love.........

Love your parents with all your might and devote as much time and energy as you can to contributing to their well-being and absorbing their wisdom. You'll be more peaceful about their untimely transition if you do.

Time isn't retrievable.

-David M. Stephens

this was posted on his facebook page late last night and it inspired me to blog a little about it. Being that two of the most influental people in my life passed away. First my Grandfather who I thank God for being there at a time when a young hardhead boy like myself needed some structure and guidance from a strong male figure, and did the best he could to show me (and my brothers)how to be men.

More recently my mom passed away Feb. '09 which hit hard and as much as I wish she could come back, I am grateful for the time that God gave her, and also knowing and recognizing that the 62 years she has seen and done a lot (including being able to see her great grandbabies)

but this really isnt about me, but it is for all those that have suffered a loss of one or Both of their parents like some of my friends....


David, Matthew and Doug Stephens

Olan Kellogg

Brandy Coleman

Tanya Barksdale, Karen, Mike, Darryl, Dawn, Valerie Wells, and myself



It can be hard sometimes but with faith I believe they are someplace better than here

...whats beef

....remembering this rhyme performed at the end of a dave chapelle show by Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)

WHATS BEEF?

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas…

Beef is when workin’ ni**as can’t find jobs
So they tryna find ni**as to rob

Tryna find bigger guns so they can finish the job
Beef is when the crack kids can’t find moms
Cause they end up inna PINE box or locked behind bars

Beef ain’t the Summer Jam for Hot 97
Beef is the cocaine and AIDS epidemic
Beef don’t come with a radio edit

Beef is when the judge is callin’ you “defendant”
Beef, it comes with a long jail sentence
Handed down to you in a few short minutes

Beef is when your girl come through for a visit
Talkin’ bout “I’m pregnant by some other ni**a”

Beef is high blood pressure and bad credit
Need a loan for your home and you’re too broke to get it
And all your little kids is doin is gettin’ bigger
You tryin not to raise ‘em around these wild ni**as

Beef is when a gold digger got ya seat and a
A manicured hand out like “pay me ni**a”
Or I’m tellin’ your wife
Or startin’ up some foul rumor that’ll ruin your life

Beef is when a gangster ain’t doin it right
Another gangster then decided what to do with his life

Beef is not what these famous ni**as do on the mic
Beef is what George Bush would do in a fight

Yeah, beef is not what Ja said to 50
Beef is more than Irv not bein here with me

When a soldier ends his life with his own gun
Beef is tryin’ to figure out what to tell his son
Beef is oil prices and geopolitics
Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip

Some beef is big and some beef is small
But what y’all call beef is not beef at all

Beef is real life happenin’ everyday
And it’s realer than them songs that you get at Kay Slay
This has been a Black Star PSA
From Mos Def, Pretty Flocko, black Dante
And the Black Star embassy, B to the K