As Ive come to believe music is something that speaks to the very inner deepest part of the soul. Not just melody by instruments, but it can be as simple as the words of prayer touching you, the words of intelligence harmonized by your ears to mean something to the listener. In my personal life music has served as an extension of my daily life. I have used the music not to escape and forget my problems or happiness, but rather to make me happier, sadder, angrier, more in love or just plainly exist more and more. From the good times to those with tears rolling down my face music has been the rhythm my heartbeats at during those moments. Growing up I use to write a lot, perform and make my own lyrical endeavors, so music to me is a special thing. The song presented here is by Kid Cudi, Ratatat and MGMT, its called pursuit of happiness, the lyrics seem to be the short edited version of what Ive lived this far. “If I fall, if I die, know I lived it to the fullest, if I fall, if I die, know I lived and missed some bullets”, this line is just one of many that I feel describe my life. Ive tried to live my way, doing maybe t=not the best of things but definitely those that at the time were making me happy. I by no means say I wouldn’t change some of my actions, hell by the same token Im not saying I would, but I am saying that I did it. The lyrics Kid Cudi spits out not only relate to me on that musically “other level” but some of the mistakes he raps out have actually word for word happen in my life, so when he speaks about what do others know about dreaming I feel what he’s describes that its no point in laying in the bed filled with sorrows and not caring about tomorrow. The previous statement is something that I can honestly say took a long time for me to realize, its hard not to let life keep you down, but at one point in order to realize ones true potential, I feel we need to roll with the punches, and yes punch back and if we must go down go down like a champ (Apollo Creed style). What I figured out is that no matter how messed up things can get, you have to stay happy, if you don’t, nothing you do, finish or unfinished, gold or platinum will make you happy. No people do the opposite, when I was younger I used to get nothing but “what are you doing?, why aren’t you doing this?” and basically people thinking I was suppose to be doing more. Now I do what makes me "me", “no one can do Raf like Raf”, I do what makes me happy, what makes me feel accomplished, making more and more mistakes yes, but also shining more then I did before, shinning more today then I did yesterday and more tomorrow then right now. As Kid Cudi says “ Not everything that shine aint always gonna be gold, ill be fine once I get it”. Not everything to this point or for future reference will be gold but it keeps me striving for more, hungry to make it, a big thing is I cant, and will not let complicity control me. Knowing there are false truths or false anything out there in my life makes me fight and work that much harder to find the actual “shinny” things. Im finally on my own pursuit of happiness.
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I found it interesting that you picked this song. Lately my best friend and I have had this song stuck in our heads. I really like this song as well because of the idea of being “on the pursuit of happiness.” I liked how you mentioned that now you do what makes you, you. I never used to be one who did things for me. I was always the person who did things to please those around me or live up to other people’s expectations of what I should be, how I should act, and what I should do. I was especially like this because of my last boyfriend. I always felt that the things I was involved in, like my leadership role in my sorority, always seemed to get in the way of our relationship, so I would stop doing the things that did get in the way. We broke up a couple of months ago, and now, I’m back to doing the things that make me who I am. I am at my highest point in my life right, doing the things that I love to do because I want to do them. There is no one holding me back telling me not to do the things that I like doing, the things that make me, me. I feel that since I am doing the things that make me who I am, I am more satisfied with myself and my life. I’m on my own pursuit of happiness.
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