Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.
So many of us have separated ourselves from our source and have lived on ego consciousness.
With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.
Give thanks for all that shows up in your life including the stuff that you perceive to be negative, the things that you wish wouldn't have happened. Don't take anything forgranted.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Every bad decision I've made has been based on money.
What did she see in me? What does she see that I don't?
I was always annoyed by too much explaining.
She was overstrained with grief and loneliness: almost any shoulder would have done as well.