Notorious--Long Live The Queen

Today would have been my grandmother's 83rd birthday. In memory of her, I've been watching videos online that remind me of the two of us: Been Around the World, Can't Nobody Hold Me Down, Hypnotize. At this point, are you really surprised? It's been long established that there is something fundamentally wrong with me.

I don't know, our bond was unique. By the time I was five, I'd gotten so used to people warning her about treating me like a peer. "You treat him like y'all are equals. One day you're gonna regret it." I guess they expected me to grow up and not respect her like most kids would in that situation. They didn't know that interspersed between every conversation were a few "I'll bust your head wide open." I knew not to challenge the throne. That's why she's Biggie in all of the videos and I'm Puffy...or I'm Ma$e to her Puff.

Looking back, I miss her, of course. But she always told me to keep living, so that's what I'm gonna do. Now I'm listening to Jay Z:

Don't worry about Brooklyn
I'll continue to flame
Therefore a world with amnesia
won't forget your name
You held it down long enough
Let me take those reins
And just like your spirit, 
The commission remains

[caption id="attachment_3750" align="alignnone" width="215"] Man, did she slap the hell out of me when she got these proofs back from Montgomery Ward.[/caption]