get these nets
Veteran
Prodigy(RIP) of Mobb Deep wrote this in his autobiography. Do you agree with the highlighted parts?
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The dorm I was in at Mid-State Correctional Facility held thirty inmates from all walks of life: excops, judges, DAs, school superintendents, COs, a couple of Bloods, and a multimillionaire who
ran Tyco and had an ownership stake in the Yankees and the YES (Yankees Entertainment
Station) Network—a real motley crew, mostly white men in their late forties.
My homeboy Young, one of the few inmates I was close with, was twenty-two and serving five
years for criminal enterprise. We’d laugh about how almost all the white inmates in our dorm
had to take psychiatric medication because they couldn’t deal with the reality of being in prison.
They actually believed that they didn’t belong there or should’ve received lighter sentences or
gotten away with their crimes completely—that they were too good to be serving time because
of their upbringing, academic background, or résumés. It was hilarious to sit back and analyze
them. It made me appreciate being raised on both sides of the tracks. I know what it’s like to
live in the hood with poverty and in the suburbs with money, so I’m comfortable among savage
street mentalities and highbrow squares.
I prefer a savage mind over a square one, because without money, expensive houses in safe
neighborhoods, cars, and the other materialism that gives a false sense of security in their little
fake-ass world, a square couldn’t survive in the real world where poverty and savages are king.
Just imagine for a moment, the apocalypse hits. Armageddon. Babylon (the corporate world) is
falling. No electricity, bank accounts, gas stations, no calling 911, because there’s no phone
service. Who will survive longer, if at all? Mr. and Mrs. Square-Ass Lame with their master’s
degrees and Prada suits? Or Mr. and Mrs. Savage Mentality, who are used to having nothing
and are close friends with all the neighborhood criminals?
I suggest you read the Book of Revelation if you’re confused about the answer. Having a
savage mentality doesn’t necessarily make you an evil person. It just means you have a set of
survival skills that can be used if needed. There are a lot of people who use it in a negative
way. I used to be one of them, but while serving these three years in prison, I practiced keeping
a very peaceful state of mind. For those of you who can relate, once you master that level of
self-control, you’ll notice your life start to drastically improve. It will help you avoid a world of
unnecessary trouble. I wish I could’ve learned this on the streets at sixteen instead of in prison
at thirty-three, but my life didn’t play out that way.
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The dorm I was in at Mid-State Correctional Facility held thirty inmates from all walks of life: excops, judges, DAs, school superintendents, COs, a couple of Bloods, and a multimillionaire who
ran Tyco and had an ownership stake in the Yankees and the YES (Yankees Entertainment
Station) Network—a real motley crew, mostly white men in their late forties.
My homeboy Young, one of the few inmates I was close with, was twenty-two and serving five
years for criminal enterprise. We’d laugh about how almost all the white inmates in our dorm
had to take psychiatric medication because they couldn’t deal with the reality of being in prison.
They actually believed that they didn’t belong there or should’ve received lighter sentences or
gotten away with their crimes completely—that they were too good to be serving time because
of their upbringing, academic background, or résumés. It was hilarious to sit back and analyze
them. It made me appreciate being raised on both sides of the tracks. I know what it’s like to
live in the hood with poverty and in the suburbs with money, so I’m comfortable among savage
street mentalities and highbrow squares.
I prefer a savage mind over a square one, because without money, expensive houses in safe
neighborhoods, cars, and the other materialism that gives a false sense of security in their little
fake-ass world, a square couldn’t survive in the real world where poverty and savages are king.
Just imagine for a moment, the apocalypse hits. Armageddon. Babylon (the corporate world) is
falling. No electricity, bank accounts, gas stations, no calling 911, because there’s no phone
service. Who will survive longer, if at all? Mr. and Mrs. Square-Ass Lame with their master’s
degrees and Prada suits? Or Mr. and Mrs. Savage Mentality, who are used to having nothing
and are close friends with all the neighborhood criminals?
I suggest you read the Book of Revelation if you’re confused about the answer. Having a
savage mentality doesn’t necessarily make you an evil person. It just means you have a set of
survival skills that can be used if needed. There are a lot of people who use it in a negative
way. I used to be one of them, but while serving these three years in prison, I practiced keeping
a very peaceful state of mind. For those of you who can relate, once you master that level of
self-control, you’ll notice your life start to drastically improve. It will help you avoid a world of
unnecessary trouble. I wish I could’ve learned this on the streets at sixteen instead of in prison
at thirty-three, but my life didn’t play out that way.
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It's in the intro. I never read the whole book though i had it since the first time it came out but I know for a fact that's on either the first or second page.