Fast and Furious 6

So it has been quite a while, super sorry!! This blog will be about movies and music combined so it is a double whammy of awesome Fast and Furious 6, amazing movie. We Own It, 2 Chainz and Wiz Kalifa, just as amazing.

Last weekend I went with one of my best friends to go see Fast and Furious 6, but I can’t say I have been one of those die hard fans because I haven’t seen the first 5 yet though I will now because they seem awesome. Originally I thought it was basically fast cars and sex and I am not a huge car or sex fanatic so it didn’t seem that appealing, I actually wasn’t going to go see the movie in the first place but my friend was already at the theatre alone so it was slightly a pity thing, but I am glad I went. I was slightly confused about the whole Leddy thing in the beginning but my friend explained that to me and I really didn’t need to know anything about cars except the faster the better, “Ride or die.”  The plot was incredible, some really good twisters that nobody saw coming, those really good ones where the whole theatre just goes “WHAT?!” super great! Also if you are going to see it stay through the credits, there is a clip played after some of them and it is super important and really good and if you have seen the first five you will have your mind blown, my mind was blown after my friend explained it to me.  There is an incredible girl fight between Leddy and an agent which is so well done and amazing to watch.  There is a tank too, on a highway, running over cars like nobody’s business, so crazy! The amount of fast cars, I really would like to be a race car driver like that.  I would need to brush up my standard driving and buy a standard car and find some roads that are windy and interesting with no cops but it would be so much fun.  It is incredibly dangerous driving after watching Fast and Furious 6 because the desire to drive like the movie is just crazy, it is like an adrenaline rush from the theatre to your car. There was also a scene that I thought was the ending scene and thought it was super lame but it was not the ending thankfully and it ends up on a runway with a huge plane and it is seriously the longest runway ever. The picture is totally accurate, if not a little short. 

For me a crucial part of the movie is the song that the credits is played to and they NAILED it.  The movie ends and it cuts straight to We Own It by 2 Chainz featuring Whiz Kalifa.  I can’t remember completely but I am pretty sure it starts with the chorus and it is basically my summer jam right now.  The first link is to the song with lyrics and the second is the one with Fast and Furious because it is just super great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQ1Okyi3g4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv8C1wjbsKw

