I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY WHILE I WAS STUCK IN AIRPORT...THATS WHEN I GET TO REFLECT ABOUT MY LIFE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ALOT TO DO IN AN AIRPORT BUT PEOPLE WATCH AND THINK...RECENTLY I WAS IN A PLACE WHERE I WAS SURROUNDED BY MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE AND SOME NOT SO FAMOUS PEOPLE AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE FAMOUS(HEHE) AND I HAD THIS THOUGHT...DOES FAME BRING HAPPINESS OR IS IT JUST A CRUTCH TO FILL A VOID THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE INSIDE.I HAVE MADD LOVE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED TO GET TO THAT POINT BUT MY THOUGHT WAS THIS...R THEY REALLY HAPPY...SO MANY OF THEM SEEMED REALLY FAKE TO ME..AND SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY REAL AND THOSE WERE THE ONES I HAD MADD LOVE 4...I KNOW 4 ME,,,WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE TO NEW YORK IT WAS TO PURSUE THE ONE THING I KNOW BEST WHICH IS DANCE AND MY PASSION 4 SPREADING THE LOVE OF HIP HOP..I KNOW THAT MY SUCCESS DOES NOT DETERMINE MY WORTH ON THIS PLANET..WHAT DOES IS HOW I LIVED AND HAVE I DONE RIGHT BY WHAT I FEEL MY GOD WANTS ME TO DO..SO GUYS KNOW THAT MY JOY COMES FROM SEEING YOU FEEL THE PASSION I HAVE FOR DANCE, ACTUALLY WATCHING U SMILE IN MY CLASS AND REALLY KNOWING WHY I AM THERE,,SO AS I TRY TO SUCCEED HERE IN NYC, IT WILL NEVER TAKE AWAY FROM WHY I REALLY DO WHAT I DO AND THAT IS IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF U GUYS FACES AND THE LOVE IN YOUR SOUL AND YO, THATS MY WORD....SO TAKE IT AND LEAN BACK!!!!
DENA'S WORD - 15-Sep-04 at 10:32 PM
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LET ME START OFF BY SAYING GOD IS GOOD..HE NEVER SEIZES TO COMFORT ME AND SEND PEOPLE IN MY LIFE TO LOVE ME AND SUPPORT ME...MAN, SEE WHAT DANCE CAN DO..IT CAN UNITE SO MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT MAY NEVER HAVE CONNECTED OTHERWISE..I MEAN , THINK ABOUT IT..DANCERS GET TO OPEN THEIR SOUL TO PEOPLE THEY DO NOT KNOW BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY,,,U HAVE MADE FRIENDS FOR LIFE...I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET THRUOUT THE YEARS AND HOW THEY ARE STILL IN MY LIFE AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW ME TO SHARE MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP AND HOW ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE MY INSPIRATION TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT I DO...I WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL THE JOY I FEEL EACH TIME I DANCE, EACH TIME I CREATE MOVEMENT TO A BANGIN SONG,,,EACH TIME I LOOK AT YOUR FACES AND SEE THE SMILES..THAT IS MY REWARD IN LIFE...I DO NOT STRIVE TO BE "THE FLAVA OF THE MONTH"..I WANT LONGEVITY, I DESIRE TO ALWAYS BE PUTTIN IT OUT THERE AND TO ALWAYS GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPREAD HIP HOP AND ALL ITS GOODNESS AND TO ALWAYS SEE YOU GUYS SMILE...HOLD IT DOWN, DANCE IN CLASS, DANCE WITH FRIENDS, DANCE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND MOST IMPORTANT DANCE BY YOURSELF AND KNOW THAT I AM ALWAYS GOING TO KEEP IT REAL,,,AND YO,THATS MY WORD,,YA FEELIN ME...
