a dope verse

And the Beat goes on

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:38:23 GMT

Got into three pair of pants i havent been able to wear for over 8 months
Wore another pair for the 1st time which i bought over a year ago

*paints self on the back*

On my way

Sat, 26 May 2007 20:53:00 GMT

I've lost 13 1/2 lbs

lost ones

Thu, 24 May 2007 17:50:08 GMT

I seem to only use this thing every two or three months. I guess I havent figured out what to do with it, now that I'm back to using my site

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The sweetest thing I've ever known

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:47:19 GMT

Several moons have passed since my last real post and several more probably would have come and gone before I posted again. Yet here I am, and here I have come to try to put to words the experience I have just lived. And at this moment, I am still so raptured in the moment, that all I can do is glow. So for now, I will let a piece that I wrote many years ago express the gift he is to me. click here to continue reading and to comment

that new new

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:31:20 GMT

Seeing as how I have forgotten all about LJ... let me retroduce myself

My name is Savvy
Age is 26
Southern born and bread
College graduate working on a masters in hopes of getting that ph.d.

And until I feel like posting something over there I will put this LJ to use.

I like my beat down low..

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:42:40 GMT

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I confess

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:18:50 GMT

Cuzzo: What do you want?
Savvy: I want...a...husband.

You cant imagine how shocked I was to hear myself say that. For the past 3 years my motto has been "I aint ready for that shit" when in reference to the topic of marriage. Guess my ass was in some serious denial. Honestly when I actually think about it, I've always wanted to be married, even when I was claiming that I was ready for it. I feel that whom ever I wife (saying husband sounds crazy) I would have dated for at least 2 to 3 years and prior to dating would have been friends with for 1 to 2 years. Well thats a long ass time period to be courting someone, and my 26 is fastly approaching. A sista is ready to find her king. Last night just made me realise it. My cuzzo, hopefully trying to interject some humor, said I should marry her cousin (no relation to yours truly thanks) and before I could even think on it, my mouth was spewing out my "husband" requirements: Above 6'1, with locs, dark, working on or has a phd, good relationship with his mom dukes. I didnt even realise I had a working "what I want in my old man list". I've been thinking hard on this since last night. That shit I spit last night was pretty accurate but I figured I betta elaborate on what I want before the lawd sends me a 6'6 darked skined loc'd up brotha with one leg and bad breath, jacked up credit, and still living with his moms. To just to ensure that shit dont happens here is my definitive "what I want in a the man i'm going to wife" list in no particular order. And seeing how this can get wordy I will break this up into several different posts.
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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:02:07 GMT

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Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:59:36 GMT

Beautiful I just want you to know

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hip hop how i love thee

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:14:19 GMT

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ps. this is in reference to my journal entry

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:56:50 GMT

To all my fellas on the friends list, this holiday is just for you. May your girl, jump off, wifey, significant other make it a good one for you.

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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:29:44 GMT

Me being the espn, basketball, almost all around sports junkie, was tuned in watching Quite Frankly last night. Even though Steven Smith really gets on my fucking nerves at times, I still tune in. Its funny how he will be all over one person and literally kiss the ass of another. I digress. On last night's show Steven had Charles Barkely on. Now I knew this was going to be good, seeing how they are colleagues and Barkely can just be one crazy muthafucka. Allas Barkely almost had me. I was thinking he had turned a new leaf, had become wise in his old age, and was finally accepting the fact that he is a role model. I even overlooked the fact that he adamantly believes that he was and still is better than Jordan, basically saying Jordan was only good because he played for a shitty team. Um huh yeah Barkely. I'll let you have that. It's rather a moot point. As bad as I wanted to finally be able to root for the old guy he goes off and tried to justify the reason why he is "JUSTICE" Clarence Thomas fan. (continue reading)

my mission, is gettin into you like a religion

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:50:01 GMT

i dont want to be your friend no mo
i want you
i want us
i want
i want
the reality and not the dream of
i know what i want
its you i seak
yeah i'm jones'n something hard
but your just my boy
my friend that i fiend

It takes, one, tragedy to bring a family closer

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:56:27 GMT

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They schools don't educate, all they teach the people is lies

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:11:36 GMT

the same people who control the school system control
The prison system, and the whole social system

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Afros are OK but cornrows and flowing dreadlocks are not for business administration students at Hampton University.

The hair code is part of a strict academic and dress doctrine for combined business administration students at the private, historically black university. The program allows students to receive a bachelor's degree and a master's in business administration in five years.

"We don't have problems with Afros," business Dean Sid Credle said Friday. "A nicely tapered Afro - that's fine."

