In 2005 Hurricane Katrina caught everyone in the city of New Orleans off guard and ram shacked our city with way to much wind, and a lot more water. My home, all my clothes, and my beautiful 1997 Gold Expedition all drowned as a result. Fast forward a few months later, my parents up and decided to buy me a new car. So we went to the Toyota Dealership. After much yelling screaming and eventually..crying, they bought me a brand new 2005 Scion. Not the nice 2 door one. No, that would have been to nice of them. The XA. The ugly 4 door hatchback. So ugly I named it Celie. One of the most depressing days of my life.
I drove Ms Celie for 5 years. 5 long years. Until February of 2011 when I decided i wanted something new. I work hard, why not? I bought myself a brand new silver 2011 Camaro. I named her Buffy, Buffy The Body. And i love her.
I've had Buffy for almost 2 full months now. I've been pulled over by the cops at least 5 times in those 2 months. Running red lights? Nope. Speeding? Nope (i'm actually still trying to adjust to how fast it is, so i RARELY go above 50). I have all the appropriate tags and everything else a car should have to AVOID getting pulled over. But for some reason the police STILL find the need to pull me over. And every time, the cop just so happens to be white. They search my car. Frisk me. Run my license. Check my insurance. The whole nine yards. Once they see i don't have the same kind of guns like T.I. and figure out i am somewhat educated because i talk properly, they let me go. Same routine every time.
Now i could have a conniption fit every time a cop pulls me over for no reason. I could be the Angry Black Man. But we know the only place that would end me up is in jail. In those hideous jump suits. Everybody knows I'm not jail material. Those black and white stripes aren't my color. And, they are a tad bit late if you ask me. We won't even begin to talk about the foot wear.
As a black man, i know that white America is always looking for me to mess up. I know they are waiting for me to do something small and feeble that they can blow out of proportion, just to lock my black ass up. They are just WAITING for me to be a "statistic". And I'm not even FAMOUS. I'm just your average everyday 25 year old black man trying to get to and from work in my new car that i bought because i saw on Transformers. Nothing more, nothing less.
This is why Chris Brown pisses me off. Here we have one of the most talented kids of our generation, having temper tantrums and breaking windows like the ANGRY BLACK MAN (on Good Morning America i might add) America ALREADY thinks he is. All because he was caught off guard about questions regaurding The Rihanna Incident, which is something he will probably be asked about for as they both shall live. There are so many things we could ask Chris, but they want to talk about that. It did happen 2 years ago. And we are over it (if your not slap yourself, and get over it). But it did happen, and people WILL keep talking about it. Rihanna still gets asked questions about it (when they really should be asking her who her vocal coach is) and she answers them with poise. Chris needs to do the same. The media is GOING to exploit you when your famous. That's their job. Either use it to your advantage, or to your disadvantage. All the media does is REPORT it. So you have a tantrum, it will be reported, if you don't, guess what...there's nothing to report. Beyonce doesn't like questions about Jay Z. But when she gets them she does the best she can to work her way around them, and if she can't she ques her guard dog, Tina Knowles, who simply flashes the interviewer her gold House of Derion pistol that sits on her waist as a signal to shut the fuck up. Chris has resources to all the media training in the world. I'm sure that its hard when it feels like the world is against you, but guess what, they pretty much are.
I won't lie, it does suck that Charlie Sheen can brag about being on drugs and sleeping with porn stars and America applauds it. They think its hilarious. But when Lil Wayne does the same thing he's called a thug, and is ridiculed for it. If Charlie Sheen were a black man, the media would ROAST him. Unfortunately, its just the cards we are dealt. That's the life of a black man vs a white man. So we as the black man, have to do better then them. If i can't drive around my new car and not get pulled over every 3 days by some racist cop, then no Chris, you can't promote yourself and your (really good) album without some uncomfortable questions about your past. The only difference between us is that your getting millions of dollars to do it.
