6.8.10

I'm thirsty for HIM !!

I feel like I’m in a place where God is getting me to chase Him more than ever. God has placed a lot in me and I have to use it for HIS glory. I don’t wanna die knowing that all the unsaved people around me never heard about God from my mouth. I don’t wanna die knowing that I never fulfilled my mission. I guess it’s time that I start doing everything that he has called me to do. EVERYTHING! I’m about to lose a lot of friends and I’m okay with that. As long as I have God, I’m okay. I’ve always cheated on God and went back and forth with my flesh. And now I’m at a point where I’m tired of that. It’s soooo hard to get to Christ once you’re soooo far gone. The enemy will make things look soooo good that God looks boring. Think about it….Being high, drunk, and having sex sounds sooooo much better than going to church on sunday morning. Whether you realize it or not though, it’s all a downward spiral to stop you from being in purpose. What’s being in purpose? Screaming at the top of your lungs that God is God alone not only with your words but with your actions. People oughtta see u operating in the spirit 24/7. That sounds sooooo hard! I know cuz I’ve been there. Being at the altar on sundays, and rolling a blunt on monday….Knowing God has more for my life. Or putting a condom on and hearing the Holy Spirit saying what u doing shawty?! U know that aint right? What can he/she do for u that I can’t? And I go back and forth saying that it’s only sex and just this one more time. Making excuses for my sins…Why?! and then the next morning that seed that i planted through my act is all in my head. I can’t stop thinking about how good it was! And not thinking about how can I please God today…how can I lead my friend to Christ today?! See where I’m going…..? People God has sooooo much in store for us but we can’t get it if we operate in the flesh! We can’t get it if we out here doing the exact opposite of what we know that God wants! Just call His name! Confess your sins! Accept Christ! Now Believe! He got on a cross for this reason! Sing with me How great is our GOD!

20.6.10

The Waiting Room

Many of you are in the waiting room of lyfe, and on the other side of that door is your destiny. You haven't lived your best life yet, and it's a scary feeling knowing you can die with so much more possibility, so much more achievement unfulfilled. It scares me knowing I can one  day die without getting out of life all that God has created me for.

=U



Where do We Go from here

Today I find myself at the crossroad of decisions. I have reached a dead-end, and can only go in two directions, left or right. To the left of me is my own desire to screw every Ryan, Trey, or Antwuan that pass my way. To the  right is God's desire for me to get married and have children. To the left of me is my un-denying willingness to just settle, and become satisfied with this state of mind I'm currently in. To the right is God's spirit pushing toward his will of happiness, and total completeness. To the left of me is a tug toward a minimum wage lifestyle, and to the right is my greatness. To the left is depression and misery masked in instant gratification or quickies. And to the right is Gods' promise to me of abundant life. DO YOU GET MY POINT?
I am in at the crossroad of decisions about my future,and no one can help me but me, and my prayer life with God. I have been in this valley for six years now, and I haven't moved as fast as I should. I have let my struggle handle me, more then I should have been handling it. I gave in too many times to my own shortcomings, more times then I can count. Even in the midst of all my mess, He was there, and helped me out all the time. God knows all this, even as I stand at this crossroad He knows what turn I should take, but He isn't going to make it for me. I have to do it for myself. But my problem isn't making the turn, the problem is turning away from what I know all too well, the things I've gotten used too, the only 'family' I know, other then my true blood. Turning away from memories of my best relationships, taking off the rags of my struggle, for a crown of fulfillment, and peace. But these rags fit so well, the memories are too good to let go of. My friends are the best of anybody else I met. But under my goofiness, and shyness, the crying never stops. The longing to do more with my life is never satisfied. The hunger to be famous, want go away. My dreams are tugging on me everyday, and all I do is ignore them. I talk about doing better, but my feet never move.  



I'm at the crossroad of decision, and I have to decide or else I'm going to lose my life.

Dante' Ruck
=U

25.5.10

30.4.10

Get Wit It, or Get Lost!

