Good Ol' Luther

I can't fool myself, I don't want nobody else to ever love me
You are my shinin' star, my guiding light, my love fantasy
There's not a minute, hour, day or night that I don't love you
You're at the top of my list 'cause I'm always thinkin' of you

I still remember in the days when I scared to touch you
How I spent my day dreamin' plannin' how to say I love you
You must have known that I had feelings deep enough to swim in
That's when you opened up your heart and you told me to come in

Oh, my love
A thousand kisses from you is never too much
I just don't wanna stop
Oh, my love
A million days in your arms is never too much
I just don't wanna stop
Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much

Woke up today, looked at your picture just to get me started
I called you up, but you weren't there and I was broken hearted
Hung up the phone, can't be too late, the boss is so demandin'
Opened the door up and to my surprise there you were standin'

Well, who needs to go to work to hustle for another dollar
I'd rather be with you 'cause you make my heart scream and holler
Love is a gamble and I'm so glad that I'm winnin'
We've come a long way and yet this is only the beginnin'

Oh, my love
A thousand kisses from you is never too much
I just don't wanna stop
Oh, my love
A million days in your arms is never too much
And I just don't wanna stop
Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much

Oh, my love
A thousand kisses from you is never
I just don't wanna stop
Oh, my love
A million days in your arms is never too much
And I just don't wanna stop
Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

Amor

What is love? It’s in the blood, it’s just a way of life
What is love? It’s everything, it’s something you can’t hide
What is love? Is it the way you look into my eyes?
What is love? The things you do that take me by surprise

Amor is to love you, amor is to care
Amor is to people with something to share
Amor for the Spanish, amor for the French
Love in any language always means the same

What is love? Is it the joy of having you around?
What is love? Is it the way you lift me when I’m down?
What is love? Is it a dream no one can’t do without?
What is love? It’s in the words that I’m singing out

Amor is to love you, amor is to care
Amor is to people with something to share
Amor for the Spanish, amor for the French
Love in any language always means the same

What is love? La no Brasil se fala da curtir
What is love? Dir en Francais ma petit cherie
What is love? Es la emoci—n que despiertas en mi
What is love? Around the world, They all know what it means

Amor is to love you, amor is to care
Amor is to people with something to share
Amor for the Spanish, amor for the French
Love in any language always means the same

Los Amigos Invisibles - Amor

We Can Be New

Can you tell that I've been hurt so?
Can you tell I wanna lay low?
Can you tell that I'm a flower
Waiting for a sunshower?

Can you tell that love denied me?
I need someone to revive me
If you give me a reason,
I'll be with you through the seasons

And we'll shed of our skin like trees do with leaves
We'll glide together down on winter breeze
And rest in the earth intertwined at the roots
Until we have grown into one, me and you...

And we can be new
And we can be new
And we can be new
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
And we can be new

Can you tell me a story
That ends with morning glory?
Can you tell I will believe you
If I could remember how to?

Can you tell the girl I once was
Come back, there's nothing here to fear, love?
If you give me a reason,
I'll be with you through all seasons

And we'll shed of our skin like trees do with leaves
We'll glide together down on winter breeze
And rest in the earth intertwined at the roots
Until we have grown into one, me and you...

And we can be new
And we can be new
And we can be new
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
And we can be new

Want to begin, want to begin to grow our new future, love
Where the ground is still fertile, full of hope and life
Never again, never again will pain and lies do you in
Let's bury them beside us, so they can remind us of when we...

And we can be new
And we can be new
And we can be new
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
And we can be new

Amel Larrieux - We Can Be New

Ward Churchill

The obligation is not to be personally pure. The obligation is to effect a measurable change.

...Ward Churchill

Mississippi Goddam

The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it

Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Can't you see it
Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer

Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet

Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my last

Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here
I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer

Don't tell me
I tell you
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying "Go slow!"

But that's just the trouble
"do it slow"
Washing the windows
"do it slow"
Picking the cotton
"do it slow"
You're just plain rotten
"do it slow"
You're too damn lazy
"do it slow"
The thinking's crazy
"do it slow"
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know

Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

I made you thought I was kiddin' didn't we

Picket lines
School boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
for my sister my brother my people and me

Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie

Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"

But that's just the trouble
"do it slow"
Desegregation
"do it slow"
Mass participation
"do it slow"
Reunification
"do it slow"
Do things gradually
"do it slow"
But bring more tragedy
"do it slow"
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know

You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

That's it!

