WOW.
I NEED TO BREATHE FOR A SECOND........WHOOO.....OKAY, I'M BACK.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME PLACE THIS SOFT DISCLAIMER ON MY LATEST BLOG ENTRY.
THIS IS NOT PERTAINING TO ANYONE IN PARTICULAR.
EXCEPT FOR THE ONE DUDE AT MY JOB....AND YOU WILL SEE THAT.
CALM DOWN....YOU OKAY?? WANT SOME WATER ?? WANT A HUG?? OK.....LETS GO.
DAMN.
HERE'S THE SCENE.....
DINNER TABLE....
EVERYBODY ELSE EATS, GRABS THEIR PLATE....AND I GET UP TO GO GET SOME FOOD....
INSTEAD OF THE CHICKEN THAT EVERYONE EATS.....I LOOK AT THE STEAK.
I GRAB A PIECE OF STEAK....
"SEDRIC....WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!?!"
"YOU CAN'T EAT!!"
WHY CAN'T I??
I AM THE SAME AS YOU...I BROUGHT THE SAME AS YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO BE HUNGRY.
I CAN STILL EAT.
I WENT AND GOT A FLAT SCREEN...COPPED A NINTENDO WII...THE REACTION IS "DAMN YOU BALLIN!!"
NO...I JUST BOUGHT A FLAT SCREEN. AND A GAME SYSTEM. THAT'S IT.
I GET PAID EVERY TWO WEEKS.
I'M GOING TO NEW YORK FOR MY BIRTHDAY....THE REACTION IS "I WISH I COULD GO TO N.Y."
YOU CAN, ITS CALLED PRICELINE.COM IT WAS ABOUT $423.
I'M GETTING A BMW.....THE REACTION IS..."YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULDN'T, HOW?"
I CAN, I WILL, AND THE SAME WAY YOU BUY THINGS...WITH MONEY.
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE??
WOULD YOU LIKE A BANK STATEMENT??
WHAT IF ALL MY MONEY ISN'T IN THE BANK??
WHAT IF I DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT ALL MY FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS??
WHAT IF I HAVE A BETTER PRICE THAN YOU KNOW OF??
WHAT IF ITS NOT WHAT YOU CAN GET???
LET ME REMIND YOU.
AMERICA, WE ARE ALL AT THE DINNER TABLE.
I AM NOT ANY BETTER THAN YOU FOR MY CHOICE CUT OF STEAK.
I WORKED HARD FOR MINE.
ITS JUST A PIECE OF STEAK, ITS NOT A LOBSTER OR AN EXPENSIVE TRUFFLE....
ITS JUST THAT ITS A HIGHER GRADE AND BETTER THAN WHATS ON YOUR PLATE.....
IVE BEEN EATING CHICKEN MY WHOLE LIFE.
I WANT STEAK.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME BETTER THAN YOU, IT JUST MEANS I LIKE STEAK.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW....THIS SHIT IS DOWNRIGHT AMAZING.
IT HURTS THOUGH. FOR A QUICK SECOND IT STINGS. ILL TELL YOU THAT.
WHEN YOU GO FOR SOMETHING OUT OF PLAIN REACH, WITHOUT HESITATION, THE FIRST THING YOU WILL HEAR IS THAT YOU CAN'T OR SHOULDN'T DO IT.
I CAN SEE IF YOU SAID YOU WANTED A YACHT. OR A MANSION. OR A JET. (LOL)
BUT I CAN'T DO IT??
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE WHO SAYS IT.
NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU. SO PUT THE PHONE DOWN. YOU OKAY?.....YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT A WATER OR A HUG OR ANYTHING??...YOU SURE??
OK. JUST CHECKING.
HERE'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT:
AS I SHARED A CONVERSATION AT MY JOB WITH A WHITE WOMAN WHO RECENTLY PURCHASED HER FIRST BMW, A CO-WORKER OF MINE COMMENTED ON MY ASPIRATION TO ATTAIN ONE.....HE LOOKED UP AT ME, AND SAID PLAINLY...
"YOU CAN'T AFFORD THAT...I KNOW WHAT YOU MAKE"
REALLY...DO YOU?? OR DO YOU JUST SEE MY SKIN AND FIGURE I COULD NEVER DO THIS UNLESS I SOLD DOPE?
THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT....
THE POINT IS THAT WHAT I WANT IS NOT UNATTAINABLE.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD DOWN PAYMENT ON A MILDLY EXPENSIVE CAR....YOU HAVE LOWER PAYMENTS.
ITS CALLED "FINANCING".....ITS SOMETHING THEY CAME UP WITH A WHILE BACK TO HELP YOU PAY ON THINGS.
I HEARD SOMEONE ONCE SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS FUNNY.....AND TRUE.
"WHATS SO UNATTAINABLE ABOUT A MONTE CARLO??"
EXACTLY...I THINK THE SAME WAY ABOUT BENZ AND BMW'S
THEY ARE NICE....BUT WHY SO AFRAID OF THEM ARE WE?? (IN MY YODA LANGUAGE)
GET WHAT YOU WANT.
GO GET IT!!!
GAS AIN'T GETTING ANY CHEAPER UNTIL GREED STARTS GETTING ANY CHEAPER
SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL SUCK IT UP....AND GO TO SPEEDWAY AND GIANT EAGLE.
WHEN HAS RE-INVESTMENT IN AN ASSET THAT ACCUMULATES VALUE EVER BEEN A BAD IDEA???
FEAR OF AN OBJECT'S WORTH IS IGNORANCE IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBJECT IS.
THAT'S A SEDRIC QUOTE.
IF YOU CAN GET OVER THE MISSPELLING OF ANYTHING YOU READ ON THIS BLOG, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE POINT.
WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF A STATUS SYMBOL AND PUT IT OUT OF MY REACH???
IF ITS NICE....AND ITS FOR ME....I WILL TAKE IT.
WHAT MAKES IT NOT FOR ME???
THE PEOPLE YOU SEE DRIVING THEM, HAVE WENT OUT AND GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. REGARDLESS OF THE STAKES.
AND THEY EMERGE VICTORIOUS AND PULL UP NEXT TO YOU.
THEY DON'T THINK THEY'RE BETTER......THEY JUST LIKE STEAK.
AND YOU'RE WIPING YOUR FINGERS ON YOUR NAPKINS TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF HEARTBEAT AS YOU WONDER....HOW THE HELL DID HE OR SHE GET UP FROM THE TABLE...AND COME BACK WITH THAT??
I USED TO DREAM OF HAVING THAT CAR.
I USED TO SEE D-BOYS WITH THEM IN E.C. AND SAY TO MY FRIENDS...."I'M GETTING ONE OF THOSE"
I CUT OUT PICTURES OF THEM, AND POSTERED THEM ON MY WALL....
I DREW EVERY CAR WITH A BMW SYMBOL...CAUSE I JUST KNEW THAT CAR IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE.
I CAN DREAM. AND ITS OKAY FOR ME TO REACH THAT DREAM.
BY ANY SAFE MEANS....NOT BY PUTTING MYSELF ON THE STREET.
I'VE DONE ALOT MORE, WITH ALOT LESS.
ANYWAYS.....
KANYE AND ME HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN I THOUGHT....HE IS A GENIUS.
YOU REALLY NEED TO HEAR THAT SONG IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
AND TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR....WHICH ONE ARE YOU??
SIGNED SINCERELY, JET PILOT EXTRAORDINAIR.
BY THE WAY I MISSPELLED "EXTRAORDINAIRE" PURPOSELY. (hence the "air" lol)
AND NO.... I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU.
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