I want to date a young woman

and make her feel

like everything’s okay,

but I could just write a song

for all the young women

to read and feel okay instead.

I want to talk to a friend who’s depressed 

because they can’t find happiness

and tell them that 

there is no need,

and nothing will ever 

really

make you happy,

but I could just write a poem

to remind all the unhappy

searching people

that happiness tends to come

from within

And I want to sit down 

and tell the kid who’s worried 

that he’ll never really have any friends, 

anyone he can really relate to, 

that we all worry about who we are,

and that we all have for more in common

than we have separating us,

but I could just write a novel

to tell all those people

that we are all

just people searching for ourselves.

(Source: evilgr33nranger, via hottestbountyhunterintheuniverse)

liam-mccoy:

pavementlife:

s-h-y:

REAL TALk

“I like to use profanity as a tool and not a crutch.”

word.

Goddamn, Ye is so fucking cool when he’s not being a douche.

Ye is fucking cool at all times. “Being a douche” ie being ostentatious is itself a tool. He’s playing a character and offering a sort of outlet that so many people who are scared to be self-confident can relate to.

(Source: elenacupcakegilbert, via tylertheexterminatus)

mollyiswideawake:

mentalalchemy:

I’d feel like a little bitch if I didn’t reblog this

I lost it at “bitch mittens”

I just had to. I couldn’t leave it be. 

(Source: illmaticsom, via pappasaur)

behindthegrooves:

On this day in music history: May 21, 1971 - “What’s Going On”, the 11th studio album by Marvin Gaye is released. Produced by Marvin Gaye, it is recorded at Motown Studio A, Golden World Studios (Motown Studio B), United Sound Studios in Detroit, MI, and the Sound Factory in Hollywood, CA from June 1970, March - May 1971. A concept album focusing on the subjects of poverty, drug abuse, and war, its messages will immediately resonate with the public. Following the huge success of the title track as a single, Motown will demand a full album to go with it ASAP. Recording with Motown’s studio band The Funk Brothers, the basic tracks and vocals for the album will be recorded in ten days of studio time. The initial version of the album, now known as the “Detroit Mix” is mixed by Motown engineers while Gaye is off in California filming a movie. After hearing the initial mix, Gaye will order them shelved and send for the tapes while in California. He will add additional overdubs to several tracks, and completely remix and re-sequence the album with engineer Lawrence Miles. The album will be immediately recognized by critics and the public as an important artistic musical statement upon its release, as well as being a major commercial success. It will spin off three singles including “Mercy Mercy Me” (#1 R&B, #4 Pop), “Inner City Blues” (#1 R&B, #9 Pop) and the title track (#1 R&B, #2 Pop). “What’s Going On” will spend 9 weeks at #1 on the Billboard R&B album chart, #6 on the Top 200, is certified 6x Platinum in the US by the RIAA, and is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1998.

(via jazzrelatedstuff)

marvinpentzgayejr:

42 years ago today, this classic album was released… still timeless after all this time.

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We all understand what the friendzone is: when a guy likes a girl, he spends time with her, “pursues a relationship” (I don’t think “hits on her” or “makes a move” really adequately describe what a guy is doing here), she rejects him, he complains that he would’ve totally had a chance if only she didn’t see him as just as friend. (And usually some comment is made about the guy’s neckbeard and/or fedora)

Obviously, this is a terrible excuse for why you were rejected and uses flawed logic. If you legitimately think that a woman only turned you down because you’re a friend, you’re wrong.

^ That was my perspective on the friendzone for years. Those were happy years. They had their ups and downs, but I slept well at night telling myself at least I’m not one of those goddam idiots who gets friendzoned and complains about it.

However, lately I’ve been hearing more and more arguments from women about the friendzone, often along the lines of “Why can’t I just have guy friends? Why do all my guy friends eventually try and hit on me?”

ARE YOU SHITTING ME

All these years, I thought I had taken the noble eightfold path and risen above the mediocrity of the friendzone and GIRLS ARE LITERALLY ARGUING AGAINST IT BY ADMITTING THAT IT IS INDEED TRUE.

Did you catch what I’m talking about? There are female people out there saying “The friendzone is stupid, misogynistic, and immature, why can’t guys just know whether or not I want to be romantically involved with them without becoming my friends or otherwise getting to know me first?”

This is the kind of bullshit my dad always prepared me for. He would always tell me “Women are different and weird, and there’s no understanding them.” And he’s right! This is the fuckery I always knew was coming.

Women whom I thought I agreed with are arguing against something’s existence WHILE PROVING THAT IT INDEED EXISTS. I don’t know if I can handle this shit.

Okay, okay. I’m cool. I’m chilling out. Hypocrisy is a thing, it exists, it’s everywhere, and it’s no one’s fault. I don’t think I even have any hard evidence that any one woman actually feels the way I described. I’m just really butthurt, and I need to chill out. Women are people too, and it’s a real dick move of me to go categorizing and blaming half the population for what is probably a fairly isolated thing. 

Whatever. When I rant, I rant hard, and those rants go through filters and edits. I’m too tired to rationalize this anymore. Goodnight.

I’m trying to summarize my thoughts on this friendzone issue into a reasonable length instead some kind of protracted diatribe, but I’m just so butthurt that literally no amount of words will ever make teenage boys and teenage girls understanding each other.

Literally just wrote 1000 words or so on how much the female backlash to the friendzone (which itself is bullshit) is bullshit and deleted all of it.

I guess I’ve just had too much relationship talk tonight, because I am just about too pissed off to function.

I have a headache too. Sheesh. What was a fairly good day is turning on me. I need to be up in 6 hours. Can I please just sleep…