“You listen to Good Charlotte nigga? Damn you are such a coconut!!”
“Stop listening to J. Cole and Kendrick you can never be black, man!”
“EDM?? nigga please. Stop pretending you white, man”
“You want to be an animator? Why? Why don’t you become like an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer or something”
“Oh you’re a chartered accountant? That sounds like such a boring job, you should travel and explore the world”
“Settle down!!! Why can’t you be like your friends? They have matured”
The quotes go on and on. How many times have we compromised what we really want or who we really are to impress or be accepted by others? Shit, I know I have. Choosing a sport because it is “Cool”, wearing certain clothes because they are trending, listening to certain music because its popular. At the end of the day I wasn’t really happy.
Until I embraced who I was. I am an artist. This is who I am. I love making music and being creative in fashion and visuals. This is what I am going to do with my life. Regardless of what anyone else thinks because this is what makes me happy.
So if you love what you do or who you are and, I mean this in the most sincerest manner, do not give a fuck what everyone thinks. You are a Kool Kid. Do you. Pause. Be happy. It will not be an easy step to take to just tell everyone what you want, especially if you do not agree with their principals or ideas and you care about them, because we all want to be accepted and loved. But what really matters is your happiness. Remember happiness is a journey not a destination and the first step to your journey of happiness is being yourself.
So take the first dive.
Tell them, show them who you are. If they don’t like it. Well. Fuck them. You only have one shot at life. There are no tokens or reset buttons.
Kool Kid Keith JFK
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