Lauryn Hill - Lose myself

I used to do it for the love a long time ago
And all I ever wanted was love
I used to love without fear a long time ago
And all I ever wanted was love
Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me
Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy
Took a pure love and tried to make it dirty
Truth was they never did deserve me
No!

Chorus:
I had to lose myself so I could love you better
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
love you better
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
So I could love you better
Had to lose myself in love
And that’s just the way it is…

Couldn’t tell me I was love when I needed it
When, all I ever wanted was love.
Should a told me just me because!
I’m worth receiving it
But all I ever wanted was love
There’s is something awkward about the selflessness it
takes to
Give love and the good that it makes you!
True love can never really forsake you
But it took a little while just for me to see!

Chorus:
I had to lose myself so I could love you better
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
love you better
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
So I could love you better
Had to lose myself in love
And that’s just the way it is…

I had a paralyzing fear of facing failure
And I couldn’t love you perfectly with fear in my head
So I peerlessly had to face the danger
So I could come back and love you whole instead
All of your soul I said!
So I could make it better

Chorus:
I had to lose myself so I could love you better
[Lose Myself lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
love you better
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
So I could love you better
Had to lose myself in love
And that’s just the way it is…

B-Sec:
And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you
Couldn’t stay but I never meant to desert you
Whole lot a things I just had to work thru
Time to heal and restore myself worth too
Confrontation of my fears and anxiety
Cried a whole lot years I suffered quietly
And though it may have taken years I can finally!
Tell you that you were always on my mind!

Chorus:
I had to lose myself so I could make it better
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
make it better
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
So I could make it better
Had to lose myself in love
And that was just the way!

Bridge:

Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
Great love to absorb all the misuse I did
Hey baby it’s not an excuse I give.
And I’d do it all again because for you I live

Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
Great love to absorb all the abuse I did
Hey baby it’s not an excuse I give.
And I’d do it all again because for you I live

Chorus:
I had to lose myself so I could make it better
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
make it better
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
So I could make it better
Had to lose myself in love
And that was just the way!
And that was just the way it is…

Update

Hey everybody- all five of you that read this blog. LOL. Soon very soon I will really make this blog fun and at least try and update 3 times a week and make it more interactive. We'll see. In the meantime My website is FINALLY going to be up very very soon. Tashia. www.tashiacreative.com is doing my website. She is really the only one that REALLY understands what I need and understands what the brand is about. She totally GETS it! From
I have been really busy and dont like to compromise and wanted to do it right. She has been responsible for my site from the beginning and lately with wholesale orders I have been soo overwhelmed. Anyway in a month It WILL be up and running. With a BANG!! Yippeee www.koketso.com I will have all the updates and stores beacuse we are in over 30 stores now.




The pictures above are really KOKETSO, the brand. Its fun and all about comfort. I make clothes and not costumes. I make clothes that people WEAR. Its important for me that people be comfortable when wearing the clothes and they can dance, laugh, jump and without worrying if buttons will pop off or zippers will come undone. Its a happy and fun positive line throughout beacuse that is ME... who I am. Koketso.
We shot on location// way back in FEB. lmao! Out of over 600 pics you have to choose what best represnts the clothing. Yetunde sells it and Joe( www.josephkeller.com) is just a good photographer.

James Morrison

I am just loving my Brits lately with the music, Amy Winehouse and now I just discoverd James Morrison. Love love it.
I love this jammy jam!

Bags and Beyonce!

The last couple of weekes have been really crazy!! Just busy busy busy busy. Yes! that busy. i really hope that once I am fully settled I can blog as often as i'd like to and keep it fun and informative in my style.
This past Friday was very intersting. I went to beads world on 38th & broadway where I go almost every otherday. i get my tray and look acroos the aisle and who do Isee with a tray in her hand too? BEYONCE!!!! Yep Beyonce was there with her mom and her cousin/ assistant Angie. Beyonce up close and personal is REALLY gorgeous. I spoke to her for a lil bit and her ousin and they are really cool. You know I was looking at the bags and the clothing. Beyonce had a Jimmy Choo bag, her cousin had a chanel big classic style quilted bag and her mom had an YSL bag and some van cleef and arpels jewelry. Diamonds galore!! bling blinging but very tasteful.. Beyonces Mom is very tiny actually. I am thinking maybe they are making smaples for the tradeshows in Vegas in August and maybe introducing a jewelry line to their accessories. What really impressed me is that she is really hands on and involved in the creative process. So GO Beyonce! There were only about 5 people in the store and once people heard after about 15mins or so people started pouring in to the store and had to be sent out. Chaos!!

