Songs of the Summer: 2012 Edition

Now I know summer's been done for a bit now. Sorry for this being a little late. But I think I've complied a great list of songs that I listened to the most and influenced me over this summer. From an unlikely pop song, to getting more into an artist I love, discovering a new group I adore and to the song that was playing when I finally met two of my best friends one Sunday night in August.

Story of the Year- "Just Close Your Eyes" from WWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10

You may not have heard me talk about this song much. But it's one of WWE's best right now, and for me all time to be honest. I love Christan. Also I love the style, pace and lyrics of this song. I managed to pop this on quite a bit over the summer. 

"Never thought I would be here, so high in the air.

This was my unanswered prayer.

Defined by another, so much wasted time, 

Out of the darkness, each breath that I take will be mine.

If you close your eyes, Your life, a naked truth revealed, 

Dreams you never lived and scars never healed

(Scars never healed)

In the darkness life will take you to the other side, 

And find me waiting there you'll see if you just close your eyes.

If you just close your eyes.

(If you just close your eyes)"

The Lonely Island feat Justin Timberlake- "Motherlover" from Turtleneck & Chain

Haha, I love The Lonely Island.  Justin Timberlake has always been okay to me as well. Put them together for "Dick in a Box", "3 Way (The Golden Rule)" and this and you've got my sides laughing out of my body into orbit.

"[Andy Samberg:] Break it down

[Andy Samberg:] It would be my honor to be your new step-father 

[Justin Timberlake:] It would be my honor to be your new step-father 

[Andy Samberg:] While your in my mother make me another brother.

And while I'm in your mother I'll never use a rubber 

[Justin Timberlake:] OH! 

Cause every Mothers Day needs a Mothers Night 

If doing it is wrong, I don't wanna be right 

I'm callin on you cause I can't do it myself 

To me you're like a brother, so be my mother lover 

They blessed us both with the gift of life 

She brought you in this world so Imma sex her right 

This is the second best idea that we've ever had 

The choice can be no other 

Be my mother lover"

Hollywood Undead- "Everywhere I Go" from Swan Songs

We move from comedy. To comedy rap of sorts. Hollywood Undead was always a group, which well...I liked Swan Songs and I keep going back to it. The rapping is good, crazy, funny and sometimes heartfelt. But when I have to pick one HU song, it'll always be this one

"When I start drinking

My dick does all my thinking

Hoes want to be scene with me

And I like their big thick titties

D-Cups with extra filling

Take it out let me lick it quickly

Calm down it's just a hickie

I'll blame it on this whisky sipping gets me tipsy

Drink fast and enjoy your buzz

Take back streets to avoid the fuzz

I wanna take you home but your friends won't let ya'

I got a 40 in my Ford Fiesta

Buy beer

Or pay the rent

My signing bonus was quickly spent

So I'll beat my meat like I'm a fuckin' butcher

And I'll punk the pussy like I'm Ashton Kutcher!"

KiD CuDi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

We're at the part of this list with songs I'll always go back to. I've loved this album since I first laid ears on it. And over the past year this song has emerged as THE best off the album for me. Also I'd gander to say this is one of my favorite tracks of all time.

"The moon will illuminate my room and soon I'm consumed by my doom

Once upon a time nobody gave a fuck

It's all said and done and my cock's been sucked

So now I'm in the cut, alcohol in the wound

My hearts an open sore that I hope heals soon

I live in a cocoon opposite of Cancun

Where it is never sunny, the dark side of the moon

So it's more than life, I try to shed some light on a man

Not many people of this planet understand

I've got some issues that nobody can see

And all of these emotions are pouring out of me

I bring them to the light for you

It's only right

This is the soundtrack to my life, the soundtrack to my life

It's close to go and trying some coke

And a happy ending is slitting my throat

Ignorance the coke man

Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is love, and I need that shit

If I never did shows, then I'd probably be a myth

If I cared about the blogs, then I'd probably be a jackass

Don't give a shit what people talkin' bout fam

Haters shake my hand but I keep the sanitizer on deck

Hope I really get to see 30

Wanna settle down, stop being so flirty

Most of the clean faces be the most dirty

I just need a thoroughbred, cook when I'm hungry

Ass all chunky, brain is insanity

Only things that calm me down, pussy and some Cali trees

And I get both, never truly satisfied

I am happy, that's just the saddest lie"

Childish Gambino- "Heartbeat" from Camp

I've been listening to Camp for close to a year now. But I don't think more than I have this summer. I bought my physical copy release day and never looked back. I love Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, in whatever he does. Whether it be comedy, acting or in this case rapping.

