This Is For My Homie

"Don't even trip! We got this bruh!"

William Ellery Channing, the early 19th century Unitarian preacher, once said, “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” Ronald Reagan gave it to us like this, “There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” Pat Riley had boyz in aw after saying, “Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

When Louisville’s Kevin Ware went down with his right leg shattered near the Cardinal bench his teammates were devastated. The reaction to the sight of his lower leg split in half was more than boyz could handle. Even Rick Pitino was brought to tears!

However, with all of the madness of his leg being broken with the bone exposed nearly 6 inches as he lay in the Lucas Oil Stadium floor,  ole boy had one thing to say to his teammates, “Just win the game!” Talk about the power of the human spirit bruh! It’s amazing that he had the wherewithal to be composed enough to remember what he and his Cardinal teammates were even there for.

By saying those four words, “Just win the game!”, there was nothing that Mike Kryzyzewski and his Duke Blue Devils could do to keep the onslaught from coming their way. Ignited by those words Louisville beat the brakes off of them 85-63.

All of the coaching in the world couldn’t have stopped the Cards from having their way. Proverbs 30:18-19 says, "There are three things that amaze me, four that I don't understand: The way of an eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin." If they could add this joint they would, "The way of Louisville on Duke!"

Sometimes you get caught in a situation that you can’t get out of. It’s like the cat that shows up to watch the running of the bulls in Pamplona. He’s leaning over the guard rail and one of his boyz pushes him into the street just as the bulls are approaching. There’s nothing he can do but attempt to run and get trampled in the process. That was Duke on Sunday bruh!

"Just get me back to the crib!"

Kevin Ware, who is from the Atlanta metro area, shatters his leg and the Final Four, which is in Atlanta, awaits the winner of the joint? Pitino could have sat out the rest of the game playa. Boyz could have won that joint blind folded. Do you hear me? It was like having your ride stall on the train tracks as the conductor dies of a heart attack and falls on the accelerator going downhill. All you can do is get out of the joint and call the insurance company because it’s a wrap.

My prayers go out to this kid and his family that he has a smooth recovery. I’ll also be praying for Wichita State too because they’ve got to play these boyz in the Final Four semifinals. The No.1 seed overall that was already playing the best basketball of the tournament just got even more motivation to drill some no name cats? It might get to the point where they may have to call CSI Atlanta out there to identify these duns from Wichita State.

All the Shockers can do at this point is enjoy the festivities of the week because they’re about to get their doors blown off on Saturday. Let Big Momma get her T-shirt and groove on as she brags about her baby in the beauty shop going to the Final Four.

It’ll be a great week for everybody. Then on Friday it’ll be like the Green Mile. Knowing you gotta make that walk but there’s nothing you can do to change the inevitable. Wichita State can use the underdog/Cinderella tag all they want, but it’s nothing like playing for a fallin’ homie at his crib.  The human spirit on a mission ain’t nothing to play with bruh! I can hear the Cards bumpin' that DRS, Gangsta Lean now cuz "this is for my homie!"

"Now that's what I'm talkin' bout playa!"

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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