“Inches”

Pulled out one of my driving CDs this morning, Any Given Sunday (Vol. II). It had been sitting on our CD rack for quite a while; unloved, untouched and unplayed, as I’ve not gone driving in a long while. I had forgotten that I quite enjoy the CD. It has a bit of everything on it. Old style blues in the smooth tones of Ella Fitzgerald, a little bit of soul in the vocal stylings of Nina Simone, R&B, funk, and what I like to call, “wake up music” OR “pumped up music”. All in all a good long road ahead, travelling CD. [Another favourite road CD is the Hackers. Don't ask. It just is.]

There is a motivational, do or die speech from the movie that Al Pacino gives, entitled “Inches” [sample track]. I love Al Pacino voice in this piece, there is a rawness to it that gets you revved up, ready to go out into the world and fight for every inch that life has to offer.

It may well be trite, it may well be one giant cliché, but on some days the speech just fits.