Remember waiting for the phone to ring? Waiting near a device forever connected to the wall. No caller ID, no call waiting, a physical answering machine with a cassette tape as the only potential but not promised record of missed audio correspondence.
[Chorus]
"You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel'
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
'Cause I will be alright tonight" (Badu, 2015)
Remember the freedom of leaving the house and having no tracking device, or even knowing you were not "connected" at all times to a collective consciousness? Just existing in the time and place you were currently in, the only consciousness experienced was your own.
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[Verse]
"Ooh boy, what planet do you come from, boy?
Is it Neptune or Jupiter, boy?
Come and feel my loving boy
You know that you deserve it, boy
What planet do you come from, boy?
I know that we just met, oh boy
Come and feel my loving boy" (Badu, 2015)
How different yet how similar we are, our planetary community. Remember learning how to search for meaning? Me either. Here in this place, this space that we hold. What else exists, and do we really need to know?
[Chorus]
"You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel'
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel'
Cause I will be alright tonight" (Badu, 2015)
Understanding our human connections and understanding what that means and how we make meaning. Remember, waiting for that call, with a device hardwired to the infrastructure. Needing the human connection, and now through our collective consciousness devices, we make time to disconnect, to unplug, to dissimilate.
Referenced for your reference
Badu, E. (2015). U Don't Have to Call [Recorded by E. Badu (Erykah Badu, The Badudio & World Witness Studios)]. On But You Caint Use My Phone [Medium of recording]. Dallas, Texas: Control Freaq Records & Motown Records.
Star Trek Fandom: https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Incursion_of_2366-2367
Annotated song Lyrics on Song Genius: https://genius.com/8300074
U Don't Have To Call Cover by Kitty Crawford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA5DHA6TV1M
