Music Makes Me High

Who needs drugs when there is music?

When I hear a song, it automatically takes me back to where I was when I first heard the song- to who introduced me to the song- to who I was goo goo ga ga over- to who I hated with all my might. Music is powerful. I'm listening to music on Pandora. It's causing a plethora of reminiscent thoughts....

I didn't buy Cassie's album. Heck, I didn't even download it. But there is this one song: "Kiss Me". This guy I knew, Abbo, introduced this song to me. We were sitting in his room and he played the song. I immediately fell in love with it. Now that I sit and listen to it, it's not all that. It's no Earth, Wind, and Fire. No Marvin Gaye. Not even Jigga. But there is something about that song that I love. Could it be because of the state of mind that I was in when I first heard it? Nah, cuz clearly I don't feel that way anymore. But I still love that little song.

"The Way I Are" by Timbaland. I loved that song when I first heard it. I was in the car with my Kimmy when I heard it. However, the single's ministry at my church put on a production. And in the play, there was a club scene. That song was used. And now, every time I hear that dang song, I think about the play. Song ruined.

"Never Leave You...Uh Oh." by Lumide. Uh ohhhh! Uh ooohhhh! Uh ohhhh! Uh ooohhh!! That song takes me back to summer 2003. I was going into my junior year in college. That summer was filled with nothing but partying. Me and Nita lived together that summer. We would get up, go to class, go to work, come home, drink, party, and do it all over again the next day. I stayed out in the sun. My hair had been dyed three different colors. That was one heck of a summer. Thank God for deliverance. HALLELUJAH!!!

"More Than A Woman" by Aaliyah. Hmmm.. As much as I loved Aaliyah, this one brings no standout memories- just me in my dorm room trying to learn the dances in the video. RIP Lili!

"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" by Chris Brown. This is the first song that I actually liked by Mr. Brown. This one takes me back to 2005. I was president of my sorority and we had a Presidential Retreat that I absolutely did not want to go on. Anywho, to make an extremely long story short, I had the greatest time. I bonded with members from other orgs that I otherwise would've never thought to try to make a connection with. But this is how the song comes into play: me, Eddie, Nikki (R.I.P. mamma), and a few others decided to walk to the nearest gas station to purchase some beer to sneak back into the lodge. The nearest gas station ended up being a 30 minute walk. On the way, we start singing the Chris Brown song and Eddie begins doing the little dance that Chris Brown did in the video. We had the best time. Only to find that when we got to the gas station, that bad boy was closed!!! On top of that, we were in a red neck town and the locals called the cops on us. I guess we looked suspicious, being a group of black kids. Two cop cars show up. They take our I.D.'s, question us, and once they realized that we weren't a threat, they drove us back to the lodge. Fun times....

OK. Pandora just played something that I've never heard before. So, that ends my reminiscing for today.