"So we're done? This the real shit?

We used to hold hands like field trips

I'm a jerk, but your dude is a real dick

I read his posts on your wall and I feel sick

He ain't cool, he ball and all that

But he just a fake nigga who blog in all caps

You couldn't wait to date

I'm going straight for your thighs like the cake you ate

I give a fuck about the niggas that you say you hate

You know that I’m the best when I’m a-ffection-ate

I'm the best that you had, face it

J and Keyshia are related, racist

I give you money, then you burn it, like you made off

She ain't a killer, but she'd fucking blow your head off

I know he wondering, "What the fuck you hiding?"

That we dated like raps about Bin Laden

Ayo, fuck this

Are we dating? Are we fucking?

Are we best friends? Are we something in between that?

I wish we never fucked, and I mean that"

Downstait- "I'm Here To Show The World"

The best WWE theme right now in my opinion and Ziggler is the third best wrestler and entertainer in the company. I got to see Ziggler live and hear this song when I went to Raw in August. Truly one of the best moments of the summer and a memory I'll always have.

"I hold your life here in my hands

Though you try hard to understand

Your little mind won't turn

Those little wheels will burn

You'll recognise just who I am

Bring it on

Do what I say "Better watch what I do"

Better heed the warning I'm here to give you

If you ever doubted me, you don't have a clue

I'm here to show the world

I'm here to show the world"

Childish Gambino- "Backpackers" from Camp

This is the other Gambino song I've grown to love. Much different than the emotional "Heartbeat", "Backpackers" shows off Gambino's rap and lyrical prowess. Plus it's beat is awesome. This album is amazing.

"Alright it's Childish baby

Mr. Talk-about-his-dick-again

Nerdy ass black kid

Yeah whatever man I'm sick of him

That well spoken token

Who ain't been heard

The only white rapper who's allowed to say the n-word

I buy a bunch of 'em and put it on my black card

Now I got some street cred

Use it 'til it's maxed out

I got a girl on my arm dude, show respect

Something crazy, an Asian, Virginia Tech

She too fine

I do dimes

If not that, I'm walking out with 2 fives

Change my ID for the cops, it's not enough yet

Black male in short shorts, I'm double suspect

Ballin' since '83

Half of 'em say gay

Maybe that's the reason I like Lady What-baby's-say

I'm a problem

I'm lame as fuck homie

But I rap like these niggas ain't got shit on me

Fuck the cool kids

Not Chuck Inglish, but people who think

That hatin on me makes them distinguished

Like, "What is this nigga doin rap is for real blacks

I hate that fucking faggot man he think that we feel that"

Or

"I wrote on rape culture my junior year at Brown

So I'm allowed

To say what all his raps are about"

You better shut your mouth

Before I fuck it

You really hate my lyrics?

Or Kid Cudi's? Nigga"

Carly Rae Jepsen- "Call Me Maybe" from Curiosity and Kiss

Carly is cute and this song is catchy as hell. Just ask...well anyone. For a solid month you could hear this song, or a joke about this song, or one of us singing the song in ANY Skype call I was a part of. At least, once you've grown to hate it's catchy-ness, you can realize it's a decent enough song.

"Your stare was holdin',

Ripped jeans, skin was showin'

Hot night, wind was blowin'

Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right,

At you baby,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

And all the other boys,

Try to chase me,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?"

fun.- "Some Nights" from Some Nights

There's some songs and bands out there that just strike a chord with you. On every level. This is that song (and band) for me. The music, the singing, the lyrics and the message. Just all resound in me and makes me wanna listen to it like five times after I've listened to it once.

"But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh

What do I stand for? What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don't know... (come on)

No. When I see stars, when I see, when I see stars, that's all they are

When I hear songs, they sound like this one, so come on

Oh, come on. Oh, come on, OH COME ON!

Well, that is it guys, that is all - five minutes in and I'm bored again

Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands

This one is not for the folks at home; Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go

Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?

