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Not, ca tash'll steal yo' beat boxI drink cuss and smoke and sock niggaz with cheap shotsThe gunner wonder man, wonder woman husbandThe stunner fuck with us y'all niggaz must be buzzin'I love it, we coulda been washed like dirty dishesBut the Genie in the Lamp gave Tash like 30 wishesFirst I wished for health 'cause I be thinkin' 'bout myselfI be drinkin' by myself, livin' shrinkin' like an elfNext I wished for wealth, 90 million in the bank accountYoung niggaz with money, that's somethin' we need to think about'Cause we could be the President, we could be the SenatorsRight now niggaz think we just drug dealers and janitorsWe big, that's big, we large, in chargeI told the Genie next I want a car like the starsA Bentley, a coupe, a truck with the oopWith the three level seats for when it's time to scoop my groupI thirst, for loops, I told the Genie nextI want the King Tee albums plus Xzibit on cassetteNext, I told the Genie like it or notLast wish I hope you die 'cause I want yo' spotTash come from rock bottom want funk beats we got 'emI can bust my shit in spring you won't catch it 'till next autumnWe taught them niggaz how to rhyme this hotWe drink a lot, smoke a lot, da da da da, da da da daDa, da da da da, da da da da, da da da daDa, da da da da, da da da da, da da da daDa, da da da da, da da da da, da da da daDa da da, da da da da, da da da daBabylon and chron' six foes on the lineSmashin' down Avalon like a ghetto amazonBrown bagger; take it to the head like Marvin HagglerLivin' underground like a badgerWall to wall like a tagger, original pants saggerBite my rhymes and your whole grill might shatterRemi and Hennessey, fuckin' up my bladderIf your girl say she know me then I probably got at herSometimes I'm hard to find like downtown parkin' spacesI'ma be old and gray and still flirtatiousRemove my shoes for foot races, primitive man ate fishBut M C's are the latest on my dish mentally spaciousYou didn't create this so you, naturally hate thisWait Miss, do you like what you see?

Lewis Fritz, Hot Nikks, nigga what's happenin'?Any shit, holdin' my dick, smokin' a clip, thanks for askin'Mashin', the latest fashion,Dance floor packed with whites, blacks and latinsAll N Together, together for worship betterNow I put it down whether it's Methy but they don't Meth-TicalProp, skate, roll, bounceI'm bound to wreck ya body as they turn the party out.

Ripley she said she ain't Never seen that her entire Life I told her I aint gotta Study still going get it right I get it fast Ion get it slow It's 2014If it wasn't for mama ion Know where I beThat year I really put my Heart in that I hope she see Now I'm on my way to Lamar for what they never Would believe Aye I'ma put on for tha city We be running shit if we Aint have so much envyPreston said it's time to get It right I was in the Dark they told Me come back to tha light It feels good AwwwwwwwwManIt feels GoodGave couple kids some Money from my old hoodYeah I swear this shit amazing How they smiling but they Really hate me what's the LatestI aint even gotta tell my Fans that im the greatest Self explanatory D-Rock Thank you for Tha paymentI'm saying shit I aint Suppose to sayI cant help it nigga you Know that I Aint fakeI could've took tha short Cut but I took tha long way Talking to my Uber yeah We headed to LAAyeAnd thats what makes me Different Even if they don't want too They still Gotta listen You know how we do Now yeah You know I'm headed for The crown yeah I pray that you dont bring Me down yeah I do foolishlyThey don't wanna see me Leave me So I always stay Another day yeahYeahBut this timeI gotta escape yeah

[x8][Young Buck]Snatch niggas out their Chevys, in traffic, I'm a savage,The devil made me do it nigga, I gotta have it,I'm hoppin' out this Escalade, chopper in my hand,I catch the ones that I can, and start poppin' at they man,They say the hood wanna kill me, the police want me locked up,So I just take their jewelry, everytime I pop up,My album went platinum, and yeah, the nigga still jackin',I ain't lyin' or actin', it's just that I love it with a passion,You should these niggas faces with the .40's on they shorties,Have they ass breakin' up like this dope game ain't for me (oh), so,Come on pussy nigga, bring it if you that hard,And watch when you come home, I'll be layin' in your backyard,Niggas turn to trackstars, runnin' when we comin',See, them beepers see me do it, but they don't know who done it,Ay 20, make sure you tell that nigga Luda, I'm a shoota',So if he got a problem with them cowards, bring me through there[chorus]How the hell you robbers gonna rob a robber?

