Inside every 30 something year old female is a 90’s  and early 2000’s rapper. We grew up riding the main drag (for me-Highway 80) or back roads in our 1990 something year old car listening to words that would make your grandmother blush. And yes we knew all the words from listening to our favorite rap song on repeat, and we still know every word. I think now it is as much as an act of rebellion as it was then. Aw, look at this sweet, innocent 16 year old girl; wait she knows the lyrics to Get Your Roll On by the Big Tymers? Aw, look at this wife with her cute kids, but wait she knows all the words to Magic Stick?

My inner rapper does not always come out but every once in a while, I hear a certain song like No Diggity, and I am transported in time to my Toyota Corolla with the CD player I scrimped and saved for and had installed. My vehicle now doesn’t even have a CD player but it does have XM so I can find some of all my old jams from time to time.  Of course, I reserve this for when I’m alone in my car. It’s great for “me” time.

Ladies, just admit it, you know all the words to your favorite rap song. These songs make me not only reminisce but make me feel powerful that I have not completely changed since becoming a wife and mother-that somewhere deep inside there’s still a girl that can conquer the entire world.

Although you may not find me In Da Club anymore, you can still catch me riding in car occasionally thinking that I’m Still Fly.