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Been bullshitting but i've finally arrived with it

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:14:41 GMT

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Hydro on the brain and maintaining

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:17:10 GMT

year end rap up:
*finished with a 3.0 brought my 4.0 to a 3.4... not want i wanted but i will gladly except
*thinking about getting two more tatts. the left eye of horace and an anhk
*love comes/ love goes
*i am completely blessed

now that i survived the first full semester of grad school, hopefully i will be able to write in and update this journal and comment more on others.

wish all a blessed holiday season...
2 fingahs

Sweet prince of the ghetto..Your kisses taste like armoretto

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 01:08:10 GMT

Warm as the sun dipped in black
Fingertips on the small of my back
More valuable than all I own
Like your precious, precious, precious, precious dark skin tone

Cause he is the truth
Said he is so real
And I love the way that he makes me feel
And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly cause
his light it shines so bright

[Spoken:]
Let me tell you why I love him

[Chorus:]
Cause he is the truth
Said he is so real
And I love the way that he makes me feel
And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly cause
his light it shines so bright I wouldn't lie

[Verse 1:]
I remember the very first day that I saw him
I found myself immediately intrigued by him
Its almost like I knew this man from another life
Like back then maybe I was his husband and maybe he was my wife
And even, the things I don't like about him are fine with me
Because its not hard for me to understand him because he's so much like me
And its truly my pleasure to share his company
And I know that it's God's gift to breathe the air he breathes

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 2:]
How can the same man that makes me so mad
-do you know what he did-[spoken]
Turn right around and kiss me so soft
-girl do you know what he did-[spoken]
If he ever left me, I wouldn't even be sad, no
Cause there's a blessing in every lesson
And I'm glad that I knew him at all

[Repeat Chorus]

I love the way he speaks
I love the way he thinks
I love the way he treats his mama
I love that gap in between his teeth
I love him in every way that a woman can love a man from personal to universal but most of all its unconditional

-you know what I'm talking about-[spoken]
Thats the way I feel
-and I always will-[spoken]

There ain't no substitute for the truth
either it is or isnt
cause he is the truth
you see the truth it, needs no proof
either it is or it isnt
Cause he is the truth
Now you know the truth by the way it feels
and if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly
cause he is yes he is
I wonder does he know [echoes]

Sweetest Thing
The sweetest thing I've ever known
Was like the kiss on the collarbone
Soft caress of happiness
The way you walk, your style of dress
I wish I didn't get so weak
Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak
Makes me argue just to see
How much you're in love with me
See, like a queen, a queen upon her throne
Chorus

Chorus
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know,
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know

I get mad when you walk away (don't walk away)
So I tell you leave, when I mean stay
Warm as the sun dipped in black
Fingertips on the small of my back
More valuable than all I own
Like your precious, precious, precious, precious dark skin tone
Chorus

It was the...Ah
I tried to explain
Ah...but baby, it's in vain

Speaking on my mother's phone
The touching makes me think I'm grown, (you ain't grown)
Sweet prince of the ghetto
Your kisses taste like armoretto

Intoxicating, oh, so intoxicating
How sad, how sad that all things come to an end
But then again, I'm, I'm not alone

The Nappy heads are coming

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:39:52 GMT

I finally got around to taking pictures of my hair which is completely...

We tired of that - corporations hirin blacks...Denyin the facts, exploitin us all over the map

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:25:08 GMT

The average Black male
Live a third of his life in a jail cell
Cause the world is controlled by the white male
And the people don't never get justice
And the women don't never get respected
And the problems don't never get solved
And the jobs don't never pay enough
So the rent always be late; can you relate?
We livin in a police state

I've been reading the Isis Papers by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. This book is the truth. I recommended anyone who is trying to open their minds and discover truth and bring change to the world to read it. It has truely put many things in a new perspective for me.

http://authors.aalbc.com/frances.htm

http://seaburn.com/blackbooksplus/isis_papers.htm

Be found among the truth, lost tribe

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:55:19 GMT

bell hooks:
Bell Hooks is one of several people who not only help the progress of African Americans but also of American Society as a whole.

black star:
True hip hop. Like most true MCs they dont recieve alot of airplay, but their message is the strongest.

curly hair:
One form of naturual black hair. I love it, be it nappy, kinky, curly, straight. Black hair comes in all forms and is beautiful.

fashion:
Its who I am. I live it and breath it. Fashion is an extension of who you are. It is apart of your identity. Is does not make you but only helps to explain you.

jazz:
The foundation of so much that is considered black music and even popular music. It is smooth and evokes strong emotions. It can make you livid or loving.

meshell ndegeocello:
Her music is soulfull. No matter who you are or where you come from you can relate to her words. You can feel them.

open mindedness:
This characteristic is probably why I am the person that I am. The only way you can progress through life and society to have an understanding and to be empathic to others. I dont have to agree or like certain life styles but i dont condeem them because they are different that what i am accustomed to.

poetry:
It is my blood line. No it is the marrow in my bones. It is apart of me like the layers of my skin. I was introduced to it only a couple of years ago, but i cant imagine my existence without it.

self-love:
You must love who you are. Your body, your spirit, your mind, your culture, your history, your decisions, your choices, and your ancestors. Hating any part is hating your self. The only way you will experience happiness and success in life is to have happiness in your self.

the roots:
Another form of true hip hop. Their music, their woods, their melodies, their beats are hip hop.

