KING

IT'S A WORD THAT PEOPLE USE TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES. A WORD THAT CARRIES GREAT STATUS, RANK, AND POWER WITH IT. IT'S A WORD THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE STATUS AND HONOR DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT IT'S USED IN. THE WORD "KING" IS SEEN AND USED A LOT IN OUR WORLD TODAY AND EVERYWHERE YOU TURN IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY. IN RAP, T.I. IS KING OF THE SOUTH. IN BIBLICAL TEXTS, JESUS, DAVID, AND SOLOMON WERE THE GREATEST KINGS TO EVER WALK THE FACE OF GOD'S GREEN EARTH. BUT I THINK THAT I'VE SEEN IT USED MORE IN DUDES PROFILES THAN PROBABLY ANYWHERE ELSE. JUST ABOUT EVERY DUDE PROFILE ON HERE (including mine) USES THE WORD "KING" IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, BE IT IN THE SCREEN NAME, SOMEWHERE IN THE "ABOUT ME" (assuming of course that something was actually WRITTEN right there) OR MAYBE EVEN IN A PIC COMMENT. THE THING IS, WE CAN ALL USE THE WORD KING, BUT DO YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT A KING IS? DO YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT QUALITIES MAKE UP A KING? I CALL MYSELF KING BECAUSE THAT'S A SERIOUS TITLE AND IT'S 1 THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND TREATED AS SUCH INSTEAD OF A RANDOM ASS WORD YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF. BEFORE I WAS KNIGHTED AS 1, I RESEARCHED MY TITLE FIRST TO SEE IF I TRULY DESERVED TO CALLED MYSELF 1. BY DEFINITION, A KING "is a head of state who, may or may not, depending on the style of government of a nation, exercise monarchal powers of a territory, usualy called a kingdom or realm. (thank Wikipedia for the source)" THAT'S THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION OF KING. BUT THE THING THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO ALWAYS GET MIXED UP AND WHY IT'S SO MANY FAKE KINGS OUT HERE NOW.. IT'S NOT THE WORD THAT MAKES THAT PERSON. IT'S WHO THAT PERSON IS AND WHAT HE DOES THAT GIVES HIM THAT TITLE. EVERYBODY WANTS POWER AND WANTS TO LEAD AND CLAIM THE TITLE, BUT IN ORDER TO BECOME A KING, YOU HAVE TO BE A TRUE LEADER AND A TRUE LEADER KNOWS THE PLACES WHERE IT'S TIME TO LEAD AND WHERE IT'S TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE LEAD. TRAITS THAT DEFINE A GOOD LEADER ARE: DRIVE, LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION (whether or you can lead without the shit going to your "ego"), HONESTY, INTEGRITY, SELF-CONFIDENCE (not to be confused with arrogance, ego, or SWAG), YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS (whether or not you can make good decisions or you can turn a fucked up situation into a good 1 with good leadership), AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PARTICULAR FIELD. TRAITS THAT YOU WONT TALK ABOUT BUT SPEAKS MORE THROUGH DEMOSTRATION ARE, KEEPING A LEVEL HEAD IN TIMES OF CRISIS OR HARD TIMES, HUMILITY (the true trait of any good king), EMOTION WHEN REACHING A SOLUTION BUT STRICT DISCIPLINE TO KNOW THAT THE DECISION WAS FAIR AND NOT BASED ON FEELINGS TOWARDS A PERSON. A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THE TITLE WOULDNT EVEN KNOW THE TRUE MEANING OF KING. TELEVISION AND HOLLYWOOD PULL THE VEIL DOWN OVER IT AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING THAT AINT REALLY WHAT IT IS. WHEN IT BOILS DOWN TO IT, PEOPLE WANNA BE KING BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF POWER IN NOBILITY, WHEN IN ACTUALITY, AN EMPEROR IS THE FIRST AND HIGHEST LEVEL. THE WHOLE PURPOSE IM WRITING THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH FAKE SHIT IN THE WORLD NOW, AND WE DONT NEED PEOPLE GOIN AROUND AND CALLING THEMSELVES SOMETHING THAT THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL IT TRULY IS AND IT'S HISTORY BEHIND IT. I WOULDNT KNOW THIS SHIT IF I DIDNT RESEARCH MY TITLE AND IM PROUD TO CALL MYSELF A KING AND KNOW THAT EVERY TRAIT THAT WAS GIVEN, I MATCH AND SURPASS IN EVERY WAY. IT'S TIME FOR FOLK TO TRULY LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES AND KNOW WHAT YOU CLAIMING WHEN SOMEBODY COMES AND CHALLENGES YOU TO ITS MEANING AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE CALLING YOURSELF CUZ IF YOU DONT, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE A DAMN FOOL WHO DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL HIS TITLE IS OR IF YOU EVEN KNOW THAT THE WORD YOU'RE CALLING YOURSELF IS THAT ACTUAL MEANING AND DEFINITION FOR IT...