#wattpad
Milky way
Spiral luminous light
Magnificent glorious figure
A centre sun
Hot planet, sun the key so it seems
Draw nearer and see beauty
Cloudy figures, foggy at first
Come closer to the seem void
Rough beautiful accurately shapes
Moving free this void
At a crash with another of kind
Little piece of themselves birth
A redirection to another space in the beauty wired space
Those are asteroid
Blue red green yellow cream
Those are colour of the beauty
Moving in an order pattern in the void
This beauty my mystery
Those are the planets
Quick zoom backwards
I am on top of it all
Well sited right there, the top
Zooming in and out with by will
I love this, Thank you Yeshua.
#TMB #wattpad
Any with #Will #Believe inspite the don't,
Get the #prize the #eyes lays on
Here is my story
Of this path to glory
At first it was just mystery
But it is what it is
An Emblem of Glory
Endure with me
As I tell my story
A sudden presence,
In right word no idea how I got there,
But it didn't matter,
This prize got my eye,
A symbol of everything,
It's beauty and importance, Crucial to me,
Most crucial was it's out of my reach,
That I couldn't forgive nor live with,
Above the stars thick darkness lies,
Legs stuck hands mocked breathe hardened,
All left is Will, an intent to do,
It's isn't lone as things were around,
Will that all is left,
Desire it or rather not?
Seems like a choice a child's dream,
Truth is that all that can be done,
Eyes still set on this prize,
Focusing Straining Harder and harder,
Just for a good peak at least,
This marvel, that all I could think,
Eyes surely on the prize,
Finally, it drew near or I drew close,
I couldn't say, All that matter was the prize,
More and more in view,
Tongue salivating for this more in view,
A cloud, A cloud river, A misty water
Light in mist of all darkness,
Hope for the hopeless,
A river round this light,
Life for the dieing and dead,
Any with Will, Believe in spite the don't,
Get the prize the eyes lays on,
Emblem is hope, believe, it's real desire,
It's choice of personal supernatural
#TMB #Tedashii ft #TripLee #Lecrae
I got a #power #living in me that'll #never #settle
[Verse 1 - Tedashii:]
You don't know what I been through
Lost it all and my rent's due
Trouble, when it rains it floods
In my pain no it ain't all good
No but I tell them this
I'm a witness
That everything is made new
So tell em' dawg I ain't through
Feels like feels like this life just became a fight
Yeah I'm in it they know it
I know pressures on me
Yeah there's pressure on me
But tell em who ain't crack homie
[Hook - Trip Lee:]
I can't do, there ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
I can't do, there ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
Look it ain't nothin' I can't do
[Verse 2 - Tedashii:]
OK life, for most, we know that this is not paradise
But we swear it's tight when she wear it right
I feel the heat it's Miami Vice
It's the rest in me to get the rest of me
You start burnin for that but ain't no turning me back
That's pressing me and they testing to me
To see me fail and give me Hell so I'd be burnin in that
Yeah right, life is an island which means we trapped in that
But we cool cause the view so nice and lax
And like we don't feel the pain cause' of laughing gas
But one blast of that and you forget that this pain is real
Yeah but no matter how good that feel
Man this pain is a thing that kill
Man I heard that so I swerve back
Curve that so let me curve back
Every time I feel that urge back
We crossing paths where we merge at
It drives we crazy but lately
Man I feel like I can make it
Cause' last year I couldn't take it
And His strength man I can say this
[Hook - Trip Lee:]
I can't do, there ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
I can't do, there ain't nothin' I can't do
There ain't nothin' I can't do
Look it ain't nothin' I can't do
[Bridge - Trip Lee:]
Might walk on water
I won't lose a step
Got-gotta go hard
But I ain't gotta do it myself
I can't do, there ain't nothin' I can't do
Feelin like I can't lose
There ain't nothin' I can't do
[Verse 3 - Lecrae:]
Hold up
What you say all that fame done gone to my head
Like that same power that save me
Can't raise me from the dead
They get me reading thinking bout keeping peace
While I'm raging war on myself
