Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
What I had to do, had to run from you
I’m in love with you, but the vibe is wrong
And that haunted me, all the way home
So ya never know, never, never know
Never know enough, til it’s over love
Til we lose control, system overload
Screamin no, no, no, no, no
I’m not lovin you, way I wanted to
See I wanna move, but can’t escape from you
So I keep it low, keep a secret code
So everybody else don’t have to know
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I can’t keep my cool, so I keep it true
I got somethin’ to lose, so I gotta move
I can’t keep myself, and still keep you too
So I keep in mind, when I’m on my own
Somewhere far from home, In the danger zone
How many times did it take fo’ I finally got through
you lose, you lose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
See I had to go, see I had to move
No more wastin’ time, we can’t wait for life
which is wastin’ time, where’s the finish line
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I met no one new, I got no one new
No I said I’m through, but got love for you
But I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Gotta keep it goin, keep the lovin gone
Keep it on a roll, only god knows
If I be with you, baby I’m confused
You choose, you choose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Way I got to go, I dont need you
I been on this road, too many times before
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
If you keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose
Source: http://www.elyrics.net/read/k/kanye-west-lyrics/love-lockdown-lyrics.html
According to wikipedia, the term “work life balance” was first heard in the 1970s in Britain. In the conventional terms, it refers to the balance between an individual’s work and private life. Most of us thought of it as the balance between the time we spent at work and on our private life. This includes myself.
But today, work life balance took on a whole new meaning for me. I was in a feedback session for my interpersonal skills with a co-workers. She shared with me that in a corporate environment, one has to stay alert and manage the impact of how one’s natural traits affect others. My first reaction to this statement was that a life like that is hypocrisy.
Then I thought about it and agreed with her, because the people in that environment would affect our performance gradings. And we all know that the higher we climb on the career ladder, the less it is about our technical competencies and more emphasis is placed on our people skills, such as influencing and leadership.
Therefore I came to the concolusion that to maintain work life balance, one has to know that s/he has to please everybody at work. But s/he doesn’t have to aim for being friends with every co-workers. This way, s/he can maintain the balance in life by being who they are and befriend those who they truly enjoy. Because after working hard to have good relationship with every colleagues on a day-to-day basis, we all need that break when we could simply say: I don’t like you, work mate! I will find my own mate that I like!
Nevertheless, I am not ruling out the very lucky situations where we make true friends that we work with, or where the workplace is relatively small and the family feeling is stronger. I merely think it is very unlikely when we work in a big organisation.
The whole thing reminded me of an acquaintance of mine who is a doctor. She once said she doesn’t try to be nice in her personal life because for the majority of her days, she has to be nice and sensitive to her patients and their families and friends. She simply doesn’t have the energy or inclination to do all she can to please everybody when she comes off her shifts.
Hmm… work life balance… now you might see it in a completely new light too!
