Nothing too late January 30, 2010

Colonel Harland Sanders’s Story

Humble Beginnings
Harland Sanders was born September 9, 1890 near Henryville, Indiana. His father died when he was just 6 years old, leaving him the man of the house with a mother and two younger siblings; a brother and a sister. He picked up the art of cooking very quickly and mastered many dishes by the age of 7. During his early years, Harland worked different odd jobs such as farm-hand, streetcar conductor, soldier, fireman, self-taught lawyer, insurance salesman, and steamboat operator.

Mastering Chicken
At the age of 40, he was cooking for travelers out of his service station. His cooking fame spread and soon there were huge lines for his food. Sanders then moved across the street to a motel/restaurant to service the high demand. During this time, Sanders had also been tinkering with his special herbs and spices to make the perfect fried chicken.Colonel Sanders in tradmark white suit.

he Secret Ingredient
During his search to make the perfect chicken, he was approached by a pressure cooker salesman who convinced Sanders to invest in this product to quicken his cooking process. He ended up investing in 12 pressure cookers. Somewhere around this time, Sanders also ended up reaching his trademark 11 herbs and spices.

Some say that his 11th secret herb/spice was nothing more than regular sea salt. Whatever it was, it worked and sold a lot of chicken. In 1935, Sanders was made into an honorary Colonel by the governor of Kentucky for his cooking skills.

Forced Retirment
Fast forward to 1950. The Colonel is 60 years old and has to shut down his restaurant business because a new highway was being built where his restaurant was located. Colonel Sanders decided to retire and lived off of $105 in the form of social security checks. Not wanting to accept this as his fate, he decided to franchise his chicken at the age of 65.

The Comeback – Relentless Perseverance
He started travelling by car to different restaurants and cooked his fried chicken on the spot for restaurant owners. If the owner liked the chicken, they would enter into a handshake agreement to sell the Colonel’s chicken. Legend has it that Colonel Sanders heard 1009 “no’s” before he heard his first “yes”.

Ok, let me repeat that.

He was turned down one-thousand and nine times before his chicken was accepted once!

Colonel in front of his first KFC store The deal was that for each piece of chicken the restaurant sold, Sanders would receive a nickel. The restaurant would receive packets of Colonel’s secret herbs and spices in order to avoid them knowing the recipe. By 1964, Colonel Sanders had 600 franchises selling his trademark chicken. At this time, he sold his company for $2 million dollars but remained as a spokesperson. In 1976, the Colonel was ranked as the world’s second most recognizable celebrity.

by:Deepak

Something to Remember January 15, 2010

• Its true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we loose it but it is also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.

• When one door of happiness closes, another opens but often we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one, which opens to us.

• Never say GOODBYE when u still want to TRY, Never give up when u still fell u can take it, never say you don’t LOVE that person anymore when you can’t let go

• It takes a minute to have a crush on someone and it takes an hour to like someone and a day to love some one but it takes lifetime to forget some one.

• How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

• Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it (M. Scott Peck)

• To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing (Eva Young)

by : unknown

Make Everything Possible January 15, 2010

OPRAH WINFREY

Full Name                          :Oprah Gail Winfrey

Birth Date and Location:January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi

Residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Talk show host, media mogul, Actress
Salary	$385 million (2008)
Net worth	over $2.3 billion ▼ (Sept. 2009)

This woman influenced my life. He was always able to provide motivation for life. When I read this woman’s life in the past, I felt that she was a very great lady and has a wide influence. And makes me think that I have not used all the capabilities and potentials that I have been. I am very motivated so reading this story, so I want to share with you.

Oprah’s mother moved North to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to find work — she planned to move Oprah there once she had secured a job. Oprah stayed with her grandmother on her farm in Mississippi. Hattie Mae Lee encouraged Oprah’s love of books by teaching how to read at the age of 3. Oprah started by reading the Bible and at a young age and eventually began speaking at her church. Oprah moved on to performing memorized verses to her grandmother’s friends. Oprah started kindergarten at 5 already knowing how to read and write — she was quickly moved into the first grade.