DENA'S WORD - 16-Aug-04 at 11:52 AM
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I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT ALOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS...YOU KNOW NO MATTER HOW MANY MATERIAL THINGS WE HAVE OR THAT WE BUY TO MAKE OURSELVES LOOK GOOD,,ITS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FEEL GOOD INSIDE...I KNOW THAT WE HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME,,,SO ITS NO NEW REVELATION,,BUT AS I TRAVEL AND MEET SO MANY DANCERS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE I COME ACROSS ARE VERY INSECURE AND MAN,,,I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT I CAN RELATE TO THAT AS WELL...MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY WAS HARD ENUFF BUT TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND RESPECTED HERE IS NOT EASY...BUT IF IT WAS EASY THEN WHAT WOULD I HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS??? SO ASK YOURSELF THAT..IF EVERYTHING WAS EASY THEN WE WOULD NEVER LEARN WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR US AND WHAT WAS NOT....YOU KNOW THE SAYING "GOD OPENS DOORS"..WELL HE CAN CLOSE THEM AS WELL....SO WHEN A DOOR CLOSES, IT MAY NOT BE A BAD THING, KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO...DO NOT FOCUS ON WHY SOMETHING MAY NOT HAVE OPENED UP THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO..BE COOL WITH IT AND STRIVE TO KEEP STEPPIN...WE ALL HAVE THOSE VOICES THAT TRY TO MAKE US FEEL INSECURE AND TRY AND COMPARE US WITH OTHERS...REMEMBER THIS , OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR HAPPINESS..BE WHO YOU ARE...DO NOT CONFORM TO MEET OTHER PEOPLES PERCEPTION OF WHAT U THINK THEY WANT U TO BE...MAN, THATS STRAIGHT WORD...SO EACH DAY AS I WAKE UP IN THIS CITY, I DO NOT ALLOW THIS PLACE TO INTIMIDATE ME, NOR DO I CHANGE WHO I AM..I AM STILL A SOUTHERN GIRL FROM THE DIRTY, DIRTY WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND KNEW THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE LIVING IT!!! AND YO, THATS MY WORD.....
DENA'S WORD - 12-May-04 at 03:15 PM
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EACH DAY IS A JOURNEY THAT I AM ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT...WELL, IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT WAY FOR ME..I USED TO FEEL LIKE EACH DAY WAS A CURSE INSTEAD OF A BLESSING...NOW, WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW VERY FORTUNATE I FEEL TO HAVE MY LIFE AND THE PATH IN WHICH IT HAS TAKEN...SOMETIMES I CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE IT..THAT IS WHY I KNOW IT IS NOT ME AND THE THINGS I DO BUT GOD WITHIN ME...I ASK GOD "HOW CAN U LOVE ME SO MUCH WHEN I FEEL SO UNLOVABLE?" THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME.."BECAUSE YOU ARE MY CHILD"...I CAN REMEMBER WHEN MY PARENTS WERE ALIVE, THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME...AT THE TIME I DID NOT SEE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DID WERE BECAUSE THEY LOVED ME,,I THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYIN TO RUIN MY LIFE SOMETIMES..YA HEARD??? I KNOW U GUYS R FEELIN ME..BUT KNOW THAT LOVE RUNS DEEPER THAN ANY EMOTION AND FROM ME TO YOU..THATS MY WORD!!!
DENA'S WORD - 04-Apr-04 at 10:40 PM
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AS HARD AS IT IS TO ADMIT SOMETIMES MY MIND TRYS TO TELL ME THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE UNTRUE...LIKE HOW I SHOULD BE DEPRESSED OR UNHAPPY IF THINGS DO NOT ALWAYS GO MY WAY AND HOW I FEEL LONELY IN THIS HUGE CITY WITHOUT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND IF I ALLOW THAT TO DWELL IN MY MIND, NEXT THING I KNOW I WILL FEEL ALL THOSE FEELINGS IN A MASSIVE WAY..I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAN RELATE TO THAT..SO THE PROCESS BEGINS TO UNDO THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FILL THEM WITH THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE..WE ARE ALL SO BLESSED IN SO MANY WAYS AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT IS SOOO HARD TO SEE...TAKE IT FROM ME...GOD WANTS US TO ENJOY EACH DAY NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY...AND WHEN WE DO HIT THOSE OBSTACLES THAT TRY TO SLOW OUR ROLL DOWN WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND KEEP STEPPIN BECAUSE EACH DAY IS A GIFT TO US... YO,,,THATS MY WORD....
