The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people.
The NAACP bestows the annual Image Awards for achievement in the arts and entertainment, and the annual Spingarn Medals for outstanding positive achievement of any kind, on deserving African Americans. It has its headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Barack Hussein Obama II (i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. In January 2005, Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in the state of Illinois. He would hold this office until November 2008, when he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, Obama ran for the United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Illinois Democratic primary for the Senate election and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In April 2011, he announced that he would be running for re-election in 2012.
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In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Luther Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track "Dance with My Father", co-written with Richard Marx.
Luther Vandross was born on April 20, 1951 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, United States. He was the fourth child and second son to Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross, Sr.
Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City in the NYCHA Alfred E. Smith Houses public housing development, Vandross began playing the piano at the age of three. He grew up in a musical family that moved to the Bronx when he was thirteen. His sister, Patricia, sang with the vocal group The Crests, who had a number two hit in 1958 with "16 Candles", though she left the group before the recording. Vandross's father died of diabetes when Vandross was eight years old. Luther Vandross was in a high school group, Shades of Jade, that once played at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. He was also a member of a theater workshop, "Listen My Brother" who released the singles "Only Love Can Make a Better World" and "Listen My Brother", and appeared on the second and fifth episodes of Sesame Street in November 1969.
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Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid and delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition and healthy eating.
No no,
Nooo no
Where should I start?
I don't wanna break her heart.
The phone rings and it's you
You beg me to come home
And the truth is girl you think, I'm in the studio
For a moment I was there
And then I ended up here
Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place,
What is this I'm gonna face,
If she ever finds out
(Should I just go)
And do what my heart tells me to
(But I cannot let go)
You don't know what I'm goin through
(How did I get)...
Caught up in this sticky situation that I'm facing.
How do I? Say to my girl that I've been cheating.
How can I? Try to explain the late night creeping.
How do I? Tell her the truth and it not end.
How do I? Say I've been cheating with your best friend.
Your best friend, best friend.
I've been cheating with your best friend,
Your best friend, best friend, No no no no
Babygirl it's been tearing me apart,
And it really hurts my heart that I gotta be telling you this.
Even tho I know it's gonna be the end
I couldn't hold it any longer and keep lying to myself
I never wanted to see you cry
You think I'm messed up I know why
Maybe it's my past coming to haunt me
But I'm just doin exactly what she taught me.
(Should I just go)
And do what my heart tells me to
(But I cannot let go)
You don't know what I'm goin through
(How did I get)...
Caught up in this sticky situation that I'm facing.
How do I? Say to my girl that I've been cheating.
How can I? Try to explain the late night creeping.
How do I? Tell her the truth and it not end.
How do I? Say I've been cheating with your best friend.
Your best friend, your best friend.
I've been cheating with your best friend,
Your best friend, your best friend,
[Intro:]
A skibbi-di-bum-bom-beng (Jingles and Drops)
Alright... ooooh
Oh-woah
If you try my love (try my looooove)
Oh yeah
Ooooh-ooohh
[Chorus:]
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise,
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
[Verse 1:]
Ey, ey,
She seh she wah fi try my love
She wah fi date me
She wah fi gimmie di bly
Becah she tell me seh she rate me
Need me in har life cah she ah get no loving lately
She know I'm capable a making her body go crazy
Soooo...
Girl no need to worry nor fraid
Cause giving you my loving is my only intrest
Girl you know it's on when you come over to my place
Gyal flex... time to have sex
Ey, so you know what yuh gonna do
Just follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me to my bedroom
Baby girl just relax let me get inna di mood
Make you sweat, get you wet
Take you higher than di mooooon
Alright my love
Searching for some pleasure well you find my love
Wake you up-up-up pass round nine, my love
Touch one gone when you try my love
[Chorus:]
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise,
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
[Verse 2:]
If it's loving that you want
Then girl I know what you need
So there ain't no use in wasting no time (no time)
Cause in life you know sometimes
Girl you gotta take a chance
And I won't stop baby til' you are miiiine
So tell dem othas bye-bye
You need a man fi ruff yuh up
Nuh wah no shy guy
Cause how me trod to you
Girl you could make I try hide
You know I'm serious when you look into my eyes (eeeyyyeee)
Alright my love
Searching for some pleasure well you find my love
Wake you up-up-up pass round nine, my love
Touch one gone when you try my love
[Chorus:]
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise,
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
[Verse 3:]
I'll fullfill every fantasy
And take you on a trip to my galaxy (oooh)
Girl we'll go back in time
So all I'm asking you is to trrrrrry
[Chorus:]
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise,
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
[Chorus:]
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
If you try my love (try my looooove)
I promise,
You'll never eva go back (never go back)
[Outro:]
Wooooh
This one is for my lady
You know who you are
You know who you are
Yeeaaah
A Jingles and Drops
Nicky B representin'
All di girls that wanna take a chance
This is for all my people that wanna take a chance
In loooooooove
Pedro, I see you nigga
Crusing with di top down
Woooh
Yeaaah
Sometimes you gotta take a chance
[Intro:]
A skibbi-di-bum-bom-beng
Alright (alright)
Laaaadies
Russian, dem gyal jus a call me phone
Tell me how dem love off me flow
Wah fi folla everywhere me go
A skibbi-di-bum-bom-beng
[Chorus:]
Tanisha, Sabrina, Meleesa, Renee
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cassandra, Monique and di one Melanie
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Stacey, Tracey, Jodi, Tiffany
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cah me push to di bone
Straight jeans, wallabeez
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
[Verse 1:]
Lemme tell you bout Tanisha
Seh she love me swagga
Fell in love with every feature
No me a nuh Addi
But she call me di teacha
Sabrina, seh me get har hatta dan a fevah
Ohhhh...
