The Daily Dose x “Oh Shit! Its FRIDAY.”
If you’ve been keeping up to date with #TheDailyDose, you’ll know that this week has seen me re-enter the hallowed halls of “Beast Mode” . . . this basically means I’M BACK ON MY OVER-GRIND SNITCHES !!!
And yea, so far so good.
Gym status ? Check.
Healthy diet status ? Check.
Paper chase status ? Check.
Bars on Bars on Bars status ? Check.
In short, I’m doing all the things I feel I need to, to make me feel productive and purposeful in how I’m living. And thats great . . .
But its only been one week, and the real challenge is the damn weekend. I’m scared out my mind that this entire foundation, built by myself . . . for myself this week could be crushed with one wrong move.
Thankfully, I don’t have any shows tonight. Allah is merciful !
But, I do have a show tomorrow and a farewell for someone I’d actually like to say farewell too. This could get extremely ugly, fml.
I’m sorry, this isn’t even a good blog post. Not well written, not well thought out . . . its actually just to let y’all know that I’m afraid of the immediate future. In fact no, its for me to ask your help . . . yea thats why I’m here writing this one.
So in the comments section below, lemme know if you have any ideas on how to keep me sober and safe so that Monday the grind can resume untainted ?
The Daily Dose x “Our Thandie Speaks”
N.B. She’s only “our” Thandie, if you’re a Zimbo by the way or whatever the other thingy she is. lol.
Tehn
The Daily Dose x “Beast Mode”
BEAST MODE . . . everybody has one. And if you don’t I highly recommend that you find and cultivate one. This is part of what being a “Student Of The Game” (#SOTG) is about. Actively searching for oneself and from that awareness, actively asserting and assuming your place in this “place”.
Its that mind state where you feel invincible, where any obstacle in your path is merely a challenge, where good days aren’t hoped for but fought for and born of firm resolve. Its a state of being that we know requires of us both sacrifice and discipline, focus and action, patience and dedication.
I define mine as follows;
“Run faster. Eat better. Write more. Sleep longer. Try harder. Aim higher. Love more. Day by day, get happier.”
I only get about 4 to 6 months a year in which I’m willing and capable of getting up off my ass to sow, the potential rewards I hope to reap in the other 6 to 8 months of the year. There’s a huge benefit to being aware of when these times in your life are and what they mean to you, cos’ once you know you can fine tune and manipulate these moments.
I think why I spend so much of the year avoiding this period of “get up and go” is because while it may be incredibly rewarding, it also means having to face the reality of my current state (mental, physical,emotional,spiritual) and then finding the courage and strength to both face and overcome the challenge and uncertainty of personal growth.
So I’ll usually find that these “beast mode” periods are preceded by periods of utter disregard for growth as an ACTUAL human. I drink more knowing full well the repercussions of letting “Tehn Demon” out of his cage, I chain smoke as if I’d forgotten growing with terrible asthma, I chase tail as if my soul depended on it knowing full well its love my soul lives for, I forget to make time to be silent with myself and at peace . . . in short, I take myself to the other side of the light.
Till I find myself in darkness, alone and unfulfilled. Till I’m sick and tired enough to say “You can be so much more than just this.” Then it begins again, the fresh metamorphosis. I don’t think its to healthy, but then I don’t really care . . . I’m happy to let myself find itself time and time again.
Its thanks to this constant rebirth, that I end up here, writing this kinda blog and embarking on this kinda day. The first of what I always hope and pray will be many endless days of productivity and positive living . . . knowing full well of course, that this cycle of destruction and rebuilding will continue.
And with every cycle, another “I” is born to face whatever “US” stands outside the door waiting to either beat me down or build me up.
Welcome, to #SOTGseason . . . where “Beast Mode” reigns supreme.
So do you know YOUR beast mode ? Lemme know in the comments yea.
Tehn
P.S. Watch and share my latest video for “Grown Up Kid” here.
The Daily Dose x “Grown Up Kid” (Official Video)
HD music video – ‘Grown up kid’ Artist Tehn Diamond from Lee Jackson on Vimeo.
#MadeInZimbabwe
Join in the action on twitter and facebook by changing ur status to #ImAGrownUpKid and letting us know why.
Peace & Love
Tehn
The Daily Dose x “From The Horse’s Mouth” (Freestyle)
Okay so, this is just a little something I did on Monday evening. The culmination of one of the most epic weekends this month. With some of my favourite people to make great weekends with. So its gonna sound a little different to what you may be used to hearing from me, but that serves you right for tryna box me in.
The track was produced by Miyagi Dojo of HWMiT Ent. a dude I’ve been messing with musically for a while now, but just never got around to laying the magic down on wax. But that’s all in the past now.
The reason for the title of the track is ‘cos a lot of people always seem to have so much to say about me, which comes with the territory and I guess the city I live in . . . so this was just me setting things straight for ‘em in the only way I know how.
