I was listening to a song from Prince I never heard before. "Sign of the Times" I liked it and it made me wonder why nobody cared that he wore tights and was obviously effeminate. And then I thought of other artists that were questionable like Little Richard. And then I realize it didn't matter because they were such good artists that all you could really focus on was how good there music was, to the point where how they carried themselves didn't matter. That's the power of a good singer, song, performer, arrteest. Good music is a good distraction.
Lately I've been waking up at around 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning for no particular reason wishing I could go back to sleep so I'll have enough energy to listen to the Steve Harvey show. The Diary of Jay-Z was on MTV and Jigga was talking about the Water Crisis in Africa. So he partners with the UN and the ambassador of South Africa I think it was to help spread the awareness of this crisis. The basic most important necessity of life is scarce in Africa and it really doesn't have to be that way. And Jay Z goes to a village in Africa and follows this teenage girl to the only pipe in her village to carry this heavy jug of water.
And she carried that heavy jug, this petite girl with this small frame (made me realize I have absolutely no reason to complain)...and H-to-the-O-V offered to carry the jug the rest of the way and within 10 feet he had to stop and switch hands. He must of been thinking I don't know ANYTHING about what the hard knock life is. "You know where I'm from we say we're from the 'bottom' that's not the bottom. This is the bottom". Exactly.
And so they visit the schools to see what the plumbing is like there and there really is none. A few schoolgirls in their early teens have to go fetch the water. And Jay-Z asked the girl "How far is it to get this water." and the girl says "Too far." and so he says" how long does it take to get this water" and the girl says "Too long." And Hov laughs...that familiar laugh kinda like the baah of a lamb "Too far and too long, that's a good answer." And on the way to the water they sang....They have to walk down this very steep mountain that is hard enough to walk down, I couldn't imagine walking back up with these heavy jugs . But they do it everyday.
Well later on, it looked like the same day which I know it can't be, but later on they added a toilet to that school and a water pump that is also a merry go round. So as the kids play on the merry-go round they pump fresh water to their school instead of that long journey every morning down that steep hill. And as they went around, and around, they sang...and that song sounded so beautiful...and as they sang in unison they spun even more. I wondered what song it was.
Okay I noticed I've been talking about Africa a lot lately. No idea why, lol.
2 comments:
trying to reconnect with the motherland? Sometimes it is just nice to look at the faces on the other side of the world that matches our own. I hope that one day I will have the opportunity to go there and make some sort of contribution... one way or another... and where did u find that pic of the little girl with the baby? she looks sooo small, I can't imagine why this child is attached to her in such a manner especially since she has that jug on her head.... makes me think of Haiti honestly... that's what I saw when I went there to visit... :sigh:... Mah People!
I'm not sure if that's a girl actually, it might be a boy. It's a random pic I saw on google images. But isn't that crazy though? That child is so small and is carring a baby AND a jug. Lol, Mah people indeed. Strong people.
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