That’s when you can grab the steering wheel. More importantly, you’ll ensure that no one gets too comfortable.
By keeping your business partner guessing, you’ll ultimately gain leverage. In any good deal, you should strive to maximize your own benefits.īe unpredictable, yet maintain control. In most “deals,” two or more parties agree on terms for mutual benefit. Here, BIG is alluding to avoiding getting set up in a drug deal, but it honestly applies to deals of any nature. In many cases, hunger and ambition are synonymous. People will always perceive the poor man to be hungrier than the fat cat. Just because you have something, doesn’t mean others have to know. While he’s actually referring to jealous thugs in the street, and the threat of robbery, this “commandment” is a good life lesson. Never let no one know how much dough you holdīiggie is saying: Don’t make yourself a target. Here’s why the "Ten Crack Commandments" isn’t just for drugs, but for success too. In fact, that’s why you’ll hear rappers refer to it as so. I realized that if the "Ten Crack Commandments" could act as an anthem for the hustler, it should also be practical in the workplace.Īnd while Rap Genius does a great job of giving us the street-meaning of his bars, I feel as though there are more meaningful lessons we can take out of his lyrics. I wrote an article applying themes from the hustler’s mindset to modern business strategy. Sure, I started to understand the glaring drug references after watching Al Pacino become Tony Montana, but I also began to see new business analogies arise after becoming a man, myself. I figured the lyrics were full of “drug things” that I’d only understand once I saw "Scarface" a couple times. To be honest, I really had no clue what those commandments meant.
When I first heard "Ten Crack Commandments," I couldn’t have been older than 12.
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