At 6, Oprah’s grandmother became ill and she was sent to live with her mother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There she lived with her mother and half-sister, Patricia, in a boardinghouse. Oprah’s mother worked as a maid cleaning houses, but at times had to rely of welfare to support the family. She had little time at home with her children, but when she was able to be there, spent most of her time with Patricia.

After living with her mother for just over a year, Oprah was sent to live with her father and step-mother, Zelma, in Nashville. Vernon and Zelma were not able to have children and were happy for Oprah to live with them. At 7, Oprah experienced having her own bedroom and bed for the first time. Oprah began Wharton Elementary School and was skipped a grade for the second time and was place in the third grade class. She was thrilled that her parents took her to the library and placed a value on her education. Once in Nashville, Oprah attended church regularly with her parents and began speaking publicly once again.

After her third grade year ended, Oprah’s father took her back to Milwaukee for a visit with her mother. In the time that Oprah had been in Nashville, Vernita had another child, a boy, named Jeffrey. Oprah’s family lived in a 2 bedroom apartment, and she shared a room with her siblings. Vernon returned in the fall to take Oprah back to Nashville, but she chose to stay with her mother, and began the fourth grade in Milwaukee. In her mother’s absence, Oprah turned to the television for company, and had her first thought of being famous one day.

At 9 and living in Milwaukee, Oprah and her siblings were left with their cousin to watch them, who was 19 at the time. It was this cousin who sexually abused Oprah for the first time — she was raped, and then taken out for ice cream and told to keep it a secret — which she did. She was again abused by a family friend and an uncle a couple of years later — ongoing abuse that she kept silent.

While attending Lincoln Middle School in downtown Milwaukee, a teacher, Gene Abrams, took notice of Oprah’s love of books and helped her transfer to Nicolet High School — an all white school in Glendale, Wisconsin. At Nicolet, Oprah was the only African-American student, but was later quoted as saying, “In 1968 it was real hip to know a black person, so I was very popular.”

Without receiving much direction from her mother, and unable to discuss her sexual abuse, Oprah resorted to acting out — skipping school, dating, stealing money from her mother, and running away. Vernita could not handle Oprah’s behavior any longer and sent her back to live with her father in Nashville. At 14, Oprah discovered she was pregnant, though she hid this news from her parents until she was in her 7th month. The day she told her father the news of her pregnancy, she went into early labor and delivered her baby that day — a boy, who died within 2 weeks of his birth.

At 16, Oprah first read the autobiography of Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — and was later quoted as saying, “I read it over and over, I had never before read a book that validated my own existence.” Dr. Angelou would later become a very close friend of Oprah’s. She began to get her life back on track, concentrating on her education and public speaking. Oprah’s talent would start to take her places, when in 1970 she won an Elk’s Club speaking competition, earning a 4 year college scholarship as the prize.

In 1971, Oprah was chosen to attend the White House Conference on Youth in Colorado and represent Tennessee with one other student. After returning to Nashville, she was interviewed by the radio station WVOL — the station would later ask her to represent them and participate in a beauty pageant — Miss Fire Prevention. Oprah would go on to win the competition and was the first African-American to ever win the contest. After her win, the radio station offered her a chance to here her voice on tape — because of her experience with public speaking, Oprah’s skill earned her a part-time position as a newsreader. At 17, Oprah finished out her senior year on the radio — with a 4 year college scholarship in her future.

Oprah on the Radio:

At 17, Oprah was offered a part-time job at radio station, WVOL AM 1470, in Nashville, Tennessee after winning a beauty contest representing the station.

The Move to Television News:

While working at WVOL part-time and attending Tennessee State University, Oprah received an offer from WTVF-TV, the local CBS station in Nashville as an evening news anchor. Oprah continued to attend school and work at the station — she was the youngest and first African-American news anchor in Nashville.

