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“i believed that i wanted to be a poet, but deep down, i just wanted to be a poem.”

- jaime gil de bieda

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Young Jeezy

I Do (Feat. Jay-Z And Andre 3000)
TM103: Hustlerz Ambition

i d-o, i d-o, i d-o, oh, oh. i, vito, promise to treat this game ideal. honor the code, not bring drama to mama’s peephole. life’s a bitch but she’s the only love that i know oh, oh.

rawr.

rawr.

tell me, what else should i have done?

doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

- mary oliver, the summer day

sorrowing old man by vincent van gogh (1890)

sorrowing old man by vincent van gogh (1890)

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Jay-Z

Song Cry
The Blueprint

never in bunches, just me and you. i loved your point of view ‘cause you held no punches. still i left you for months on end, it’s been months since i checked back in. we’re somewhere in a small town, somewhere locking a mall down. wood grain, four and change, armor all’d down.

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Billy Joel

Vienna
The Stranger

you got your passion, you got your pride but don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. when will you realize; vienna waits for you.  

“hey chris, your name is frank now..it’s a long story. your girlfriend is about to break up with you because of the long distance. it’s ok. & that job you’re working..well, you’re gonna have to work there for another year and some months.. & then you’re gonna get fired. you’re gonna work a couple more jobs after that too. nothing glamorous. kinkos and at&t if you really want the specifics. but you’re never gonna be homeless or starving. don’t worry you won’t fail and have to move back to new orleans either. you are gonna get your heartbroken though. twice. if it helps, the first one is gonna be worse than the second. contrary to how it feels, it won’t kill you. in fact it’s gonna help you write an album. yea, you finally finished an album. people like it man. you’re actually gonna write and record hundreds of songs. they won’t all be good and most ppl won’t think you’re talented at first, but you’re going to master your gifts. you’re going to become a lot stronger and wiser..even a little taller. be patient. i mean, you kind of have no choice. and be good to people. i don’t wanna spoil too much for you, but.. you’re on a plane right now to the east coast to work with kanye west &jay-z. it’s all working out kid. you made it.”


- frank ocean’s letter to his younger self

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