Nas - The Definition Of "EPIC FAIL"

Hey, shut up and let me explain before you say "Noooo, Nas is awesome! I want him to have my babies!", because I like Nas too.

Not like you, but I respect him and like most of his music.

I'm about to be 20, so it was my first time voting. Needless to say, I was excited. I had to have my music. When I was waiting in line to vote at the polls on Nov. 4th, I had my headphones, which holds about 8 GBs of music. A lot of times, I'll just put my ZUNE (No iPod, ZUNE) on shuffle and just let it go crazy. Well, this particular time was interesting.

Nas' songs came on from his "Untitled" album, and I maybe listened to two of them before I was tired of them. They did nothing for me at the time, because I wasn't in the mood for it. It just seemed like he was trying too hard to make a statement concerning race, and it was the type of album that if I played around white people, it wouldn't be exactly 100 percent appropriate...

That being said, the very next song that came on was "My President" by Young Jeezy, and suddenly I couldn't help but to grin and nod to the whole song... and for the first time, I actually listened to the lyrics that Jeezy was saying instead of just the beat (which is raw, by the way)...

And it had way more of an effect on me.

So here's when I noticed that I wasn't feeling the Nas' songs on black presidency more than the Jeezy songs. And I felt like I was committing a hip-hop travesty even to think that because Nas is a better writer and more of a movement in hip-hop than Young Jeezy, because all Jeezy does is rap about drugs and sex....right?

.......right?

........not exactly. Actually, not at all.

And I realized how come I liked Jeezy's version better.

I realized how come on Facebook, no one quoted Nas lines when Obama won in their statuses, or how on Myspace, no one had Nas lines up in bulletins or anything, they quoted Jeezy.

No one played Nas songs LOUDLY FROM THEIR BOOMIN' CAR SYSTEMS AT THE POLLS...they played Jeezy's.

Jeezy's song came from the heart, as opposed to Nas, who just seemed like he tried too hard and had a hard-line angle he tried to force over on people to PROVE he was a visionary or something...

What's already proven doesn't need to be said...so if you're still saying you're the best (no Dhaled diss) or that you're the best rapper alive (no Wayne diss), then maybe it's time you actually develop the skill to back it up... but I digress...

For a visionary, Nas seemed content to be stuck in the old way of handling wrong-doings and injustices, as far as loading up clips for the KKK, and sayin if Obama dies, then hell, we'll die fighting injustice and all of that, and sayin he's the bravest rapper in a song...

KKK is like 'what the f**k', loadin' they guns up
loadin' mine too, Ready to ride
Cause im ridin with my crew
He dies - we die too
But on a positive side,
I think Obama provides Hope - and challenges minds
Of all races and colors to erase the hate
And try and love one another, so many political snakes
We in need of a break
Im thinkin' I can trust this brotha
But will he keep it way real?
Every innocent n***a in jail - gets out on appeal...
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Sincerely yours:
USA most brave rapper,
Jesse car-jacker,
Uncle Tom-kidnapper,
Ask around,
Bentley Coupe off the Richter,
B***h-called-life, I pimped her
What?
Politics, politricks,
Klan-shooter,
Deacon for defense,
Progress-producer,
Nothing on the stove,
A survival-booster...

(both quotes taken from Nas - "Black President")

We don't care about that. If you're intelligent on any level, then you would kind of realize that NONE OF THAT means anything to us, especially if you state that "I'm the bravest rapper, I kidnap uncle Toms, I kill Klansmen." Everyone doesn't think like that in terms of orchestrating change as far as race goes.

"Oh they said f**k me, so I'm gonna get a gun and prove them RIGHT." That's EXACTLY the message we want to send to America.

Nas has a lot of great ideas...but he took the wrong angle on this one. The album is still solid because other songs carried the weight, but this particular song... it's the type of song that will be forgotton in the course of a year or so... and it sucks, because it really was a good idea, but it didn't have the emotional appeal to reach out to every race. Instead, it isolated CERTAIN people in ONE race... because not all black people have that mindset.

