"This is my JAM" is probably one of my most-used phrases, right up there with "Cool beans," and "What the shit?" But when I say, "This is my jam" about this song, I really mean it.
Back in the days of my good ol' 97 Mercury Tracer, this song made the mixtape that played in the tape deck. (Yes, you heard that right - tape deck). I started a lot of mornings driving to high school with this song blaring out of the one speaker that actually worked.
You see, in all actuality, I'm pretty much the opposite of a badass. I'm pretty much a square. I follow the rules, drive the speed limit, listen to (most of) what my Mom says, and generally just worry too much about what other people think of me or worry if I'm doing something right. What can I say? I'm driven by a need to not be a screw-up.
But this song makes me forget all that. I listen to this song, and I'm a badass.
Yeah..."Here I go again on my own, going down the only road I've ever known. Like a drifter I was born to walk alone, and I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time, here I go again."
Life kicks you down. You get back up, and you kick life right back. That's what I take from this song, anyway. AND I LOVE IT.
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