How much control do we have in our own lives? How much control would we like to have over our children and family members? How much control would we love to have over our mates or our bosses at work? And what would you like to control the most in your life?

There's a dozen or more questions I could ask you guys on the all-encompassing topic of control. The reality is, we don't control as much as we think we do. But we all try to. Because more control would make our lives more... tolerable and organized. And without control, our lives can seem much more... sporadic than we would all like it to be.

But... we really don't have control over much more than our own decisions in life. Some of us don't even have control of own decisions. And we surely can't control what everyone else does. We can't, no matter how much we may try.

I had to find that reality out for myself—the hard way. We don't control this thing called life. We only live in it, and we do the best that we can with what we've been given.

So, I presented you with a story of a professional psychologist, Dr. Victoria Benning—a Black woman shrink—who has six clients that she talks about. And they all have issues with control—deep issues that need to be resolved. But in real life, we don't always resolve our issues... even when they can be fatal.

That's the story that I now present to you. A young, female rapper will do and say anything she can to sell her music. Because she wants more control over her money and career. A popular film director needs help to control the narrative being created about his personality. He also needs to control his masculine urges with beautiful young women who aspire to be movie stars.

We have a used-to-be successful screenwriter, who is out of control with everything, to the point of needing pills. But he won't take any, because he believes his lack of control enhances his creativity. We have a bi-sexual music producer, who believes in the Illuminati, and possibly gaining more control over her own career—even through a “blood sacrifice” if needed.

We have a rich, White businessman, who wishes he could control his feelings of guilt concerning the atrocities done to Black people in slavery—including his great, great grandfather on their family plantation in South Carolina. So, now he's conflicted about race, class, gender, education, religion and everything else. And he can't quite... control himself.

Then we have an overly emotional woman, who can't even control her reality. Is she really an actress? Is she really a singer? Is she really from Cleveland? Is she really beautiful? Or is she just... crazy and don't even know it? What does she need to do for more control of her life?

And this all takes place in the historical city of Atlanta, Georgia, which has now become the new capital of Black Entertainment... in the A-T-L.

So, please... enjoy it! And spread the word...

Sincerely Yours,

~ Omar Tyree