Turncoat Politics

From my friend AD, teacher extrordianaire, true school fan

My friend AD is really funny and somehow finds a way to relate life’s ups and downs to true school hip hop.  Amazing…..

……So, I found out that my ex is going out with a friend of mine.  Well, more like an acquaintance.  In fact, he used to work with me.  And I used to work with her.  So by the transitive property, he works with her. 

I’m not sure what to do with this information.  It makes me angry.  I mean, aren’t there some unwritten boundaries regarding these types of situations?  But I’m 30 now, and I realize that staying angry doesn’t accomplish much.  So what do I do instead?

Think of Vegas Strippers.
Spark the leaf.
Build a 1555 piece K’nex Sawblade Thrill Ride.

But it’s not enough.  I still think about it.

I need to channel this anger into something productive.  So I turn to hip hop.  Shit, for the 2.5 years we were dating, I never listened to hip hop.  At least I never listened to the true school that I’m so passionate about.  Her taste in hip hop was limited to Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Jon, Lil’ Bull Shit.  She used to dance balls out to that crap.  I just shook my head in disgust when it was playing.  She understood that I hated a certain brand of rap music; so whenever we drove anywhere, talk radio was playing in the car.

But I’m single now.  And to find out that she’s dating someone I know has made me furiously single. 

Channel the fury, I tell myself.  Listen to some head nodding beats.   Bump 95 Meth and Red.  Yeah, the lyrics are hypermasculine.  Yeah, the bass is everlasting.  And yeah, I never listened to it, because of her.

But fuck the bitch and her low self esteem and bad taste in music.

I’ve been running and lifting to “How High”.  Running and lifting violently.

Method Man was always the true MC out of the whole Wu-Tang Clan.  I went to his show once at the Sunset House of Blues, where he performed Da Rockwilder.  500 people pumping their fists in unison.  After the song, he shouted, “Y”ALL GIVE ME ENERGY!  I GIVE THAT SHIT RIGHT BACK TO YOU!”

How High just puts me in a better mood.   Three versions for you all to get down to.  The original (off The Show soundtrack), Erick Sermon remix (off Meth and Red’s classic Blackout! ), and How High Part 2 (off the How High Soundtrack).

Peace.  AD