I Still Am Young and Radical, Methods were Mathematical

 Live Fast Die Young- Rick Ross

This song forever holds a special place in my memory bank. Live Fast, Die Young hails from Ricky Rozay’s 4^th studio album. It dropped right around my 20^th birthday which fully solidified the fact I was no longer a “teen”. I had also moved out of my parent’s place into my first college apartment too, so this song was just my theme all summer. It was time to let loose! Lol

Like many, my teenage years were one of the most structured periods of my life, I had a job, extracurricular activities, and hated every minute of school. Which is weird because I was such a responsible teen. I was focused on graduating and getting the hell out of my hometown, I knew my college years were going to be this amazing time of a little hard work and ALL play.  Much to my chagrin, it was a movie full of plot twists and turns that kept me fulfilled and challenged me to higher levels… exactly what this song means. In understanding our limited time on Earth, we can choose to live life to the fullest, here, and now, or delay it. Tomorrow is never promised, so why not live it up while you’re here? Of course, “living it up” is relative to whomever it applies to. In me, and Rozay’s case, we’re taking lots of risks, having fun, and not suffering unintended consequences.

The song starts out with a sampled passage from the classic If this World Were Mine by the Bar-Kays and goes right into the hook lyrics then the first bar from Rick Ross captures the whole essence. I won’t go into depth with the lyrics, but adding Kanye was the cherry on top.  The day I moved out from my parent’s place to my college apartment, I played this song on the hour-plus drive from my parents on repeat, volume on max with the windows down.