Charity Begins At Home!!

"Charity begins at home" in light of recent events of Newtown i am feeling very disappointed in our state school systems in my opinion this is a matter of "national security" 43 school shootings since Columbine is unacceptable! Schools and ALL public places should be at the top of the list of safety in our country. However, to think arming teachers with weapons is ludicrous, they already overworked and under paid. Why is it that we have millions and billions to support sports and entertainment but when it comes to our children and education there is "no funding"? I SAY our priorities are messed up. It's common sense, armed security guards that are properly trained to deal with threatening situations; lock down drills and safety alarm systems for example if a window is broken in a school it should trigger a alarm and set off a school Lock down, we put alarms on cars why not our school system, metal detectors! How is it that we have soooo much money for our entertainment but not our safety! We have money to fight every bodies wars but our own and it makes our country weak and succeptable to more violence! Spikes in gun sales is ridiculous because if the government regulates that could mean that registered guns become illegal in the coming months, and i don't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry being able to carry a gun on the streets just because we have criminals on the streets. and the people that do have license to carry hand guns should have to go training at least once a month including testing and evaluation to carry, extensive background checks of not only the carrier but family members as well, and These high powered assault weapons should only b in the hands of highly trained service members and as much technology as we have in this country Americans should not be afraid to go to a public place because of high risk violence. Its time for action past the monetary talk of emotions. There are sooo many young people dying and i attribute it to the break down of the family unit parents so busy trying to provide a "better life" for there children they are forgetting to raise them with honor and respect! My pastor said it best "u are not your child's friend" there are boundries and hard decisions to make as a parent, my children have to earn everything they get with honesty and dillegence and that is preparing them for the harsh realities of adulthood. I am watching President Obama speak and i quote "that should not be a excuse not to try" America is full of ass holes and excuses, the truth be told we are a bunch of spoiled brats and its time to began the hard work of regaining our strength as a country. "No pain no gain" is the truth changing our mindsets of hatred and greed forget politics its about priorities its about common sense its about tough love!! And it begins in each and every home if our children dont respect us as parents they probably wont have much respect for others!! As parents we have to say no sometimes as i tell my children i dont tell you no to knock your yolo but if you dont respect the word no your life will be destructive. As my dad taught me NO is not a bad word it just helps a person mature and be able to rationalize and gain wisdom overcoming objection in a positive way builds a better success! A REAL APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND LOVE FOR OTHERS...CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!!

Merry Christmas!!

Nice/Naughty

Me and my beautiful children Angel, Gabriel, Coyrian!! <3s!!

 Churchflow!! My son got baptized today!!

I have to say today was one of my top five days in my life!! I am soooo proud of my children by God's grace they are growing up to b great young adults! I pray they continue down the path of wisdom and i believe wisdom brings success and joy and wisdom comes from God!! BTW...I sung in the choir today for the first time in yeaaarrrsss and led a song. I have to be honest singing in church should b easy but I struggled today. Although i feel i am being led in this direction...my mind says "expectations are high in church" especially in a "traditional baptist church" ...not like singing in the club to intoxicated ears and bangin beats...lol!! But I am going to trust that I am doing the right thing and i will b able to fully let go and let God and b a blessing to somebody!! Pray for me!

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart      Quick story.....this song is not very commercial but its very personal! I dedicate this song to anyone who has ever lost someone to suicide!! Basically I am having a conversation with myself about a very low point in my life! A heart to heart w myself! Going deep into the soul of myself to find the worth of my life!! Most people dont like to address such issues but suicide is very real and children hanging themselves, young men shooting themselves in the head, girls drowning in pills! How do we help how can we become light to others?!  We open our hearts reach out and LOVE HARDER DAILY...U COULD B SOMEONES SUNRISE IN THERE DARKEST HOUR!! Click on the link and Listen!!

Election Day Nov. 6 2012!!

