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What is life without music? My name is Alexander Parlato I was born on November 25th 1986 which means I’ve been on this planet for 21 years, but in my opinion it's not about how long your here, it's about what you do and what you learn while you are here. there were complications with my birth and I was supposed to die before I was even born. So I've been beating the odds since before I even got here. I was born in Marin county, California. Ironically one of the richest counties in America. being as how I never had shit growing up and we were so poor that I don’t even know how my mother payed rent sometimes. I wrote my first poem at the age of 7, and fell IN LOVE with poetry right then and there. I love the English language and how there is so many different ways to say the same thing making it easier to have it rhyme. I believe English is the poets playground, anyway I wrote that poem and I've been writing them ever since. I've been in love with music since before I even knew how to SAY music. I listen to everything and try to keep an open mind but my favorite has always been hip-hop. I began to realize that music was poetry too and that pretty much all forms of art have at least SOME things in common and are therefore related. At the age of 12 I wrote my first rap. I have been writing my poetry to beats ever since. I started busting freestyles(unrehearsed raps) to beats about a year later at the age of 13. Growing up I never knew my father... in fact I didn’t even meet the guy until I was 17. life with my mom was a struggle to say the least I got so used to fighting and arguing and things going wrong that it became my version of normal because it was all I knew, in fact I STILL kind of panic whenever things start to go good for me. I was never "aloud" to listen to rap growing up, my mom said it was too vulgar and there was too much swearing and violence (kind of funny coming from the person who swears at you almost everyday and hits you when you don’t act right..too much swearing and violence huh?) so anyway. I grew up through struggle and have been through things that I don't think anyone should have to go through, I won't infect you with the details, but if I could go back and change it I wouldn’t because I believe that it made me the person AND the writer I am today. they say the best characteristics are born through struggle and I guess that’s why I'm such a character. I know it sounds crazy but I got kicked out of 5 schools before first grade and before I finished high school I was banned from every school in Marin county. they told me I had A.D.H.D and that I was BI-polar. they told my mom that I had a problem with authority and I talked too much. they said that I was out of control and unreachable so they could no longer help me. I only needed 20 credits to graduate but there was no way to earn them If none of the schools would have me. just when I thought there was no hope, I met the most savage teacher to EVER walk the planet, whose name I cannot mention because he IS WAAY too insanely crazy cool for me to disclose that information. he let me join his adult education program and informed me that I could get 70 high school credits for passing the G.E.D. but there was no time to study because the test was being given in less than an hour. I took it, passed it and got BOTH my G.E.D. and my high school diploma. since I got my diploma I have had about 30 different jobs. some I held for a few days, others a couple weeks but I can't seem to hold one for more than about a month. I decided that the only thing I can do is what I love and even if it put me on the streets I was going to pursue my dream, I was going to write my poetry and make my music. anyway back to my question.. what is life without music... for me I’d have to say nothing and I honestly don’t know if I would still be here if it weren’t for my music and my poetry it's the only thing that’s always been there for me and it is my outlet and my survival tool so at least in my case.. MUSIC IS LIFE!
