Woop! Down hearted and confused... Loosing out on everything you might try to do.... You got BAD LUCK... That's what you got! BAD LUCK...

Wow! Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes laid it down! That was my jam back in the day. Coming of age at a time when this song bellowed from boom boxes and car stereos on every corner. When you'd hear those first few notes... You knew it was coming! "Woop!" Oh it's a party now! Growing up in the hood this song validated why we were poor! Why we lived in poverty. Not because we were oppressed! We just had bad luck that that's all!

As I reflect on my youth I realize I was dancing to my own economic destruction. I was short circuiting my own ability to want more - achieve more. Because I was stricken with BAD LUCK! Lol!!

I was actually rejoicing and embracing "bad luck!" WTF!

They want me to forget you but you are not dead

They want me to move on but it hurts to give up

I try to keep your spirit present but they redirect the energy

Your memory is fading

Your pictures stare back at me with empty eyes

I am trying to hold on but your memory is fading

Your absence has humbled me and for that I am a better person

Your memory is fading