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Jay Z’s “Song Cry” :::
I may never be able to “book 1st class to change the forecast” for me and my lady. But, this hustler’s recollection of the one who got away painted the picture of rags to riches, and losing your love vividly. I’m saying though, we “know the way he was living was wack, but you don’t get a n***a back like that”
Who didn’t see the sincerity in Hov during Unplugged when Jaguar Wright was killing the vocals and The Roots mashed up “I Need Love”!?
Then there was the hook, “I can’t see em’ comin down my eyes, so I gotta make the song cry”
The part that resonated with me the most was “They say you can’t turn a bad girl good, but once a good girls gone bad, she’s gone forever, I’ll mourn forever. Shit, I gotta live with the fact, I did you wrong forever” 😩😩😩 (been there and it makes me feel like sh** still to this day)
Damn…… “It’s f**ked up girl”
Read more#28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day4 Billie Holiday also known as Lady…
#28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day4 Billie Holiday also known as Lady Day; have you ever heard her sing!? Sheesh, her voice is hypnotizing. But, did you know Billie was born to a 19yr old mother who was kicked out of the crib and her pops was a musician who wasn’t around? Sound like the nonsense of today right!?
At the tender age of 12 she had a job running errands in a brothel, by 14 she was prostituting in a different brothel in Harlem. The Harlem brothel was raided and Billie was arrested.
After being released she started singing in Harlem night clubs then calling herself “Billie Dove” inspired by an actress she admired and her “pops”. Eventually, she went ahead and took what she thought was her biological name of “Holiday” from her potential dad, Clarence Holiday. She got her big break at 18 at a club called Covan’s.
Fast forward, Billie obtained huge commercial success, but often in those days (like today) it came with drug addiction and legal problems. She died in 1959 from complications caused by cirrhosis of the liver. When she died she had 70 cents in the bank.
Some of her biggest hits “Blue Moon”, “Nobody’s Business”, “Autumn In New York” and of course “Strange Fruit” referring to the blacks that were lynched in the south “hanging from the trees”; recently sampled by Kanye on “Blood On The Leaves”
Last Friday night, I was in the crib chillin sippin on 50yr old Glenlivet and listening to Billie’s radio station on Spotify and my mood was so eerily surreal, I felt like everything was how it was supposed to be. I wonder what feeling she invoked to those that heard her live!?
Billie, you may have had a hard life, but through your music you brought so much joy, and you’re an iconic staple in black history!
To you, I say thank you for your contribution….
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