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Monalisa Is Thankful

No Roger, No Rerun, No Rent

About Me


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When I get lost
Feel I've been crossed
She will be my salvation
When I feel low
I've nowhere to go
She'll be my inspiration
when my poor heart
Is breaking apart
She'll put it back together
She ain't the kind
To show off her mind
But talking of love
She's clever
She rarely spends
Time with her friends
Tells me she's blue without me
When things go wrong
Her faith is strong
I know she'll never doubt me
when she arrives
And stands by my side
Makes me so proud to know her
High stepping dames
With high sounding names
There ain't nothing
They could show her, YEAH....
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I am a species born to die
Understanding this, I hardly cry
Growin' up and out, I'll marry you
I'll bear your kids and be your mama too cause
Cause I'm a woman and I'm a backbone
I'm a woman and I'm a backbone
Everybody needs one
Goin' on I live from day to day
Give a little heart for my life to pay
Smile and then I need to cry
Never knowin' if I lie or die
Cause I'm a woman and I'm a backbone
I'm a woman and I'm a backbone
Understand you will not see me down
Both of my feet are on the ground
Come lay your head upon my chest
I'll love you hard, I'll give my best
I'm a woman - I'm a backbone
I'm a woman - I'm a backbone
Everybody needs one
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thick chicks rule - just ask Tamara Blue
************************************************************ *****It Is Better To Be Alone Than In The Wrong Company (AUTHOR UNKNOWN)
Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses." The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for the good and the bad.
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.
Consider this: Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere. With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.
Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.


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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Life is a long lesson in humility. Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. In life we may accomplish great things and think to ourselves that we are moving ahead really fast. This is usually the time when it is essential to be the most humble you've ever been in your life. This could just be that greatness awaits you around the corner and you'll never know by not humbling yourself. Sometimes the best thing for us is to eat a little humble pie.


Be Thankful for the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means you have enough to eat
Be Thankful for the mess you clean up after a party, because it means you have been surrounded by friends
Be Thankful for the taxes you pay, because it means you are employed
Be Thankful that your lawn needs mowing and your windows need fixing, because it means you have a home
Be Thankful for your heating bill, because it means you are warm
Be Thankful for the laundry, because it means you have clothes to wear
Be Thankful for the space you find at the end of the parking lot, because it means you can walk
Be Thankful for the lady who sings off-key behind you in church, because it means you can hear
Be Thankful when people complain about the government, because it means we have freedom of speech
Be Thankful for the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means you're alive

My Interests



tantra, astrology, reading, sleeping, learning, teaching, laughing, dancing, cooking, taking candy from strangers, running with scissors, etc.

I am currently living in a life demanding schedule. My joy is the experience of loving life and loving God. Being joyful is being in love with that momentary experience, and love is looking at someone or even something and seeing the absolute best in her or it. Love is joyfulness with what you see. So love and joyfulness really are the same thing... just expressed differently. There are some people, who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. I am one of those who turn dreams and visions into realities. Joyfulness in life is not measured by the things we accomplish, the places we go, or the path that we take to get there. Joyfulness in life is measured by the friends that we share all of our experiences with and those moments that we love to cherish because you have turned that dream or vision into a reality.
(i didnt write it, but it works for me)

OTHER INTERESTS:

THE YOUTH DEM

MI FAMILIA, FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK...

MORE FAMILIA

PLUS ONE MORE...QUIROA

REPRESENTIN' HIP HOP WITH THE BED STUY HUSTLER

...FORTH AND BACK

UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION - LOS ANGELES CHAPTER

BRIDGING THE GAP...

HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION UNDERSTAND WHAT HIP HOP IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AND SOUND LIKE...

REST IN PEACE JAY DEE - J DILLA - JAMES YANCEY
RAISE IT UP...
RAISE IT UP...
RAISE IT UP...

I'd like to meet:



fun lovin' fellas with good hurrrr, neck tattoos, expansive taste in music and a great sense of humor... like this guy:

and...people who live and breathe to make a difference in the world...people who don't take things for granted...people who respect other people, regardless of religion, race or reason...people who don't use money as a status symbol and won't sacrifice their morals and/or beliefs to make a dollar...people who appreciate good music, good books and a good burrito...people who wear fat laces in their shelltoes because they know that anything else would be uncivilized...people who use the classic rock station to ease their road rage...people who are not needy or starving for attention...people who are sucka free...people who know what LOVE is ("it's got somethin to do with umm...")...people who may not be able to fly all thru the night but can rock a party til the early light...anybody that can compete with my 8 track collection...anybody who can keep Kanye from whining about anything else for at least a year...and Oprah (and you get a car, and you get a car...)

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PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU POST A FLYER OR A RIDICULOUSLY LARGE PICTURE IN MY COMMENTS, I'LL DELETE IT... CANT SAY I DIDNT WARN YOU :)

My Folks

I have the freshest friends.

