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Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

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Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Whuddup DailyCrack? I know its been a while but after a whole lot of craziness (burnout, illness, work, artistic differences, and a broken toe) I’m back. Oh how I have missed you all and what better song to come back to you all with then Jackie Wilson? I’m sorry that I left you and I promise not to ever do it so abruptly again. So let’s just keep lifting each other up aiight? Here’s to a pleasent start to your day!

-CaliDre

PS - Looks like a lot has changed since I was gone. Still not sure how I feel about it but I’m sticking to what I know for now. I’d love to hear your thoughts on old v. new DC tho? Tell me - what do you think?

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The Joshua Tree

U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Every so often i think it’s good to reflect on what life and all the things that have gone on in the past week, month, or year.  This song as always been a reminder to always keep striving ahead, pushing onward and moving forward. Because when you stop, you just might settle for anything.

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Ghost, Meth, & Rae - Our Dreams

I finally started listening to Wu Massacre and I’m pleased.  I’ve been a wu tang fan since they came out.  I remember drawing wu tang symbols all over my trapper keeper so this is a good occasion for me.  No one can talk about love and relationships like the wu. And…. they sample MJ come on, this is great.  You gotta love it.  Enjoy

[Chorus: Michael Jackson "We're Almost There" sample]
No matter how hard, the task may seem
Don't give up our plans, don't give up our dreams
No broken bridges, can turn us around
Cause what we're searchin' for, will soon be found

[Ghostface Killah]
Aiyo, listen here, shorty, Camay glow
You know we both make angels when we lay in the snow
Heat the house with the oven when the cheese got low
Cuz Toney, can't be out there pushing that blow
You made plans and dreams, not grands of schemes
I wanna search for the meaning of love, see what it means
Cuz we hustle so hard, cross so many bridges
Made babies, took trips to the mall, for family pictures
And our souls is magnetic, we the meaning of destiny
Be that banker of trust that looks to invest in me
Together, to get her, means for me to get you
We back, reunite like the Wu
See we soul mates, we melt like cookies and cream
And I fiend for the days and the nights to sex my queen
So no matter how hard it seems, dreams come true
Keep Allah in our hearts, hugs and kisses, Toney Starks

[Chorus]

[Method Man]
Uh, still applying the pain
The purple frying my brain, this woman's crying again
She, tired of fighting, my feelings likely the same
That's what happens when you wife 'em and they try to tighten the chain
See, she in the right, so I put her right in her lane
I'm all night with the pipe, I can feel her biting my chain
She, got her own, I ain't gotta buy her a thang
I be burning up the sheets everytime I'm lighting the game
We, go together like, Martin and Gina, but
She get uptight when we fight like Ike and Tina, so
Love her or leave her alone, like I ain't need her tho
A minute later I'm back, like I ain't mean it, yo
We break up, just to make up, she fly without the makeup
Together we upgrade to A plus
So all this bickering ain't us, we bigger than that
You normally cool when I'm digging your back, now fall back, baby

[Chorus]

[Raekwon]
Shorty with the flavor like Breyer's, real sweet with your thick legs
Look like you drink eggs, you lying
Now you met a teflon don, stay high, Levi's on
Wire cell frames, no games
I'm into cashing in, getting this paper, buying up acres
Ride around, and yo, fuck with my neighbors
Pocket full of hundreds and weed, light the Philly cigar up
And go dolo, riding through SoHo
You hear the little baby in the back? That's the sound of sweet life
A sweet wiz'll make you a sweet night
And chill with the pawns we on, cuz life is a chessboard
You better have you sword and vest on
Never hate your enemies, cuz it effects judgment
They only hate it if they know you getting hella cheese
That's what it is, what it do for you
Don't let the truth bore you, word up, don't let the roof spoil

[Chorus]
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Prince - Adore

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Poor SkinnyMiracle - I left him all by his lonesome this week. So I had to come back strong with THE instant panty dropper! Yes…that’s right…

PAN-TY DROP-PER.

