I Am 1 September 13, 2009

I am one is the title of Chrisette Michelle’s first album. I think that is one of the greatest albums out. I also think that she is one of the best singers period! (Of course Mary J. Blige is # 1) The last song on the album is called (Untitled) / I am one. The song talks about different situations that  people are faced with.  She talks about how she can lend a hand and help and together they make can be one.  Here is the lyrics to the song.

“I Am One”

Hello my sister
Did you make a mistake?
There’s life in your belly
And it’s too much to take.

Hey there my friend
I heard of your Dad.
He was a hero
when the towers were crashed.

I am one
And I’m reaching for you
I am one
And together we’re two.
I’ll be your strength and I won’t let you fall
And together we’ll find one more

Hey little girl
Little Indian girl.
Can I give you some bread
And a piece of my world.
Look to my fingers
There is hope in my hand
Come to my pocket and I’ll give what I can.

I am one
And I’m reaching for you
I am one
And together we’re two.
I’ll be your strength and I won’t let you fall
And together we’ll find one more.

If one can do anything
Then two can change the world.
If one can make a difference
And together we’re so much more.

There was a flood not long ago
It took my people and it tattered my soul.

I am one
And I’m reaching for you
I am one
And together we’re two.
I’ll be your strength and I won’t let you fall
You may not have much
But alone I am one without you.

I absolutely love this song. I love the meaning and the concept of this song. We are all faced with challenges everyday. Some things we bring on ourselves and there are consequences to be paid, however we are suppose to be here to lift each other or extend a hand to someone that might have fallen down to help them up. So once we help each other it is not about two individuals or two separate problems. When we help each other we become as one, because now with the two of joining we become one. Take the Subway Get Fit Challenge. Subway did not have to extend it’s hand to help me or us to lose the weight. It could have been 17 individuals who are struggling to lose weight, that might have not really starting eating right or exercising, but Subway extended a hand and said come on lets be one and help each other achieve this goal. They have changed lives literally. Last week I went to the beauty supply store with my sister, nephew, and two nieces. On our way out to the left of me I saw a guy sitting on the little level against the wall. I spoke to him and kept on walking. He looked at us and he looked like he wanted to say something but didn’t. I heard him ask a couple of ladies for some money. And they told him no. When we got in the truck I told my sister that I knew that he wanted to ask us something but didn’t because he saw us with all of the the kids. He got up and preceded to walk up the shopping center and he we pulled up and rolled the window and I said hello and asked him how he was doing? He said he was OK. We engaged in conversation and found out that he was 19 and was homeless. He told me he had his own apartment and lost his job and lost his home. He is from Seattle and his mom is back home in Seattle and he is out here in Atlanta by himself. Both my sister and I offered him our husbands #’s so that he can call for a job. I gave him my business card to call me if he need help. ( When my husband and I moved to Atlanta in 2001 we moved here with $198, no home, no job, no family. All of our family was back home in NY.) So I know how he felt being all alone. I asked him was he hungry and he said yes. Ironically the whole conversation was taking place in front of a Subway store. I told him to come with me. I bought him enough Subway sandwiches to last him for a couple of days. I let him know my situation when I first moved to Atlanta and told him to keep the faith and don’t give up on God. I let him know that he is not out here alone that we are in this together because we are 1. I shook his hand and said our good byes. He told me that often people may give  or throw him money but no one ever take the time to talk to him or even touch his hand because they feel he is contaminated. He really said he felt like we really care and are really there for him. See with out knowing Subway put an effect on someone else life. It is not Subway, me , and him, it is us. We are one, and because we are one, I am 1.