Lemme tell you bout Meleesa
Real hardcore ghetto gyal from dung a Rema
Have up di wine like Shakira fi tear mi marina
Mash up di place like katrina
[Chorus:]
Tanisha, Sabrina, Meleesa, Renee
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cassandra, Monique and di one Melanie
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Stacey, Tracey, Jodi, Tiffany
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cah me push to di bone
Straight jeans, wallabeez
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
[Verse 2:]
God know seh mi nuh russian
Fly 8 thousand miles guh link mi girl May Ling inna Japan
Come offa di plane
She a clap hand
Gih har di ting mek she spit fire hard like dragon
Mi henessy babaroots up
Fi guh link Tracey inna Europe
Skin get burn and bruise up
Whole heap ah energy ah use up
[Chorus:]
Tanisha, Sabrina, Meleesa, Renee
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cassandra, Monique and di one Melanie
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Stacey, Tracey, Jodi, Tiffany
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cah me push to di bone
Straight jeans, wallabeez
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
[Bridge:]
A skibbi-di-bum-bom-beng
Alright (alright)
Laaaadies
Russian, dem gyal jus a call me phone
Tell me how dem love off me flow
Wah fi folla everywhere me go
A skibbi-di-bum-bom-beng
[Chorus:]
Tanisha, Sabrina, Meleesa, Renee
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cassandra, Monique and di one Melanie
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Stacey, Tracey, Jodi, Tiffany
Every gyal a road dem jus a dead ova me
Cah me push to di bone
Straight jeans, wallabeez
[Verse 1:]
I always heard that love could hurt someone
But never imagine that it could hurt this way
And I always saw peole in love
To myself I said someday that be me (ooohhh yyeees)
And den you came into my life (came in to my life)
And eventhough my guards where up
I still decide to trust you
And ever since you looked into in my eyes
And told me girl you had to leave
It's killing me
Ooo baby!
[Chorus:]
Can anybody out there
Hear me when I cry (hear me when I cry)
Cause I'm hurting inside (cause I'm hurting inside)
Can anybody out there
Mend this broken heart (mend this broken heart)
And wipe these tears from my eyes (eyes)
[Verse 2:]
I guess it's just a likkle thing called karma
All the many girls life's
That are filled with drama
Many other daughters that cry to mama
Saying "mom he broke my heart in two"
But what goes around comes back around
And I guess it was it's time to come to me, baby
It's killing me
Ooooo baby!
[Chorus:]
Can anybody out there
Hear me when I cry (hear me when I cry)
Cause I'm hurting inside (cause I'm hurting inside)
Can anybody out there
Mend this broken heart (mend this broken heart)
And wipe these tears from my eyes (eyes)
[Verse 3:]
I thought this love was meant to be
I guess that I was wrong
I fell for you so easliy
And now you're moving on
Now I have to live my life
Without the thing I thought
Was the best part (the best part)
[Chorus:]
Can anybody out there
Hear me when I cry (hear me when I cry)
Because I'm hurting inside (cause I'm hurting inside)
Can anybody out there
Mend this broken heart (mend this broken heart)
And wipe these tears from my eyes (eyes)
[Chorus:]
Can anybody out there
Hear me when I cry (hear me when I cry)
Because I'm hurting inside, inside, inside (cause I'm hurting inside)
Can anybody out there
Mend this broken heart (mend this broken heart)
[Chorus:]
All I want is to be your man why don't you why don't you understand that here I am w my heart in my hands cuss girl I'm in love girl I'm in love.
Girl you noe that I care for you and you noe the rude boy will be there for you everyday cuss you noe that my love is true so tell me what is the problem boo? juss take my hand understand I'm in love and I can't help it you tear my poor lil heart girl I noe.
[Chorus]
Me not lie of what I felt before but noe I've changed girl and that's for sure yes juss to be w you cuss what I feel is true let me light your fire girl ii can take you higher to ecstacy oh juss let it be.
[Chorus]