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam

It's About Time

Walking down to the waters edge, where I have been before
If I don’t find my love sometime, I’m walking out that door
Some may come and some may go, but no-one seems to be
The person I’ve been searching for, the one who’s meant for me

Biddin' my time, trying to find the heart that’s lonely
Looking for her, my love, my one and only
Maybe I’ll dream, tonight about the girl, who’ll be coming my way
So I’ll take this chance and celebrate the day

When I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’m ready, to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time

Tried to hard and it feels just like you’re running on thin air
Why does love happen by surprise, if you don’t really care
The past is gone; the flames are out from fires that have burned
New ideals and different thoughts from lessons I have learned

Biddin' my time, trying to find the heart that’s lonely
Looking for her, my love, my one and only
Maybe I’ll dream, tonight about the girl, who’ll be coming my way
So I take this chance and celebrate the day

When I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’m ready, to make someone mine
Making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time

Got the feeling this could take a pretty long while, to find that smile
I’ll put my faith in another piece of good advice, well I tried that twice
Waiting for a little something more, to inspire, take me higher

And I’m ready to make someone mine
I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time
it's about time

And I’m ready to make someone mine
I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time
it's about time

And I’m ready to make someone mine
I’m making my way through an open door
I got some love and so much more
And I’ll find her
'cause it’s about time
it's about time

Dirty Laundry

I make my living off the Evening News
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
in her eye
It's interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the heir dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!

Lisa Marie Presley - Dirty Laundry

Stay The Night

You're kissing me
And saying I'm the one you need
To keep you warm
And lay with you tonight
Baby I feel the same way
I don't want to leave
Wanna hold you close
And feel your love inside
But I don't wanna play myself
'Cause I know you're with someone else
And I don't need complications in my life
And I don't wanna fall back in
And get caught up in you again
Boy I'm so conflicted in my mind

You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you 'till the morning light
It's cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
I'm so lost without your love

Obviously, procrastinating just to be
Close to you a little longer now
It's hard for me to break away from you baby
Never could resist you
And I still haven't learned how
And I don't wanna be a fool
But it's hard when it comes to you
And I'm feeling vulnerable tonight
'Cause I don't wanna miss the chance
Of reliving our sweet romance
Boy I'm so confused down deep inside

You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you 'till the morning light
It's cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
I'm so lost without your love

You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you 'till the morning light
It's cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
I'm so lost without your love

Stay the night
Stay the night
Stay the night
I'm so lost without your love

Stay the night
Stay the night
Stay the night

Mariah Carey - Stay The Night

...another riiiiiiiidiculously hot song

Fly Like A Bird

Somehow I know that
There's a place up above
With no more hurt and struggling
Free of all atrocities and suffering
Because I feel the unconditional love
From one who cares enough for me
To erase all my burdens
And let me be free to

Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need you now lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of you by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray you'll come and carry me home

Can we recover
Will the world ever be
A place of peace and harmony
With no war and with no brutality
If we loved each other
We would find victory
But in this harsh reality
Sometimes I'm so despondant
That I feel the need to

Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need You now lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of you by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray you'll come and carry me home

Keep your head to the sky
With god's love you'll survive

Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need you now lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of you by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray you'll come and carry me home

Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need you now lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of you by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray you'll come and carry me home

Carry me higher, higher, higher
Carry me higher, higher, higher


Mariah Carey - Fly Like A Bird

Your Girl

...the hottest song since Britney's 'Touch of my Hand'...

See, I used to be so shy
Sit at home and fantasize
(I should be your girl)
But I ain't wastin' no more time
'Cause I've got to make you mine

I'm gonna make you want to
Get with me tonight
I'm gonna put those naughty
Thoughts into your mind
I'm gonna show you clearly
I can rock your world
You're gonna know for sure
That I should be your girl

See I used to be afraid
But now baby I can't wait
I just gotta have your love
And enough's enough's enough

I'm gonna make you want to
Get with me tonight
I'm gonna put those naughty
Thoughts into your mind
I'm gonna show you clearly
I can rock your world
You're gonna know for sure
That I should be your girl

I'm gonna make you want to
Get with me tonight
(Get with me tonight)
I'm gonna put those naughty
Thoughts into your mind
(Naughty thoughts into your mind)
I'm gonna show you clearly
I can rock your world
You're gonna know for sure
That I should be your girl

Mariah Carey - Your Girl

...hottness beyond all hottnesses

what do you care about?

when i hear you say
that you don't care, anyway
about what they got to say
i wonder
what do you care about?

do you live for what you stand for?
do you believe in more than
petty circumstances and
false pretense romances?
do your relationships speak
definitions on your philosophies?
or do you just live life as you please
not caring about the tragedies of
greedy fantasies?

