Soundtrack To My Life

October 26, 2006

If your life were a soundtrack what songs would be in it?

Opening Credits:
1. "Golden Lady" Stevie Wonder ("To know the love and the beauty never known before, I'll leave it up to you to show it.")
2. "Unbreakable" Michael Jackson ("And when you bury me underneath all your pain, I'm steady laughing while surfacing!")
3. "Bravebird" Amel Larrieux ("You're a bravebird, of the rarest kind.")

Waking Up:
1. "We Don't Care" Kanye West ("We wasn't sposed to make it past 25, jokes on you we still alive!!!")
2. "Happy Face" Destiny's Child ("I woke up this morning, the sunshine was shining. I put on my happy face. I'm breathing, I'm able, I'm willing, I'm grateful to put on a happy face.")
3. "Strength, Courage & Wisdom" India Arie ("I found strength, courage, and wisdom. It's been inside of me all along.")

First Day At School:
1. "In Christ Alone" Michael English ("In Christ alone, I place my trust and find my glory in the power of the cross. In every victory, let it be said of me, my source of strength, my source of hope is Christ alone.")
2. "Funny How Time Flies" Janet Jackson ("Funny how time flies when you're having fun.")
3. "Yearbook" Hanson ("'Cause I'm looking through the yearbook then I find that empty space. There's a name without a picture, but I can't forget his face. Tell me where did he go, I want to know where did Johnny go?")

Falling In Love:
1. "1 Thing" Amerie ("It's this one thing that got me trippin. It's this one thing; don't want to admit it. It's this one thing and I was so with it. It's this one thing you did.")
2. "I Can't Help It" Michael Jackson ("Looking in my mirror, took me by surprise. I can't help but see you running often through my mind.")
3. "What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life" Sarah Vaughn ("What are you doing the rest of your life. Summer, winter, fall and spring of your life. I have only one request of your life; that you spend it all with me.")

Family:
1. "Mama" Boyz II Men ("You taught me everything and everything you've given me, I'll always keep it inside. You're the driving force in my life.")
2. "Sista" Shug Avery from The Colored Purple ("Sista, you been on my mind. Sista, we're two of a kind. Oh sista, I'm keepin my eyes on you.")
3. "Grandma's Hands" Bill Withers ("But I don't have grandma anymore. If I get to heaven I'll look for grandma's hands.")

Friends:
1. "Rose In a Concrete World" Joe ("We were like soldiers. Shoulder to shoulder…..If I was in trouble, then you was in trouble.")
2. "Count On Me" Whitney & CeCe ("Count on me through thick and thin, our friendship I will never end. When you are weak, I will be strong. Helping you to carry on. Call on me I will be there. Don't be afraid. Please believe me when I say, count on me.")
3. "Bridges" Destiny's Child ("I'll be the bridge you can use to, whenever you need to, get over problems in your way. And I will pick you up over mountaintops. Together we'll walk over the bridge.")

Fight Song:
1. "Takeover" Jay-Z ("It's like bringing a knife to a gunfight, pen to a test. You testin the line of fire wit yo thin ass vest!")
2. "Whatever Bitch" Mya ("And if you spoil my night, then we can take this shit outside. Tonight!")
3. "Let's Go" Trick Daddy ("Let's go! If you want it, you can get it, let me know. I'm bout to f*ck a n*gga up!")

Breaking Up:
1. "Son of a Gun" Janet Jackson ("Naw, I ain't gon go and act a fool, and be the lead story on the n*gga news.")
2. "Irreplaceable" Beyonce ("You must not know bout me! I can have another you in a minute. Matter fact, he'll be here in a minute.")
3. "I'll Die" Floetry ("If I stay right here, I'll die inside. Ran out of tears, I can barely get by. It's fair to say that we tried. You know I wanna stay, if I do, I'll die.")

Bitterness:
1. "Bitter" Meshell Ndegeocello ("And now my eyes look at you bitterly.")
2. "Resentment" Beyonce ("I may never understand why. I'm doing the best that I can and I, I tried and I tried to forget this, but I'm too damn full of resentment!")
3. "Ordinary Pain" Stevie Wonder ("Don't fool yourself. But tell no one else that it's more than just an ordinary pain in your heart.")

Longing:
1. "You Should Be Here" Raphael Saadiq ("You should be here in
the morningtime when I'm making my breakfast.")
2. "Neon" John Mayer ("And it's hard for me to take a stand when I
would take [him] any way I can.")
3. "Saturday Night Fever" Platinum Pied Pipers ("When I'm all alone
late at night in my bedroom I dream of someone who will love me
just for me, not my worldly things.")

State of the World:
1. "Village Ghetto Land" Stevie Wonder ("Families buying dog food now. Starvation runs the streets. Babies die before they're born infected by the grief. Now some folks say that we should be glad for what we have. But tell me would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land?")
2. "Mr. Nigger" Mos Def ("Do you do the same shit if the defendant is white. If white boys doin it, well, it's success. When I start doing it, well, it's suspect.")
3. "I Try" Talib Kweli ("An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair. So many suffering cause deep inside they're scared. Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny, where would they be if you and I don't care? I try.")

Party:
1. "Let's Get Down" Toni Tony Tone ("The function's on. Around midnight. What time is it? Are you inside? Available to come and play? Give me a clue so I don't have to wait for you. C'mon, let's get down, let's get down, let's get down.")
2. "Got To Give It Up" Marvin Gaye ("I used to go out to parties and stand around, cause I was too nervous to really get down. But my body yearned to be free. I got up on the floor and found someone to choose me.")
3. "Nasty Girl" Vanity 6 ("Tonight, I'm living in a fantasy, my own lil nasty world. Tonight, don't you wanna come with me. Do you think I'm a nasty girl?")

