So I saw life at all levels. I’m half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That’s why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I’ve seen so many.
J. Cole
This is my life.
Source: NPR
Won’t you spare me a little mercy? There’s only so much that I can take.
Alex Ebert, “Glimpses”
“I found peace, in my way but it didn’t last beyond the day.
I’ve had glimpses around the bend, but in the morning, I start again…
Now mama I’m so tired, from the bullshit.
My soul cried, from the bullshit.
& I’m so tired, but I know I’ll make it with you by my side.
Perhaps I’m crazy, still I’m thinking there is change in the air.
We were trying together,
now we’re trying just to care.
Now if we find peace, oh let it stay,
Let it last beyond the day…
I’ve had glimpses of our tomorrow
But Lord if I didn’t I’d kill myself today.”
“I’ve been thinking ‘bout you,
do you think about me still?
Or do you not think so far ahead?
Cuz I’ve been thinking about forever…
Yes, of course I remember, how could I forget,
how you feel.
You know you were my first time,
a new feel.
It won’t ever get old, not in my soul,
not in my spirit, keep it alive.
We’ll go down this road till it turns from color,
to black & white.”
-Frank Ocean, “Thinking About You”
