She’ll buy her own, I don’t think she’ll never look The stilettos, the J’s depend on how the weather lookįlip-flop slippers just to show off the pedicureįlip-flop niggaz depend on how the cheddar look She a fool, been to school, even walked across the stageĪnd she say I love Webbie from his looks to his ways You insane, boy you better get some God damn change If you think you fin’ ta get her wit a God damn chain Not a God damn thang, you a hot damn thang “When you call her on her cellular she tell youu she don’t need Who doesn’t love moving out of their parent’s house and striking out on their own? That feeling of independence is an intoxicating rush – knowing you can do what you want, whenever the fuck you want, and not explain yourself to anyone. Being independent can also help you AVOID conflicts. Even though it often brings me into conflict I take pride in my independence – I’m not forced to conform to groupthink in any way. I’m not one of those people who will switch on the day of a primary just to get in the door then switch back afterwards. I’m also an independent minded voter – I’m one of those so-called lunatics who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 in fact because I’m registered as an independent I was unable to participate in my state’s delegate selections this year. For whatever reason I’m unable to check my coat at intelligence’s door and decide that as a martyr to hip-hop all of Shakur’s albums immediately became 10 out of 10. You have to be independent to not unquestioningly accept 2Pac’s “All Eyez On Me” as a rap classic. That’s just one of many independent minded points of view that has set me apart from my peers.
As a youth I couldn’t accept a convincing argument why dinosaurs weren’t in the Bible if it purported to contain a record of the Earth’s entire history. In fact I knew what “independent” meant long before Mos Def spelled it out in the song “B-Boy Document 99.” Much to my own chagrin I’ve been an independent thinker my entire life. Merriam-Webster confirms I already knew what “independent” meant long before Webbie spelled it out. (3): not bound by or committed to a political party (2): not looking to others for one’s opinions or for guidance in conduct (2): not affiliated with a larger controlling unit “I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T, do you know what that means?”ġ: not dependent: as a (1): not subject to control by others : self-governing
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