Digging in the Crates - "Back in the days when we were younger..."

I developped a pretty awesome way to travel. It's called YouTube. It takes me back to the past. My memory brings a specific tune, a specific song I heard at a particular moment in life; I type the name of the song on YouTube, play the video, and share it on facebook with the people most likely to understand the way I feel about that song, that period of my life! Being the shy person that I am, music has been a means of communicating with others since my teenage years. I pass the message through this or that song since I was a shorty, cause I was never the type to spit my feelings out there boldly like it was no thang.

I flirted on Tevin Campbell's "Can We Talk", got crazy wild on Naughty by Nature's "Craziest", got groovy on Zhané's "Hey Mr. DJ", got horny on Silk's "Freak Me", celebrated love on Aaliyah's "Never Giving Up" (one of the most beautiful moments of my whole LIFE is associated to this song. A person, a place, a kiss...); I got cocky with Jay Z, rebelled with Dead Prez, trained poetry with Common, spitted my lungs out trying to follow Big Pun's flow; I got mad with Eminem, got rich with Biggie; declared my flame on Maxwell's "Fortunate", and cheated to TLC's "Creep"... I got broken hearted on Usher's "You Got it Bad", recovered with Ne-Yo's "Go On Girl" (yes, definitely, "I'm too fly to be depressed"...); Outkast ATLienated me BIG TIME, Miss Erykah Badu made me call Tyrone on my own phone, Lauryn Hill Miseducated me, and JODECI brought out the FREAK in me! Snoop Dogg made me an Angelino citizen, Dr. Dre composed the soundtrack I rode to the beach; Ludacris kept me laughing with his crazy tunes ("MOVE BITCH!" - you know who you are, frenemy!)... Fuck it, I could write my autobiography with titles and quotes from songs EXCLUSIVELY, and it would be a best seller!

Man, at this point, it is no secret for you, who have read my blog (or just this one particular post), that music is a very important part of my approach to life. So really, when I am polluting your FB wall, I am just time travelling, trying to take you along on my daily journey, delivering parts of my intimate life and thoughts in a discreet, yet ALL OUT THERE way... I know, I am strange, exhibitionnist enough to hold several blogs and write things I never talk about in person, and at the same time,' so secretive that I need to go through a coded language to strip my soul. I never said I was your regular cat. Or maybe I am... maybe we are all alike. Maybe you are just like me...