You Don't Know Bird

I saw this on my relatives Face Book page and I love it. Thanks Tay

“When life hands you Lemons, make Orange Juice and leave them wondering how the hell you did it”

Don’t ever give people the opportunity to stand between you and what you want in life. It will always be a person who doesn’t think you can do it. It will always be people that don’t think you should do it. Some have good intentions but most want to see you with very little success or no success at all. Its up to you to decide how much success you’re going to have not the next man. Stumble once and you’ll hear “I told you so, “”I knew it”, pay those people NO attention. Listen for “Let me help you” or “Try again, I know you can do it”. What you want is yours for the taking, as long as YOU believe in you. Its nice to have people in your corner, sheering you on but we all aren’t blessed with that. If you don’t hear it, don’t worry. You must continue if you want to succeed. Doctors never thought Wilma Rudolph will walk properly, let alone become the track star she did and Michael Jordan was cut from the basketball team once and he became the greatest basketball player of all time. They believed in them. Who do you believe in?

Stay strong and focused and your dreams are bound to come true!

I just saw two boys walking down the street having the most ignorant conversation I’ve heard in some time.

What does hood mean and why are people hell bent on proving how ‘Hood” they really are? I mean really. If it means that you’re tuff and you don’t take no shit that’s something that doesn’t have to be told. What is the quote everybody likes to use about The Game, not to be confused with the rapper “The game is to be sold not…..”  No matter what you are, there is no need to speak on it. I’m tired of hearing “yeah I’m hood, yeah Im gangsta”. These same people claiming the fame are the same people tucking tails when its time to speak up, the same people running when things get hot. These are the same people snitching and lying. Breaking the very same G code they claimed to uphold.

People with money and I mean long money, unless you’re a rapper, don’t talk about the moves they make or the money they have.  ”Its nothing to a Boss” never comes out their mouth it comes out their actions. Same as a person being “hood”. People who talk about how hood they are usually end up incriminating themselves giving the State or the Feds a portion of their life . Its time to take a look at yourself and realize who you really are and if ‘hood’ isn’t it, give it up. I have a couple of people you can ask about being ‘hood” its not all its cracked up to be. Situations arise and you deal or get dealt with.

Its okay to be street smart, know your surroundings and what people are capable of doing but that shouldnt be the extent of your knowledge or your resume. Get corporate smart, know THOSE surrounding and what THEY are capable of doing. Dont worry about who has the biggest what on the corner, that will only get you so far. If you dont believe me look around. Where are the OGs? In jail. Who is running loose around your neighborhood? The OGs that are out and trying to remain active have no control anymore and if an OG, a person who should be the most respected and most feared in the neighborhood has no respect what do you think is going to happen when one of these knuckleheads rolls up on you?….but you so hood right?

Its time to go another route youngin