May 2013
immigrant
miguu:
you broke the ocean in half to be here only to meet nothing that wants you.
spring1999:
i need a coffee table book with just rihanna street style
Erykah Badu Interviews Kendrick Lamar
BADU: How do you choose chicks from backstage?
LAMAR: How do I choose chicks from backstage?
BADU: Yeah, what is the protocol?
LAMAR: I try not to. [laughs] I’m too scared. Anybody who knows me knows that I’m probably the most scared person when it comes to that because I’m so caught up in the act of sex, of something going crazy, going out of my control. I’m too paranoid.
BADU: [laughs] So you just pass?
LAMAR: I’ve got to because I’ve seen a situation where it got totally out of hand, where something seemed so innocent, and now this person has got allegations on them. It spooked me. This was before my career really started, though—before any “Kendrick Lamar.” And that right there? It changed my whole perception about certain things. I’ll always keep that in the back of my head.
BADU: So who is your asshole-checker?
LAMAR: Who is my what?
BADU: Your asshole-checker—the person in your crew or your family who let’s you know if you’re being a asshole.
LAMAR: I have two, actually. [both laugh] But the main one is a friend of mine—a lady friend who has known me since high school. She has always been someone, since day one, who has said something whenever I’m an asshole, or also if I’m doin’ something positive—but more so when I’m out of my element.
BADU: What’s your favorite cereal?
LAMAR: Fruity Pebbles. When people ask for my rider, they think I’m crazy: Fruity Pebbles, baked chicken, bottle of Hennessy, and some Polo socks.
BADU: What do you, as a man, envy about what it means to be a woman?
LAMAR: There’s just a certain knowledge instilled in a woman. There are these things that women have that men just can’t grasp: the understanding of love; the understanding of being; having a certain type of care in your heart and knowing when to be compassionate; knowing how to be a confidante…
BADU: That’s a good perspective. Something I envy that men have is that ability to grow a goatee. I think that’d be really hot on me.
“Finding you was like coming home.”
– 6-Word Story #81 (via fawun)
what an incredibly sweet thing to hear from someone…. So darling.
(via biscodeja-vu)
It’s official. I will be spending two weeks in Alaska, 3 days in Chicago, 3 weeks in Germany and 4 days in Paris. I feel blessed to have such wonderful friends who help me experience all this.
14 Annoying Things Native Americans Hear From... →
getallthedegrees:
I think that the tumblr Indigenous community would appreciate this.
On the real, because of my freckles, lighter skin and hazel eyes, most people don’t think I am native. But once they find out, the questions are endless. Yes, I live on the rez, kids, yes I do have an Indian name, and no I don’t smoke peyote.
Cecelia Marie: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Part one →
reinadeariza:
Beauty bathed in her hair
her sexual appeal washed over
her body
her wisdom was deeper
her tongue spoke for two cultures
her mothers tongue
and her oppressors voice
her ability to love had no boundaries,
to love him, them,
despite their cruelty
despite their difference
…
“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and...”
– Pearl Cleage (via commovente)
April 2013
“Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs,...”
– John Fugelsang (via pregnat420)
i tried to write about your eyes but i ran out of cliches i tried to say you plainly but there wasn’t enough truth whoever invented this language didn’t anticipate you
“I talk to you
in very much the same way
I try to drink my coffee
before it...”
– — (via atols)
growlithed:
have you ever heard a cute boy giggle its literally life changing
selenium-:
why do girls look hot in over sized sweaters and sloppy buns but when i try it i look like i just finished a drug deal
“She was the kind of girl God gives you young, so you’ll know loss for the rest...”
– Junot Diaz (via amenxx)
“They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [The Little Prince] (via jazzylittledrops)
“All women speak two languages: the language of men and the language of silent...”
– “The Marvelous Women” by Mohja Kahf (via fala7idreams)
“When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking...”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via yasodhara)
exhales.: 15/30: an observation →
wadeinwords:
what’s love?
is it a series of resignations?
like i guess this is happening,
i guess this will last,
i guess i was wrong.
we’re fighting—
i wonder why i’m here.
i guess i love you—
right, that’s what this is,
being pulled by a tide
til my pride
has melted in the sand.
…
“careful of those who admire you deeply, think you’re brilliant but resent your...”
– warsan shire (via lotus-eyes)
wadeinwords:
current mood: severely uninterested
if i were more talented this would be a jazz song
