Mood: celebratory
Now Playing: THE BLOG KING
FIRST BEFORE I BEGIN I WANT TO SHARE A PRISON TALE AS TOLD BY JABBAR ALI. THE YOUNG ENTREPENUERS MENTORS PROGRAM OR Y.E.M.P FOR SHORT.
TWO FRIENDS WHO WERE INMATES IN A CORRECTINAL FACILITY WERE ATTENDING A CLASS. NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO THEY WOULD REMIND YOU OF THE OLD COMEDY TEAM LAUREL AND HARDY. BECAUSE ONE WAS TALL AND SKINNY(LIKE ME) AND THE OTHER WAS SHORT AND PLUMP. SOME HOW THEY CAME TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISAGREEMENT. ONE SAID TO THE OTHER "YOU'RE A DUMMY; YOU CANT EVEN SPELL DUMMY SO DONT CALL ME A DUMMY" AND THEN THE OTHER REPLIED I AM NO DUMMY I CAN SPELL DUMMY, NOW LISTEN DUMMY, D..O..M..M.Y DUMMY SEE I CAN SPELL DUMMY!" THEN THE OTHER CAME BACK WITH, "YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT ATLEAST YOU CAN SPELL."----------------________________________------------_____________________________________________________
USUALLY AT LUNCH TIME I LIKE TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE. SOMETIMES I WOULD TAKE A RIDE WITH MY COLLEAGUE JABBAR ALI, FOUNDER OF THE YOUNG ENTREPENUERS PROGRAM.
SOMEHOW WE GOT ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MY BLOG ADVENTURES IN DA HOOD. YES YOURS TRULY THE BLOG KING. I SAID TO ALI I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BLOG REPPING HIS ORGANIZATION. THE TITLE OF THE BLOG WOULD BE STRAIT FROM DA STREETS. NOT S.T.R.A.I.G.H.T BUT S.T.R.A.I.T. LOOK IT UP DAMMIT!
ANY WHO IF YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED THIS IS MY FIRST INSTALLMENT ON THIS VENTURE. NOT A FACT SIMILE THERE OF. DAMN I HOPE I SPELLED THAT RIGHT. ANYWAY. 44%. THATS THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS LOCKED UP IN THE UNITED STATES PENAL SYSTEM OR PRISONS IF YOU DONT KNOW.
GET EDUCATED NOW, WHILE YOU CAN. PUT DOWN THE GUNS AND PICK UP A FALLEN BROTHER, NO MATTER WHAT HIS RACE IS, AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS I DARE YOU. THIS COULD BE A BRAVE NEW START IN CRIME PREVENTION...................................................................JUST THINK ABOUT IT. LOOK IN THE MIRROR WHO DO YOU SEE? DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS WHICH YOU HANG OUT WITH EVERYDAY! IS THIS PERSON YOUR FRIEND OR ENEMY? SEE YA!