Mike "the Mos" Basketball

A message from Mikey Basketball:
Whenever I get a little confused, a little unsure, in need of some direction, and I need to make a decision I ask myself...WWMD?

This stands for: What would Mos do. Yeah, that's right. Most of middle, red, America has pondered for years what would Jesus do in a given situation. Well, I've never bought the whole water to wine thing and I'm really not too much of a new testament guy, much to my parents shagrin. I'm more curious what the rapper turned actor, the poet, Black Dante, boogeyman...what the mighty Mos Def would do in a situation.

I find that this is the best way to avoid "getting got", especially if you are "high posting when your far from home" or even "high posting when you all alone". Mos has never cared "what brand you are", he's "more concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are." I find inspiration from a man who's got "ex wife beef and s**t" because sometimes "that's how deep it gets." A man who knows "the sweetest fruit grows at the top of the tree." I am inspired when by a man who pleads to "be good to your family all, because we all need family ya'll."

I'd like to share some of my favorite Mos Def-isms:

-"Don't talk about it, be about it"

-"You never know when your fate gon'a switch hand,
Get today's solid ground from yesterday's quicksand."

-"I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna,
Never disrespect woman because I love my momma."

-"Why did one straw break the camels back? Here's the secret...
the million other straws beneath it! (It's mathmatics).

-"The champion only rest at the spot where the title at!...that's Brooklyn!"
Def on the speak. That's about the size of it.

Neat tip: Inspiration is out there, in many different places and forms...find it, use it, spread it, and be about it!

Future installments include: What would the Ghostface Killah do (with neat tips on how to avoid getting your wig split) and What would Beanie Siegal do (who doesn't play when it comes to YAY...his neat tips tell you how to cop, cook, and collect your dough in one DAY!).

*I'd like to dedicate this neat tip to my (and all of our) parents who have dropped more neat tips
than we could ever even fathom.