Music

   I swear I love music. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. I listen to music as much as I can. It's also one of the avenues I use to bond with my daughter. We sing together and dance together. She loves music and often after a car ride she tells me she loves me. Our car rides are the best. I keep a pair of headphones everywhere I go. I listen to everything. I grew up on rap music. Z-ro, Chamillionaire, Slim thug, UGK, and some RnB. Then my parents listened to alot of tejano, some norteñas, and cumbias. I still love Tejano and Cumbias.
   I remember once I went to college, rap just didn't do anything for me. I began to explore every other genre. I fell in love with Coldplay, John Mayer, Jack Jonhson, Kings of Leon, etc.
   Now I listen to just about anything except heavy metal. I think music is amazing and you should listen to it as long as it hits your soul. My brother has a great poster with Bob Marley on it and it reads: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” This is how I feel, I'm not restricting myself to any genres or styles as long as the music hits me, then it will go in my playlist.
  Music also reprensents who I am. Growing up I listened to rap because it represented exactly who I was at the time. I was in a box. I have changed so much and my taste in music has also. I often hate the fact that we box ourselves in and act like who we think we should be. I listen to alot of things because I can relate to alot. After all, these people that sing are human, speaking about human emotions. Emotions that almost all of us go through. Its nice to know I can relate to so many people and where I'm from has nothing to do with me relating to them. Music is beautiful.