I've been listening to some spiritual/uplighting songs that seem so appropriate to the situation in New Olearns. The songs are a littloe sad but they make you feel better at the same time.

Let's all come up with some, shall we? Here are two I've been vibing off all day.

Weve Had Enough - Micheal Jackson -

Love was taken from a young live
And no one told her why

Her direction has a dimlight
From one more violent crime
She innocently questioned why
Why her father had to die

She asked the men in blue
How is it that you get to choose
Who will live and who will die
Did god told you you could decide ?

You saw he didn't run
And that my daddy had no gun

In the middle of the village
Within a distant land
Lies a cool boy with his broken toy
To young to understand

He's awaken, ground is shaking
His father grabs his hand
Screaming crying, his wife's dying
Now he's left to explain

He innocently questioned why
Why his mother had to die
Why did these soldiers come here for ?
If they're for peace why is there war ?

Did god say that they could decide
Who will live and who will die ?
All my mama ever did
Was try to take care of her kids

We're innocently standing by
Watching people loosing lives
It seem as if we have no voice
It's time for us to make a choice

Only god could decide
Who will live and who will die
There's nothing that can't be done
If we raise our voice as one

Did god hear it from me ?
Did god hear it from you ?
Did god hear it from us ?

We can't take it
We've already had enough

Did god hear it from me ?
Did god hear it from you ?
Did god hear it from us ?

We can't take it
We've already had enough

Thank god I care for me
Thank god I care for you
Thank god it came from you babe

We can't take it
We've already had enough

Deep in my soul baby
Deep in your soul and by your side
Deep in my soul
It's so big and i'm still alive
Did god hear it from us ?
We can't take it
We've already had enough

It's going down baby
Just let god decide,

It's going on baby
Just let god decide

Deep in my soul baby
We've already had enough


Sometimes it Snows in April - Prince


Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war,
Just after I’d wiped away his last tear
I guess he’s better off than he was before,
A whole lot better off than the fools he left here
I used 2 cry 4 tracy because he was my only friend
Those kind of cars don’t pass u every day
I used 2 cry 4 tracy because I wanted to see him again,
But sometimes sometimes life ain’t always the way...

Sometimes it snows in april
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

Springtime was always my favorite time of year,
A time 4 lovers holding hands in the rain
Now springtime only reminds me of tracy’s tears
Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain
He used 2 say so strong unafraid to die
Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized
No, staring at his picture I realized
No one could cry the way my tracy cried

Sometimes it snows in april
Sometimes I feel so bad
Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

I often dream of heaven and I know that tracy’s there
I know that he has found another friend
Maybe he’s found the answer 2 all the april snow
Maybe one day I’ll see my tracy again

Sometimes it snows in april
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last

All good things that say, never last
And love, it isn’t love until it’s past.

Two very good and appropriate songs for these current times. And no, I didn't choose Prince and Micheal on purpose, it just happened that way.

How did I forget about Marvin?....


What's Going On

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Yah

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today


Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on

(Background music and conversation)
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on

Mother, Mother, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me,
So you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
I’ll tell you Ya, what's going on - Uh
Ah, what's going on
Right on baby
Right on baby