#crushing expectations

He knew how cliché it was to have baller dreams of making millions in the NFL and buying his mama a house. Knew what people (mostly white folks) thought when he talked about it. So he had this joke, where he’d say the thing, then follow up with, “When I buy my mama that house, I’m going to name it like it’s some kind of estate, or British manor. We calling it Cliché.” —Lamar Giles/The Oval Filter/His Hideous Heart