Grown Man Business!

"I didn't realize how real it was out here bruh!"

“Well son…it’s gonna hurt me more than it hurts you!” Remember when your old man would tell you that back in the day just before he laid into you? As a child it never made sense to me because I was on the receiving end of that joint. How is it hurting you when you’re doing the giving, it harmless to you and it looks like you’re enjoying it bruh?

That’s what ole Les Miles was saying on Friday when he had no choice but to kick Tyrann Mathieu the “Honey Badger” off of the LSU football team. The only difference between ole Les and your old man was that Les REALLY meant that joint. See your dad was being symbolic in a sense when he would say it but Les was in anguish because he gets paid to win ball games not to worry about some cat breaking rules. He’s got an assistant head coach for that.

You know how boyz get arrested on a domestic violence charge like Chad Johnson just did yesterday because in the heat of the moment his girl may have called the police but after ole boy gets locked up she really wants to drop the charges. Unfortunately, sometimes the state will take over the case so it doesn’t matter what the person that originally filed the charge says, they'll prosecute anyway. You've seen that before right?

That’s how Les Miles looked when he walked into the press conference on Friday. He couldn’t save his boy and most importantly his #2 pre-season ranking that's about to take a hit. The Honey Badger just couldn’t get out of his own way. According to sources close to him he was dismissed because of a failed drug test. Schools have disciplinary policies written in stone but if you’re the face of the program you get some extra rope and Mathieu knew that! The policy was 3 failed drug tests and you’re gone right? So in order for the Badger; I'm sorry,  the Heisman Trophy Finalist from a year ago to get kicked off the LSU Tigers football team he was probably on number 10 and the administration finally stepped in and took the keys from Ole Les. He got busted last year for smoking that Spice and was suspended a couple of games, remember that?

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! In order to get dismissed from the football team in the SEC you gotta be completely out of control. Especially if you’re the MAN on a squad that’s in the hunt for the national title again! Now I’m usually the first cat to come to the defense of young urban kids that have made mistakes because I completely understand what they’ve had to go through just to make it to campus. However, the Honey Badger has been around for two years and fully understood what was at stake.

Once you’ve climbed the mountain, looked over and seen the promise land you can’t act like you don’t know what’s out there bruh. You’ve been around enough people over the past two years that have given you the 411 on how to make it. Since 2007 LSU ranks 3rd with 9 first round draft picks behind Alabama’s 11 and USC’s 10. So you can throw out the “I didn’t know any better” argument bruh! Cats that you’ve eaten with traveled with and let’s keep it real scrapped with on the yard at the Sigma or Que parties have gone on to become millionaires. So you’ve got the blueprint and there should be no excuses.

What a lot of young cats don’t understand is that once it becomes grown man business you’ve got to put the weed down. I’ve never indulged in that foolishness because I respected my body too much as a young athlete but most kids and young adults have at least tried it. However, there comes a time when you’ve got to put the weed down bruh if you’re trying to get paid. Weed and money can’t occupy the same space unless you're Snoop and Wiz Khafila. Any real job that you’re going to have is going to require you to be clean. That’s real talk bruh! So if you’re willing to let that get in the way of you getting paid then you’re a fool just like the Honey Badger.

What did Puff Daddy used to always say when Bad Boy was on top in the mid '90's? "It's real in the field!" In the last 24 to 48 hours Tyrann Mathieu has gotten a dose of what it really means to be a grown man. At the end of the day nobody cares bruh! You've got to either make it happen or fall off. It really is just that simple!

Sure, he’ll still probably get drafted but he just cost himself several million in guaranteed money because he just bent his rim on a G.I. pot hole and now he's falling way down the draft. There was already a knock on him because he’s a 5’8” 175 lb corner. Now he’s a character issue and boyz don’t want problems especially when they’re spending that type of bread.

Now he's really got to ball out of control when he lands on his feet. The word on the street is that he's looking to step down a notch so that he can play immediately at either McNeese State, Jackson State or Prairie View A&M. Listen up young people! Just cuz it's cool to do doesn't mean that it's cool to do!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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