Why is it that most of the koolest most realistic people ive ever met are dead or in jail?

Question

I grew up a pretty rough life to be just 19 (20 in feb.) and grew up in a rough part of town in Atlanta. And although i dont have a criminal record or anything (thank god) i have come to the conclusion that most of the people ive known in my life who were kool, realistic, straight to the point, and didnt take sh*t from anyone are now dead or in jail. my friend nicknamed Boo died right outside our apartment building back in 1999. Nick used to smile and play with the kids all the time until he was also shot in our aparment complet and killed. Sir (thats his real name) killed a man and is in prison. And now im in New Orleans, where my friend laurence has just went to jail (again) for probationo violation. he was an independent parent raising two kids on his own. the police planted drugs on him. He should be out soon though.

Keep in minid that all of these guys always told me that i was real kool also, because i listened to them when they told me not to be apart of what they had become. they always told me to get an education, go to college (im saving up money for that now) and do something with my life.

Answer 1

Must be just your particular experiences. Overall, people who are in jail are thieves, murderers, rapists, child molesters. So, even if they "tell it like it is," who gives a shite, right? They're fuked up in the head.

Now the one's who are dead...there's something to be said about that..Jimi Hendrix, JIm Morrison, Kurt Cobain, 2Pac, Biggie, Martin Luther King, etc. Yea, there's a lot of dead people who were some of the realest people alive.

Answer 2

Maybe you need to re-evaluate your definitions of cool and realistic. If you admire people who think and act outside the box and don't take sh@t from anyone, then perhaps you'd better grow accustomed to their butting heads with authority figures and getting into trouble, and hurt or killed.
It's possible the police planted drugs on your friend Laurence, but if he had probation violations, he'd been in trouble before, huh? So maybe he didn't follow the rules yet again.

Answer 3

Depends what you call "Cool" and you know they say in Africa THe Devil Lives Longer so basically it could be your destiny.... take care man