Coming of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change are associated with the age of sexual maturity (Early-Adolescence); in others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in western societies, modern legal conventions which stipulate points in late adolescence or early adulthood (most commonly 16-21 when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights of an adult) are the focus of the transition. In either case, many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and significant benefits come with the change. (See also rite of passage.)
Coming of age is often a topic of fiction. In literature, a novel which deals with coming of age is called a bildungsroman. Similar stories told in film are called coming-of-age films.
Tyler Foster Ennis (born October 6, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing Center for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Sabres in the first round, 26th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Ennis began his major junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Medicine Hat Tigers in 2005–06, recording 10 points in a 43-game rookie season. The following season, he became a key contributor to the Tigers' offense with a 26-goal, 50-point campaign. Ennis went on to add 12 points in 20 playoff games as the Tigers defeated the defending WHL champion Vancouver Giants in a seven-game Ed Chynoweth Cup final. The WHL title earned the Tigers a berth in the 2007 Memorial Cup, hosted by the runner-up Giants, whom they met in the tournament final once more, but fell by a 3–1 score. Ennis contributed a team-high four points in four games, fifth in tournament scoring.
The following season, in 2007–08, Ennis' NHL draft year, he ascended to a team-leading 91 points, fourth in league scoring. That off-season, he was selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft 26th overall by the Buffalo Sabres. In 2008–09, his fourth season with the Tigers, Ennis was named WHL Player of the Week for the week ending February 22, 2009, after an eight-point performance in three games. Ennis followed up his player of the week honors with a six-goal performance on February 27, scoring all his team's goals in a 6–2 win against the Prince Albert Raiders. He was just one goal shy of tying the WHL record of seven goals in a game (held by five different players).
Malik Cox (born June 23, 1978), better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek or "Bleek", is a New York rapper mainly known for his tenure with Roc-a-Fella Records and CEO of his own label Get Low Records. He has released four albums during his career (all of which went Gold) , and had planned to release The Process in 2011, although the album has yet to be completed.
S. Xavier (born 1920) was a lawyer, trade union leader and Swatantra party politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Member of Lok Sabha for Tirunelveli from 1967 to 1971 and expired on Dec 6th 2009.
Xavier was born in a Dalit family in the year 1920. He graduated in 1941 and entered government service the very same year. He studied law and graduated as a lawyer in 1952 and started practising from 1953 onwards. Xavier lead various trade unions and worker's organisations in Madras state.
Xavier took an active interest in politics and joined the Swatantra party established by C. Rajagopalachari in 1959. He contested in the 1967 elections from Tirunelveli and was elected to the Lok Sabha.
Yeah...
Come experience... life as we know it
As some of you should know it, yeah, yeah
Place, Marcy, Brooklyn
Actions... well, y'all know the actions
Uhh, I got this shorty on my block always clockin my rocks
He likes the style and profile I think he wanna mock
He likes the way I walk, he sees my money talkin
to honies hawkin I'm the hottest nigga in New York and
I see his hunger pains, I know his blood boils
He wanna, run with me, I know this kid'll be loyal
I watched him make a few ends, to cop his little sneakers and gear
then it's just enough for re-up again
I see myself in his eyes, I moved from Levi's
to Guess to Versace, now it's diamonds like Liberace
That's just the natural cycle, nobody wanna be like Michael
where I'm from, just them niggaz who banned from a gun
We out here trying to make hard white into cohhhhld green
I can help shorty blow out like Afro-Sheen
Plus I can relive my days of youth which is gone
That little nigga's peeps, it's time to put him on
It's time to come up (and hold my own weight, defend my crown)
Gots to lock it down and when they rush (stand my ground)
It's time to come up (stick up my chest, and make some loot)
Gots to lock it down and when they rush (stand on my own two)
I'm out here slingin bringin the drama, tryin to come up
in the game and add a couple of dollar signs to my name
I'm out here servin disturbin the peace, life could be better
like my man reclined in plush leather seats
He's sellin weight, I'm sellin eight... balls
sixteen tryin to graduate to pushin quarters y'all
I ain't gon' sweat him I'ma let him come to me
If he give me the nod then these niggaz gon' see
I'm tired of bein out here round the clock
and breakin day, and chasin crackers up the block for my pay
I'm stayin fresh, so chickens check
I'm tryin to step up to the next level, pushin Vettes to the Jets
Diamonds reflect from the sun, directly in your equilibirum
and stunned I'm waitin for my day to come
I got the urge, to splurge, I don't wanna lifetime sentence
just give me the word
Hey fella I been watchin you clockin
Who me holdin down this block it ain't nothin
You the man nigga now stop frontin
Hahahh I like your style
Nah, I like YO' style
Let's drive around awhile
Cool nigga
Here's a thou'
A G? I ride witchu for free
I want the longterm riches and bitches
Have it all; now listen to me
You let them other niggaz get the name, skip the fame
Ten thou' or a hundred G keep yo' shit the same
On the low?
