When I Wake Up...

Taking time...Finally. Perhaps I am starting to wake up, open my eyes, and take some steps. Just a bit of inspiration, first.

Jilly from Philly released her latest today, "Light of the Sun" and I've taken up NPRs First Listen for a spin. Gonna hear where her words and sounds take me this evening.

Cocktail in hand, here we go...

T R A C K L I S T I N G

01. Blessed || The things I love and have, and even those I don't, make me blessed beyond measure. "...sometimes you gotta work, and you gotta grow and it gotta hurt..."


02. So In Love feat. Anthony Hamilton || I am this...didn't know I could be, like this, again. But I am so...this!

03. Shame feat. Eve || Ok, the beat kicks, yes it does! Dedicated to the past that will never again be present. Believe that. I'm m a g n i f i c e n t, shame you missed out on me :)

04. All Cried Out (Redux) feat. Doug E. Fresh || Luv this interpretation! Such a fun way to be done with it all, yanno?

05. Le BOOM Vent Suite || The sound is familiar, dare I say I've heard it before -- was it previously released? Speaks a bit of my vent, patience wears thin. How do I make him understand that leaving, not cheating, is a promise, not a threat? "I'm like BOOM...I gotta do what I gotta do, son."
//transition
I am missing his "familiarity"... I want him to re-light that fire. Oooh, come closer. Careful though, with intimacy - lust - sin & our journey.

06. So Gone (What My Mind Says) feat. Paul Wall || Swear, that good angel on my shoulder is mute, cuz yea, he got that thickness, the kind that make you get up making biscuits.. Enuff said!

07. Hear My Call || I am not ashamed to say I need her to get out of my head, for this is my cry and prayer much too often. F E A R. Please be gone.

08. Some Other Time || "Spirit of discernment." I wish this for all my sistas. And prayerful that mine can rest, hence I can rest, with my choice.

09. Quick || All I can say is that this will NEVER be me.

10. Making You Wait || I haven't always. But yes, I advocate. #thatisall

11. Until Then (I Imagine) || Them ol' husband tricks...Yes, Jilly, "that shit is nice!" hahahaha...

12. Missing You || everysingledaynightmorningnooneveningmidnightofmylife


13. When I Wake Up || <--- This right hea. Anthem song of my existence at the moment. She says it all for me. I've been in this headspace for way too long, "I need this confirmation, affirmation, that when I wake up, everything I went through will be beautiful."

14 Womanifesto || ...and clearly, I am not just my boobs! I should have much more, but my liquor is kickin' in now LOL

15. Rolling Hills || Preach sista! All of us need a reminder when we get off-track, yanno? Let's replay track 10...so we can avoid what happens in track 9!


16. The Light of the Sun || Is this another hidden track, cuz the light of the sun is SILENT right now LOL

..:: More to Come ::..