The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me

I called you up, but we'd both agree

It's for the best you didn't listen

It's for the best we get our distance... oh...

It's for the best you didn't listen

It's for the best we get our distance... oh..."

Jay-Z & Kanye West- "Niggas In Paris" from Watch the Throne

I flew up to Chicago over the summer. For a few days. First time on a plane as well. I got to meet, hang out, and bond with two of the greatest people to enter my life over the past two years. This song was played for me and cookies were slung at me as I got into the car when I first met them as got to a brand new city. The epitome of memories happens when I hear this now.

"She said Ye can we get married at the mall?

I said look you need to crawl ‘fore you ball

Come and meet me in the bathroom stall

And show me why you deserve to have it all

Ball so hard

That shit cray (that shit cray), ain’t it Jay?

Ball so hard

What she order (what she order), fish filet

Ball so hard

Your whip so cold, this old thing

Ball so hard

Act like you’ll never be around muhfuckas like this again

Bougie girl, grab her hand

Fuck that bitch she don’t wanna dance

Excuse my French but I’m in France (I’m just sayin’)

Prince William’s ain’t do it right if you ask me

Cause I was him I would have married Kate & Ashley

What's Gucci my nigga?

What's Louie my killa?

What's drugs my deala?

What's that jacket, Margiela?

Doctors say I’m the illest

Cause I’m suffering from realness

Got my niggas in Paris

And they going gorillas, huh!"

Song(s) of the Day #197

Kid Cudi- "Creepers" from Cruel Summer

"I don't love who I am so I'm workin' on a fix

I don't need a bitch trying to tear my mind on my grip

If I had one wish it'd be to have more wishes, duh

Fuck tryna make it rhyme throw them stones, with your bitch ass

Cutting me deep and even though I bleed I stand alone

Alone I'll be, heart of a lion still shining on your sucka ass

Work it, work it, work it, for inner peace

Fightin' for the freedom of my soul, I can hear the speech

Yeah I mumble while I'm trippin on so many pills

Hah, they figured that, they know I'm ill"

Kanye West feat. Big Sean & Jay-Z- "Clique" from Cruel Summer

"Break records at Louie, ate breakfast at Gucci

My girl a superstar all from a home movie

Bow on our arrival - the Un-American idols

What niggas did in Paris, got em' hanging off the Eiffel

Yeah I'm talking business, we talking CIA

I'm talking George Tenet, I seen him the other day

He asked me about my Maybach, think he had the same

Except mine tinted and his might have been rented

You know white people get money don't spend it

Or maybe they get money, buy a business

I rather buy 80 gold chains and go ig'nant

I know Spike Lee gone kill me but let me finish

Blame it on the pigment, we living no limits

Them gold Master P ceilings was just a figment

Of our imagination, MTV cribs

Now I'm looking at a crib right next to where TC lives

That's Tom Cruise, whatever she accuse

He wasn't really drunk he just had a frew brews

Pass the refreshments, a cool, cool beverage

Everything I do need a news crew's presence

Speedboat swerve, homie watch out for the waves

I'm way too black to burn from sun rays

So I just meditate at the home in Pompei

About how I could build a new Rome in one day

Everytime I'm in Vegas they screaming like he's Elvis

But I just wanna design hotels and nail it

Shit is real, got me feeling Israelian

Like Bar Refaeli, Gisele, nah that's Brazilian

Went through, deep depression when my momma passed

Suicide, what kinda talk is that

But I been talking to God for so long

And if you look at my life I guess he's talking back

Fucking with my clique"

Song of the Day #191

This is my favorite KiD CuDi song. Hit me last night and I listened to it about 10 times.

KiD CuDi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

"Ive got some issues that nobody can see

And all of these emotions are pouring out of me

I bring them to the light for you

It's only right

This is the soundtrack to my life, the soundtrack to my life"

"I'm super paranoid, like a 6th sense

Since my father died, I ain't been right since

And I tried to piece the puzzle of the universe

Split an eighth of shrooms just so I could see the universe

I tried to think about myself as a sacrifice

Just to show the kids they ain't the only ones who up at night

The moon will illuminate my room and soon I'm consumed by my doom

Once upon a time nobody gave a fuck

It's all said and done and my cock's been sucked

So now I'm in the cut, alcohol in the wound

My hearts an open sore that I hope heals soon

I live in a cocoon opposite of Cancun

Where it is never sunny, the dark side of the moon

So it's more than life, I try to shed some light on a man

Not many people of this planet understand"

"It's close to go and trying some coke

And a happy ending is slitting my throat

Ignorance the coke man

Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is love, and I need that shit

..