Heading to Baltimore:

In 1976, Oprah left Nashville for a new position as news reporter and anchor at WJZ-TV. August 16, 1976 was Oprah’s first time appearing as anchor on the 6:00 news in Baltimore.

Oprah remained at WJZ-TV, but in 1978 began co-hosting a new morning talk show called People Are Talking, along with Richard Sher. While on the show, Oprah and Richard had a higher Baltimore audience than the nationally syndicated Phil Donahue Show.

Moving on to Chicago:

After 6 years hosting People Are Talking, in 1984, Oprah landed a job hosting A.M. Chicago. This new show was taped in the same city as “rival” Phil Donahue. After just one year, Oprah’s talk show name was changed to The Oprah Winfrey Show, and soon after received higher ratings than Donahue’s program.

The Big Screen:

After long aspiring to be an actress, Oprah had her chance in the 1985 film, The Color Purple, playing Sofia. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and Oprah received an Academy Award nomination for her performance.

National Syndication:

In 1986, Oprah’s talk show was bought by King World Productions, Inc., and became a nationally syndicated program — she became the first African-American host to receive national programming. After this move, Oprah began Harpo Productions, Inc.

Show Ownership:

In 1988, Harpo Productions purchased the rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the format began switching from live tapings, to pretaped.

Talk Show Host to Media Mogul:

Since 1988, Oprah has increased her success by expanding her empire into every medium available — and she shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.

• Harpo Films continues to produce made for television movies and feature films starring A-list actors — many times including herself.
• Oprah launched O: The Oprah Magazine in 2000, and O at Home in 2003.
• Oprah and Friends on XM Satellite Radio was launched in 2006.

by Katherine Krohn and Elizabeth Fry

Oprah with Bill Clinton

Oprah with obama and michelle

“It can Be Done But You have To Make It Happen” ~Christopher Gardner~ January 14, 2010

~Chris Gardner~

It was in a Milwaukee neighbourhood in the 1950s that it all first began; his early years were a sign of what was to come. Although she had a beautiful smile and loved her children very much, Gardner’s mother would sometimes go missing for periods of time. “No one explained to me, well, why I am living with this relative, or what I am living with that relative,” he recalls. “And it was one of those things that no one ever talked about.”

During those times, his mother was in fact in jail – once, for receiving welfare while she was working, and once, for trying to burn down the house of her abusive husband. That was how his life all began – in a house filled with violence towards himself and his beloved mother. “My last Christmas at home, I was put out of the house, buck naked, at gun point,” he says. “I made a decision that I was going to be everything that this guy was not.”

With that, the Chris Gardner story would soon become one of faith and determination in overcoming the odds – and the odds were many. As a young boy, Chris Gardner was raped by a member of a local gang. As an adult, he found himself living on the streets with his young son, and forced to subsist on an intern’s salary while he went through a training program at a stock brokerage firm.

Here, this life tale could have easily turned into one of despair, depression and, ultimately, that of a man who had cashed out and given up on himself. However, Gardner was no such man, which is why his story has today become the stuff of Hollywood movies. He rose to the occasion and relentlessly pursued his career as a stock broker, until he could finally afford to rent his very own apartment. After that, there was no looking back.

Despite his amazing determination, this tale is not of just one man alone and his accomplishments. Indeed, it is a story that tells of the help one can get from often the most unexpected sources. One such source included local Oakland prostitutes, who would start their shifts around the same time Gardner and his son returned home at night to their shelter. Night after night, these women noticed the man and his baby, with no woman in tow, and began giving him $5 bills. “If it were not for those ladies of the evening giving that child $5, there would be times I could not have fed him,” he recalls.

Today, in addition to heading up his brokerage firm, Gardner is busy working on what he considers the biggest deal of his career. He is setting up an investment venture in South Africa, which will not only net him a large profit, but which will create hundreds of jobs and inject foreign currency into the nation. This man who was once homeless now has the choice of living in one of the three homes that he owns. He might not have become the next Miles Davis, but there are surely young people out there now wishing to be the next Chris Gardner.