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No I wasn't born in Ghana, but Africa is my momma

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:27:45 GMT

Grad school and work leave me no time for this journal. So until I get the opportunity to write, I will share the things in my life that I hold as the most important. Each thing has its own story and deserves its own entry which I will be writing about in the following weeks.

I have been transitioning my hair from permed to napptural for four months
Altered my tatto to a RGB (Red Black Green) Africa
I have a 4.0 GPA

I gave him the number, I saw it in his eyes...."She gave me the number? Hmmm I'm surprised"

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:12:00 GMT

Maybe it's just me. Maybe. But has chivalry died or have guys lost the ability to be gentlemen while dating a woman? I'm not talking about opening car doors or letting a woman enter a building before them, I'm talking about the rudimentary steps. The basics. The actual pursuit. I was completely put off and turned off when a guy I was involved with asked me to come pick him up.

I know that might sound immature on my part, but let me give you a brief history. Said guy is 21, I'm 25 so going into this I had doubts. Even though I vowed to never date anyone younger than me ever again, I've learned from past encounters to never let age be the sole ruling out factor. So I gave him the benefit to prove that he was worth my time. Dont get me wrong he it's not like he was a loser and not trying to do any thing productive with his life. Actually he is a college senior graduating with an engineering degree with job offers already lined up, not to mention he's been interning at a large engineering firm for the past 2 summers getting paid really big bucks, he adores me, has a wonderful relationship with his mother, attends my home church, and is very nice on the eyes.. He meets every requirement I have except for that aforementioned age issue. He was just young. He caught up with me back in late May when he was visiting the folk before doing his internship. I was floored when he says that he has always wanted to get with me, even back when we where kids. I had no clue. I was 17 and he was 13. Me and him then? That shit was not about to happen. What made me feel horrible is to find out that we shared a very passionate kiss about 5 years ago. I still have no recollection of this.

Enough with how we hooked up. Now the entire time he is in Atlanta, which was about 2 1/2 months, (for that good ass paying internship) we talk at the most 10 maybe 15 times. At first things were good. I missed him, he missed me, I would call him, he would call me. Actually he did a lot more calling than me. But this is how it is suppose to be, when the guy is trying to get the girl. Once again maybe I'm wrong. As time went on, he called less, and took his good ole time returning my calls. Pissed me off. If someone is trying to build something into a relationship, communication is essential if both parties will not be seeing each other for some time. So by the end of the summer my interest in him, which started at an 8, dropped to a 3. Now the last 2 weeks he was in Atlanta he reminded me non stop that he would be home for an entire week and that he was only comeing home just so we could spend some quality time toether. To make this story short we saw each other once, only after I had to initiate the "date". It just bugged the hell out of me that I was putting more effort into "us" then this guy, who was the one trying to pursue me. The last straw came Friday night. I got off at 5, which he was well aware of. I did not talk to him until I called which was around 9. I was heading to get some dinner and wanted to see if he wanted to join. That's when he said come pick me up. What? He lives no where near me. He had the nerve to get upset when I explained to him why I would not pick him up.

"No I'm not driving all the way to your side of town to come all the way back over here to eat then take you all the way back to the other side of town."
"Oh so you want me to drive all the way over there to see you, then come all the way back here"
"Yes"
"Why"
"Because you are the guy and I'm the girl."
"That's messed up."
"I'm not going to set here and tell you how to pursue and date a woman"
"Well I don't feel like leaving the house. I'm going to stay home with mommy"

If things had been different, like maybe us talking and getting closer, and had he pursued my ass and had me into him, I would have most definitely made that 30 minute drive both ways. The entire week, which was suppose to be my "our week", all I got was "I'm with mommy" or "Mommy asked me to stay till she gets home". Alarms should have gone off in my head when a grown ass man refers to his mother as mommy.

it's been a long time

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:48:20 GMT

i just want to see who pays attention mkay =0)
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welcome to the hood

house in south memphis

the sun set over my step dads tennis court

same thang pimp

moi, bored stuck in the car going to chattanooga

not sure what i was aiming for

whats up with my right arm?

Says she ain't got no extra hush puppis to sell

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:31:03 GMT

just fried some catfish
made some spaghetti
got slaw & macaroni salad
with the slices of honey wheat bread

who wants some?