Money’s the motivation, money’s the conversation

You on vacation, we getting’ paid so

We on paycation, I did it for the fam

It’s whater we had to do, it’s just who I am

Yeah, it’s the life I chose

Gunshots in the dark, one eye closed

And we got it cooking like one-eyed stove

You can catch me kissin’ my girl with both eyes closed

Perfecting my passion, thanks for asking

Couldn’t slow down so we had to crash it

You used plastic, we ‘bout cash,

I see some people ahead we gon’ pass

I never fear death or dying

I only feel never trying

I am whatever I am,

Only God can judge me, now

One shot, everything rides on tonight

Even if I’ve got three strikes, Ima go for it

This moment, we own it

And I’m not to be played with

Because it can get dangerous

See these people I ride with

This moment, we own it

And the same ones that I ride with, be the same ones that I die with

Pull it all out on the line with, if you looking for me you can find with

In the new car or in the crown whip

My new broad, that’s a fine chick

And the wonder squad, I’m down with

What you say, tell me what you say

Working hard, reppin’ for my dogs, do this everyday

Takin’ off, looking out for all, makin’ sure we ball

Like the mob all you do is call

Catch you if you fall, Young Kalifa

I never fear death or dying

I only feel never trying

I am whatever I am,

Only God can judge me, now

One shot, everything rides on tonight

Even if I’ve got three strikes, Ima go for it

This moment, we own it

And I’m not to be played with

Because it can get dangerous

See these people I ride with

This moment, we own it

This the biggest day of my life

We got big guns, been graduated from knives

It’s the day in the life and I’m ready to ride

Got the spirit, I’m feelin’ like a killer inside

Financial outbreak, I’m free but I ain’t out yet

Ride with the plug so I’m close to the outlet

At the red light, rims sittin’ off set

I look better on your girl

Stuck to the plan, always think that we would stand up, never ran

We the fam and loyalty never change up

Been down since day one, look at where we came from

Jumpin’ out on anybody who try to say some one thing about it

 Got a problem, I go t the same one

Money rolls, we fold plenty clubs we closed,

Follow the same code

Never turn our back, our cars don’t even lose control

One shot, everything rides on tonight

Even if I’ve got three strikes, Ima go for it

This moment, we own it

And I’m not to be played with

Because it can get dangerous

See these people I ride with

This moment, we own it

Technical stuff first, starts off with a great build up, quite hum like then into the “strings” and into the rapping and beat, great introduction. Similar build up into the chorus which is my favourite part of the song. The strong beats in the chorus accenting counting to three and going from A to C is incredible, as shown below J

One shot, everything rides on tonight

Even if I’ve got three strikes, Ima go for it

This moment, we own it

And I’m not to be played with

Because it can get dangerous

See these people I ride with

This moment, we own it

Just reading it the lyrics do not seem that way, especially the “And” part but listening to it is just really cool.

Lyrics, so good, though I can’t say I necessarily relate to all of them, like the amount of money, gun shots, basically most of it but there are some really great parts that I do connect with. The line “Perfecting my passion, thanks for asking” I wish I could say that I am perfecting my passion, but I am not even totally sure what it is yet but I will love being able to say that once I find it and I think everybody should be able to take pride in what their passion is and perfecting it.  Finding a passion is what makes life enjoyable, it is really hard to do something you are not passionate about; for example, I am not passionate about making fries or burgers or chicken for work, the thought of spending the rest of my life like that, well I don’t think about it because it is terrible but you get the general idea, passion is the new fashion (I just made that up and it is pretty lame but rhymes, which is fun). 

The lyrics about “…the same ones that I ride with, be the same ones that I die with/Pull it all out on the line with, if you looking for me you can find with”, “Takin’ off, looking out for all, makin’ sure we ball/Like the mob all you do is call/Catch you if you fall” and “We the fam and loyalty never change up/Been down since day one, look at where we came from” I connect to my few close friends who are basically family, similar to the crew in Fast and Furious except we aren’t wanted or do cool things with fast cars or guns or fighting, though we like to think we could.  I never related being able to just call to being like a mob but I like the idea of being similar to a mob in a good way, that is interesting.  My friends and I always have each other’s backs and have only gotten closer over the years. Yesterday was our last official night of small group (we get together each week at youth and talk about various subjects) and for our leaders I put together pictures of us all over the years and it was crazy seeing how much we changed over the years. Looking at where we started and where we have ended up was just a crazy time and it is good to know that we won’t stop now because we are family. 

The chorus, as I have probably said already, is my favourite part of the song.  We only have one shot at life and we should not waste it.  Looking back on life and regretting certain decisions is hopefully not something people want to do, or if something has already happened that is regrettable then taking from that and becoming a better person instead of just regretting it more in the future is always a wiser choice. Also not letting fears hold you back, it is the hardest thing to get past.  I can’t really think of an recent example that I have had but I can think of one about sky diving (I talked to my dad about it and a friend the other day :P), I have heard it is an awesome experience and if you want to do it but are scared of heights and one day reach the point where you can not do it anymore and watch your friends and loved one experience something you wish you had but didn’t because of a fear, it sucks.  Or the classic example of not getting the guy or girl because you didn’t speak up, a lot of sad stories have resulted from that, I think the biggest fear as humans though is hurting our social self.  The whole public humiliation, being rejected, looking foolish, those are the biggest fears but we just have to own the moment and go for it! I realized I was getting off topic and figured it should be brought back to the lyrics.

Overall, Fast and Furious 6, 6 thumbs up, We Own It, was totally owned by the artists.  Amazing job by all! Challenge from this, do something that you are scared of.  I will make a blog post about it when I do it, let me know what you did and how it worked out!