Antes de que empieces a decirme
Que te estás muriendo por volver a estar conmigo
Date cuenta que has perdido
Desde que no estás me siento libre
No voy a cambiarlo todo una vez más
Por nada
No te atrevas a pedirlo
Lo siento mucho, no tengo más para ti
Si me tuviste, me dejaste ir
Si te amé, ya no sé
Ni tu nombre
Ya no existes en mi piel
Si lloré
No recuerdo cómo fue
Si te ame
Pudo ser
Un momento de locura
Y esta vez
No hay después
Descubrí que estoy a prueba de ti
A prueba de ti
Sé lo que ha dolido la caída
Hoy te encuentras lejos de mi vida
Y ya no quiero
Escucharte otra mentira
Lo siento mucho, no tengo más para ti
Si me tuviste, me dejaste ir
Si te amé, ya no sé
Ni tu nombre
Ya no existes en mi piel
Si lloré
No recuerdo cómo fue
Si te ame
Pudo ser
Un momento de locura
Y esta vez
No hay después
No recuerdo cómo fue
Si te amé, ya no sé
Ni tu nombre
Ya no existes en mi piel
Si lloré
No recuerdo cómo fue
Si te ame
Pudo ser
Un momento de locura
Y esta vez
No hay después
Descubrí que estoy a prueba de ti
De un mal sueño desperté
Y soy mas fuerte
Y es que no lo quieres ver
Si te amé, ya no sé
Ni tu nombre
Ya no existes en mi piel
Si lloré
No recuerdo cómo fue
Si te ame
Pudo ser
Un momento de locura
Y esta vez
No hay después
Descubrí que estoy a prueba de ti
A prueba de ti
A prueba de ti
Hello, my name is regret
I’m pretty sure we have met
Every single day of your life
I’m the whisper inside
That won’t let you forget
Hello, my name is defeat
I know you recognize me
Just when you think you can win
I’ll drag you right back down again
‘Til you’ve lost all belief
Oh, these are the voices. Oh, these are the lies
And I have believed them for the very last time
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free
“Amazing Grace” is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I am no longer defined
By all the wreckage behind
The one who makes all things new
Has proven it’s true
Just take a look at my life
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free
“Amazing Grace” is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children
I am a child of the one true King
What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free
“Amazing Grace” is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
“But that the Lord would not now give him strength to labor in the field, for He had another work for him; that he must walk out by faith…”– {1T 87.2} Ellen G. White
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Sometimes we have a narrow view of what it is we want; and sometimes, what we have in mind, is not what God has in mind for us. If we are willing to accept the will of God for our lives, we may find He has another work for us. This can happen with ministry, the way we serve, our studies, our jobs, our relationships, etc.
When I read this, it emphasized in my mind how important it is to pray. As we pray, God’s will unfolds in our lives day by day.
If there is something you are trying to do, and you find no strength, prayerfully consider–could it be God has another place in mind for you, that you may walk out by faith and flourish?
God always has our best in mind; it’s up to us to accept to walk out by faith and live it.
It’s often good to have an open mind. God is an artist. Our lives are in no way meant to be boring. As my mom likes to say, ‘you are God’s dream.’ He has plans for you. Living the plans, requires faith. Faith means living on the edge. You game?
We are best friends but also very different. And yet, through the years we have shared a lot of music. Music becomes a backdrop for life; then, when you look back, it takes you back to those days. So, here is to the days of driving around in Felicia’s mom’s car to high school and then to my house to do homework.
Fair warning, the lyrics to all the songs are not exactly Kosher, and the videos–well, videos always tend to be weirder than the songs; but this is the music that played at the mall, at pep rallies, on our radios while we lived our lives in high school. This is only part I. College and Professional School get their own playlist.
Maybe you are older or younger, but maybe as you peruse the list, you will find an old favorite.
The songs are the ones that we would quote, dance to and some of their lyrics became every day expressions or advice. They are here years later because that shows how much we loved them and how much we remember them. Some songs annoyed us (mainly me…), but remained, and now I smile. People like to reminisce and look at oldies: these are OUR OLDIES; OUR CLASSICS. Apparently, we didn’t listen to many Caucasian people. I noticed that while compiling the list (innocent grin).
There are also some quotes sprinkled in from those amazing days (YES, we wrote our own quotes down in notebooks and then compiled them). A personal thank you to my non-existent Facebook that provided my old notes with the quotes in them. I bad-mouth you much Facebook, but today, you were my friend.
Welcome to our high school musical.
Our ode to friendship, life, time, school and love.
High School-BHS class of 2009
2005-2009
1] Alicia Keys–No One: We were huge Alicia Keys fans. Still are.
2] Neyo– Miss. Independent: One of Fel’s jams.
3] Soulja Boy–Crank that: Everyone at our high school would dance to this.
