Lately I’ve been on my soapbox. I feel like the “soapbox” articles were fine and needed, however, it's good to have a balance. Nobody likes that one friend that can’t just have a good time because they are too busy telling us how we’re are still oppressed; that we need to be just as serious about the revolution as we are about getting to the club by midnight. Well this revolution has been going on for years and it won’t hurt if we go out for a drink or two. The way I see it, folks are trying to send us back to Africa as if we been there before and we might as well have a going away party. Besides, I don't want to be that person that walks around like the guy in CB4:

"Cause I'm black y'all, yea I'm black y'all, cause I'm black-ity black, yea I'm black y'all!"

Also if I don’t get there at a certain time they will give my table away. I’m grown now so I don’t do a lot of standing around and paying to get into clubs. So yes, the revolution will still be televised and I will be there the next morning cause I’m going to see Nas perform. This is why I felt the need to switch it up again and do a fun article. My biggest fear is that I overload you guys with these “woke” articles so I am off the soap box this week. With some of my previous articles I would mention songs and say they are also on some playlist that I have. Readers would then ask me about these list and what’s on them.

The week's list that I'm going to break down for you is my “Get Dressed Mix”. It starts in the shower and goes all the way to the car. I’m not sure how many of you get ready for a night out with music. And if you do, how do you go about it? Is there a pre-selected mix you listen to or is just the ratchet station on Pandora? A lot of people do not understand is that there are levels to this. You can’t just play the radio, get your bathroom all dirty, get dressed and run out to your destination. That’s not how it works; the preparation for your night out can make or break your experience. Before I get started I must let you know that your mix needs to be tailored for the destination. For example, you don’t listen to Jeezy while you're getting ready for church. There is the “church mix” for that.

Every “Get Dressed Mix” starts in the shower and if it doesn’t you should really consider incorporating it because otherwise that’s just gross. During the shower part, all the songs have to have something to do with being clean and have to be able to be sung along to. I will let you in on a secret of mine. I could have been on tour with my vocals, but I didn’t want to step on folks’ toes who were really into performing and honestly the acoustics in the stadiums and arenas they had for me just weren't nearly as perfect as the acoustics in my shower. You know that if I’m going to do something like that I need it to be right. However, without my vocals out there it gives you the opportunity to hear others such as Beyonce and Rihanna. So I like to think that everything happens for a reason. But let's get going with the first song.

-“I’m Your Baby Tonight” by Whitney Houston – Say what you want about her, but this lady was one of the greats. You cannot have a shower sing along without Whitney. This is one of my favorite songs to sing in the shower. It’s fun to try to sing the fast part that nobody but Whitney can sing and instead you just start mumbling until the chorus comes back. I like to hit the high notes so I have to raise my hand all the way up. You have to really reach for it or you won’t hit it. Only real singers know that. It has to build up when you get to this, “I can do anything for you baby. I’ll be down for you baby, lay all my cards out tonight…”

-“Roses” by OutKast- This is another sing along for me and yes there is more than one Outkast song on this playlist. I also want to point out that the double disc that they did with this album was genius and a real life team effort. And just like Whitney's song there is a part that I love to sing. Yes, its possible the funniest lines in the song “...I hope she speeding on the way to club, tryna hurry up to some baller or a singer or somebody like that and try to put on her makeup in the mirror and crash, crash, crash, into a ditch.” I mean I’m already a down to mars girl so I don’t need a golden calculator to divide nothing.

-“So Fresh So Clean” by OutKast – During the first two songs I am honestly just having a concert in a hot steamy shower, singing my little heart out. But when this song comes on it's time to actually put soap on my body. The song is very true to my everyday life. I have been told by numerous strangers that there is in fact nobody that is as dope as me and I’m just so fresh so clean. Who am I to say that they’re wrong? It would be rude of me not to agree.

-“Beautiful” By Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell – “Beautiful I just want you to know, you're my favorite girl” This is my last song while I’m in the shower. Yes I have been in the shower all this time and yes the water is still hot. This song has always been dope and it is also on my summer mix. The video is the reason I want to go to Brazil and take a picture on those steps.

-“So Fly Remix” by Slim Feat. Shawty Lo and Young Joc – I get dressed to the remix because I could never understand Shawty Lo's verse but I liked it anyway. May he rest in peace. He most definitely flipped them verbs like he flips them birds. This is the text but “get dressed” song. It is so cool and it literally describes parts of my routine. “...just stepped out, fresh out the shower, gotta stay fresh, takes about an hour…” This is very true it takes me about an hour to get dressed and when I’m ready nobody can tell me nothing I’m so fly. This song was written for me to get dressed to.

-“Fancy” by Iggy Azaela – Yes I know she's the white chick that makes everyone mad but this is still a good song for the mix. As I’m looking in my closet trying to figure out which jeans I'm going to be wearing I always make it clear that, “...first things first I’m the realest…” and of course you already know I'm so fancy anyway.

-“Fresh” by Remy Ma – First off, I just want to say how happy I am that Remy is back on the mic. I was always a fan of her work and this song was so good. “...back on the scene Krispy with Kreme I ain’t OutKast but I'm so fresh and so clean” Yes this is a song that needed to be on the list. Oh and I am still not dressed. At this point I am out the shower but I am in soccer shorts staring at my closet picking out 3 options that I will later text my friends and post on Facebook for help with picking out my fit. Only to pick something completely different.

-“Fancy” by Drake – At this point in the mix I am getting half way dressed and changing my outfit. I have the jeans that I want to wear, but before I get to the shirt I change my mind. Finally I find the fit so now I can iron the graphic tee inside out. Yes, I went through all of this to get a graphic tee. What did you think I was going to be wearing, a prom dress? I’m already cute and cute girls don’t have to dress up.

-“Fresh Off the Runway” by Rihanna – Now I'm dressed and doing one last check in the mirror to see if I am truly set on this outfit. After that it's time to spend 30 minutes looking for my keys after I just texted everyone that I am “down the street” even though I was really just getting out of the shower.

-“Cheers” By Rihanna – Finally I have everything: my ID, phone, gum and mints, Red Bull, hand sanitizer, and chapstick. I am now ready to responsibly turn up because I have worked 70 hours and deserve to act a plumb fool within reason and high five strangers. I will not let the busters get me down, I will do what Rihanna suggested and order another round. Life’s too short to be sitting around miserable.

Yes guys! I listen to this while I get ready to go out. I have disclosed a couple secrets about myself as well. You now know that I can secretly sing even though for some reason my vocals won't leave the shower. It’s so weird. You also know why I am late to every social event I am invited to. Seriously, tell me that your party is two hours earlier than what it really is and I will still show up an hour late. I’m sorry I am a Delta so I do not believe in excuses. It is just the person that I am. However, once I show up the party actually starts. This brings me to my last song that’s not really on the list because I am in the car by the time it comes on. “Party Ain’t a Party” by Queen Pen, it fits because a party really is not a party until I come through.