Explaining myself is one of the most difficult things for me. I rarely compliment myself unless I am in close combat with another person who is trying to belittle me, sabotage my character or verbally abuse me, which honestly is quite often; well, there goes to show you I may not be the best person on earth. Do you think someone who is constantly attacked both physically and mentally is a good person? I don’t. I believe a person like that is no more than the dregs of our society, people like that are worth staying away from. Do you agree? Well then, if you were intelligent, I would assume you would stay away from me, but then who is to say that this person that I speak of, this person that is “the dregs of our society†is not you? Imbecile! You know something, I find romance in criticism, and I find critics to be a special type of “peopleâ€. I enjoy listening to words roll off a critic’s tongue or reading words a critic has penned when they dissect my persona and tell me how much of a loser I am, a cheater, child, worthless, liar, charmer, coning, sneaky, and my favorite: Drunk. Yes, sir/ mad’ am, I love absorbing these words and I get so engrossed in their words as they speak; and when they’re done I smile, take a drag of my cigarette and exhale a plume of smoke then utter, “really?â€. I take it all in though, like a pupil at a university; my professor? You. I take notes, and think about them, I digest them and take a slow approach at rectifying them. I never believed in telling people I am worthy; instead, I always tell others I am unworthy. And there you are, my reader, reading my words twisting your face in perplex and disgust… (Laughing). I have already added you to my list of critics, but I believe you should take some time to think of whom it is you are before you judge me. Sir/ mad’ am, talking bad about yourself is like wiping your ass with silk. With that said, I will never tell you who I am or who I want you to accept me for; instead, I will tell you who it is I want to be. However, that is a subject I will not elaborate on at this time, because I am still constructing that image or profile about myself. So allow me, please, to spare you from a monotonous precognition. This is your opportunity to practice your natural reflex: Judge me. Or can you?
Television?! Ohhhhh boy! Quite frankly, I despise television. I hate the way it indoctrinates people, at a snail's pace, into believing the images floating across the screen are a reality. It works sometimes as an amplifier for our imagination in a bad way. Some people sit in front of a television all day bouncing along to B.E.T and Sex in the City, internalize what they see and attempt to live these frivolous accounts of warped reality. Im soooooo serious, its disgusting. So in essence, I watch television, however I am extremely careful about what I watch and how long I marinate in front of a TV screen. I try not to radiate or cook my mind and brain in front of a screen allowing my subliminal mind to store all the bullshit subliminal messages a Tell-lie-In-Vision spews forth. Whatever call me a cave man: Fuck You! I like Law and Order, NY1, The Simpsons, Discovery channel, B.E.T jazz, the Science channel, Playboy ( Oppps! Was I suppose to reveal that? I’m indulging in hypocrisy; so, I don’t know you.) Ahhh, what else? Cant think of anything else at the moment.
So what have I read? I spend most of my reading time with my face buried in the Qur’an. And no I do not read pilot manuals learning how to fly and not land nor am I a 5%! I read a lot of Amos N. Wilson, Marcus Garvey, Robert Greene, Omar Tyree, Dr. Francis Cress Wilsing, the Bible, the Torah (or Old Testament), Casanova Jacques, Anthony T. Browder (I recommend him to any one), Ralph Epperson, Ralph Ellison, Ivan Van Sertima, Carter G Woodson, Rendell Robinson, W.E.B Du Bious, Sun Tzu, and anything else with merit. As a person I don’t believe in reading the “triple crown†books (e.g. true to the Game, More Money, Harlem Girl, and the rest of that nonsensical shit!) My reason is simple: why read about the shit if I live it, see it and do it everyday? I’m no gangster killer, but I had my fair share with the ghetto endeavors—believe me you.