like the tide,
memories of you always
come back,
they drift close then retreat.
but also like the tide,
the memories of you
become the coldest at night.
"I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey. Live in Alpine, New Jersey, right? My house costs millions of dollars. In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there’s me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let’s break it down, let’s break it down: me, I’m a decent comedian. I’m a’ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He’s a fucking dentist! He ain’t the best dentist in the world…he ain’t going to the dental hall of fame…he don’t get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He’s just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin’ the white man can walk to."
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Chris Rock (via neighborly)
I saw him saying this on a TVOne program once, although I remember him ending it with, “Equality is when black people can be just as mediocre as whites” or something along those lines. Either way, Chris is one of the best!
(via surlysweetness)(Source: wordsandturds, via lastnightsmusings)