[Verse 1: Gonzoe]Yeah.Here I go again, drinkin' an drivinin the latest model car riskin it wit no licensegoin fast, late nightfinna crash, hella cashthinkin bout, nothin but the past an I know that's itbut fuck itI'm finna love it, tryin to feed my stomachfinna have somethin, til my fuckin casket coveredlive for the minutelovin that ya'll know that we winninme an Phats nigganobody move til we finishedhere's the plataueRegime Family I'm the copoin a Vet we race down Florence non-stop thoughthe world movin in slow motionheld by the oceanX pills keep my fantsay openan I'm lovin itnuttin abovebut a pussy when you rub it nigga it's all coveredcuz yours got caughtand mine doubledniggas juss drink wit mehave a toast on menigga C'est La Vie!

Bro, you nearly caught me a caseFurthermore, you're ain't the one left with the kweft up faceBut rest up mate, gotta get you out your house by eightYo, go bed, bro, you been chatting shit 'til late"Shit weren't right, he was moving mad that night'Cause when I woke up next day my jewel box felt lightIt's all changed, I hear you and I feel your painBut how you gonna live in my yard and steal my chain?

Told him stop asking me questionsAnd why? It's cause' I had to learn my lessonIt's ironic when you're tryna be a king but you came up from a peasantMy southside nigga caught life and I could see it comingHe told me that he could see demons in his dreamsHe was in and out of jail, always knocking on my mumsI'd be standing at my window with my flicky in my jeansHe'd be like, "Wagwan, bro?

So over you is the greatest enemy aMan can have and that isFear i know some of you areAfraid to listen to the truthYou have been raised on fear andLies but i am going toPreach to you the truth until youAre free of that fear – Malcolm XThe fearful attitudeIn the beginning, fear was a basicSimple emotion for the human animal weConfronted something overwhelming theImminent threatOf death in the form of wars, plaguesAnd naturalDisasters and we felt fear as for any animalThis emotion had a protective functionIt allowed us to takeNotice of a danger and retreat in time for usHumans, it served an additionalPositive purpose we could remember the sourceOf the threat and protect ourselvesBetter the next time civilization depended onThis ability to foresee andForestall dangers from the environmentOut of fearWe also developed religion and various beliefSystems to comfort us fear is the oldestAnd strongest emotion known to manSomething deeply inscribed in ourNervous system and subconsciousOver time, howeverSomething strange began to happen the actualTerrors that we faced began toLessen in intensity as we gained increasingControl over our environment butInstead of our fears lessening as wellThey began to multiply in number weStarted to worry about our status inSociety whether people liked usOr how we fit into the groupWe became anxious for ourLivelihoods, the future of our familiesAnd children, our personal healthAnd the agingProcess instead of a simple, intense fearOf something powerful and realWe developed a kind of generalized anxietyIt was as if the thousands of years ofFeeling fear in the face of natureCould not go away we had to findSomething at which to direct our anxietyNo matter how small or improbableIn the evolution of fearA decisive moment occurred in theNineteenth century when people inAdvertising and journalism discovered thatIf they framedTheir stories and appeals with fearThey could capture ourAttention it is an emotion we findHard to resist or controlAnd so they constantly shiftedOur focus to new possibleSources of anxiety: theLatest health scare, the new crime waveA social faux pas we might be committingAnd endless hazards in the environment ofWhich we were not awareWith the increasing sophistication ofThe media andThe visceral quality of the imageryThey have been able to giveUs the feeling that we areFragile creatures in anEnvironment full of danger evenThough we live in a world infinitely saferAnd more predictable thanAnything our ancestors knew with their helpOur anxieties have only increasedFear is not designed for such a purposeIt's function is to stimulate powerfulPhysical responsesAllowing an animal to retreatIn time after the eventIt is supposed to go away anAnimal that cannot not let goOf it's fears once the threatIs gone will findIt hard to eat and sleep we are theAnimal that cannot get rid ofIt's fears and whenSo many of them lay inside of usThese fears tend to color how we view theWorld