Words That Make a Statement, Words That Change a Mood

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Many lyrics can get us through anything and everything.  At the age of 20, I was heartbroken and lost on my own.  My first love had brought me across country on "vacation" and dumped me during my most vulnerable state.  I ended up lost and confused.  No doubt, even then I had some of the best friends a young lady could ever ask for, but I was looking for real answers and trying to search within myself.  India Arie and her music helped me make it though.  I posted the lyrics to both "There's Hope" and "Better People" on my bedroom wall and would read them whenever I felt morose or uncertain. 

During this time, I also met one of my best friends and I believe if I had still been with that man she and I would have never become so close.  It was truly one of those everything happens for a reason moments.

Since the age of 9 I have been writing.  I started with poetry, progressed to short stories and then started writing a few songs.  By the time I reached high school, while everyone had photos plastered in their lockers and on their notebooks, I had attached my favorite lyrics to these items.  The only thing that has now changed is that I look for inspiring, meaningful words instead of harsh lyrics, but I have always been into the emotion associated with spoken and written word.

I now have a long distance friend that is engulfed by spoken word and every morning I get a positive, uplifting thought from him...I truly treasure his presence.  When he recites his intricate poems I get chills from his power and rhythm.

Flipsyde is another musical group that truly spoke to me.  Their songs are pure and Piper, the rapper is a true poet who stepped inside the realm of rap to obtain a bigger reach through his statements. (Please see the lyrics below the video.)

Video by Foghorn Films

[Verse 1]Hustlin's in my blood my father's name is BritainHis history consisted of robbery killin' and pimpinFilthy rich and the biggest killer that you ever seenOnce I'm older I'm takin' over ima be kingI was locked up in jail when he got the new landOpened his cells I guess that's how the story beganFirst mission was to clear it out and claim it as mineIndigenous people were peaceful it took no timeGreat grandmother Africa was blind and disabledSons was traitors we played divide and conquer invadedSold her children into slavery and profited quickStarted makin' side deals and that's how I got richDaddy Britain found out and tried to put me in checkHe don't understand I'm a man and I deserve some respectTried to bring it to me but I play for keeps and I wonStill my daddy but you ain't the only man with a gunMore money More problems little brother is wildThey call 'em The South he's country with a big ass mouthTried to show 'em new business but he don't wanna changeI love 'em but I knew eventually I'd blow out his brainsI'm America!
[Chorus]You know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless

[Verse 2]Me and my daddy still cool and my uncles is with usFrance Russia and Italy and we all killasBut it's this nigga named Germany that's out of controlRollin with Japan and Turkey and them niggas is boldStarted fuckin' with my uncles and we all went to warUncle France damn near died at the tip of his swordWhen the smoke cleared we won let 'em retreatShoulda' killed 'em cause they knew they had us close to defeatKicked it off again 20 years later it was onThis time my uncle Italy traded and he was goneI was neutral when Japan hit me guess that he knewI aint gone' let my family fight without me jumpin' in tooWoulda' lost if I didn't hit Germany's weapon supplyKamikaze Japanese was always ready to dieDropped atomic bomb let them niggas know that it's realSpeak soft with a big stick do what I say or be killedI'm America!

[CHORUS]You know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless

[Verse 3]I'm racin' with my uncle Russia we the ones with the gunsHe supported the North so I rolled with South VietnamThought it would be easy but almost 60 thousand diedThey was harder than Korea so we ran for our livesIt's a family called the Middle East and they got breadSellin' oil they don't cut me in then off with their headI got a nephew named Israel that's right in the middlePay his allowance as long as he can dance to my fiddleI had a patna' named Iraq gave 'em weapons and moneyNigga started getting' power and he start actin' funnySaudi Arabia's cool gotta son Bin LadenI was trainin' his soldiers to go against the Russians and stop 'emThen he tried to say I need to take my soldiers and cutGave 'em the finger that's when he flipped and blew my shit upI took it to 'em, and then I took it back to Iraq and if you ain't my blood brother you gonna be flat on your backThe sons of Africa just invented this shit called rapTellin' my secrets that's why I'm puttin' their heads on flatBuilt an empire quick and it might not lastBut I bet I go down in history as the one that smashedI'm America!

[Chorus]You know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless AmericaYou know you know God Bless

Hustlin's in my blood my father's name is BritainHustlin's in my blood my father's name is BritainThe red the white the red the white the blueThe red the white the red the white the blue

Lyrics from  MetroLyrics.com

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