No Days Off

"No Days Off" is the anthem. This quote, the motto of one of my favorite rappers, the poet, Wale Folarin otherwise known as Wale, Wale Ovechkin etc. is one that I'm learning to live by. When living a life filled with ambition you can't afford to take any days off. You can relax your mind and rest your body, but everyday must be one of production. Even if there's little to do one should focus on finding a way to better themselves. Life is a process, in which every day we are given a chance to better ourselves and take a step in the direction of our goals. We must understand that our ambition is driven by dreams and in order to turn these dreams into reality we must take advantage of everyday. Not one single day can be wasted. This world is competitive and if you’re not going to choose to grind and take the necessary steps you need to take to achieve your goal somebody else will. This saying I'm about to use is rather cliché but very true, "Every day is a gift and that’s why it’s called the present." So while we are allowed to live in the present and receive the gift of life lets choose to make everyday a day in which we grow and stimulate not only our minds but our bodies. The future is amongst us let’s go moonwalking on the stars.

Currently Jamming Meek Mill-Middle of Da Summer

Sacrifice

Through each stage of our personal journey we pick up a new piece to solve the puzzle of life. This piece no matter what it may mean helps us try and complete our personal puzzle for success. Although this puzzle may seem complex, we must understand that as long as we are living, it is impossible for us to complete our puzzle because mental growth never ends. This summer, 2 weeks ago to be exact I discovered a huge piece of my personal puzzle. Like most nights I was kicking it with my boy Hysom Z otherwise known as Freako Suave listening to music cruising, when Dom Kennedy and Currensy's Song "Hennesy Beach" came on, during Dom's verse he spit the line, "going to the pros I'm tired of playing d1.". Now to you this may be nothing more than a simple rhyme but, the way I see it this rhyme means one word, "sacrifice." In order to make the next jump in life toward our goals, we must make sacrifices and rid ourselves of habits that may weigh us down. Not only must we rid ourselves of bad habits, we must learn to work smarter. As many see it hard work is the remedy to success and this is true, but working smart is what separates the good from the great. In a society that places emphasis on being "cool" we must understand cool is not going to make you any money, because at the end of the day were not being judged on how cool we are, we're judged off our performance. In closing make the sacrifices that allow you to perform on a higher level, it may not always feel like the coolest thing to do but in the end your mind should be solely focused on obtaining your goals. Currently jamming The Weeknd-Loft Music

What makes comfort an enemy

As human beings we are taught that being comfortable is ok.  Not saying that it's not ok but while you're young being comfortable and complacent is not the most ideal way to live.  We all have dreams that we strive for and many of us have big dreams, dreams that don't fit in a box, world changing, and lifesaving dreams. But, for many of us being comfortable is more acceptable than putting in the effort of pursuing our dreams. We live in a society where it’s ok to be average, its ok not to dare to be different, and it’s ok not to challenge things that have already been done. In my eyes that mindset is not real life we were placed on this earth for a reason and while we have the blessing of being able to live why don't we seek the most out of life.  The concept of life allows us to explore our inner greatness because everyone has a sense of greatness within them, even with our talents and our gifts all varying why don't we take the opportunity to be great at whatever we do.  Why don't we use the motto Dream Big Achieve Bigger and apply it to whatever we decide to do in our lives.  The world is ours it’s our oyster and the goal of this life is to Hustle, Hustle, Hustle, Hard.

Currently Jamming Meek Mill-Middle of the Summer, if you haven't copped or checked out Meek Mills new mixtape Dreamchasers go check it out

The Value of Women

So everybody that personally knows Robby but isn't close close with Robby is going to think I'm going to write about how women are worth nothing more than to cook, clean or have sex or some bs like that. On the contrary though, I feel like women are the most amazing creatures on this planet and their value is unmeasured.  Men need women for survival, and when I say need I mean NEED.  Women are our back bone, our support system and a special woman is worth just as much as a bestfriend if not more to an individual.  The caring, loving, compassionate qualities that are part of a womans mental makeup could possibly be the most valuable assest a man can have.  The strange thing about it is I don't think most women see it, especially women who allow themselves to be treated unfairly by a man. As a woman you have to understand your worth, you must understand that you are a gift bestowed upon men  and your worth is more than you will ever know.  One thing I truely hate is to see a good woman who allows herself to be taken advantage of not only physically but mentally, because your worth so much more. The future mother of my children and woman that I decide to spend my life with will always be reminded that she is a queen and the attributes that make her a queen will never be taken for granted.  I'm going to keep it short so you guys can read because even though I have a lot to say about this topic I'm sure you get the gist of it and in closing I want women to know you are appreciated.

