The Playlist: Track 2 "Three Little Birds"

Gosh, it's Monday. Today is the beginning of the workweek. Nothing good happens on Mon...wait. I almost forgot, it's Playlist Monday! This is the best part of the week next to Friday @ 5! 


Playlist Monday - while fun and enjoyable to the listener - will hopefully carry much meaning in the development and growth of Baby Whiz (and future ones). Songs featured on this list contain an important key or truth that Dad feels will help Baby Whiz through life's many stages. Keep that in mind as you are jammin'. 


Speaking of jammin', this week's featured artist and song come from the great country of Jamaica. In North America, Jamaica is known for two things: 1. Cool Running's - the best movie ever made about bobsledding ("Cold? I'm freezin my Rastafarian nay-nay's off!). And 2. Bob Marley - the typical American's only reference with Reggae music. 


Playlist Monday Track #2: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley


(feel free to listen to the music while reading the explanation)

Three Little Birds can only be understood in the context of a baseline mind frame. It commands the listener to be taken away by the easy beat and comfortable lyrics. While many listeners may be outraged by the association of the song to the artist's drug use, I believe that approach is a disservice to the simple message behind the song. 

The song begins with a wake up routine. As you may have read in post's-past (see Funny Joke Girl, You Should Tell It Again), I'm not much for waking up in a clear frame of mind. On the other side of the spectrum, Bob Marley is quick to guide his mind in the right direction at first call. He chooses to begin his day optimistic, open-minded, and stress free. There are only one-billion things to do everyday, Bob Marley chooses to smile at the rising sun, not curse it. That slight attitude adjustment may just be the trick to having a better day. 


The chorus of the song resonates as an anthem waving proudly above the heads of laid-back people worldwide. "Don't worry...every little thing is gonna be alright." Everything will be alright, if you put your trust in the right place, and work hard to be the person you want to be. Everything won't be o.k. if we choose to slack off and leave our potential void. I recently read an article in Men's Health about the top 10 areas of the world where the residential population lives the longest. One of the correlating factors that linked each area together was a stress-free environment. 


This is the message for Baby Whiz: Start your days with the right attitude. Don't ever let your problems become bigger than you are. And when in doubt - as long as you have worked for the right reason as hard as you can - don't worry about a thing, 'cuz every little thing is gonna be alright.