The coolest nigga...what?

"I'm on my mission to be, be the coolest nigga wha'" - Lupe Fiasco

Doesn't everyone want to be popular in some sort of way? From the quiet girl that wants attention from the males to the young hustler that wants to be known in the streets. Wanting to be known for atleast something is what many people want, regardless if they want to admit it or not. Honestly, its not that hard to do that. The only thing holding many people back is that they put on a front to be known for something they're not.

I wouldn't say I'm popular or widely known by everyone. I mean, alot of people know me, are cool with me, and theres always my circle of niggas I hang with. With that being said personally I believe I'm popular in my own way. But I still find myself searching to be the coolest nigga.

Lupe's opinion of being the coolest nigga is basically chasing the game, being in the game, and dying in the game. But once your the coolest nigga around you never really die, right? I mean its not like you get hit with some bullets and don't survive and people forget about you. Everyone knows your the dumb mothafucka who got caught slipping and went out like a target in a shooting range. Your no longer the coolest nigga, you just become an example.

Regardless of all that, every dude coming up in the struggle strives to be one of the coolest. Some dudes might reach that level of street success and become another example to these youngins growing up. Some might actually realize what they're chasing is foolishness. I want to be one of the latter. But until I actually admit to the lil' dude in my head that one of the things I'm chasing in this world is the root of all evil. I'll continue on my mission to be the coolest nigga(what).