DENA'S WORD - 15-Mar-04 at 11:52 AM
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EVERYDAY WHEN I OPEN MY EYES..I THINK OF MY LIFE,,,HOW THANKFUL I AM TO HAVE THIS OPPURTUNITY TO SPREAD MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP AND RAP AND THE WHOLE CULTURE OF IT.....I AM SADDENED THAT ARTISTS NOW FEEL IT NECCESARY TO TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFF AT MAJOR EVENTS TO FURTHUR THE BAD PRESS THAT HIP HOP HAS ALREADY,,,I ASK ALL OF YOU GUYS TO PRAY FOR THE ARTISTS BECAUSE MUSIC IS SUPPOSE TO ENLIGHTEN OUR SOUL NOT TRASH OUR BRAINS!!! CHOSE YOURSELF TO PUT GOOD THINGS IN YOUR SOUL AND TRUST IT MAY NOT SEEM AS COOL BUT IN THE END IT WILL PAY OFF!!!..I KNOW PEOPLE LAUGHED AT ME WHEN I TOLD THEM WAY BACK IN THE DAY..HIP HOP WOULD BE THE BIGGEST DRIVING FORCE IN MUSIC AND WELL IT IS...SO LETS HOPE THAT IT CAN STAY THAT WAY...YO,,THATS MY WORD....
DENA'S WORD - 04-Feb-04 at 11:28 AM
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ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER..THEN COMES THE NEW YEAR..I FIND IT QUITE COMICAL WHEN WE MAKE ALL THESE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS AND WE HONESTLY THINK WE CAN KEEP THEM ,,,AND SOMETIMES WE DO , FOR LIKE A WEEK,,THEN BAMM!! BACK TO THE OLD WAY,,,SO I HAVE DECIDED FOR ME,,THAT IS EASIER IF I DO NOT PUT HUGE EXPECTATIONS ON MYSELF..BECAUSE IF I FAIL,THEN I END UP BEATING MYSELF UP FOR NOT LIVING UP TO WHAT I HAD TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH...I MEAN I THINK ITS GREAT TO WANT TO START THE NEW YEAR OFF IN A DIFFERENT WAY,,BUT KEEP IT SIMPLE..SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH OTHERS AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE...I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS PAST YR HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO ME,,I HAVE MET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND I HAVE LEARNED ALOT OF THINGS FROM ALL OF YOU GUYS!!! GOD HAS BLESSED ME IN A WAY I NEVER KNEW POSSIBLE...SO FOR ME IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR,,HERES ONE RESOLUTION I KNOW I CAN KEEP...TO BRING THE FUNK AND MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP TO A GREATER LEVEL AND TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT HIP HOP IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE,ITS HERE TO STAY!!! HO,HO,HO THATS MY WORD!!!!
DENA'S WORD - 18-Dec-03 at 03:04 PM
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WELL AS THANKSGIVING APPROACHES,,I HAD TO ASK
MYSELF "WHAT AM I THANKFUL FOR"...WELL, OF
COURSE I COULD LIST SO MANY THINGS BUT I GUESS FOR
ME...IT IS MY LIFE AND MY FREEDOM TO EXPRESS
MYSELF THRU MY DANCE AND TO TRY MY BEST TO DO
WHAT I FEEL GOD HAS PUT ME HERE TO DO...ALL OF US
HAS A PURPOSE WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT,,SADLY, SOME PEEPS NEVER DO REALIZE WHAT
THEY ARE HERE FOR,,BUT ONE THING FOR SURE..I THANK MY GOD EVERY DAY FOR THE CHANCE TO DANCE, CREATE AND TRAVEL TO ALL THE CITYS I DO AND MEET EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU,,YES ,I DO MEET ALOT OF PEOPLE ON THE ROAD,,,BUT I DO KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF YOU ARE PUT IN MY PATH FOR A REASON AND FOR THAT I AM VERY THANKFUL..AND THATS MY WORD...ONE LOVE..RIZZO
DENA'S WORD - 25-Nov-03 at 04:19 PM
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YOU KNOW MOVING TO NEW YORK WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS I HAVE HAD TO MAKE IN MY LIFE...I HAVE LIVED IN THE SOUTH MY WHOLE LIFE WHERE EVERYTHING WAS VERY EASY FOR ME...LEAVING MY HOMETOWN STUDIO FAMILY AND MY SISTER WAS SAD FOR ME..BUT I KNEW THAT IT WAS TIME TO BETTER MYSELF,,,GUYS LET ME TELL YOU LIFE IS NOT EASY AND SOMETIMES THE PATHS THAT WE WANT TO CHOSE ARE THE ONES THAT SEEM COMFORTABLE FOR US,,,WELL
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING GO AFTER IT,,,,IF THE DOOR IS SHUT IN YOUR FACE,CRAWL THRU THE WINDOW..IF YOU CANT GET THRU THE WINDOW,,CRAWL THRU THE CRACK AND IF THAT DOESNT WORK,,,TAKE A HAMMER AND BUST STRAIGHT THRU!!!!
