What I learned in 08

. HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20!!2. Sometimes the grass isn't always greener on the other side; what you want isn't always what you get.3. Love is one of those inexplainable forces; you cannot disguise love for long where it exists or stimulate it where it does NOT!!4. You must learn to ACCEPT the things that you cannot change; there is no point to get upset or stress out about things that are beyond your control.5. Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.6. TRUE LOVE is being able to love someone UNCONDITIONALLY and being able to get through ANY and EVERYTHING, the good and the BAD!! You must take them as they are and fully accept them, FLAWS AND ALL!!7. Once again, (Ladies) TRUST your female intuition! Nine times out of ten, you are RIGHT!! 8. Love can find you in the most unexpected place at the MOST UNEXPECTED TIME!!9. Drowning yourself in alcohol only serves as a temporary relief to your problems! Don't try to change yourself for a relationship that is NOT meant to be!!10. Gossip ALWAYS causes unnecessary DRAMA!! "He Say/She Say" is for children; we are ADULTS, therefore we should GROW UP and act like it!11. There is NO POINT to feud with or have hatred in your heart for the "other woman/other man" because one: its STUPID and two: your anger should NOT be centered at each other because you are NOT the ROOT of the problem; your "lover" is indeed the ROOT, so be angry with him or her!12. Facebook is the devil in disguise!! 13. If you have something to say, then send a personal message; do not be a punk and write it in someone's HONESTY BOX!! (That is super WHACK!!)14. Trust is very easy to lose and so hard to gain!15. The sun WILL indeed shine again after the storm, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, etc. (You get the picture!)16. You must ALWAYS have a PLAN! Even a plan B!! And maybe even and plan C and D!!17. Loving someone and being IN LOVE with someone are two different things; do not confuse the two!18. We are well aware that by a certain age, we ALL have "baggage" but you should never bring "baggage" into a new relationship; you should cut off any old "ties" before bringing someone new in the picture because it can lead to many problems!19. If a man wants you, NOTHING can keep him away; if he doesn't want you, NOTHING can make him stay!!20. EVERYONE has some sort of insecurity! (Big or small)21. Sometimes its not about what you know but definitely about WHO you know!!22. You cannot change a man's behavior; change comes from within. The only person you can control in a relationship is YOU!!23. You should always know when to WALK AWAY!! There are only so many chances you can give someone and in the end, you'll find that it wasn't worth the time, energy or stress!! Don't stay because you think "it will get better"; you'll be mad at YOURSELF for staying when things are NOT better!24. You really learn something new about yourself on the daily basis; we are all very simple yet so complex in our own ways. 25. You will NOT please everyone!! And there is NO point in trying to!! 26. EVERYONE (even the sweetest person in the world) has a "selfish" side to their personality! 27. If GOD brings you to it, he will INDEED get you through it!!! EVERYTHING he puts us through is a test!! 28. And just like last year, EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE REALLY DOES HAPPEN FOR A REASON!!!Life is full of many experiences and with EVERY experience, there is ALWAYS A LESSON LEARNED!! (Big or small)

KANYE'S SAMPLE GAME IS CRAZY

Now i knew Kanye did a lot of sampling but I never realzed he did THAT MUCH sampling. Can Kanye really be the best producer with all the samples. I love Kanye and he is definetly top 5 on my list as rapper and as a producer but can he ever be the greatest of all time?? Also I knew I liked old school but I didn't know I liked it THAT MUCH! LOL...Kanye's sample game is crazy and he is in my eyes a musical genius to be able to pull of the songs that he does.

I USED TO LOVE

This a poem i wrote a while ago about my life and some things that were happening in it. Its deep and kind of personal. It has to do alot about the loves ive seen, had and lost. Only a few people that I can count on one hand has ever seen or heard this poem, but i am completely comfortable with it now, so here it is, tell me what you think...


I used to love my mom but she was lovin the drugs
She aint show no love, left when I was 7 months
I used to love my dad but he loved doin robberies
He been locked up my whole life, he aint never get to ride with me
I love my brother but he hated bein bummy
Now he locked up again because of the love of the money
I love my sister but she was lovin the bitches
loved runnin around with the chickens that loved to hit her
I loved my girl, loved her with my whole heart
Where did things go wrong? now I love with no heart
I try to love with my mind but love is on my mind
Love can keep u smilin
and love can keep u cryin
Love can calm u down or love can have u wild'n
I used to love my life but life turned into a bitch
Every month it cramps up, it reminds me of a chick
I love my niggas but they love pullin triggers
Every week they call me talkin bout somethin different
When it comes to Ron, you love to talk shit about em
But I dont give a fuck at least you aint forget about em
I love my friends that were always by my side
Thats why its so hard for you to take them from my side
I love who I am cause I came a long way
But its easy to turn and start to go the wrong way
I love myself but I got a lot of problems
But what I love about me is that I'll always try to solve em
I loved so many things that didnt love me back
but love is too strong, I cant tell it not to come back
When it comes to love its better to have, had and lost
rather than not havin at all
I had love, it told me start fallin back
So Imma wait by the phone until love calls me back.

~RONALD $TEPHEN$