I’m just sitting here making myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks
so you bust out the door while its still closed
still sick from the food you ate
and then you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of Kaopectate
and then you call your friend two weeks later
to see how he has been
and he says I understand about the food
baby-bubba but we’re still friends

Sugar Hill Gang ♦ Rapper’s Delight

BPM could not drop knowledge without mentioning some of the more formative lyrics of the genre.  BPM thinks of this when doing the dreaded task.  You know, there is the one telephone call you have not made or the one deal you have been avoided analyzing.  You can’t do it.   It’s the Nasty Food . . . .  It’s the dirty task nobody wants to deal with.  Look, roll up your sleeves and get it done. This guy not only eats the ugly food (does-the-drudgery), but he sucks it up and calls his friend back after the experience.  In fact, the telephone call to the friend is one of the more interesting elements.  You are going to go through some bad experiences with good people.  Don’t burn the relationship over the circumstances.  Pick up the telephone and keep the dialogue going.  You just don’t know when you will do business with that person again.

BPM TAKEAWAY#6:

• DON’T HESITATE TO COMPLETE THE DRUDGE WORK

• DON’T BURN A BRIDGE FROM ONE BAD EXPERIENCE

• BUSINESS – IT’S THE RELATIONSHIPS, STUPID

Bonus:  See Ed Piskour’s hip-hop-family-tree for a graphic take on the origins.  Special thanks to Warloq (from the BPM) for supplemental research.