I'm So Hood

Just because you are from the hood, it doesn't mean you have to act hood. As someone who grew up in the hood, I know first hand how typical individuals from that environment can act and how the rest of America expects them to act. However, I don't believe that you should let your environment define who you are. Like Tupac said just because you're in the ghetto, doesn't mean you can't grow. They are many highly successful individuals who saw their potential and made it out of the hood. This are the people who understood that just because you grow up in the ghetto it doesn't mean you have to act ghetto. There's no reason to walk around with a chip on your shoulder, always mad and yelling, always ready to fight and be just plain disrespectful. These are not flattering qualities. Why people embrace them I don't know. I do believe that anyone who grew up in the hood can let that hood come out when pushed to that point, that's just how it is. I don't advocate being "fake" or anything of that nature but I do believe in being respectful and acting like you have some common sense. That's what it boils down to for me: common sense. One should know how to act when in certain surroundings, it's just that plain and simple. It's a part of being an adult. Being ghetto is counter-productive and limits you ability to move up in life. That's just how the world works. And most of all its annoying embarrassing childish behavior often that is uncalled for. That's just my opinion.