Yeah, the only way to blow
You let your shit bubble quietly
AND THEN YOU BLOW!
Hey keep your cool
The only way to peep a fool is let him show his hand
Then you play your cards
Then he through dealin I understand
Don't blow your dough on hotties
The only thing I got in this world is my word and my nuts
and won't break em for nobody!
Hah, I like resume, pick a day, you can start
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
My gunz, my credentials, I'm geased up
Hate a nigga that don't know me and swear that Bleek front
cause I'm a little nigga, so what, I did my thang
Now I came up, fuck a nigga gon tell me?
Before this Bleek shit, a nigga couldn't eat and shit
I sold drugs, fascinated by this sneaker shit
On hot days I found ways to clock pay
Had yellow tops now my topz is gray
Cause one these lame niggaz got the color of mine
But one problem, niggaz work ain't as butter as mine
And you got to believe, yo I'm dope in the drawers form, poppy seed
And you got to be weed, I got a ounce of D and no clientele
But when the sun goes down I hit the strips for sales
Clock mel, half of my dogz ain't rottweil
We bout to work wholesale, and flip the price the retail
Wha......
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
I got the hood in me, so I guess I'm no good, nigga
I stay strapped Cause I know a nigga could, nigga
I chop grams in the crib wit my man
We blew L's and politiced on how to expand
We supplied the Vein
Promised to go out in a blaze
Before them pigz lock the game
We gotta maintain in this world of cold blood
It's no love, niggaz will back out heat and let you hold slugz
We took re-up money
Rollin dice, and I neva thought a game of Cee-Lo
Could take my man life, Over 3 cdnt, My son was a little bit
A nigga flash heat, he flipped and seen the end of it
A cool cat, and novody seemed to like him
Dat was my dog so nobody had to like im
I closed the vein down, I couldnt hustle no mo
But still I hold heat ready to ride to war
Cause I could die by this game
Spit in the Mic and my life aint no different
Just a Regular Cat
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo Yo
Why niggaz throw Ice grills and I see you tight grill
But I know if i squeeze you faggots gon squeal
I laugh at y'al flash cash at y'all
In the tinted whatever, ried right past y'all
Me and my cod-ee and we all know Bleek
Tight, the whole heat, you niggaz don't know me
Where the fuck niggaz know me from? (Marcy, son)
You niggaz frontin you ain't have heart to come
Besides you niggaz mad cause yo bitch ride shotty
Round town, malibu mixed wit Bicardi
She relaxed in da drop, Fendi shades matchin the watch
Accent osets, the bitch kinda prop
But her man think he untouchable
Put his ass where he ain't comfortable, Lay him up for a few
He'll realize, Bleek ain't the one to fuck wit
Provoke me to spit, consider it dealt wit
I'm not the type to hit shotz and miss you
The type to play you close to kiss you
nigga describe the pistol, you hit wit
When they fillin yo body wit liquid
Now I'm on the low cause you told em it was Memphis
Who blazed you up, yeah, layed you up
Yo mouth got you like that, and thats plain as fuck
I'm a Regular Cat, wha...
