Friday, January 23, 2009

Stop the comparisons please...

I really wish people would stop comparing the Obama's to the Kennedy's. I mean really...the only thing that is remotely similar would be their tasteful attires.

President Obama and his wife built themselves up from nothing to where they are. They did not have family fortunes, silver spoons or family-pull to get them where they are today.

Jackie was not the strong, powerful woman that we see in Michelle. She sat there with that plastic smile on her face while her husband ran around the town with any skirt he could catch. Michelle is an independent, intelligent woman who does not stand down to her man, and my guess, would be less than tolerant of the mis-behavior JFK publicly displayed time and time again.

President Obama is a man who displays immense pride and hands-on love for his wife and two daughters. He does not walk a step ahead with a trophy family on display in tow. He has his adoration in his eyes when he lovingly gazes into his wife's eyes and does not look past her at the likes of Marilyn Monroe and other starlets.

While it is true, JFK supported and pushed forward many civil rights actions for America's black population...however, in comparing the two as men, husbands and heads-of-family....there is no comparison here. President Obama is twice what JFK could have hoped to have been in the areas of class, taste, pride and respect.

JFK may have been one of the most "popular" presidents of our time...in no way do I want to diminish all the good he did for our country...but when it came to working hard for something you want, and the concept of family-values...the man falls very short in comparison to President Obama...so let's all please get things in perspective here...

Friday, January 9, 2009

I must confess...I'm in love with Will.I.Am

It's A New Day by Will.I.Am

I went to sleep last night
Tired from the fight
I've been fighting for tomorrow
All my life

Yea I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
'Cause the dream that I'd been dreaming
Had finally come true

It's a new day
It's a new day
It's a new day
It's a new day
It's a new day

It's been a long time comin'
Up the mountain kept runnin'
Souls of freedom kept hummin'
Channelin' Harriet Tubman
Kennedy, Lincoln, and King
We gotta maninfest in that dream
It feels like we're swimmin' upstream
It feels like we're stuck inbetween
A rock and a hard place,
We've been through the heartaches
And lived through the darkest days
If you and I made it this far,
Well then hey, we can make it all the way
And they said no we can't
And we said yes we can

Remember it's you...and me...together

I woke up this morning
Feelin' alright
I've been fightin' for tomorrow
All my life

Yea, I woke up this morning
Feelin' brand new
Cause the dream that I'd been dreaming
Had finally come true

It's a new day (it's a new day)
It's a new day (it's a new day)
It's a new day
It's a new day! (it's a new day)

It's been a long time waitin'
Waitin' for this moment

It's been a long time prayin'
Prayin' for this moment

We hope for this moment
And now that we own it
For life Ima hold it
And I won’t let it go

It's for fathers, our brothers,
Our friends who fought for freedom
Our sisters, our mothers,
Who died for us to be in this moment

Stop and cherish this moment
Stop and cherish this time

It's time for u-ni-ty
For us...and we
That's you...and me...together

I woke up this morni'g
Feelin' brand new
'Cause the dreams that I've been dreamin'
Had finally came true

Yea, I woke up this mornin'
Feelin' alright

'Cause we weren't fighting for nothin'
And the soldiers weren't fighting for nothin'
No, Martin wasn't dreaming for nothin'
And Lincoln didn't change it for nothin'
And children weren't crying for nothin'

It's a new day
It's a new day
A new day
It's a new day
It's a new day!