"The Juice" Is Gonna Be Loose
Orenthal James...bless his heart (as the old folks would say).
This fcuk 'hitta (the politically correct term I'mma use, but you know the YG song)!
He stays keepin' his a@# relevant.
I know he's the godfather of reality TV, but enough is enough. Between the Oscar-winning documentary, the Emmy-winning TV series, Jay-Z, and now parole, this Negro stays in the news. I swear O.J. is the equivalent of America having shingles.
Here's the LDR logic...
In the subconscious dwellings of your mind you know you have this dormant infection 'cause you've had chickenpox. But you don't really think about it until you have a flare-up. You get this ugly, uncomfortable, and painful rash. You take your meds, the rash goes away, but the pain still lingers. Eventually, everything gets back to normal, and you forget about it until it flares up again. That's O.J.!
He irritates, stirs up every emotion for this country about racism, the justice system, and it's 99.9% divided across color lines. Wanna see some black people and wypipo that are friends get into an immediate, heated argument right quick?
Bring up O.J.!
Like most people in my age group (and when I say "most people" I'm referring to black folks), I have complex feelings about Orenthal James that have evolved and changed in some capacity over time. In 1994, Jesus himself would've had to come back for the resurrection and told me in first person that the fcuk 'hitta did it. Based on everything that had happened in the city I was born, bred, and raised in, it wasn't necessarily about his innocence or guilt, it was about karma; the city and LAPD getting a dose of what they had been dishing out. And if anybody could beat 'em with their own playbook, it was O.J. He had the money, the resources, and "The Dream Team." Black people knew O.J. wasn't FUBU (for us, by us). But the black community is like the mama you run to when you scrape your knee. She holds you, loves you, comforts you, kisses your "boo-boo", and makes it all better.
So when the not-guilty verdict came down and people were celebrating and cheering, they weren't thinking about the fact that two people lost their lives.
They were thinking about that "get back...that payback." Nobody cared about DNA, especially since "we" (that's code for black people) knew how corrupt the LAPD was. They were capable of anything. Rampart exposed that.
Orenthal James...
I like saying it aloud 'cause it's the blackest name for the non-blackest person.
I've grown. In 2017, I can say he got away with murder. But not just any kind of murder. A "black man kills white woman" murder; that your "a@# ends up strange fruit on an tree" type murder.
That should have been enough of a "Thank you Jesus" with a praise dance and a sign I might wanna keep a low-profile. But no, not Orenthal. He went deeper into the sunken place of "I'm not black, I'm O.J.".
I know Vegas was once a part of the Wild Wild West, but somebody should have told him that reenacting Tombstone wasn't a good idea and he wasn't Doc Hollywood. Getting sentenced to 33 years for robbery and kidnapping, was absurd and not coincidental. Wypipo wanted their "get back" too. They'd waited thirteen years for it, and they were gonna' to have it 'cause wypipo people feel about O.J. how black people feel about George Zimmerman.
Now "The Juice" is gonna be loose come October.
I swear he has more lives than times that William Shatner has revived his career. This time I want him to sit his a@# down somewhere and BE STILL! I know his comfort zone is in the sunken place, but it ain't safe there.
It's wishful thinking to think he's learned his lesson. Again, wishful especially when reality TV and exclusive interviews come callin'. There are such things as old fools. Kardashians/Jenners, watch out Daddy is comin' home and he wants some of that coin.
Seriously, all Jordan Peele needs to do is shadow O.J. and the Get Out sequel will write itself. Folks will break bread to see a movie about the old fool in the sunken place.
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**Spoiler Alert**
If you haven't watched O.J.: Made In America stop reading right now.
My Top 10 Takeways & Reminders from O.J.: Made In America
1) O.J. was, is, and always has been a fcuk 'hitta. Like always! He was a fuck 'hitta in high school.
2) A.C. Cowlings is the definition of a "ride or die" friend. He's the original "Rod (from Get Out). But, he was in the sunken place too! So, A.C. got an asterisk like Bonds, Clemens, McGuire, and Sosa.
3) Marcus Allen was a fcuk 'hitta too.
4) Mark Furham, Tom Lange, and Philip Vannatter are exactly who we thought they were. Just because you're a cop doesn't mean you're smart. Marcia Clark's exasperated facial expression and comment summed it up perfectly!
5) Reaffirmed what I've always known...Johnnie Cochran will always be the man, next to the man, next to the goddamn man! He is LEGAL JESUS!
6) Powell, Briseno, Wind, & Koon gave the modern day blueprint that every police officer, police union, and defense attorney use when defending cases of police brutality, excessive force, and the shootings & killings of unarmed civilians.
7) Nicole Simpson should have known sleeping with your husband/ex-husband's best friend/mentee wasn't going to end well. It shouldn't have resulted in death, but nothing good was going to come from that like EVER!
8) Christopher Darden was doomed from the jump. Being the token ain't always worth it.
9) I've ALWAYS thought the gloves fit especially if he would have put 'em on without the latex gloves. Darden was dumb as hell to have Simpson try gloves on with another pair of gloves on underneath, and try 'em on without knowing ahead of time whether they fit or not. That's what happens when you let Johnnie get in your head. It's chess, not checkers.
10) Slyvester Monroe's mother said the thoughts of every black woman.
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