Some Things I Hope People Change In The New Year

1. Going natural as a trend and acting like those who don't make that choice are inferior. If you have to "go" natural, that means you have visited the Ring of Relaxers. Get off your high horse and see the beauty in all of it.

2. Men knowing you can't turn a ho into a housewife but still being willing to test the theory.

3. Waiting for our kids to get to school to learn home training.

4. The ability that rap music (Hip Hop's bastard child) has to birth philosophical idiots. Just because someone said it in a rap doesn't make it profound.

5. People acting as though bullying only happens on the playground. It's real. It's everywhere. Wake up.

6. Hailing World Star Hip Hop as their CNN. Maybe if you kept more quality around the house, your kids would learn to read before they learn all the words to Nicki and Wayne's new album.

7. Using the word "swag" 18 times in a sentence. That's all I got for that one.

8. People letting the number of "Likes" and Facebook friends determine how great they are.

9. Letting the streets raise our children and never teaching them their worth.

10. Terrible producers shoving their music down people's throats. The fact is EVERYONE has a studio, thinks they are a dope producer and knows people who think they have talent. But lies are like fables. Just because you repeat them, it doesn't make it true. Either develop your skills and try again or find something else you're good at.

11. Letting your Greek letters define you. Your organization created its legacy without you. Go create your own.

12. Deadbeat mamas and daddies.

13. Us allowing our children to search the television for role models. Your children should look up to you first and every day, you should give them reasons to never stop doing so.

14. (I know this won't change, but it pisses me off, so I'll post it anyway) Black women showing up to the hair store looking a mess. If you can fix yourself up going to the club with the hair you are about to buy, you can look decent with what God gave you. And hats are your friends. No excuses.