And Nightime is More Trife Than Ever

Nas' One Love should go down as one of the dopest tracks ever. It takes me back to a time and place that consisted of turmoil, trials, tribulation, joy, pain, hardship, luck, love, strife, and success. I can't even remember if I've made mention of how I used to claim that hip-hop raised me. Nights were equally scary in certain neighborhoods, but just being able to walk with shoulders back was enough for me to get through just about anything. This isn't to say there wasn't plenty of danger out there. But nowadays, it seems as though the daytime is just a treacherous. I don't even like taking public transportation, but found myself on the T today and ended up running into old friend on both journeys, both times commenting on how random the London blasts were.

When we start the revolution all they probably do is squeal

One Love puts me in a trance when I hear it. Q-Tip laced the original version with the dumb fly xylophone samples, and Large Professor's remix is even more ridiculous with the fading horns. It's frustrating reading stuff already in print and circulaton in your know inyour heart and gut that are plenty of people around the WORLD who feel just like you and all of you simultaneously said, 'ayo, this shT is garbage' when you read the erronesous list of the top 10 hip-hop artists of all-time or the forum on ideas on how to improve Downtown Crossing (DTC). I even had to add my 2 cents to the DTC posts. It's amazing how people can start generalizing and making stereopypes. Too many cyber-thugs out there hell-bent on excoriating and exterminating the 50 Cent mentality, yet they're hanging over their keyboards poppin the same 'ol shT. Doesn't the saying go, 'don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk'? While I agree that the teenager issue is a serious concern and even empathize for some of the people that feel intimidated by some of the decidely 'hood kids that do hang out down there, it still doesn't allow for the granting of free passes to people to start running at the mouth like this is the pre-Civil Rights Era. Do they not know that I'm a computer geek? If I want to find you - I will find you.

Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul
Only twelve trying to tell me that he liked my style

I won't even get into work-related topics today. Seasons change and the more things change, the more they stay the same. Had some odd occurences in addition to a couple of epiphanies, but those are quite secondary in my mind right no. It was a busy day and will continue to be a busy week, but I think I'll have enough hours committed so that I can just chill on Friday..hopefully. Although I have no benefits whatsoever, this contractor steelo does have its quirks and perks.