Whippin' Butta

"They ain't laughing at my hair now momma!"

Several months ago I wrote a crazy Hot Joint entitled "Class? What Class?" that explained to boyz why it made no sense for Kentucky's Anthony Davis to be sitting in someone's classroom. He was one of 5 to 10 people in the world that the article applied to because of the rare ability that he possessed. Folks went nuts on my Twitter account telling me that the kid should be in school because it's the right thing to do. Well he and his entire starting five from Kentucky were taken in the first round of the NBA draft this past June and sign guaranteed deals of 3 years worth $10 million! Who NEEDS class bruh when you've been genetically blessed and have figured out what to do with it?

Well homeboy...add Gabby Douglas to that list of young folks that don't NEED to go to class either. She just recently signed a $90 million endorsement deal with Kelloggs Cereal. Also according to the New York Post, industry experts are saying that she could have over 30 additional contracts over the next decade at more than $2.4 million each. For y'all that’s checkin’ that's more than $150 million dollars over the next ten years bruh.

See you live in the world of should be and I live in the world of what is! If your child, as I have explained in multiple Hot Joints this year, is one of the best in the world at what they do. They only NEED to know how to do 3 things bruh! They need to know how to read, write and count! They don't need to waste time in psychology class on someone's college campus if they’ve found their calling. It's called taking advantage of the gifts that God has blessed them with.

What’s crazy to me is that Missy Franklin, the young 17 year old world record holder and 4-time Olympic Gold medalist, wants to swim collegiately in 2013-2014 according to her parents. However, she’s worth over $5 million per year in endorsements right now. There is no guarantee that those deals will still be on the table in two years because I can tell you right now that Gabby has already swooped up some of her bread. So she can go to college if she wants to and we’ll be talking about Gabby’s joints climbing to $200 million. Companies just want to sell products they don’t care who’s face is on the box. Whoever’s hot gets the deal bruh!

What sense would it make for Gabby to go to someone's college in two years and sit in a class that won't enhance her quality of life? Like I always say, college is for those of us that at 18 didn't have the options of making the type of bread that would take care of us for the rest of our lives. Also if your goal was to have a career doing something that requires a degree then in makes sense to go to school. Otherwise, it’s a waste of time bruh. Gabby was born to be a gymnast just like Anthony Davis was born to be a basketball player, like Usain Bolt was born to run, like Michael Phelps was born to swim and like Beyonce' was born to sing and be fine.

I don't care how much boyz tell you that you can be anything that you want to be don't fall for the oakey doke. You can be whatever you were MEANT to be. You've just got to line yourself up with whatever God has for you to do with your life. If whatever you're chasing isn't meant for you to have you want ever run it down and that's real talk!

There are millions of cats chasing dreams out here. If you don’t believe me go to Hollywood and go to 10 different restaurants to eat and every waiter/waitress that you meet is chasing the dream of stardom. The problem is, there are only so many movies, roles and positions available so not everybody that’s dreaming is gonna to wake up famous bruh.

Think about amount of kids that have spent just as much time in the gym as Gabby, Anthony and other professional athletes that didn’t make it? Don't fool yourself into believing that if I put in the work I’ll get it to. It doesn’t work like that because it takes genetics, discipline and favor to become great at what you do.

The word of God says in Jeremiah 1:5 says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you a prophet to the nations!" If it’s not in the cards for you be great in whatever your chasing you won’t. However, the good news is that you are destined to be great at something because you were put here to make an impact just like Gabby and so many others.

Just stop trying to be like other people and be the best YOU that YOU can be and stop hatin’ on boyz that figure it out early on. Gabby can now spend her life mentoring young gymnasts and other young people by encouraging kids that to be the best that they can be.

She can also continue to ignore all of the haters like all of the clowns that were talking about her hair during the Olympics games. Now she can get her butta whipped every day if she wants to while  bumpin’ that Junior Mafia “Get Money” in the shop real loud bruh.

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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