The Silent Kodak Fuji Polaroid Ninja

El Da Sensei aka
The Polo King

QDIII

Jay Dee
J-Dilla

House Shoes
&
Smokey The Cat

OhSoKool
Sugatreats.com

Che Skizza
The Ball Hogg

Cokni O'Dire

President Reko Trill

First Lady
Mrs. Reko Trill

Ahmad Chill...

Sarah Smiiiiiile

Coleman

ANTIQ

DJ MoDav

Spinderella

Dusk 4ever

2000 Crowz

Zulu Nation LA

Project Blowed

The Executives

garth trinidad sound

Firecracker

H-Y-B

Tippi

Mica
&
Trinity

Beejay
&
Na-kel

T-Love
aka
Taura Love

Boogie The MAN

Unkle Dex

Da Beatminerz

DJ Kaleem

my cousin Tina
(Trillville)

my cousin LaLa

my cousin
Brian

my cousin Melanie

my cousin Randal

my cousin
Blu

my cousin
Jon

my cousin
The Don Dada

my cousin
Leroy

my cousin Erica the.rebel.child

mi familia
Miss Olivia

my God-cousin
Kenisha

my cousin-in-law Kennis

my fambam
Big$Bank$Hank aka
Dodger Daddy

my fambam
Mikey aka
WoodyMac

my fambam
Victor aka
Patient

View All of My Folks
View/Edit All My Swell Comments

Music:

check me out on Chocolate City (89.9 kcrw), December 16th, 2002.

MALKOVICH f. PUDGEMCEE , ALI BABA ABNORMAL - “LIKE A GLOVE”
from the album SICKSTEENS

2000 Crowz, Project Blowed Massive, Freestyle Fellowship, Living Legends, Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Organized Konfusion, MF Doom, Little Brother, Ms. Dynamite, Dizzee Rascal, A Tribe Called Quest, Pharoah Monch, Mobb Deep, X Clan, Public Enemy, Beatnuts, Run DMC, Wutang Clan, De La Soul, M.I.A., Foreign Exchange, El Da Sensei, Tame One, Artifacts, Beatminerz, Jay Dee, Madlib, Oh No, Wildchild, Lootpack, Platinum Pied Pipers, Slum Village, J88...

Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith, The Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Squeeze, U2, Steely Dan, Motley Crue, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Janis Ian, Elton John...
The Mars Volta, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alanis Morrissette, Arcade Fire, Queens Of The Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns And Roses, The Specials, Fishbone, Blood Sugar...

Brick, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Earth Wind & Fire, Teena Marie, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, The Commodores, Chaka Khan...Floetry, Musiq, Eric Roberson, Anthony Hamilton, Res, Meshell Ndegeocello, Zap Mama, Roy Davis Jr, Osunlade, Alexander O'Neal, Derek Mc Keith, Allen Anthony, James Poyser, Vikter Duplaix...
ETC.

THINK YOU KNOW RAP? WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW.

MARIA DE BARROS


http://www.mariadebarros.com

CESARIA EVORA



Movies:

artwork by Jason Rudolphena

The Breakfast Club

Weird Science

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Television:



Books:

YOU: The Owner's Manual
Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible
Tyler Perry's Don't Make A Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings

Heroes:



Bill Slayton, Jackie Bruce Slayton, Ruell Magness Slayton Saunders, Allie Austin, Emma Magness, Georgiana Howard, Beulah Howard Bruce, Beulah Bruce Qualls, Henry "Candy" Murray, Aubrey Alton Murray Sr, Thelma Banner Murray Evans, Helen S. Watson, Mattie Mathis, Rev. Lonnie White, Betty Shabazz, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott-King, Angela Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Shirley Chisolm, Assata Shakur, Oprah Winfrey, Therone "Ronnie" Murray, Matthew Evans, George Evans and Wilma Coleman.

My Blog

Grandma's hands...inspired by azul*213

Grandma's handsClapped in church on Sunday morningGrandma's handsPlayed a tambourine so wellGrandma's handsUsed to issue out a warningShe'd say, "Billy don't you run so fastMight fall on a piece of g...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:36:00 PST

For the fallen ones...

Josh Farrier (left)aka Maloaka Too MuchOctober 6, 2004What up Josh... You know I'm sad because you didn't say goodbye before you left... that aint really like you, but we all do things that don't make...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

"Rap is something you do, hip hop is something you live..."

an excerpt from an interview with Will Strickland...there's a lot of people out there that still didnt get the memo...then again, maybe they're not supposed to get it... anyway, read on...I know that ...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:48:00 PST

Procrastinator's Creed

    Procrastinators Unite!                            &nb...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:39:00 PST

Favorite Album Cuts - Inspired by DJ Daz

1. Black Sheep - For Doze That Slept 2. Organized Konfusion - Releasing Hypnotical Gases3. Gang Starr - Check The Technique4. Tribe Called Quest - Footprints5. Mobb Deep - Drink Away The Pain6. Brand ...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

WAKE UP! (good reading)

from allhiphop.com.  I DID NOT WRITE THIS...but its a very good read. ******************************************************WAKE THE FUCK UP. I hate to say this, but I dont think the Black comm...
Posted by Monalisa Is Thankful on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST