Day 27

Blessed by ScHoolboy Q

I still can’t believe this song got taken off of streaming.

Monday was filled with a bunch of doomscrolling. Yucky Monday.

During my brain rot, I stumbled on a Tweet from Jon Rothstein. I’ve deleted twitter since for the week, but it was something along the lines of “be grateful for what you have NOW.”

Something I lose sight of often.

This song, man…it’s just so important to me. It’s filled with stories and personal anecdotes Q raps about that I personally cannot relate to, but the overall message is one that resonates with me deeply. I often find myself listening to this on the way home from work. I listened to this after my sister’s tribute. It rocked me.

Kendrick has a verse that gives me chills every time I hear. I’ll edit some of the words for the sake of keeping this clean:

“Yes, my person, you’re blessed
Take advantage, do your best, my person
Don’t stress, you was granted everything inside this planet
Anything you imagine, you possess, my person
You reject these people, that neglect, your respect
For the progress of a baby step, my person
Step, step my person
One, two, skip, skip
Back, back, look both ways
Pull it off the hip”

First, we are absolutely blessed that we have Q and Kendrick on a track together. Second, I’ve felt that my life has been, at times, in a constant state of stopping and stuttering. Kendricks reminder of a baby step is sometimes all you need to get through the day. Storms eventually pass. Sometimes you just need to move where the clouds don’t hover over if/when you can.

It all starts with a baby step and a reminder that the world is at your fingertips if you want it.