I was rollin' around, in my mind it occurred.....

I was rollin' around, in my mind it occurred…………..





What if God was a her?......

You know I’m an ordinary cat for the most part, however every now and then I get in one of those fucked up moods. Yea, you know the ones where you just want to sit back by yourself and just zone with a couple shots of henny. I usually throw on one of those albums that’s fitting my mood at the time. The last couple of weeks I’ve been on that vibe. Very seldom does an artist put out an album and you feel like that album was put out with you in mind. It’s like everything you’ve wanted to say comes out in the lyrics. When Common dropped BE back in May 2005, I was a year in with my girl still doing what we ungrateful dudes do. My dudes and I were gearing up for the summer and running into new females. I went through the whole process of getting caught up on a few different occasions. This album really opened up my eyes in various ways. Common over the years has gone through many changes within himself, which he has showed through his music. It’s that maturity through music that helps you mature within yourself. With lyrics like:

“I was rollin' around, in my mind it occurred
What if God was a her?
Would I treat her the same? Would I still be runnin' game on her?
In what type of ways would I want her?
Would I want her for her mind or her heavenly body?
Couldn't be out gettin' bogus with someone so godly
If I was wit' her would I still be wantin' my ex?
The lies, the greed, the weed, the sex
Wouldn't be ashamed to give her part of my check
Wearin' her cross, I mean the heart on my neck
Her I would reflect on the streets of the Chi'
Ride wit' her, 'cause I know for me she'd die
Through good and bad call on her like I'm chirpin' her
Couldn't be jealous 'cause other brothers worship her
Walk this earth for her, glory, I'm grateful
To be in her presence I try to stay faithful”


This album came out and was considered by many a certified classic. BE, sold close to one million records to date and was measured by many to be Common’s best work yet. At the time, I like many struggled to stay faithful and never took the time to realize what kind of woman I had right there riding for me. So whether you prefer to spark a L, Drink a little liquor, or whatever it is you do to relax, take that time to throw on that album you feel was made just for you to hear and let the music speak to you.

-Living Fresh

Sidney Deane

"You see Billy it's like this, you either smoke or you get smoked. And you got smoked."


Truer words have never been spoking. What Billy Hoyle didn't realize is that it's a dog eat dog world out here. Those that you think are your friends at the end of the day aren't. You just got to go out and get yours because if you keep trying to be everyones friend it's only going to come back to bite you in the end.

A mans pride is a terrible thing. Problem was Billy could never understand that. Sometimes you got to put this thing called pride to the side and think logical. See I'm a Sidney Deane type fella.A straight up Go Getta can't wait for the next person at the table to put their hands down. Got to bluff your way to the top. I'm out to get it by any means necessary. Also, let us not forget that what we also learned from Mr. Deane was that we have to respect the women of the house for they see those things that we may often overlook.

-Living Fresh

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Damn, I'm late as hell right? Don't get me started this semester was something serious. With running around for work, school, and more work. Time just hasn't been something of the essence. Anywho, I'm about to get back on my blogging grind and toss in some major updates here soon with links to what music I'm currently listening too and pictures of shit I'm currently copping. I won't be doing it to be boastful but just to try to help you along in your pursuit of freshness as well. Follow me and you will be headed in the right direction. Now I'm not the flyest but I'm damn sure close to it.......As always I'm......

-Living Fresh

The Great Debate

Originally after seeing the movie on Christmas day I wasn't going to write on the movie and share my thoughts with you all. You see initially I was hesitant to see the movie in the 1st place and felt Denzel may have made a critical error at this point in his career by directing and staring in this film. However, my mother a older southern black women loves Mr. Washington an insisted that we go out and support his film as he can do no wrong. I ordered the tickets for myself my brother and my mother and headed to the theater open minded. What I saw was what was truly a great movie containing a story of struggles, how to overcome adversity in tumultuous times, and what happens when you believe in yourself.

The story was set in rural Louisiana in what we consider the deep south down there below the Mason Dixon line. Denzel portrayed the great debate coach at Wiley college, Melvin Tolson a man who lead two lives all for the betterment of not only African Americans, but Americans as a whole. I became engulfed in this film and the multiple stories that were told within it. A young boy struggling to be like his well accomplished father and struggling with love, happiness, and adolescence all at the same time. See I could identify with particular parts of this movie and the struggle that certain characters encountered.

At one point during the movie the debate team is traveling to a debate against Pepperdine University and happen upon a Lynch Mob. For those of you not familiar a lynch mob was/is a group of whites who gathered together for the hanging of a black person and lighting them on fire. It was this scene that was most difficult to bear. See my roots are from the deep south, you know down there below the mason dixon line and the simple thought of knowing that this is what my family members and others before me had to go through in order for me to be able to having the blessings and opportunities that I have today was to say the least extremely humbling and emotional. I looked over at my mother beside me and saw her filled with anger, tears, and emotion. It wasn't until she reached out and grabbed my hand that I realized the significance of this movie and my elder family before me.