Tru Religion is a man with a mission, God's mission. I gotta find the motivation to push on,even while I don't feel like it. But where will that motivation come from? Will you continue to live with your addiction, or will you seek God's help to overcome it? You can not spend another day talking about getting your life together, without going to God first. Get off the couch of life, and do something with your life! The couch gives us permission to be lazy, the couch gives us permission to be stagnant, the couch gives us permission to be stuck. The couch isn't your allie, it's your enemy. The couch is your rival, it supports your desire to be nothing, and do nothing.
I have been in this place of complacency and unporductivity before, but I will not die here, when there is more out there for my life. I have 8 younger siblings who look up to me, I have to set the standard. I get down on my knees to pray, and all the Lord keep saying to me is, "this ain't the way I designed your life to be." If you don't like the journey your life is taking, pray for change. Get out of the driver's seat and let God take control. Let Him save you! Then you can relax, your in good hands. Leave your past in the rearview mirror, stop looking back, dust your feet off. And walk into your future, or get lost. JEsus Christ knows your heart, and your hearts desire. JEsus Christ did not die in vain, you are just an ally for this diseater. JEsus Christ knows that if He died, something good has to come out of your lyfe. Show God that your worth dying for. Learn to protect your space from people who are speaking the wrong things. Do a better job of guarding your ear, that is your only source to hearing God.

=U
-Tru Religion

12.4.10

How to Slay Your Dragon

   

Recently I went to see the movie, 'How to train your dragon' and the movie takes place in a mythical village where a teenage boy aspires to follow his father's tradition of being a dragon slayer. After finally capturing his first dragon, the teenage boy finds that he no longer has the desire to kill the dragon and instead befriends it. Sounds like many of us and the spirits we should be fighting off, instead we have learned to live with them. Even me, it seems like at times I have settled, and become allies with the things of this world that seem to befriend me as well, but are no good for me. 
   The teenage boys' name is Hiccup and Hiccup's daddy is the Chief of the village, the king, the president, the chief ruler. Hiccup's village is beset by dragons which raid their sheep, and terrorize their village. During a raid, Hiccup shoots down a rare dragon with a cannon that he made, After shooting the dragon the boy goes to the woods and finds the injured dragon, but can not bring himself to kill it. As christians, we must understand our place as son's and daughter's of THE KING, God. We have to understand that we have more power then we ourselves believe we have. If God is our father, we shouldn't have no problem overcoming the dragons that stand in the way of our salvation. If God is as powerful as we confess Him to be, then we shouldn't have to battle the challenges of this life on our own. Remember the cliche` "this battle is not ours, but God."  Many of us spend our entire lives' fighting dragons that should already be defeated. It's not suppose to be this way! Many of us spend our whole lives' fighting spirits passed down to us through family generations, It's not suppose to be this way! Many of us have made no attempts to rid ourselves of the nasty perverted spirits that pull us farther and further away from the presence of God. It's not suppose to be this way! Many of us are living our lives' in a repeated cycle of rebellion, and disobedience, and failure. It's not suppose to be this way! Greater is HE that is in you, then the DRAGONS that are in this world. We spend our whole lives' fighting dragons, and we never get to pursue destiny. Because we are always pursuing the demons that seem to overpower us, when in fact, we give them the power they have. 
   In the movie, the teenage boy, Hiccup, shoots down the dragon, and then goes into the woods seeing it  laying there in pain and agony, and instead of ending the dragons life it has pity for it and frees it. How many times have God given you victory over your addiction only for you to go right back into the world, and pick it up again. How many times have we declared our deliverance over our afflictions, only for us to go back and resurrect it again and again. Jesus Christ didn't die, and resurrect only to be crucified over and over and over again because of our ignorance. Stop giving life to the very thing that's KILLING you. Decide that you will no longer live beneath the power that God has given you, and slay the dragon once and for all.

=U
-Tru Religion

9.4.10

What W ill U Do?

U MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIGHT
no ONE will fight 4 you

U MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO LIVE
no ONE will live 4 you

U MUST HAVE THE ENCOURAGE TO ENDURE
no ONE will endure 4 you

U MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO DREAM
no ONE will dream for you

U MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO RUN
no ONE will run for you.

=U
-Tru Religion

29.3.10

EVOLVE.



“They play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel most comfortable in groups. Less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become. Afraid to respect the individual. A single person, or event or circumstance can move one to change, to love ourselves, to evolve.
-Erykah Badu
Nu Video "Window Seat"

24.3.10

Proverbs.

There are NO SHORTCUTS in lyfe,

my bible says the journey to destiny is as frugile as walking on thread.

YACKS!

=U

19.3.10

Somethings are better kept, between us too!


Thank you to every one for your encouragement and diggin' my blog. It is doing exactly what I inspired it to do, 'stare yourself in the mirror'.

