In one Erykah Badu’s collab songs with Madlib called “The Healer” she calls out many of the different names of God:
“Humdi Lila Allah Jehova
Yahweh Dios Ma’ad Jah”
You may or may not have gotten that these are all different names of The One, The Almighty, The Gracious Lord, Our Heavenly Spirit….God.
I looked up most of these, but I’m unsure still about a few. Voila:
Humdi lilla- not quite sure but I read that “al Hamdi lullah” means “Thanks be to God”,
lilla is like Allah- Humdi Lila might be similar to the Muslim greeting: “Asalaam alaikum”
Allah is the standard Arabic word for God
Jehovah is the English reading and pronunciation of the Hebrew name for God
Yahweh is also an English version of a Hebrew name for God
Dios is Spanish for God
Ma’ad is probably the Egyptian goddess Maat or Mayet who represents “the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, order—law, morality, and justice” (from wikipedia)
Jah is a name commonly used for God by Rastafarians (also derived from the Hebrew)
It goes on to talk about music and hip-hop and Badu talks about how it’s bigger than a lot of things. I think she is relating hip-hop to God and making a commentary on organized religion. But I don’t want to get into the politics of interpretation, thank you.
I had an interview today- more like a pre-interview, it requires a second part tomorrow (which I have decided not to go to because I don’t want to be a hostess), but I was worried that I didn’t “do that well” during the interview. I did a good job with some of their random questions: “name a brand of vodka (I chose Absolut over Grey Goose), answered “what color is Cabernet Sauvignon” at first with white (doubting myself heavily) and then remember a few minutes later that duh- it’s red. I gave myself 5 out of 10 for wine knowledge, but that’s modest. I did live in France. Anyway, I did alright, but they have all of these tests, and I did just want to be making money right away, which it looks like I might not be for a while.
At least I didn’t do bad like Eli does in this video, poor kid. He really freezes for a moment….
Worst (or maybe….best?!?!) Rap Battle Ever
I can totally relate. Whether I’m freestyling, or like in the interview today when I didn’t remember whether C.S. was red or white, I have my moments where I get scared and my brain becomes foggy.
But I’m the best man, I stay on top, I’m never gonna flop, I got you roasted like ever, my rhymes are cleva, I’m the best man- you need to the f&%^in dental! Oh!!!
Sometimes my tendency towards rhyming makes it hard for me to think freely. I need to get on the Miss Rap Supreme show pretty fast. Because we all know I can frizzle stizzle, and I’ve just been waitin to get the ghetto out of me now that I’m done school. Sure, maybe I’m supposed to be a sweet role model for the children, the future, I hope to teach, but maybe achieving this odd dream of mine is something worthwhile, something silly enough to give both myself and the children a laugh or two.
So odd of me to have a blog where I want to share both everything about myself and nothing personal. I keep it true to a fine-tune and I think that shows through it all, and now I’ll give you something interesting to reflect on:
My favorite part of the short article is most of it:
“The lucky man is Henry Hager, a stand-up guy who, in honor of his country and his new father-in-law’s top priority, will go to fight in Iraq immediately after the wedding.
Just kidding. He’s finishing his MBA. But, no doubt, he’ll be supporting the troops in his own way, perhaps on the crucial investment banking front. ”
Aww. Gotta love that. Just gotta love the top-down support system the country has in place.
Sick concert. I had such a good time my camera ran out of battery before I got to tape my favorite new Kids in the Hall collab song “Driven Down the Block” but I certainly danced to it a lot.
Here’s a sweet video I got right when we got there of Busdriver’s “Pompous Posie’s” with Antimc’s sick beatmakin:
I was a lil bit tippin to the tips, so halfway through I try and get a shot of Rizzle and I dancing, to no avail (I did done shoulda know better!)
Here’s a picture of probably Dizzee Rascal from behind, but no one can be sure:
More videos to come. More other stuff too. Stay tuned. Stay in tune.
that all depends really. hugely inappropriate sometimes.
but the children have inspired me to be a little bit more expressive about my boredom.
i hear kids say it all the time when i know they are not bored.
hmm. ehh.
the children are making me tired.
must sleep. almost finished. so many weird and exciting things to say. best friend getting married very soon. went out tonight and socialized and it was fun.
And I was also reading in my latest edition of the National Educator’s Association newsletter about how many more teachers are leaving the profession all together because of the unreasonable expectations put on them by the upper govgies, and how they put out all these wonderful slogans with the most-children-left-behind-but-we’ll-say-no-child-and-let-
the-teachers-be-the-doubly-screwed-over-ones and give them no funding.
And where is all that money going instead of to teachers or other people really trying to help the children, the future?
It’s disgusting. I hate to be so pessimistic, but it’s just sick how messed up money-grubbin-power-lovin-foot-tappin-prostitrappin-repatilianoidal fiends are running this place?
Ugh.
Day by day. I will do what I can. But it’s tough. I think things will change soon. I just hope it doesn’t cost so many hundreds of lives. The money is fake anyway, but the lives are real irreplaceable souls.
Poll: How cute are these gems of nieces of mine?!?! It’s hard to be objective, but I do believe they are the cutest things in existence. Ever.
Charlie showing the new house (really it’s only her face the whole time)
Favorite parts: Everything. The way she says “I was watering the plants, they were soo watered” “how big of a hole I found” “a brand new bunk-bed you can see on this radio” (she also calls it a picture and a tape) how she says “computer” “There’s this stretch-up elevator I’m gonna save my money up on it”. And of course “why do I keep saying uh uh uh (what a smartie)” and the ending…”Well this is goodbye so fare weeelll” (I had to ask her mom what she was saying there). It sounds like “for real” a little.
Lizzie aka Lizzard dancing
She is way too cute and I’ve only met her when she was so little (4 months). It’s nice to see what she’s like now. She tries to dance with the vaccuum cleaner, a robot, and Charlite, who ducks away from the camera (but is usually so camera-crazy)
Charlie playing Guitar Hero, Lizzie singing and being too cute