(sidenote: By the way, ONE MAN is not going to right ALL the wrongs in America, so the innocent getting out of jail part? Paying my water bill? Putting all racist cops in jail? Oh come on... We have to keep it realistic. As great as that would be, one man can't do everything. He can definitely get the ball rolling the right direction though...)

However... Jeezy on the other hand... he did something that a lot of rappers attempt to do, but for most rappers it doesn't translate into success. He spoke from his heart. You can read Jeezy's lyrics and see that he personalized the effects of a black president, and because he did, more people are able to relate to him. He didn't say anything about racism either, unlike most other rappers who can't seem to get past the fact that there's more equality in the U.S. now than ever before.

But no... Jeezy just said quotables the whole song that people could relate to (and he was funny and slick with it too)...

"Just cause you got opinions, does that make you a politician?
Bush robbed all of us, would that make him a criminal?
And then he cheated in Florida, would that make him a Seminole? (LOL, burrrn!)
I say and I quote, "We need a miracle"
And I say a miracle cause this s**t is hysterical
By my nephews and nieces, I will email Jesus
Tell him forward to Moses, and CC Allah..." (Jeezy knows his computers, lol)
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"Tell him I'm doin fine, Obama for mankind
We ready for damn change so y'all let the man shine
Stuntin on Martin Luther, feelin just like a King
Guess this is what he meant when he said that he had a dream..."

(both taken from Young Jeezy's "My President")

Nothing deeply profound, but it's heartfelt, and it's not isolating ONE RACE like everyone else seems to do. I played this song for a couple of my friends who weren't my color, and they were smiling like I was by the end of it, because it had the same effect. He was speaking inclusively, not exclusively...

And because of his inclusive honestly and the way he just spoke on the "real talk" tip, Jeezy will have the one song that could possibly be associated with our first black president, maybe for the rest of our lives. NOT NAS.

It's ironic how Nas is even on the song as well, but no one talks about Nas' part. Why? Well, for me it was because he did the same thing again as far as talking about himself... even if it's one line or not, I was liking his verse until he said...

For years there's been surprise horses in this stable
Just two albums in, I'm the realest n***a on this label...

And I groaned. People may not even realize it, but that was another "big up" to himself. And in this case, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. This is bigger than you, bigger than us. This is something that could potentially make or break a race depending on how the next four years go. Nas said some good stuff in the song, but it still seemed somewhat scripted compared to Jeezy's lyrics.

But like I said... no one's going to remember Nas' for his own songs on the topic. They're going to remember Jeezy's because it appealed to more people for whatever reason it may be.

And for a visionary like Nas...that's maybe the biggest FAIL you could dream up.

This sums it up the best...

"The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but ON THE EMOTIONAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THE MESSAGE IS BEING HEARD. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choicest words lose their power when they are USED TO OVERPOWER. ATTITUDES are the real figures of speech."
-Edwin Friedman

Later.

King Eljay

MyPoliticalNote (V3 - The Follow-Up)

No, I'm not done yet.

I think it's kind of ironic how some people can talk about a topic and get so upset to the point they can't post their opinion on the subject. It's sad to me personally. Everyone has their own reasons for reading and responding or not responding. I'm assuming that most people had a good reason for their choices.

Because people had a choice to respond or not. See? Choices are everywhere.

It sucks though, because when I wrote the note, I had wrote it to see if a couple of people would respond. It was really the same people who had been going out of their way to make comments and notes about things. Although they were well-written, I really thought if those people would've commented on this note, then it would made the discussions better and showed everything from a different angle.

But no...they didn't comment.

Instead, one of the people from DalRaida sent me an email, telling me that I needed to be quiet and not voice my opinions about ungodly things.

That email was followed by another person from DalRaida who told me that I shouldn't let people take my joy because everyone over there didn't have the same mindset, and that she was as excited as me that Obama won.

That email was followed by another person who took offense to me using their status and refuses to respond to anything I say now. I'm actually still surprised she hasn't deleted me off of her friends list.

That email was followed by one of my friends who said they took the article to work and it's been the topic of discussion since.

