Oh, to be young again!
I remember being 18 years old and being so excited about growing up. Mind you, I already felt like I was grown. You couldn't tell me nothing. As good as we had it at that age, we probably ain't got shit on kids these days. The world is a different place now. Things that were important to us then are obsolete now. Technology has changed accessibility, music has changed, priorities have changed. A new creature has been created: the young bul.
The young bul (as I like to call him) is a specific breed of young nigga. This youngster has certain characteristics that set him apart from youngins who are growing up the same way we did.
1. They tend to be rather spoiled. The young bul has parents who are likely rather young themselves. They want their son to have all the things they themselves want or wanted. Although they may not blindly hand EVERYTHING to them, they do just enough to give their son a sense of entitlement. Now he expects most things to be handed to him. Material things hold no real value to him because he doesn't have to work for them. He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
2. They're girl obsessed. Maybe this isn't exclusive to the new generation of young niggaz, but the approach sure as hell is. There's this denial of the fact that I don't recall from my younger days. Firstly, the standards these young dudes set out for the women they see as ideal are wildly unrealistic and half the time they don't even know WHY certain standards are in place to begin with. Yet all the things they do so publicly are so clearly to attract the attention and interest of females. All while they play hard to get (which is retarded), as though "bitches ain't shit".
3. They desire a life they don't live. This may be true for us all, but generally we aim higher, for bigger and better things. We try to get up OUT the hood. We're doing everything in our power to NOT have to do the horrible things we do as products of poverty. These kids already out the hood, suburban paradise and all, yet they hear all the hood shit in music (which isn't an accurate representation of their reality), and try to live the lyrics. Essentially they spit in the face of their parents hard work and hustle backward just for the right to SAY they did hood shit.
4. They have an addiction to keeping up appearances. These dudes simply can not live within the realm of their reality. Everything gotta be designer. They have no job, may still be collecting from mom and pops, but you can't tell them they not balling. They buy things they can't afford to impress people they don't know or even like.
5. They always go too far and do too much. Arguments with these dudes are filled with Chief Keef-esque rebuttals and gone-too-far comments. Everything is a show, an extravaganza of sorts. They do it all to be seen and admired. Not knowing that the outside facade holds no substance. Essentially the image they spend so much time cultivating amounts to nothing. They don't and won't learn this until it's too late.
Just my opinion.
The Articulate Bitch
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