we shift from feeling fear becauseOf some threatTo having a fearful attitude towards lifeIt'self we come to seeAlmost every event in terms ofRisk we exaggerate theDangers and our vulnerability we instantlyFocus on the adversity thatIs always possible we are generallyUnaware of this phenomenonBecause we accept it as normalIn times of prosperity, we haveThe luxury of fretting over thingsBut in times of troubleThis fearful attitude becomesParticularly perniciousSuch moments are when weNeed to solve problems, deal withReality, and move forwardBut fear is a call to retreat and retrenchThis is precisely what Franklin DelanoRoosevelt confronted when heTook office in 1933 theGreat Depression that hadBegun with the stock market crash of 1929 wasNow at it's worst but what struck RooseveltWas not the actual economic factorsBut the mood ofThe public it seemed to him that peopleWere not only more fearfulThan necessary but thatTheir fears were making it harder toSurmount adversity in his inauguralAddress to the countryHe said that he would not ignore suchObvious realities as the collapse ofThe economy and that he would notPreach a naive optimism butHe implored his listeners toRemember that the countryHad faced worse things in it's pastPeriods suchAs the Civil War what had brought us outOf such moments was our pioneer spiritOur determination and resolve this is whatIt means to be an AmericanFear creates it's ownSelf-fulfilling dynamic asPeople give in to it, they lose energy andMomentum their lack of confidenceTranslates into inactionThat lowers confidence levels even furtherOn andOn "So, first of all, " he told the audience"let me assert my firm beliefThat the only thing we have to fearIs fear it'self namelessUnreasoning, unjustified terrorWhich paralyzes needed efforts toConvert retreat into advance"What Roosevelt sketched out in hisSpeech is the knife’s edgeThat separates failure from success inLife that edge is your attitudeWhich has the power toHelp shape your realityIf you view everything throughThe lens of fearThen you tend to stay in retreat mode you canJust as easily see a crisis or problemAs a challenge, an opportunityTo prove your mettleThe chance to strengthen and toughenYourself, or a call to collective actionBy seeing it as a challenge, youWill have converted this negativeInto a positivePurely by a mental process that willResult in positive action as well andIn fact, through his inspiring leadershipFDR was able to help theCountry shift it's mind-setAnd confront the Depression withA more enterprising spiritToday we seem to face new problems andCrises that test our national mettleBut just as FDR made the comparisonTo even worse times in thePast, we can say that what we areFacing is not as bad asThe perils of the 1930s and theSubsequent war years in factThe reality of twenty-first-centuryAmerica isSomething more like the following:Our physical environment is saferAnd more secure thanAny other moment in our historyWe live in theMost prosperous country in theWorld in the pastOnly white males could play thePower game now millionsUpon millions of minorities andWomen have been given entrance to the arenaForever altering the dynamic making us theMost socially advanced country in thatRegard advances in technology haveOpened up all kindsOf new opportunities old businessModels are dissolvingLeaving the field wide openFor innovation it isA time of sweeping change and revolutionWe face certain challenges as wellThe world has becomeMore competitive the economy hasUndeniable vulnerabilities andIs in need of reinventionAs in all situationsThe determining factor will be our attitudeHow we choose to look at this reality ifWe give in to the fearWe will give disproportionate attentionTo the negative and manufacture the veryAdverse circumstances thatWe dread if we go the opposite directionCultivating a fearlessApproach to life, attacking everythingWith boldness and energyThen we will create a much different dynamicUnderstand: we are all tooAfraid of offending people, ofStirring up conflict, of standingOut from the crowdOf taking bold action for thousandsOf years our relationshipTo this emotion has evolved fromA primitive fear of natureTo generalized anxietyAbout the future, to the fearful attitudeThat now dominates us as rationalProductive adults we are called uponTo finally overcome thisDownward trend and to evolve beyond our fearsThe fearless typeThe very first thing i remember inMy early childhood is a flameA blue flame jumping off a