This is my first blog post about a song that best defines me and that fit my identity. The song that I picked is All things go by Nicki Minaj.
Here is a little background information about the artist:
Born on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad Onika Tanja Maraj also known as Nicki Minaj is an American rapper, a singer, and a songwriter. She also is one of the judges a show that many people are familiar with American Idol. This song is from one of many of her albums out, which also happens to be the latest called “The Pinkprint”.
Lyrics:
Yo, I had to reinvent, I put the V in vent
I put the heat in vents, man I been competin' since
I look beyond what people sayin', and I see intent
Then I just sit back and decipher, what they really meant
Cherish these nights, cherish these people
Life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel
And I'm good with that, as long as I'm peaceful
As long as 7 years from now, I'm taking my daughter to preschool
Cherish these days, man do they go quick
Just yesterday, I swear it was o' six
Ten years ago, that's when you proposed
I look down, yes I suppose
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong
Cause I'mma ride I'm with you still the night is young
We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
We wake back up and do it all again
We know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end
When all is said and done, look at what we've become
I just want you to know that I did it for you
I lost my little cousin to a senseless act of violence
His sister said, he wanted to stay with me, but I didn't invite him
Why didn't he ask, or am I just buggin'?
Cause since I got fame, they don't act the same
Even though they know, that I love 'em
Family ties, broken before me, niggas tryna kill him, he ain't even call me
And that's the reflection of me, yes I get it, I get it, it was all me
I pop a pill and remember the look in his eyes, the last day he saw me
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong
Cause I'mma ride I'm with you still the night is young
We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
We wake back up and do it all again
We know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end
When all is said and done, look at what we've become
I just want you to know that I did it for you
Let me make this clear I'm not difficult, I'm just about my business
I'm not into fake industry parties, and fake agendas
Rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me
Even the ones that hurt me the most, I still show forgiveness
I love my mother more than life itself, and that's a fact
I'd give it all, if somehow, I could just rekindle that
She never understands, why I'm so overprotective
The more I work, the more I feel like, somehow they're neglected
I want 'Caiah to go to college, just to say "We did it!"
My child with Aaron, would've been sixteen, any minute
So in some ways I feel like 'Caiah, is the both of them
It's like he's 'Caiah's little angel, looking over him
And I know Jelani will always love me, and I'll always love him
And I'm just his little sister not Nicki Minaj when I'm around him
Yeah we did it, let's leave this imprint
Just finished writing, this is the Pinkprint
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
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“Yo, I had to reinvent, I put the V in vent
I put the heat in vents, man I been competin' since”
I feel like I have to reinvent myself so much between school and all my other hobbies. For example I had to reinvent myself as a student because I started to fall off from my school work from the time I first began college until now. I put the heat in vents by cooling down and being more focused which not only made me a better student but a better person overall.
“Cherish these nights, cherish these people
Life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel
And I'm good with that, as long as I'm peaceful
As long as 7 years from now, I'm taking my daughter to preschool
Cherish these days, man do they go quick”
Love this verse because I don’t take anything for granted, life is too short. At the end of the day I want to be successful but success without family and peacefulness is nothing. That’s why I cherish each day and live each day like it’s my last.
“All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
All things go, all things go”
This is my favorite part of the song because it’s basically saying that all things come to an end and time waits for no one. I always seem to wait around for the right time and for the moment that’s just right but I never know when it will come or if it ever actually will come. Time doesn’t wait for me to figure out when that is, it just goes on with or without me.
“We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
we wake back up and do it all again
we know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end”
Even though this song seems like it’s sad by saying all things will come to an end, I think this bar really relates to me as a person. I wake up every morning knowing that one day I will pass on but I still work hard toward my goals during the given 24 hours of each day. Forget everything else, I’m never going to stop chasing my dreams.
“Let me make this clear I'm not difficult, I'm just about my business
I'm not into fake industry parties, and fake agendas
Rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me”
People always thought I was a mean person just because I’m about my business and I guess that reflects off me as being mean. I never was a people person nor a party animal but I’m always welling to be around people that are close to me. That to me is much better than being at a party surrounded with a bunch of fake friends.
“Even the ones that hurt me the most, I still show forgiveness”
I’m a very forgiving person and I don’t hold grudges.
“I love my mother more than life itself, and that's a fact
I'd give it all, if somehow, I could just rekindle that
She never understands, why I'm so overprotective
The more I work, the more I feel like, somehow they're neglected”
I love my mother so much but our relationship is very rocky. I want to give so much to her and my family that’s why I work so hard to reach my goals but no one understands. I wish I could rekindle out relationship but I know it’s going to take time because right now she just doesn’t see what I’m trying to do for her. I am very over protective about my family which they also see as a bad trait. The fact that I want to be successful makes it hard for me to spend time with family because of the amount of time I spend working toward my future.
