ride or die.

Today I came back from lunch and Debbie and I were talking. I asked her, because of the story she was telling me, about the rate of domestic violence within black relationships. Not so surprisingly, but VERY unfortunately, she told me that it was pretty high. She said that if she had ever been in a relationship that was abusive, that her brothers would have taken care of that for her. She made this comment, "They'd grease their face down and go at it."

Now, Debbie has made this comment to me before about the imperative "greasing" of the face that has to happen before a brawl. I asked her today, "Debbie, can you explain that to me? Why do I need to grease my face down before I fight?"

Come to find out, there are two benefits to this. First of all, if someone goes to punch/claw you in the face, their hand will slip right off because of the grease. Second, if you do get injured, there is something to help the injury immediately. So, the next time you go to fight someone, you need to grease your neck and face down with Vaseline, which, Debbie says, you can buy at the Dollar Tree.

The other important things to know about going in to a fight are as follows:

1. You must wear a long sleeve shirt. This will protect your arms against injury.
2. You must wear jogging pants. The jogging pants allow flexibility (not given by jeans or other pants) but also will provide protection to your legs.
3. You must wear old "raggedy" sneakers. These will allow you to run, if needed, through anything, and you won't be concerned about what you're stepping in, you'll just be concerned about dodging the bullets.

But the most important thing is to grease down. Buy it at the Dollar Tree.