(TUESDAY -- COMPLETE this!) "OUR" (ME, MYSELF & I") MOTIVATIONAL-Words … in SONG(S):

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Although I am NOT (at ALL) MUSICALLY-inclined/-gifted/"-touched"--as my brother IS,
 I felt that I kinda NEEDED an "anthem".
So, I WROTE one.
(… 'Cuz I am THAT CREATIVE)


(… I shaN'T lie:
During the car-ride home AFTER--YET ANOTHER--AWE-INSPIRING workout at "NeuroFit 360" this past week,
Rachel Platten's 'FIGHT Song' came-on the car-radio, and it kinda INSPIRED me:)


'ONE-Man Wrecking Crew'

"Like a small duck
Floating in a POND.
My mind--like a pair of 'quack-tastic' legs--processes 'a mile a minute',
As I wait for my legs to RESPOND.
All I need are faith
And hope that my legs shan't be PAWNED.
The tiniest, slightest 'trigger'
To make those neural-impulses 'BOND'.

And, all those tasks I cannot--yet--do:
Missed-opportunities & eventual goals.
I always ponder, as I struggle to 'walk',
'C'mon, A.J. Grow some big-ballz!'

(A.J.'s talking to HIMSELF:)
("WHAT a TERRIFIC audience!")
'You know what you must-DO.
There's no one to impress but YOU.
Since your brain is 'an animal', 'tame' it … like at a ZOO.
I know sometimes it's frustrating, & you just wanna 'fling your POO'.
But, we're all here for you--every one of your 'CREW'!
We are here for support, as pleasant surprise builds with actions-ANEW!
I really don't care what the 'haters' of me believe,
'Cuz the only opinion that matters is mine.'

Losin' contacts, 'cuz I can't--yet--talk
I seem to be the only one who cares of my legs.
I have constant 'pain'.
Oh, the EMOTIONAL-PAIN!  (EMOTIONAL-PAIN)
And, it's been eight years.
I miss my RUNS.
But, there's a 'fire' burning in my mind:
'Still … BELIEVE!'
Yeah, I definitely still believe.

And, all those tasks I cannot--yet--do:
Missed-opportunities & eventual goals.
I always ponder, as I struggle to 'walk',
'C'mon, A.J. Grow some big-ballz!'

You know what you must-DO.
There's no one to impress but YOU.
Since your brain is 'an animal', 'tame' it … like at a ZOO.
I know sometimes it's frustrating, & you just wanna 'fling your POO'.
But, we're all here for you--every one of your 'CREW'!
We are here for support, as pleasant surprise builds with actions-ANEW!
I really don't care what the 'haters' of me believe,
'Cuz the only opinion that matters is mine.'

...
The ONLY opinion that matters is MINE!

Like a small duck
Floating in a POND.
My mind--like a pair of 'quack-tastic' legs--processes 'a mile a minute',
As I wait for my legs to RESPOND.
All I need are faith
And hope that my legs shan't be PAWNED.
The tiniest, slightest 'trigger'
To make those neural-impulses 'BOND'.

'You know what you must-DO. (HEY!)
There's no one to impress but YOU.  (HEY!)
Since your brain is 'an animal', 'tame' it … like at a ZOO.  (HEY!)   …………….
I know sometimes it's frustrating, & you just wanna 'fling your POO'.
But, we're all here for you--every one of your 'CREW'!
We are here for support, as pleasant surprise builds with actions-ANEW!
I really don't care what the 'haters' of me believe,
'Cuz the only opinion that matters is mine.'

(My INSPIRATION … from/AFTER which I "SAMPLED"/modeled:)

"Fight Song"

Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep
Say I'm in too deep (in too deep)
And it's been two years
I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

A lot of fight left in me

Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

This is my fight song (Hey!)
Take back my life song (Hey!)
Prove I'm alright song (Hey!)
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong (I'll be strong)
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

No I've still got a lot of fight left in me

OTHER Inspirational SONGS:
-- 'STRONGER' -- Kelly Clarkson

--- ''Don't Stop Believing''--Journey

-- 'Skyscraper' -- Demi Lovato

-- 'Get Up, STAND Up' -- Bob Marley

--  ''It's MY Life' -- Bon Jovi

-- 'NOT Afraid' -- Eminem

-- 'Harder, Better, Faster' -- Daft Punk

-- 'Lust for Life' -- Iggy Pop

-- 'What a Feeling' -- Irene Cara

-- 'Imagine' -- John Lennon

-- 'Teardrop' -- Massive Attack

-- ''Don't Worry.  Be Happy' -- Bobby McFerrin

-- 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' -- Monty Python

-- Here Comes the Sun' -- The Beatles

-- 'Lovely Day' -- Bill Withers


((… I--CERTAINLY--do NOT know the lyrics to "many" (Read as "ANY".) of these songs.  Consequently, I'm JUST going by the "IMPLICATIONS" of ONLY the title.)


(EDITED/REVISED edition of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run':)

'STRIVE to RUN'

"Eh-ver-ee day I sweat-it-out aboard the wheels of a 'rollaway semi-American DREAM'.
At my leg-gym, I 'strut my stuff', as I smile a lot & GLEAM.
Thankful I'm functioning at all after my disaster on Highway five nighty-FIVE.
Over my seatbelt & out my window, I'm grateful to be ALIVE.
Baby, society's ignorance 'rips the hair from my SKULL.
It's a traumatic-pain.  'Tis more than a 'LULL'.
I've gotta run only after I can WALK.
Because socialites like me, baby, I was 'born to TALK'.

Leeann, let me in.  I wanna be your FRIEND.
I wanna guide your dreams & VISIONS.
Just wrap your legs 'round these dormant TRUNKS,
And, strap your hands across my ENGINES.
Together we could guide my 'STEPS'.
We'll walk until I fall, 'Baby', we were meant-to steadily-increase my REPS.

H-Oh, will you WALK along next-to me as fries to my 'fast food'-SLIDER?
'Cuz. baby, I'm just a scared & lonely 'chair-RIDER'.
But, I gotta know how it FEELS.
I want to witness that 'miracles CAN HAPPEN!
Oh, LEGS, would please show me,
Beyond the plentitude of pessimistic-doubters in SOCIETY,
My legs supporting my straight, balanced BODY?!
And, my eyes staring straight-UP so hard!
My number of visitors rises during the day & DARK.
I wanna walk with you, LEGS, on the beach tonight
In an ever-stable GAIT …
1-2-3-4!
Hate-FULL society's jammed with 'BUSTED' legs of a last-chance WILLful-drive.
Everybody-ELSE's out on-the-run TONIGHT!
So, I woN'T ALWAYS be IN-bed.
Together, LEGS, we WILL live-THROUGH this sadness in my soul.
H-Oh!  Someday, LEGS, I doN'T know WHEN,
We're GONNA get-to that STRENGTH--
Where we REALLY wanna GO,
And we'll "hop, skip & JUMP".
But, 'til THEN, OPTIMISTS like us,
Baby, we've gotta HOPE to RUN!
Oh, LEGS, OPTIMISTS like us,
Baby, we can only STRIVE to RUN!

Ru-uh-uh-un

Mm-mm-mm-mm

Uh-uh-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Ru-uh-uh-uh-un

Mm-mm-mm-mm

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Ru-uh-uh-un"

         

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