Alicia Keys

Alicia keys is undoubtedly a talented artist. Her song “Tell you something (nana’s reprise)” is a heart touching tearjerker. It speaks of how you shouldn’t wait until the last minute to get closer to your loved ones because you never know when it’s going to be “too late”. Why do we always wait until someone is sick, in the hospital, or something is wrong in general before we travel any distance to visit those we love? Everyone gathers for funerals and when a loved one is on their deathbed when we can easily take the time to see them when they are alive and well. This song reminds us that we can take the time, before the storm, before something’s wrong, before it’s too late, to right whatever might be wrong in a relationship, to have a conversation with that person, to show them that you care. And it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. I have never had a family member that I have a close relationship with die before and this song always reminds me not to wait until tomorrow to call if I want to say hi, or if I am fighting with someone, no matter what I try to tell them that I love them, even if I am angry with them. What if you assume that your parents or siblings will be there for you to apologize to in the morning? What makes you think that tomorrow is guaranteed? It isn’t. Artists like Alicia Keys remind us of the importance of remembering our mortality.Her song “Like you’ll never see me again” is another reminder of the importance of letting people know how much you love them because you never know when it will be the last time you see them. As a group, we spend so much time focusing on the unimportant things. If we fight, it seems more important to prove our point and to be the one who got the last word than it is to make sure that person knows you love them. We let days go by without saying I love you because we assume that the people we care about know this already. When they are gone, suddenly we regret all the things that we said or didn’t say.In “Tell you something” Alicia Keys reiterates that she doesn’t want “to wait to bring you flowers, waste another hour, let alone another day. I’m going to tell you something, show you something, won’t wait till it’s too late.” We find that a lot of us feel the same way and hopefully, we take this hint and pick up the phone if only to say hello to those we love. Songs can be found on CD As I Am – Alicia Keys (there isn’t a song on this CD I don’t like)