I just need a thoroughbred, cook when I'm hungry

Ass all chunky, brain is insanity

Only things that calm me down, pussy and some Cali trees

And I get both, never truly satisfied

I am happy, that's just the saddest lie"

Song(s) of the Day #186

Can you say Chi-City?

Jay-Z & Kanye West- "Niggas In Paris" from Watch the Throne

KiD CuDi feat. MGMT and Ratatat- "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Hollywood Undead- "Bottle and a Gun" from Swan Songs

Song of the Day #141

I love this song. It always gives me the illusion of hope when I know that everything is still gonna end up bad for me. I want to help other people out but I think (more KNOW) I'm an asshole so it stops me. Also dat guitar solo.

Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat- "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

"[VERSE 1:]

Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit

Feelin’ lit feelin’ light, 2 am summer night.

I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I'm doin’ my thing

Rollin the Midwest side and out livin’ my life getting’ out dreams

People told me slow my roll I'm screaming out "Fuck that"

Imma do just what I want lookin’ ahead no turnin’ back

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

[CHORUS]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good.

[x2]

[VERSE 2:]

Tell me what you know about dreamin’ dreamin’

you don't really know about nothin’ nothin’

tell me what you know about them night terrors every night

5 am, cold sweats wakin’ up to the skies

tell me what you know about dreams, dreams

tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin’

you don't really care about the trials of tomorrow

rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow

[CHORUS:]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

[x2]

[Guitar Solo]

[CHORUS:]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness.

I know everything that shines ain't always gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness

And I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey

I'll be fine once I get it, yeah

I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness, yeah

I don’t get it, I’ll be good"

Night-Time

This late night time used to be mine. The quietness. The friends to hang with. The worry free stuff. I used to love being up late, whether it was alone or with friends. But what happened? Now I resent it. I hate being up past 1 or 2 cause I know it'll just get me to thinking. About bad stuff. My self esteem issues, my lack of friends (the non-existent amount of girlfriends), the fact I'll never be good enough, hell even at times about ending it all. I try to mask these thoughts with shows on Netflix, movies, video games and streams. Sometimes it works I guess other times it just turns into background noise. Is it really that hard to be happy. I used to think I was a pretty happy guy. Life swung my way for the most part. I still love the night though. Especially if I happen to get out on a drive or shoot hoops or something. It's so silent. Peaceful. In Texas throw in that it's cooler as well. The darkness conceals. The scum the badness, the uncouth of the world. The darkness consumes. It consumes the intentions of the good people and turns them into a black hole. I love both aspects of the dark and night. The goodness it brings as well as the evil it releases. Now you're probably wondering why I'm writing this dark/light blog post. And to be quite honest, I don't even know. It just hit me that these hours used to me my time. My time to exercise my emotions in a useful way. My time to "be me" if you will. Now it's the time where I beat myself up and wish that everything was different and I don't think or want the things I can't have. Now for me it's alone. It's the time where I get to practice what I always will be I guess. Is this an "emo post"? Yes. Could this be a sad post? Of course it is. But it's all good. I'm starting to accept that I'll probably end up being alone. In the daytime and at night.

KiD CuDi- "Solo Dolo (Nightmare)" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

"(Yawn)

Listen Good

I don't have nobody

But what I might feel all the sounds of sanity

Hoping what I hear, loops itself continuously

Then I won't be afraid

No No

[Chorus:]

Oh woah woah woah

Why must it feel so wrong when I try and do right, do right

Oh woah woah woah

Soaring through paradise when I'm closing my eyes

I'm, Mr. Solo Dolo

Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh

Look at me

You tell me

Just what you see

Am I, someone whom, you may love, or enemy

Am I speaken for, you and yours, or someone else

I need some answers

Yeah Yeah

[Chorus:]

