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The Secret: Rhyme & Reason

            Today I am in Miami, Florida writing this entry. For the last few days I've been “Sherod” hanging out with my family. For those of you that don't know I was born and raised in New York but my entire family is in Georgia and Florida. On May 14th, I was in the middle of shooting a video for my song "Left Lane" off The Secret [click to listen] when my mother called me crying telling me that her mother passed. I tried to continue to shoot but I eventually just sat down in a reflective, confused mode for the rest of the evening. My brother spent most of his childhood out there in Miami and neither of us saw this coming.

I'm not writing this to be a downer or make an excuse for not having a new CD out yet but I always said I would use words to vent and I wouldn't fear vulnerability as an artist so here I am. I got a lot from this trip that is hard to put in words. I focus so much on “Stimuli” sometimes that I forget there's a whole bunch of people related to me that couldn't care less about my superhero persona but they just want to see me succeed. I often feel like family members will be here forever. I think about losing a grandmother but my mother lost a mother. People always say they don't enjoy funerals but I don't think any of us do the dance of joy while throwing on that black gear to celebrate someone's home going. I guess it’s sort of like the opposite of going to a comedy show. You know you're going to laugh at some point, at a funeral you know you're bound to cry. I don't think anyone welcomes that feeling.

When I wrote "Live like I'm Dying" I thought about the end of it all. I wanted to yell to people the same way the dude from the movie Saw tried to get his point across. Appreciate life, live every day like your last because you never know. I think it came off more like I'm better than you but I referenced things like skydiving, hand gliding, sitting front row or first class and just living and imagining your last days doing things you would never do if you knew you had all the time in the world. I wanted The Secret to be a mix between uplifting verses and egotistical banter. I don't think I achieved the balance but songs like "Bentley" featuring Torae [click to listen] are a good mixture of both. I used cars as a metaphor for making it. I talked to the youth on "We Can Make It" after visiting schools and seeing how far we have to go with out next generation. It’s not that kids today aren’t smart it’s just they have a bunch of obstacles that we didn’t have. Reality TV, the internet and advanced communication technology are beautiful things but in some instances it makes kids a lot lazier from what I’ve seen. I’m sure the generation before us said the same thing about cable, beepers and call waiting but who knows? I just speak from what I see.

I wanted The Secret to let folks know that not only are there people out there that have it worse than you but if you expect good things then they will come to you. I never imagined I would be in this place I am in now until I started to claim it. For the first time ever I spoke about my situation with Virgin and Def Jam on record in the song “Right Now.” Other times I beat around the bush but I never said Jay’s name or let folks know what really happened. I’m kind of at peace with it all now and I have called forth success after going thru a political bind. Some of you may not know what I’m talking about but I was on one label, was supposed to go to another and ended up being stuck in limbo for 2 years. Ironically "Not Gon Cry" is one of those joints where I proclaim that no matter what I'm going thru it isn't bad enough to bring me to tears. I'll try to remember that. That song was supposed to go on an album of mine because I thought the pictures I painted needed to be seen by the masses. "Life throws a lot of curves that you really don't expect/like you facing incarceration a tumor made your mother a patient/you shot somebody now they want you erased and you go to church thinking that you in the sacredest place but you still afraid if you die maybe Satan'll take you."

It amazes how the people at church really fear hell. I often wonder if their praise is really a Love of God or a fear of eternal damnation. That’s another story though. So May is winding down, I am truthfully drained and my fans and haters are looking at me asking what’s next? DJ Victorious and I both decided that March’s CD had such an impact that it could’ve rode out for the year. The Secret features some records on there that can knock out some people’s LPs for real. With that said we decided to give your ears and our brains a concept break and deliver verses from songs that I have done with other formidable emcees. Some things you may have heard, some are brand new, most are fire, some are just good, the important thing is I’ve done a lot and I have a catalog most may not be aware of. Here’s your chance to catch up. I want to call it While you were Sleeping, Victorious wants to call it Featuring Sha Stimuli, one of us will win and next week you’ll have it someway or another. Please check out my video for “LOOK AT YOU” directed by Tee Smif [click to watch]. There are more videos to come so please stay tuned. And we also have a surprise for June dedicated to a legend. Stay with me.

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