gas stoveSomebody lit i was three years oldI felt fear, real fearFor the first time in my life but iRemember it also like some kind ofAdventure, some kind of weird joyToo i guess that experience tookMe someplace in my headI hadn’t been before to someFrontier, the edge, maybe, of everythingPossible the fear i had wasAlmost like an invitationA challenge to go forward intoSomething i knew nothing aboutThat’s where i think my personalPhilosophy of life startedWith that moment in my mindI have always believed and thought since thenThat my motion had to be forwardAway from the heat of that flame– Miles DavisThere are two ways of dealing with fear onePassive, the other active inThe passive modeWe seek to avoid the situation thatCauses us anxiety this couldTranslate into postponing any decisionsIn which weMight hurt people’s feelings it couldMean opting for everything to be safeAnd comfortable in our daily livesSo no amount of messiness canEnter when we areIn this mode it is because we feelThat we are fragile and would be damaged byAn encounter with the thing we dreadThe active variety is something mostOf us have experienced atSome point in our lives: theRisky or difficult situationThat we fear is thrust upon us it could be aNatural disaster, a death ofSomeone close to usOr a reversal in fortune in which we loseSomething often in these moments we find anInner strength that surprises usWhat we feared isNot so bad we cannot avoid itAnd have to find a way to overcome our fearOr suffer real consequences suchMoments are oddly therapeuticBecause finally we are confronting somethingReal not an imaginedFear scenario fed to us by the mediaWe can let go of this fear the problem isThat such moments tend to not last very longOr repeat themselves too oftenThey can quickly loseTheir value and we return to the passiveAvoidance modeWhen we live inRelatively comfortable circumstancesThe environment does not press on us withObvious dangers, violence, orLimitations to our movement ourMain goal then isTo maintain the comfort and security we haveAnd so we become more sensitiveTo the slightest risk orThreat to the status quo we find it harderTo tolerate feelings of fear becauseThey are more vagueAnd troubling so we remainIn the passive modeThroughout history, howeverThere are people whoHave lived in much tighter circumstancesDangers pressing in on them on a daily basisThese types must confront their fears in theActive mode again and again and again thisCould be growing up in extreme povertyFacing death on the battlefield or leading anArmy in war living through tumultuousRevolutionary periods being a leaderIn a timeOf crisis suffering personal loss or tragedyOr having a brush with death countless peopleGrow up in or with suchCircumstances and their spirit isCrushed by adversityBut a few rise above it isTheir only positive choice they must confrontThese daily fears and overcome themOr submit to the downwardPull they are toughenedAnd hardened to the point of steelUnderstand: no one is born this wayIt is unnatural to not feelFear it is a process thatRequires challenges and tests whatSeparates those who go under and thoseWho rise above adversity isThe strength of their will andTheir hunger for powerAt some pointThis defensive position of overcoming fearsConverts to an offensiveOne a fearless attitude suchTypes learn the valueNot only of being unafraid butAlso of attacking life withA sense of boldness and urgencyAnd an unconventional approachCreating new models instead of following oldOnes they see the greatPower this brings them and itSoon becomes their dominant mind-setWe find these types in all culturesAnd all time periods fromSocrates and the Stoics to CorneliusVanderbilt and Abraham LincolnNapoleon Bonaparte represents a classicFearless type heBegan his career in the militaryJust as the French Revolution exploded atThis critical moment in his lifeHe had to experience one of the mostChaotic and terrifying periods in historyHe faced endless dangers on the battlefieldAs a new kind of warfare was emergingAnd he navigated throughInnumerable political intriguesIn which one wrong move couldLead to the guillotine he emerged fromAll of this with a fearless spiritEmbracing the chaos of the times andThe vast changes going onIn the art of war and inOne of his innumerable campaignsHe expressed the words that could serve asThe motto for all fearless typesIn the spring of 1800 heWas preparing to leadAn army into Italy his field marshals warnedHim that the