He wasn’t there to teach me how to shave, so I had to teach myself. It was difficult as I could never get the right line for my mustache. My mother tries to be macho at times to try and fill in the void that he created. As I grew older and looking back at those days, I respect her even more for the efforts she made in trying to instill manhood in me. When some mothers would say “Leave that kind of thing for the men in the neighborhood to teach him,” she would go the extra mile and find out what was going on in her boy’s life. She did this by ensuring that I had a male figure from whom I could learn some facts of life. But at the end on the day, sitting there in my room staring at the wall and not knowing if I will ever see the man whose footsteps I should follow, sent me deeper into my shell.
I have always heard talk show hosts and intellectuals describe the irrational thinking behind a man who decides he can no longer cope with the responsibility of providing for a growing...
"Bob Marley wasn't as good as people said he was" I disagree and here is why
October 15, 2009
“Bob Marley wasn’t as great as people said he was”Quoted by Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton on the release of his new album “Rasta Got Soul” I disagree and here is why.
To answer the statement made by Reggae artist Buju Banton on the release of his new album Rasta Got Soul, I have placed my comments in this blog which will follow Buju Banton's statement. Here is the actual article and quote by Buju Banton. (Orginally posted on May 4th 2009 )
Banton respects Marley’s music but argued that calling him the greatest logically implies that no better can follow.
“I want Jamaican music to be seen not through the pretext of some man that died 20 years ago, but as a pretext of a living being, working earnestly. If man cannot do what others have done in these times we might as well die,” he told a mixed crowd at the launch of Rasta Got Soul his new album at the University of the West Indies on Thursday. “You know they say that the greatest musician in Jamaica is Bob Marley.
Domestic Violence Harms Long-Term Health of Victims Both women, men suffer more chronic illnesses, practice more risky behaviors By Steven Reinberg Posted 2/7/08
THURSDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women and men who are victims of intimate partner violence are also more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions and participate in risky behaviors, U.S. health officials report. Related News
Every year in the United States, such violence accounts for some 1,200 deaths and 2 million injuries among women, and almost 600,000 injuries among men, according to new statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.
"One in four women and one of seven men experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime," said CDC epidemiologist Michele Black. "Those who experience intimate partner violence during their lifetime were also more likely to report a range of adverse health conditions and health risk behaviors."
In the study, Black's team gathered data on 70,156 men and women who participated in the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. These individuals completed the section of the survey on intimate partner violence. Responses came from people in 16 states and two territories.
Tonight will bring darkness from which she hides Trying to comprehend this horrible feeling she has inside Everywhere she turns she's reminded of her situation A state of mind, that calls for her immediate action
With no one around from which to draw her strength She remembers college, when the coach would send her to the bench She tries to leave her surroundings, but something keeps pulling her back Hearing the advice "hold on" but she would say, "hold on to what"?
There is nothing left everything she hoped to hold has slipped through her fingers From a house that used to be filled laughter, is now filled with anger
As she lifts her head out from the palm of her hands Realizing it's been 2 years she's been living without a man
The request was made for me to give up my seat I said to myself, they must be crazy, after standing in this heat? The statement was made with a condescending voice For me to give up my seat, and that it wasn't my choice
They were stunned when I made my reply That I wasn't moving, and that's no lie I could see their faces changing color As the bus driver got up and walked over
Suddenly there was this still eerie hush That moved so quickly throughout the entire bus It looked like there was this great storm coming So I adjust my demeanor, because to them, I was no longer charming
I could hear people holding their breaths Because it looks like trouble was about to set I sat quietly refusing to speak Being cooped up in this bus, with sweat running down my cheeks
Ignoring the pleas to give in, and obey Even the suggestion to leave now, and fight another day It got to the point where everyone knew I was going to jail And they took the time to remind me of all those who...
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