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Yo I grew up like a Regular Cat
Some nigga hit me wit a signing
Shit, yo I'll settle wit dat
Went to my block, got it off and coped metal wit dat
So if a nigga ever frontin, I'ma wet im wit that
Regular cat, wt em wit dat
I'm just a regular cat
Yo I'll settle wit dat then I'ma wet em wit dat
Coming of age ain’t about what you do
It’s giving in to what’s predefined
When you trade all your dreams for compromise
It is never what you have in mind
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
That’s how our lives are aligned
The path that you chose has got highs has got lows
But it’s never what you have in mind
I must say that I still wonder why it disappears
Must say that I still wonder why
The years keep tumbling by
Coming of age ain’t about who you meet
It’s about the people who leave you behind
Your brothers, your parents, your lovers, your friends
It is never what you have in mind
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
We know we might run out of time
But when it comes to living, dying is the easy part
Not exactly what you had in mind
I really doubt that I’ll find out why it disappears
I really doubt that I’ll find out
What these years are all about
You might ask if these thoughts that I just summed up
Are of any importance to you
Maybe not but when things don’t turn out like you
planned
It helps to know that they never do
Besides, if each shot of happy
Comes with only two shots of sad
Then coming of age is not so bad
Then coming of age is not so bad
Dressed to kill and
lookin’ dynamite
with her high-laced
stockings and her
sweater so tight
I asked her her name
she said her name was "Maybe"
Well she walked up to me
and she asked me to dance
I said, "I am lookin’
for some wild romance"
She gave me a wink
she said I should
think about it, maybe
She said, "What you got babe
is what I need
Your kind of love
got me on my knees"
I’m so tied up
What you got
got a hold on me
your kind of love
make a man outta me
I’m so tied up
you got me so fired up
(chorus)
Little sister hits the stage
She can’t help it
she’s coming of age
Little junior, he’s
all in a rage
Did you notice
she was comin’ of age?
If looks could kill
I’d be dead on the floor
You got me all tied up
honey, beggin’ for more
Somebody call a doctor
I think I’m goin’ crazy
She said, "What you got babe
is what I need
Your kind of love
got me on my knees"
I’m so tied up
What you got
got a hold on me
your kind of love
make a man outta me
I’m so tied up
you got me so fired up
Little sister hits the stage
She can’t help it
she’s coming of age
Little junior
he’s all in a rage
Did you notice she was
come, come, coming of
Wooh ooh ohh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(instrumental)
Little sister hits the stage
She can’t help it
she’s comin’ of age
Little junior
he’s all in a rage
Did you notice she was
come, come, coming of
(repeat)
She's come, come, coming of age
Yeah she come, she come, she come
All my life I've been waiting
For someone like you
That I could believe in
All that I'm wanting, all that I'll say
Just take what confines us, we'll throw it away and
Say it
No need to hold, hold your tongue
Say it
It's just a question of, how we've come to this place of change
We're turning the page, we're coming of age
Today is the day, where choices are made, a coming of age
I know now, just what's worth fighting for
Is to stand on our own and finding our place in this world
Where there's no falling in line, no sense of regiment
No coloring words to hide what they really meant
And just say it
No need to hold, hold your tongue
Say it
It's just a question of, how we've come to this place of change
We're turning the page, we're coming of age
Today is the day, where choices are made, a coming of age
We can break these chains
Just take them in hand and tear them away
Tear them away
Be free
Say it
No need to hold, hold your tongue
Say it
It's just a question of, how we've come to this place of change
We're turning the page, we're coming of age
Today is the day
Where choices are made, a coming of age
We can break these chains
Just take them in hand and throw them away
Coming of age, don’t understand how I feel
I live for her smile, it makes my world reel
She’s always been there for me, she’s my best friend
In my heart I always see her face
Passion is raining down
Feelings have been concealed
Now the truth must be revealed
My eyes they speak to me
They tell me the time is now
To take her love and set the stage
The wheels are in motion somehow
My eyes they speak to me
They tell me the time is now
To take her love and set the stage
The wheels are in motion somehow
There came at once, a point in time
When we would understand
She is now a woman and I am now a man
The visions rage within, there is evidence of that
We’re all we ever had
This was a plan of divine circumstance
It is obvious our meeting was not by chance
My eyes they speak to me
They tell me the time is now
To take her love and set the stage
WOUNDED HEART
Wounded heart I cannot save,
you from yourself.
Though I wanted to be brave,
it never helps.
Cause your trouble's like a flood,
raging through your veins.
No amount of loves enough
to end the pain.
Tenderness and time can heal,
a right gone wrong.
But the anger that you feel,
goes on and on.
And it's not enough to know,
that I love you still.
So, I take my heart and go,
for I've had my fill.
If you listen you can hear,
the angels wings.
Up above our heads so near,
they are hovering.
Waiting to reach out for love,
when it falls apart.
When it cannot rise above
A wounded heart.
