In the hood it's all about stacking paper. Getting that money. Hustling. Yet the black community is overcome with poverty. Why? The hood mentality is all about looking good. If you got the right gear, whipping the right car...you that nigga. It doesn't matter if you live in ya mom basement or living off ya bm. You are a good parent as long as ya kids rockin them Js. Nevermind that they acting up and bringing home bad grades. Nevermind that you screaming in their face, cussing them out everyday. They got what they wanted for Christmas! The concept of building wealth is not understood among black youth in the hood. They do not realize that their behavior is a direct result of social engineering. TV tells them who to be, what to wear, how to talk, what to care about. White corporations take the money we throw at them for petty material things, and build empires with it. While we lay in the slums of our communities poppin bottles, killing each other and pumping our chests. The loudest one is the weakest one in the room. Go on Facebook(Trenton) and you'll see a bunch of young black youth screaming to the world how great they are. How wonderful their life is. You'll see a bunch of poppin off. A bunch of holier than thou mentalities. But what you won't see is unity. What you don't see is knowledge of self, dignity, self love. But who cares as long as you are driving that benz, right? You can tell how irrelevant a person feels by how badly they need to be seen. And in the hood, everybody wants to be seen.
