The best thing a white man can hear

Through the years I have and still have many African American friends.  We have always gotten along very well, more so than the other white kids they knew.  Maybe it is because I was always good enough at basketball to play on the same court as them or maybe just because I dress well and iron my T-shirts just like all my black friends do.  But the greatest thing I have ever heard from, well actually, from many black men is this quote, "Joe, for real... I think you are the coolest white kid I've ever met."  Recently my friend Prince said this to me and I was smiling for weeks!  I don't know why it means so much but it truly does.  Just knowing that you are the coolest white kid that they have ever encountered makes you feel pretty good about yourself.  Always being a city kid definitely helps me out in these situations.  Growing up as one of the few white kids on my block, I guess as a young man I picked up a lot of traits that many of my African American friends have.  So to all of my African brothers reading this blog, remember... you said I was the coolest white kid you've ever met.  And if you are just going around town and saying that to every white kid you see my heart is broken.  I still bust a sag, shit... i wear Rocawear!  So just remember, if my other white friends are reading this... all the black bols we know like me way more then they like you.  Because I'm gangsta as shit.  And I would just like to thank all of my friends of the darker persuasion for complementing me in a way that I will always remember.  But don't think I didn't put in the work.  I know all the words to every Wu- Tang song and every solo venture they ever went on, and i did that for you guys.  Thanks again... you are truly all my N&%^@$.  One.

Joseph Muhammad Abdur.... Joe Paull is my slave name, and from this day forward I will not be known as Joseph Paull.