Dreams, And Nightmares; That Meek Mill Record Shook Up The Internets, And The Skreets, Alike; The Relatability Of The Record, Was Deeply Rooted In The Emotive Nature Of The Song Itself... We All Have Dream, Just As We All Have Nightmares.

Your Story Is So Unique, That It Could Inspire Nations, If Only You Told It, With Transparency, And Conviction - The Best You, Is Far Better, Than The Fake Version Of Someone Else - Remaining Focused On Attaining That Full YOU, Can Be As Rewarding, As It Is Challenging, But It Can Also Be Just As Awe Inspiring, For Those Who Are Blessed Enough To See The Process Unravel, Or Reach It’s Full Maturity. In Simple Terms, When People Know Your Real Story, They Can Better Relate To Your Narrative, And Even Cheer For You, More Earnestly.

Omang: Reloaded, By Hip-Hop Pantsula, Was My Coming Into Mzansi Hip-Hop Moment - I Was Already A Fan Of Acts Like DMX, Ludacris, Cannabis & Dr. Dre, But Something About This Chubby Dude, With Hella Juice, Kept Me Tuned In, Far Longer Than Any Other Rapper Had Done, Before - Jabba, Was Ahead Of His Time, And It Took A Fair Amount Of Time, For The Industry To Catch Up To His Gradient Curve, And Peep The Movements, For What They Truly Were; Refined Strokes, From The Paintbrush Of A Genius...

Having The Faith Of A Mustard Seed, Truly Changed My Life... There Was A Time, When My Tongue Would Be Used; By Me, Against Me, Without Me Even Knowing It - The Power Of Words, Was Lost On Me, At That Time - When I Got Closer To My Creator, I Begun To Learn, Of How Much We Were Made In His Image; The Creator, In His Splendor, And Benevolence, Gave Each Of Us, The Ability To Create, As Well...

Jah Bless You, Ngwaneshu.

Jody’s Role, In The Movie “Baby Boy”, Was One Of My Earliest Glimpses, Into This Complex, That Stunts Many Young Boys, From Developing Into Men, As They Grow Older - The Diary Of An Auto-Didactic Man, Has Been Published, In Horrific News Articles, And Catalogued Through The Traumatic Experiences, That We Have Subjected Women, And Children To, In Our Society, Over The Years - The Role Of Men, In Our Country, Cannot Be Understated, Even When We Have Fewer Examples, Of How Men Should Behave; As It Pertains To Protecting, And Providing For Those Around Them.

Knowing, And Understanding, Certain Key Buzzwords, Within An Industry / Society, Can Help You Leverage, Existing Information, Into Newfound Possibilities, Quicker Than You Can Connect To Your Wi-Fi, After A 4-Hour Loadshed; You Could Know The True Meaning, Or Societal Impact, Of The Large-Scale Degradation, That's Intentionally Being Allowed To Occur, In Predominately African Owned / Inhabited Neighborhoods, Without Knowing It’s Colloquial Term Of Identification (Gentrification), Which May Sometimes Limit Us, From Fully Being Able To Engage With, Or Speak For, Those Who Should Be Banding Together, To Help Us Remedy The Situation; Opportunity Cost, Is One Of Those Buzzwords... When We Understand Opportunity Cost, And Relate It’s Application Into Our Everyday Lives; We Are Able To Better Allocate Our Time, Monies, Ideas, And Faith; Into Things That We Believe To Be Truly Beneficial, Based On Our Understanding, Of What Benefits Us, And Those Around Us, The Most.

