M L the K.

"But homie if you change, may you change for the better, back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta, wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreaming, did she have a clue of all the schemes he was scheming..."      -Jermaine Cole

It's 5:30 AM on MLK day. I'm wide awake. Need to be sleep. Will soon be getting ready for work. I wish that I could stay home and observe the holiday, but Dr. King didn't dream of me being broke. The holiday feels a little different this year.  With everything going on in the world, it is reminiscent of the civil rights era. People are coming together and protesting in the streets and demanding change, it is a beautiful thing. Selma also came out a couple of weeks ago and the film is getting rave reviews. Dr. King is back in the spotlight, exactly where he should be. 

I saw Selma with my Pops the first weekend that it came out. The theater was packed, I hadn't been in a theater this packed since Dreamgirls came out on Christmas Day some years ago. (Jimmy got soul) However, I don't go to the movies often, tickets are too high for me, I ain't paying the five. The crowd for Selma was beautiful, almost  every demographic was represented, all here to see Dr. King. I was very excited for the film, I was hoping that it would show Dr. King in a light that really shows how great of a man he was, beyond the usual highlight reel that we see. I'm not going to tell the movie, but to me, they accomplished just that.

I loved watching the relationship between Dr. King and Coretta. In the black community they are the closest thing that we have to royalty. They are the true representative of Black Love. In the film, a side of their relationship was shown that we usually don't get to see. They were dealing with some real shit. Shit really couldn't get any realer. Me being in a relationship, appreciated this. Here is our hero, the great Dr. King, trying to change the world, dealing with some of the same issues that we all deal with.  At the end of the day, Dr. King was a man, one of the greatest men of all time, yes, but still a man. Coretta was a woman, a phenomenal woman yes, still a woman. They were a man and a woman, in love, trying to make it work. She gave him the same silent treatment that I receive, put him in the same dog house that I go to. She got on the same nerves, that my girl gets on. Through everything, they remained by each other's side. Even in death. I found it funny that they pointed out the fact that Coretta never remarried. Really? Who wants to come after MLK? You can't find a tougher act to follow. He literally changed the world, how are you possibly gonna impress Coretta? Martin has his own holiday, you ain't Jesus, you ain't Christopher Columbus, you ain't getting with Coretta.

As I write this, my Queen and I are dealing with some real shit. Nowhere near as real as Dr. King and Coretta, nobody is trying to assassinate me, I'm not even eligible to be "assassinated", if anything happened to me, I would just be  "killed", but still real shit none the less. This is probably why I woke up almost an hour before my alarm went off. I enjoy this part of our relationship. I love being tested and challenged, and still coming out on top. After we come out of a tough time, we might have a few scars and war wounds but we're stronger, we have grown. So the tough times don't discourage me, I know that they come with being in a relationship. Every relationship deals with them, even the great Doctor and Coretta. I have a dream that one day our bond will be as strong as the King's.

Just looked at the clock, got pissed instantly. I gotta get ready for work.  I'm taking a nap as soon as I'm free at last.