>... when even the "good" brothas
>end up acting like niggaz.
>
>
>why so many niggas
>couldn't get their shit together.
>Used to wonder why in
>the hell Pete Rock and
>CL Smooth would break up.-GOOD POINT. COMMON AND 'NEM SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS IN "THE ?UESTIONS".
>
>
>We knew the dangers of friends
>working together. We talked about
>them in advance. And in
>the end, we fell victim
>to it anyway. And he's
>not the only friend I've
>run into problems with.-WELL, MAYBE YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO LOVE THEM AS YOUR BROTHAHS FROM AFAR FOR NOW.....
>
>I still won't talk about what
>went down between me and
>Rhome, but I would like
>to say something about fame.-I RESPECT THAT. THIS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING....

>
>People from back home who NEVER
>knew me like to talk
>now about how I've changed.
>And even the people who
>did know me have to
>remind themselves that I've always
>been fairly egotistical ... somewhat
>arrogant. I have to be.
>To be an artist who
>throws your crappy, rushed work
>out on deadline seven times
>a week in front of
>30 million people -ACTUALLY, YOUR WORK IS NOT AT ALL CRAPPY, BUT I GUESS LIKE ERYKAH, YOU ARE "SENSITIVE ABOUT YOUR SHIT..."
ADMITEDLY, SOME DAYS ON THE STRIP ARE FUNNIER THAN OTHERS, BUT THE ARTWORK IS CONSISTENT, AND VERY, VERY GOOD. WHO AM I TO SAY THOUGH? JUST ANOTHER MARYLANDER PROUD TO SEE SOMEONE FROM HOME "MAKE IT", EVEN THOUGH I GUESS "MAKING IT" ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT IT IS "CRACKED UP TO BE".
>

... you gotta go out
>thinking you're the shit or
>you fold.-THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED I S'POSE. LOOK AT BRYANT GUMBEL. YOU THINK HE COULD DO WHAT HE DOES AS WELL AS HE DOES EVERYDAY IF HE WAS 'MEELY-MOUTHED' AND 'COW-TOWED(sp?)' TO THOSE WHITE PEOPLE EVERYDAY? HE "KNOWS" HE HAS TO BE BETTER THAN THEM TO MAKE IT. HE MAKES NO 'BONES' ABOUT THAT EITHER, WHICH IS WHY THEY THINK HE IS AN ARROGANT ASSHOLE.
>
I'm combative. Shouldn't
>be a surprise to anyone
>considering I created the angriest
>character in the history of
>comics (except for maybe Moe
>from Calvin and Hobbes). -WELL, WE "LOOOOVE" THAT YOUNG BROTHAH, AND THERE IS A LITTLE OR EVEN A LOT OF HIM IN ALL OF US, SO I'M SURE MOST OF US CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR INITIAL REACTION OF BEING "COMBATIVE".

When
>I calmed down, I tried
>to settle things peaceful -
>lay pride by the wayside.
>It didn't work. Rhome has
>an open invitation to talk
>to me when he wants
>to. That's all I can
>do.-WELL YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. I KNEW YOU EDUCATED BRETHREN HAD IT IN YOU. HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN BETWEEN Y'ALL IN TIME.
>
When a man holds
>his head up while he's
>broke - he's a trooper.
>When he holds it up
>when he's paid - he's
>an asshole.- U AIN'T NEVER LIED....

when I
>tried to play Captain and
>give everyone money and/or jobs
>to rescue them from the
>drudgery of the office -
>it only made things worse.
>I went broke and they
>felt resentful and unequal.-I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MC HAMMER FACED AS WELL, WHICH PEOPLE FAIL TO APPRECIATE WHEN THEY ARE SO BUSY MAKING FUN OF HIM, A MAN WHO ACTUALLY SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD HEART, THE QUALITY OF HIS RAP MUSIC NOTWITHSTANDING....
>
>Because I know how little fun
>I have, because I know
>how hard life under a
>perpetual deadline is, it's difficult
>for me to imagine that
>anyone would think I'm living
>it up.- WE WITHOUT MONEY THINK "EVERYBODY" WITH MONEY IS LIVING IT UP. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

Because I
know
>how unhappy I am with
>my own work - it's
>hard for me to imagine
>anyone thinking I have a
>big head.-WELL, YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ARROGANT, BUT IF YOUR FRIENDS ALREADY KNEW THAT ABOUT YOU BEFORE THE BOONTHANG, THERE WAS NO NEED TO GET ALL "BROKEN UP" ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS. THEN AGAIN, THEY SAY "MONEY &/OR SEX CHANGES 'EVERYTHING'".....
>

>Whatever its about, it ain't
>worth this. -MY POINT "EXACTLY".
>
>But the flip side is this
>- they've never stayed up
>two or three days straight
>on deadline. They've never had
>their name cursed in front
>of millions, they've never pulled
>something out of their heart
>and mind and seen it
>flourish (and sometimes flop) all
>over the world. They've never
>been hospitalized, or told they
>might have cancer, because of
>deadline stress. -GOOD GRIEF! I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ARE GOING ON VACATION. "NOTHING" IS WORTH SACRIFICING YOUR HEALTH OVER.
>
> Have I changed?
>Oh yeah ... I had
>to. But not on some
>superficial hollywood type shit. If
>they can't understand that, we'll
>just have to be two
>more niggaz who couldn't get
>their shit together.
>
>I'm taking a vacation. To hell
>with beef, to hell with
>the strip. I'm not a
>cartoonist, I'm not a celebrity,
>I'm not a black leader
>- I just play one
>on C-Span. And who knows
>- soon, I might not
>be doing that.-WELL I GUESS I "REALLY" NEED TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSPAPER NOW, SO I CAN START SAVING UP HARD COPIES OF THE BOONDIGGEDY TO HANG UP AROUND MY OFFICE. IN THE LONG RUN, YOU MUST DO WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU BRAH, SOMEONE EARLIER IN THIS POST ADVISED YOU TO NOT LET ANYONE ELSE "SCRIPT YOU". THAT SAYS IT ALL RIGHT THERE.

peace and blessings.

>
>'Cause dammit I ain't drawin' this
>isht for nuthin'!!!
>
>
>"Right now I feel I can
>take on the whole Empire
>myself ..."

>- Luke's gunner Dak (minutes before
>becoming a friendly fire casualty
>in the Battle of Hoth)
>


"Don't Hate the PLAYA Boy...hate the GAME," Granddad Freeman of the Boondocks(7-11-99)

*Twenty-three percent of women are "autoerotic singles" — they prefer to achieve sexual satisfaction alone(source-bet.com)