Liquor has made me contemplate hijacking Johnny Depp's private island... Pirate style (I think he would appreciate the gesture, frankly!)

I gave myself a pass to have a double dose of Music Therapy with Miss Moon this week (I may do this again in the future), as I listened to this song this afternoon and it immediately lifted my spirit! I hope it does the same for you!! Janelle Monáe "Tightrope" Feat. Big Boi

I SWEAR I'm not Obsessed (But I AM a Little Dorky) About....

Violet Stars Happy Hunting By Janelle Monae....



I've been taking the bus to work the past few weeks. I find it a much better morning commute than the pushing pulling cursing on the subway. So I get up a half an hour earlier and I get to sit, listen to my iPod and just chill on the bus to the city.

One of my favorite games is to put my iPod on Shuffle and just enjoy the surprise of whatever song plays next as I ride. When Violet Stars Happy Hunting comes on (and it usually does every other day) it's a WRAP!! That song is put on repeat until I take my iPod out my ears at my desk at work! LOL

The lyrics are just so vivid and imaginative and her voice is so quirky and beautiful.. this song is such an amazing breath of fresh air to me.



But I SWEAR I'm not Obsessed (But I AM a Little Dorky) about this song!