Brandelyn: Lyrical Contradiction

Wouldn’t it be nice....

Wouldn’t it be nice if your favorite books and movies and television shows came with a wrap up disc? For example, have you ever read a book and as soon as you finished the last sentence a million questions began running through your head? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a nice little synopsis that let you know if Carrie and Big’s relationship worked out, or if Charlotte and Harry got their baby? Or what really happened to the family in the Darkest Child?  It is slightly irritating to get all wrapped up in the lives of these fictitious characters and then be left unsatisfied at the end of their story. I’m just sayin....

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a website where you could type in the last book you read and it would create a reading list of books you would like based off of your last read. Kind of like Netflix. It would be nice to have that type of decision made for you. Imagine how much more money the literary industry would make if it was that easy. How many times have you wandered into Barnes and Noble and walked out with nothing because the selection was just overwhelming? Maybe I could make that website happen. Hmmm....Yancie? You down?

Wouldn’t it be nice if people were punished properly for their crimes? For example, Don Imus goes on air and decides that it is perfectly acceptable to call Black women “nappy Headed ho’s” and instead of being fired, he is suspended for two weeks. His job is supposedly dangling in the balance, but as long as he keeps his word that he won’t do it again, he’ll be back on the air in two weeks. The funny thing is that if we were all honest, his fro rivals my own, so which would you like to be Imus...the pot or the kettle?

Wouldn’t it be nice of ‘society’ didn’t exist? If society didn’t exist then the pressure we put on ourselves would no longer exist. So as I sit at home watching Corrine Bailey Rae’s new video I wouldn’t hear my friends say, “Okay, girl, I see you with the crooked teeth. Go ahead, represent.” I hadn’t even noticed her teeth, I was focused on how cute her dress was...Or when watching John Legend I wouldn’t hear “Um, John sweetie, we could have done a crunch or two before shooting this video.” I was focused on how cute the video was. If society didn’t exist, our focus wouldn’t be on the physical, but rather, on something more important?

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have the best of both worlds? If I could have my way, my Rose would move back to the bay and we could go back to the days of chicken nuggets and pasta roni. Don’t forget the Sunset Blush. I would really love to go back to those days.

Wouldn’t it be nice if possums didn’t exist?!! My walk this morning turned into a jog as I passed a car and looked down and saw the beady eyes of a possum looking at me. Then this thing had the audacity to take a step toward me as though he was challenging me. Why are there possums in Oakland anyway?! And any possum brave enough to venture his way through Oakland is not one I’m trying to mess with! Paula did not raise a fool! I broke out and made it down to the lake in record time. But again I ask, why are there possums in OAKLAND?!

I’m just sayin’

Peace Y’all
B