Category: Reggae

“Made a lot of enemies, but more friends”

This one makes me miss home, and the homies.

These guys were formed right up the street from me in Kent, Ohio. In this song there is a line “A Justin Roberts painting that I float in.” I have hung out with Justin a few times and he is a cool dude and one hell of a painter! I was introduced to him by my friend Holly when we went to Kent like almost every week. I love this song.

“It’s not ideal, but I deal.”

I love the word play here, he says he “deals” even though it’s not ideal. When he says ‘deal’ it can be taken as dealing with the situation and also dealing drugs.

I got to see these guys play one time live in Kent, and Justin was there doing his live painting during the show!

Correction: I got to see them twice! The other time was in Cleveland, I was drunk haha… took me a second to remember! The next day my friend Ryan was veryyy sick XD

It was great! I hope I can see them again sometime.

“Gimme good green and some Erie vibes”

 

Shilin showed me this one the other night, she told me this song used to make her cry. I was showing her John Lennon – Imagine and explaining the lyrics to her and it reminded her of this song.

Matisyahu – One Day

“One day this all will change
Treat people the same
Stop with the violence
Down with the hate
One day we’ll all be free
And proud to be under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like”

John Lennon – Imagine

“Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people living life in peace”

I can definitely see the similarities in the two.

I love you Shilin and I know that us moving in together was the right choice. Everyday is a good day for me now because everyday I come home to you. ❤

 

I remember finding this years ago, me and my friend Cody both loved this album. It’s very smooth and reminds me of the beach. This song is a stand out track for me.