Alps were not passable at thatTime of year and told him to waitEven though waiting would spoil theChances for success the generalReplied to them, "For Napoleon’s armyThere shall beNo Alps" And mounted on a muleNapoleon proceeded to personallyLead his troopsThrough treacherous terrain andPast innumerable obstacles it was the forceOf one man’s will that broughtThem through the AlpsCatching the enemy completely bySurprise and defeatingThem there are no Alps andNo obstacles that can stand in theWay of a person without fearsAnother example of the type would have toBe the great abolitionistAnd writer FrederickDouglass, who was born intoSlavery in MarylandIn 1817 as he later wroteSlavery was a system that depended on theCreation of deep levels of fearDouglass continually forced himselfIn the opposite direction despiteThe threat of severePunishment, he secretly taught himselfTo read and write when he was whipped forHis rebellious attitude, he fought backAnd saw that he was whipped lessOften without money or connectionsHe escaped to the North at the age ofTwenty he became a leading abolitionistTouring the North and telling audiencesAbout the evils of slaveryThe abolitionists wanted him to stayOn his lecture circuitAnd repeat the same stories over and overButDouglass wanted to do much more and he onceAgain rebelled he founded hisOwn antislavery newspaperAn unheard-of act for a former slave theNewspaper went on to have tremendous successAt each stage of his life Douglass was testedBy the powerful odds against him instead ofGiving in to the fear of whippings, beingAlone on the streets of unfamiliar citiesFacing the wrath of theAbolitionists he raised hisLevel of boldness and pushedHimself further ontoThe offensive this confidence gaveHim the power to rise above the fierceResistances and animositiesOf those around him that is the physics thatAll fearless types discover at some pointAn appropriate ratcheting up ofSelf-belief and energyWhen facing negative orEven impossible circumstancesFearless people do not emerge exclusivelyFrom poverty or a harshPhysical environment franklin DelanoRoosevelt grew up in a wealthyPrivileged family atThe age of thirty-nine he contracted polioWhich paralyzed him from theWaist down this was a turningPoint in his life, as he faced a severeLimitation to his movementAnd possibly an end to his politicalCareer he refused, howeverTo give in to the fear and theDownward pull on his spirit heWent the opposite directionStruggling to make the mostOf his physical conditionAnd developing an indomitable spiritThat would transform himInto our most fearless president for thisType of person, any kind of encounter withAdversity or limitation, at any ageCan serve as the crucibleFor forging the attitudeThe new fearless typeThis past, the negro’s past, of rope, fireTorture death and humiliation fear by dayAnd night, fear as deep as theMarrow of the bone this past, thisEndless struggle to achieve and reveal andConfirm a human identity yet containsFor all it's horrorSomething very beautiful people whoCannot suffer can never grow upCan never discover who they are– James BaldwinThrough much of the nineteenth centuryAmericans faced all kinds of dangers andAdversity the hostile physical environment ofThe frontier, sharp political divisionsA lawlessness and chaos that came outOf great changes in technology andSocial mobility we responded to thisConstrictive environment by overcoming ourFears and developing what came to beKnown as a pioneer spiritOur sense of adventure and ourRenowned ability to solve problemsWith our growing prosperity this began toChange in the twentieth century, howeverOne environment remained as harsh asEver the black ghettos ofInner-city America and out of such aCrucible a new fearless typeCame forward, exemplified by such figuresAs James Baldwin, Malcolm XAnd Muhammad Ali but the racismOf the times constrictedTheir ability to give fullRein to this spiritIn recent timesNewer types have emerged from inner-cityAmerica with more freedom toAdvance to the highest points of powerIn America in entertainment, politicsAnd business they come from a WildWest–like environment in which they haveLearned to fend for themselves andGive full rein toTheir ambition their education comesFrom the streets andTheir own rough experiences in a wayThey are throwbacksTo the freewheeling types ofThe nineteenth centuryWho had little formal schooling butCreated a new wayOf doing business their spiritFit's the disorder ofThe twenty-first