Lyric of the week (week 5)

Back to Ye. So I've been being nice. And I haven't unleashed a lyrical flurry on anyone. I'm going to keep being nice. But...

I am an underdog. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. I was slow in Math and English (can’t you tell?), only excelled in science. Graduated high school only hitting the honor roll twice or three times at the most. Struggled through almost a decade of the school of engineering, didn't graduate. Made it to grad school and now I'm here. No wonder I can feel Kanye so much, “I’ma be late though!”

I say all that to say, that no matter what the odds I've found a way to persevere.

I used to kid my mentor (actually he didn't know I was kidding when I said it) and say "everybody loves Raymond." Referring to myself, and the way the people in the community treated me as if I could do no wrong. But the thing is I always knew that it wasn't true. That everybody did not love Reggie. I kind of always felt one day that some people's love affair with me would end. Both literally and figuratively.

People treat you one way when you are doing, being and saying what they want and altogether differently when you are no longer.

Not saying I didn't do anything wrong, cause I did a whole [ ] load of wrong. Not absolving myself either. The point is I'm still me, the same person I was now, even though I’m not doing what you want or what I used to do.

For some that's not good enough, you have to be their "Reggie." You can't be you; you have to be the version of you that works for them. Operate in the function that works for them, stay in the place that works for them. Some people don’t give room for you to be free or to evolve.

I could’ve used the Ohio Players as the Lyric of the week.

And speaking of which....

Hey, this is supposed to be the lyric of the week not a full-fledged blog.

Well any way, some people handle change well and some don't. So here's the lyric
I bring to you the lyrical stylings of Kanye West.

(I saw VH1's "Driven" on Kanye this week. Did I say tell you that he’s the people's champ?)

Bring me down

Artist: Kanye West featuring Brandy

From his sophomore release “Late Registration.”

[Chorus: Brandy]
I always knew that one day
They'd try to bring me down
Wo-oo, one day, they tried to bring me down
Always knew that one day, they'd try to bring me down
Dooown, way down

[Kanye]
We gon' to mass today, we have to pray
Besides what the pastor say, I have to say
Since Pac passed away
Most you rappers don't even deserve a track from me
You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything
There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream
There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
Hater ni$$az marry hater b!tches and have hater kids
But they gon' have to take my life 'fore they take my drive
'Cause when I was barely livin, that's what kept me alive
Just the thought that maybe it could be better than what we at at this time
Make it out of this grind, 'fore I'm out of my mind
And get some leeway on the “he say she say”
You girl don't like me, how long has she been gay
Spanish girls say "No able ingle"
And everybody want to run to me for their SINGLE
It's funny how these wack ni$$az need my help
Wasn't around when I couldn't feed myself
Dog, If I was you, I wouldn't feel myself
Dog, If I was you, I'd kill myself
Made a mill myself, and I'm still myself
And I'ma look in the mirror if I need some help
Ask me from the heart, y'all all frontin
Everybody feel a way about K but at least y'all feel somethin

[Brandy]
Why you come here, I bet it only it was forget to get ya
What kind of dream we found, see I'm often at your cross way
forgetting it was that heaven let ya. They tried to bring me down

I always knew that one day
They'd try to bring me down

[Chorus - 5X]