DaQuan Says What’s Real

What’s up Generation Y. I know it has been a minute since I last dropped a FWD Nation post, but it’s been a cruel summer (no pun intended). While I am looking forward to G.O.O.D. Music’s upcoming compilation album, my focus in this post is a little broad, so brace yourselves because it is about to get REAL…
“Drug Dealers live vicariously through me!” – Don’t believe me? Allow me to demonstrate the ins and outs of the world we live in…
The reality of the situation is we live in a world full of contradictions, dichotomies, and cover-ups. We do not all live by the same rules, regulations, policies, and standards. This is an unspeakable truth. We live in a world where creating and maintaining double standards is the standard.

There are majority disparities that exist within all of contemporary society’s institutions. Need some examples? I thought you’d never ask. The world’s standards are apparently cruel as the rich and wealthy do not receive the same consideration as the poor and less fortunate – (because poor people don’t receive consideration). Women do not receive the same privileges as men. America has the tendency to play dumb as immigrants are constantly victims of ostracization, while the entire world is aware that immigrants are responsible for major components of America’s foundation and infrastructure.
We live in a world of changing dynamics and the reality of the situation is: nothing is actually as it appears. Ignorance is bliss, right – wrong! Listen to yourself and think about what you are saying to yourself. Allow me to translate the famous quote:
Ignorance is bliss = “A lack of knowledge makes me happy”
We love to perpetuate our false sense of security by attempting to ignore pertinent facts. Facts like: the atmosphere is deteriorating, industries support planned obsolescence, educational systems are failing children, and luxurious consumerism depletes the economy. We love to ignore Indisputable details like the fact that banks, hospitals, courts, prisons, and schools are committed to profits instead of society’s benefit.
I’m sure we all know that every situation is unique and should be assessed based on the particulars instead of common generalizations. We’ve heard the famous [infamous] “Perception is reality” quote. However, those of us who have the ability to think are quite aware of the fallacies of this thinking. The implications of someone telling you “perception is reality” should always be based on the context of the situation. Therefore, I’d like to abide by a universal principle that has real life application such as “What you see is not what you get”. This principle is beneficial because the reality of the situation is human beings love to hide, adjust, erase, and destroy facts.
Media outlets are directed by young innovators, yet owned and controlled by older tyrants, who happen to be billion and trillionaires. These individuals continue to broadcast the false reality about crime. We usually read/hear about street level crime, but rarely read about reported white-color crimes. I wonder why…
The fact of the matter is ALL crime is organized on some level, and higher level crimes operate under the same principles as the lower levels of crime. Meaning politicians, judges, lawyers, policeman, doctors’ CEO’s, and COOs are just as guilty as drug dealers, thieves, racketeers, and fraudulent practitioners. In fact if I provided a list of crimes and offenders, I’m sure 70-80% of respondents wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
So please, do not believe the hype and ignore the fact that our double standard system chooses to imprison drug dealers who are disproportionately “non-white” offenders, longer than white color *excuse me*, white collar crime offenders. Furthermore, street pharmacists come in all different shapes, sizes, ethnicities and socioeconomic statuses. There is no prototype drug dealer. He does NOT reside in an urban community. He does not use the word “Yo” every five minutes. He is not a rapper. However, he is imprisoned for reasons that have little to no relation to him; reasons that have more to do with partisan politics instead of the crimes committed.
But today I’m going to represent for the disproportionate amount of young black men aged 18-25 who are imprisoned or who have been wrongly accused and convicted from drug related crimes. Today I’m going to say what’s real, which is the fact that drug dealers do live vicariously through me!
In today’s unnecessary double standard society I do not take my “freedom” for granted, and neither should anyone else…