The Girl Done Made It Out The Hood ✨

There was a time when I went out of my way to make sure everyone liked me. Not because I needed validation, but because I wanted people to see I was cool. I didn’t want to be the pretty girl who thought she was better. I wanted to be the one who could hang with anybody. The chill one. The funny one. The down to earth one.

So I said yes to things that didn’t deserve a yes. I kept people around who didn’t deserve access. I let disrespect slide just to prove I wasn’t stuck up. I tried to show that I was nice, approachable, and real. And I am all those things, but now I know the difference between being real and being too available.

Because the truth is, when you are constantly trying to prove you are humble, people start confusing your kindness for weakness. They stop seeing you as cool and start seeing you as convenient.

I have had people come to me with half-baked opportunities and messy energy, assuming I would just go along because I am easy to work with. Maybe the old me would have. But the woman I am now asks questions. She expects clarity. She requires respect.

You cannot walk in the rooms I walk in, live the life I have lived, and still move like you are desperate to belong. I belong everywhere I decide to be, and that is what changed everything.

People love to say, “You can take the girl out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out the girl.”And that is true, but nobody talks about what happens when that girl grows up. When she learns how to travel the world, build her own name, and make her own money. When she starts to understand that being from the hood does not mean you have to stay in survival mode forever.

I still talk how I talk. I still curse. I still have that edge that people love. But now I am selective with my peace. I do not argue for attention. I do not explain my standards. I move with purpose, not to prove I am relatable, but because I have earned the right to be respected.

And yes, sometimes I get frustrated when people try me, when they box me into who I used to be, or when they come at me with the same tired, low-level mindset. But I am learning patience. I have grown enough to know not everyone has evolved yet, and that is not my problem to fix.

Because real growth is not about trying to fit in. It is about standing out and standing firm in who you have become.

I am still that same girl deep down, the one who can blend in anywhere, the one who can survive anything. But now I move with discernment.

Being selective is not being stuck up. It is being smart.

And I have learned I do not have to prove I am cool anymore. The life I live already shows it.

So no, I am not who I was.

No, I do not want to hang out just because you knew me from back in the day.

No, I do not fly anywhere that does not come with champagne and a window seat.

No, I am not entertaining half plans or half effort.

No, I do not have to tone it down to make you comfortable.

The woman I am today values peace, privacy, and five star everything.

I like quiet mornings, real connections, soft sheets, and First Class flights.

Call me Hollywood if you want 😏

But the goal was always to make it out the hood,

and I did 😊💋