3.23.2004
The Road Back to Self...
'Sometimes I don't want to be bothered, sometimes I just want a quiet life, just me and my babies, me and my lady; sometimes I don't want to get into no war, sometimes I don't wanna be a soldier, sometimes I just wanna be a man...' ~Mos Def
In case you haven't noticed I've been on a journey. A journey back to self. A place I abandoned some years ago simply because I thought I knew who I was. But as I wrote in I'm On My Way: Funny, how we never intend for our past lives to take center stage in our present life, but somehow, through some will of its own, it always does.
Until we undo the shit that has us warped we'll always walk with a swagger, our head will forever hang low and our lives will always be that of another. I want my life back, not my parents' or my friends' or even my partners...mine. I am so influenced by the world, by what my friends think, my family thinks...and I wonder, are there any original thoughts left in the world?
So, I'm on a journey. A journey back to self. A place I abandoned some years ago simply because I thought I knew who I was.
Wanna join me?
In case you haven't noticed I've been on a journey. A journey back to self. A place I abandoned some years ago simply because I thought I knew who I was. But as I wrote in I'm On My Way: Funny, how we never intend for our past lives to take center stage in our present life, but somehow, through some will of its own, it always does.
Until we undo the shit that has us warped we'll always walk with a swagger, our head will forever hang low and our lives will always be that of another. I want my life back, not my parents' or my friends' or even my partners...mine. I am so influenced by the world, by what my friends think, my family thinks...and I wonder, are there any original thoughts left in the world?
So, I'm on a journey. A journey back to self. A place I abandoned some years ago simply because I thought I knew who I was.
Wanna join me?