That email was followed by my mom calling me (she discovered my blog) and telling me that she enjoyed everything I said and that more people should read it.

THAT EMAIL was followed by my friend Tony Davison telling me that I was the amusement to his day because everyone kept coming up to HIM to talk about MY note, and that 80 percent of the people were PISSED OFF.

My point.... everyone has a different viewpoint. Unless you can respect (or at least hear) everyone else's opinion, you can't expect to make any progress in issues like this.

The whole note, my main point was that we have to trust God, but even still some people pointed fingers in the note. Respectful finger pointing though. So i didn't mind, as long as they were respectful, so thanks for everybody that commented.

That being said.... one more group I have to address...
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The day of election I had to work at Panera Bread, and this black lady came into the store with an Obama shirt on. So you know me... I love to question people, so during her order I frowned at her until she noticed me.

"What's wrong?"

"Are you really voting for him?"

"Yeah!"

"Why?" I asked, still frowning. I voted for him too, but I just wanted to see what she would say.

"Well, I think he's the right man for the job."

Fair enough. "Well, that's cool. At least you didnt say you were voting for him because he was black. That's a dumb reason."

"Yeah. And?"

I paused for a second. "What you mean?"

"I am. I don't need to have another reason."

So right now, I catch myself getting upset, and I ask her, "So, race is your reason?"

"Yeah, I don't want another white man running our economy anymore!"

"So it doesn't matter if the black man running was an idiot, you'd still vote for him?"

"Yeah!"

"Why? You would want the first black president to ruin it for everybody?"

"He won't ruin it."

"If he was an idiot, he would."

"Well, they voted Bush into office."

At this point my cashier started clapping and saying, "Amen! That's the best answer I heard all day!" And I knew I was outnumbered. So I told her as I handed her drink cup to her, "I wish you didn't vote."

And she looked at me crazy and said, "You voted for McCain? You Uncle Tom lookin motherf**ker!"

I showed her my Obama button that an older white lady had given to me and just shook my head. I didn't say anything else, and she just kind of looked shocked at me and it got quiet.

I finally said, "Drinks are in the back. Have a good evening," and went to the back.

Sidenote:this was five minutes before I got on facebook and saw all of the comments.
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Everyone's so quick to flip this election to be about race. Everyone's quick to say that the black candidate won because he got all of the black votes, or because the gay people support him, or whatever.

But people don't realize that thing flips both ways...story number 2...
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Earlier that day, an older white woman came into the store and had the nastiest attitude. Customers like that sometimes file complaints, so I made sure that her food and everything was perfect. Later on, I went back and checked on her to make sure everything was ok.

"Yeah, I'll be fine as long as that monkey nigger doesn't win."

Exact words.

So... I'm upset, but I'm really good at dealing with idiots, so I ask her if she needed anything else. She said no, and as I was walking away, she called me back. She reached in her pocket as if she was getting a dollar or something.

And she pulled out an Obama pin. The big circular ones with his face on it, and tossed it to me. "I thought you would appreciate this. My son drew it for me. Vote McCain." And walked off.

On the pin, it had the Obama picture with a crude drawing of a banana on it. So I took it to my cashier and told her the story, and she just shook her head.

I took a warm cloth and cleaned the drawing off until it was back to normal, and I stuck it in my pocket. (The same one from the first story)
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For every idiot one way, there's going to be an idiot the other way. It's crazy how people think there's only idiots voting for one candidate. There were idiots for both of them. So idiots didn't influence the vote any.

The candidate won because God allowed it to be so. A lot of people think that Obama's the worst thing to happen to the U.S., and even if that's true, God uses idiots in his plan too. My sister said something on the other note. She said that God even used heathens to do his work (or something like that). It's present in the Bible too...

I'm just saying that we just have to trust God on this. Our votes matter, but our vote doesn't matter more than what God says. So if you voted one way and God says "I got a better idea..." whether that would've been for the guy that hated authority or the guy that struggles to remain proud of his country at times, I'm thinking I'm gonna go with God on this one.

He hasn't let me down yet.

His PEOPLE HAVE (Lord knows His people have), but He hasn't.

