rise up and put ya hands high

What is beauty? well i'll tell you one thing beauty does not lie in the eye of the beholder not if he is beholding an image of me! why? because by beauty is not confined by anyone's thoughts it likes in the mind of me. i am beautiful because i choose to b. not because some bony lil nword told be that just because my butt a lil fat n he hasnt even looked to see the tru color of my eyes! how dare you? n then he says maybe after 3 weeks of knowing me n "chillin" wit me every other day "o wow baby i didnt kno ya eyes were so light...they arent like most black girls" NEGRO PLEASE!!! you just now lookin into my eyes? how can you kno that i am 'beautiful' if you havent looked into my eyes which leads to my soul which leads to my true beauty? i kno why? because i saw all ya inner ugly n used my "we checkin niggas at the door policy" and you did not pass the criteria! no one n i mean NO ONE should be able to tell you something that is only for God to judge, we are made in the likeness of him and he has made us not we ourselves. beauty is such a passionate thing its so passionate because it is something that God controls.  We try to altar our beauty, enhance it, twist it, clone it but at the end of the day its about the inner beauty and that right there, that thing right there, is all about you and god be beautiful for yourself be beautiful for God. When you kno you are beautiful trust me others will also. dont ever let a woman or a man come in an change ur perception of yu. love u. embrace you everyday in the mirror jus look at yourself your full self yes im talkin bucket naked bc thats how we came out! and dont pic urself apart thank God because u look so BADDD n if there is something that you decide you dont like, then change it for you and God. Loving oneself is the first step to self determination and happiness.
peace family.

"Im watching God" - Zora Neale Hurston

I have just finished watching the best movie that my eyes have seen, Yes better than any Spike Lee Joint including "love n basketball" the breath taking film was called "Their Eyes are Watching God" I was definitely not ready for what Lady Hurston's literature laid on me. the only problem is I wish i would have watched the movie after i read the book but such is life.

The movie gave the most beautiful depition of black love. The main lady, Jaine, went through a series of relationships which were similar to the ones that were common in that day.  She never did give up love. Black love is a powerful thing and it exsist in any situation. It must be real in order for it to work tho. Black love is the strenght of our poeple combined with the most powerful force known to man. Nothing can break true black love but God himself. The struggle of the two builds a bond tighter than anything.

This love that Jaine finally found was such a liberating experience for me. Jaine represented all of the black super women of the world who are often the 'mules' of society. We are often at the bottom and it wasnt until her spirit mate Tea Cake touched her spirit in unison as she touched his that she was able to be free and finally truly happy. He loved her to the core. Dang i need to read this book sooo bad! cnt wait til i gt my check so i cn order it offline!! lol

This masterpiece is not just about love it is about living and finding peace of mind after doing soThe black ppl did not allow themselves to be victimized in this movie and that's what i love about it most. Not that they were not oppressed but when a person works against their oppression then they end up on top just like the proud people of Eatonville, Florida.  The thing i love most about Jaine Crawford is that she lives life until she is able to live it to the fullest as she wanted to do all along. All her life people wanted to confine her n keep her and mold her into someone she didnt want to be, one of the most beautiful lines she says in the movie is " it feels like all my early years i spent being old, and now im young just for you" This movie caused Alice Walker the writer of The Color Purple to say "There is no book more important to me than this one" which would explain why Alice did a dissertation on Madame Hurston

I love the title of this novel turned movie because the meaning is so free. I could interpret it a completely different way from how you interpret it and that is the beauty of literature. Zora Neale Hurstons firey attitude is show thru this title to me. she is such a free spirit and on a spiritual level that she feels comfortable to watch God every once in a while to return the favor of him always watching her. He lead her to true love and back and her love will live on. That's when you know you got that Good Good when you dont miss your love when he dies because you know he will forever live on in your heart.



 This movie gave me some black history that I didn't exactly know about, and of course imma lay it on you! so Eatonville, Florida this was the first incorporated Black town in America and they take much pride in that still today! check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_M-PfhgMsg  this is where Mama Hurston is from. I havent done enough research to know if the character by the name of Jaine in the movie which is played by Halley Berry is supposed to portray Hurston, but im def spending my summer reasearching on things of the likes!

these are just my thoughts nothing serious. more to come. much love
peace family

by the way i dont proof read so yal cn feel the rawness. ha

Hair.

1st hair care tip: STOP BEING CHEAP!!! my ppl we have to invest in our hair if we are going to have it. stop buying the cheap dark and lovely and kiddie perms. SHOOT STOP PERMING YA HAIR ALL TOGETHER! its extremely unhealty and our body is GODS temple so we need to keep it healthy.

Aveda Has a great mostorizing producted for natrual black folks hair yall!

Now that I've rapped yal up Im going to show yal some hot new styles starting with DREADS!!! yes i will officially be a dread head this winter!!! CANT WAIT. imma show yal wat imma b working with!

there are so many styles that you can put dreads in to make them beautiful and i have the proof!

