_justeezy x melly mel

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Minutes before De La Soul hit the stage @ Rifflandia 2011 | Victoria, BC | 09.11

_“The Way”

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“You have your way. I have my way.
As for the right way, the correct way,
and the only way, it does not exist.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

_#nowplaying: Theophilus London – Light Years

Samples: Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation, Alicia Myers – I Want To Thank You

<3

_#nowplaying: A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions

Tribe is truth!

“So what could you do in the times which exist
You can’t fake moves on your brother or your sis
But if your sis is a bitch, brother is a jerk
Leave ‘em both alone and continue with your work
Whatever it may be in today’s society
Everything is fair, at least that how it seems to me
You must be honest and true to the next
Don’t be phony and expect one not to flex
Especially if you rhyme, you have to live by the pen
Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend
All it is, is the code of the streets”

_#nowplaying: Aloe Blacc – You Make Me Smile

“everywhere i go, people keep askin’ me,
where i’d get my joy, why am i so happy
in these trying times
when a frown is the fashion
i’m beaming like the sun,
now how can that be”

_Homegirl love

homegirls | Vancouver, BC | 12.11

_This is a true story… PERCEPTION

Check this out… Got this in email & thought it was awesome!

In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes: A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent – without exception – forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes: The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour: He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

Enjoy life NOW… it has an expiration date…

Happy holidaaaze!
peace & love,
justeezy.

_dreamers x realists

“There are dreamers and there are realists in this world, you think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not the opposite is true. See the dreamers need the realists to keep the dreamers from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists? Well without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.”
- Modern Family, S3E9

Thankful for my realist

_One dream fulfilled

Can I just say, I love my life right now? I’m FINALLY living in a city where live shows are not only in abundance, but is the norm.

_Now Playing: Musiq Soulchild – Something

>> George Harrison

_Flashback Mondays: Outkast – Prototype

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, 2003 | Producer: André 3000

“I hope that you’re the one
If not, you are the prototype”

_Now Playing: De La Soul – Dog Eat Dog

“…Cuz your thoughts are drained,
Walkin’ round,
Manifesting attributes of shame…“

_Rifflandia x Victoria roomies

Kris x justeezy x Melly Mel | Rifflandia 2011, Victoria BC | September 2011

Ahhh summer…

_Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC | October 2011

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain

_Now Playing: Fugazi – Closed Captioned Demo

Fade to Black