Greetings, it's Thursday.

My name is K-Songer and welcome to Radio Headspace.

I hope everyone is enjoying the mindful music segment I've been doing this week, where

I choose lyrics from some of my favorite songs and talk about how they tie into the theme

and lifestyle of mindfulness.

At the end of the episode, I always reveal the exact song the lyrics came from.

Alright, so today's lyrics are as follows.

See, that's how that shi-town made me.

That's how my daddy raised me.

My glittering may not be gold, don't let nobody play me.

So sometimes I like to kind of just spew out what initially comes to mind with these lyrics.

When I hear them, my entire childhood kind of pops into my head.

For me though, it wasn't Chicago, like in the song, but it was New York, the Bronx

in Harlem to be specific.

It was a thorough roller coaster of volatility.

Lyrics from another song by Lauren Hill come to mind here.

Every ghetto, every city, and every suburban place I've been make me recall my days in New

Jerusalem.

Basically saying that this volatility exists in every urban hood from New York to Chicago

to South Central LA and the list that goes on and on.

Alright, but back to the original lyrics that I referenced.

So the lyrics mentioned the child being taught by the father to recognize danger and not

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