Unclaimed Baggage                                                                        Page 2
By Anthony Douglas Gere

That’s just one avenue I think is fair to say, pretty much accurate, as I also feel
there are many more branches to that tree, I may not know. But overall, hell
yeah, there isn’t a man I know or don’t know, that doesn’t mind "looking" at
women scantly dressed, but will also tell you, there is a low percentage that
would take them home to mama, or introduce them to their core group the way
he seen her at first in that outfit that barely covered her nipples or ass. Now
some things can not be hidden and rightfully so, but some things shouldn’t be
hidden, as they also shouldn’t be displayed. But for me, I actually prefer seeing
women when I am out and about dress like that, for if nothing else, its
entertainment, and alerts me on who not to go after, when or if I was looking
for a woman to share my time with. It’s not really an image thing for me, but like
Paris of EPMD said, "If you hang with nine broke friends, you’re bound to be the
tenth one". So if nothing else, at least for my reputation and what I wish to
represent, I may slip a woman dressed or displaying her intentions like that my
number on tha unda, not my business card, but on a napkin the run down. I will
more than likely have her meet me outside and take her to my condo or to Tha
Mo-Mo and hit and freak it on tha under if I am feelin like I need that in my life
and its worth it. But trust me, she will never be riding shotgun with my top down
in tha Benz or over to the house for a bar-b-que or dinner event with my family
and friends when the foundation, is based on something cosmetic and
presented on a surface level. I mean I disagree with Dr. Dre, I think you can turn
a hoe into a house wife, but only if that house is made of glass and you can look
at yourself at the same time you are looking at what you brought home. And
granted, that is now, at this time in my life, but can honestly tell you, it was not
always like that or this. Hell, if there ever was a hoochie high school, I used to
be the principal, so I can’t put it down, for once, it was what I was up for. You
see like my grandmother once told me, "There is a time and place for
everything", and if she shows the "goods" to the good and bad people that do
and don’t know her, then what is left for me when I do get to know her to
absorb and savior when I want to sample the "goods" and wanna feel better
than good in a bad way? Better yet, I could be guilty by association, so when
and if you do anything, do it in knowing, it may do you in ways you never knew
because you never know, what you don’t know until you know it. And that can
sometimes be, too late. So in knowing all of that now, I then told the woman
that asked me the initial question, "Think about where you may see a woman
dressed like this or that. Think of the environment, the surroundings and
more", which is where and when the line / statement Chuck D said, came in my
mind. And his statement is not about trying to control or change people into
what you think they should be, but it is about being aware and taking in
consideration, the situation and views you may not see. So yeah, "If you cant
change the people around you, change the people around you", and if that
doesn’t work, work on something else, or at least, have it work for you, cause
someone will buy it.

So now this leads us into another arena, where one needs to ask, "Is
perception, really, reality or a blind nightmare?" I mean really, how much of
what we see, is really what it is or what we want to make it? That’s something I
thought about the other night, when I seen The T.O. Show, and thought, why is
this man doing this? I mean yeah, he is gifted athletically, has a body like a
Greek God, good looking, paid, well paid by his efforts, can do what he sure and
well pleases and more. But when I seen him renting out Hollywood homes,
renting Bentleys, partying at high-end plush spots in South Beach and Los
Angeles and more, I knew and know for a fact, he has the bread to butter it up
like this, but why I ask myself? Was this to beef up his already popular
reputation, is he insecure or what, because if it is and to me in my opinion and
living that lifestyle to the fullest, its strictly overkill at this point, and super
sizing a Happy Meal for no apparent reason. I mean maybe he invested his
millions from The Dallas Cowboys bad, and needs to make some extra bread
for a raining day or because he could?
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