Romans 8:28 everybody.

And now, I'm done.

P.S: The clever spelling of the title is hot right?? I thought it was cool... lol...

LJ

MyPoliticalNote (V2 - Finale)

I'm sitting at work in the office and I'm checking the election results and it didn't hit me.

I'm checking my phone and watching Obama take the lead in the popular vote, and it didn't hit me.

I'm watching as Obama grabs 130 electoral votes before McCain could even grab 35...and it didn't hit me.

They officially announced the first black President of the United States...and it didn't hit me.

It wasn't until I came out of the office and I saw an old white couple in the corner of the store celebrating and smiling that it hit me.

He won.

And as of now, I still can't believe it.

My friend Spencer text me and told me he was holding back tears. I told him I literally felt HIGH because something monumental just happened... We just broke down maybe one of the last barriers in society as far as race... This might be the start of something... Honestly, it could be the start of a change...

And it finally hit me. There might be a change...

And just when I'm about to get as excited as I've ever been maybe in my life... I get on facebook and I'm reading some of my friends statuses...

Just put a random name ahead of the dots and u got all of my friends updates basically...

• ...good luck Obama, don't take too much of my hard earned money the next four years.
• ...is in mourning over the country she loves.
• ...yaaayy i cant wait to give all of my money away to people without jobs isnt it great?
• ...moving with her mom and step-dad to Belize. I mean, I'm ok with that!
• ...is pissed. Obama should've lost.
• ...illegally immigrating to Mexico... Maybe they will make an English speaking school for him...
• ...is bracing for the horror that is the next four years.
• ...used to live in a good country... Now he doubts that good will ever be seen...
• ...is hoping the country doesn't go to pot now...
• ...is John McCain you have not failed...however America will.
• ...moving to australia and adopting a kangaroo. Gotta be better than what going to happen here.
• ...very disappointed about this :(.
• ...not feeling good about the next 4 years.
• ...is upset and extremely extremely disappointed and depressed ugh this country sucks and michigan you really let me down...
• ...is literaly sick over the stupidity of Americans.
• ...the US is so screwed. Just keep praying.
  

And I had to stop. On maybe the happiest day of the year for me... people are acting like this...

And at work, I had to get to myself because it crippled me. I couldn't get up, and I couldn't understand why people couldn't be more mature about the situation. Just because people don't share your views doesn't give you a pass to be a jerk about it. But then I expected it from other people...

But Christians to be a jerk about it too? 85% of the statuses I put above are from people that are Christians. It made me crash from my proud high almost instantly because I couldn't understand why Christians were the main ones acting immature about losing a VOTING PROCESS.

So I kept reading. And the comments began to get so bad I couldn't post them here...

I'm seriously trying not to curse, because I have NEVER been this much disappointed and upset and furious at people in my life.

I'm upset.

And I'm disappointed.

I'm going to address EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. Just scroll down for your section...
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To The Obama Voters,

I can't believe it. I know it shouldn't matter, but it does matter. We have a black president. If that's your only reason for voting, I wish you never voted. From the bottom of my heart, I really wish you didn't have gas to get to the polls, because ignorance is never a good thing, even if it is for a good cause. I would've rather you not voted and stayed at home and this election been closer than it was.

That being said, this is one of the proudest moments in my life. There's no such thing as saying that your vote doesn't count anymore. But here's my problem with you...

.... Just because you win doesn't mean it gives you the right to shove it in other's people's faces. It's a proud moment, yes. But at the same time, if you see someone is pissed off about McCain not winning, that doesn't make you any better than them. Be respectful to other people, because if McCain won, you would want people to do the same to you. Excitement is good, but be dignified, or else it'll just prove the point that other people think...that the country is screwed.

Don't make me regret voting for him...
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To The Mature McCain Voters,

You are my highlight of the night. WAIT...let me clear this up....

If you put ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THE STATUS UPDATES ABOVE...you do not qualify for this section. Keep scrolling down.

Now...

You are my highlight of the night. As I'm sitting here crying, and dealing with all of the BS that people have put up on their status about their loss of respect and trust in America and God, I ran across this one from Alyssa Wilson...

