I Really Mean It
Veteran
That was a day without social media, when news traveled by word of mouth if you weren’t near a television or radio, a period when a death like his was something you learned when coming into a room of still faces and downcast eyes.
“Yo, what’s good!?!?”
Everyone else looking like
“What’s wrong wit y’all?”
“You didn’t hear what happened?”
“Nah, what?”
“They got BIG.”
“WHAT?!?!?!?!”
“Yeah. Just got reported. He’s gone. I can’t believe this shyt.”
Remainder of that day, I was like
RIP Big
“Yo, what’s good!?!?”
Everyone else looking like
“What’s wrong wit y’all?”
“You didn’t hear what happened?”
“Nah, what?”
“They got BIG.”
“WHAT?!?!?!?!”
“Yeah. Just got reported. He’s gone. I can’t believe this shyt.”
Remainder of that day, I was like
RIP Big