?who knew? did you know? well now you do......

new shit!! one of my fav groups...i've admired these sista's for sometime.
they're vocal arrangements, abilities, demeanor......u know what this means?
note to all girl groups currently out NOW! upgrade your style EnVouge is back
got dammit......mp3's linked as well.

this was on the hush or something...even i hadn't heard any of this till now..
and i'm elite......hehe!

today's observation

i can't help but to think that beyonce's speechless was written with aaliyah in mind.
i'on't know maybe it's just me..haven't done my resurch on it..but yeah beyonce' I SEE YOU GYAL!!!!!
do your thing...................


i'm

feeling

u/it!

judge ye NOT!!!: speaking my peace

for i was compelled to say this......
to my dearest sincere:

of course your comments inspired my lil rant tonight. as i'm fresh outta class this evening, i decided to check my blog. mind you this is RIGHT after my religion class...lol so pardon i this may be long winded.
sincere:

i understand your comments in regards to Dr. King. i'm sure that you have plenty reason for your feelings. justifiable. your reference to Dr. King needing to have a "backbone".....well i laughed at this...why Dr. King sure as hell can't have that now. but often i've heard similiar comments from others in the past few years. we all have our opinions- which are good and bad. however, i don't agree with you here. i've often asked those who thought Dr. King needed a backbone why they felt this way. most comments were about how turning the other cheek is coward like and hasn't done anything to change things.

wrong! if anything remember this..and i'm sure your aware.....it takes far MORE courage to turn the other cheek on your enemy than it does to strike back. often times your enemy will walk away with a certain respect for you. because you've stood your ground and you didn't have to result to lesser means to make your point. why isn't that what Ghandi preached and exhibited?? yes, he did-----insert foot note here---a lot of what Dr. King preached, taught and learned were things he learned from Ghandi. where as, Ghandi seen as such a nobleman amoungst men..damn near deity..but on the flip one of OUR own is ridiculed and called a coward for doing the same thing. like i said earlier Ghandi was not all good...why some of his practices when he lived in south africa were not helpful but oppressive to afrikans...but he's still an icon.

i can't take any credibility away from Dr. King, Malcolm X, Huey Newton and anyone else because in my eye they all fought for the same thing. EQUALITY. how dare you say how one needs to get a backbone when you've NEVER expierenced having a water hose sprayed on you while going to your church gathering, or how could you say these things if you've never been thrown in jail for standing to your belief that BLACK people in america should have equal rights.....how can one...as you sit at your pc...with internet access and type such things......when this man is partly/not whole responsible for seeing that WE have the same luxuries.....how soon do we forget. THIS is what oppresses BLACK people. the attitude. our attitudes are shameful and ridiculous as we know NOT what it is to FIGHT and DIE for what we believe in most. i am really ashamed of those comments...not u as a person but the comments...it saddens me to see throths of white people praising Dr. King and yet we turn our backs....ungrateful basterds. he should be celebrated along with countless others. he seems to be the poster child for the civil rights for blacks....not saying i agree with that...but he is worthy of celebration....so are those four lil sisters who died in the 16th st. babptist church back home in bombingham,al. along with assata, fred hampton, and the rest.

i don't know what u would prescribe as the cure...but to say that turning the other cheek aint do nothing is a stretch. shit throwing fists didn't and hasn't done shit but cause us to loot and burn our own communities. ??? what would you prescribe? i say try and watch comments like this for you've never had to walk that path he's walked,,,so you don''t know what his shoes felt like...you've never had to lead the WHOLE black community-let alone get majority on one accord. until you have.........these words are null and void.

this goes out to ANY of you who have the same comments or feelings.....
i'd like to know what, how, when, where and why you feel this way. you don't have to post your comments here if u trying to maintain privacy....i am open for all peeps...shit email me we can verse: Nekaybaaw@endaikeio.com

i'm going to chill on that note..i got clothes to fold and find something to eat in this late hour.
take care.


give thanks.

Libations n Such

I'd like to take this moment to send a special shout out.
This particular shout is very special to me. I'd like to thank
George W. Bush for your enlightening though provocking display of
concern for the black community. Sir your recent visit to Atlanta, GA
in memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King was astonishing. You've actually
supplied the urban community with hope that we will get YO AZZ
removed of office...Thanks but no thanks for the little sentiment of
gratitude. Dude stop it! It is enough that you've insulted millions
of americans with debt and unfortunate deaths. Now this.
I'd rather see Michael on TV waving to his fans as he enters the courtroom.

About the pic: I thought is were the best out of the choices I had.
Why Ghandi you were'nt 100% but your efforts of non-violence
as displayed in India are looked at as noble. In your next life I hope that you
will embrace Afrikans being that your an extension of it......(insert surprised looks here)

Ok, enough about that...On the serious side of thangs I'm a few days
late of giving my journal thanks to Dr. the King Martin(i am aware that i used his name like this)
Most tend to think of Dr. King as the token symbol for eqaulity for
black people. Well he stood for that and credit is due to ALL those who
gave unconditional efforts to make OUR lives as plush as they are.
Though it may not seem plush...I'm sure it's millions of miles away from
that which my ancestors had. With that said....I give thanks for all that you've
done and given to my race of people. Without your efforts a lot of this
shit wouldn't be possible. Why yes it's still a mystery as to who actually pulled
the trigger that ended your life....We are not clueless to that..and i'm sure in some
form or another you knew that you would meet death in that fashion.
Doesn't make it right but life is that way sometimes. It tests us to see how
strong we are mentally and physically. You've passed that test.
Just a few sincere words from a young woman who's thought you to be
one of the reasons why I am.....Who I am!

