🔥 Saturday Real Talk

People Will Try to Put You in a Box

I’ve lived long enough to see something clearly.

People will try to figure you out fast.

They look at you…

they listen for a minute…

and then they decide who you are.

I’ve been seen one way most of my life.

Then I went to Vegas… and suddenly I was seen completely different.

That was new for me.

And not just new…

Frustrating.

I found myself in situations where people:

made assumptions about my identity

judged me based on what they saw or

expected me to pick a side

And I realized something real quick…

People are more comfortable putting you in a box based off of assumptions,than actually getting to know you.

I used to explain myself.

Where I was raised.

My family.

My background.

I would try to help people understand me.

But after a while?

I got tired.

Because if someone is committed to misunderstanding you…

There’s nothing you can say that will change that.

So now?

I don’t feel the need to explain.

I don’t feel the need to correct every assumption.

I don’t feel the need to fit into something that makes other people comfortable.

I know who I am.

That’s enough.

People can think what they want.

They will anyway.

You don’t need to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

— Lady Flava 🌻