The past, present, and hope for the future...

...live in the lyrics. Music rules me...I can't control what it does to me. Don't want to. I feel safe and free within the it. It never lets me down, and during my best and worst...always knows just what to say.

25 of my favorite quotes(no specific order)...they all make me feel tingly..so that's enough for them to get a spot on the list. Whether I feel the message, or just think it was a clever play on words...good enough. A few of these are in my favorite songs' list, but I guess the two may go hand in hand at times.

Disclaimer: I know many of my are slow jams/love songs...I'm not depressed...just an R&B chick. It's my genre..it gets me and speaks for me, often. Actually, screw the disclaimer...I can feel what I want.

1. "You're ruling the way that I move/and I breathe your air/you, only, can rescue me/this is my prayer" - Sade, Cherish the Day

2. "I think the angels are your brothers/they told you about me/said you're just what she needs/and I find myself thanking your mother/for giving birth to a saint/my spirit flys when I say your name" - Amel Larrieux, Make Me Whole

3. "I sell ice in the winter/ I sell fire in hell/I'm a hustler, baby/I'll sell water to whale"
-Jay-Z, U Don't Know

4. "You should be mine/anything you want..you've got/you fortify my love/you fortify me"
- Jeffrey Osborne, You Should Be Mine

5. "You taught me precious secrets/of a true love/you're holding nothing/you came out in front, when I was hiding/now I'm so much better/and if my words don't come together/listen to the melody/because my love is in there hiding" - Donny Hathaway, A Song For You (whew, I'm damn near tearing up..I could type out this whole damn song...I can't wait until someone comes along where I can REALLY feel it...I been done had a heartattack!!!!)

6. "Even when I broke your heart/it was my sin/that tore us apart/but I'm standing right here/in the midst of my tears/I claim you to be/The precious lamb of God" -Various artists, Now Behold the Lamb

7. "She rubbed me on my back and called me Mr. Sexy/Tell me I didn't finesse Mahogany" - Eric B. and Rakim, Mahogany

8. "We could be on seperate planets/the earth or the moon/Heart to heart, we're still tune/and you know..hearts don't lie/I don't care if we're not together/'cause that's the part that never lasts forever/..I bet you always will" - Tweet, Always Will

9. "If you're lost/you can look/and you will find me/Time after Time../if you fall I will catch you/I will be waiting" - Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time

10. "I won't pretend/that I intend to stop living/I won't pretend/I'm good at forgetting/but I can't hate you/although I have tried/I still really, really love you/love is stronger than pride"
-Sade, Stronger than Pride

11. "My fears are all gone/I like the sound of your song/and I think I wanna sing it forever"
-Anita Baker, Giving You the Best That I've Got

12. "I'm the lady sippin' baileys/while I strut like a model/If the ladies wanna hate me/I just send 'em a bottle" -Beyonce, In the Club (get's me me in the mood to go out and shut 'em down..)

13. "If you don't want me/then don't talk to me" -Fantasia, Free Yourself ('nuff said...love it!!)

14. "I'm insecure/but I can't help it/my heart says move on/my heart lags behind/but, I don't love you anymore/yes I do, I think/loving you is wrong..."
-Erykah Badu, Green Eyes (this got me through ya'll...I could type this whole song as well, choosing which verse to use was hard..VERY hard)

15. "In the right place/with the right mind and the right line/boy, you could get a lifetime contract"
-Twista, Emotions

16. "If I'm a drink/you're my lemon squeeze/oh, you got flavor boy/you go good with me"
- Aaliyah, It's Whatever

17. "...cause I'm tired of all the complaining/if you ain't never gonna change it/you can't change the way I feel" -Brandy, How I Feel

18. "Wearing the cross/I mean, the heart on my neck" - Common, Faithful

19. "if you need the love/I got the love that you need/and I pray to God one day that they will see/ they'll see that I'm all that you need/Nothing is promised.." - Jagged Edge, Promise

20. "I've been holding back/what I feel/Love so real/I can't wait another minute" - Hi Five, Can't Wait Another Minute (It's not rocket science...all things don't need to be deep)

21. "Reaching out into distance/searching for spirits of the past/just a trace of your existence..to grasp/and if somehow I could recapture/all of the memories/and bring them to life/Lord knows, I would/but now you're fading faster/getting so hard to see/you've taken the light/you're fading out of my sight, swiftly" - Mariah Carey, Vanishing

22. "If God one day struck me blind/you're beauty I'd still see/Love's too weak to define/just what you mean to me" -Prince, Adore

23. "yes, I got candy kisses for you lips/Yes, I got some honey suckle chocolate dipping kisses full of love for you/My life has been waiting for your love/My arms have been waiting for you love to arrive..." -Stevie Wonder, Do I Do

24. "I will keep your secrets/just think of me as the pages of your diary" -Alicia Keys, Diary (Always, in spite..this will remain!!!)

25. "My attitude is fuck it/and muthafucka's love it!!" -Tupac, Ambitionz az a Ridah

This was so much fun...I could go on all day. But I guess I've been on the computer WAY too long already. Maybe I'll do it again..soon.er or later.