Friday, July 2, 2010

The saga of h.e.r.

I was asked the other day what the meaning of my Sasha Thumph.e.r. tattoo means. I said everything, but after that I thought about it and it actually does. I was introduced to Sasha Thumper in 1998 with the Outkast Aquemini album track 9 "The Art of Storytelling Part 1". I don't know if it was the beat, the lyrics, the story or the nostalgia but it touched me. I was familiar with Sasha and begun to meet a couple or so I thought. I think in life you find people who are to meant to change you profoundly whether good or bad but change they do. I just so happen to find that person and I fell in love with her. She changed me in ways I still ponder. For that alone she will always have my heart. In the Outkast song Andre 3000 and Sasha lose touch and she ends up dying but through it all he had hope for her, them. That resonated to me as love, long-lasting love. H.e.r. (her essence is real) every since I began to to understand hip-hop I loved Common's "I used to love h.e.r" ands it's analogy. I love not only hip-hop but music in generally for it has touched me in ways not many things haven't and can't. Point blank period I get it. Every person has that one thing/person that has changed them or that one thing that got away or even defiines you. Sasha Thumph.e.r. is mine.

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