My next 3 post will not be as lengthy, because we are flirting with expanding the blog, to increase it's activity and exposure.

I wish you knew what I'm thinking.

=U

16.3.10

This is the LAST time.


I hear voices but not from people around, im in the car by myself, on my way to HIS house. Music pulsating in the background. And I hear voices, the voice between good & evil. These voices don't have a face, only pure & inpure motives. Talking and lauffin' with dude on the phone, as he gives me directions. And the whole time there's a war going on in me. I say to myself, "God are you serious? I thought I left you at church". How can I fit in with this struggle within me, between what is good for me, and what seems good, but really is just a road to my destruction. I see good as my allie and evil as enemy. I see evil as something that seems well, but doesn't mean well for me. Kinda like a friend who gives you the advice you want to hear, only to reap the reward of seeing you fall in return.

Good says, I'll keep you from failing,

Evil says, I hope you fail.

I don't know what I prayed Sunday at church, but this time I see the intent of evil, it has laid the cards out on the table, and given me the option to choose. Evil is the type of friend that sets the date up for you, knowing what you want, exactly what you like, knowing your preference. And introduces you to the person knowing they got HIV, or knowing they got a reputation for being a hoe or a dawg. This time I see the path of evil, I see the path so clear, till' this time I see the destruction at the end of it.
Oh how it looks so tempting, he has set me up nice. My friend knows what I want, I have all the freedom in the world to do this. It has been a long time. I've been doing so good, I think I owe it to myself. I should just blow this moment. Say, 'fuck Jesus' and do me. Tonight. I should just bail out on God, and become BFF's with my addiction, my affliction. When you protect what God doesn't approve, you become its allie, and God's enemy. This will be my last time as I've said a 100 times before. When I'm ready to return, God will take me back. I've done good so far staying away from men, eventhough they have thrown every sign and hint at me. I've done good by walking the other way, it will just be one night with dude. It will just be one night with a drink, just one more time for me to get wasted. Hold my hand thru this Jesus. It won't hurt me. God will bail me out as he has done 10,000 times before. I'm going to dude house, and I will leave Jesus at the door, no matter of fact, Ima leave him waiting in the car.  I was just in church sunday singing about God You're the fire in light,when nights are long and cold. But how much can God keep me warm when I've had a few shots, and his sweet kisses are all I think about. You foolish to believe that God is in the world. I'm taking a chance, I'm taking a risk. It's funny how we call ourselves risk takers, only when we're willing to risk the right things, for the wrong reasons. It's funny I can't take a risk when it comes to my relationship with God, but I'm willing to take a risk that can ultimately kill me. It's like a bad gamble.  I'm standing outside this nigga door, and I get convicted.

God speaks,

"What are you doing here? You know you aren't suppose to be doing this. What happened to getting your life back on track? Why are you using my grace, and pimp-handling my protection to satisfy a disease you've asked me over and over to cure you from. Your prayers have no weight, they are just words with no meaning. If you walk thru that door, then I will leave you for good. If you take another sip of that ciroc` say goodbye to your dreams. If you take another pull at that jay, kiss your lyfe away. You know you shouldn't be doing this. What about all the talks we've had about getting it right, about how we gone be together for good. I told you I love you, but I guess that doesn't mean nothing from me. I guess you rather hear it from him, since he knows you better then I do. Are you that willing to throw it all away for ONE NIGHT?! Well this is it, if you walk thru that door this time it won't be for chance. This time it will be for good.

When will the last time be the last time?

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death (Proverbs 14:12)