"...my candidate did not win, but I'm fully ready to support the one who did."

And it made me pause almost instantly. And I began to look for more people that had the same outlook that I did.

I have 453 friends on Facebook.

I found TWO statuses similar to me and Alyssa's.

TWO. TWO. TWO!!!!!

So to all three of you (Alyssa an Kevin Cline included)...You blessed me. You are the people I will remember when this night is over, not McCain, not Obama, not the people that are all celebrating in their statuses...

I thank God for you. Because you have no idea how much you lifted me tonight...
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To The Other McCain Voters,

(if you're a Christian McCain voter, keep going...this one's not for you.... I saved you for last)

It's a Diplomacy. The people drive the economy. Everything's never going to go the way you want it to, but the thing is, you just have to be ready for whatever happens. Everything happens for a reason. If you're mad....I understand. I just hope that eventually, you'll be able to get over it and move on like I would've had to do... it's going to seem bad at first, but I honestly do think that it'll get better... That's just my opinion though. If I'm wrong, I'll be the first to say it. But don't just abandon America and faith in America because one election didn't go your way.

I did that with the Bush/Gore election, and it helped NONE. So I'm speaking from experience. Trust me.... positive outlook is everything.
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To The Christian Voters That Lost...

This one's going to be long. This is not an anecdote, or a funny joke.

I'm pissed off at you. Extremely. To the point that I'm seriously considering not coming to church Wednesday night because I REALLY don't know what I would say to you in person.

So I'm going to do this, because I feel like I need to in order to be able to go to sleep tonight.

My first problem with you all is the same problem I have with the church right now in general.
Everyone's saying it's their way or the highway. Worship God like this, or you go to Hell. Don't use instruments or you go to hell. Don't vote for Obama because he supports abortion and abortion is murder, and murder is sin, and sin will disconnect you from God. He's Muslim, and that goes against my beliefs. Gay people support him, and that's reason enough for me not to. He doesn't observe the Lord like we do (bowing of the head) and his wife wasn't proud to be an American for a long time and-

Sounds like a bunch of excuses to me to look down on somebody. And I'm going to show you a few reasons why I'm not exactly vibing with you on those...

1) Instruments - Nothing in the bible says you can't use them, but that's completely another argument. I'm just pointing out parallels. The same thing is happening here. People are saying to vote for one because the other is the greater of the two evils, and that's just finger pointing. It's also a great way to make other people feel like their opinion doesn't count and that your personal belief is superior to theirs. Sounds similar to me...

2) He's Muslim. I'm not sure if he is Muslim, but we're not voting for a spiritual leader. We're voting for someone who can LEAD this NATION. No one has to lead us to God, we're supposed to take the initiative for ourselves, so X that one out too.

3)His wife was ashamed to be an American, or not proud to be an American. Newsflash: right now?

I'm not proud to be an American either. Forgive me if I sound a little harsh, but things aren't exactly at the best for people who actually have to WORK their way through college. And to top it all off, there's some people I know who call themselves Christians, and set apart from the world, but when I look online, I see all of you blending in and making demeaning comments about how the US is so screwed or how the world's about to go to Hell. So wait, wait, wait....

You mean to tell me that in this case, the world and most Christians are acting the SAME?!?

.....And THIS DOESNT THROW UP A RED FLAG FOR ANYBODY EXCEPT ME??!?!?

Excuse me for being honest, but tonight was just another reason for me to not feel proud of living here, although I'm thankful to God for being in America instead of somewhere else. It's like having a crazy cousin that gets locked up all the time, but he doesn't know any better. Yeah he might shame you sometimes, but you're not going to abandon him because he's family.

And if you would abandon him, then that's another situation entirely... LOL...

4) Gay people support him. The election's not about who supports him, it's about who's more qualified for the job. Besides, if you didn't support a dude because of who else supported him, that's like being in a playground when you were nine and not playing with somebody because so-and-so didn't play with him. That's just immature in almost every way. Don't disassociate yourself from someone by association, because you miss out on a lot of things that way.

