Aaliyah Quotes

Age ain’t nothing but a number.” “Please let Aaliyah rest in peace.

I smell her all over you, get out and pretend I died just as you did when you lied down with her." Aaliyah/Totured Soul

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

Boobs!" he shouted, hurriedly turning around and covering his eyes with his hands. "Oh shit! I'm sorry, Aaliyah! I just heard the soundtrack from The Greatest Showman and I always get excited about The Greatest Showman, and I'll be honest I didn't expect to walk in on the greatest show, man", he rambled. (...) I think his face reddened more than mine.

Well, being this close to you." He shook his head. "The things I'm thinking aren't really that sweet." He ran his thumb over my lips. I kissed the rough skin. "Tell me." He blushed and grinned. I tried to convey some sort of strong, sexy siren persona. "I want to touch you. I want to smell you. I want to lay you out on this table and taste you." The

This guy! I plead the fifth. This guy is nuts.” - Eminem “Dope questions, man. Very insightful, very thoughtful.” - Guru (Gang Starr) “You like a Psychiatrist or some shit? This shit is just coming out but go ahead.” - Mary J. Blige “Definitely a real interview! Digging deep up in there, man. Not afraid to ask questions!” - K-Ci Hailey (Jodeci) “The Wizard asked me for a copy of your magazine.” - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk) “You didn’t wear your glasses and you haven’t carried your hearing aid. What else is wrong with you?” - Bushwick Bill “Peace and blessing, Brother Harris. Thank you for inspiring my words. Keep ‘yo balance.” - Erykah Badu “Can I see that pen?” - Bobby Brown “What else do you want to know? Talk to me.” - Aaliyah

A moment of deja vu hit me and the realization hit my chest. I suppressed the urge to push away and run out of my house screaming in frustration. What would it take to get this girl to leave me alone?

I made a promise to myself to deal with Tiffany later.

I was furious, scared, depressed, anxious, any bad emotion you name it. I was in great turmoil and there was definitely no turning back.

So everything Aaliyah said was bullshit? The stories, the mother tongue . . . all of it?” Tariq sighs. “As with any religion, there are aspects which are clearly truth, aspects which are clearly myth, and aspects which are more or less uncertain. I looked into these issues when I was younger, and first began to doubt. The so-called mother tongue is a grammatically consistent and complete language. It bears some similarities to ancient African tongues. Is it truly the language of the mother-of-all? Who is to say? The stories, the myths—these are things passed to us from our mother. Do they truly stretch back over three thousand generations? Perhaps they do. Or, perhaps they were devised thirty years ago from whole cloth. How are we to know?

Have you ever owned a dog?” I smile. “Sure, when I was young. He was a beagle. We called him Ajax.” “Was he happy?” I have to think about that. “Yes, I think so. He was a dog. What’s not to be happy about?” She nods. “Did it bother him to know that he would live only a few years, that his whole life would barely span your childhood? Did it bother him to know that your father would have him put to sleep as soon as he became inconvenient to keep?” I shake my head. “That’s not what happened. But even if it were, no, it wouldn’t have bothered him. He was a dog. He didn’t know anything about that.” “No,” she says. “He did not. He knew that his belly was full, or that it was not. He knew that his ears were being scratched, or that they were not. This was enough for him. Is this not so?” I shrug. “I suppose so.” “A dog knows nothing of time, and a dog knows nothing of death. He lives in an eternal present, with no concern for what occurred yesterday, or for what will come tomorrow. This is the source of his happiness. If you could have told Ajax what the future had in store for him, would you have done so?” I give her a long look. I have no idea where she’s going with this. “I didn’t know what the future had in store for him,” I say finally. “He got hit by a car when I was twelve.” Aaliyah sighs loudly. “But if you had known, and could have told him, would you have done so?” “No,” I say. “Why would I do that?” She nods again, as if I’ve just made her point. “This is why Tariq asked me not to speak to you of the faith.” It takes a minute for that to sink in. “So in this scenario, I am the dog?” “Yes, Elise. You are the dog.

What do you know,” Aaliyah says, “of the history of our people?” “Depends on what you mean,” I say. “My people come from Norway. I’m guessing yours are from somewhere very different.” She shakes her head, and her eyes narrow. “No,” she says. “What you say is a mistake. We are all one people. All who are alive today are one people, though it was not always so. In the time of the mother-of-all, there were many peoples, and we were not the strongest. Our cousins spread across the breadth of the old world. Some were taller and swifter. Others were stronger and hardier. We huddled in one corner of Africa, few in number, and dwindling.” I remember this vaguely, from an anthropology class in college. “Right,” I say. “But then something happened. The Great Leap Forward.” “Yes,” she says. “The Great Leap Forward. The Great Leap Forward was the faith.

So,” says Aaliyah. “Was my brother right in his fears? Has meeting his mad sister caused you to regret your hasty decision to wed?” I smile, raise my teacup to my lips and sip. “Not yet,” I say. “There’s a very thin line between crazy and wise. I still haven’t decided which side you’re on.” She laughs. We’re sitting across from each other at the table in the sitting room, with a pot of tea and a plate of sticky sweet rolls between us.

Aaliyah wasn’t the one for him, they weren’t compatible at all. She irked his every nerve, but for some reason, he couldn’t stop fucking her or eating her good cooking. Men,

Malachi had never said “I love you” to Aaliyah because he didn’t love her. He had love for her, she was the mother of his child, but it was nothing more or less. Malachi

Aaliyah wanted a reaction out of Malachi, but he refused to give her one. As

But that’s my sister and most importantly, that’s Aaliyah’s aunt, and I wanted her to be a part of her niece’s life. Yes, I forgave her for the shit that she pulled with my husband, but I didn’t forget.