=U
-Tru Religion

14.3.10

Puff Puff Pass


You can't Puff Puff Pass on God. It hit me this morning while I was at chuuch, Promotion comes from God! the revelation was simple, you haven't earned enough credit with God for Him to see you as worthy for a promotion. Many people desire for God to expose us, to expand us, and to grow us. But we don't give Him 'us' to work with.You can't expect for God to connect you with desired relationships, when your credibility with him is in despair. We want God to open doors for us, and elevate us, but at the same time God can not trust us with those things because our relationship with him is too inconsistent. Yuuup! God desires to promote you, Yuuup! God desires to give you the desires of your heart. Yuuup! God wants to show you new and exciting things. But you will not pimp God, or gimmick Him into doing for you, when you haven't given Him your time, attention, or RESOURCES! (money). Your promotion comes from God, when are you going to let Him stretch you? Yeah stretching ain't always easy, yeah stretching hurts, yeah stretching takes you out of your comfort zone. But you have to give God the chance to do what He wants with you, so you can see the positively abundant outcome from your lyfe.
This revelation was so clear when God spoke it to me. Man does not have any control over how and when God decides to bring elevation in your life. Now I don't have any bible verse to back this up, but I believe God does inspire me to write this. Alot of what I write is out of my own life experiences. Lately I have been spiritually agggravated, because when it comes to my relationship with God, my biggest flaw is inconsistency. And it has been that way since I have been saved. And I'm sure it's not just me that has this issue. But I understand if I am going to have a deeply intimate, and positively progressive relationship with my Lord and Savior. Then I have to really press myself for that type of relationship. It's nobodies fault but my own that my relationship with God is no further then when the day I started walking my salvation out. It's nobody elses fault that I pursue a close relationship with God but then fall off 3 weeks later. It ain't my parents fault, it ain't my brothers fault, it ain't even the devil's fault. The blame is all on me. I talk the talk, but I don't walk the walk.
We talk about wanting a better life for oursleves, we talk about doing better for ourselves, we talk about going after the wealth, and abundance that God promised us. But those things aren't going to happen apart from God. No matter how much money Jay-z or beyonce' may have. No matter how much Gucci or Louis Vuitton Kanye West may have. Those things are only a illusion. And when those things take president over God, you can be sure to lose them.
Life isn't suppose to be complicated, we do that ourselves. Our next door isn't suppose to be a mystery. God is not a mysterious God, He just works in mysterious ways. He wants you to know HIM, He wants you to see yourself as worthy of His time and attention. The way to getting your relationship with God back on track is by admitting and confessing to Him that you need Him everyday of your life. And you start to fervently pursue Him thru prayer, worship, and devotion. Start making God the aim or intent of all you do. And watch Him bring the exposure and growth you deserve to see. Start off every morning talking to God, it ain't gotta be deep, just talk to Him. He would very much appreciate the fact that you consider Him worthy of your time over Twitter, itunes, or Facebook.  When you take the first step, trust God to take the rest with you, and not for you.

=U
-Tru Religion

11.3.10

3.3.10

We Need God.



As I write this I am at a season in my lyfe where my resources, and my source for living are totally dependent on God. This is a place of faith I have chosen to walk in, the great thing about a season is it doesn't last long. I started out trusting God to provide for me, and He has not failed me. In fact, He has blown my brain, while I have blown this season. I am so unworthy of anything God does for me. Once again, for the 1000th time in my life, I have started on the path to sell-out out to God, and redeeming my relationship with Him. But now I have fallen short....I have stopped....I have missed the mark....I have let God down. But yet and still the Lord has given me another chance, by giving me another day. It is so easy for me to quit right now, it is easy for me to be comfortable in this place of stagnation. But this time I can not keep still. I have to keep telling myself that FAILURE IS NOT A OPTION, and to be incomplete is not Gods' purpose for my life. I must keep moving forward, I have to continue this journey toward my future. I do not know what is ahead, I have to trust God, because I need Him.
Perhaps you have reached a place in your lyfe where you are feeling lost or stuck about what to do, and which way to go. I believe that if you admit to God that you need Him, then I know He is more then willing to help you. It's okay to admit that you feel lost, it's okay to admit to God that you don't know which direction to go in. You probably have everything figured out. If you are like me, I'm sure you have every detail outlined, and every goal written down about the NEW YEAR, and your future. I am even convinced that you had developed the energy and motivation to give lyfe your all, but some where on the journey, you stopped, you quit, you gave up. I know because I have been there, I have been to the point where I knew where I was headed in life. Then all of a sudden I found myself in the midst of circumstances, and situations beyond my control, someone came along and knocked my focus, some event distracted me, and detoured me from the plan I had set for myself.
It is in those moments where we feel off track, and out of focus, that we must look to God to re-direct us, and re-focus us. Why? Because He orchestrates those moments. And He knows what we need better then we can articulate. Yuuup! He meant for that event to come along and bring a road block you can not seem to get around. God meant for the college that you thought you should have been accepted into, to deny you. He meant for you to get caught up in the streets, and running with the worng crowd. All of the the things negative that were events in our lives, God put them there. Just so you will have the moment where you admit that you need Him. What would be Gods' purpose if life was perfect? What would be Gods' purpose if we had it all figured out? What would be Gods' purpose if we always had the things we needed? What would be Gods' purpose if We always kept a job to provide for us? What would be Gods' purpose if you knew where your life was going? What would be Gods' purpose if you could control what happened to you? What would be Gods' purpose if you knew how you would recover? What would be Gods' purpose! It is in these moments of doubt and confusion that God works His best. It is in the times we are stuck that God is there waiting to pull us out. It is in the times where we fear for our living, that God is willing to provide for us. I feel your pain, but God knows your pain. This is nothing far-fetched. This is nothing too hard for you to do. It's simple. Tell God how much you need Him. I don't care who you are, or how much money you have. As long as you are human, the more you will need God. HE'S MORE THEN ABLE TO HELP YOU.