Revenge:
1. "Ring the Alarm" Beyonce ("I done put in a call, partner ring the alarm, cause you ain't never seen a fire like the one I'ma cause!")
2. "5 Minutes" Lil Mo ("So I put two together, and I found myself ready to go. Before she even knew it I was comin' down the road. It only took me five minutes.")
3. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" The Pretenders ("The sweetest woman in the world could be the meanest woman in the world, if you make her that way. You keep hurting her, she'll keep being quiet. She might be holding something inside that'll really, really hurt you one day.")

Prom: (These are the songs I remember from my prom)
1. "Differences" Ginuwine ("My whole life has changed since you came in. I knew back then you were that special one.")
2. "Living For the Love of You" Ron Isley ("Drifting on a memory, ain't no place I'd rather be than with you. Loving you.")
3. "Rock With You" Michael Jackson ("I wanna rock with you [all night]! Dance you into day [sunlight]. I wanna rock with you [all night]. Rock the night away!"

Life:
1. "I Wanna Be Yours" Fred Hammond ("Oh Lord you made me, and You know me. From the beginning You held my heart, You held me close. So I won't resist You. But as you intended, I wanna be Yours.")
2. "Black Girl Pain" Talib Kweli ("They just know the name, they don't know the pain Black Girl!")
3. "Can't Hold A Good Woman Down" Mary J. Blige ("Been to the edge of the ledge but I didn't jump. My life will sum it up, you can't hold a good woman down.")

Mental Breakdown:
1. "Caught Out There" Kelis ("Aaaaaaaaah! I hate you so much right now! Aaaaaaaaaah!")
2. "Breakdown" Mariah Carey ("So I wear my disguise til I go home at night and turn out all the lights and then I break down and cry.")
3. "Fool of Me" Meshell Ndegeocello ("I've allowed you to make me feel like....I feel so dumb. What kind of fool am I that you so easily set me aside? You made of fool of me. Tell me why.")

Driving:
1. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" Jackson 5 ("Can it be I stayed too long? Did I leave your mind when I was gone? Well it's not my thing trying to get back. But this time let me tell you where I'm at. You don't have to worry cause I'm coming back to where I should've always stayed!")
2. "Gone" Kanye West ("We strivin homes. I ride on chromes!")
3. "Fast Car" Tracy Chapman ("You got a fast car, I want to take it to anywhere. Maybe we'll make a deal. Maybe together we can get somewhere.")

Flashback:
1. "Candy Coated Raindrops" Soul 4 Real ("My love, do you ever dream of candy-coated raindrops. You're the same, my candy rain!")
2. "Nite & Day" Al B. Sure ("I can tell you how I feel about you night and day!")
3. "Someone To Love" Jon B. ("Don't even like to think about it. I don't know what I'd do without it. I only know I live and I breathe for your love.")

Getting Back Together:
1. "Oooh Baby" Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ("Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes too.")
2. "Stupid Things" Thicke ("All the stupid things I do have absolutely no reflection on how I feel about you.")
3. "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" Prince ("Was there ever a reason for us to be apart? The air that fills up this room says not hardly.")

Marriage
1. "For You" Kenny Lattimore ("For you, I'd take your hand, your heart, and everything and add to them a wedding ring. Cause this life is no good alone. Since we've become one you're all I've known. And if this feeling should leave I'd die, and here's why; all I am is for you.")
2. "As" Stevie Wonder ("As today I know I'm living but tomorrow could make me the past but that I mustn't fear. For I know deep in my mind the love of me I've left behind, cause I'll be loving you always.")
3. "Stars" Kindred ("We've come so far, stars look up at you baby. My heart belongs right here next to you baby.")

Final Battle:
1. "Here I Am" Twista ("Here I am, come and get me!")
2. "We Are the Champions" Queen ("We are the champions my friends. And we'll keep on fighting til the end!)
3. "Number 1" Nelly ("I am number one! Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers.")

Death Scene:
1. "Hold On To Jesus" Steven Curtis Chapman ("I will hold on to the hands of my Savior. I will hold on with all my might. I will hold loosely to things that are fleeting, and hold on to Jesus, I will hold on to Jesus for life.")
2. "You're Not Alone" Richard Smallwood ("When you're blinded by tears, and consumed by your fears, and your daytime has turned to night. You may be unaware, but there's Someone who cares, and He's leading you to the light. You're not alone. Never alone.")
3. "A Change Gon Come" Sam Cooke ("I was born by the river, in a little tent. Oh, and just like the river I been running ever since. It's been a long, a long time coming but I know a change gon come.")

Funeral Song:
1. "With Hope" Steven Curtis Chapman ("We can cry with hope. We can say goodbye with hope. 'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end. And we can grieve with hope, cause we believe with hope there's a place where we'll see your face again.")
2. "If You Could See Me Now" Truth ("And though we've had our sorrows, they can never compare to what Jesus has in store for us, no language can share. If you could see me now, I'm walking streets of gold. If you could see me now, I'm standing strong and whole. If you could see me now, you'd know I'd seen His face. If you could see me now, you know the pain's been erased. And you wouldn't want me to ever leave this perfect place. If you could only see me now.")
3. "Liberator" Jason Eskridge ("You are my Liberator, Your blood set me free. You are my Emancipator, with Your blood You bought me. And now I'm free.")

End Credits:
1. "Don't You Forget It" Glenn Lewis ("Trust you'll find your way to love, hope is what your heart is made of.")