 Now that the election is over ...The funniest thing i ever heard ....is "He only won because he is black"!! My question is HE ONLY WON AGAIN because he is BLACK?! In America a country where a black man is the LAST TO WIN ANYTHING...DO U really think that Obama would b in office again w/o the majority of white people putting him in office!! Mr. Romney blatantly said he did not care about the bottom 47% of America...that's why HE lost!! And to the people that say they would rather "live in another country than the U.S. Another 4 years...the electoral vote was put in place by most of YOUR ancestors..YOUR four fathers...in all honesty...to keep non whites OUT of office...now its not going your way u want to "get rid of the electoral college or move to a third world country." I'm not a rocket scientist but that speaks volumes :/ to who u really are. Because it doesn't matter who the president is...if its within my power...in spite of whatever...I will always b a American! The President is only a figure of speech the lack of family values and morals r the root of MY country's problems the lack of accountability and lack of respect for others that started Waaaayyy before President Obama!! #Native Americans...as long as we have racism our country will always b at war! Change doesn't begin or end with the President...It starts and ends in each individual person. Yes i complain about living paycheck to paycheck not able to get any assistance because i am in the gap of making "too much money" and really not making enough however that also started Waaaayy before President Obama!! So GROW UP PEOPLE AND LETS FOCUS ON "ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!" #SALUTE

Just being ME!

Its My Birthday!!

Sooo, I made it another year! And I must say in spite of everything...I AM GRATEFUL! I have three beautiful children a good husband, a decent job and a great talent. If u know me I am a very passionate woman and I speak the good and vent the bad, real talk is all I know. Ive been off all weekend and tho i have enjoyed my days; The devil is definitely busy and I am going thru some rough times. I feel like I am in a deadly tornado. I dream about tornados a lot. I can only be honest I am feeling very unaccomplished and I just don't know what to do about it! I have always been ambitious but also a hope less romantic; in essence I wanted the family the career and the ability to make a difference in the world. Now, I am in my thirties and the devil is saying "the odds are stacked against you, your time is up with this music thing" that is what the devil is saying, yelling in my ear and God's voice is soft and still and hard to hear right now...which means I am not in tune with Him. How do I find my way back and walk the path of success that I was ordained for? I have to believe His timing is perfect and the boundaries that the world has does not apply to Jesus. So from this day forward I must work to rebuild my faith and walk forward until I am able to run full speed with VICTORY! Its not over for me, pray for me send me somebody that can help promote me cause ya girl Swag still strong #savedwithamazinggrace

My Weekend!!

