We Come In Peace

This weekend was a very chill weekend for me.But,one memory stuck out the most.Let me start from the beginning.Last weekend I was cordially invited to a pool party by my Persian friend Sherry. This past Saturday me and some of my friends decided to follow one another to Sherry's house.On the way there we got losted.We stopped to ask for directions from some gardening workers.He said,that he wasn't able to tell us where to go so he would get the owner of the house.The owner of the house was a Caucasian older guy.He looked weary as if he was a little nervous.Let me remind you it was a my car and my friends(2 black cars and 1 with super dark tint)pulled up behind each other.I started to think he must be scared! My boyfriend said,"He probably think we gon'rob him or something thirsty".I,replied "It is so sad that we(BLACK PEOPLE)have to think that way.They felt out of their element because we crossed our "boundary"!But,as nervous as he was he gave us the right directions.Back to the story.Her house is located on a mountain in Brent wood.But,on our journey there Me & my boyfriend seen beautiful houses and luxury cars.Being that I went to Paul Revere in Brentwood and Palisades In the Palisades,I already knew what to expect and how the living is totally different.My boyfriend was like damnnnnnnn to really see what its really like outside the "hood". This house wasn't like a nice house in Ladera or Baldwin Hills.This was a mini mansion.Decorated with lavish things,bmw's overloading the driveway,just nice things.No trash on the street,no bumpy roads,just quietness and everlasting trees. With the reaction of my boyfriend and friends,it made me thing like damn I don't never want to leave.I know on my way home in my neighborhood I will be continuously looking in my rear view mirror to see if anyone is following me,or drive faster to hurry up and get home,or pull over to the right because a police car is flying past.It made me think of what I could have but better yet what I do have!It made me really realize how far to stretch my goals and to reach a little more higher than I anticipated.\