I KNOW SOME OF YOU QUESTION YOURSELF AND WONDER IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FULFILL YOUR DREAM..WELL I KNOW I DID WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR ME TO PACK THAT U HAUL UP AND MOVE,,,AND I STILL STAND IN MY APT. OR WALK OUT ON THE STREET AND I STILL FEEL LIKE IT IS A DREAM,,,SO LET ME JUST TELL YA..THERE IS NO TIME LIKE RIGHT NOW...YO, DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO,,,BE STRONG AND CONFIDENT..YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN...MAKE YOUR LIFE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE,,BECAUSE TRUST, NO ONE ELSE WILL...LOOK TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR GOD BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR TRU SUPPORT...AND EVEN IF THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR DREAMS, THEY LOVE YOU AND ALWAYS WANT THE BEST FOR YOU, AS DO I..
AND THATS MY WORD..YA HEARD...
DENA'S WORD - 30-Oct-03 at 06:43 PM
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AS I SIT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND HEAR ALL THE NOISES GOING BY..SOMETIMES I AM NOT REALLY
SURE THAT I HAVE GRASPED THE FACT THAT I PACKED A UHAUL AND ACTUALLY DID IT...BUT IN MY HEART
I KNOW I AM THERE FOR A REASON...PLEASE DO
NOT LET ANYTHING EVER HOLD YOU BACK FROM YOUR
DREAMS NO MATTER WHAT THE OBSTACLE MAY BE...
TRUST ME...PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU WILL ALWAYS
SUPPORT YOU AND THE ONES THAT DON'T..WELL
THEY USUALLY WISH THEY HAD THE GUTS TO DO WHAT
YOU ARE DOING...SO TO EVERYONE OUT THERE..DREAMS
ARE NOT JUST THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU SLEEP,
OR WHEN YOU ARE STARING OUT INTO SPACE HAVING
WHAT SOCIETY CALLS A DAYDREAM,,,THEY ARE PUT
THERE FOR A REASON...GO AFTER THEM,,I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO..AND THATS MY WORD!!!
DENA'S WORD - 02-Oct-03 at 05:13 PM
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AS I SIT HERE AND EACH DAY PASSES AND I AM
PACKING LIKE CRAZY..I KNOW MY DECISION TO MOVE
TO NEW YORK IS THE RIGHT ONE......SOMETIMES WE COME AT A CROSSROADS AND WE ARE NOT REAL SURE
IF WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS OR NOT
BUT WHEN YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART THAT IT FEELS
RIGHT,,YOU HAVE TO GRAB IT AND HOLD IT CLOSE
BECAUSE TRUSTING YOURSELF IS A HARD THING TO
DO.....I HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM EVERONE
AND MY HOMETOWN STUDIO HAS BEEN THE BEST
I AM EXCITED YET APPREHENSIVE BUT I FEEL
LIKE I NEED TO GO AFTER THIS AND SEIZE THE
MOMENT...HERES A LITLE SUMTHIN FOR YA......
"YO THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS RUNNIN THRU MY HEAD
I KNOW I'M MAKIN THE RIGHT DECISION ITS TIME TO
MOVE AHEAD.....I KNOW ALONG THE WAY ,THERE WILL
BE MANY OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME,BUT AS I MOVE FORWARD I WILL NEVER FORGET WHERE I AM FROM,,
SOMETIMES I HEAR VOICES THEY COME AT ME LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW...IS I WILL
NEVER GIVE UP THIS FIGHT...DANCE IS A POWERFUL
FORCE,ITS WITH ME WHEREVER I GO,,ITS THE ONE THING
I AM SURE OF..MAN ITS REALLY ALL I KNOW..
ALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET IN EVERY CITY, EVERY STATE,YU ALL HAVE SHOWN ME LOVE, NEVER DISRESPECT,
NEVER HATE...ONE THING FOR SURE,,,,YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ME WHERE I AM AT,,AND FROM ME TO YOU,I THANK YOU FOR THAT...ALWAYS DREAM BIG,SET YOUR GOALS, THEY MAY SEEM FAR...BUT LOOK TO THE SKY BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS IN THE STARS.....AND THATS MY WORD..
