The Score

I remember back in high school when I took history class. We use to debate. Debate about who is wrong and who is right. I love history. The only thing I did not love is that the school curriculum did not cover all the bases. Have you heard people say? “ history repeats itself”. It’s so true. Look at the last couple of weeks maybe you have been busy dodging the news because of all the same shit they talk about. But they sometimes drop gems on us and we completely ignore it. Well let’s look at this voting suppression system that is going on around this country. We have seen this movie before (1960s,1970s,1980s,1990s,2000s). I remember how excited I was when I first voted. To get a sticker. This is before showing it off on social media was a thing (yea I’m that old). I left the voting booth and went to my friends and asked them if they voted. That Tuesday I learned that not everyone believes in the democracy this country paints. In fact some say “they” (as in the government)already know who’s going to win and this was the election before OBAMA first ran for president. I see it from both sides. When you come from the lower class it doesn’t matter who is the politician lying in the microphone. We still have to get up and work at our 9-5’s and come home and take care of our business. Some very talented but not giving the opportunity to excel in their fields. Politicians will sit there and tell us to vote or die. Then go back and golf with their “buddies” all while we can’t even find a way to lower our taxes. Let me put you on to the game. The system is rigged. The lower and middle class pay taxes for everyone but the companies we work for don’t pay shit. Look it up, Google is your friend. See I learned that is difficult to SCORE when they keep moving the basket. So do voting really matter? It do if we prop someone up and make sure we get our AGENDA completed. We have to stop selling our soul for magic beans. Not just heard but actual change. We don’t need a savior as a politician. We are asking for SAVIORS. We need more than one. Look at the game they play, a group of white men in their 50s and 60s telling us they know what we need. They lie and cheat with no penalties. Their moral compass are broken. Meanwhile we struggle to survive. History repeats itself when we just don’t care about certain things that don’t effects us directly. I get it. You might say nothing will never change. We can do it. We just need a different strategy. For example, some NBA players are thinking of sitting out the season for systemic change. Do you know how GREAT that will be? Listen I want sports back more than anyone but seriously imagine if LeBron James said I am not playing till we make some changes. Man Nike and NBA owners will go to Capitol Hill and demand Shìt. I promise you they will. Can’t you see we hold the power. Yeah they sign checks but imagine if they can no longer sign them due to insufficient funds. Nothing is going to change when we demand no more police brutality but politicians banned chokeholds. George Floyd died by a knee. Do you see the difference? Another police officer just broke the law and did the same move on another unarmed black men. This is not a rant of the People vs Police because truly the government has failed them too (we can discuss that in a later date). Voting does change shit but temporary. Look at the SCOREboard they are up 100 points and we just shooting threes to catch up. It’s not going to be easy but we need this WIN badly.

Peace and Love