Oh woah woah woah

Why must it feel so wrong when I try and do right, do right

Oh woah woah woah

Soaring through paradise when I'm closing my eyes

I'm, Mr. Solo Dolo

Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh

My world turns

Flippin the bird

To the ones who figure, me

Outkast no not the duo

Back at Shaker Heights

When they knew

Though little brother was a strange one

Boo hoo

Cry me a river

Hater look who

Traveled out an igloo

Cold cold world wasn't fit for me at, oh

Look at where I stand at

Tall, Clutchin my kid cudi bizalls

Mute mutha fuckas back home

Quick pause

Gargle on my mayo

Look at me I bet I'm the one you think the fail

Floatin in my mind

No Sail

Ahoy

Ahoy

Listen Good

I don't need nobody

This is what you feel all the sounds of insanity

Hopin what I hear loops itself to finish me

No I won't be afraid

Hey Hey

[Chorus:]

Oh woh woah woah

Why must it feel so wrong when I try and do right, do right

Oh woah woah woah

Soaring through paradise when I'm closing my eyes

I'm, Mr. Solo Dolo

Why must it feel so right when I know that it's wrong, it's wrong

When will I ever learn from the words from my songs

I'm, Mr. Solo Dolo."

Song of the Day #97

Still remember the first time I listened to this astounding track. The lovely piano, the smooth voice of Cudi, the amazing chorus and MGMT/Ratatat accompanying? Perfect.

Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat- "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

"[VERSE 1:]

Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit

Feelin’ lit feelin’ light, 2 am summer night.

I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I'm doin’ my thing

Rollin the Midwest side and out livin’ my life getting’ out dreams

People told me slow my roll I'm screaming out "Fuck that"

Imma do just what I want lookin’ ahead no turnin’ back

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

[CHORUS]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good.

[x2]

[VERSE 2:]

Tell me what you know about dreamin’ dreamin’

you don't really know about nothin’ nothin’

tell me what you know about them night terrors every night

5 am, cold sweats wakin’ up to the skies

tell me what you know about dreams, dreams

tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin’

you don't really care about the trials of tomorrow

rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow

[CHORUS:]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

[x2]

[Guitar Solo]

[CHORUS:]

I'm on the pursuit of happiness.

I know everything that shines ain't always gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness

And I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey

I'll be fine once I get it, yeah

I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness, yeah

I don’t get it, I’ll be good"

Song of the Day #85

WZRD (KiD CuDi and Dot da Genius)- "Love Hard" from WZRD

(Intro)

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

Yeah

(Verse 1)

What you gon' say to me?? Hmm??

You want to tell me something??

Let it please be true

Now what you want from me??

Never mind don't say a thing to me

I want to see what's in your eyes

See they never lie

Hmm, well I'll be satisfied. Will you complete my life??

The blueprint of peace, the solution to love. I found you now will you be true??

(Hook)

Oh, if you love soft, then you already lost

But oh, if you love hard

You should let down your guard and follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

(Verse 2)

Now w-what you say to me??

Girl if you get mad at me and we lost our groove

Would you build me up, oh just to break me down

I need me some stability

I need consistency

The way you promise me I promise I'll upgrade your life

It's the blueprint of peace and the solution to love

I can protect you if you protect me too

(Hook)

Oh, if you love soft, then you already lost

But oh, if you love hard

You should let down your guard and follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

Yeah. Do you love me?? No wait, tell me do you love me?? Yeah

Love hard

Love hard

Oh if you love hard

Oh if you love hard

(Hook)

Oh, if you love soft, then you already lost

But oh, if you love hard

You should let down your guard and follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

Follow your heart

Song of the Day #74

Love the beat, love the chorus, love the verses and adore the guitar. This track is just perfectly awesome to me.

Kanye West feat. KiD CuDi and Raekwon- "Gorgeous" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

A Day In Music #2

Childish Gamibno- "Bonfire" from Camp

KiD CuDi- "Solo Dolo" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Mos Def and Talib Kweli- "Children's Story" from Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star

Say Anything- "Vexed" from In Defense of the Genre

Jimi Hendrix- "All Along The Watchtower" from Electric Ladyland

Taylor Swift- "You're Not Sorry" from Fearless

Drake feat. Chantal Kreviazuk- "Over My Dead Body" from Take Care

Drake feat. Lil Wanye and Andre 3000- "The Real Her" from Take Care

Consequence feat. Kanye West and John Legend- "Whatever U Want"

Simple Plan- "Loser of the Year" from Get Your Heart On!

