"The People [Defeated] Will Never Be [United]." Let's stop using the "N-word."
The world changes because of the people in it. I don't think I'm a romantic because I want the world to change for the better. And if I am a romantic, then I'll glad be one, if that's what it takes. But please don't try to stop me.
Check out my man, Barack Obama !
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Obama at National Black Mayor's Conference
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Obama at National Black Mayor's Conference
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Alice Walker's Endorsement
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Alice Walker's Endorsement
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Obama on Race
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Obama on Race
Bronx Student Say "Yes We Can!"
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Sharpton Slams Host For Slamming Wright
Sharpton Slams Host For Slamming Wright
Hillary's TRUE position on NAFTA
Hillary's TRUE position on NAFTA
Huckabee on Reverend Wright
Huckabee on Reverend Wright
Our very own, brownskin is in this clip!
Our very own, brownskin is in this clip!
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My name is Murphy and everything is all good. Singing and writing are how I like to spend most of my days. When those are going on you can find me out having a good time with my friends. Music is my passion. Eighty-five percent of my day is spent listening to music or writing it. Yours truly, is a blues fan. Not simply in the conventional blues genre. This is an emotion thing. It's something that is emoted when the music is created. No Blues, No Murphy.
I'm a young writer who grew up in White Plains and now owns a small budding business. It's fun but it also has its stresses. Even with all of its stress, I wouldn't give it up for the world. It gives me free days and allows me to pursue other things that I enjoy like singing and writing.
I try to be the kind of person who really attempts to learn from past experiences. From living in Philadelphia for three years to falling in and out of romance, life has helped me grow. Everyday can't be a sunny day. And plus, just because it's sunny outside doesn't mean it's a good day. Ask anyone who has ever gotten heat stroke.
I love books. I love reading plays. The authors I like are Toni Morrison and August Wilson. Like Homer they are epic poets. But since I write, I think literacy beyond function is a must. I'm not satisfied with being able to read. I enjoy being an active participant with literacy.
For some people "music is life." For me, "music is soundtrack." It really accentuates things for me, rather it helps to explain my mood. Sometimes I sit down and write a song and find out what I'm really feeling. Funny how that works. So, music doesn't determine things for me, but it does expose certain things. Hence it's my soundtrack. Like the music doesn't determine what is going to happen in the movie, but it is an indicator.
Now, If I have to speak on my favorite types of music, then I'm in a bit of trouble. Heavy Soul music. Blues influenced music gets me going. My guilty pleasures are Carmen McRae, The Temptations, Brooks and Dunn and AC/DC. In my collection people can find all kinds of soul, jazz (not "smooth jazz"), showtunes, folk, spirituals, gospel, rock, baroque and it goes on.
There are certain messages in life that I believe we are to receive. When we read the bible, we can find many of those messages there. When we live everyday and follow the teachings of God and walk the path of Jesus, we can engage the world in a better way. now, I'm not talking about simply praying and just creating a personal conversation with God. I mean actually doing as Jesus was doing. Living prayerfully! It doesn't take a miracle to give of ourselves. It doesn't take a miracle to help one another and treat our neighbor's needs as holy. It shouldn't take a miracle to want to help other people either.
If we are as blessed as we say or know we are, then it shouldn't be hard to cast away the shackles of oppression, suppression and class in order to have God's "will be done on earth as it is in heaven." If God has done as much for us as we say, then he did us a big favor and we should pay him back accordingly. This is not to say that talk is cheap, but Jesus didn't just speak. Jesus armed himself with the word of God and acted as God wanted him. But we've got to be willing to do the work!
There is no way for me to express my sincere dislike of inequality and inequities. Actions that have to do with race and gender disturb me the most. Right now I am working on some essays on racial and gender inequality. The word should be put out. I am not going to say that I speak the most intelligently about the subject, but I do have a duty to try. We all have a duty to listen.
I am on here to meet friends. I don't need to find a girlfriend on myspace. It is not my reason for being here. I don't know yall. Now, if you want to chat and have fun, I'm here. So, if you are looking for love it won't be with me.
Love is a union. If two people don't operate within it, then there is no union and therefore no love.
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