I feeling myself then I'm killing myself
I'm sipping on blood and I'm chewing on flesh
Just chill out we don't want to hear that mess
All that won't do that I can't do this
Pain, death, hurt, hate we done been through this
And I'm sure there's plenty more that I ain't been through yet
But I don't care though, bring on the heavy metal
I got a power living in me that'll never settle
Never leave nor for sake I'm a bleed never break
I'm a die come back with the keys to the safe
Gotta peek sitting deep for the things that I face
Can't erase God's ink wait clean with the paint
And I'm stained in it when the pain hit me
I would stain anything that you bring to me
They love to tell me what I can't do faithfully
They love to tell me what I can't do faithfully
They love to tell me what I can't do faithfully
I'm coming back from the dead what you saying to me
I can't do
#TMB #ReachRecords #triplee ft. #Dimitri #Mcdowell & #LeahSmith
The #crown of #thorns declares you’re #King
A #scarletrobe can’t cloak your #majesty
[Hook - Dimitri McDowell:]
I feel thorns where my crown was
I’ll be weak but I’m alive
From the dust until dawn yeah
I’ll survive cause I got
Sweet Victory
Nobody can take it from me
Sweet victory
Cause I got, sweet victory yeah
[Verse 1:]
You see me limping , I know you see me limping
You can’t tell on these CDs, but bro I’m knee deep in it
I’m wading in my weakness, he made me dependent
I’d be lying through my teeth to say I don’t resent it
Even as I write these lines I’m close to tears
My body ain’t been working right for seven years
So miss me with that “keep your chin up try to smile”
Bruh I’m twenty-six, I should feel better by a mile
Keep all your anecdotes and cute quotes
I’ll pass on clichés for true hopes, he’s too dope
[Hook]
[Bridge - Trip Lee & Dimitri McDowell:]
Toast to the King, cheers to the ceiling
Feeling good we gon’ to make it to the finish
Sweet victory
You hear me, holla if you feel me
We still running even though we limping
Sweet victory
Cause we winning, yeah you know we winning
Even though we winded we still in it
Sweet victory
Cause we winning, yeah you know we winning, now we live in
Sweet victory
[Verse 2:]
They see me on the stage, they like “that boy the man”
They hit play on them songs, they clapping in them stands
They like, “I bet you got a lot of them stacks in rubber bands”
So when I say its been a hard few years they think I’m playing
But you don’t know my life boy, you don’t know my life boy
You don’t know what its been like on my wife
Don’t know my fight boy
Been in them trenches steady trying to fight my foes
And when I couldn’t fight no more He brought me low low
He brought me low, I know I can’t bear that load
[Hook]
[Bridge]
[Verse 3:]
They like “I hear you talking wins but I see your losses”
“You celebrating crowns but I see your crosses”
Thats the paradox that don’t fit in your merry box
You might not understand ‘till you walk in this pair of socks
The victor ain’t the one thats winning seventh inning
Trophies don’t go to the ones that got a good beginning
When I say I win I don’t mean this day I’m in
I mean that day when the grey skies fade out then
I’m winning ‘cause I reign with him
[Outro - Leah Smith:]
The crown of thorns declares you’re King
A scarlet robe can’t cloak your majesty
Yeah they nailed your hands, you nailed our death
From the cross you reigned
Your kingdom knows no end
Oh Jesus, you won it all
Oh Jesus, victorious [x2]
Oh Jesus
#TMB #HillsongUnited
What #heaven holds
No #eye has #seen #heard #conceive
This is #love
to #heal #thebroken
Bleeding #life into the #grave
We are worlds, we are bodies
Empires of dirt and grace
Silhouettes and reflections
Caught in His holy flame
Beneath our skin
A new creation
The night is done
Our chains are broken
The time has come
The wait is over
The King is here
And His Name is Jesus
This is love
Bending skies to heal the broken
This is love
Bleeding life into the grave
Hear the sound
As our hearts cry out forever
Singing hallelujah
Breathing in a brand new world
We are shadows and portraits
Empires of light and clay
Images of our Maker
Sinners called out as saints
Beneath our skin
A new creation
The night is done
Our chains are broken
The time has come
The wait is over
The King is here
And His Name is Jesus
This is love
