Use Your Brain
What's in a Name
There�s no need to be hung up on clothes because once a fad goes away and you still on it, they call you played out. The clothes aren�t what makes you played out, it�s what someone else thinks. Who the hell makes up the styles and decides what�s cool and what�s not? Some gay muthafukkaz in Europe running the fashion shows and shit? Why should I give a fuck what they think? Trust me, if someone came up to you and asked you to walk around with nothing but a rubber duckie covering your privates, most cats would not wear that shit regardless of how people talked about them or how many other people wore that shit because they weren�t comfortable in that shit. To take that even further, if the sexiest person you knew told you highwater jeans and young ass t-shirts with smiley faces on them turned them on and made that person want you, if that shit didn�t bother you you would wear that shit in a second regardless of how your homies clowned you, cuz while they was all talking bout you and worrying about how they look, you would be modeling that shit for that sexy ass person about to get you some. When you really think about it, all that shit is for is to make you feel good about your body and attract other people, nothing else. How many people you think would even think about buying some $5000 gown or tuxedo if they lived alone and stayed in the house all day? No woman would get made up with her hair and nails and squeeze herself into a tight ass dress, and no man would shave and put no suit or tuxedo if they lived alone in the woods or on a farm someone milking cows. The cows don�t give a fuck how you look, as long as you feed them muthafukkaz and milk them, they think you the most beautiful muthafukka in the world. If you see something that you think you look good in, you should be able to wear that as long as you want without feeling self conscious or embarrassed unless it�s someone that you give a fuck about enough to want to impress. Now of course if you get laughed at or you grossing out muthafukkaz by walking around with your dick hanging or nipples showing, that�s going a little too far cuz they reaction gonna make you wanna take that shit off. But there�s no need to be focused on wearing all that designer shit because we all know that your grandma, given enough time, could sew together some shit that look just as good as any Hilfiger shit or Fubu, just without that little trademark stitched in on the side. If you wearing some dope shit that look better than any nigga out there and got all the girls jocking you, you not gonna give a fuck if that shit is from Kmart and not Polo Sport. Even if cats try to clown you, what they gonna say? Oh, you look mad better than me, but your shit aint official? Fuck that, I�d rather wear some $20 Kmart shirt that look as good as the $50 shirt some other nigga wearing and will probably last longer, rather than be the ghetto nigga that buys the imitation shirt downtown for $10 cuz he broke and be mad when the colors run the first time I wash it. All that money you spending on the name, you could be spending taking Karate class or gourmet cooking lessons, or saving up to buy a new fucking car. Niggaz gotta recognize and realize what�s really important, cuz when you got on a $300 outfit but can�t read and riding the bus to work, you all flash and no substance. It�s mad cats that�s ballin but can�t read no better than the average first grader. They the one�s that can�t even pronounce the shit they be wearing, like yo I got this phat E-nice sweater, when it�s really "E-nee-chey", or some honey saying "My man just bought me some Versays sunglasses, when it�s really Versahchee. We really need to get our priorities straight, and that takes us teaching these teenage mothers who don�t know no better so they in turn teach they kids, so when they grow up the niggaz know how to put on condoms so they don�t break and realize STD�s aint worth the risk so our grandkids can grow up without all this materialistic bullshit and work on expanding they brains instead of they wardrobe.
Words 2 Live By:
"Everybody in this rap world, all they talk about is money. You know what I'm sayin. I'm not saying I'm the richest nigga in the game. All these... There's lots of niggas with money but I'm sayin' its like, It's not the money that I'm bragging about. These people see me with these jewels, It's not that! It's for these little niggas. These kids that have just seen me in cuffs shot up in a wheelchair with my head wrapped up. Yet you see me less than a fuckin' year later bailin' through this mothafucka jeweled down like the Zulu! Bangin' on niggas! I got this whole shit shook up. Everybody talkin' bout this WestSide. Ice Cube started it. I was in jail when Ice Cube was out, that wasn't no problem. The day I got outta jail it was a motherfuckin' problem! To be where the fuck you was from! The day I stepped out. That' s Power! I want these little niggas to see that. I didn't get that power from guns cuz there are no guns in jail. I got that Power from BOOKS, and from thinking, and by strategizin' That's what I want little niggas to see."
- 2Pac Shakur
