Ambitious Man

11.1.11 - Those are the numbers we've been seeing all over social media sites; yes the release date of Wale's very anticipated album Ambition. During the summer of 2010, this MMG rapper hit us with his More About Nothing mixtape that included a short ode to the "Ambitious Girl". And of course aspiring young girls were hooked. He then later came out with "Ambitious Girl Pt. 2". "Ambitious Girl" was a short two minute ode that showed the Hip Hop world that males weren't always looking for the "jezebel image" of a girl portrayed in those raunchy videos. "Ambitious Girl" was the same ode that young men were spitting via Facebook and Twitter to show what they looked for. But what about the Ambitious Man? Oh, don't worry a young lady has it all covered.


Jessica Anderson, born in San, Diego California, and raised in the sunshine state of Florida is a recent graduate of the University of Florida obtaining her Bachelors in Criminology on the Pre-Med track. Her tenure at the University of Florida includes, but definitely not limited to, Chaplain & Social Action Chair of the Lambda Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Chapter Founder & President of Respect, Check & Protect Yourself and member of the Remnant College Ministry. Currently she is doing a post-Baccalaureate internship with the University of California at San Francisco AIDS Health Project and works as a relief counselor for Larkin Street Youth Services. So as you can see she too is an "Ambitious Girl", but she took the time on her break at work to tell how she felt about an "Ambitious Man". Her poem so eloquently written and spoken is her very own shout-out to the young brothers that are doing something rather than "chasing skirts". Within this culture, we've seen video after video and rapper after rapper pour champagne out for their lost ones, but Jessica profoundly says "ambitious man there's just so much on your mind, that du-rags and fitted caps just don't fit the same anymore. So you trade in bullet wounds for button downs, so you can actually pour champagne while you're still alive". This line, along with the entire poem, makes you go 'mmmm' and it is most definitely Jessica's way of saying, oh trust me, we see you, ambitious man.

Check out her poem here and follow her on twitter --> @deafjam2!