Bending skies to heal the broken
This is love
Bleeding life into the grave
Hear the sound
As our hearts cry out forever
Singing hallelujah
Breathing in a brand new world
No eye has seen
No ear has heard
No mind conceive
What heaven holds
But here and now
Let earth be found
With all our crowns
Upon Your Name
No eye has seen
No ear has heard
No mind conceive
What heaven holds
But here and now
Let earth be found
With all our crowns
Upon Your Name
#TMB #reachrecods #triplee ft #AndyMineo
I’m trying to #fight for #thecause
[Intro:]
(Can I begin? Yes)
Gawvi, get ‘em
[Verse 1 - Trip Lee:]
Hey Mineo, let’s go (yeah)
I’m going in today
This my only shot
My life could end today
Yeah my heart stop
If I go out tonight I’m going out on top
I give it all this life ain’t all I got
Yessir now wait a minute bruh
I see y’all rocking with your hands high
Waiting for that beat to take off, 808’s on standby
When I’m breathing bangers I say statements that I stand by
The ground gon shake when that beat drop, landslide
Please let me off my leash
I feel it, I feel it, I’m feeling too good
Like I’m a beast
Like a gorilla who’s real in the hood
So I’m going on and on
I’ll be resting when I’m gone
Rise and grind is what I’m on
Bruh that’s why I wrote the song
Tonight I’m going off like
My life span just lasts all night
If I don’t wake up in the morning, bruh I’m gon be alright
Throw caution to the wind
Let go we bout to go in
No slowing down, we gon win
No slowing down, we know him
Brag
[Pre-hook:]
Tonight I’ll risk it all to follow
And live like my life’s over tomorrow
We love it
We go hard all week
’Til it’s over ain’t no sleep cause we getting it getting it getting it
[Hook:]
Insomniac
We be getting it getting it
[x5]
[Bridge - Trip Lee:]
Throw caution to the wind
Let go we bout to go in
No slowing down we gon’ win
No slowing down we gon’ win
Throw caution to the wind
Let go we bout to go in
No slowing down we gon’ win
No slowing down we know him
[Verse 2 - Andy Mineo:]
Okay okay okay I get it
What’s the point of playing the game if you don’t win it
I ain’t never spit a sweet sixteen
I call that a gift so you know I gotta bring it
Y’all live like minutes is infinite
If time isn’t money then why you tripping to spend it
Finally found a girl that ain’t in her phone all the time so you know I had to ring it
Oh my oh god
That ain’t common no girl that’s impressive
I’m trying to fight for the cause
Y’all wanna fight in my comment section
I don’t get it dawg, like dead beat dads I don’t get involved
They said I’d never be nothing but I think I still turned out awesome
I ain’t into talking I just get it done
They wanna get a job or wanna get a gun?
They want to get a blunt and get burnt out like me in the sun
Wow, I think they on to us
Don’t sleep mow that’s insomnia
Y’all worried bout when them Jordans drop
But you ain’t worried bout what your body does?
Dang
#TMB #reachRecords #triplee ft #JPaul
Everytime I #fall He go'n pick me up
Remind me of His #promises in Him I put my #trust
I don't really want it but it's calling my name
"William you come and get me I can take away the pain
Come a little closer you got everything to gain"
But I got to much to lose I'm bout to go insane
I been here too many times got my head low
If I gave a dime for every time I'd be dead broke
I feel that battle in my soul the pressure closing in
My passions asking for a pass and I can't hold it in
There I go again no self control again I'm too good at giving in
Feeling like throwing in the towel the guilt is closing in
Sometimes I climb the heights but I'm at my lowest sin
Cloaked in deception and overdosing on potent sin
I'm so gone baby wanna be home again
Wanna feel whole again come fill this hole again
Now I'm doubled over with my face in my knees
At your side is where I wanna be
But there I go again I'm falling
Face to the pavement
Once again faced with the same sin
(There I go again I'm falling)
I don't think I'm a make it
Don't know how much longer I can take it
(There I go again I'm falling)
So I'm caught up in this sin
I wonder if I see Your face again
(There I go again I'm falling)
Falling [x3]
There I go
Trying to keep it cool I don't wanna lead em playing
But it's hard to block out everything that she be said
Look like keep coming baby just reach out an take my hand
