Sincerely Jane....

Welcome, Welcome, WELCOME!!!! My fellow bloggers, readers, critics, enemies, friends, foes, relatives, etc.! From now on, I am committed to coming on here and letting out the random things that go on in my mind. I have SSSSOOOOO much that I want to share with the people I know and the rest of the world, yet I don't make enough time to do that. I'm not gonna wait til New Year's to put it as a resolution, but I'm gonna make it one of my main priorities to update my blog on a regular (if not DAILY) basis. I am so excited and can't wait to express myself and share my life and my story with the world! But yet and still I have something that is very important to me that I would like to discuss....



As you may have (or may have not) noticed, the title of this post is Sincerely Jane. I named it that due to a song of the same title by one of my favorite artists --- the lovely, Ms. Janelle Monae. I looked up the lyrics to this song and it grabbed my attention very quickly! The song speaks about things that a lot of the youth deal with, but MOST IMPORTANTLY, what goes on in the black community. On one part of the song she says:

"I've seen them shootin up funerals in they Sunday
clothes
Spending money on spinners but won't pay college
loans
And all you gangers & bangers rollin dice &
taking lives in a smokey dark
Lord, have mercy on you
Teacher, teacher please reach those girls in them
videos
The little girls just broken Queens, confusing
bling for soul
Danger, there's danger when you take your clothes
off
All your dreams go down the drain,
girl...."

That part of the song speaks to me LOUD & CLEAR!!!! I've seen guys put money towards their clothes and their cars, and just about anything that has to do with their appearance. But you hardly ever see them using it to get an apartment, or pay for school, or whatever else they could put it towards to help establish themselves the right way in life. And as far as the whole thing goes about the females, I see so many "MODELS" that feel their only successful if they have a music video on their resume. They want to live the "faboulous life" and have the latest "bling" and drive fancy cars, with their hair down their back, colored, contacts, fake lashes, and FAKE T&A!!! Because, see, according to THEM (society) that it what makes a black girl beautiful. If she has men lusting after her because she's half-naked with too-little clothes on, then she's beautiful. She feels that she's wanted. She feels that she's loved. But they can have men longing for them the right way if they would just respect themselves, respect their body, and know that they're more than the numbers 36-27-42. They're "Broken Queens" who just need to be repaired. And that mending of their broken spirits can only come from God & the love within.

"The way we live, the way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Day dreamers, please wake up, we can't sleep no more...."

It's time to wake up, people! We must do what is needed of us in order to make a better life for ourselves, our chidren, and their children! And this doesn't just go for the black community! This goes for ALL RACES!!! Once again, WAKE UP, PEOPLE! We can't sleep no more....



Peace & luv,
Youneaq

*smooches*