DENA'S WORD - 02-Sep-03 at 11:45 AM
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AS I SEE MY LIFE MOVING INTO A NEW PHASE ,I
NOW KNOW THAT DREAMING BIG CAN ACTUALLY GET YOU
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE...NEW YORK WILL BE A
CHANGE FOR ME..BUT I AM NOT SCARED OR
INTIMIDATED BECAUSE THANKS TO YOU GUYS
FROM MY HOME TOWN TO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,,YOU GAVE ME THE
CONFIDENCE TO DO WHAT GOD HAS BEEN TELLING
ME TO DO....GO TO THE CITY AND SHOW THEM
HOW WE DROP IT DOWN HERE IN THE DIRTY DIRTY!!!
YES GOD SPEAKS TO ME IN MY LANGUAGE AND HE
WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU...PLEASE DIG DEEP
IN YOUR SOUL AND HOLD ONTO THOSE DREAMS
BECAUSE LIKE EMINEM SAYS
"YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MOMENT,
YOU OWN IT, YOU BETTER NEVER LET IT GO..
YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT,,DO NOT MISS YOUR
CHANCE TO BLOW..BECAUSE OPPURTUNITY COMES
ONCE IN A LIFETIME..YO!!! AND THATS MY WORD
DENA'S WORD - 05-Aug-03 at 04:11 PM
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I AM NOT SURE WORDS CAN EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS TAKEN CLASS FROM ME HAS TOUCHED MY HEART AND SPIRIT,,,YOU KNOW MY JOY COMES FROM WHEN I FIRST STEP UP ON THE STAGE OR IN A STUDIO AND BEGIN TO SHARE THE GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN ME...I LOOK OUT IN THE CROWD AND IF YOU ARE A FIRST TIMER IN MY CLASS I SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE... ITS LIKE "IS THIS CHICK CRAZY!!!"..THEN THE SMILE COMES AND I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DIG THE CLASS....SO MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT HIP HOP SEEMED HARD FOR YOU AND FOR SOME IT MAY HAVE BEEN YOUR FIRST HIPHOP CLASS
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL FORMS OF DANCE TAKE WORK AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY FOCUSED IN YOUR TECHNIQUE CLASSES, BALLET CLASSES WHICH I MYSELF STRUGGLED THRU , BUT I KNEW IT WAS MY FOUNDATION,
HIPHOP HAS A TECHNIQUE AND I HOPE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE WHO IS HUNGRY FOR THE STYLE AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HIP HOP IS ABOUT....I WANT TO EDUCATE THE TEACHERS SO THEY CAN DROP THE FUNK ON YOU,,,THE MESSAGE THAT WAS LEFT ON THE BOARD ABOUT MY CLASS BEING LIKE AN ANTI DEPRESSANT WAS GOLDEN!!!!..ON A PERSONAL TIP FROM ME TO YOU,,I FIGHT FEELING VERY BLUE SOMETIMES,,HAVING LOST BOTH OF MY PARENTS AND SEEING MY SIS COME THRU CANCER WAS NOT EASY FOR ME TO PURSUE MY DREAM ,,,AND FOR AWHILE I HAD TO PUT IT ON HOLD TO GET THRU THE DIFFICULT TIMES,,,BUT IT MADE ME COME OUT FIGHTING HARDER AND WANTING MY PARENTS TO LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND KNOW THAT I FINALLY DID IT,,,AND GUESS WHAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART TO DO....WHEN THE RUFF TIMES COME, DIG DEEP INSIDE AND PULL THAT GIFT OUT WHETHER ITS DANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE AND I PROMISE YOU...YOU WILL GET THRU IT.....ALL OF YOU HAVE GOT ME THRU THOSE TIMES....AND FOR THAT I SEND YOU MUCH LOVE...AND YO THATS MY WORD...
