This Goes Out To The UNDERDOG

Saturday, 19th March

Alright guys... I know I said upon my next article I would expound on a very beautiful quote I wrote on my previous piece but before I get to expounding I would like to "say" two things first.

Firstly, I would like to usher you into your bright weekend and hopefully you have a wonderful one starting today of course. Personally, I wouldn't say I've got plans for the weekend seeing as I'm such a "homebody" or will I say "couch potato" but whichever it is, I'm more of that so like I said no plans whatsoever but as for those of you who have mighty big plans for the weekend I wish you all the best!

Before I jump right in to expounding, I mean I did say I had two things, right? Yeah I did say that. So, the other is I would like to share the lyrics to a song that's been stuck in my head all morning. It's Underdog by Alicia Keys. I gotta say that each time I listen to that song I just get this boost of confidence and motivation, you know. It helps me feel like it's okay to be where I'm at in my life right now and that if I keep doing the work diligently well, with time things will change for the better.

Here's goes nothing...

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed
He was nameless, he was homeless
She asked him his name and told him what hers was
He gave her a story 'bout a life
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
One conversation, a simple moment
The things that change us if we notice
When we look up, sometimes

They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You'll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
For being a woman and speaking your mind
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled
One conversation, a single moment
The things that change us if we notice
When we look up, sometimes

They said I would never make it
But I was built to break the mold
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You'll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Everybody rise up
You gonna rise up, ay

I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
Young teachers, student doctors
Sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to run
This goes out to the underdog
Keep on keeping at what you love
You'll find that someday soon enough
You will rise up, rise up, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Damn! It's been a while since I posted lyrics... feels good posting it now though. Let me ask, after reading that don't you just feel this sudden boost of motivation, sort of like taking an energy drink you know cause I know I feel it. It's everything!!! I definitely fancy myself an UNDERDOG.

You might ask, what even is am underdog? Well, allow me to answer...

It means a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest. Kinda like someone who had little to no chance at all. The odds are stacked against them. Some would even say they are the "weaker party" even. But the amazing thing about being underdogs is that even though the odds are against them, they don't stop fighting. They don't give up the challenge or give in to the pressure. Instead, they give it all they've got and they do it with diligence, grace and pride. They are not always intimidated by the "bigger dogs," neither do they always shy away when the going gets tough. They charge in and give it their very best and with time they always rise up and dominate. They're nothing short of warriors! Fascinating, isn't it? I stan Underdogs!

Anyhow, I think I'm done for the day. I hope I'm not forgetting to say any other thing else. (My two cents is telling me that I'm not forgetting to say something but I can't really shake that feeling you get when something ain't right. Oh well, it's whatever I guess). On that note, I bid you a fantabulous weekend and you go good, okay?!

Toodles!!