Why Are You Trying To Be Like Someone Else?

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In this episode of Talk Ya Sh!t, Big Slick keeps it 100 and asks the question everyone needs to hear: “Why are you trying to be like someone else?”

We break down the pressure of comparing yourself to others, chasing fake lifestyles, and flexing on a budget just to impress people. Learn why copying others can leave you broke, stressed, and stuck, and how to stay true to your own path.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:15):
What up, what up, what up, what up?
It's your host, Big Slick, andwelcome to Talk Your Shit.
Check it out.
We got another great episode foryou today.
We're gonna jump right into it.
But first, I want to give ashout out to all the listeners.
Whether you at work, at home, inyour car, or my truck drivers on

(00:36):
the road, I appreciate youtuning in.
Yo, today's show is aboutkeeping up with the Joneses.
And if nobody never heard thatterm before, it basically means
you trying to keep up withsomebody else that got a lot of
money, and you don't really gotthat much money.
You basically trying to ball ona budget.

(00:56):
But let's jump right into it.
So check this out.
This is what I've neverunderstood.
Why people will see somebody,let's say, let's say somebody
just got a new car.
You'll see somebody with thisnew car, and you're like, you
want to keep up with them.
You know you can't afford thisnew car.
But you go out and get the samecar you saw this other person

(01:19):
got.
Now, guess what?
You can't afford it.
So now that new car you gotbecomes your mobile home.
You idiot.
Now you're living in your whip.
Come on, man.
We we need to stop this.
This is the thing here.
First of all, stay in your ownlane.
All right?
Everybody levels up at differenttimes.

(01:41):
Just because this person has itnow don't mean you can't get it
later.
But don't jump out the window ifyou can't afford it, man.
You know what I'm saying?
Somebody got a big crib.
You want to run out and get abig house.
You can't afford the house.
Why are you trying to run outand get a big house and you
can't even pay for it?
It makes no sense.
Stop doing it.

(02:01):
And you know, a lot of thisstuff going on today, people
will be on the internet.
And the thing is, is thateverybody sees something on the
internet and really think it'sthe truth.
Man, half of the shit you'reseeing on the internet is fake,
bro.
I'm sorry to tell you.
I don't get it.
You think because somebodyflashing a car or something is
theirs.
A car can be a rental.

(02:22):
It could be somebody else's car.
Like, you see a house, thismotherfucker could be at an
Airbnb for all you know.
You don't even know what's goingon.
But people so quick to believewhat they see with no receipts
at all.
Everybody talk about where thereceipts are.
But where are the receipts?
If you're just looking at theinternet, you ain't based it on

(02:43):
no facts or nothing.
Everybody's just taking whatthey see like it's real or
something.
Come on, man.
It don't work that way, man.
Stay in your lane.
Everybody had their chance to dowhat they need to do, ball out
and level up.
But just because the next persondoing it, that don't mean you
need to do it at that point.

(03:05):
And the Joneses, the peopleyou're trying to keep up with
ain't even paying attention toyou.
Like, why are you trying to keepup with them?
And if they are paying attentionto you, this is what they're
doing.
On the low, they laughing atyour ass because they know you
can't afford this shit.
So they really fucking with you.
These are not your people ifyou're trying to keep up with
them.
Because if they was your people,they'd tell you, yo, chill.

(03:29):
You don't need to get that rightnow.
Like, you know what I'm saying?
Like, come on, what are youdoing?
You bugging out.
Now you at the crib and youdon't got no food because you're
trying to keep up with somebody.
You buying expensive clothes andbelts and all this craziness for
no reason.
Stay in your lane.
Trust your own process.

(03:50):
Everybody trying to be somethingthey not.
Be yourself.
What happened to being yourself?
Everybody wants to be like thenext person or be like this
person or be like this star orwhoever.
You know, half of these peopleyou be seeing on TV that's
entertainment, these dudes don'treally be having no bread, man.
They don't.

(04:10):
The label will make them looklike they got some money, but
they don't got no money.
They got show money.
That's all they got.
They acting like they got it.
They show you and put it in yourface.
But these dudes, this is thesame way, man.
They got to hustle and grindlike everybody else.
But you'll see it and think thatthat's what you supposed to be
doing, where you supposed to beat, but you don't know what's

(04:31):
going on behind the scenes, man.
So stop being so quick to mimicsomebody else that you don't
know what's going on.
Stop it.
Do your own thing.
Stop trying to keep up with theJoneses.
It's not gonna work.
It's gonna have your asssomewhere broke out on the
street, living in that new whipyou just bought that you can't

(04:53):
afford.
Stop doing it, man.
Stay in your own lane.
When it's time for you to switchlanes and level up, don't worry.
You will.
But the internet, stop lookingat the internet like you're
crazy and thinking everythingreal, man.
This is entertainment.
It's entertainment.

(05:13):
You know what I'm saying?
People taking it too personal,like, oh yeah, I need to get
this or I need to do that,because they're doing that.
Stop playing, man.
Half of the stuff, they'regetting it and giving it back.
These should be loners, man.
Half of the jewelry you beseeing these guys wearing, it be
loners.
They give it back.
The jewelers and let them wearit for marketing purposes.
They return that shit, man.

(05:34):
I ain't gonna say all of them dothat, but a lot of people,
that's what they do, man.
You see them on a red carpetwith the clothes on, come on,
man.
That's marketing.
They give them them shits.
Half of the time they give themback, they be loners.
The jewelry be loners.
Come on, stop going crazy,people.
Stay in your lane.
Stop trying to keep up with theJoneses.

(05:56):
It's not gonna work, man.
Come on, let's be serious here.
You know what I mean?
Again, this is Big Slick.
I'm just here talking my shitbecause that's what I do, and
it's my show.
And if you want to be a part ofthis show, just write into the
Let's Talk About It letter.
The way you do that is that youemail me at talkyour shitdaily

(06:20):
at gmail.com.
That's talkya shitdaily atgmail.com.
And I'll pull your letter andput you on the air.
You know what I'm saying?
About your letter and give youmy opinion on it.
And then we can go from there.
Boom.
I got it right down there foryou.
Then we can go from there.

(06:40):
I want the audience to be a partof the show.
I want to engage you so we canhave fun together.
Again, it's been another greatepisode of Talk Your Shit.
I'm big slick and I'm out.
Peace.