Jan
The Difference
I heard a guy say “the richest man is the guy who still has his friends from when he had nothing!” I smiled at that and thought in theory that’s great but in reality it’s easier said than done. Most of the people I grew up with are good people and I never had any real beef with any of them. When we were younger before we became men we had basically the same approach on life, Get Money, Meet Women and don’t get caught slipping! The only difference is I kept on looking for more while they settled.
Look if you are really about it you will go places you’ve never been, meet people you would not cross ever and try things you’ve never tried. If your boy ain’t riding shotgun with you then look back on your friendship as a great memory. Even my friends right now kind of know me from back when. Ish even my family doesn’t have too much of a clue of how I really am and I talk to them a lot. After I came back from NY and sat with my mother she told everyone in my family that FreeMan is different now and we have to get used to it. When I heard about it I thought NO I”M NOT the world didn’t change me, but I was wrong and she saw it in my eyes.
It’s common sense to know the more you experience the more you change but I don’t think anyone can really fathom how much of a change. Even if my boys would have rode with me from Kali to Bmore to New York and back I don’t know if we would have all still been running together. See when you have nothing you got everything in common with everyone NOTHING! When you get something, that doesn’t have to be in products but just the accumulation of knowledge and experiences; there is a difference in the way you do just about everything. Since we are all individuals we will all go our separate ways.
Bottom Line: I always knew I was different, I just didn’t know that difference would make that much of a difference!
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I see your point and I also see the person who said that quote’s point. True, it doesn’t happen often and it’s harder to maintain but it’s a great thing when you can bridge that gap even though you have made it much further than your friends.
LMBO @ the picture!
Even if you remain friendly really your lives are different. It’s not becoming smarter it’s more like someone who plays tennis everyday so if you don’t play tennis then you have a big chunk of life not in common.
Progression above all and if the people that you grew up with aren’t about that, what can you do? You can’t take them by the hand and make them come with you. If they get jealous because of your success then they should’ve jumped on the boat and grabbed an oar with you.
Redefine your corner. BlockStandard.
Welp when I started out no one told me that. You just don’t realize in all that you do and build it separates you from where you came from. I mean I can go home anytime but we don’t have as much in common as we used to. Most of the time it’s catching up on how everyone is doing then I’m out. It’s life but it’s a small price to pay for progression!