There's no need to fear me all I wanna do is dance
I believe the lie now I'm headed for a door
They have finally got me locked and I'm bout to be the song
Feeling like I'm watched by everybody in the room
Cause they know I'm a fake and if not they will soon
Have you ever felt like the walls finna close in
Shackles on your hands and your feet and your dozing
Sleep til the logic you possessed before all of the mess
Sound so be headed mess with the rest what's left Is a schizophrenic shell where a man once was
Now you get to see the damage your lust does
So now I'm doubled over with my face in my knees
At your side is where I wanna be
But there I go again I'm falling
Face to the pavement
Once again faced with the same sin
(There I go again I'm falling)
I don't think I'm a make it
Don't know how much longer I can take it
(There I go again I'm falling)
So I I'm caught up in this sin
I wonder if I see Your face again
(There I go again I'm falling)
Falling [x3]
There I go
Everytime I fall He go'n pick me up The Lord is my shepherd homie He go'n pick me up
I fell into the trap again but He go'n pick me up
Remind me of His promises in Him I put my trust
I don't never have to give in to the lies
I'm feasting on His word all my sin I do despise
So now I'm down before His throne praying on my knees
Asking Lord give me grace please
I don't wanna be falling
So I gotta face this but I know there's nothing that He can't fix
(I don't wanna be falling)
Looking to the cross where they placed Him
Cause I know His grace is amazing
(I don't wanna be falling)
He's covered all my sin
It's gone never to be seen again
So Your calling
Calling [x3]
Me to You
#TMB #ReachRecords #lecrea #Anomaly
I failed at being you, but I'm #winning at being me
I'm winning at being #free, ain't no #competition but me
[Hook:]
I won't stay here another night
If I gotta sacrifice
Who I am on the inside
I'd rather be an outsider
And you can stay if you'd like
I'll see you on the other side
I wanna live the free life
I'd rather be an outsider [5x]
[Verse 1 - Lecrae:]
Yeah
Outsiders
I really can't tell if I'm over-dressed or I'm under-dressed
If I'm under-paid, or just over-stressed
If I'm cynical, or just over this
Cause I'm tired of trying to get over them
Man, it's over then, party's over
You probably couldn't tell that we over here, because you hardly sober
Double shots in that ego
They laughing at us, yeah, we know
Maybe at the bottom, but we not forgotten
The directors plotting that sequel
Till' then we live on the outside
And it might storm and we might die
But, I'd rather go where my fist high
Standing outside of your inside
I tried my best to fit in
Looking for a suit to fit in
Standing outside of your prison
Trying to find ways I could get in
Now I realize that I'm free
And I realize that I'm me
And I found out that I'm not alone cause' there's plenty people like me
That's right there's plenty people like me
All love me, despite me
And all unashamed and all unafraid to speak out for what we might see
I said there's plenty people like me
All outsiders like me
And all unashamed and all unafraid to live out what they supposed to be
[Hook]
[Verse 2 - Lecrae:]
Uh
I know what they asking for, I know what they asking for
But, how you gonna come and charge me, my life is sold, and then turn around and ask for more
Time to go, plus the line is long
I'ma color the outside, but lines a drone
If you wanna exclude me, for being the true me
It's Gucci, I already found my home
Homesick
Homeless, if I'm on this
Cause' my home is somewhere I ain't never been before
I'ma own this here gift, even if it doesn't fit in the box that'll bleed these folks
Some of ya'll don't need these quotes
I ain't tryna' eat, I'm tryna' feed these folks
Martin, Mandela, yeah, we need these folks
We believe these folks
We can be these folks
Yeah
But they want me to take an L
Tired of taking losses, so they can call me a failure
I failed at being you, but I'm winning at being me
I'm winning at being free, ain't no competition but me
See I realize that I'm free
And I realize that I'm me
And I found out that I'm not alone, and there's plenty of people like me
I said there's plenty of people like me
All outsiders like me
All unashamed and all unafraid to live out what they supposed to be
Outsiders!