century they areFascinating to watch andIn some ways have much to teach usThe rapper known as 50 Cent(aka Curtis Jackson) would haveTo be considered oneOf the more dramatic contemporaryExamples of thisPhenomenon and this type he grew up in aParticularly violent and tenseNeighborhood Southside QueensIn the midst of the crack epidemic of the1980s and in each phase of his lifeHe has had to face a series ofDangers that both tested and toughened himRituals of initiation into the fearlessAttitude he has slowly developedOne of the greatest fears that any childHas is that of being abandonedLeft alone in a terrifying worldIt is the source of ourMost primal nightmares thisWas Fifty’s reality he never knew his fatherAnd his mother was murdered whenHe was eight yearsOld he quickly developed the habit ofNot depending on other people toProtect or shelter him this meantThat in every subsequent encounterIn life in which he felt fearHe could turn only toHimself if he did not wantTo feel the emotionHe had to learn to overcome it on his ownHe began hustling on the streetsAt any early ageAnd there was no way he could avoid feelingFear on a daily basis he had toConfront violence and aggression and seeingFear in action so routinely, he understoodWhat a destructive andDebilitating emotion itCould be on the streetsShowing fear would make people lose respectFor you you would endUp being pushed around and moreLikely to suffer violence becauseOf your desire to avoid it youHad no choice if youWere to have any kind of power as a hustlerYou had to overcome this emotion no one couldRead it in your eyes this meantThat he would have to placeHimself again and againIn the situations that stimulatedAnxiety the first timeHe faced someone with a gunHe was frightenedThe second time, less so the third timeIt meant nothingTesting and proving his courage in thisWay gave him a feelingOf tremendous power he quickly learnedThe value of boldness, howHe could push others on their heelsBy feeling supreme confidence inHimself but no matter how toughAnd hardened they become, hustlers usuallyFace one daunting obstacle the fear ofLeaving the streets that areSo familiar and that have taughtThem all of their skillsThey become addicted to the lifestyleAnd even though they are likelyTo end up in prison or die an early deathThey cannot leave the hustling racketFifty, however, had greater ambitions than toBecome merely a successful hustlerAnd so he forced himself to face andOvercome this one powerful fear atThe age of twentyAnd at the peak of his hustling successHe decided to cut his ties to the gameAnd dive into the musicRacket without any connections or aSafety net because he had no plan BBecause it was either succeed atMusic or go under, heOperated with a franticBold energy that got him noticedIn the rap worldHe was still a very youngMan when he had facedDown some of the worst fearsThat can afflict aHuman abandonment, violenceRadical change and he had emerged strongerAnd more resilient but atThe age of twenty-fourOn the eve of the releaseOf his first recordHe came face-to-face with what manyOf us would considerThe ultimate fear that ofDeath it'self in MayOf 2000 an assassin poured nineBullets into him in broadDaylight as he sat in aCar outside his houseOne bullet going through his jaw and comingWithin a millimeter of killing himIn the aftermath of the shooting, ColumbiaRecords dropped him from the labelCanceling the release of his first album heWas quickly blackballed from the industryAs record executives were afraid toHave any kind of involvementWith him and the violenceHe was associated withMany of his friends turned against himPerhaps sensing hisWeakness he now had no moneyHe couldn’t really returnTo hustling after turning his back on itAnd his music career seemed toBe over this was one of those turning pointsThat reveals the powerOf one’s attitude in the faceOf adversity it wasAs if he were confronting the impassable AlpsAt this momentHe did as Frederick Douglass didHe decided to ratchetUp his anger, energy, and fearlessnessComing so close to deathHe understood how shortLife could be he would not waste aSecond he would spurn the usualPath to success working within the recordIndustry, nabbing that golden dealAnd putting out the music theyThought would sell heWould go his own way launching a mix tapeCampaign in which he would sell his music orGive it away for free on the streetsIn this way he could hone the hard and rawSounds that he felt were more natural toHim