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! -Proverbs 3:5-12

=U
-Tru Religion

28.2.10

My Gift of Writing.


My gift of writing is not my own, It's Gods' gift that He trusted to me. So when I write it's not me speaking, but it is God. I just add my own flavor to it, which in turn gives my writing, a personality...my personality.

=U
-Dante'

26.2.10

WHO'S THE #1 HBCU BAND IN THE LAND?


BCU Marching Wildcats Band from David Massey on Vimeo.

In the spirit of Black History Month, SportsNation asks which is the best HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) band in the land?

Edward Waters College Triple Threat going forth, at
Honda's Battle of the Bands Classic is Atlanta, Ga


                              CLICK HERE TO VOTE!!!

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-Tru Religion

25.2.10

BLING, BOOTY, AND BULLETS (HIP-HOP SUMMIT @ UCLA)


http://vimeo.com/9683483 from Broccolicity TV on Vimeo.


UCLAs Hip Hop Congress, Tru Religion, and Broccoli City Organic Lifestyle presents an intellectually stimulating panel discussion that explores the materialistic, misogynistic, and violent images portrayed in hip hop music videos. A celebrity hip hop-affiliated panel will be present to contribute their opinions on these important social issues.
video credits via broccolicity.com

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-Tru Religion

22.2.10

Can Anything Good come out of Hip-Hop?? (v.2)


Since I'm in the blog business now, I have been perusing other blogs sites, just to get an idea of what I don't want my blog to look like, or be about. And I must say, unsuprisedly, many of the latest blog sites are the same, so much variety, so many topics or themes to choose from. but yet many are all the same. I think God for giving me this idea, and opportunity to share my unique thoughts and views. I'm human like you are, and yes I love shopping, yes I love fashion, yes I want to be rich and famous. But that isn't my purpose for starting this blog.
When we survey the landscape of our society, from the internet to reality tv shows. I feel like there isn't enough realness or substance around today. I believe you can relate to this, nowadays so much gossip and rumors circulating the television or radio till' it seems like you can't distinguish the lies from the truth.
I observed the things that are being said on FB and Twitter, and when I consider everything people are doing on youtube. It seems as if everybody got the same ambition to be a star- music star, tv star, or maybe it's just me. I mean everybody tryna strike it rich, wanting to be popular. It's scary because I know thats not our true purpose for existing.
Material things are fine, money is fine, fame is fine, I want those things too. But if you are looking for fullfillment, satisfaction, or even security from those things. Then you ain't gone get it. You are foolish to believe that lyfe is only about being a star, by making a fool of yourself. It's very scary the kind of stuff people will do for money. Where is your intregrity? Where is your morality? Where is your self-respect? Young girls taking cellphone pictures, completely naked showing ass and titties, sending them across twitter and myspace, but then got the nerves to ask for some respect, are you serious? GET REAL! When you walk around dressed like a hoe, you gone be treated like one.  Don't you know your body is the Lords' temple, where is your self-respect? Young boys these days, filling there heads with Lil Wayne and Jay-Z, calling girls hoes and bitches, looking to smash any girl that walk his way. Where is your self-control? We want our people to be better, but we are allowing Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj to teach them. Isn't it funny we talk about advancing as a people, but we aren't putting in the work, positive work to make it happen. Why is it that our society is driven by sex, and money. What is it about these things that are so appealing to the eye? Why is sex such a popular subject, that people rap about it, and conversate about it, without any real meaning attached to it? Why must we be so degrading, and treat our bodies so badly. And act the way we do, and talk to one another the way we do? Why do we as men measure our masculinity solely upon how many women we screw? Who taught us to think this way?
Many people want to debate about the lyrical content of rap music, but there is no standard!

Change your focus, then you'll have a different perspective about life.