First order of business, I have to stop expecting people to do the right thing and having good consideration skills! That's where I mess up, I expect people that supposedly care about me or that I do business with to consider the things that I do and respect my hustle without me even having to say it! I expect that if u do something wrong to someone you go over and beyond to try to make it right if you care about them...that's a rule of thumb that I live by daily, my dad taught me as much! That's what I get for thinking. Thursday, was off work so I said "I am going to go ahead and get my hair done because I have two shows this weekend." mainly a breast cancer awareness benefit saturday night that I was extremely excited about and the show Friday I just happened to look on a flier on Facebook and saw my name to perform, shrugs shoulders. Mind you, I am really struggling on the money right now because my husband has been off work for medical leave and we have six kids put together...lol! However, I was still geeked to b performing anywhere. I LOVE IT! (back to Thursday) I had spoken to one of two stylist I deal with earlier in the week about doing my hair...she agreed Thursday was good about 3pm...side note I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to her place. So I get to her house and ring the door bell no answer, ring it again no answer, so I text her, no reply, and then I called her...so I tell her I am at her house she tells me that she is at school and she doesn't know why she told me 3 o'clock she was thinking about saturday. (rolls eyes) so knowing I can't call my second stylist short notice. I go home and come back to her place a few hours later! Side note she has two small children and I understand they can b a hand full but i am a client not a baby sitter...but out of consideration I bring my oldest daughter to try to help her with her kids. I got my hair done, got home, did my nightly duties had a night cap and went to bed. Friday, work as usually got off at 9:30 pm and rushed home to get ready for the show at club 256 rushing to get ready, me and my hubby arrive and its all good, chillin, watching the performances AND THEN all of a sudden everybody start leaving in the middle of this dude performance AND THEN the lights come on so we looking at each other like "what's going on" the word was they where shooting outside. WTF mane I go get my CD because they shutting down! IDIDNT PERFORM! Now, there was a guy that got shot and as I reflect on it I'm tripping on how these lil young dudes b willin....acting like they hard and they soft as a baby's ass...there is no reason to be trying to gangbangin in the Shoals area. There is a few projects a few "ghetto" spots but fareal Quad Cities is the suburbs compared to the real streets, that bullshit folks b playing with dope,hoes, and money ain't nothing but child's play go to New Orleans, go to Chicago, hell even go to Birmingham and see if u really hard!! Back to my weekend, I get home about 2 in the morning SATURDAY, and play rock a bye baby w my husband :-) I had to be at work at 7:30am, got off at 4:30 pm, go home get the children situated, get my clothes together leave out about 7pm planning to be at the show at 10 pm. (The breast cancer awareness benefit that I got pink streeks in my hair to support the cause and its a all lady rap show its not often that the women get to SHOW OUT the radio station was there and errrthang! I had to b supa fly. ) Me and hubby get to the makeup artist place about ten minutes before 8 pm...mind u I had already stressed to her how important this show was. So we are waiting for her and waiting she said she was down the street but she pulls in about 10 minutes til 9pm, OK fine. Go in her house and I get dressed AND THEN she ask what time u need to b there I said NO LATER than 11pm!! She then ask me to follow her to take her husband his truck at his job, immediately I think...WTF but I say "where he work at?" She said by the Decatur bridge she was acting like it was urgent so I look at my husband like OOOOOKK so we run this errand that takes about a hour. We get back and finally get started on my makeup (I should have said forget it I will just go on to the show and just do basic makeup but me thinking I GOT 2 B RIGHT) THEN she proceeds to tell me that her and her husband had went to Huntsville to see a movie ,wait, pump the fuckin breaks, I'm confused, she did WHAT and I text her several times early in the day to remind her of our confirmation. ( me coming to get my makeup done about 7pm) She Also telling me that she had to drop him off at work so he would not b late (SO U MEAN TO TELL ME U INCONVEINCED ME FOR A MUTHAFUCKIN MOVIE U COULD HAVE WENT AND PICKED HIS ASS UP FROM WORK WHEN HE GOT OFF NOT ASKING A CLIENT THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN WAITING ON YOU TO LONG TO GO DO IT) those where my thoughts I didn't say that I was just dumbfounded by her inconsideration! At this point I want her to shut up with the small talk and hurry up and get thru! 11:01pm, done, so me and hubby high tail it from her place to Huntsville to the club where I was performing eta 11:50 pm. I'm finally there, I check in at the door, I find the dude that is putting on the show and introduce myself and he says "u super late...super late...super late" I tried to explain "I've had a horrible day I came all the way from the shoals area I just need 4 min he was like "I can't do it" as my heart sunk down to my feet I sadly went and sat down and told my husband the situation he was like "WHAT" we come all the way up here with about $40 in our pockets and u can't do ONE song" I text my stylist and tell her what happened she replied "I'm truly sorry" and that infuriated me so I didn't respond! I went ahead and took a few pics but not able to enjoy myself because of my disappointment and watched Joseline from love and hip hop ATL parade around talking about bad bitches I even got a lil video w her (I might as well get something out of this bad deal!) We leave the club and take this sad trip back home. I was so exhausted but I could not sleep dosed off about 4am woke up Sunday morning about 7:30am just laying in bed reflecting on the recent events and trying to figure out why ME! Crying a river of silent tears as not to wake my husband. I thought well "I'm pretty sure my stylist is going to call me today and talk to me, better than that she will probably come by my house after church and give me a formal apology maybe even offer some of my money back for my services or maybe offer me a free service the next time I needed to get my stuff done, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE! (people that know about hair sew in are not cheap especially if you don't really have it because my husband has been off work for medical leave for four months I could have used that money for something else like groceries) THAT DIDNT HAPPEN! NO CALL NO VISIT NOT EVEN A FOLLOW UP TEXT, NOTHING! BAD BUSINESS, BAD ASSOCIATION, What would U Do? How should I feel?

Down 4 the CAUSE!

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Shana G X The Shoals Blues Band

Check out this performance of "Cornbread" in Muscle Shoals.

Shana G Performing Friday Feb 10th.

Love is in the air and you can catch me performing this Friday at the pre-Valentine's Day Comedy Explosion in Sheffield. Bring your boo!!! It's gonna be fun!!

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