Crucial Track for September 19, 2010

"Written In the Stars (feat. Eric Turner)" by Tinie Tempah

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Find a song you used to love, but forgot about. Tell us what made that song special during that period of your life.

I use to be a union delegate and a damn good one too when this song came out it would always inspire me to think about all I have overcome. I have mental illness, then it was unmedicated and I am also on the spectrum. Our family grew up in.a pretty rough part of Brooklyn in the 80's.

A few years eailer I had worked on the Obama campaign for my Union and at the time I was kinda feeling myself for the first time in my life. I loved helping people. The line "I used to be the kid that no one cared about. That's why you have to keep screamin' 'til they hear you out" hit me so hard.