Kanye West feat. Beyonce, Charles Wilson and Big Sean- "See Me Now" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Eminem- "3AM" from Relapse

Linkin Park- "Hands Held High" from Minutes to Midnight

A Day In Music #1

My "Song of the Day" posts are cool and all but everyday (or whenever I do it) re-titling it "Song(s)" irks me for some reason. So on days when I have multiple songs I'll be doing these posts. Mix-Blogs you could call 'em. I'll run down my track-list of songs I listened to that day. Good? Good. So here, enjoy if you listen to one, all, or even just read what I listened to.

Nicki Minaj feat. Eminem- "Romans Revenge" from Pink Friday

Kanye West feat. John Legend- "Blame Game" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Nicki Minaj feat. Kanye West- "Blazin'" from Pink Friday

KiD CuDi feat. Kanye West and Common- "Make Her Say" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Kendrick Lamar feat. Ab-Soul- "Ab-Soul's Outro" from Section.80

B.o.B. feat Rivers Cuomo- "Magic" from B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

KiD CuDi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco- "Touch the Sky" from Late Registration

Song of the Day #15 [Happy Thanksgiving]

Kid Cudi. "The Prayer." Simple enough. Solid song for today. Being thankful for living a full life that people will remember (not just for artificial things) and being ready to go if God forbid something bad happens. Just a song about being ready for anything to happen at any time. 

Also I'm posting what I posted on my Facebook/Twitter here, just in-case you read this and aren't friends/following me. "Quick shout out to all the people I've befriended this past year. Especially to those, over the past month and a half, who've hung out and been on Skype with me for hours on end keeping my mind off life. So thankful for you guys being in my life. Also to all the family in my life, it'd be even harder with out all you guys being there when you can for me. Even just talking on FB at times. I love you all. One more! >.< To all the friends in my life, the ones I can physically touch haha. Thanks for being there and just hanging out if I need it. One more thing I'm truly thankful for today." Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Kid Cudi- "The Prayer" from A Kid Named Cudi

"My heart thump not from being nervous

Sometimes I'm thinking God made me special here on purpose

So all the while 'til I'm gone make my words important so

If I slip away, if I die today the last thing you remember won't

Be about some apple bottom jeans with the boots with the fur

Baby how I dream of being free since my birth

Cursed but the demons I confronted would disperse

Have you ever heard of some shit so real

Beyond from the heart, from the soul you can feel

And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take

But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you

And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take

'Cuz I'm ready for the funeral

My mind runs I can never catch it even if I got a head start

God please help me I am feeling so alone way

I don't need to worry 'cuz I know the world'll feel this nigga

Blessing in disguise but I am not hiding who I am open your eyes bro

If I ever met you, I appreciate the love yo

Girls that I dated, it's ok I am not mad yo

Unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho, this shit is so ill

Play it back from the top if you recognize real

And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take

But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you

And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take

'Cuz I'm ready for the funeral

And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take

So please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you

And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul take

'Cuz I'm ready for the funeral (I'm ready for the funeral, I'm ready for the funeral)"

Song of the Day #8

"I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold

I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good."

I'm getting into these song of the day posts, but I'm still not sure it'll be an everyday thing. But for now since I'm not in the mood for really listening to too many new albums/music over a weeks period of time I like these. After yet another awful day where I found out my grandma isn't doing well and inadvertently (maybe at this point it's some flaw in me though) being a major dick to people only trying to help I turned to what may be Kid Cudi's best track. "Pursuit of Happiness" is a hopeful song. No matter what happens in life you need to chase happiness and even if you stumble keep trying to get there. Aside from the meanings and stuff, this is just a good song. The chill beat, Cudi's nice rapping, a feature from Ratatat, and MGMT  providing chords. Just amazing.