Here is a little background information about the artist:
Born on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad Onika Tanja Maraj also known as Nicki Minaj is an American rapper, a singer, and a songwriter. She also is one of the judges a show that many people are familiar with American Idol. This song is from one of many of her albums out, which also happens to be the latest called “The Pinkprint”.
Lyrics:
Yo, I had to reinvent, I put the V in vent
I put the heat in vents, man I been competin' since
I look beyond what people sayin', and I see intent
Then I just sit back and decipher, what they really meant
Cherish these nights, cherish these people
Life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel
And I'm good with that, as long as I'm peaceful
As long as 7 years from now, I'm taking my daughter to preschool
Cherish these days, man do they go quick
Just yesterday, I swear it was o' six
Ten years ago, that's when you proposed
I look down, yes I suppose
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong
Cause I'mma ride I'm with you still the night is young
We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
We wake back up and do it all again
We know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end
When all is said and done, look at what we've become
I just want you to know that I did it for you
I lost my little cousin to a senseless act of violence
His sister said, he wanted to stay with me, but I didn't invite him
Why didn't he ask, or am I just buggin'?
Cause since I got fame, they don't act the same
Even though they know, that I love 'em
Family ties, broken before me, niggas tryna kill him, he ain't even call me
And that's the reflection of me, yes I get it, I get it, it was all me
I pop a pill and remember the look in his eyes, the last day he saw me
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong
Cause I'mma ride I'm with you still the night is young
We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
We wake back up and do it all again
We know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end
When all is said and done, look at what we've become
I just want you to know that I did it for you
Let me make this clear I'm not difficult, I'm just about my business
I'm not into fake industry parties, and fake agendas
Rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me
Even the ones that hurt me the most, I still show forgiveness
I love my mother more than life itself, and that's a fact
I'd give it all, if somehow, I could just rekindle that
She never understands, why I'm so overprotective
The more I work, the more I feel like, somehow they're neglected
I want 'Caiah to go to college, just to say "We did it!"
My child with Aaron, would've been sixteen, any minute
So in some ways I feel like 'Caiah, is the both of them
It's like he's 'Caiah's little angel, looking over him
And I know Jelani will always love me, and I'll always love him
And I'm just his little sister not Nicki Minaj when I'm around him
Yeah we did it, let's leave this imprint
Just finished writing, this is the Pinkprint
All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Yo, I had to reinvent, I put the V in vent
I put the heat in vents, man I been competin' since”
I feel like I have to reinvent myself so much between school and all my other hobbies. For example I had to reinvent myself as a student because I started to fall off from my school work from the time I first began college until now. I put the heat in vents by cooling down and being more focused which not only made me a better student but a better person overall.
“Cherish these nights, cherish these people
Life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel
And I'm good with that, as long as I'm peaceful
As long as 7 years from now, I'm taking my daughter to preschool
Cherish these days, man do they go quick”
Love this verse because I don’t take anything for granted, life is too short. At the end of the day I want to be successful but success without family and peacefulness is nothing. That’s why I cherish each day and live each day like it’s my last.
“All things go, all things go
All things go, all things go
I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone
While we keep waiting for a moment to live for
All things go, all things go”
This is my favorite part of the song because it’s basically saying that all things come to an end and time waits for no one. I always seem to wait around for the right time and for the moment that’s just right but I never know when it will come or if it ever actually will come. Time doesn’t wait for me to figure out when that is, it just goes on with or without me.
“We keep goin', we go, we go, we go
we wake back up and do it all again
we know, we know, say fuck the world, we ridin' 'til the end”
Even though this song seems like it’s sad by saying all things will come to an end, I think this bar really relates to me as a person. I wake up every morning knowing that one day I will pass on but I still work hard toward my goals during the given 24 hours of each day. Forget everything else, I’m never going to stop chasing my dreams.
“Let me make this clear I'm not difficult, I'm just about my business
I'm not into fake industry parties, and fake agendas
Rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me”
People always thought I was a mean person just because I’m about my business and I guess that reflects off me as being mean. I never was a people person nor a party animal but I’m always welling to be around people that are close to me. That to me is much better than being at a party surrounded with a bunch of fake friends.
“Even the ones that hurt me the most, I still show forgiveness”
I’m a very forgiving person and I don’t hold grudges.
“I love my mother more than life itself, and that's a fact
I'd give it all, if somehow, I could just rekindle that
She never understands, why I'm so overprotective
The more I work, the more I feel like, somehow they're neglected”
I love my mother so much but our relationship is very rocky. I want to give so much to her and my family that’s why I work so hard to reach my goals but no one understands. I wish I could rekindle out relationship but I know it’s going to take time because right now she just doesn’t see what I’m trying to do for her. I am very over protective about my family which they also see as a bad trait. The fact that I want to be successful makes it hard for me to spend time with family because of the amount of time I spend working toward my future.