Prince is hands down my all time favorite artist. I’ve never posted anything of his before because I never wanted to choose just one. But you know what? In honor of V-Day and all that jazz, I’ll post the song that I think is the most romantic song of all time. Handle with care though…you are not to use this song in your wooing efforts lightly. This is heavy artillery. So sit back, relax and enjoy.

-CaliDre

Prince - Adore

Until the end of time
I’ll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day struck me blind
Your Beauty I’ll still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me
From the first moment I saw U
I knew U were the 1
That night I had 2 call U
I was rappin’ til the sun came up
Tellin’ U just how fine U look
In a word, U were sex
All of my cool attitude U took
My body was next
U made love 2 me
Like U was afraid
Was U afraid of me?
Was I the first?
Was I your every fantasy?
That’s why
Until the end of time
I’ll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God 1 day struck me blind
Your beauty I’ll still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

When we be makin’ love
I only hear the sounds
Heavenly angels cryin’ up above
Tears of joy pourin’ down on us
They know we need each other
They know U are my fix
I know, U know that I ain’t cheatin baby
They know this is serious
This ain’t just for kicks, No
This condition I got is crucial
U could say that I’m a terminal case
U could burn up my clothes
Smash up my ride, well maybe not the ride
But I got 2 have your face
All up in the place
I’d like to think that I’m a man of exquisite taste
A hundred percent Italian silk, imported Egyptian lace
But nothin’ baby, I said nothin’ can compare
2 your lovely face (do U know what I’m sayin’ 2 U?)

I’m just tryin’ 2 say
That until, until the end of time

(ad lib)

I’ll be there 4 u

(ad lib)
Can I talk 2 U?
Tell U what U mean to me
Everytime U wander
I’ll be your eyes so U can see
I wanna show you things
That I never showed no other, I wanna be
More than your mother
More than your brother
I wanna be like no other
If U need me, I’ll never leave
I know, that U know, without U there is no me
There is no me
Without U there is no sea
There is no shore

Love is 2 weak 2 define how much I adore
U
The last words U hear 

“Be with me darlin’ til the end of all time
I’ll give you my heart
I’ll give you my mind
I’ll give you my body 
I’ll give you my time
4 all time I am with U

U are with me?

Björk- Come to Me

happy v-day! remember that ‘v’ doesn’t have to stand venereal. protect yourselves! anyway, today is a day to celebrate the many loves in our lives. paternal, fraternal, romantic. whatever the case. so even those of us who are single can enjoy the day. call your parents, call your friends, do something nice for yourself.

today’s post focuses on romantic love. i really like this song. it’s a special song. it captures something i think i’d like my significant other to feel for me. it’s a protective love. it’s a love that is a haven from the many trials we face every day. relationships are much more complex than that, and there are many ways to love someone, but there’s something very appealing about the love described here in this song. but again, today is about more than that. today is for all the lovers and all the loved. enjoy.

-the skinny miracle

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Matchbox Twenty - Leave

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Rob Thomas is one of the most underrated song writers of the late 90s/2000s. Don’t believe me?

I’m not saying there wasn’t nothing wrong
I just didn’t think you’d ever get tired of me
I’m now saying we ever had the right to hold on
I just didn’t wanna let it get away from me

WHAT?!?! If that’s not the truth about how a lot of relationships end, I don’t know what is. This is one of my favorite songs off of one of my favorite albums. Mad Season has stayed on steady rotation for almost a decade in my house and its not going anywhere. If you have the album, dust it off and pop it in your stereo (or search it on your itunes) and give it a listen. If you don’t have it, check it out.

Enjoy!

-CaliDre

Matchbox Twenty - Leave

It’s amazing
How you make your face just like a wall
How you take your heart and turn it off
How I turn my head and lose it all

It’s unnerving
How just one move puts me by myself
There you go just trusting someone else
Now I know I put us both through hell

I’m not saying there wasn’t nothing wrong
I just didn’t think you’d ever get tired of me
I’m now saying we ever had the right to hold on
I just didn’t wanna let it get away from me

But if that’s how it’s gonna leave
Straight out from underneath
Then we’ll see who’s sorry now
If that’s how it’s gonna stand, when
You know you’ve been depending on
The one you’re leaving now
The one you’re leaving out

