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My Own Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IA3ZvCkRkQ I remember hearing Mariah Carey’s song “Hero” when I was 10 years old. The song resonated with me so deeply that I over played it on my cassette player, pausing and rewinding as I wrote down the lyrics to memorize them. I did not know that my attraction to her song then, would someday save my life and from tragedy would come a new inspired life purpose. Over the last few months I realized that in order to get through this really difficult time in my life, I had to finally be my own hero. I had always counted on other but my knight in shinning armor was out of commission sleeping through his depression while I was going through some darkness on my own while trying to parent 2 children, maintain a job and relationships and live up to society expectation. Everything that felt safe and secure before had been destroyed and the darkness kept creeping in. I sat frozen in time, unsure what to do about any of it. I wanted to give up. I thought about all my demons. Addiction, unstable mental health, money, friends and family problems and I asked myself, “How can I go on living? What right did I have to happiness”? From what seemed to be out of nowhere, the first verse of “Hero” began to play. “There's a hero if you look inside your heart, you don't have to be afraid of what you are. And there's an answer, if you reach into your soul, and the sorrow that you know will melt away.” My heart swelled. I sat up taller as the smile on my face lit up my room. I felt lighter than I had in months. “I am my own hero. I can save myself but how?” I asked my higher self-eager to know. The chorus plays stronger in my ear. “And then a hero comes along, with the strength to carry on. And you cast your fears aside, and you know you can survive. So, when you feel like hope is gone, just look inside you and be strong. And you'll finally see the truth, that a hero lies in you.” “Okay, I get it!” I declared, “I can save myself and I have to have strength and courage, but what do I do with it?” I hung my head in shame and embarrassment as I remembered that no one knew the pain I was feeling from hiding theses secrets and that the people I did tell, rejected me. “What should I do?” I cried out loud. Mariah Carey belts verse 2 in my mind. “It's a long road, when you face the world alone; No one reaches out a hand for you to hold... You can find love if you search within yourself and then the emptiness you felt will disappear.” Right then and there I take out my phone and confess all of my pain and secrets in a video and post it on my social media. I confess it all! I am floored by the response. People reach out to show support, ask how they can help or simply thank me for being brave, as they have been struggling too. I begin to connect online with people today and feel myself come alive as the chorus plays in my heart and then I remember the bridge: “Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, But don't let anyone tear them away. Just hold on, and there will be tomorrow, and in time you'll find the way.” I remember who I am in that moment. The dreams I had. How strong I am. I remember how to look inside myself and be brave, how to free myself from the pain and be my own hero. I remember that I am not the only person that feels this way and I begin to help others find their own hero and speak their truth. This song helped me through hard times when I was 10 years old and even harder times almost 30 years later. Let’s all try to remember we are own Hero’s but we don’t have to do it alone. KimPossible XXOO
Kimberly PeacePublished 4 years ago in BeatThe Marked
A few weeks after my 18th birthday in 1991, I headed down to “Bizzy Bee,” my favorite little hole in the wall record store in my home town of Naperville Illinois. I drove the 3 miles from my house to School Street in downtown Naperville and parked my little old, silver, rusty 1983 Honda Civic right in front of the quaint Yellow and White colored Victorian style house turned record store. A small neon blue sign flashed on and off with “Bizzy Bee” printed on it hung above the front doorway. Armed with a fresh $25 “Bizzy Bee” gift certificate, courtesy of my older brother, I exited the aging Civic slamming the driver’s door with a satisfying thud!
Patrick RobertsPublished 4 years ago in BeatBehind the Beat
Choosing just one song that has influenced my life is hard for me. Having so much trauma and loss since an early age had me to turn to music to heal my soul, it’s like my therapy. I know there is one song that always hit’s my heart hard. I first heard “Missing You” by Brandy, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Tamia, while watching the movie “Set It Off” when I was just 10 years young. There was something about this song that has always assured me that no matter who I’ve lost and how close they were to me there will always be that special place in my heart for them. When I hear this song it always makes me sad and happy all at once. As though there are a million different feelings running through my body and I just can’t help but sing along and feel all of them.
Maggie BaarPublished 4 years ago in BeatThe tour, called "An Evening With Whitney Houston: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour", and another superstars.
A just-announced musical tour featuring a hologram of the late Grammy winner Whitney Houston is facing furious backlash from critics who call the move 'disrespectful' and a 'money grab.'
Fluo & PatternPublished 4 years ago in BeatUnwell
"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell," are the famous lyrics written by Rob Thomas of my favorite band, Matchbox Twenty. I think every human being on the face of the freaking planet can relate to that sentence. Thomas goes on to say, "...just stay a while and maybe then you'll see a different side of me." That final line that everybody wants to tell the person they fall in love with.
ELIYYA LANEPublished 4 years ago in Beat10 of the best hip hop artists of the 90’s -you might not know about Vol #1
The 90‘s were full of a bunch of super lit hip-hop artists- I mean absolutely incredible moments they just can’t be replicated. And, there’s way too many amazing emcees to mention and just one article, so this article is volume#1 with many more to come and only on the Vocal.media platform.
PRiMe PeRfPublished 4 years ago in BeatMade in England
Elton John went into the studio to record his 1995 album still riding high on the success of The Lion King, including his very own Academy Award. Armed with Bernie Taupin's latest set of lyrics, Elton brought in Greg Penny, best known as K.D. Lang's producer, to co-produce the album with Elton himself at George Martin's AIR Studios in London.
Sean CallaghanPublished 4 years ago in BeatThe Lion King
In the early 1990s, Walt Disney Feature Animation was enjoying its second golden age, and through a series of circumstances it enlisted the services of one Elton John, who was seeking a second golden age of his own. True, his star had not completely dimmed and his most recent albums, Sleeping With the Past and The One, had showed strong promise of an artistic rebirth. But no doubt, the agreement to write a songtrack for Disney's planned animated feature, The Lion King would prove a pivotal part of the second act for the Rocket Man soon to be known as Sir Elton John.
Sean CallaghanPublished 4 years ago in BeatThe One
Following a stint in rehab to overcome his drug and alcohol addictions, Elton John decided to record a new album in 1992 at Studio Guillame Telll in Paris, France. He brought with him many of the usual suspects: a set of Taupin lyrics, Chris Thomas as producer, and veteran Elton John band members Davey Johnstone and Guy Babylon contributing electric guitar and backing vocals and keyboards and programming, respectively. There are also vocals from not only Nigel Olsson, but also Kiki Dee.
Sean CallaghanPublished 4 years ago in BeatWhere Are They Now?
Whatever happened to Cathy Dennis? Quite often I will wake up in the morning with a song in my head. When this happened recently I had no idea why it was the song that it was but it did get me wondering.
Talk About Pop MusicPublished 4 years ago in Beat10 Bands that Rocked the 90s
The 90s was a huge decade for rock music. Most of its epic bands that rocked that decade are still being played on mainstream radio with modern rock. Yes, a lot of the epic tunes that were born in the 90s are still being heard through the airwaves throughout the world as if the songs were just released like they were back in that manic decade. That is how good the 90s had it with rock music!
Bazooka TeachesPublished 4 years ago in BeatKeisha Buchanan
Keisha Buchanan is better known as a founding member and one-third of the Sugababes. Sugababes has always been one of my favourite bands since they first started with Keisha, Siobhan and Mutya. The three of them alone are some of my favourite female vocalists. Siobhan went on to release two wonderful solo albums and Mutya did some really great songs.
Chloe GilholyPublished 5 years ago in Beat