"Tell me what you know about dreamin’ dreamin’

you don't really know about nothin’ nothin’

tell me what you know about them night terrors every night

5 am, cold sweats wakin’ up to the skies

tell me what you know about dreams, dreams

tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin’

you don't really care about the trials of tomorrow

rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow"

Song(s) of the Day #6

Aside from the verses in yet another Kid Cudi song I've been running these two song all day. No real emotional connection or anything. These are just damn good songs. It's no lie that I'm a Kid Cudi fan, and if you don't know I'm also a big Nicki Minaj fan. With the exception of Jean Grae, I believe she's the best female rapper going right now (and that has happened in the last half a decade to be honest). Also (big surprise) Kanye West is featured on both of these songs. He always complements Cudi well when they hook-up on a song (and they do it often) and Nicki let's him go FUCKING OFF when she featured him on Pink Friday. 

Nicki Minaj feat Kanye West- "Blazin'" from Pink Friday

Kid Cudi fest. Kanye West- "Erase Me" from Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Ranger

"It's like I'm her new nightmare

She ain't escaping

It makes me feel a bit complete

yeah

Knowing someone you love

Don't feel the same way about ya

Memories, they soon delete

hmmmmmmm"

Song of the Day #4

Well this is Halloween, but this song has been on my mind since last night. It may not be strictly Halloween, but as with most songs, lyrics just resound with me. Not to mention the beat and accompanying music is chill, slow, and eerie. See tied in the creepy-esque beat with Halloween. This is another Kid Cudi song off Man on the Moon: The End of Day, called "Solo Dolo (Nightmare)" I love lines in this song so much, especially the chorus. "Why must it feel so wrong, when I try and do right, do right .. soaring through paradise when I'm closing my eyes, I'm Mr Solo Dolo." I try to be nice and talk and encourage people, and all that jazz, sometimes (actually most of the time), it falls of deaf ears. I hate it cause I'm just trying to help and it feels like doing the kind things is actually wrong. The only time I'm fully at peace with my running, thinking mind is when my eyes are closed, when I'm asleep. It's partly why I do it so much. To just sleep for two hours in the late afternoon, just to get my mind off everything for a bit. But even a bit further, with all my family, friends, Justin/TwitchTV family and friends around I still feel completely alone. Just another Cudi song that I think personifies me. My costume today? Don't really need to wear one. Just getting dressed, my normal clothes. If anyone asks, today I'm Mr. Solo Dolo.

"(Yawn)

Listen good

I don't have nobody

But what I might feel all the sounds of sanity

Hoping what I hear, loops itself continuously

Then I won't be afraid

No No"

Kid Cudi- "Solo Dolo (Nightmare)" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Song of the Day #3

Kid Cudi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

To me this is the perfect song. It combines a sick, upbeat, beat with the problems only really a few of us know how to "deal" with or have been through. This song is just Kid pouring out his soul and sadness into the verses, in what I consider my favorite song by him. Even when this first came out it always resounded with me. Now every time I listen to it the line "Since my father died, I ain't been right since"...I just identify with it. The feeling I've been feeling over the summer and such also reside in me from these lines as well. "I was close to tryin some coke, and a happy ending would be slittin' my throat" and "I'm happy, that's just the saddest lie." Also the chorus is just so perfect. So many lyrics and moment that Cudi has been through and decided to share in this song. It's just one of those songs in your life that's THE song. For me the sadness, the lyrics, the beat, and just Kid Cudi's even timing on throughout the whole song is amazing. This song personifies me, thanks out to Kid Cudi for recording this.

I've got some issues that nobody can see
And all of these emotions are pouring outta me
I bring them to the light for you
It's only right
This is the soundtrack to my life
The soundtrack to my life ohhhh

This Week In Song #5

This week has definitely been a Kanye West week for me. The College Dropout, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Watch the Throne (with Jay-Z) is what I've been playing. Here's the best of the bunch that I've been bumping. Enjoy if you listen to these awesome tracks.

Kanye West ft. GLC and Consequence- "Spaceship" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Jay-Z and J. Ivy- "Never Let Me Down" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Talib Kweli and Common- "Get 'Em High" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Mos Def, Freeway, and The Harlem Boys Choir- "Two Words" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi and Raekwon- "Gorgeous" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Elton John, John Legend, The Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Fergie and Alicia Keys- "All of the Lights" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver- "Monster" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Pusha T- "Runaway" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West & Jay-Z ft. Frank Ocean- "No Church in the Wild" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z- "Niggas in Paris" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z ft. Otis Redding- "Otis" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z- "Gotta Have It" from Watch the Throne