Shaggy - Keepin’ It Real

When I was young
I used to dream of being rich
Have a lot of houses and cars 
Couldn’t know which one was which
And finding me a chick and getting hitched
Living the fairy tale life perfect without a ditch
You think that this would bring me happiness
If at the end of every rainbow 
There was a treasure chest
Sometimes having more is really less
So take a look inside yourself
You’ll realize you’re really blessed
No matter how you’re sad and blue
There’s always someone who has it worse than you
Sometimes you gotta pay your dues
So don’t worry just push on through

Keep’n it real
Gotta big up all my peoples who be working on the future
Though they know they gotta struggle
Keep’n it real
To all my homies working on the 9 to 5
And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble
Keep’n it real
Although sometimes I know it seems impossible
There ain’t no need in drowning in your sorrows
Keep’n it real
If things are as bad as they can be
You can be sure there’ll be a brighter tomorrow

And I forgot to have myself the house, the mansion, and the Benz
I’m not the type of brother who be making mad ends
I got myself a girl but we be kickin’ it as friends
Is not enough for me now that depends
Again- not everthing you want is everything you really need
The standard of society is more devated by greed
Are you prepared to follow
Tell me are you prepared to lead
So persevere and you’ll suceed

Keep’n it real
Gotta big up all my peoples who be working on the future
Though they know they gotta struggle
Keep’n it real
To all my homies working on the 9 to 5
And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble
Keep’n it real
Although sometimes I know it seems impossible
There ain’t no need in drowning in your sorrows
Keep’n it real
If things are as bad as they can be
You can be sure there’ll be a brighter tomorrow

*Hook*
All the harsh realities
Appears to come in twos and threes 
Don’t worry cuz 
There’ll be a better day
One thing I can promise you
Just keep on keeping on
I swear to you 
There’s gonna be a brighter day

Back in the days 
I use to dream of being rich
Have alot of houses and cars
Couldn’t know which one was which
And finding me a chick and getting hitched
Living the fairy tale life perfect witout a ditch
You think that this would bring me happiness
If at the end of every rainbow there was a treasure chest
Sometimes having more is really less
So take a look inside yourself 
You’ll realize you’re really blessed
No matter how you’re sad and blue
There’s always someone who has it worse than you
Sometimes you gotta pay your dues
So don’t worry just push on through

Keep’n it real
Gotta big up all my peoples who be working on the future
Though they know they gotta struggle
Keep’n it real
To all my homies working on the 9 to 5
And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble
Keep’n it real
Although sometimes I know it seems impossible
There ain’t no need in drowning in your sorrows
Keep’n it real
If things are as bad as they can be
You can be sure there’ll be a brighter tomorrow

That’s right, see me, yeah
Give thanks fa wha you have, ya kno
And when you think that its bad
There’s always somebody that’s worse
Kno what I’m sayin’
Give Jah blessing, see me
Wa-wa, Wa-wa
Wa-wa, wa-wa

 A. E. Housman

WHEN I was one-and-twenty

  I heard a wise man say,

‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas

  But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies        5

  But keep your fancy free.’

But I was one-and-twenty,

  No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty

  I heard him say again,        10

‘The heart out of the bosom

  Was never given in vain;

’Tis paid with sighs a plenty

  And sold for endless rue.’

And I am two-and-twenty,        15

  And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true

if i made my facebook status my literal status, it would be “is sick of everyone.”

but i don’t want to alienate all the people i’m sick of.

is that messed up or what

why do i let negative people bring me down? the thing is, i think that i am handling it and successfully keeping myself separate from their crazy negativity and then it all comes down hard when a good friend confronts you that you’ve been acting stressed out and depressed all semester. and it’s annoying because it’s not like i can avoid this person. 

to this person, that no one who follows me knows, forgive me—why can’t you just be happy? why see the negative in everything? your ex is a jackass, and your “life is a bad soap opera/horror movie,” your favorite line of the semester; but you are accepted and going to your dream graduate school with an incredible stipend. you created all your own problems. you don’t know how what you say and how you say it affects other people. you don’t even care how I feel. have you ever once asked me how I’m doing?  it’s all about you and your sad sob story of a life. i commiserate, i try to sympathize, but nothing i say changes your mind or makes you feel better—what more can i do? i don’t hold on to friendships where you’re making ME feel depressed, bad, unnecessarily stressed out, and mentally exhausted because of YOUR problems, when mine rarely get aired. thank god you’re graduating in two months, i don’t think i could stand you a minute longer than that. woe is you. whatever. i’m not sorry that i can cut off friendships/relationships that i know are toxic before they get out of hand. this is foreshadowing. have fun in texas. i’m sure you’ll find something else to complain about down there.