DENA'S WORD - 11-Jul-03 at 11:43 AM
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I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CHANGE..NOT THE KIND IN YOUR POCKET BUT LIFECHANGES..I HAVE BEEN THINKING ON THIS SINCE ALOT OF MY STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING AND MOVING ON IN THERE LIFE WHETHER IT IS TO PURSUE A DANCE CAREER OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE...JUST LIKE MOST OF YOU OUT ..SOME OF YOU ARE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS AND TRUST,,,ITS NOT EASY..IF U CHOSE A CAREER IN DANCE..I CAN ASSURE YOU,,THAT U HAVE TO BE SO FOCUSED AND DRIVEN AND ALWAYS STAY CURRENT BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE THAT IS TRYING TO STEP JUST AS HARD.....MY PATH WAS HARD BUT I BELIEVED IN WHAT I WAS DOING AND EVEN THO BACK IN THE DAY(HEHE)...NO ONE WAS DOWN WITH THE RAP ,HIP HOP, BREAKIN THING...BUT I KEEP PERFECTING MYSELF AND PREPARING FOR THE DAY WHEN SOMEONE WOULD FINALLY GET IT AND THEN I KNEW I AS READY TO SHOW ALL THE NEGATIVE ,STEROTYPICAL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I WAS PATIENT AND SAT BACK AND WAITED, WORKED 3 JOBS AND TRUSTED GOD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN,,,AND YO WHEN IT DID,,IT BLEW UP..ALL OF YOU GUYS OUT THERE FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST AND THE DIRTY DIRTY ACTUALLY DUG MY STUFF AND SO YOU MADE IT HAPPEN...EMBRACE YOUR UPS , YOUR DOWNS, YOUR REJECTIONS, YOUR LIFECHANGES...THEY TEACH YOU AND YOU LEARN FROM EACH EVERY ONE OF THEM....YO AND THATS MY WORD...YA HEARD..
DENA'S WORD - 03-Jun-03 at 01:31 PM
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AS MOTHERS DAY CAME AND WENT...I THOUGHT OF MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY AND IS IN HEAVEN NOW ALONG WITH MY FATHER AS WELL AND I FELT THE VOID THAT I HAVE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HERE WITH ME PHYSICALLY BUT I KNOW THEY ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART...I MUST SAY THAT DANCE WAS MY SAVING GRACE AND HELPED ME GET THRU THOSE SAD TIMES AND IT WAS THE GIFT OF DANCE MY PARENTS HAD GIVEN TO ME GROWING UP AS A CHILD...ALL THE DANCE TUITION, RECITALS,COSTUMES,ME WHINING ABOUT MY UGLY COSTUMES...THEN A SMILE CAME ON MY FACE... REMEMBERING MY DAD BREAKING IN MY POINTE SHOES FOR ME BY BEATING THEM WITH A HAMMER,,, AND MY MOM ALWAYS AT EVERY STUDIO FUNCTION WHILE I WAS GROWING UP AND AS GREW INTO THE DANCER I AM NOW SHE WAS STILL THERE UNTIL SHE WENT TO HEAVEN,,,YOU GUYS FAMILY IS THE REAL DEAL...AND AS I TRAVEL AND SHARE MY GIFT OF DANCE WITH YOU, I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE AND I KNOW MY PARENTS LOOK DOWN FROM ABOVE AND SAY.."YO THATS MY GIRL, STRAIGHT UP BRINGIN THE FUNK!" AND THATS MY WORD....
DENA'S WORD - 14-May-03 at 12:43 AM
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DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT SOME DAYS HAVE A BLUE
FEELING ABOUT THEM..NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE SUN SHINES OR YOU FEEL THE SPRING AIR,,U STILL
FEEL THAT UNSHAKEABLE STIR IN YOUR SOUL THAT
JUST WON'T GO AWAY...WELL I DO....AND I ASK
MYSELF WHY??? GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH SO MUCH,
SO THEN AS I ALLOW THAT FEELING TO CONSUME ME,OR THE THOUGHTS THAT MAY NOT BE POSITIVE TO TRY AND MESS WITH MY HEAD,,I HAVE TO
STEP BACK AND DO WHAT I KNOW THAT WILL BRING ME BACK TO THE PEACEFUL,HAPPY PLACE I KNOW IS THERE,,BUT AT THE TIME SEEMS SO FAR AWAY...AND OF COURSE THAT IS TO DANCE,,,EVEN IF YOU R ALONE.
..IT RELEASES THAT STRENGTH INSIDE YOU THAT U KNOW HAS BEEN THERE ALL ALONG...TRUST ME,,I WANT
ALL OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE GIFT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US..TAKE IT AND USE IT,,,FEEL BLESSED TO KNOW ITS ONE OF THE THINGS NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE FROM YOU....AND YO, THATS MY WORD.....
