We are all a spectrum of traits picked up from our best and worst experiences. The Queen of R&B herself couldn’t escape that reality, I picture us all with the comical angel and devil on our shoulders. So grab a seat, pour yourself some wine, turn the volume up on Gryffin’s Remix of ‘I learned from the best’ and dance around in your underwear while you reminiscence on all the people that influenced who you are today. I sure as hell am, its the Queen’s birthday month after all.

Sixteen years after the release of this pour-your-soul-out track, I’m sure it’s still the anthem to heart broken women everywhere, specially the ones who have a need to empower their inner feminist. But honestly, these lyrics are not gender specific.. we’ve all looked at an ex trying to get back into our panties and thought bitch please. Then probably turned around and broke someone else’s heart the same way.. Karma they say.

I’m celebrating for Whitney though so there is no time to toast for the assholes like Kanye says, I want to do a little clap clap for those people out there who are truly the best. I’m going to toast for the guy who showed me I like to be two-hand face grabbed and tenderly kissed as much as having my hair pulled. I’m going to toast for the guy that understands I like drinking my beer from the bottle, I prefer Jordan’s over jewelry and eating salad during dates is not going to work for me; I need energy for what I’m going to do to you later. I am a better version of myself, because I learned from the best.

And if you haven’t found that person who is ‘the best’ for you yet… then learn from the worst, hearts breaking is a myth, they just suffer temporary loss of common sense.

I learned from the best
I learned from you
Bottoms Up!

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