” This Is It “

Hi Family,

Glad to be back . Old man winter has finally arrived and it’s no joke. It’s freezing in New York right now. This is the kind of weather that really makes one appreciate having that special someone to snuggle up with

all night. For others it can be a living nightmare. There’s nothing worst in this weather than waking up with no heat and hot water. I can tell you about plenty of days growing up with the oven on and big pots of water on

the stove. There were plenty of days my mother had to work two and three jobs to keep the bills paid in the house. I still don’t know how she did it but it taught me to never underestimate the power of a women. How some

of these artist can address women as bitches and hoes is beyond comprehension. Have they forgotten that some of these women carried them in the womb for nine months. So as we approach 2010 I hope that all of the artist

at least  think about what they’re putting out there. I know it’s all about the money but then again sometimes it’s not all about the money. It’s about our commitment to what is right for the future of our children.

Speaking of music, the Micheal Jackson song “This is It” is becoming very prophetic. Always a man ahead of his time could he have said it any better. As we approach a year of the Obama

Presidency expect the war against good and evil to intensify. Forces are working everyday to stop  progress. They are working in every bureaucracy in America. No longer can we afford to,”Lean Back” as Fat Joe said. This is a

time for every decent person still breathing to look in the mirror. The mismanagement of the country has gotten all of us into a huge mess.We’ve been so busy worried about everybody elses backyard our own backyard is full of debris.

New York is actually in the process of being sued by the homeless. Are we doing bad as a city if we can’t give the people with nothing a bed and a square meal?  A billion dollars in the red by the end of the month. The governor

threatening to withhold payment to localities. Mass transit in a three hundred and fifty million dollar hole that probably got lost somewhere in between the two sets of books. Here I am paying eleven dollars to go over the Verrazano bridge

littered with potholes. Why don’t they do us a favor and raise it another dollar ! The M.T.A mismanages more money than any agency in existence. It still manages to escape the radar of srutiny. Many projects still unfinished and facing a

serious threat of having to cut bus and train service on many lines. If you can’t see the seriousness of this picture than maybe it’s time to skip a few days of your favorite blunt wrap. “This is it”. No other words could be more accurate.

As we make our way out of our favorite watering holes for the holidays. Be sure to take a few things into consideration. There may be quite a few gypsy cabs that drive by your ass in the freezing cold.

There may be an extra hour wait for the train or bus. As you leave the train station and walk up the stairs to exit there may be someone waiting with a Mac 10. Yes you heard me right, I said a Mac 10. Am I the only one worried that

we have 23 year old children on the streets of New York with that kind of fire power. Did we ever really need ” The Guiding Light ” and ” Days of our Lifes ” in the first place? We have all the soap opera a person needs in New York.

Just open up your damned door ! I wouldn’t want to imagine being a tourists in New York for the first time. What a New York welcome. Here we are  broke and making ourselves broker because the tourist are to scared to come spend some

money. Is it hitting home that we’re in a crisis not seen since the existence of mankind. James Brown had a song called ” Santa Go Straight to the Ghetto”. Does Santa realize he may go to the ghetto and come out and have no reindeer

because they’re in the oven with a mac-n-cheese. That’s the point we’re at right now. I hope that at some point these politicians can stop there silly game of twist and turn and start getting this country back in order.

The holidays just seem to bring out the worst in people. I just got off the phone with a friend telling me that someone broke into her house on Friday. She says she thinks she knows who it is.

I guess she was a little embarrassed to tell me it was her sleazy ass brother. Who else would know to go exactly to the money and jewelry and leave everything else in tact. People can’t even go to work to pay the mortgage because

there own family members are plotting to rob what their working for. When I talked to her about the incident I liked the fact that she had a certain amount of faith. It wasn’t the end of her world. In spite of everything that’s going

on we all need to proceed with a certain level of faith. What else can we have to help us endure these times. I know times are hard when I hear “Sly & the Family Stone” are ready to release another album. Slys been high how many

years now? A talented man that has sat idle so many years because of drug use. I look forward to Slys return. I would love to see Larry Graham on the set too. In any event lets keep the faith. It seems to be the only thing we have left.