[Outro:]
You spend your time
So many lives
Turn on the lights
Open your eye
We'll be running through the night
It's brighter on the other side
Somethings bigger than You and I
Brighter on the other side [5x]
#TMB #ReachRecords #AndyMineo
I think I got too #comfortable
Nobody told me you could die like this
Nobody told me you could die from bliss, yeah
Nobody told me, nobody told me
We never ever saw it comin', no, no
Live it up, live it up
Nobody ever told us we could die like this
Live it up, live it up
Nobody ever told us, we never saw it comin', no
Live it up, live it up
Nobody ever told us we could die like this
Live it up, live it up
Corrupted by the comfort we (love, love)
God prepare me for the war
Comfort be the thing that'll make a king fall
Eyes on the Lord, gotta grip that blade of the sword
Tell me how you plan on gettin' swole if you don't ever get sore (hold up)
They say, "Andy, this ain't music for your core"
If they jumpin' ship now, they was never on board
I got enemies, man they wanna see me on the floor
I got frenemies, couldn't even tell you who they are
If you're not driven by the mission, you'll be driven by the cars
Focused on what you been gettin' more than becomin' who you are
I tried to point 'em to the Son, but why they callin' me a star?
Who woulda thought we set they minds free with these bars?
In this game, in this biz
Want the fame, want get rich
Comfort, everybody wantin' it
Never knew I could be lost in this
This my sophomore, gotta go hard
When the show over, no encore
I got enough but I want more, want more!
Nobody told me you die like this
Nobody told me you could die from bliss, yeah
Nobody told me, nobody told me
We never ever saw it comin'
My own people owned people, but they don't own that
They say racism dead, man our president is black
Two terms in the White House, that don't mean jack
If we still believe our present ain't affected by our past
First class with a coach bag, I forgot
When you start eatin' you lose your hunger then grow fat
I apologize for Christians with pickets sayin', "God hates fags"
I promise Jesus wouldn't act like that
He said it's hard for a rich man to get to heaven
When we feel like we don't need God, then we forget Him
We tell 'em that, "If you don't make me money or make me happy
Then I ain't makin' time for ya', so make it snappy"
And I think lately you mistake me for a cabby
Cause this drive that I got put everybody in the backseat
So if you wanna live a comfortable life
Make sure you never love nobody, be selfish and never sacrifice
We got legal weed that'll keep us high
'Round the world other people die
Where on earth is my wi-fi?
Our stomachs full and our pockets fat
I need love, there's a site for that
I had more when I had less
I think I got too comfortable, yeah
I think I got too comfortable
I think I got too comfortable, yeah
I think I got, I know I got
I think I got too comfortable
I know I got, I think I got
I know I got, a little too comfortable
'Scuse me, sorry. Uh, sorry. 'Scuse me, comin' through. Sorry, 'scuse me. No, it's cool
The next stop is...
Uptown!
Credit: Reach Records @youtube.com
#TMB #AmaLartey #Ghana #tedtalk #TEDxAccra #ReachForChange #Ethopia
The new wave of #business, #reinventing business in a way drives #socialvalue but also create a #financial retain.
Introduction
Problems are complex they arrive out of long history.
Problem sometimes feels like a fixed wall.
There are people who insist that problem needs to be solved and solved now.
Their approach is a way that sustainable merges business principles with social passion. They are called Social entrepreneurs.
Highlight of Some social Entrepreneur
Tesfadesh
She leaves in Adis ababa, she is bothered with young mothers on the street.
Her idea is a sustainable business to
1. Create a local food product factory using an ingredient that will make the price of injera(a food), the food cheaper than market price.
2. Vocational skills training
She trained the street mother how make the food in a better quality and pay them to be able to:
1. Take care o themselves
2. Have their children to school
3. Rent an apartment
4. Transform their lives
Hearnest
His sister died because of no blood donor.
His idea is to use his application for blood donors to register and capture the blood donors information like blood type.
Information Captured is to:
1. Engage them on health issues
2. To send targeted message to them when someone of their blood type needs blood.
His hope is to transform health care and blood delivery System.
Naomi
She spent many years in the hospital and her idea is to create schools in the hospital for children like her.
James
He was trafficked as a child and his idea is to rescue children from trafficking and integrate them into the society.
Why are Social Entrepreneur Successful
1. They have a deep knowledge about the problem
2. Their solutions were from the deep knowledge of those problems.
Lessons
1. Local Entrepreneur are needed
2. Funding is important
3. Build a team that's is as passionate as you are.
4. Have sustainable revenue stream not dependent on donors.
Don't join the critics be part of the solution no just for financial retain but to solve social problems.