It’s aggravating
How you threw me on and you tore me out
How your good intentions turn to doubt
The way you needed time to sort it out

I’m not saying there wasn’t nothing wrong
I just didn’t think you’d ever get tired of me
I’m now saying we ever had the right to hold on
I just didn’t wanna let it get away from me

But if that’s how it’s gonna leave
Straight out from underneath
Then we’ll see who’s sorry now
If that’s how it’s gonna stand, when
You know you’ve been depending on
The one you’re leaving now
The one you’re leaving out

The one you’re leaving now
The one you’re leaving out

I’m not saying there wasn’t nothing wrong
I just didn’t think you’d ever get tired of me

But if that’s how it’s gonna leave
Straight out from underneath
Then we’ll see who’s sorry now
If that’s how it’s gonna stand, when
You know you’ve been depending on
The one you’re leaving now
The one you’re leaving out

Tell me is that how it’s going to end
When you know you’ve been depending on
The one you’re leaving now
And the one you’re leaving out

The one you’re leaving now
The one you’re leaving out

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Ben E. King - Stand By Me

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Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeee!

Today marks the day I’ve roamed this fine green earth for a quarter of a century and I wanted to take some time out to give a shout out to all of the people who have stood by me over the years. None of us gets to where we are alone. It doesn’t matter who helped to get you there - parents, mentors, teachers or friends…we all have a little help.

So this is to all of my people - you know who you are. Thank you for standing by me. I look forward to many more years of all this fun!

Enjoy.

-CaliDre

Ben E. King - Stand By Me

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we’ll see
No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, oh stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah

Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Darlin’, darlin’, stand by me-e, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

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Kelly Clarkson - Beautiful Disaster (Live)

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I know some beautiful disasters. I know some not so beautiful disasters. But you know what? Sometimes you just can’t help yourself. You KNOW when you shouldn’t be with someone…you know when someone is so self destructive that they will never let your relationship work…but sometimes you just have to get out of your system. And hopefully, every once in a while, those beautiful disasters turn themselves around.

Did I mention beautiful disasters don’t only occur in romantic relationships?

There are not very many artists who I am willing to listen to live because, let’s face it, most artists now a day reek like week old garbage when singing live. Alicia Keys, John Legend, Prince, Kelly Clarkson, Shakira - all have wonderful live cds out there. For most of the rest…I’ll stick to their studio albums. But this…one of the few songs I prefer the live recording to the studio one. Go on with your bad self Ms. Clarkson.

-CaliDre

Kelly Clarkson - Beautiful Disaster (Live)

He drowns in his dreams
An exquisite extreme I know
He’s as damned as he seems
And more heaven than a heart could hold
And if I try to save him
My whole world would cave in
It just ain’t right
Lord, it just ain’t right

Oh and I don’t know
I don’t know what he’s after
But he’s so beautiful
He’s such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Lord, would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster

He’s magic and myth
As strong as what I believe
A tragedy with
More damage than a soul should see
But do I try to change him
So hard not to blame him
Hold me tight
Baby, hold me tight

Oh and I don’t know
I don’t know what he’s after
But he’s so beautiful
He’s such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster

I’m longing for love and the logical
But he’s only happy hysterical
I’m searching for some kind of miracle
Waited so long
Waited so long

He’s soft to the touch
But frayed at the end he breaks
He’s never enough
And still he’s more than I can take

Oh and I don’t know
I don’t know what he’s after
But he’s so beautiful
He’s such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster

He’s beautiful
Lord, he’s so beautiful
He’s beautiful

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Maxwell - Bad Habits

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I’ve always been a huge Maxwell fan but I think BLACKsummer’s Night has been his easiest album to fall in love with. I’m not saying that its better or more well put together or more mature then any of his previous efforts, but it is definitely easier to connect with.

Maxwell is pretty much one of the first neo-soul artists that came out but his earlier stuff was sometimes just a tad out of reach (at least for me). It was complex and wonderful to listen to but it was art as much as it was anything else. BLACKsummer’s Night…well…there’s just a visceral reaction to this album. He said he was inspired to create the album from his last romance and who can’t relate to everything that goes down in a relationship? Kudos to Mr. Maxwell for an AMAZING album. Go out and get it now if you don’t already have it.

