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I want to start off by thanking God for giving me all of the opportunities that he has opened up in my life. I also want to thank my parents and family for pushing me to be the best that I could be in all situations. It wasn't always easy, but y'all pushed me and motivated me to persevere. Lastly, I would like to thank the artists for placing such beautiful lyrics and beats in their music to help me get through those hard times I endured.
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After a long day of moving in, getting everything situated, and saying goodbyes, I needed some relaxing time. So I went to my best friend’s dorm and we turned on some music. This was the first song that we chose to play. We were now on our own and we were starting a new chapter in our lives. In the song, Chief Keef talks about how he started out with nothing, but now he is living a lavish lifestyle. He had to work hard and earn everything that he has. I can relate completely to the song. All the hard work of High School had finally payed off and now I was able to chase after a degree. The real hard work is just getting started, but I am blessed to be where I am.
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It was a crisp fall night. The sky was as bare as an old man’s head. This was not just any fall night, it was football Friday night. The first home varsity football game of the year for the high school. Coming from a smaller town, nearly everyone was in the stands to enjoy the game and camaraderie of others. Waves of roars begin to come from the stands, with thousands of people elated to see the football team take the field. The warm up begins and sweat starts to drip down the players faces. The athletes are focusing on the competition when a song starts to murmur from the overhead speakers. It was the theme song for the team. “Boys of Fall” by Kenny Chesney was the last song played before the game was started. A tradition long lived and loved by many. A tradition that will never be forgotten.
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Family is not an important thing, it's everything.
Michael J. Fox
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Growing up, my mom was the biggest fan of Adam Levine and Maroon 5. My dad and I personally are not big fans of Maroon 5 but we tolerated it because my mom loved them. Every year for Thanksgiving we would always go up to Wisconsin to visit my family because that is where my mom and I are from. The drive to Wisconsin is close to 17 hours, so we would always leave around dinner time and drive through the night. So my dad was driving and the rest of us were sleeping. It was around 3 in the morning. I was sound asleep and the next thing I know, my dad is singing this song at the top of his lungs. He woke all of us up and somehow we all ended up singing with him. As much as he hated Maroon 5, he realized that staying awake was more important, so if that meant belting out “Animals” he would. Now every time we hear this song, we share a laugh at the time he decided to entertain us.
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The first time I ever heard this song was in the locker room with all the football players during the summer of my junior year. We were getting ready for a mini camp against other schools in the county so we were listening to music to prepare and get our minds right for the game. Everybody was hype and jumping around and ready to play. The last song we listened to was “Go Away.” The lyrics of the song really hit me hard and made me realize not to worry about what people say and think, but to control what I could. One of the lines in the song says, “make all my haters go away” which really hit me hard. During sports, you're going to have people who talk badly about you and your team and you're going to have other athletes who will hate on you. All you can do it perform your best and that is what this song portrayed to me to do.
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When I started high school, I switched to a school that predominately African-American. My middle school was the complete opposite, so this was a big change for me. Before going to High School, I never really listened to much rap music. I had always heard it, but there was never really a song that I liked. That all changed my freshman year basketball season. We were all sitting in the locker room before a big game and one of my teammates brought a speaker to listen to music before the game. We were getting hype, but I was one of two white people on the team so none of the music was really appealing to me. That is when “Love Sosa” was played. I instantly fell in love with the beat and the flow of the song. It was the first rap song that I really enjoyed. We continued to listen to it for the rest of the season. “Love Sosa” is the song that started my love for rap music.
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“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”
John Wooden
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It was a hot and humid Thursday night during late fall. The stadium was being filled for the first junior varsity football game of the year. The long awaited season had now come to us. It was my first ever High School football game. I had worked hard all off season and now was the starting quarterback for the team. It was the moment I was waiting for all spring and summer. I finally got to go to battle with my closest teammates. Just before the game started, “Bleed It Out” came on over the speakers. I had heard the song before, but this time i really listened to it. I don’t know if it was because of the game ahead of me or because I payed more attention to the song, but it immediately got me hype. I was jumping around with all of my teammates and we were now pumped and ready for kickoff. Ready to begin a new chapter of athletics in our life.
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Paintball wars, jello wrestling, fear factory, and ultimate kickball. These are just a few things that come to mind when this song is played. I first heard this song one weekend during my 8th grade year. This wasn't just any week, perhaps the most anticipated weekend of the year. This special weekend was called D-NOW. D-NOW consisted of middle schoolers and high schoolers throughout the area going to a local church and learning about Jesus through fun activities. For example, after a bible study, we would have a slip n slide relay race that helped go along with the lesson. The whole whole weekend is filled with activities like the one I just mentioned. Not only did we get to learn about Jesus, but I also made some of my closest friends during this weekend. I will never forget them or the memories that we shared.
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“I don’t wanna go through the motions,” a line that is swirling in my head. Not only is it being repeated throughout my head, I am living by it. We are on the way to my first basketball game of the year. I am around 9 or 10 years old. Emotions are everywhere. I can barely see straight, think straight at that. All of a sudden my dad turns up the radio. Once the first line was belted, a smile broke out from ear to ear. You would've thought it was Christmas morning i was so excited. All the nervousness and other emotions began to fade. I felt nothing but a sense of readiness. All the blood, sweat, and tears put into the game, was about to be performed for the first time. Not only was I now prepared, the nervousness turned to intensity. The opponent was not ready for me. I had nothing to fear. I hopped out the truck like a kid on the first day of school. “Go get em,” is all I hear as I step into my next battle.
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