Continued was the second album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the single Roosevelt and Ira Lee It was recorded at Monument Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1969. It was produced by Billy Swan and engineered by Tommy Strong and Mort Thomasson.
The album was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and another title (Roosevelt And Ira Lee). In 1997 it was rereleased by Warner Brothers containing two additional songs - "Watching The Trains Go By" (by Dewey Oldham and Wallace Pennington) and "Old Man Willis" (by Tony Joe White himself) was the second single. "Old Man Willis" was later re-recorded for the album.
The album contained the track "Rainy Night In Georgia" popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It reached #4 on the Pop Singles and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts, respectively. The RIAA certified the single gold for sales of one million copies. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. A heated feud between the duo and a loss in the 2004 NBA Finals was followed by O'Neal's trade from the Lakers after the 2003–04 season. Following O'Neal's departure Bryant became the cornerstone of the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, setting numerous scoring records in the process. In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. He was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2008. After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, earning the NBA Finals MVP Award on both occasions.
I am ready to learn and to grow
I am alone with the truth
I am brave, what is there to fear?
I am strong, God supports me
I am patient, each moment of eternity
I am able to help when necessary
I am happy, singing in the arms of God
I am balanced, keeping mind and heart equal
I am complete when I forget myself
I am receptive to each message of love
I am responsive to all that lives
I am happy, singing in the arms of God
Enough, I am content
breakin' 'em off a piece of my wicked funky style up front str8 up, no hiding behind a facade conformed society's way masses try to fit in, sin after sinner up inner higher self discriminatin' against the ways others are livin' their live's but i's real different yes a unique open mind just fuckin' sittin' around here totally bored just waitin' for fate to let me conquer my goals, these helpless feelins' although they're not true, no verve is left inside of my soul, but tell me what can i do? forced to cope, just don't know, how to acheive, my goals...a life derived through inner strength, and the traits in the divine, strange perversity dominates, the spirit and the mind...
Esta vida que yo tengo
es muy bonita, es muy bonita
pa' que no se me acabara
fuera bendita, fuera bendita
pa' poder vivir cerquita
de las cosas que más quiero
que no me pusiera viejo
pa' estar siempre jovencito
cantando, cantando, cantando versos bonitos(bis)
A la edad de quince años
ya yo cantaba, ya yo cantaba
y a los veintidós cumplidos
ya yo grababa, ya yo grababa
ya la gente comenzaba
a valorizar mi canto
y al lado del gran Colacho
me llené de requisitos
cantando, cantando, cantando versos bonitos(bis)
He vivido todo el tiempo
enamorado de una morena
la que meritoriamente
hizo que fuera yo el dueño de ella
la pobre ha salío tan buena
pero casi vive sola
porque salgo a toda hora
a cumplir mis compromisos
cantando, cantando, cantando versos bonitos(bis)
Vivo muy agradecido
de aquella gente que me acompaña
a donde quiera que voy
cada día más dándome fama
yo no sé cómo se paga
ese gesto tan bonito
quiero repartir mi alma
dándole a todo' un poquito
cantando, cantando, cantando versos bonitos(bis)
Cantar es una esperanza que rien el alma
cantar es una guitarra que esparce su gracia
cantando animo las cosas
que ha empolvado el tiempo
cantando vuelvo a mi pueblo
si es que aun no he vuelto.
My life is so complete
Everything is straightened out
I feel the touch of God
I feel a sense of doubt
But there's something about
The straight and narrow
My life is so complete
Everything is straightened out
I feel the touch of God
I feel a sense of doubt
But there's something about
This is the big one
Get out the Christ-kill
We need no one
We need no one
Deep in your twisted mind
You're helping all mankind
Redeem the world
Redeem the world
But there's something about
Jessica
We're smashing ultraviolet
Dimming the nerves
As we sit beneath a sunset
Jessica
Ultraviolet
Dead summer, a rotting corpse is in the sunlight
My life is so complete
Everything is straightened out
I feel the touch of God
I feel a sense of doubt
But there's something about
Please get me out
But there's something about
Don't fool yourself
They ate shit
Covered in shit
Eatin' their own crap
They were seein' things
Parking their fuckin' cars up near the mountain
They bathed in shit
Undercover 'n' shit
They'd blow crap up