Standouts - The Beat Within

Standouts
Standouts Volume 17.01/02
Honolulu, Hawaii
Top Dog
To be a leader, you got to
Have what it takes to be a leader.
You can’t be a quitter or a follower.
You got to lead your own crowd
And be the top shotta.
For me, I have never been
A follower or a quitter.
In that case, you can call me
The Top Shotta Rajjah!!
-Uriah
From The Beat: Yes, don’t be a quitter (unless it is quitting a bad habit).
As a leader, remember to be compassionate, to be understanding. Not
everyone has the same skills in life that you have.
My Safe Place
When I’m ragin’ I like to go for a jog alone. I like to leave the situation
and be with someone who I care for. My safe place is with someone
I love or like or just plain alone! My safe place is in my hunnie’s
arms...I hope to be in my safe place soon.
-Kaneohe Girl
From The Beat: Good idea, best to distance yourself from a situation
that gets you heated...then you can get your thoughts straight and
speak your mind civilly instead of just reacting.
True Leader
A true leader has skills that make him a leader. No one can be born
a leader. Everyone has to practice to become a leader. You learn
something from someone or something and then you teach others
or lead others.
For some people, they will just do things that are random and
another person would just follow them. There are two ways of being
a leader. One is to show people how to do things. The other is like a
gang leader, thinking they run shhh.
-Traven
From The Beat: It is so true that leading by example is a powerful way
to lead, to teach. It sounds like you know what to look for in life,
which will help you become an excellent leader.
Negativity
Negativity! will always be around.
You can never avoid it.
It’s like an irritating rash
You can never get rid of.
I HATE NEGATIVITY!
WHY NOT BE POSITIVE PEOPLE!!!!
-Cully
From The Beat: So many people are negative, but each of us makes a
choice whether to be positive or negative. Each day when we wake up,
we can make that choice for the day.
As The Soul Hits
As the soul hits heaven and it goes to the Lord above, imagine us
going to a better place, to God in the sky, he will take care of each
and every one of us.
Even though people say God only takes one hundred forty four
thousand, don’t listen to them they’re just a fool. Just pray to the
heaven in the Lord in the sky and may your soul do good as it goes.
-Celina
From The Beat: Everyone certainly has a different perspective of what
your soul is and what goes on after our lives are over. You may even
change your mind from time to time about what you actually think
to be true. As long as you stay true to yourself, respect yourself as a
woman and respect others, you will be good to go.
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Groups
Groups after groups
Getting sick to my stomach.
I feel like I am going to vomit.
I feel so bionic
It makes me look like a chronic.
So I run up to the sky
To let my freedom fly
I am going to stay out of jail
And I will never end up in hell.
-Ivan
From The Beat: If groups after groups is like gangs going after gangs,
then, yes, it makes people sick. Good for you for doing all you need to
do to stay out of jail from here forward.