Oh yeah, one more thing... gay people think and operate brains just like you, so their preference on what sex they prefer shouldn't throw you off from voting for someone. It's not like they're completely different from you. Their ACTIONS MIGHT BE different (Lord knows I love girls too much to even think that way, lol) but they're people who were babies and grew up just like you. You got to respect them as much as anyone else. So if you say that's a reason.... X that one out too.

5) His original church home. This one's fun, because a lot of people listen to what his pastor said in one message and stereotype the church as racist. That's annoying to me, because unless you actually do research on an issue with an unbias opinion then you won't find the truth about something. So when you actually go and sit in the church for a service then that argument doesn't fly either. I don't think it matters that his church might be a certain way NOW than they were THEN, but whatever. I'm just a manager. What do I know...

Ironically, the only people that seem to focus on this point are church people.... hmmm....

6) No experience running a country. This is a solid point....but if you look at what the dude did with what he had, and how it grew to the monstrous porportions its to now, you can't say it's not something to be amazed at. Everything he's done, he's done well. So why not let him? At the very least, I'd rather have someone who's a good leader be in office than someone who has a history of kind of going renegade like the last President we had.

7) Abortion - And HERE'S WHERE THE ACTUAL ARGUMENT CAN BEGIN. I agree that abortion is wrong. I agree that it is murder. I agree that people should not have abortions.

I DO NOT AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE BANNED.

haha, I'm gonna lose soooo many people/friends on this, so I'll flip it into Christian terms for you...

One of the good things about God is that he gives people free choice. He gives you the option to choose Him or to not choose him. He gives you the option on how to live your life. He gives you the option on whether to go to this church or that church. Life is about choices. It's always been about choices. Whenever people are forced into something it goes wrong.

That being said... and I'm going to be careful when I type this... People should not be FORCED to do something because the Bible said it. They should CHOOSE to do it because the Bible said it. Everything else in the Bible is because of choice, from the way you worship, to the way you pray, to the way you read and study it, to the way you want to live your life. Yes, it's there and it's the right thing to do, but you still have to choose to do it. You're not forced to do it, and chances are that if you were forced to do it, then you wouldn't do it.

That goes for anything. When people are forced or told to do one thing, they usually have the urge to do the exact opposite. We can't force our opinions on someone else, even if we KNOW we're right. We have to let God move on them in order to get progress in that area.

Secondly, circumstances can affect a person's decision on this. All decisions aren't made on selfishness. If someone's sleeping around, and they slip up and they get pregnant, then by all means abortion should NOT be an option because they knew that was a possibility of happening in the first place. It's like speeding on the wrong side of the road...you know it's possible someone else can be driving right towards you and that you could kill everyone involved... but you're the idiot in that situation because YOU KNOW BETTER.

But take this extreme example... a woman is being spiteful about getting pregnant, whether it's because they hate the father, or because they were raped, or whatever reason it may be. And the baby's born and the mother regrets the baby and is hateful towards the baby. No love for the baby whatsoever. This goes on constantly and constantly and the baby grows into his teenage years. Because of the way he was raised, he doesn't exactly know how to interact with people, so when people turn on him he has to one to talk to and no one to lean on, period. His mom's spiteful because every single time she looks in his face, she sees either the baby's father, or she associates him with that one night she wants to forget, that one night that she thinks completely screwed her for the next 20 years of her life... So imagine that kid suddenly getting pissed off (because it's due for someone to get tired of their situation) and all of a sudden just gets pushed over the edge.... nothing to lose...nothing to gain...

And what happens next? I dunno, you tell me. But history tells me that usually school shootings are the way to go nowadays... You tell me where the parents were for the Colunbine/Virginia Tech shooters, and I'll show you a home life that wasn't the right environment to raise a child.

But the way the child was raised doesn't matter when it comes to things like that, because things like that affect EVERYBODY. Let's say that kid from earlier picks a school and goes out in a blaze of glory. Now, the people affected branch out to people that don't even deserve to die, but because they were there in the right place at the wrong time...

The SAD PART about that? It's not an extreme example. It's a very real example that actually has more of a chance of happening now than ever before.