How did he do it?

Passion: “Find something that you love,” says Gardner. “Something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.” From the moment Gardner first heard about just what it was to become a stockbroker, he knew it was for him. It was the passion in his pursuit that carried him over the obstacles along the way. “The money thing will come,” he says. “I know so many people who have so much more money than I. They are miserable. It is so important to be happy.”

Commitment: “The cavalry ain’t coming,” says Gardner. “You’ve got to do this yourself.” Once his mother had convinced him that he truly could be anything that he set his heart and mind out to be, Gardner grew bent on becoming the best. After that point, it wasn’t about surviving or making a living; it was about developing his talent and mastering the competition.

Opportunity: “Stay in school,” Gardner now warns. “It’s what will give you options. You don’t want to try to do this thing the way that I did.” Despite not having much education and despite the numerous obstacles that stood in his way, Gardner pursued success relentlessly and refused to stand down in the way of discrimination and doubt.

Determination: During one of Gardner’s low points, he was forced to give his son a bath by candlelight since they had no electricity. “It was at a point in time, where honestly, I didn’t know whether I was going to quit, crack or cry,” recalls Gardner. “Some kind of way this child, this baby, picks up on it, and he stands up in the bathtub, and he says, ‘Papa, you know what? You’re a good papa.’ That was all I needed to go on.” No matter what the situation was or how difficult it appeared to be, Gardner always found the fortitude to stay the course.

Duty: “When I look back at the journey from homelessness to prosperity, I hold one thing dearer than all else – my commitment to my son,” says Gardner. “Doing a movie with the top movie star portraying me, doing a book with an editor who’s last book won the Pulitzer Prize – all that stuff is great, but the most important thing that I will have ever done in my life was break the cycle of men who were not there for their children.” From mentoring future leaders to making education more accessible, Gardner always felt a greater obligation to society that went beyond mere moneymaking.

“I just wanted to make a million dollars,” says Gardner. “But I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t play ball, so I said to my mother, ‘How am I going to make a million dollars?’ And she said to me, ‘Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.’” He couldn’t sing, he couldn’t play ball; he was also homeless and he was black – Gardner definitely had the odds stacked against him. However, he took his mother’s lesson to heart and was determined to succeed regardless.

“We were homeless, we were not hopeless,” says Gardner. “

Gardner is evidence of the success that can be achieved when everyone, no matter what his or her background or status is given a chance. No matter who you are, says Gardner, “Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you’ll be surprised at where you might get to.”

Sumber : Evan Elite

INSPIRATIONAL January 11, 2010

Trees That Wood

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty.” Then the second tree said, “Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull.”

Finally the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me.”

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, “This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter” … and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree a woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to the shipyard.” The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship. When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, “I don’t need anything special from my tree so I’ll take this one”, and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time. Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn’t think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said “Peace” and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that when things don’t seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don’t always know what God’s plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best.

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown

Love Song January 4, 2010

98 DEGREES

ALWAYS YOU AND I

oh oh girl

It’s so hard to say
How a love could end this way
The one that used to care for you
Just turns and walks away
And it’s so hard to find
To leave the pain behind
When all the things you’re lookin’ for
Your heart can’t seem to find

Chorus
I’ll be the air that you breathe
I’ll give the strength that you need
I’ll be the light in your eyes
When hope becomes hard to see
I’ll be your shining star
To guide you wherever you are
And I promise that I’ll be by your side
Always you and I

Know you’re not alone
Without a love to call your own(your own)
Cos I’ll always be right there for you
To help you carry on
A heart that’s always true(true)
Girl, I’m giving mine to you(you)
And everything you’ll ever need
I promise I will do

Chorus
I’ll be the air that you breathe
I’ll give the strength that you need
I’ll be the light in your eyes
When hope becomes hard to see
I’ll be your shining star
To guide you wherever you are
And I promise that I’ll be by your side
Always you and I