We spoke about it briefly on the way home about what touched her so much within the movie to spark such anger and tears. She spoke on things she witnessed as a child growing up in the south and spoke on how the movie brought back to reality many images and thoughts that she went through as child. You know it's difficult to hear someone speak of being in the car with their father on the way to church and having to drive through town and pass through a Ku Klux Klan rally every week. See Generations before us took unified steps to allow better more prosperous lives for us and we must be sure to do so for those after us.

Now I'm not saying that the word can be perfect or that racism will one day end, but what I am saying is that we can damn sure try if not because we want to but that we need to. We need to continue to move forward as a people and as brothers and sisters. No one is saying you need to go out and be some sort of radical and start a revolution, but what I am saying is that if we all do our part we will fair much better than we are now. The world is in turbulent times, countrymen are killing countrymen, brothers are killing brothers, and races are killing races. Lets ban together as those before us did for betterment of those that will follow.

I encourage you all to go out and see The Great Debators regardless of where you are and what the color of your skin is. You will surly be entertained and touched by a incredibly great story.

Peace

Misunderstood......

I'm starting to think I'm misunderstood......seen in a different light, or possibly not seen at all. I've never had a problem with people not understanding me because I don't understand some people. What I don't understand however is how you can come to a unbiased opinion on something you know nothing about. Everyone thinks they know everything and everyone is to worried about what everyone else is doing. Do YOU.....be YOU....stop forcing it. You don't have to have this or that just to try and be the person everyone else wants you to be. I wonder where everyone went wrong? For me...I remember the days. Most of you already know by now, but yea I mean shit....I'm country....I come from farms,grits,pork, and dirt. I've never claimed to be anything other than what I am. Now I'm not no saint nor have I ever claimed to be, but I do know that I come from value and have certian things institled in me. I don't know all of you and the ones I do know I may not know well. I've always stayed true to who I was for the most part. I never tried to conform to the masses, it isn't really in my "swagger" to do that. I'm way to proud of who I am and what I'm from. I don't claim to be hard or from the hood (even though I will smack your shoelaces untied) I don't try to dress like YOU or THEM. I just do me matter fact that's all I've ever done cause I've always wanted to stand out. Not because I wanted any particular accliam, but because I always felt like their isn't anyone else like me, nobody else on my level. In no way does that mean I'm superior to any other. What that does mean is that I understand individuality. It seems like I'm just rambling.......these are really just my thoughts you know........basically how I'm feeling at the time. I feel like people are focusing on all the wrong things. Kicks this Kicks that.....I'm tired of it...I'm out the shoe game for a bit too. It's saturated with a bunch of wannabees and it's hurting me because I've been in it since the beginning. I remember when Nike dropped the Bret Farve Zooms back in 95 and 96 and how I lost my mind and felt like I had to jump through hoops to get my Mom to pick them up. Shit, I remember me and Dennis were at the pool and had on the OG raptors and they got stolen out of our locker while we were swimming. I remember that feeling of being so hurt and not being able to understand why someone would do that. Looking back years later I don't know why that person took those shoes, but i hope they brought the same joy to that person that they brought to me. I know I had a shoe problem in 6th grade when we played Alex English's sons team in my rec leauge and the kid always had the craziest looking shoes. Since that point I've always been concerned about what's on my feet. Your not a shoehead because you get every SB that comes out, but really what the hell is a shoehead anyway? I've never called myself that....you all call me that. To me it's normal to have such a infatuation with beautiful art. I don't know maybe I'm tripping and it's just this mood I've been in Latley. All i've been doing is throwing on my Fav CD on the Ipod and just taking a walk or whatever and just thinking, reflecting, planning for tomorrow, and enjoying the beauty that life brings everyday.

-Living Fresh

He's Back....

So a new post has been long over due instead of re-capping the last month of my life for the sake of your reading. I'm just going to start with this past weekend and keep it moving. So lets see school is right around the corner it's already gearing up to be one hell of a year. The summer was Def one to remember many many good times. I hope everyone can say the same. I FINALLY got to make some much needed changes to my bike that I've been wanting to do which i'll toss in here later. Turned 21 on the 31st of July and it was just straight Bananas! I've been loving every minute of it. I got plenty of new pick ups over the past 3 weeks and I just copped the Rad blue/red Vans yesterday which are official. I'll be through tomorrow with some more post. As you know I'm still.....






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These are for sale still by the way. I haven't been pushing them much just here on the blog I'll list them and some olives in a 11.5 on NT this week.





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By the way just let me know I can take plenty of pics and can tag them as well with my other NT name VaGixxer.

R.I.P.........Jason Hendrick

I'll post thoughts and feelings sometime later. RIP.....one of the few people I met that was comfortable with life and I always respected that from day 1.