za-za-za.. za-za-za.. zazaza-za....
Someone should email L.L.Cool J. and tell him to stick with acting... They should cc Will Smith on that while they're at it.
The originality drivers should go on tour together. Imagine. A tour of the most original artists of our time.
Headliners: U2, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Jewel, Matchbox Twenty, George Michael.
Opening bands: Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Scissor Sisters, Robbie Williams, Coldplay.
Could you imagine a tour like that? How cool would that be? Maybe the combined efforts of these artists, in one arena, one night, would be enough to send forth a veritable tsunami of originality and inspiration stretching to the furthest reaches of the globe. A beat-boxer in Brooklyn, struggling with his craft would get knocked off his feet by the stylin's of BEP. A wannabe rocker in London would find beauty in the subtlety of Coldplay's influence and blatant, raw emotion in the vocals of Bono. A Harijuku girl would find herself bopping her head to the disco beats of the Scissor Sisters as she skipped down a Tokyo main street. A blogger in Kuwait would find her writer's block broken by the love and acceptence found in the lyrics of Jason Mraz, she would find herself comforted by the familiarity of John Mayer plucking at his guitar strings.
Perhaps
this tsunami could provide answers to our most pertinent questions. It could shed some light on the way things are and the way they should be. It would make us wonder why the worlds leaders are not artists, who seem to have their priorities straighter than any Bush or Blair ever could.
If only....
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This is what my daddy told me,
I wished he would hold me a little more than he did,
but he taught me my culture and how to live positive,
I never wanna shame the blood in my veins,
or bring pain to my sweet grandfather's face, in his resting place,
I make haste to learn and not waste everything my forefathers earned in tears,
for my culture...-Layla