When it cannot rise above
A wounded heart...
ooh, oh oh oh
Thank you mama
And to the rising sun i turn my head
I'm thinking of all the things that mama said
Oh, will i be ready to make it on my own?
She said boy be careful and watch what you do
Always be thankful, i'm telling you
Cos you never know, one day you might have to stand-
alone
She said be independent don't depend on no man
Take every emotions like a grain of sand
The road is hard but you can make it
If you take a stand
And i'll never forget it
(Chorus)
Sometimes when i'm down
I want to turn around (i want to turn around)
There's just so many things running through my head
(I look down the road)
I look down the road
(No no no no no no no)
How far can i go?
I think of all the things that mama said
As i thought to lay my head to rest
My mind is working hard to digest
all the missing pieces that she's given to me
She said child if you're flying you must down for a
landin
Lean not to your own understanding
If you got a hunch, ha, make sure that hunch is right
She said child walk alone if that's what you do
But always be open for a hand or two
If you listen to mama, my baby, you're gonna be alright
I'll never forget it
(Chorus)
The things mama said (Yeah)
No no no no no
I want to thank you for everything you did
(Chorus)
No no no no no
Thank you
I'm fallin' in love
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
In love, with you
Girl, i'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
In love, with you
Girl i've really been thinking
Just let me ask you
How do you feel about being in love?
And what does love mean to you?
Funny you keep saying
Home alone we start playing?
That's what people think we do
When i'm alone with you
You whisper through the phone that you love me
Stop fooling me, it's on, listen to me
I don't want to scare you
But i've got to tell you
What is in my heart for you, Baby
(Chorus)
I'm fallin'
Said i'm fallin'
(i'm fallin'in love, with you)
I'm fallin'
In love, whith you
I'm fallin'
In love, in love with you baby
I'm fallin
(Bridge)
No, i don't mean to scare you
I'm fallin'in love, with you
Girl i just have to tell you
I'm fallin in love
Said i'm fallin in love with you
Girl you catch me staring
Into your eyes i'm fearing
You telling me that you believe
That i'm too serious for you
But now that i got your attention
I'm not ashamed girl to mention
All of the time that you held on to me
And whispered baby, baby love me
I can't tell you i love you
I can't stop thinking of you
Baby you see
I just go to tell ya
Just how much you mean to me
I'm fallin'
(Chorus)
Baby i don't want to play anymore
It's time to get serious girl
Let's get serious
Let's get serious
(Chorus to fade)
We wait 'till the clock turns to the right,
But it does it every day.
The funny thing about time,
You'd think we'd have a say
But there's no way.
So take me now.
Don't let this little child
Wait until the world makes him hate to see his eyes
With open eyes.
Skippin' stones across our ponds and oceans
Never learn to float.
To sing to the bottom back where we got 'em
Like little treasures of gold.
So take me now.
Don't let this little child
Wait until the world makes him hate to see his eyes
With open eyes.
I tried to tell the world what life is like
With that love.
So take me now.
Don't let this little child
Wait until the world makes him hate
The funny thing about time,
Is we think we have a say.
Just like the problems in our life
That take us all away and make us hate.
I'm fallin' in love
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
In love, with you
Girl, i'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
In love, with you
Girl i've really been thinking
Just let me ask you
How do you feel about being in love?
And what does love mean to you?
Funny you keep saying
Home alone we start playing?
That's what people think we do
When i'm alone with you
You whisper through the phone that you love me
Stop fooling me, it's on, listen to me
I don't want to scare you
But i've got to tell you
What is in my heart for you, Baby
(Chorus)
I'm fallin'
Said i'm fallin'
(i'm fallin'in love, with you)
I'm fallin'
In love, whith you
I'm fallin'
In love, in love with you baby
I'm fallin
(Bridge)
No, i don't mean to scare you
I'm fallin'in love, with you
Girl i just have to tell you
I'm fallin in love
Said i'm fallin in love with you
Girl you catch me staring
Into your eyes i'm fearing
You telling me that you believe
That i'm too serious for you
But now that i got your attention
I'm not ashamed girl to mention
All of the time that you held on to me
And whispered baby, baby love me
I can't tell you i love you
I can't stop thinking of you
Baby you see
I just go to tell ya
Just how much you mean to me
I'm fallin'
(Chorus)
Baby i don't want to play anymore
It's time to get serious girl
Let's get serious
Let's get serious