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This week is an incredibly special week for me.

After all of the teasers, the so-called ‘dramatic’ Facebook posts previewing what I’ve been working on for some time now, today marks the official premiere of my YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/therealabraham).

In addition to this momentous occasion, however, my sister’s birthday was on the 3rd, my mother’s birthday is on the 7th, and my friend’s birthday is today - the three most important people in my life were born this week years and years ago. Needless to say, this is the reason why I wanted to release my YouTube channel today: to dedicate all of this to them.

A little more than a year ago, I was going through a lot. There was a terminal illness within my family, financial problems, personal demons I had to come to face with, and what I thought was an end to something I had put so much of my heart into. I think anyone in my situation would have found themselves struggling, but to be really explicit, I was in a really sad place. It was as if the only complete peace I found was in God, and even then, it was a bit of a rocky terrain.

I know this is going to sound very melodramatic, but I felt really alone. And what does any emotionally unhealthy person do during such times? They keep themselves busy. I studied for the LSAT like some ruthless individual, worked two jobs, and did what I normally did; but I also started to write a lot of song material, design conceptual ideas and directions, and sing a lot more often than I did. I didn’t really do it purposefully, but because it was just flowing out of me. After all, I have been singing all my life and have taken more than several dabs at writing.

But then, several months ago, after I began to find a lot more peace and solace within my life, I decided that I wanted to put law school on hold. I was going to do what I felt I was born to do: sing. To share a story only I can share through the music I had created. I auditioned, made it to the top 100 out of 18,000, auditioned again, made it to the top 60 out of 12,000; and no matter what the outcome may be - favorable or not - I’m going to continue this journey. And so far, there’s a lot coming my way, so I’m excited and hopeful.

A little more than a year later, the pieces are starting to come together and everything is starting to make a little bit more sense. Are things perfect? No. But what is? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and perfection in its purest sense has never been beautiful to me. It’s in the cracks and the crevices that we discover something that was once hidden.

‘Someone Like You’ felt all-too appropriate. But as I think about those I listed above and those who have walked with me, I can’t help but say this piece of truth: I will never, ever, find someone like you. I don’t care what I’ve said to you in the past out of hurt or anger or what I will probably say to you in the future. I will never find someone like you and I love you all so dearly, it sometimes hurts.

Having said all of that, I want to wish you three - my sister, my mother, and SJ - a happy birthday; and as I hope that everyone who sees my channel and this entry share in my journey from this point on, I thank you three for sharing in my journey and continuing to do so. I love you.

Here it is: ‘Someone Like You (Cover)’