“So how do you know. . .guess?” -Kaitlyn
“Well that’s the problem with numerical methods” –Mr. S (math instructor)
“If there’s a problem with numerical methods and we’re in math, then we have a problem!” –Felicia
4] Rihanna–Umbrella: A classic. /Said I’ll always be your friend.. I’m gonna stick it out until the end/
5] Pussycat Dolls–I hate this part: Reminds me of Sarisky’s class for some reason.
6] DJ UnK–Walk it out: I remember people dancing to this during the cinco de mayo festival at our high school.
“I think it’s weird that they used to only sell condoms to guys back in the day…” Felicia
“What’s the girl gonna do with them? Throw them at the guy while he’s in heat?” Gabby
7] Graham Colton–Best Days: Was almost our graduation song.
8]Lil Mama– Lip Gloss: Whatchu Know bout me? My lip gloss is poppin’…
9] Fergie–Big Girls Don’t Cry: This song reminds me of the railroad tracks you had to pass before leaving the subdivision area onto 441.
“I don’t like anything.” Gabby
“So you’re asexual.” Fefe
“That’s right.. I bud.” Gabby
10] Timbaland, Keri Hilson–The Way I Are: Me: The way I are? The way I is? Neither sounds right…
Fel: That’s because it’s ‘the way I am’…
11] Shakira and Beyoncé– Beautiful Liar: I have no recollection of this song, but Fel liked it.
12] Fergie–Glamorous: High School parking lot
13] HSM–Soarin’: When I opened my birthday card from Fel, it sang:
14] Alicia Keys and Jay Z–Empire State of Mind:
SPECIAL FEATURE SONG **15]Rihanna and T.I.–Live your life: was supposed to be our graduation song. Our end of Senior Year obsession.
“I love the guy with turrets. I’ll marry him.” –Gabby
16] Kanye West–Stronger: This song kept coming on at French State… I loved it.
17] Beyoncé– Irreplaceable: Drivers Ed song
18] Soulja Boy–Kiss me through the phone: I never liked this song…It was so popular…
“I like how you are the whore in the play…” Fel to me
19] Keri Hilson–Knock you down:
20] Beyoncé–Halo: adore this song.
“I don’t want yo body.” Fefe
“I need yo body.” Andy
“If you’ve got me you don’t need nobody” together
21] T.I.–Whatever you like: Andy used to just start singing: ‘Cause I want yo body, need yo body…’ She even had a little dance to it. Akash would sing this all the time. Let’s just say, everyone sang this song.
22] Gwen Stefani–Hollaback Girl: Can anyone say PEP RALLY???
“Alyssa changed her screen name ‘gummybear0708’, she’s really undercover now…” Fel
23] Justin Nozuka–After Tonight: We were such Nozuka fans. Sexy voice.
24] T.I.–Dead and Gone: We would sing this TOO MUCH. /I turn my head to the East, ain’t nobody by my side…/
“Oh my neck, oh my spinal cord!” -me
25] Lady Gaga–Poker Face: This is where I learned what Russian Roulette was.
26] Taylor Swift–Love Story:
“Imagine me twice as wide and get out of my space!” –Felicia
27] Jason Derulo–Whatcha Say: One of my personal obsessions in high school.
28] Enur–Calabria: We would dance to this every morning for a while.
“I was like, ‘guardian angel make invisible!’ have you ever thought of that? I have.” Me
29] Natasha Beddingfield–Unspoken:
30] Shontelle–T-Shirt:
“We are not normal, are we? No, we’re abnormally intelligent people that are sexy?! You know there’s some validity to that.” –will remain anonymous 😉 (on seeing whether honors classes were a good idea at UF.)
I heard this song and it made me miss Florida so badly. I mean, I already miss Florida like crazy, but this song did it. It is like the soundtrack to my days driving with my windows down through country roads. I can’t wait to be home.
This song is: driving through country roads+ laying in the grass at UF+ going tubing in the Rainbow River+ high school+ sunglasses+ sunshine+ trucks.
Nostalgia.
The family is at the beach today. I am trapped in my room (NYC) reading, and it is crispy out. WHAT AM I DOING HERE? Sigh.
God knows.
Welcome Autumn! Officially. Even though to me, it has been fall for at least a week and a half. Us clinic law students are typing out memos this weekend, and strategy plans for our cases. Exciting times.
Uncertainty and hope is the cocktail we are drinking.
I bought the cutest coat, and now I am just excited. Boots are ready and enlisted for the season. Adorable poncho ready. Let’s do this!
I remember around this time, in elementary school, teachers with leaf embroidered knit vests would decorate the boards with fake leaf garlands, laminated smiling pumpkins and things were orange. The bright summer sky is turned down to a candle lit glow.
1] Because every woman is a princess.
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3] NEVER STOP DREAMING. NEVER GIVE UP.
4] British thoughts. Notting Hill (as a child, this was my favorite Julia Roberts movie).
5] We have this hope, that burns within our hearts
6] Prague Dreams
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8] This is a lovely thing to say to or about someone
9] More from Notting Hill: She, Elvis Costello
10] Sonam Kapoor (love her makeup, hair and outfit)
GABRIELA YARELIZ 