Every now and then, a new act pops up with raw, undisputed talent and this time around it is Asa's time. She is a Nigerian-based singer/songwriter who is blowing our minds with her new album. I can't post the entire album here but I would like to share her new single with you all.
This is her trademark single "Fire on the Mountain". It is so fresh, so clean clean.
Like most people I know I am utterly glued to the current American primaries. It is so intoxicating to the point that I subscribe to CNN news to update my mobile with current updates.
In recent days my party candidates (Democrats of course) have been throwing cheap shots at each other a la Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton over comments made at a campaign rally in Nevada last week.
This argument is flawed to extreme degrees and I will not indulge them but I'd like us all to remember the famous speech from Dr Martin Luther King, this is too beautiful to ignore.
Please digest people....DON't just read, DIGEST people...
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed--we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Just to set the records straight....I am not (and I repeat), I am not a britney fan and quite frankly I'm bored with her shenanigans but on the flight from Dubai and her heard her new single "PIECE OF ME" and I must confess, despite her bull**** her recent singles have been good pop songs - don't hate.
Here's an extract -
I’m Miss American Dream since I was 17 Don’t matter if I step on the scene Or sneak away to the Philippines They still gon put pictures of my derrière in the magazine You want a piece of me? You want a piece of me…
I’m Miss bad media karma Another day another drama Guess I can’t see the harm In working and being a mama And with a kid on my arm I’m still an exceptional earner you want a piece of me?
How appropriate are those lyrics. Sorry to re-emphasise but all that matters at the end of the day is the MUSIC and quite frankly if the world paid less attention to her self-obssessive ways we might enjoy her a little bit more.
Just a final thought - she's trailer trash - if she wasn't famous, would we really give a shit?
