To Who I Am Becoming...

So one of my dad's favorite songs is I Can Change by John Legend featuring Snoop Dogg. Well for some reason he wanted the lyrics to it and so I told him how he could get them off the internet. I almost wish that I had not done this because he then read them to me. With the music this song is amazing but with my dad's matter of fact tone the lyrics almost sounded perverce. He asked me what "Tripping off" and "Hizzle" ment. If you want an out of body experiance all you have to do is try to explain those words to your parents. ACK!!! Since then he will send me e-mails and things using those words. He has even gone as far as found an online slang dictionary that he uses. When he hears one of his students use a word that is hip then the will find out what it means and then try and use it. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. (Most of the time I do both) Here is the song that started it all

I knew that this facade was too much to be true. This was that time when she would ask for my qualifications and tell me that she would be watching me (no doubt waiting to pull her son out of my class for my incompetence). “I assure you that your son will receive the best education in my class.” “Oh yes, I am not worried about that at all.” She saw the brief flash of incredulity. “Can I ask how much you know about my family?” “I’m sorry but I know very little about your family. I don’t pay much attention to what happens out side of my classroom and my students.” Now she had to change the look of wonder. I was surprised when that look turned into one of almost glee. “I’m sorry. I …” “No, No. Please don’t apologize. It is so nice to finally meet someone who has not heard about every little detail of my life whether true or not.” She suppressed a little chuckle. I sat in silence waiting for her to continue. “I actually came to talk to you about my son. His father, my husband, died one yea