I've seen street artists play violin better than Paganini.
The Mona Lisa's worth embedded in tags & graffiti.
Fashion made by nobodies I would actually wear
& friends businesses I would invest in & happily share.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
& worth is in the eye of the investor.
Yet & still ppl tend 2 feel
that with the attachment of celebrity appeal
on a product somehow it makes it better.
Well, I can't say that I don't understand.
Trust is sacred & makes it becoming of a brand
when they take it & don't play with it.
Deliver what they say tho
I guess they can't control how much the ppl put stake in it.
Basing our whole social status on whether or not we can pay 4 it
& when they see us with it what they take from it.
Taking it 2 levels unnecessary.
Going as far as faking it
2 keep up the image & save face in it.
What are we chasing? Validation.
Even if temporary from any passing stranger.
Leave em salivating over what we got.
Over what we know
or what was up on 1st 2 put girth on the ego.
In turn somehow giving birth 2 more followers, less leaders.
Set up 2 determine where we go next.
Some ppl, only buy their kids Jordans
& get in their feelings when they wanna be kids & destroy em.
Some ppl only listen 2 music that they're familiar with
or that comes on the radio 4 their enjoyment
ignoring everything outside of the bubble that they're forming
under the impression if it's not on 92.Q it's boring.
Or corny.
All cuz someone told em 2.
Why should a brand have that much influence over u?
Disregarding the fact that there was a time
when the now familiar occupied no space in your mind
& u got along fine.
2 the street performer going 4 quarters & dimes
& the artist selling their portraits online, keep grinding.
2 the future Fashion Nova status entrepreneur
shooting 4 runways & showrooms, just keep climbing.
Just cuz it's a dream who says u have 2 stop?
Nobody respects the climb til they see u at the top.
Just cuz it's a dream who says u have 2 stop?
Nobody respects the climb til they see u at the top.