don't look down.: Archive

it always makes me a little uncomfortable to see a black based business. with nothing but black workers. selling nothing but black tradition. with a white owner.

anyway. this soul food restaurant is amazing.

Jul 18, 2012

these poor girls.

seeking advice & trying to satisfy the wrong damn people.

Jul 16, 2012

ironically, i never feel much pride in someone being a hoe. it just embarrasses & confuses the fuck out of me.

Jul 16, 2012

“I have a dream today, that white racists will one day use my speeches to try and get colored people to shut up, and on my birthday each year, there will be lots of black people in McDonald’s commercials.” —Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. III D.D.S.

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“Success should not be measured by the amount of money you make or the number of fans you have, but by the level of satisfaction towards yourself within..” —sadecru

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Words never used to describe Black women:

sourcedumal:

Dainty

Delicate

Elegant

Poised

Fragile

Genteel

Graceful

Lets add those to our vocabulary on a regular basis, shall we?

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I like being alone.

tragicloveinthebackofanimpala:

I like drinking coffee alone, and reading alone.

I like riding the bus alone, and walking home alone.

It gives me time to think, and set my mind free.

I like eating alone, and listening to music alone.

But when I see a mother with her child;

A girl with her lover;

Or a friend laughing with their best friend;

I realize that even though I like being alone,

I don’t fancy being lonely.

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“Children not taught by their parents will be taught by the world.” —Afrikan Proverb

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the more I am around him, the more I desire to be. it’s like it’s never really satisfied, it only grows deeper.

I think it’s interesting how my soul & spirit just seems to mesh with his by simple presence.

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at times I feel like my thoughts & DESIRES are too mature for my age. ironically it may do more harm than good.

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"Never let the longevity of your trauma mute you to God"

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“I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough…they didn’t mean enough.” —Mos Def

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“People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism, a charisma that can take out alive, young people from the traditional imprisonment. The awakened man cannot be enslaved - that is the difficulty - and he cannot be imprisoned. Every genius who has known something of the inner is bound to be a little difficult to be absorbed; he is going to be an upsetting force. The masses don’t want to be disturbed, even though they may be in misery; they are in misery, but they are accustomed to the misery. And anybody who is not miserable looks like a stranger. The awakened man is the greatest stranger in the world; he does not seem to belong to anybody. No organization confines him, no community, no society, no nation.” —Osho, ”The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself” Chapter 9

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Play

3:26

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“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” —Robert Brault

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“

My heart cannot embrace

the fullness of the world