As the melody of Aaliyah’s “Miss You” fills the air, I feel like Prince and I are practically floating on the rink floor. Our bodies are in rhythm as we bob and weave through everyone, and you can feel the energy in the room.

Aaliyah.

Aaliyah,

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None of us survive childhood unscathed. When Aaliyah looks back on these days, yes, she might remember these painful moments, but I believe she’ll remember all the days you showed up for her, that you kept loving her, that you kept on persevering for her—for yourself. The best way you knew how. If you believe you’re passing down your shortcomings and burdens to her, doesn’t that mean she’s inheriting the best parts of you too? She’ll have to decide what to let go of, what to keep.

She called Malcolm Daddy and Paige told her, He’s not your real daddy, emphasis on real. Aaliyah said, He’s going to marry my momma one day, so soon he will be my real daddy. But anyway, his love for me is real, like a daddy’s love should be, so that’s why I call him Daddy now. I don’t have to wait till the wedding.

Aaliyah

Aaliyah

Every day we fight for love, respect, money, position in the world, only to die in the end.” Aaliyah

Aaliyah was prepared to start a fight in hopes that Malachi would get frustrated and fuck her just to shut her up.

Last night, he knew that he couldn’t fake the funk any longer, Aaliyah just wasn’t the one for him.

past. I was also having a better relationship with my mother; we talked just as much as I talked to my girls. She made it her business to make sure she kept Aaliyah at least twice during the week.

I appreciated Aaliyah’s artistry. We’ll never have another like her.

I had released the truth to the universe, and now that it was out there, I would have to deal with the consequences.

Never Let Me Down" (feat. Jay-Z, J-Ivy) [Intro:] Yeah Grandmama Told you I won't let you down Told you I won't let this rap game change me, right? [Chorus:] When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I found,one thing I found Oh no you'll neva let me down, Get up I get(down) Get up I get(down) Get up I get(down) Get up I get(down) Get up I get(down) Get up I get(down) [Jay-Z:] Yo, yo first I snatched the street then I snatched the charts, First had they ear now I hav they're heart, Rappers came and went, I've been hear from the start, Seen them put it together Watch them take it apart, See the Rovers roll up wit ribbons I've seen them re-poed, re-sold and re-driven So when I reload, he holds #1 position When u hot I'm hot And when your feet cold, mines is sizzelin It's plain to see Nigga's can't f*** wit me Cuz ima be that nigga fo life This is not an image This is God given This is hard liven Mixed wit crystal sipping It's the most consistent Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and Nigga I'm home on these charts, y'all niggaz visitin It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordan of rap I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy [Chorus] [Kanye West:] I get down for my grandfather who took my momma Made her sit that seat where white folks ain't wanna us to eat At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit in With that in my blood I was born to be different Now niggas can't make it to ballots to choose leadership But we can make it to Jacob and to the dealership That's why I hear new music And I just don't be feeling it Racism still alive they just be concealing it But I know they don't want me in the damn club They even made me show I.D to get inside of Sam's club I did dirt and went to church to get my hands scrubbed Swear I've been baptised at least 3 or 4 times But in the land where nigga's praise Yukons and getting paid It gon' take a lot more than coupons to get us saved Like it take a lot more than do-rags to get your waves Noting sadder than that day my girl father past away So I promised to Mr Rany I'm gonna marry your daughter And u know I gotta thank u for they way that she was brought up And I know that u were smiling when u see that car I bought her And u sent tears from heaven when u seen my car get balled up But I can't complaint what the accident did to my Left Eye Cuz look what a accident did to Left Eye First Aaliyah and now romeo must die I know a got angels watching me from the other side

I’m yours and yours alone.

I wanna be seen as an entertainer. When I'm dead and gone, I want my name to be uttered among the legends. I want to be remembered as the girl who did it all.

I wanna be seen as an entertainer. When I'm dead and gone, I want my name to be uttered among the legends. I want to be remembered as the girl who did it all.

Aaliyah

Connor said. “Aaliyah just had me read one of her favorites about two toxic people who probably would’ve been better off with therapy, but hell, they figured it out in a weird way even though he was kind of odd and used to watch her sleep.” “What book is that?” “Something called Twilight.

Even though I suspected it was for the best, I felt bad about manipulating my father, and in that moment I realized something; I did not believe in God. As quickly as the revelation came, it dawned on me that I had never believed. I’d always questioned the claims of religion, though the day’s events had finally given me my reason. No loving God, I reckoned, would allow a recounting of his miracles to render some human beings more worthy of home than others.

Losing her was part three to my depression, the part where I become a screwed up kind of person. The part where I'm not just partially lost but completely lost and my personality and the way I see things has changed ever since.

Feel it all, Aaliyah, you are safe here,” he said, holding me close to his body.

I bit my lip and peeked over my shoulder. When I turned back to him, he smiled. “Amerie, there’s no need to keep looking over your shoulder. I’ve got your back.” He leaned down and kissed me, and I was right where I wanted to be,

Oh, so it’s now I have to find

As the descendants of slaves, we were already steeped in imagination. It was imagining a better world for our people that led many of us out of the church and to the Messenger, and when he died, it was imagination that made us follow his son from the Nation to the worldwide ummah. If we could only pass on one thing to our children, it was imagination.