I am having all these celeb run-ins lately. Debra Messing came to the designer market too a few weeks back and just stood at my booth talking for a while. She is very funny and has a great sense of humor. She got one of these leather bracelets with the chunky chain. These are just accessories that compliment the handbags because having them actually helps at the trade shows because when ordering the bags its always nice that you have a full line of bags belts and some leather accessories for merchandising.

I did ask to take her picture..to which she very politely declined and I should have known better than to do that because she was not picture ready and she had her very big dog on a leash plus and these shoes


Can anyone tell me why everyone is wearing these shoes??? I just dont get it. Kids yes but anybody else- NO! just my opinion.

Amy Winehouse

This song was produced by Mark Ronson who is the coolest guy & dj. Mark Ronson is also the brother of Charlotte Ronson of
CRonson whose line was licenced by Damon Dash at some point then they cancelled it after a few years. I guess thats when they launched Rachel Roys line. Charlotte now has 12 stores in Japan and is doing sooooo well. Can somebody say konichiwa! lawl.. lawl Japan loves fashion.. Konichiwa!! lawl

I am sooooooooooooooooo loving Amy Winehouse. I love her her voice and her lyrics are VERY VERY original. She sings about weed, smokes.. F me pumps. LMAO! and waking up alone.. shes just very refreshing not trying to be cute just doing the darn singing and I just love Amy Winehouse.
A few months ago a friend told me he had exclusive tickets for Amy Winehouse show. I was like Amy Who?.. Amy what? Well I did go and I saw this whte chick stumbling on stage and the minute she sang.. I was hooked. The voice, The beehive.. oh my.. Amy is the Queen bee of the beehives. Trust me, I dont think anybody has the courage to rock THAT humongous beehive. Gwen stefani tried a subtle version but Amy is on her own with this one.. LAWL! love her though. Still on the hair tip I hear that Rihannas assymetrical bob is the most requested hairstyle right now everywhere.


leaving u with some of her funny but real lyrics..LMAO! LAWL!!

F ME PUMPS
"When you walk in the bar,
And you dressed like a star,
Rockin' your F me pumps.

And the men notice you,
With your Gucci bag crew,
Can't tell who he's lookin' to.
You don't like ballers,
They don't do nothing for ya,
But you'd love a rich man six foot two or taller. *LOL*

With your big empty purse,
Every week it gets worse,
At least your breasts cost more than her

My friends

We are each of us angels, with only one wing. We can
only fly by embracing each other-
This is my quote of the week.
Independence is good but interdependence is letting go of that control and allowing others to help because we really cant do it all alone. With that said I am really grateful to my darling friends who are my cheerleaders and give me the support & encouragement which is so needed.
This weekend I did a huge fair in Brooklyn. It was just alright nothing specatacular but my very good friend Note came to help me out. He really is a true friend. When I was packing to leave my studio in the garment district he was there helping me again. Aissata also came for that moral support. I love my friends!



The last couple of weeks have been super crazy. My highlight however was the CFDAs. I went to the afterparty.. saw some very beautiful people. Miss USA is really beautiful.. oh my. I also went to the Kanye West party at the Luis Vuitton store. Now that was something. I saw many faces I see every week in the pages of Life& style. LMAO! Designed by Jun Aoki, the Luis Vuitton store is a sight to behold with its milky checkered glass facade. Just beautiful!!

I also love the apple store on 5th ave. Its a beautiful glass box and the store is underground. LOVE it!

Outing with Cirese

Cirese, the girl I met this past sunday is the creator of this fabulous soap for Bobbi Brown.

The reason why I was just blown away by Cirese is her drive. Shes so young, only 26 and she makes soaps for Estee Lauder and Bobbi Brown. The amazing story is that she met Bobbi Brown doing a fair in Montclair NJ where BB lives 6 yrs ago and Bobbi Brown loved her soaps and gave her this wonderful opportunity. I just love stories like that. I actually got a little emotional just hearing it. So beautiful and inspiring! awwww!
So.. Yesterday we went for the opening of the Bobbi Brown store in Montclair.

I met Bobbi Brown and she is REALLY down to earth and her skin is AMAZING! 50 yrs old andyou wouldnt even know. Love it!


The crowd

Cirese holding her soap..awwwwww am so proud of her!!

I took another picture of the soap. Cirese is just so humble and I love & admire that so much about her. At one point Bobbi Brown introduced her to the president and another bigwig from BB and they were just so excited to see her I think even more because of how the whole thing came about-how it started and all. Everybody loves that soap! Its in this months VOGUE too we found out.
It was such a beauiful evening, so inspiring.. just amazing.
I had a hit with my silk organza top that I made 2 hrs b4 the event. Who would've thought? The fabric had just been sitting there.. this yummy cotton candy yellow with this fluffy embroidery. Apparently yellow is the new black-LOL