=U
-Tru Religion

19.2.10

Obession of The Day!

-Dior Homme
-Addidas High Rise Sneakers
-Common Projects

*For my lil bruhs Chris and Lucky in Atlanta
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-Tru Religion

This Just In!!!

Tiger Woods and the Problem I have with America!

Okay, I understand that the news is going to be the news, and gossipers are going to get paid to gossip! That's how they make there money. But, I'm growing tired of people who can point the 'holier then thou'  finger at other people, without first pointing it at themselves. I asked this question on twitter, 'what does Tiger Woods sex life have to do with him being a great golf athlete? And how is this suppose to 'damage' his career?
In my personal opinion I don't believe the two relate in any way.  His career as a golfer is what it is (he's a billionaire, a pro athlete, at the top of his game), and his sex life is what it is (he's married with 2 kids, he cheated on his wife, and obviously he loves SEX). Now if the story was perhaps, Tiger Woods, had sex with the PGA President, and that's how he won all those championships then I'd understand. But can we give this man a break! Our country loves to see succesful people, fall to the wayside or crumble under scrutiny. Our country is driven by this insatiable hunger to uncover dirt on celebrities. It's amazing how the folk who will celebrate you, and cheer and RA-RA with you one minute, can turn around and be the same one's who humiliate and embarrass you the next. But my question to you is, what have you done in your private moments, that qualify you to be under the radar as is Tiger Woods, but just hasn't come to the light yet? While you are looking down your noses at Tiger Woods, what kind of skeletons do you have hidden in the deep cracks and corners of your closet, that others haven't exposed?
While your mess hasn't been exposed, and while the sheets haven't been pulled back on your issues. You better think God for His Grace! Who gave you the right to play God, or even cast judgement on another human. What political or social-analytical party gave you the freedom, to see yourself as superior over your equal, to call them everything but a human. Yes! He cheated on his wife. Yes! He was a whore. Yes! He is a adulterer. But who are you to call him out on those things. We oughta start doing some self-scrutiny on our ownselves, let's start telling our own deep dark secrets. Last I checked, God is still on His throne. Be careful the measures you go to, to expose another human, be careful of the lies, or rumors your willing to spread about another, at the expense of keeping yourself looking good. For the same measure you use to do those things against others. Is the same measure God will use on you!
He Apologized, now let Him live!!
=U
-Tru Religion


16.2.10

Can Anything Good Come Out of HIP-HOP??

I believe my peers are the most visually gratifying generation yet to be birth in the earth. By this I mean we are both satisfied & captivated by what we see. From your time of birth, up to now, media and hip-hop has had a deep impact on your lyfe, and a great effect on the decisions you make. I mean think about it, we base our fashion trends, and hairstyles based upon what we see the latest rapper or singer rockin'.  We base our education or career goals based off what others in our culture are pursuing. And I include myself in this, because I have been guilty of it plenty of times. Think about it, why are most of our friends trying to be models, or singers, or rappers?? Because it's the current trend!!! Money, fame, and popularity is obviously what everybody is after.
You want to be a trendsetter? You want to be a trailblazer? How about going against what the culture says is cool, or hip! Rather you want to admit it or not the media, and the things around us, have a great impact on what we do, how we treat one another, and how we think about each other, most importantly ourselves. Where did this self-centered, conceited attitude come from in our generation? Who hip'd you to believe you were fly, and the hottest thing walking around? You wake up everyday, turn your swag on. Just to impress people. When deep down inside your struggling. You don't view yourself as beautiful according to God's standard. But, instead, according to the standards of society. You don't think you fit the bill of young, fly, and flashy, so you go out and buy 300 dollar True Religion jeans, and every pair of Creative Rec shoes just to fit in.
I'm trying to get you to see, it ain't got to be this way for you. Forget what everybody else does, forget what image of hip-hop say you ought to portray. Just be you, be comfortable with who you are. Love yourself.

=U
-Tru Religion


15.2.10

TIRED OF THE BARBIES!

VIDEO FUNNIE AS HELL.