Hear my heart on this...

A person's maturity level can affect everything. Killing a living thing is WRONG, but for us to tell someone else what to do is even more wrong than that. We're not supposed to point the finger and tell them not to do something. That's the EXACT reason why most people have so many problems with people in the church in the first place. The choice on abortion is above our paygrade (yeaaaah, i said it). It's something that God and God alone can judge. My personal belief is that it's wrong, but WHO IN THE HELL AM I to tell you what to do with your life? I won't get you into Heaven, or send you to hell, so therefore MY PERSONAL opinion on it doesn't matter, because I'm not God.

We can't force our opinions on people if God Himself doesn't force His ways on people now. YES, IT BOTHERS ME that Obama voted the way he did about abortion, but the topic of election is not abortion, it's the person more qualified for the job.

(By the way....there is another option to abortion if you can't keep the baby, because I do think it's wrong, but it's not for me to tell you what to do...That's between you and God... but if you're interested one of my good friends wrote this a while back...she probably thinks I never read it...haha...
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=133827584&blogID=293380554 )

And THE BOTTOM LINE ABOUT EVERY THING I SAID is this: Out of everyone else, I would expect people to act immature. But from CHRISTIANS?!? The PEOPLE who are supposed to be SET APART from the World in their ways and their manners of thinking are all suddenly moaning that the world's coming to an end and that the US is screwed.... That was happening anyway. Don't know where exactly where you've been sheltered...

My favorite bible verse is Romans 8:28. Basically, it says that "All Things work together for the good of those who love God, and to them that are called according to His purpose." It means that no matter WHAT HAPPENS, God's got your back as long as you got His. As long as you're doing what He wants you to do, then He will not let anything happen to you that won't work out in your favor in the end.

So when people say they're screwed because of a MAN becoming President, then that just tells me you have no faith in God to keep you safe. Even if I'm dead wrong in my opinion of Obama, I trust God, and I trust God alone. I'm excited that he's there from a black standpoint, but I've NEVER RELIED ON A MAN as a vessel for change. Only GOD HIMSELF can change a nation.

And he can use whoever he wants to do that. Whether it's McCain, or Obama. And it doesn't matter if someone's a Senator or not, because God has ways to work. He never takes the "conventional" method...

It pissed me off to the point where I had a one on one with my mom where I honestly couldn't understand how someone can call themselves a Christian and have such a negative outlook about a situation! YOU GOT GOD!!! I don't know how else to put it! God knows everything before it even happens, so if this was honestly a bad thing that would ruin us, you THINK God would let it happen and affect us?

Everything was ordained by Him before it even happened, so for people to be worried about something like this?

Come on, you have to give God more credit than that....

But you're not.

And you're the reason why tonight could very well be one of the worst nights I've had all year.

And I'm 100 percent disappointed.

Completely and utterly disappointed.
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One more thing....

I like both candidates. McCain's loyal, and I love him for that. I also love how he's a bigger man than the people he was talking to tonight at his speech... He got a lot of bonus points after that, and i honestly hope he stays in politics for a while, because I think he can help.

I still feel bad, and I'm still disappointed to the point where I can't talk, but I spent four hours writing this...

I hope you read this.

And I hope I didn't lose anybody when I started talking to Christians for a moment... because honestly, they inspired the note.

Not exactly how I envisioned I'd spend my election night celebrating... So forgive me if I'm not as conversational as usual the next time you see me.

Later.

LJ

1 AM Randomness (11/3/08)

Aight, it's 1 AM and I'm feelin a little random....so what can we do about that....?

