Friends
When ya is a child ya parents duz tell ya some of all sorts of things in an effort to guide ya in the right path. Well at least mine did. Not so sure bout these two that had their toddlers high on cocaine but that is another story for another time.
I not sure if ya duz absorb all of your parents teachings or even if the most relevant and important ones duz stick in ya head but some do stick while others dont. A so it a go. Still they say repetition is a good way for kids to learn so the more you hear it the more it gets into your subconscious and sometimes long after, even when you didnt realize you had learned the lesson something will happen and all a sudden bram that saying or rule your parents pushed will pop out your head in the relevant situation. I lie?
Well de saying that popped into my head the most lately is the whole be careful who your friends are and who ya hang out with. You can and will get into trouble through wrong association so choose ya friends wisely.
I think of this saying cause of all the recent black celebrities that have been getting into trouble and having their friends and companions turn on them. It happen wid de one Michael Vick, it happen with OJ and it happen with that rapper fella TI de odda day.
Now dont get me wrong here. I honestly feel that all three a these fellas is idiots and guilty and you do the crime you do the time. I also wouldn’t get an complain about any no-snitching rule either cause we tend to use that in and out of place these days. If someone sees a crime in their neighborhood and reports it to the police we shouldn’t be ridiculing them for doing the right thing. Naa I cant condone that stupid sort of thinking.
No is just that when you look at these cases with OJ and the rest you will see that although they were in a bad spot through their own fault, things got worse cause the guys they hung out with, their pals, their comrades in crime just up so and turn on them. Wha dat tell you? They was hanging out with the wrong people!
Yea its not the main point to be gathered from these stories. The main point is that you need to stay away from the criminal acts cause you will get caught. But I know everybody familiar with the main story so I looking at the auxillary wun. Things would have been bad regardless but its got to be even worse when the fellas you was working with to do your thing just up so and turn ad start giving evidence on you. If these fellas had chosen the people they hang out with properly nuttin so wud happen.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:15 pm I follow you Jdid and you are right. There is also another expression about birds of a feather flocking together. Specific to your examples, those of low moral standard, the kind that are prone to such criminal activities, generally associate with people of similar ilk. Such “friends” are likely to be of equally low moral standards and prone to turning on a friend. Even/especially after participating in the illicit activity themselves. That reminds me of another expression; There is no honor among thieves.
November 16th, 2007 at 3:32 pm I read that cocaine story you gave my goodness I know it is wrong to try to sterilize people but really, some people should not be having children.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:42 pm You right about the friend ting, Jdid… Say Wah, I like the way you just came up with that most appropriate saying…
November 21st, 2007 at 9:08 pm That saying isnt necessarily true. I had a lot of friends who where doing all sorts of things and I was with them but I never did the things they were doing so be careful how you judge.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 am I think everyone’s had the friend that was a wee bit shaddy, its just that as you evolve this person becomes less cool and starts to detract from your friendship…. Everyone’s got different paths in life, and it doesn’t mean you can’t be friends with all kinds of folks, but it does mena you should be careful…