Currently Jamming Frank Ocean-Swim Good

Commandments of Success

Success is a mindstate.  In order to achieve success you must believe that it's going to happen, you must envision yourself achieving what in your mind is success. As cliche as it may sound, one must understand that in order to achieve your goals you have to learn how to accept the good with the bad.  This meaning, you can't worry about what someone else says, you can't stress over criticisms, or take a compliment straight to the head, you have to stay levelheaded.  A level head is the healthiest mind, why do I say this? I'll explain a level head allows you to believe that you have room for growth, it allows you to be able to accept critiques and use them for your own personal gain.  The personal gain I'm talking about only you can define though, becasue only you can figure a way to apply different critiques to your life.  As a 19 year old man I understand that I've gotta grind, because by the age of 26 I wanna stunt, and I wanna stunt hard.  In order for me to stunt though I have to stay on track and realize that in order to achieve what I want, I have to stay focsued and I have to rid myself of things that could possibly keep me from getting to where I want to be.  With this all being said all I want for my readers to understand is whatever goal you may have, its obtainable no matter the circumstances, you have to go out and get it.  In the famous words of Outkast featuring Goodie Mob in the 1994 classic  "Git up, Git out" "You got to get up, get out and get something don't let the days of your life pass by.............cuz you and I got to do for you and I."

Currently Jamming Big Krit-Rise and Shine

My views on the value of life

People that know me well know that I live life for the stories that come with it.  Whether its a ratchet, wild tale or a laid back cool story on the events of a day in my life I enjoy doing things so I can sit back and say damn... I/We really did that. Even though the event that took place may not always have been the most ideal option or outcome I'm proud to say I took the time to understand the experience.  The way I see it that's what life's all about, because in retrospect your life is a book and each page may be a suprise or a new thing that helps define who you really are and each chapter is a new beginning from the growth of a toddler to your last dying days.  It's not about living life wrecklessly or doing things that you know will put a strain on the outcome of your life but enjoying the twist and turns that living a fulfilling life gives you, because every thing that you experience in the long run has some sort of  impact on who you become whether its good or bad all your experiences tie together to make up the finish product of you.  A well traveled and experienced finished product is a satisfied finished product and the main goal of life is to be happy with what you have accomplished during the time the higher power that you may believe in has given you to cherish the earth.  Understand that you are here for a reason and while you are here you might as well try and understand as much as you can because knowledge and experience is power and like Forrest Gump's mama  once said, "Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your going to get. 

Currently listening to The Weeknd-Wicked Games

The Impact of Music

 Sanity is controlled by a plethora of things.  We all have certain things that keep us from going crazy during times in which we feel most vulnerable or things that make us smile when life is throwing its 12 rounds worth of punches, for me and I feel like probably for most of you all its music.   Music has impacted me in ways that I'll never really grasp and understand,  all I will be able to fully comprehend is the fact that a beat, a melody and worthy lyrical content can help me overcome the obstacles I face in everyday life no matter how severe or high each hurdle is.  Not every artist has the ability to extract emotion from us but the special ones have a song for every possible feeling that may be holding us down. Relationships, Money, Struggle, Violence, Family etc. are all things we can relate to so when a musical figure touches one of those subjects and their lyrical content pertains to something that one of us have gone through the music tends to resonate and hit us in a way that tells us keep going, the race is not over there may be a detour to the finish line but the detour only makes the tale of our life much greater.  The fact that someone is born with the gift to help people and change lives through song may be one of the more powerful instruments the world has given us.  I'll share with you some of the artist who help me through and keep me motivated to achieve the goals that I one day hope to obtain hopefully some of  these artist will have the same impact on you as they did me and even though some of these artist I will name haven't exactly been in the industry long or have been out of the game for awhile I hope that you can find the message that they try to convey in their music.  Drake, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Jay-z, Little Brother, The Foreign Exchange, Adele, Lauryn Hill, The Fugees, J. Cole, Wale, Kanye West, Common, Dilatated Peoples, Curren$y, Big Krit, A Tribe Called Quest , Lil Boosie, Kid Cudi, Tupac, Biggie and Lil B the BasedGod ya I said it Lil B are all artist whose messages have spoken to me in times of need and I hope that you do the research so they can possibly do the same for you.

Currently Listening to The Weeknd-Material Girl