Bridge
Girl, in all your sleepless hours
I will be right there for you(be right there)
With a hand to hold
A heart to see you through(heart to see you through)
Cos each and every night
I will make it right
When life feels so wrong(wrong)
‘Cause in my arms is where you belong

Chorus
I’ll be the air that you breathe
I’ll give the strength that you need
I’ll be the light in your eyes
When hope becomes hard to see
I’ll be your shining star
To guide you wherever you are
And I promise that I’ll be by your side
Always you and I

Chorus
I’ll be the air that you breathe
I’ll give the strength that you need(strength that you need)
I’ll be the light in your eyes
When hope becomes hard to see
I’ll be your shining star
To guide you wherever you are
And I promise that I’ll be by your side
Always you and I
(oh oh girl always you and I)

98 Degrees began promoting themselves by going to talent shows and audition. It wasn’t until they met Montell Jordan’s manager backstage at a Boys II Men concert that their luck would change. They signed to Motown Records and six months later in 1997 they released their first album 98 Degrees. Invisible Man was their first hit and the song made people take notice. The next year 98 Degrees released their second album 98 Degrees and Rising. In 2000, 98 Degrees released their 3rd album Revelation.

this songs always you and i really very touching. tells of a man loyal to his lover. He was always there when his girlfriend needed it, there at the time of her lover and friend membuthkan support. I think this is very touching lyrics. Especially Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmons and brought very good. make every sang sentimental. Maybe too much, but nick sounds really good

6.000 Anak Tangga Cinta – Kisah Cinta Sejati dari Daratan Cina January 2, 2010

Kisah Cinta Sejati dari daratan Cina ini langsung merebut perhatian dunia. Kisah nyata ini adalah kisah 2 sejoli, yanga mana si wanita lebih tua usianya dari si pria.

Mereka terpaksa melarikan diri untuk hidup bersama dan saling mengasihi dalam kedamaian selama setengah abad. Laki-laki Cina berusia yang 70 tahun ini telah memahat batu menjadi 6000 anak tangga dengan tangannya (hand carved) untuk sang istri yang telah berusia 80 tahun itu akhirnya meninggal dunia di dalam goa yang selama 50 tahun terakhir menjadi tempat tinggalnya. 50 tahun lalu, Liu Guojiang, pemuda 19 tahun, jatuh cinta kepada seorang janda 29 tahun bernama Xu Chaoqin.

Bak kisah Romeo dan Juliet-nya Shakespeare, teman-teman dan kerabat mereka mencela hubungan mereka karena perbedaan usia di antara mereka dan kenyataan bahwa Xu sudah punya beberapa anak. Pada waktu itu tidak bisa diterima dan dianggap tidak bermoral bila seorang pemuda mencintai wanita yang lebih tua. Untuk menghindari gossip murahaan dan celaan dari lingkungannya, pasangan ini memutuskan untuk melarikan diri dan tinggal di sebuah goa di Desa Jiangjin, di sebelah selatan Chong Qing.

Pada mulanya kehidupan mereka sangat menyedihkan karena tidak punya apa-apa, tidak ada listrik atau pun makanan. Mereka harus makan rumput-rumputan dan akar-akaran yang mereka temukan di gunung itu. Dan Liu membuat sebuah lampu minyak tanah untuk menerangi hidup mereka. Xu selalu merasa bahwa ia telah mengikat Liu dan ia berulang-kali bertanya, “Apakah kau menyesal?” Liu selalu menjawab, “Selama kita rajin, kehidupan ini akan menjadi lebih baik.”

Setelah 2 tahun mereka tinggal di gunung itu, Liu mulai memahat anak-anak tangga agar isterimya dapat turun gunung dengan mudah. Dan ini berlangsung terus selama 50 tahun. Setengah abad kemudian, di tahun 2001, sekelompok pengembara (adventurers) melakukan explorasi ke hutan itu. Mereka terheran-heran menemukan pasangan usia lanjut itu dan juga 6000 anak tangga yang telah dibuat Liu.