~Ashe~

Chant up........

ps: we gonna keep Dubbya away from your grave so that u can rest in peace.


pours out a lil foe ya!

12 step program: the admittal process

just sum fun shit i posted: but in a way i'm serious...lol go figure.

peace I'm Nekaybaaw and:
I am elite. I pride myself on making those of non-elite status feel shitty and clueless about anything music like...I'm a fan of all genre's of music. My collection consists of over 8,200 pieces of music(that's vinyl and cd's). I won't get into the tapes i've collected in the earlier years.

remember like it was yesterday when the folks took me to Zayre(yes i said Zayre-and yes i'm old) to get my very OWN first piece of music. Mom and dad bought me 2 45's and a tape....Eurythmics Sweet Dreams, Olivia Newton John's Let's Get Physical and Evelyn Champaynge King's Get Loose tape. My prized possessions for many years. It was then I developed a deep love for singing and performing(in my bedroom at least...then).

actually i started b4 b4...I would chill in dad's ride able to over hear my dad's rotation. I would turn my lil nose up at the thought of this old guy listening to music-naw..i thought music had been my own personal discovery. As i look back it was really dad who schooled me.....I recall hearing The Stylistics, The Dramatics, Marvin Gaye.....Funkadelic, LTD, Breakwater(10cents to anycat on this board who knows this group)....Sam Cooke to Muddy Waters.

Step it up to my ears first taste of what is known as hip hop....Once I heard The Message...it was over. I managed to purchase almost every rap artists tape that came out from 83-92.

I like to lurk and wait for people to fuck up music facts just so i can call them out on it.....just to say "yoon noe shit bout dat music fool." It makes me feel good inside to know that I'm elite in some way...Although i've felt this for sometime- this is the first time i've admitted it.


*think i need a drink & smoke now.

i know i'm not alone in this..others please stand up!

school/creativity/indie ventures.......ghost writing but neva biting

so school has begun/began.....
i'm sitting in class(world religions), this is where i start to
really realize that this world is full of generalizations and labels...
not that I didn't know this already but now it is apparent.
i've learned that I am considered amoung many as a syncretist....
meaning: that i can combine different aspects of religion to
compile my own school of thoughts in regards to my religion.

well i disagree. number one i don't consider myself to be
religious at all. i follow no laws or guidelines when it comes to
giving thanks to the creator. i don't know about those of you out there
but it works for me. that's what matters right???
what i did agree with was the statement made: Respect Requires Understanding
with that said i think this class is going to be promising.
in the sense of gaining insight on other practices outside of mine.

ahhhh yes, the guitar class....my only comment on this would be...
fools, watch out i'm bout to rock out for the rest of my old decrepet life....
hahahaha!!! i'll be the lost love child of bad brains/fishbone nshit.
look for me to have a damn mohawk or something...lol ok that was a joke.
but i think i'm going to like this class.

i've made a promise to myself that I will no longer post in my blog
about my ins and outs at my job. it is understood I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!
I know that i don't like working for corporate america....so i'll just
take the proper steps of using this place as means to get me to the next
level. done. finish. dead**

thanks to all who caught a lil view of my photo spot moment....
ummm not the best work i've done but i thought the moment i captured
of Ms. Baduuuuu Baduuu was priceless.... my mom should be proud
i'm hustling articles, photos and singing/song writing.....lol!
"you can't make no money being an artist"
that's what dad said to me when i was 18 and about to leave for college.
WORSE shit you can ever tell a child...but dad....I love yo ass
in spite of....we cool like dat! since then he's seen what a little talent
can do for a person.......

for some reason the one constant thought i've had all week is:
"maybe i should let him feel on my booty"
next post: the affects of being celibate and what it does to your mind....lol!
who got that latest episodes of BOOTY TALK???? ha!

PEACE
stay up people!

slogan for 2004:
REPARATIONS NOW BITCH!

so yeah.....
i told yall to check for me when you see me.......
I beez around trying to hold my end down n thangs...
guess i've made a lil family over at okayplayer.com......
peep a sista's amatuer photo debut DAMMIT!!!!

side note added days later:
ahhhh sorry for the MIS-education....my photo is for the Jan. 12th i believe, it's the one of Badu...


outside of that...today's the first day of class..
it has been a while since i've been to anybodies school...
but umm i'm bout to do this school thang! edumacation is my friend.

i hope today finds all of you in a peaceful state of mind.
spread the love to your neighbor, you never know they may
need that uplifting..

oh! i have about 20 minutes before i get off the job.....
u jealous right? lmao.

PEACE