he could speak the language of the hoodWithout having to soften it at allSuddenly he felt a great sense of freedomHe could create his own business modelBe as unconventional as he desired he feltLike he had nothing to loseAs if the last bit's ofFear that still remainedWithin him had bled out in the carThat day in 2000 the mixTape campaign made him famousOn the streets and caughtThe attention of EminemWho quickly signed FiftyTo his and Dr dre’s labelSetting the stage for Fifty’s meteoricRise to the top of the music world in 2003And the subsequent creation of the businessEmpire he has forged sinceWe are living through strangeRevolutionary times the old orderIs crumbling before ourEyes on so many levels and yetIn such an unruly momentOur leaders in business and politics cling toThe past and the old waysOf doing things they are afraid ofChange and any kind of disorderThe new fearless types, asRepresented by FiftyMove in the opposite directionThey find that the chaos of the times suit'sTheir temperament they haveGrown up being unafraidOf experimentation, hustlingAnd trying new ways of operating theyEmbrace the advances in technologyThat make others secretly fearful they letGo of the past andCreate their own business model theyDo not give in toThe conservative spirit that haunts corporateAmerica in this radical periodAnd at the core of theirSuccess is a premiseA Law of Power that has been known andUsed by all the fearless spirit's inThe past and is the foundation of anyKind of success in the worldTHE 50TH LAWThe greatest fear people have is thatOf being themselves they want toBe 50 cent or someone elseThey do what everyone elseDoes even if it doesn’t fit whereAnd who they are butYou get nowhere that way yourEnergy is weak andNo one pays attention to you you’reRunning away from the oneThing that you own what makesYou different i lost thatFear and once i felt the powerThat i had by showingThe world i didn’t care aboutBeing like other peopleI could never go back – 50 CentThe 50th Law is based on the followingPremise: We humans haveGenerally little controlOver circumstances people intersectOur lives, doingThings directly and indirectly to usAnd we spend our days reacting to whatThey bring good things come our wayFollowed by bad things we struggleAs best we can to gain some controlBecause being helpless in the faceOf events makes us unhappySometimes we succeedBut the margin of control that we haveOver people and circumstanceIs depressingly narrowThe 50th Law, howeverStates that there is oneThing we can actuallyControl the mind-set with which we respond toThese events around us and ifWe are able to overcomeOur anxieties and forge aFearless attitude towards lifeSomething strange and remarkable canOccur that margin ofControl over circumstance increases atIt's utmost point, we can even createThe circumstances themselvesWhich is the source of theTremendous power that fearlessTypes have had throughout history and thePeople who practice the 50th LawIn their lives all share certainQualities supreme boldnessUnconventionality, fluidityAnd a sense of urgency that give themThis unique ability to shape circumstanceA bold act requires a high degreeOf confidence people who areThe targets of an audacious actOr who witness itCannot help but believe that such confidenceIs real and justified theyRespond instinctively by backing up, byGetting out of the wayOr by following the confident personA bold act can put people on theirHeels and eliminate obstacles in this wayIt creates it's own favorable circumstancesWe are social creaturesAnd so it is natural for us toWant to conform to the people aroundUs and the norms of theGroup but underneath thisIs a deep fear that of sticking outOf following our own path no matterWhat people think of us theFearless types are able to conquer thisFear they fascinate us byHow far they go withTheir unconventionality we secretlyAdmire and respect them for this weWish we could act more like they doNormally it is hard to hold ourAttention we shift our interestFrom one spectacleTo the next but those who fearlesslyExpress their difference compel ourAttention on aDeeper level for a longer durationWhich translates into power and controlMany of us respond to the shiftingCircumstances of life by tryingTo micromanage everything in our immediateEnvironment when something unexpectedHappens, we become rigid and weRespond by employing some tacticThat worked in the pastIf events change quicklyWe are easily overwhelmed and loseControl