Cold Truth said:
heres a question for you:
if yuor boy felt he had to get out to better his life, felt he had changes he needed to make, would you be pissed because he didnt hold your hand on your way up because he needed to do something for himself?
people get it twisted..... you cant sit there and depend on anyone to bring you up. obviously if yuo are i na position to help your friends you do, and cam gained ALOT just from the affiliation with mase. mase had ALREADY HELPED HIM get his first deal, and cam doesnt deny this. he was the guy who put harlem world together. that was a stepping stone and apparantly only loon parlayed that into something more. why the hell is that mase's fault?
If I broke out on my friends like Mase did - I'd be hella pissed off with myself. If one of my boys did it to me, he wouldn't be a friend anymore. It's not about holding anyones hand, it's about looking out for your people. If you wanna change your lifestyle and leave that's cool but don't just break out like you're on the run from the police or something..
If I was Mase - all scared about getting extorted and people were starting to realise my rap skills were weak and I was all hype, and I decided to quit rap before I was kicked out or whatever... I would DEFINITELY make sure my people were looked after.
I would approach Cam like "yo my bad for that $50,000 thing. I'm sorry dog and I'mma make it up to you to to show how important our friendship is"
To my group "Harlem World" I'd speak to them all and make sure they understand why I'm leaving and put them in a position where they can have have a successful career without me. Like "yo, I release you from the Harlem World record contract so that you can sign with another label now. Matter fact I've set up some meetings for y'all with Jermaine Dupri, Def Jam etc. etc."
I'd also be like "If there's anything you need just holla at me. Even though I'mma be in Atlanta - I still support y'all and will help y'all where i can"
I guess it's kinda like some fathers - some of them have a baby with a girl and then if the pressure gets to them or and things don't work out - they just break out and move to another state or whatever - sometimes without even telling their girl that they are leaving. They then, leave their child and child's mother to look after themselves with no support.
Other fathers, may realise that they are not happy with their relationship and that everyone would be better off if he left but they handle that sh*t like a man. They discuss it like an adult with their partner and they set it up like "I still love and support y'all, I'mma come and visit every second week and I'mma send you this amount of $$$ every week to make sure you looked after etc."
theirs a big difference between the two....