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Spoken Reasons is a accomplished spoken word, songwriter, and comedian from Central/South Florida.
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14.2.10

Give Soulja Boy His Credit



Unlike most writers, I continue to this day to support Soulja boy not because he a rapper, or a maturing lyricist. I support him because dude is really cool, and down-2-earth in person. even though his head is a lil big at times. I actually had the honor to meet him last year in ATL, and dude approached me just as cool, and laid-back, and in that moment my respect for him grew.. Many of us criticize the man for everything because we watched his career grow.. I saw this video today & said to myself..why are these niggas fuckin with Waka Flaka & not Soulja Boy? When I see Soulja Boy, I see somebody who is just as determined, and who's still is just as unique to be recognized as one of our futures most notable MC's.
To me its all ignorance.. Soulja Boy is arguably very underrated in this game for his lyrical contents & flow.. but again we praise bullshit rappers all the time that don't display an original talent (young money) or obvious humility at all..
I'm just sayin... be real, If Soulja Boy just came in the game grown the way he is now & we never knew him before.. Half of us would be fuckin with em cause he sound better than most..The problem with rappers who come in the game young such as bow wow, or soulja boy is we remember them for who they were as teenagers, and fail to recognize them for who they're growing to be.
=U
-Tru Religion

12.2.10

Pray for our President

I have a problem with people saying what our President is not doing. He is only 1 man, he isn't superman. And as much as he may have the authority to run this country.
God is still in control, and God is still the ultimate authority. If things don't get done, if issues aren't resolved, if there's no solution to our countries economic problems. It's easy to get mad @ who's in charge. But remember God is still in control.
Keep our President in prayer.
You don't understand the magnitude of his responsibilities, nor the weight that rest on his shoulders everyday he wakes up. Being a President, is not about popularity, fame, or glamour. Being President is a job, and if you think you have it hard, working that 9-5 you do. Understand this at the end of the day you have a home to go on to. You can sleep carelessly, with no major worries. You have the choice to walk away from it if you aren't happy.
But this man, our President, Barack Obama. Sworn into oath that he would do his best to bring change to our nation. He can only do so much. Pray for him. Pray for his family. Pray for our control.

There is power in your prayers.
=U
-Tru Religion

9.2.10

What is she doin' up there?



I love Queen Latifah, but I thought this was too funny!!!! Like she was serious 4real.

8.2.10

The Shotcaller

Soulja Boy latest feature in Complex Mineag
click link to read full story.

5.2.10

Everything I Am.


That Chair represents your lyfe. Void, Empty and useless.
Until somebody comes and sits in the chair, it's existence has no purpose.You don't think that chair isn't a important apart of your lyfe, because you do not benefit directly from it's purpose. That chair was not made to have low self-esteem, because it doesn't see itself as useful as another chair. That chair doesn't battle with depression because it feels the creator of the chair didn't make it high enough, or a different color. 

That chair represents me, that chair is you. Like that chair the voids in your lyfe will never be filled with what you put in it. Be it money, sex, a boyfriend or gurlfriend, smoking dro, clothes, the latest pair of jays, a music career, popularity, or fame. Why? because the only real thing designed to fill that void is God. As far-fetched as it sounds, it's the TRUTH. You may think that your lyfe isn't empty. But it is, no matter how many friends you surround yourself with, no matter how many tattoos you get. Those tattoos will never cover the void of your realities.
You wana talk about being REAL! Let's be REAL!How do you really feel about yourself? Do you really even like yourself? Do you like the image you see in the mirror called you? How many days do you settle to DO THINGS WITH your 'friends' that are not even apart of your character?  Until you realize you need God in your lyfe, then your lyfe will be empty and useless. I don't care how popular you are, I don't care how attractive you think you are. The TRUTH is your lyfe will never have any significant purpose, or value until you realize that you need God. After all the 'fronting' and faking you may do in a day, you still have to go home, and face the reality that you are nobody, and this world can care less about your existence. Your friends will mourn and lament at your funeral. But the memories of you will pass like dust in the air, because you never served your true meaning for existing,

God is waiting and wanting to come and sit in the chair, called your heart.
Y don't you let Him in?
=U
-Tru Religi0n

4.2.10

What happen to Dreaming?


Live out your dreams, don't be afraid of them.
-Dr. John E. Guns
=U

Beyonce 'SUGA MAMA' The Experience

TRUTH HURTS.


