My first
impromptu post of 2015!
So for reasons
untold I was pretty bummed out during the day because I wasn't able to attend my
cousins 30th birthday party. So after about, I'm going to say a year of no
drinking heavy at least, I made my glorious return. I grabbed me a bottle of
fireball, because that's the only thing that tastes rather grand and sneaks up
on me over time, and my homeboy had a bottle of 1800 that I was going to take
shots of. Ya'll I was really going to get sloppy drunk within the confides of my
own home while eating wings and then take my black ass to bed so that I can get
up and go to these meetings I have on Sunday. So as I'm sitting there just
drinking and eating, I get a text and it's a guy that I knew from back in the
day that lived in the area I've been avoiding. Not avoiding because I don't like
him, avoiding because I know he wants to turn up and have fun like we use to in
the old days, but I retired from that life ya know? But since I'm just in a
whatever mode I decided to reply to him and see what he was trying to do.
That turned
out to be the best decision I ever made in my life.
Now he's a social
outing kind of guy, he hits every kind of event just to be seen and do stuff.
Well he hit me up because he knows that I listen to J. Cole a lot and he said
his friend gave him two three tickets because he wasn't trying to go anymore due
to being sick from the turn up the night before. So I was like of course I'll
go, that immediately made my day better, like instantaneously better. So let's
recap, I'm buzzed, I had wings and I get to go see J. Cole in concert for free,
my heart is currently filled with so much joy that I forgot about all of the
things that put me in a mood for the day. So shortly after arriving in
Fayetteville, I realized I came up the back way and that my favorite restaurant
Checkers was around the way. So not only did I get all of that, I got to eat at
my favorite fast food restaurant.
This day
just couldn't get any better, or could it ..
So I got to see a
lot of the old people I use to run with down the way and we all kicked and
caught up, I didn't get to see my best friend or sister because I didn't drive,
another win by the way, so I was ok with that fact. We make our way to the
concert and we were sitting on the right side at the top where I preferred
because I could see the stage and I could see the screen, and like in Cole
fashion, he killed it. This isn't my first time seeing him, I saw him on his
Dollar & A Dream Tour in a smaller venue, which would have been better to me if
it wasn't for him having brought out a couple of guests to the show. I'm not a
Drake stan but actually seeing him in person, in Fayetteville, NC of all places,
was a pretty big deal. This is after Cole shut it down and with Big Sean kicking
it off. I'm not going to lie, when he performed I was right there with everyone
else rapping and doing what not, and he performed two new verses I think, which
was dope too.
But that
wasn't the highlight of the night.
I had drinks,
great food, didn't have to drive, free tickets to see J. Cole and Big Sean, and
then Drake gets bought out to the stage for a surprise appearance. That's enough
to leave me happy for the rest of the year in terms of concerts. But then the
one thing I never thought could happen, happened. JAY Z of all people showed up
out of the blue and gave everyone in the crowd a second life. Man when I tell
you my head exploded and I was in there rapping every single line that I knew of
that song and hit every part like he did, MAN this was just unexplained, to be
honest I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it. This has to be the only time
in my life that I regret not having my phone on me so I could at least snap or
take videos of the show. Like to see three of the top artists who are running
the game right now was just mind blowing, but to see the legend himself in
person just topped everything.
I don't know what
I did to deserve such amazing stroke of luck but I'm glad the good Lord was
looking out for me yesterday. I was talking to my homeboy about it and he said
it just boils down to good people doing good things for other people and never
looking for anything in return. He said that the reason he thought of me was
because I always took care of him when we were in the Army together and never
thought twice about it. He said you don't meet those kind of people everyday and
that when something little as a ticket comes across your lap, then you have to
pay it forward. Just when I thought to myself that I was being too nice,
something like this comes along and makes me remember that I'm always blessed to
do what I can when I can do it.
So thank you to
the man up above for giving me the ability to be me and pay it forward at all
times and shout out to my homeboy that took care of me without second glance,
reminds me that a G is loved.
Until next time
guys.
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