When We See The Lack Of Proper Paying Job Opportunities, Being Availed To The Youth, And Juxtapose That Stark Reality, With The Seemingly Readily Available Student Debt-Loan Instruments, And Peaked Interest From Certain Role Players, To Help Facilitate MORE Unpaid / Underpaying Internships, Learnerships, Or “Partnerships”, We Have A Valid Cause For Concern. The Opportunity Cost, Of Investing In More New Market (Black) Employers, Through SMMe Funding Initiatives, That Are Directed At Young Black South African’s, Would Be The Creation Of More Jobs... Yet We Keep Seeing Our Hard Earned Tax Payer Monies, Being Misinvested, In Trying To Create More Employees, By Funding The Self-Same Institutions, That Were Designed To Keep Our People In Debt To The System. The Average Previously Disadvantaged Black South African, Once They Prove That They Are Actually Previously Disadvantaged, Through Providing Useless Documentation, Which Denotes Their Current Disadvantagedness-ness, Can Hopefully, Maybe, Somehow, Luckily, Get Access To Funding For Certain Schools, To Study Certain Courses, With No Guarantee Of A Job, That Will Generate Enough Income, To Help Them Pay Back The Debt, AND Still Have A Fighting Chance, At Trying To Break The Chains Of Generational Poverty, Which Still Entangle Many Of Us, As A People... What Could That R 300k / 3-Year Loan Mean To A Young Black Entrepreneur, On The Margins Of Their Industry? What’s The Opportunity Cost Of Creating (Steve) Jobs, In Our Country, Today? That’s The Price, That Many Of Us Have Had To, And Continue To Pay, To Help Create A Nation, Truly Alive With Possibilities, For ALL Her Citizens, Residents, And Even Visitors.

Definition

noun ECONOMICS

noun: opportunity cost; plural noun: opportunity costs

Calculate The Opportunities, Budget The Cost, And Be The Change!

Jah Bless You.

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There Are Certain Clubs, That We Are Lucky Enough To Be A Part Of, Without Having To Pay A Sign-Up Fee, Or Annual Membership Contributions - The Clubs We Really Like, Seem To Take More Out Of Us, Than They Actually Feed Into Our Well Being - The Bruddas & Sistaz Club, Can Sometimes Take A Lot Out Of Us Too, In It’s Own Way, But We Can’t Hide From The Perks We Gain Access To, When We Are Welcomed Into Such A Society; Where Our Unique Connections, Run Beyond Our Bloodlines, Social Status, Or Ethnicity; A Club Designed To Give Back, More Than It Takes In...

Legacy Talk, Is Something You Begin To Pick-Up On, As You Grow Older / Wiser - With Maturity, We Begin To Reflect Upon The Legacy / Impact Of Our Lives - Legacy, Is Not The Final Story, That They Will Tell About Us, Legacy, Is The Daily Narrative, That We Inspire Other's To Feel, Write, And Speak, Regarding How We Live, In Our Time's.

Hitting A Liccc In This Game, Is A Blessing In It's Own Right - Coming From Where We're From, We Can't Sleep On The Need For Us To Hit These Licccs, And Pay It Forward - We Weren't Often Taught, Or Developed To Play Cooperatively; Since Crèche, We Were Taught To Compete, Against Each Other, Instead Of Competing, To Help Each Other Win.

Who Would've Thunk, That The Hip-Hop Culture We Fought To Establish In The School Yards, Would Become A Way Of Self-Identification, And A Means To Income Generation, For So Many Of Us?

"...Where We The Only Industry, Where You Can Excel, With No Degree, Or Diploma/"

- Joe Budden, Who Killed Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop Saved Many Of Our Lives, In More Ways Than One... Essentially, The Discovery Of Hip-Hop Culture, In My Life, Was Akin To Hitting A Major Liccc. As A Value Creator, Hip-Hop Culture, Gives Me A More Global Understanding Of The Viewpoint That I Bring To The Table, Hip-Hop Allows Me To Create Far More Value, And Speak To Way More People, Than I Ever Could On My Own.

Writing, And Living Out The Music On #FreestylesOnMemoryLane Was A Therapeutic Process, Because It Helped Remind Me Of What I Could Be, Through Remembering Who I'm Not, And Seeing Clearer Picture's Of Who I May Be. As We Hit More Of These Ice-Cream Licccs, We Will Continue To Pay Homage To The Culture That Allowed Us Room For Growth, A Platform For Expression, And Hearty Food For Thought.

Jah Bless Hip-Hop!

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