DENA'S WORD - 14-Apr-03 at 03:47 PM
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AS I CONTINUE TO SHARE MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP
BREAKIN AND JUST DANCE IN GENERAL..I LEARN
SOMETHING EVERYTIME I TEACH.....JUST BECAUSE
I AM A CHOREOGRAPHER AND TEACHER DOES NOT
MEAN I DON'T LEARN FROM YOU GUYS, AS I LOOK AT EACH OF YOUR FACES THEN INTO YOUR EYES I SEE THE HUNGER YOU HAVE FOR THIS FORM OF DANCE CALLED HIP HOP THAT WILL BE AROUND UNTIL THE END OF TIME...
PLEASE DON'T LOSE THE PASSION FOR IT....DANCE BY YOURSELF..I ALWAYS DO..KEEP IT ALIVE IN YOUR SOUL..LET IT BECOME A PART OF YOU AND THEN YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE HOW I LIVE MY LIFE,,AND THATS MY WORD......
DENA'S WORD - 06-Apr-03 at 08:43 PM
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WHEN SOMETHING CONSUMES YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE BEING, YOUR BODY, YOUR SOUL, YOUR SPIRIT , YOUR HEART..YOU KNOW HOW REAL IT IS....LATELY I HAVE COME ACROSS ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED GUIDANCE AND HAVE IMPORTANT LIFE DECISIONS,,,INCLUDING MYSELF...JUST LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE INSIDE,,,TRUST WHAT YOU FEEL,,,BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL WHAT U DO...ASK GOD FOR THE GUIDANCE....WHEN U GET TOO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED,, YOU GET LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS..BUT WE ALL NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE WE TRUST BUT SOMETIMES...YOU JUST HAVE TO SORT THINGS OUT YOURSELF.... MY PRAYER FOR ALL OF YOU IS THAT U ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF....AND YO,,THATS MY WORD.....
DENA'S WORD - 24-Mar-03 at 08:48 PM
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YO...JUST A RHYME I THOUGHT I'D PASS ON TO YA...
I KNOW THAT MY DESIRE IS TO LEARN TO WRITE MY FEELINGS INTO RAPS AND AS I CONTINUE TO PRAY ABOUT IT..IT IS COMING TO ME THE WAY DANCE DOES SO HERES MY 2ND ONE
RIZZO IS TO HIP HOP AS LADY VENOM IS TO BREAKIN
WHEN I STEP ON THE FLOOR I GET THE WHOLE EARTH QUAKIN....I LIKE TO STEP BACK AND ADMIRE EVERYONES FLOW, LIKE SNOOP DOGG SAYS ITS COOL TO LAY LOW....MY DESIRE IS TO SEE ALL DANCE IN UNITY
I KNOW MOS DEF THATS GODS PLAN FOR ME..WHEN A YEAR HAS PASSED BUT SEEMS LIKE JUST A MINUTE..I'LL BE BACK IN YOUR HOOD TO STRAIGHT UP BRING IT!!!!!
KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE YOU GUYS...
DENA'S WORD - 13-Mar-03 at 01:18 PM
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I HAD A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE SOMEWHERE THAT MADE ME THINK
OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYONE TO BE TREATED
EQUAL NO MATTER WHAT RACE,GENDER OR RELIGION WE ARE...I SEE NO COLOR WHEN I SEE PEOPLE AND I FEEL AS IF WE ALL SO NEED TO UNITE AND SPREAD LOVE TO EACH OTHER...WHEN GOD CREATED US HE MADE EACH AND EVERYONE US DIFFERENT AND I AM SO SURE HE NEVER INTENDED FOR THE WORLD TO END UP WITH EVERYONE HAVING ALL THE DRAMA AND TRAGEDY WE HAVE HAD TO ENDURE...I THINK EACH OF US CAN DO OUR PART TO MAKE OUR WORLD A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE..I KNOW THAT SOUNDS KINDA CORNY BUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEGATIVITY I SOMETIMES FEEL MAKES ME FEEL SAD...HIP HOP AND THE CULTURE OF IT HAS MOS DEF BROUGHT ALL RACES TOGETHER WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVE PRAYED FOR MY WHOLE LIFE..THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE POSITIVE MESSAGE HIP HOP CAN BRING...ALWAYS BE WHO YOU ARE WHETHER PEOPLE DIG IT OR NOT...AND IF THEY LOOK AT YOU AND STARE WHICH I AM SO USED TO..(HEHE)..SMILE AND STARE BACK,,AND MAYBE WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THIS CRAZY DRAMA PEOPLE TRY TO CREATE..AND THATS MY WORD..FOR REAL...
DENA'S WORD - 17-Feb-03 at 06:23 PM
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