Epiphany; Joey Bada$$ at The Novo

July 2022

During a struggle session, here’s less money you’ll spend inside; plus, you’re already on a good one when you walk through the door.

Before we kill the roach, there’s a hydroflask in my lap half-filled with tequila. I’m told to make it into a cocktail so, invoking Tech N9ne, I mix in pineapple juice and coconut water. We trade pulls in the parking garage and I’m taken back two decades. I see my sister and tias trading pulls of aguardiente before a show. It’s ancestral knowledge to get litty like this. During a struggle session, here’s less money you’ll spend inside; plus, you’re already on a good one when you walk through the door. Something about living bougie stole this insight. I forget my worries and bask in the bounty of beautiful people and their laughter. I invite joy and clarity into my life, trading pulls in a parking lot.

“But now we on our way to greatness/
And all it ever took was patience.”

Bless. 🔥

Joey Bad is Back.

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