Because as you pointed out
50 yrs ago we took pride in our neighborhoods
Even alot of elders (as sad as it sounds when
You hit your 50s you're an elder in our world)
Take care of their piece of peace.
It's like their grandchildren somehow didn't get
The training

Like the lady who raised me
As batshit crazy as she was. Always kept a clean home
She stressed taking care of everything
She had kids who were about the age of my mother
So her grand kids were my age

She rode her children ad made them clean
And show respect and alladat
But then some of grand kids didn't have any
Home training whatsoever. Like who dropped the ball?

I'm sure Daquan sitting on the stoop
Gutting his vega and leaving the guts there
Can go over his grandmas house and that shit is probably immaculate

I think we lost alot of recipes between our
Parents and grandparents generations

And you are right as soon as you begin
To critique your own ppl they want to
Crucify you but we gotta call a spade a spade these years



>But when you point it out
>you become and agent
>or riding on the coon train
>
>I know there are govt forces DESIGNED to make us fail and to
>kill us
>I KNOW THIS!!!
>but what i don't know is how 50 years ago we kept our nabes
>clean and tidy but now shit is just going to the dogs.
>dont get me wrong
>not ALL black nabes are like this
>but the problem i am seeing is that this is even happening in
>the "middle class" $200,000 - $400,000 price range nabes
>for relevance in Houston you can get a decent "starter" home
>for $80,000
>
>so why can't we start with fixing ourselves first
>before we start pointing fingers at "the man"
>
>some will call this "afrocentric" way of thinking
>i call it just being A MAN and dealing with MANLY shit
>being an adult
>
>and i bet you after gutting they vega on the steps of the
>apartments they licked it, rolled it up then placed it behind
>their ear while they rolled another one to actually fire up
>dont get me wrong
>i blaze
>but i dont walk around in filp flops with socks on and a joint
>hanging out the inside of my fitted neither
>
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>
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>>Niggas don't take of shit B.
>>well I can't speak for the neighborhoods you posted but
>>Where I'm currently located for work
>>The west side of Orlando in a area called pine hills
>>Aka (crime hills) these cats just don't care
>>I mean maybe there's a conspiracy I don't know
>>But what I do know is cats in my neck of the woods
>>Where I work cats have been living in apts since forever
>>They aint never had to take care of anything
>>They fuck it up they tell their complex
>>Or their housing worker.
>>
>>The sense of pride for where you live starts at home
>>And alot of them barely clean their homes
>>
>>They don't know the value of anything
>>They know how to split a blunt and leave
>>The guts on their steps
>>They know how to let their kids run wild
>>Unsupervised while jerrod is blowing her back out
>>
>>Then when you add the carribean niggas to the mix
>>It gets hectic. The westside of Orlando
>>Is full of Haitians Ive witnessed these niggas
>>Just throw bags of trash out of their windows
>>Like that's how shit is supposed to go.
>>I've been in homes of these niggas with housing
>>The shits disgusting
>>
>>
>>And I'm not hating on island niggas
>>I'm just calling it like I see it.
>>
>>Niggas don't clean their homes how can
>>We expect them to clean their neighborhoods
>>
>>But there are little enclaves that are
>>Very nice in the midst of the nihilistic attitudes
>>Of the niggas around them.
>>
>>Cats gotta put forth the effort to take care
>>Of their neighborhoods too.
>>
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