'cause how they feel don't mean shit to you right?
like they in the dark and you
all up in the light
knowing what is wrong and
what is right
in your life

well, be that as it may
and it may
be true
that you know you better than
they do
if i had one thing to say
it would be to care anyway
'cause
leading life tolerant
of ignorance
in the name of a false defense
and knowingly neglecting a perfect chance to
learn from or change
another similar individual's route
makes me again wonder
what do you care about?

are you too high to
take the time to
bring them up?
too beyond to
bring them along
and over?
too blind to
change a mind
frame
a picture of their impressions
with a border of your selfless confessions
and you will surround them
with truth
that they may not know of
therefore enlightening and igniting a
simple understanding
so that they may know how
you believe
what you believe
and why

so when i see you leave naive and
unconcerned of
the way others receive, conceive, and perceive
it makes me wonder
concerned
do you care about anything?

Still I Am One

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."

...Helen Keller

EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay

How can I do wrong babe?
When right is where your heart is near in me
With each and every song baby
You are my only source of melody
Baby girl come on, baby girl come on, come on
Keep it there till dawn baby
Till comes the coming second coming all over me ooh oooh

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

With every other breath baby I drown
You always make the rain, baby, like sunshine
It's like I never ever doubted me
It's like I'm almost close to diggin me
You made what I was missing baby all mine
Keep doing it on and on

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Do me till I'm done
Till comes up the sun
Moon goes where it's from
Till the morning comes
Sideways, upside down
Ceiling or the ground
Till my lost is found
EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay of my life baby
Each night of my life baby

Maxwell - EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay

He Still Loves Me

Took me a while
But I'm finally here
I just wanna testify
Make it crystal clear
See I've been picked out
To be picked on
Talked about I'm fo real now
I've been beat down
Til he turned my life around

Seems like I always fall short of bein worthy
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me

I aint no superstar
The spotlight aint shinin on me
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me
Loves me

I used to wake up somedays
And wish i'd stayed asleep
Cuz i went to bed on top of the world
Today the worlds on top of me
Everybody's got opinions
They aint been in my position
That it breaks my heart when I hear what they
Have to say about me yeah

Seems like I always fall short
Of bein worthy
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me

I aint no superstar
I wanna be for you
The spotlight aint shinin on me
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me

I'm not perfect
Yes I do wrong
I'm trying my best
But it aint good enough

Shunned by the world
If I don't succeed
Cuz I aint good
But he still loves me

If you aint worthy just raise your hands
And let me know that you understand
That we are all so blessed
To be loved, loved

I can call on him for anything
To him we all look exactly the same
What will we do
Without out pain

Feels like we always fall short
Of bein worthy
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me
I aint no superstar
The spotlight aint shinin on me
Cuz I aint good enough
But you still love me

I'm not perfect
Yes I do wrong
I'm tryin my best but
It aint good enough

Shunned be the word
If I dont succeed
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me

I'm not perfect
Yes I do wrong
I'm tryin my best but
It aint good enough

Shunned be the word
If i dont succeed
Cuz I aint good enough
But he still loves me

No I aint good enough
But He still loves me
No I aint good enough
But he still loves me

No I aint good enough
But He still loves me
No I aint good enough
But he still loves me

Sir Walter Williams and Beyonce Knowles - He Still Loves Me

April 2

11 months a vegan!

holy shit this was a good one...

Is it my turn to wish you were lying here
I tend to dream you when I'm not sleeping
Is it my turn to fictionalize my world
Or even imagine your emotions to tell myself anything
Is it my turn to hold your hands
Tell you I love you and you not hear me
Is it my turn to totally understand
To watch you walk out of my life and not do a damn thing

If I have to give away
The feeling that I feel
If I have to sacrifice
Oh, whatever babe, whatever baby
If I have to take apart
All that I am
Is there anything that I would not do
'Cause inside I'd die without you

Oh, I apologize for all the things I've done
But now I'm underwater and I'm drowning
Is it my turn to be the one to cry
Isn't it amazing how some things just completely turn around
So take every little piece of my heart
So take every little piece of my soul
So take every little piece of my mind
'Cause if you're gone inside
I'd die without you

If I have to give away
The feeling that I feel
If I have to sacrifice
Oh, whatever babe, whatever baby
If I have to take apart
All that I am
Is there anything that I would not do
'Cause inside I'd die without you

PM Dawn - I'd Die Without You