sure thing?

my homeboy B Lewis did a blog post on this song and i did a follow up...here it goes.

phellowphlyone:
#PHLYLYRIC: “Sure Thing” by Miquel
Maaannnn This Song is the TRUTH! I have to admit that I took me a minute to finally actually listen to the song and its words. As the words are being said, you can truly visual the meatphors he uses, and actually relate them to the way you feel about someone. Miguel devoted the song as a pledge of his devotion to an ex-girlfriend after cheating on her. “I believed we could overcome adversity, obviously unbeknownst to her,” Miguel told MTV. “But I wrote a record for her about how perfect we were for each other.” #DOPE

me (extended version):
i am addicted to this song. like, forreal. it stays on repeat in my earphones. and i'm glad B posted this with his clarification of the song's background and meaning. i feel exactly what he describes in the song everytime i listen....the vid however...meh.

i was pretty disappointed with the video. i feel that he could have gone in so many different directions and displayed love, affection, devotion, etc. in regards to overcoming adversity in a relationship. he #FAILED. all i got from the vid is "look at me and my flyness" "i can kinda dance right" "i'm sexy huh?" and "my chick is a stripper who loves my flyness". WHAT THE FUCK YO? not cool.

1. we have enough representations in music vids of hypersexualized images of females and no matter how hot they are, their only role in the piece is to show complete adoration for the dude. the dude who barely looks at them in the video cuz he's so busy "being sexy". (*insert confused face*)

2. do we even know/understand what love is supposed to look like anymore? why would a love song lead to a vid about some dude and some stripper? and i wish i was just exaggerating...nope. there is a point where we see the chick ON A POLE. why tho? i'm not knocking strippers at all, and i'm sure they need love too. but why did that concept even come within 20 feet of this song? *considers restraining order btwn song and video*

3. if he was gonna love the stripper chick we could have AT LEAST seen him love the stripper chick. at no point in the vid is there any real indication of love, adoration, hell, even of an actual relationship. why not? those still happen right?

all in all, Miguel could've even got cheesy with the vid and it woulda been aight. i mean dramatic movie type video cheezy...

this tho...nope. i mean the song HELLZ YEAH. but the video. nah.