Liu Ming Sheng, satu dari 7 orang anak mereka mengatakan, “Orang tuaku sangat saling mengasihi, mereka hidup menyendiri selama lebih dari 50 tahun dan tak pernah berpisah sehari pun. Selama itu ayah telah memahat 6000 anak tangga itu untuk menyukakan hati ibuku, walau pun ia tidak terlalu sering turun gunung.” Pasangan ini hidup dalam damai selama lebih dari 50 tahun. Suatu hari Liu yang sudah berusia 72 tahun pingsan ketika pulang dari ladangnya. Xu duduk dan berdoa bersama suaminya sampai Liu akhirnya meninggal dalam pelukannya. Karena sangat mencintai isterinya, genggaman Liu sangat sukar dilepaskan dari tangan Xu, isterinya.

“Kau telah berjanji akan memeliharakanku dan akan terus bersamaku sampai aku meninggal, sekarang kau telah mendahuluikun, bagaimana akan dapat hidup tanpamu?”

Selama beberapa hari Xu terus-menerus mengulangi kalimat ini sambil meraba peti jenasah suaminya dan dengan air mata yang membasahi pipinya.

Sumber : Quito Riantori

Hello world! January 2, 2010

Tomorrow’s Way

by : Yui

Ima wo kowashite shimaitai I want to destroy the moment
Ima ni sugaritsuite itai I want to cling to the moment
Jibun no koto wa wakaranai I don’t understand myself

Yarinaoseru hazu nai yo                                 Of course I can’t do it over
Shiranai machi ni kakurete mitemo            Even when I try to hide in an unfamiliar town
Mado goshi ni tada ima wo omou                 I just think about the present going on outside my window

Nigedashitai shoudou kara I want to run away from my impulses
Nigedasu made no koujitsu ni mayou But before I can, my excuses get in the way

Chigireta kioku wo tadoreba If I follow my shattered memories
Ano koro ni datte modoreru I can even go back to that time
Itsuka no shounen mitai ni Like a boy one day

Kanaeru tame umarete kita no I was born to live up to
Osanaki hibi ni egaita uchuu The universe I imagined as a child
I’m a baby nakitaku mo naru I’m a baby, I want to cry
Te ni ireru tame no The pain it takes to get it
Itami nara so good Is so good

Ikiru koto ga tatakai nara If life is a battle
Kachimake mo shikata ga nai koto Then we can’t help whether we win or lose
Sonna koto kurai wakatte iru yo That much I know

Nakidashitai shougeki kara My heart is pounding out of control from running towards tomorrow
Hashiridashita asu e to kodou ga sawagu From the shock that made me want to cry

Massugu ni ikite yukitai I want to live a straight life
Tada massugu ni ikite itai I just want to live a straight life
Ano hi no shounen mitai ni Like that boy that day

Kanaeru tame umarete kita no I was born to live up to
Osanaki hibi ni kanjita kokyuu The universe I imagined as a child
I’m a baby nakitaku mo naru I’m a baby, I want to cry
Te ni ireru tame no The pain it takes to get it
Itami nara so good Is so good

Dareka no kotoba ni tsumazukitakunai I don’t want to stumble over someone’s words
Madowasaretakunai… I don’t want to be led astray…

Ashita mo kitto kagayaite iru Tomorrow, too, will surely sparkle
Osanaki hibi ni modoranakute ii It doesn’t matter if I can’t go back to my childhood days
Tomorrow’s way of my life kowagari dakedo I’m scared of tomorrow’s way of my life
Hikikaesenai michi ni tatteru But I’m standing in a path I can’t go back down

Kanaeru tame umarete kita no I was born to live up to
Osanaki hibi ni egaita uchuu The universe I imagined as a child
I’m a baby naitari shinai I’m a baby, I want to cry
Te ni ireru tame no The pain it takes to get it
Itami nara so good Is so good