Last night I watched a program of the life of 50 Cent on some cable channel. It was an artistic, biography, and autobiography of that man’s life.
This guy is charming the pants off me! First he’s true to his songs – he has been there done that around the block; openly stating that he’s pushed all kinds of drugs and hookers and drugs+hookers. Second, at least the documentary claims, that he changed his focus to making music because of his son. Maybe I’m just hearing what I want to hear, but his goal is to provide for his son and be there for him. He is so protective of his baby that he puts a bulletproof vest on him and his child when they step out. Third, he has just a smooth voice that every swear word (and there are many) seems like he is really saying "flower" instead. Lastly – east coast.
(According to the show) He has gone through his mom dying, drug dealing, pimping, stabbing, and shooting, taking all that and moving to the other world of music. I’m sure there are dealing, pimping, killing, hoe-ing there too, but because this guy’s been through all of that, he’s just not scared. He’s not scared to walk out and make the music that reflects his life – in fact I think he even enjoys telling people about his hardships. He doesn’t refrain from saying what he’s done or where he’s from; a leader like his grandfather says.
Most importantly, he’s still making music and money. I hope we can all take our experiences and misfortunes from the past and turn them into strength for today.