Oh - and just one request.

Mr. Maxwell - If you ever read this…please make your concert tickets cheaper so I can actually afford to go see you one of these days. Because I would really love to see you preform. I think you’re awesome. And hot. And I aint mad at those glasses in the picture - I think they’re sexy ; )

Sincerely Yours,
-CaliDre

Maxwell - Bad Habits

Lately, Lady
Make me queasy
Don’t speak no sound
I want you to prove it to me in the nude
Addicted to the way you move

Honey, if anything ever should change in you
Don’t worry I’m standing still
I’m moving with the right wheel

[Chorus]
This is the highest cost,
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost
Will you forgive me?

Assed (Asked?) out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

I can’t control the feeling
Girl cause I know you’re here
I fill you from the floor to the ceiling
Girl, I’ll feel you when you comb your hair

Lady, when we lock it low (ah, ah)
We get together, it’s an overdose
I’m slippin’, I’m here, I’m on my knees
I feels my heart’s about to explode

Chorus:
This is the highest cost,
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost
Will you forgive me?

Asked (Asked?) out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times and I take a round
Will you forgive me?

Baby, to tell the truth
When I’m sober I jonez for you
When its over I’m overdue (huh)
Girl, its no one as bad as (no one as bad as you)

You got me, you got me
You got me
Slippin around with it
Around with it, awhile

You got me sick with this love, baby
I’m so, I’m so in love
I can’t come down

]Chorus]

Asked (Asked?) out all over town (ah)
Drags you and keeps you down (and I know)
Two times and I take a round
Will you forgive me?

You’re my bad habit baby
You’re my, you’re taking
My soul, down to the level
Can’t escape the way you got me locked up baby
I gotta break from you, break from you
Break from you

[Chorus]

Asked (Asked?) out all over town (…assed (asked?) out)
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times and I take a round
Will you forgive me?

will you forgive me (3x)

will you forgive me (maaaaahhhh)
Assed (Asked?) out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times and I take a round
Will you forgive me?

I can’t control the feelin’ (feelin’, feelin’, feelin’, feelin’) (4x)

In my soul, soul
In my soul, soul

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Dave Matthews Band - Where Are You Going

This is my favorite song by the Dave Matthews Band. For a long time I was determined to hate them because someone that I absolutely despised adored them. I mean…obnoxiously so. I had never heard the band when I first became stuck living to this individual but she did plaster Dave Matthew posters all over our room. From that day forward I vowed to never give this band a chance.

And a few years passed and I forgot about the gross roommate and came across this song. And it was love at first listen. It Is wistful and sweet and dreamy. It is a sentiment that I would melt to hear:

“where you are…is where I want to be”

*sigh*

Ain’t it sweet. So here is my all time favorite Dave Matthew’s song for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

-CaliDre

Dave Matthews Band - Where Are You Going

Where are you going? 
With your long face 
Pulling down 
Don’t hide away 
Like an ocean 
That you can’t see but you can smell 
And the sound of the waves crash down 

I am no Superman 
I have no reasons for you 
I am no hero 
Oh, that’s for sure 
But I do know one thing 
Is where you are is where I belong 
I do know where you go 
Is where I want to be 

Where are you going? 
Where do you go? 

Are you looking for answers 
To questions under the stars? 
Well, if along the way 
You are grown weary 
You can rest with me until 
A brighter day and you’re okay 

I am no Superman 
I have no answers for you 
I am no hero 
Oh, that’s for sure 
But I do know one thing 
Is where you are is where I belong 
I do know where you go 
Is where I want to be 

Where are you going? 
Where do you go? 

Where do you go? 
Where are you going? 

Where do you go? 

I am no Superman 
I have no answers for you 
I am no hero 
Oh, that’s for sure 
But I do know one thing 
Is here you are is where I belong 
I do know where you go 
Is where I want to be 

Where are you going? 
Where do you go? 
Tell me, where are you going? 
Where? 
Well, let’s go