Friday, February 6, 2015

I Love Music

Music is the best way to fight the blues,
it brings me back after a bad day.
It sings a sweet lullaby, like a loving mother to an innocent child.
"I wish music could adopt me."
It's Sam Cooke,  Chicago, and the up-and-coming  Kendrick Lamar rolled into one.
It's old-school versus new-school Rap and a whole lot more to soothe the Soul.
Without it,  where would we be in a world beset by war,  hunger, and hate?
Where would we be without a verse or rhyme to make friends out of enemies?
Lyrics transcend borders and languages like missiles and dialogue but only to heal or make right the wrongs of man.

Different paths to success

Over the years,  young black men have been seen on college campuses, from HBCUs to predominantly white institutions, in pursuit of the Ameri...