Baby
To let you get away is crazy (Let you get away)
so I’m doing what it takes
To make you pledge your love to me
You see cause I’m tryna be your lady
For ever and ever baby
The picture wouldn’t be the same
If you weren’t standing next to me
Can’t you see I’m fallen“Fallen”-Mya
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Black Love Ain’t Dead.
Yes, I know you heard me say it before in this and several other post but you have to know it’s true. I’m hear to tell you that despite the fact that Black Men rap about women like they were sexual accessories or black women continue to tell each other that Black Men Ain’t Shit,
Black Love for the most part is not dead.
I believe this to be true because thinking of it any other way means that I’ve given up.
I’m reminded of when I was younger and used to watch the Cosby Show. The relationship between Clair and Heathcliff Huxtable seemed so genuine in nature. They slept, fought and made up with each other in such a way that you knew that they two of them fit together.
I knew I wanted a marriage like that someday.
When I was older and in college I found myself gravitating towards the Cosby Show’s spin-off, A Different World. There were many couples who emulated Black Love but none like Dwayne Wanye and Whitley Gilbert. The two knew each other since the show’s first airing but never truly became the romantic stuff of legend until the third season when they both played a game of cat and mouse.
And who could forget the moment when Dwayne declared his love for Whitney (and she as well) on her wedding day. (For the record, if my fiancé’s ex-boyfriend comes interrupting my wedding with that he’s going to get a beatdown … church and family be dammed)
There hasn’t been much of a record of black love lately. I mean I’m sure that it’s been floating around but nothing that you could tangibly see from week to week. I mean Oprah has Steadman but I see more warmth between her and Gayle than her and Steadman. (Please note that I’m not insinuating anything … I’m just staying). Janet has Jermaine Dupri but they both stated they ain’t getting married anytime soon and she may fall out of the public eye if she puts out another garbage album.
I really did feel that hope was lost on this one. Until of course a friend of mine sent me this picture:
Pretty isn’t it.
Just a man and a woman embraced in a moment of intimacy I haven’t seen in a long time between Black Folk in public. Now of course it’s in front of a rally thrown in support of his election campaign but you can see the warmth there.
Some may say that the Michelle and Barack Obama are playing to the cameras but you see you can’t fake genuine love like that. You can’t just put on a face while you’re in front of millions and expect to turn it on when it suits the masses. (I’m looking at you Al and Tipper Gore)
People will see right through it and eat you alive. If you don’t believe me I give you this couple:
I mean come on … do you think that Bill and Hillary even look at each other like this any more:
Honestly, I don’t think that Bill has even touched that since the Monica thing and they are just trying to keep it together because Hillary needs the Secret Service Protection and our government is too cheap to spring for it for both spouses.
Well there was this one picture that leaked on the interwebs. As you can see it was a little older because Bill’s Hair hasn’t greyed from all of the stress he’s taken working on a marriage that’s clearly around for political reasons.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Anyway, I love that Michelle and Barack seem so much in love. Now I’m not an Obama Stan, I’m just a fan of love in all of its forms and it’s good to see two seemingly attractive black folk who look like they love each other dearly.
Which is why you need to get that man into office.
A friend of mine says that you need to vote Barack into office, not because you need a middle class tax cut but you need someone to inspire Black Children towards lofty goals. I add to that by saying you need to do it to inspire Black men and Women of what to become.
Here you have a Black Man who’s not afraid of letting people know that in some cases his wife runs the show and you have a Black Woman who’s not domineering and occasionally acquiesces to her man.
A couple that would include a Black Man who is intelligent and a Black Woman who is his equal. Imagine the possibility of this concept that is not a fictional creation but rather a real life counterpart that would play out week to week.
Seriously, wouldn’t it behoove not only Black America but America as a whole to see a loving couple run this country back into health.
I pray that is the case.
Because for every Rap song that brings out the worst in men or every woman that does the same type of dirty, I’m going to need that balance again.
I’m going to need my Clair and Heathcliff Huxtable to show me that Black Love Ain’t Dead.
If you want that to you should be thinking of the same.
Barack and Michelle ’08.
