Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
EQUALITY
yo ...u feel it in your chest like pain n everytime you breath from a broken rib cage
it aint hard to tell just hard to explain why young black teens get murder and slain over
fake glasses that you can't take with ya stupid niggativity by senseless ass niggaz
when you reach tha mountain then you will begin to climb
tha spirit stays bright like the sun so we shine
outta the dark into tha light not into all tha bravado and hype
just a survivalist educational lyricist moving wit tha peace
your only as strong as your strongest link
fed up wit tha b s rush kill and destroy stress wit tha quikness
my daily life is tha temple eye exist in don't get it twisted
u know what eye mean yeah these young cats skills is as tight as their jeans
thinkin they got flows they not hot they just wear a lotta clothes
culture and politics tha coltrane inspiration
problems come and go but tha sunshine stays amazin
this is thriller michael j dilla fantastic jigs kick it classic like john lenon when he imagined
all the people to be equal in this world where evil doers are such losers tha good die young
in the south my great grand parents were hung now we get clapped over fake yays and a samsung
need to make a high impact higha power shall fight back cause this violence is so close to home
yeah we got dreams but tha most high dreams are far bigger than our own......ya dig!
it aint hard to tell just hard to explain why young black teens get murder and slain over
fake glasses that you can't take with ya stupid niggativity by senseless ass niggaz
when you reach tha mountain then you will begin to climb
tha spirit stays bright like the sun so we shine
outta the dark into tha light not into all tha bravado and hype
just a survivalist educational lyricist moving wit tha peace
your only as strong as your strongest link
fed up wit tha b s rush kill and destroy stress wit tha quikness
my daily life is tha temple eye exist in don't get it twisted
u know what eye mean yeah these young cats skills is as tight as their jeans
thinkin they got flows they not hot they just wear a lotta clothes
culture and politics tha coltrane inspiration
problems come and go but tha sunshine stays amazin
this is thriller michael j dilla fantastic jigs kick it classic like john lenon when he imagined
all the people to be equal in this world where evil doers are such losers tha good die young
in the south my great grand parents were hung now we get clapped over fake yays and a samsung
need to make a high impact higha power shall fight back cause this violence is so close to home
yeah we got dreams but tha most high dreams are far bigger than our own......ya dig!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jalen Rose could live comfortably off the millions he made in the NBA and the money he makes now as an ESPN analyst.
The former Michigan and NBA standout created a foundation in 2000 that has helped 40 students attend college withscholarships , giving back in a way that shows he's thankful for his good fortune.
Rose, though, is motivated to do much more.
He has lately dedicated a great deal of his time and resources to creating the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, an open-enrollment, tuition-free charterschool in his hometown of Detroit.
"Instead of trying to help five kids go to college each year, now I'm trying to help 120," Rose said.
Rose said 120 students have been selected by lottery to be the first ninth-graders at the high school. He said he wants to raise $10 million by 2013 to develop a school for 480 students that will compete with the best private institutions in the state.
Rose raised some money Monday at a golf event and has also gotten financial commitments from people such as one of his mentors, Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas.
"I think what Jalen is doing is great, so I'm trying to help him get the project off the ground with some of my resources," Thomas said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "The more athletes can re-connect with their communities the better off we'll all be. Some of us do a lot, and some of us don't do enough."
Rose said he has been inspired by what Sacramento mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson and tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi have done with schools in Sacramento and Las Vegas along with a program for kids run by Hall of Famer George Gervin in San Antonio.
Students in Detroit have been looking for an alternative.
One of the nation's worst public school systemsgraduates about 60 percent of its students, leading to its enrollment dropping about 30 percent in four years. Parents have been sending their kids to public and private schools in the suburbs along with charters in and out of the city.
The 38-year-old Rose is the founder of the school and he'll also be a teacher of sorts, helping his students learn life lessons such as the one he experienced after pleading guilty to drunken driving earlier this year.
The former Michigan and NBA standout created a foundation in 2000 that has helped 40 students attend college with
Rose, though, is motivated to do much more.
He has lately dedicated a great deal of his time and resources to creating the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, an open-enrollment, tuition-free charter
Lon Horwedel, Associated Press
Former professional basketball player, Jalen Rose, warms up before teeing off on the 15th hole at Barton Hills Country Club in Ann Arbor, Mich. during the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy golf outing on Monday, July 11, 2011.
Rose said 120 students have been selected by lottery to be the first ninth-graders at the high school. He said he wants to raise $10 million by 2013 to develop a school for 480 students that will compete with the best private institutions in the state.
Rose raised some money Monday at a golf event and has also gotten financial commitments from people such as one of his mentors, Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas.
"I think what Jalen is doing is great, so I'm trying to help him get the project off the ground with some of my resources," Thomas said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "The more athletes can re-connect with their communities the better off we'll all be. Some of us do a lot, and some of us don't do enough."
Rose said he has been inspired by what Sacramento mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson and tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi have done with schools in Sacramento and Las Vegas along with a program for kids run by Hall of Famer George Gervin in San Antonio.
Students in Detroit have been looking for an alternative.
One of the nation's worst public school systems
The 38-year-old Rose is the founder of the school and he'll also be a teacher of sorts, helping his students learn life lessons such as the one he experienced after pleading guilty to drunken driving earlier this year.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
OVERJOYED!
Family is the people who
Talks us through everything
Family are the ones who
Listens to what you have to say
Family protects you when
Others try to harm you
Family are the ones to get you through
Better or worse and ask for nothing
Some take what they have
Forgranted and when it dissappears
They wish they hadnt
I thank god everday
For my family
Family is precious and
Something no one should take
Forgranted or advantage of
Thank you father for I
Would be nothing without
My family!
Talks us through everything
Family are the ones who
Listens to what you have to say
Family protects you when
Others try to harm you
Family are the ones to get you through
Better or worse and ask for nothing
Some take what they have
Forgranted and when it dissappears
They wish they hadnt
I thank god everday
For my family
Family is precious and
Something no one should take
Forgranted or advantage of
Thank you father for I
Would be nothing without
My family!
FROM ENERGY2SYNERGY
Turning energy into synergy. Our challenge then is to respect and appreciate differences and to learn from what they show us. We can see them as a benefit or as a threat, you understand it is up to us to choose one or the other because we determine the quality of our relationships and our lives. So what pill is it gonna be? The blue or the red pill, sort of like the movie the Matrix huh? You may not understand but you must choose.
Seek first to understand then to be understood. The art of communication that turns energy into synergy.
Stimulating new ideas that result in greater productivity.
In most areas of life we have to cooperate with other people in order to succeed. Our affirmation to others produces growth to ourselves. Faith is put in the potential of another person rather than in our own skill or technique to get another to do what they want. See, unexpressed feelings don't die they are buried alive deep within our souls and comes forth later in uglier ways. In this society in order for us to prosper we have to develope win win attitudes that will help us build strong meaningful relationships. WE ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR ATTITUDES.
peace!
Seek first to understand then to be understood. The art of communication that turns energy into synergy.
Stimulating new ideas that result in greater productivity.
In most areas of life we have to cooperate with other people in order to succeed. Our affirmation to others produces growth to ourselves. Faith is put in the potential of another person rather than in our own skill or technique to get another to do what they want. See, unexpressed feelings don't die they are buried alive deep within our souls and comes forth later in uglier ways. In this society in order for us to prosper we have to develope win win attitudes that will help us build strong meaningful relationships. WE ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR ATTITUDES.
peace!
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