..and pull your pants up while you're at it!

Dude, if you start off your conversation with "you know what I'm saying" the answer is NO, I have no idea WTF you're sayin. Chances are, I've already stopped listening. Don't get me wrong, back in the day we said "Yo, that's fresh" way too often. If you've read this blog at all you can clearly see that I shouldn't be giving anyone grammar, spelling or speaking advice but as a former ghetto resident this is just embarrasing. Ghetto children that survive to become productive adults are some of the most potent, instinctualy sharp people you will meet. Yet, more is done to market to and cultivate the negative. The point is, I don't say "yo, that's fresh" anymore. I was watching the RZA in Blacklist vol 2 on HBO (must see BTW) and this millionare musical genius said "youknowwamean" at least 30 times. There were amazing pearls in his segment. He talked about being asked by a young kid why he stopped keeping it real by moving out of the ghetto to which he replyed, you actually think people want to live in the ghetto? I really did know what he meant but what I want to ask him is if he really talks like that or is he marketing to the ghetto. I suspect the later as he is a world renowned chess champion and survived hell to achieve all he has, not the mark of stupid man, knowwaamean? And so, how sad.