#TMB #CameronRussell at #TEDxMidAtlantic #2012
Looks aren't everything. #Believe me, I'm a #model
Acknowledge the #power of #image in our perceived #successes and our perceived #failures.
0:11
Hi. My name is Cameron Russell, and for the last little while, I've been a model. Actually, for 10 years. And I feel like there's an uncomfortable tension in the room right now because I should not have worn this dress.
0:31
(Laughter)
0:32
So luckily, I brought an outfit change. This is the first outfit change on the TED stage, so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think. If some of the women were really horrified when I came out, you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.
0:48
(Laughter)
0:53
I'd also note that I'm quite privileged to be able to transform what you think of me in a very brief 10 seconds. Not everybody gets to do that. These heels are very uncomfortable, so good thing I wasn't going to wear them. The worst part is putting this sweater over my head, because that's when you'll all laugh at me, so don't do anything while it's over my head. All right.
1:21
So, why did I do that? That was awkward.
1:25
(Laughter)
1:27
Well --
1:29
(Laughter)
1:31
Hopefully not as awkward as that picture. Image is powerful, but also, image is superficial. I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer was telling me to arch my back and put my hand in that guy's hair. And of course, barring surgery, or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work, there's very little that we can do to transform how we look, and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable, has a huge impact on our lives.
2:19
So today, for me, being fearless means being honest. And I am on this stage because I am a model. I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman, and in my industry, we call that a sexy girl. I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me, but with an honest twist.
2:37
So the first question is, how do you become a model? I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but that means nothing. The real way that I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy, and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy. Well, for the past few centuries we have defined beauty not just as health and youth and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire, but also as tall, slender figures, and femininity and white skin. And this is a legacy that was built for me, and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on. And I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like, "Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen." And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
3:27
(Laughter)
3:29
But unfortunately, I have to inform you that in 2007, a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.
3:46
The next question people always ask is, "Can I be a model when I grow up?" And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that." But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is, "Why? You know? You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States, or the inventor of the next Internet, or a ninja cardiothoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."
4:08
(Laughter)
4:11
If, after this amazing list, they still are like, "No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model," well, then I say, "Be my boss." Because I'm not in charge of anything, and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel. Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's out of your control, and it's awesome, and it's not a career path.
4:35
I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge, because unlike cardiothoracic surgeons, it can just be distilled right now. So, if the photographer is right there, the light is right there, like a nice HMI, and the client says, "We want a walking shot," this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward, the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth, just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends, 300, 400, 500 times.
5:02
(Laughter)
5:04
It will look something like this.
5:06
(Laughter)
5:08
Hopefully less awkward than that one in the middle. That was -- I don't know what happened there.
5:13
Unfortunately, after you've gone to school, and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs, you can't say anything anymore, so if you say you want to be the President of the United States, but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years," people give you a funny look.
5:26
The next question is, "Do they retouch all the photos?" And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos, but that is only a small component of what's happening. This picture is the very first picture that I ever took, and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini, and I didn't even have my period yet. I know we're getting personal, but I was a young girl. This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier. Here's me on the same day as this shoot. My friend got to come. Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue. Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine. And here's me today. And I hope what you're seeing is that these pictures are not pictures of me. They are constructions, and they are constructions by a group of professionals, by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production, and they build this. That's not me.
6:20
Okay, so the next question people always ask me is, "Do you get free stuff?"
6:24
(Laughter)
6:25
I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear, except for earlier, but the free stuff that I get is the free stuff that I get in real life, and that's what we don't like to talk about.
6:35
I grew up in Cambridge, and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money and they gave me the dress for free. When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course, we got pulled over, and all it took was a "Sorry, officer," and we were on our way. And I got these free things because of how I look, not who I am, and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are.
7:01
I live in New York, and last year, of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked, 86% of them were black and Latino, and most of them were young men. And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York, so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?" but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?" When I was researching this talk, I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States, 53% don't like their bodies, and that number goes to 78% by the time that they're 17.
7:32
So, the last question people ask me is, "What is it like to be a model?" And I think the answer that they're looking for is, "If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair, you will be so happy and fabulous." And when we're backstage, we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that. We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people." And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story, because the thing that we never say on camera, that I have never said on camera, is, "I am insecure." And I'm insecure because I have to think about what I look like every day. And if you ever are wondering, "If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?" you just need to meet a group of models, because they have the thinnest thighs, the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes, and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.