Hope you enjoy it though. And if you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out the #GrownUpKidTeaser video right here.
There’s something in the air, most dudes don’t feel it//
There’s something ’bout the bread, most kats don’t get it//
But I’m unaware, I don’t hear no critics//
Whenever I’m here, all I get’s more digits//
Off of your bitches, without no riches//
Damn this nigga Tehn, offa his hinges//
Heard that he never drinks, that dude binges//
Catch more L’s than a big fat ninja//
But, if you wanna get sliced by the ninja//
I’ll come through, ginsu by ginya//
Every single sentence, I say to injure//
Under par rappers, I don’t point no finger//
I steal limelight, break and enter//
All I want is mozarella , you can keep the feta//
What ? That’s cheese too ?, happy that you kept up//
I killed this beat, happy that I ‘fessed up//
Tehn
The Daily Dose x “Grown Up Kid” (Teaser + photos)
The best is yet to come. But here’s a little teaser for y’all. The final and full product should be dropping in a few days, just lining up all our ducks before we let loose. But yeah have a watch of the teaser, and click through to the Official Nothing Short Of Amazing Ent. Facebook page for more behind the scenes photos. Please don’t forget to “like” the page as well as leave your thoughts and comments.
#teamSOTG – please share and like the vid with your peoples. let’s go!
Tehn
The Daily Dose x #IDontGetThat
I’m no genius, but I like to think I know a few things about stuff. Below is a list of a few things that got me stumped. And the picture is of Mrs. Carter doing her best #IDontGetThat impression . . . while Kanye goes all Hennessey-Coontastic on Taylor Swift at the VMAs this one time. Priceless. For everything else there’s . . . well you know the rest.
Anyway, the person REALLY repping #IDontGetThat is dude sitting behind Beyonce. He’s all the way lost. So keep his face in mind as you read this post. Thanks.
39 year old man puts stick in 5 year old girl’s private parts. One of today’s headlines. #IDontGetThat
Libyan rebels round up Black Africans, in the name of ethnic cleansing and revenge. Fuck you NATO. #IDontGetThat
Penis somehow ended up being called “dick” and vagina ended up being called “pussy”. #IDontGetThat
You follow me on twitter. You read my blog. But you have yet to hear even one song off #SOTG1 or #SOTG2 #IDontGetThat
You hate reading. #IDontGetThat
Women who stay with men who beat them, I mean beat them worse than they’d beat even another man. In the name of love ? #IDontGetThat
Julius Malema #IDontGetThat
Nonhle Thema #IDontGetThat
The fact that Britney Spears won ANYTHING at the VMAs when she’s clearly, as my sister would put it “bat shit crazy with a bad weave, two kids to feed, and a stylist who -i can only imagine- thinks its hilarious to keep dressing Britney in clothes that are clearly two sizes too small.” #IDontGetThat
Racism. #IDontGetThat
In fact, racist white folks in Zim . . . who all out dislike blacks but don’t seem to realize that the maid raising their babies when they’re at work or fishing is black and speaking to that kid in Shona. #IDontGetThat
People who hate hip-hop. #IDontGetThat
People who hate on Jay-Z. #IDontGetThat
Why more people have died in the name of religion than both the world wars put together. #IDontGetThat
Chicks who think they go to the club “just to dance”. #IDontGetThat
Anal sex. For both men and women. #IDontGetThat
Pornstars who rock wedding rings in the ACTUAL porno. #IDontGetThat
People who marry pornstars. #IDontGetThat
Anything Souljah or Gucci Mane say in a “song”. #IDontGetThat
People who DO get what those two buffoons are saying in their “songs”. #IDontGetThat
Why ever since vaMabasa quit Apple my Macbook has to chuck the spinning rainbow up every 10.2 seconds. #IDontGetThat
The notion that women love sex any less than men do. #IDontGetThat
Daylight Saving. So we just add extra hours as we please ? Oh ok. #IDontGetThat
E=mc2. #IDontGetThat
Why Earth hasn’t been invaded and crushed by aliens already, we’re clearly dumb as shit and unworthy of this beautiful place. #IDontGetThat
People who willingly go through life doing shit they don’t wanna do, only to turn 60, retire and all of a sudden find the courage to live a little. #IDontGetThat
Monogamy. Despite all of science and biology telling us we’re really pushing our luck with this one. #FunFact The only 100% monogamous creature on this planet is the “flatworm” . . . the male and female are fused together during adolescence. So they have no choice. #IDontGetThat
You woke up. You picked out that micro-mini skirt. You put it on. You left the crib. Now you’re walking round pulling it down. #IDontGetThat
Heaux that don’t know it. #IDontGetThat
And that’s all I’ve got so far. But like I said, it’s a sick and twisted crazy mad world out there. I’m just letting you know.
Peace, Love & Happiness ← #IGetThat
Leave your comments below or just tweet me your #IDontGetThat thoughts and lets have some fun with this.
Outta!
Tehn.