those who follow the 50th LawAre not afraid of change orChaos they embrace it by beingAs fluid as possible theyMove with the flow of events andThen gently channel them inThe direction of their choice, exploitingThe moment through their mind-setThey convert a negative(unexpected events) into aPositive (an opportunity)Having a brush with deathOr being reminded in a dramatic wayOf the shortness of our livesCan have a positiveTherapeutic effect our days areNumbered and soIt is best to make every momentCount, to have a sense ofUrgency about life itCould end at any momentThe fearless types usuallyGain such awareness through someTraumatic experience they areEnergized to make the most of every actionAnd the momentum this gives them in lifeHelps them determine what happens nextIt is all rather simple: whenYou transgress this fundamentalLaw by bringing your usualFears into any encounterYou narrow your options and yourCapacity to shape events your fear canEven bring you into aNegative field where your powers areReversed being conservative, for instanceCan force you into a corner in whichYou are more likely to loseWhat you have in the long runBecause you also lose theCapacity to adapt to change tryingSo hard to please people can actually end upPushing them away itIs hard to respect someone whoHas such an ingratiatingAttitude if you are afraid to learn fromYour mistakes, you will more than likely keepRepeating them when you transgress this lawNo amount of education, connectionsOr technical knowledge can save you yourFearful attitude encloses you inAn invisible prisonAnd there you will remainObserving the 50th Law createsThe opposite dynamicIt opens possibilities, bringsFreedom of actionAnd helps create a forward momentum in lifeThe key to possessing thisSupreme power is toAssume the active mode in dealing withYour fears this means enteringThe very arenasYou normally shy away from: makingThe very hard decisions youHave been avoidingConfronting the people who are playing powerGames with you, thinking of yourself and whatYou need instead of pleasing othersMaking yourself change the direction ofYour life even thoughSuch change is the very thing you dreadYou deliberately put yourself inDifficult situations andYou examine your reactions in each caseYou will notice that your fears wereExaggerated and that confronting themHas the bracing effect of bringingYou closer to realityAt some point you will discover the powerOf reversal overcoming the negative ofA particular fear leads to a positiveQuality self-reliance, patienceSupreme self-confidence, and on and on(Each of the following chapters willHighlight this reversal ofPerspective) And once you start on this pathIt is hard to turn backYou will continue all the way to a bold andFearless approach to everythingUnderstand: you do not have to grow upIn Southside Queens or be the targetOf an assassin to develop the attitudeAll of us face challenges, rivalsAnd setbacks we choose to ignore or avoidThem out of fear it isNot the physical reality of your environmentThat matters but your mental stateHow you come to deal with the adversityThat is part of life onEvery level fifty had to confront hisFears you must choose toFinally, your attitude has the power ofShaping reality in two oppositeDirections one that constricts and cornersYou in with fear, the other that opens upPossibilities and freedom ofAction it is the same for the mind-setAnd spirit that you bring to readingThe chapters that follow if you read themWith your ego out in frontFeeling that you are being judgedHere, or are under attack in other wordsIf you read them in a defensiveMode then you will needlessly closeYourself off from the power this couldBring you we are allHuman we are all implicated by our fearsNo one is being judged similarlyIf you readThese words as narrow prescriptionsFor your lifeTrying to follow them to the letterThen you are constricting their valueTheir application to your realityInstead you must absorb these words withAn open and fearless spiritLetting the ideas get under your skinAnd affect how you see the world do not beAfraid to experiment with them in this wayYou will shape this bookTo your circumstances andGain a similar power over the worldIn my view it is better to be impetuousThan cautious, because fortune is a womanAnd if you wish to dominate her you must beatHer and batter her it is clear that sheWill let herself be won by men who areImpetuous rather than by thoseWho step cautiously – Niccolò Machiavelli