8:27
When I was writing this talk, I found it very difficult to strike an honest balance, because on the one hand, I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say, "Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor," and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with, "and it doesn't always make me happy." But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy of gender and racial oppression when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.
8:54
But I'm also happy and honored to be up here and I think that it's great that I got to come before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career, because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job, or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college, which seems so important right now.
9:13
If there's a takeaway to this talk, I hope it's that we all feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in our perceived successes and our perceived failures.
#TMB #ReachRecords #KB
What is this #love and #mercy, #grace, #forgiveness?
We'll be in #eternity still countin' our #riches
[Intro]
Silver and gold, silver and gold
[Verse 1]
Last year man I made more money than I ever made in my life
Granted, it wasn't really that much cause we never had much
Just enough was enough for the gas
Jump in the truck, take a ride
And I went a bought a crib for my bride
It was a crib without a baby in it
Me and KB-J in the backyard when I get back
Then we back to the back car, when I’m back to the start
Hold up, I remember
That empty fridge apartment with no power in it
Still to God we will turn, power steering
Your money’s too cheap to fund my joy
We had that work you can’t employ
I roll in
[Pre-Hook]
We had that work you can’t employ
We roll in
We had that work
Boy we got treasure, we’ll be rich forever
Look they can have it all
Let that money fall
But when it’s all said and done
We’ll still be countin'
We’ll still be countin'
We rollin' in it
[Hook]
Roll in, roll in
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin' in it
But still we can't
We rollin' in it
[Verse 2: KB]
I know a girl down on Wall Street, climbin' to the top
She said Christ came and broke her
You know he a beast with the stocks
When you still makin' knots and you’re not gonna flaunt
How they not gonna not?
But she don’t care about what they’re about, she coulda got a yacht
But she stay givin' her money to the mission on the block
Now that’s amazing
Gave His life so we gave up ours, daylight savings (silver and gold)
It’s good so we tried to make it
But since our treasure’s in heaven we cheerfully gave it
No envy, that’s Vegas
Content G, with our savings
We got everything in our Savior
And that New Earth is waiting
We just chillin' raisin' our babies
Tryna win the city, Chicago
Better get what I'm on
You are not what you bring home
Be rich in good works cause that’s what you bring home
In the face of heaven’s gates
Mr. Gate's estates debase and break the paper plates
I'm down, tell ya 'bout this
'Til we got a bigger house but the same sized coffin
People at the top feelin' like they at the bottom
And that’s probably why the rich are more likely suicidal
Silver and gold’s too low for the soul
They want a Jesus piece when he died for the whole
What is this love and mercy, grace, forgiveness?
We'll be in eternity still countin' our riches
[Pre-Hook]
We had that work you can’t employ
We roll in
We had that work
Boy we got treasure, we’ll be rich forever
Look they can have it all
Let that money fall
But when it’s all said and done
We’ll still be countin'
We’ll still be countin'
We rollin' in it
[Hook]
Roll in, roll in
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin' in it
But still we can't
We rollin' in it
#TMB #MattRedman #faithful #Grace
#Never once did we ever #walkAlone
#Neveronce did You #leave us on our own
Verse 1
G
Standing on this mountaintop
D
Looking just how far we've come
Em
Knowing that for every step
C
You were with us
Verse 2
G
Kneeling on this battle ground
D
Seeing just how much You've done
Em
Knowing every victory
Is
C
Your power in us
Pre-Chorus
C
Scars and struggles on the way
D
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our
G
hearts can
C
say
Chorus 1
G
Never once did we ever walk alone
Em
Never once did You leave us on our own
C
You are
G
faithful,
Em
God, You are
D
faithful
Repeat Verse 2
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus 1
Bridge
C
Scars and struggles on the way
D
But with joy our hearts can say
Em
Never once did D we ever walk alone
C
Carried by Your constant grace
D
Held within Your perfect peace
Em
Never once, no, we never
D/F#
walk alone
Ending Chorus
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
G
Every step we are breathing in Your grace
Em
Evermore we'll be breathing out Your praise
C
You are
G
faithful,
Em
God, You are
D
faithful
C
You are
G
faithful, God,
Em
You are
D
faithful
