legacy

one of my goals in life is to leave a legacy. It doesn't have to make me famous, heck nobody has to know I did it but one person and maybe my kids. I just want to leave something in this world that I created and can be discovered later.

My inspiration for this is my good friend Babadudu (that's his hip hop name, means father of blackness, or something like that). He created a selection of music called Cool Beans, basically an LP, back in college with DJ SwissIvory (from the Ivory Coast). I was there when he recorded some of the songs and I was also there for his first show (actually I was the hypeman). One thing I will always remember is that Babadudu didn't create this music to be the next great rapper. Unless some producer like Diddy (and I hope he would never go that route) came up to him with a done deal, he would never push for a career in hip hop. He just loved hip hop and music.

I still bump the Cool Beans LP to this day. Every time I hear the music and think back to being on stage just being a hypeman, I feel proud of Babadudu for just doing it. No fame, no glory, he just did it. And now for the rest of his life he has a legacy. I might be one of the few people that still listen to his music but I will continue to listen because it will remind me of the good times in college.

I want that.

And I can have that if I can just finish one thing and feel good. I know my ultimate dream is to have a family. My kids will one day be my legacy and that's cool but I want to create something else in this world that hasn't been done before: maybe just one song, maybe a company, maybe I do become famous. All I know is I have to finish one thing. The problem is I have too many ideas to stay focused on one thing. Woe is me, right? Many of my ideas are great and I dive right in feeling like its the next big thing. Then I hit a slump. I get bored, complacent, worried about bills, afraid of failing. It all runs in a cycle. My greatest accomplishment will be to break this cycle, just once. Just to say, "here is my legacy."