My joints gon start out young like Lady Hill here. But give me a year n they will be long and luxurious!!

Here are some other dope natrual styles

ps. shaving ur head is very liberating! go for it. n kick down all the barriers and oppressions that are tied into hair. We put to much power in hair be happy with what God blessed you with and most importantly take care of it!

Do your research on hair products. Carlos Daughter works great! Me and Gab use it :)

Cant forget about my girl Solange<3

Tye Tribbett & GA Worldwide

Tye rushing to the stage we were right on the aisle so we got first dibs on the pics! I personally love his dread! Hang-time game is definitely on point!

Tye and his guitarist who I'm quite positive is his son.

Some of GA! They are stylish beautiful black kings and queens doing the work of the most high! Yal betta Go!!!

My moms hooked us up wit a pick! shouts out to the photographer mama treet! He is so down to earth. My mom couldn't figure out how to work the camera at first so Tye's responds sarcastically, "all you gotta do is press that big button on the top" lol after she couldnt get a clear shot he says, "naw see you gotta take another one because that one is gonna b blurry" What celeb do you know that is gonna take his time out to school yo mama on how to take a pic :) lol

Aw we don started somethin now!!!!!!

We have just come from something that I have never experienced in my life. Real talk. "The Crazy Praise Showcase" which featured Tye Tribbett & GA.  Tye and GA (which is his group) gave us a mini concert, and they definitely came wit it! Im not gon lie I thought that this was gon be borderline wack because it was at a church not a stadium or something, I was in for the surprise of a lifetime. This was a worship concert and the spirit of God was definitely in the building. Tye did something that I thought was vital in this service. He told the audience that worship is giving a sacrifice to God for the things that he has gotten you through. Worship should be measured by the sin, so don't judge somebody for breakin out into a crazy praise thinkin "o she extra" or "now she know she doin too much" because you don't know what God has gotten he/she out of. This concert/showcase was truly a blessing. I sho nuff got my praise on. And since yal mi ppl and I encourage honesty and expression of self, I will be completly honest and tell you that this was one of the few times that I have really broken out into a real praise. The youth of LCT were gettin it in! Bleeeee dat!

The Bible talks about David dacing out of his clothes from praising the Lord! Praise makes the big guy smile. It invites the lord into a place. I love how GA and Tye dress in regular, fashionable clothes they look fab all the time. This is important because some people feel out of place when they go around church people because some of us are stuck up and high sididdy,  but GA invites all people, and that's what it's all about!

Shout's out to Tye Tribbett and GA they are launching their new clothing line pretty soon I will keep yal updated on their hawwt new looks!

Yal can also cop his new album on his website which is below.

Check out their website "Tye Tribbet World Wide"

http://www.tyetribbettworldwide.com/worldwide.html

Tweethearts.

Twitter. Get wit it! So as some of you may know I am a twitter head. Yup I tweet from my phone, Ipod, and laptop. Some of the inspiring celebs that I follow are as follows:
-Kirk Franklin @kirkfranklin
-Rev. Run of Run DMC- @RevRunWisdom
-Toby Mac (he did some callabo's with kirk. love his electric voice!)- @therealtobymac
-Da' T.R.U.T.H- @truthonduty
-The Ambassador- @Ambassador215

You can set up a twitter by clicking here. Its the new facebook and facebook is the new myspace!  lol
http://twitter.com/

Praisin GOD to that Bounce Beat: Gospel Go Go

For those of you who have no idea what go go is. I would first advice you look it up because I surely don't know enough about it to school you on it. But will tell you what I know from my "Go Go Head" friends. It is a new funk genre of music that includes the use of insturments such as cow bells, congos, bass, electic guitar, and keyboards, etc. It was originated in Washington D.C. and has spread to Maryland and Virginia also which is known as the DMV. Chuck Brown is titled the Father of Go Go. << enough of the History lesson.

Gospel Go Go, to my understanding, is a very new thing it is regular go go music that played to gospel lyrics. I love the concept. Its creative, unique, and of course DOPE!



Here you can definitely get a feel of the DMV (shout outs to my Murryland family.lol love ya)




The Beat Ya Feet Kings at a Gospel Go Go


I'm definitely diggin this i love how they use their bodies to express praise in such a different way!

Ambassador

It's crazy how I am a lover of raw hip-hop and gospel music, yet I am just recently introducing myself to the gospel hip-hop world! Im loving it thus far. It was an amazing feeling to actually go onto youtube and see brothas with real videos not the bootleg joints lookin like the  "chicken noodle soup" video. This artist is known as "The Ambassador"

love the chin strap!

Check out his video "Gimmie Dat"

Leave comments on what you think and if you have any of your favorite songs from him it be hot to listen to them and post them!

This song is nice. yea just nice. the auto tunes turned me off he T-Pain'in too much. I just love the message. "I'm choosing God over this world" all fired up for God. Good stuff.