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18

May

(Source: taniaburrito)

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Art mirrors Life

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Like You

See it’s you that I admire

Your style reflects the beauty of God

It’s so hard for me to fathom

I am blinded by your greatness

That’s why I look away

I strive to be closer to you

To be more like you is my heart’s desire

I couldn’t sleep this morning because

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16

May

Niv’s Notables: “Dig Me”

Like most of America I am totally obsessed with SCANDAL. I love watching it and I love even more how they are depicting life, lust and love. It has often been said that life is purely black and white. That couldn’t be further from the truth life is full…

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15

May

Double TroubleMy sons are 4 months and beyond amazing.  They are talking and cooing and possess such silly…View Post

Double Trouble

My sons are 4 months and beyond amazing.  They are talking and cooing and possess such silly…

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“Dirty Laundry” by Kelly Rowland

Brand new single, “Dirty Laundry,” Kelly Rowland airs things out. The track, from her upcoming album Talk A Good Game, she addresses pain from her past, including a physically abusive boyfriend and a time when she and B weren’t so cool.

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14

May

Erykah Badu Interviews Kendrick Lamar

BADU:
How do you choose chicks from backstage?
LAMAR:
How do I choose chicks from backstage?
BADU:
Yeah, what is the protocol?
LAMAR:
I try not to. [laughs] I’m too scared. Anybody who knows me knows that I’m probably the most scared person when it comes to that because I’m so caught up in the act of sex, of something going crazy, going out of my control. I’m too paranoid.
BADU:
[laughs] So you just pass?
LAMAR:
I’ve got to because I’ve seen a situation where it got totally out of hand, where something seemed so innocent, and now this person has got allegations on them. It spooked me. This was before my career really started, though—before any “Kendrick Lamar.” And that right there? It changed my whole perception about certain things. I’ll always keep that in the back of my head.
BADU:
So who is your asshole-checker?
LAMAR:
Who is my what?
BADU:
Your asshole-checker—the person in your crew or your family who let’s you know if you’re being a asshole.
LAMAR:
I have two, actually. [both laugh] But the main one is a friend of mine—a lady friend who has known me since high school. She has always been someone, since day one, who has said something whenever I’m an asshole, or also if I’m doin’ something positive—but more so when I’m out of my element.
BADU:
What’s your favorite cereal?
LAMAR:
Fruity Pebbles. When people ask for my rider, they think I’m crazy: Fruity Pebbles, baked chicken, bottle of Hennessy, and some Polo socks.
BADU:
What do you, as a man, envy about what it means to be a woman?
LAMAR:
There’s just a certain knowledge instilled in a woman. There are these things that women have that men just can’t grasp: the understanding of love; the understanding of being; having a certain type of care in your heart and knowing when to be compassionate; knowing how to be a confidante…
BADU:
That’s a good perspective. Something I envy that men have is that ability to grow a goatee. I think that’d be really hot on me.

12

May

Today

Today http://wp.me/s3oqSl-today

Today….

Is the first day of the rest of my life

No pain

No gain

The early bird catches the worm

Forget that I want the money, power and wisdom

Your respect will be duly noted

Let me make it clear before you misconstrue…

See here is the underlying truth

I’…

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11

May

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I Miss You.

I Miss You.

(Source: aaliyahqueenofurbanpop)

Oil Pastel

Really and truly my love is asthmatic

The type that’ll make you lose ya breath like Destiny’s Child

That’s why I’m searching or a love that’s floetic, poetic

Forget it I want that shit to be electric

I want my man to come into my room and share my bed

And…

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10

May

faith-food-fashion:

2damnfeisty:

gradientlair:

Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann Caroll (77), Cicely Tyson (79), Nichelle Nichols (80), Ruby Dee (90).

Look at how flawless these women look.

gorgeous ~