If you had to rate your honesty on a scale of 1-10, whether it be with others, about your lyfe, or with yourself. What number would u choose? Before I would have been a TWO, but lately I've been a SIX. Far from where I've come, but not as close as I would like to be. What kind of picture of yourself do u paint for your friends or associates, versus who you really are? Do you put on the persona that you got yourself together, when in actuality, your as scattered as far as the east is from the west. Or do you paint the kinda picture for them that suggest that you've never made any bad decisions in your lyfe, that you still haven't forgiven yourself for.
Who are you? REALLY. Do your friends or family really know you? Do they know you really DON'T like yourself because of weight problems? Do they really know what makes your DIKK stand up is the site of another dude. Do they really know your a GURL that often imagines yourself being in love with ANOTHER GURL Do they really know you have low self-esteem because you think you are not tall enuff, or light-skinned enuff? Do they really know the reason you are so 'attached' to them is because your scared of being alone, because there are SPIRITS that come and bother you. Spirits of suicide, spirits of mental abuse, NASTY SPIRITS of perversion, porn, and masturbation. I know the feeling of being with another guy, not because I really liked him. But because I had a desire to be wanted, and love.

It's time to start letting God love you unconditionally for who you are. He has a love that doesn't judge, a love that has no hidden motives, a love that doesn't hold grudges. God has a love that doesn't come to cause heartbreak and pain. But a love that comes to HEAL and RESTORE. It's time to start confronting the person in the mirror. It's time for you to start being honest about who you are, and open about the problems you deal with. Depression, and misery come as a result of people, not standing up to issues in themselves they haven't accepted, and are afraid to stare face to face with. God loves you just the way you are. Your perfect in His eyes, so why not live your lyfe as if your a flawless being.
=U
-Tru Religi0n

Derek Rose collabs w/ GQ

Derek Rose plays Point Guard, for the Chicago Bulls (#1). He was voted rookie of the year during his 1st season. And played for the NBA All-star team during his 2nd.

Journal of a Worshipper


This Album is bananas. Front to back.
=U

Guard Your Heart



Guard your heart more than anything else, becuase the source of your lyfe flows from it. =U
-Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

3.2.10

UnClutter Your Lyfe!!!!!!!!

Unclutter your Lyfe for Growth.
Today I spent the most part of my day helping a friend clean his house of unnecessary stuff, mostly junk and papers that he had been holding on to for quite some time. In the process, I noticed that he was holding on to alot of things that his friends had left over, as a result of staying with him for a while, and never returned to claim their stuff. Lesson 1; stop being a open waste can for people to dump their issues, their problems, and their baggage on you to manage or deal with. Stop letting sorry people come in and out of your lyfe, and take from you, and leave you more incomplete then when they met you. IT'S TIME TO SAY ENUFF OF THIS ISH!! Entering the New Year 2010, I made up my mind I wasn't going to hold on to anything from the previous year, you don't put new wine in old wineskins!!! You don't use old keys to a door of a BRAND NEW house. So today we were cleaning, and I noticed in the kitchen sink were dishes that he hadn't even dirty up. But his friends used those dishes, and didnt take the time to clean up after themselves. Lesson 2; stop allowing people to take advantage of your kindness, because they will use your kindness as a doormat, and walk ALL OVER YOU! Stop being a punk, and stand up for yourself. This year make a decision to take back your lyfe, your house, your space, and your finances. By ridding yourself of deadweight, i.e., friends, things, old environments, and old habits. And watch how clear your mind, and lyfe will be to work on you, your dreams, your career, your destiny, your relationship with God, and your purpose.
-Tru Religion

This Go Hard!




ACURA 2+1 CONCEPT

This Scene is Insane!!!!!

2.2.10

I am Happy.

WoW!  Goodbye past! Goodbye Misery! Goodbye depression! I found a new set of friends, there names are, happiness, peace, and fulfillment! I've gotten rid of that MONSTER-IN-LAW call stagnation. I've released fear, and I'm going after everything God has for me. I refuse to live below my potential another day, let alone another year. I can honestly say, I'm happy with where my lyfe is right now, because I'm making progress. The mystery of tomorrow is a good one, because I know that God has worked it out in my favor. I know longer count the times I fall short, but now I count each step toward progress. So hello happiness! My desire is to know you, i've grown tired of my misery. I want to experience you in your fullness. Now I realize that lyfe doesn't have to be tough, if I do it Gods' way.

-Tru Religi0n

Cry for Haiti



Pray for Haiti.






Live for Haiti.




Think about Haiti.




What about Haiti?
-Tru Religi0n

I AM

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I'm just a average individual, but my mind is far from average. I thank God for giving me the gift of writing. And I thank Him for giving me this platform to share my gift with the world. With all the crazy things going on in my lyfe, my writing is the only thing that makes me whole.