• First and foremost, ALABAMA is NUMBER 1 in the polls! YEAAAAAH! I wanna just take this time out to Thank God, lol... I'm just glad we made it back to the top for now. But of course...if we lose to Auburn, then the season was a waste... That's just how it goes.
• So... a couple of NBA disappointments right now... The Spurs arent doing so hot... But the Rockets however... hahaha yeah! It's just been a good weekend, i guess...
• T-Pain's album Thr33 Ringz (or how the heck ever that dude spells it) is actually fire. I mean, it's on repeat in my Zune. There's a track called "Phantom" that made me laugh out lou when I heard it. I'm gonna do an album review for it if I ever get time....and by time I mean if I ever get focused enough to disect my thoughts and translate it onto paper...
• Man....Jennifer Hudson.... that's just messed up...sometimes jokes ain't even funny after stuff like that happens. On Halo, a lot of times I'll reference killin a dude, and then flip it and say "If ya mama played, I'll kill her too" or somethin like that (GAME RELATED, not serious)... but now, I find myself checking my comments. There's another one where me and my cousin like to make the characters glitch and go "See-ee-ee-i-zurrrrre..." But after Halloween, haha... I don't think that joke's gonna come back either.
• So November 4th is coming up, and that means that it's going to get crazy that night. Just be prepared for a bunch of niggas to act up. And by that phrase, you should know I mean ignorant people. Anybody of any race or sex can be a nigga. If Obama wins, niggas are gonna wild out, good and bad. If McCain wins, niggas are gonna wild out....just bad. Either way, I'm scared a little bit because I have to close Panera, and I'm not trying to be in public when niggas start actin up. Because I know they are, it's the characteristic of a nigga to be that way.
• For the first time in a while, I'm actually pretty content. From Halloween until now, nothing really has happened to knock me into a funk or anything. I've just been doing pretty good....of course work sucks but it always sucks, so that's nothing new...
• I dunno what's going on with the Indianapolis colts, but they would wait until I buy me a hat of them to start sucking. Not...cool...
• It's weird, because I have another blog where I write about my personal life and stuff (I'm not shy about my writing, it's online if you can get clever and learn how to use google, haha) and I've been hesitating to write in it because of the people that might be reading it. I just get tired of people asking me about it in real life, and that's not really the purpose of it... So I dunno..

Nothing really funny or interesting this time... just some random crap.... I'll make a funny one later...

So...

Later.

Halloween Randomness (Random Thoughts 10/31/08)

Yo.

I should be doing other stuff...like getting ready.... for my costume party that I'm nervous as crap about...

But it's HALLOWEEN!!!!

So I'm obligated to do something, even though on the whole, I really don't like Halloween. So here. Random Thoughtz fa ya booty!

- Why the heck do in all of these Japanese fighting games they enhance the women's assets to beyond belief? Either that, or they're literally have no clothes. I understand being lightweight, but nude? That's a little bit too much.

And if you're the type that's like "Oh that's hot, it's ok" NO. NO. No. Do you realize that you've just lusted after a VIDEO GAME CHARACTER? Sicko.

- That being said, my current two games I'm addicted to are Spider-Man:Web of Shadows and Soul Calibur IV. IV = Four, not I.V. Seriously. But anyway, SC4 is a fun game, but the endings are throwing me off. They're pretty gay.

Voldo gay.

Seriously.

One character's ending just had him and another girl disappear and the end screen said they disappeared together. As if I couldn't deduce that for some reason...!?!?

- My Rocket's are 2 and Oh! Undefeated season yo!

- I'm thinking about recording a song in a few minutes... I don't feel like it... I wanna go to sleep... but if I sleep, then I'll oversleep, and I'll miss the party/get-together I'm going to...

Oh yeah...I stayed up until six am looking for music...so I'm running on adrenaline and an empty stomach. Oh, and an empty checking account. :-/

- LMAO. I'm crying. Watch this. It's the new Lebron commercial...which is...erotic? Maybe? I don't know, it's awkwardly filled with SO MANY SUBLIMINALS... LMAO.




Click here if that doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGp9fTnV-Jk

- One more. Mike Jones needs your help. I think he might be falling off. Support him! Buy his album! The... um.... I don't remember the name of it...but yeah. I think it's out. Maybe. I'm not sure.

- Tried to make a saynow.com account, and they're being gay about it. I been e-beefin with Rhymestyle just because, haha...

Ok, I gotta go back to being concerned about the get together... kinda nervous....

By the way, I might be starting up a hip-hop blog soon. It's about time, right?

Later.

K1ng Eljay