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KOPANE MAKHOMO
Joalokaha ho boletse Compton Cowboy Randy Savvy
Litšoantšo ka Rhys Frampton
Ke mochana oa mosali ea bitsoang Maisha Akbar, eo eleng mothehi wa polasi. A qala mokgatlo morao koana 1988 e bitsoang Compton Jr. Pose, mokhatlo o sa etseng phaello o sebelisang lipere ho boloka bana ba palame lipere le ho tsoa literateng tsa Compton. Mothehi oa Compton ka boeena e ne e le sehoai. O ne a hlile a le moholo temong, kahoo a khetha motsana ona, e bitsoang Richland Farms, joalo ka toropo e neng e tla tlameha ho lula e le toropo ea temo ka ho sa feleng, ka ho sa feleng. Kahoo, le ha motse o ne o kenyelelitsoe, morero ona o monyane ho potoloha mona.
O ile a thula torotsoana ena, mme o ne a le jwalo, "jonna ooee, Nka lula mona 'me ka ba le pere le ho phela toro ea ka ea cowgirl out, mme o ne a le jwalo, "Hell yeah!" Kahoo, o entse seo. O ne a e-na le bana ba bararo ka nako eo, 'me Ntate o ne a e-na le bana ba babeli, nna le moena waka. O ile a fumana ntlo tikolohong eo, o ne a ena le pere ya hae kapa tse pedi. Eena le molekane oa hae ba ne ba e-na le lipere tse peli. Le ho yena, hoo e ne e le bophelo. Seo e ne e tla ba bophelo. Ho hola, ho holisa bana ba hae ka lipere, mme qetellong, she'd be a cowgirl and got to live that whole life. Eo e ne e le toro ea hae.
O ile a qala ho sebelisa lipere ho ruta litsebo tsa bophelo. E thehile tsamaiso eo bana ba tla itokisa molemong oa ho batla ho palama. And that just turned out to be an incredibly wonderful thing for them because it started immediately affecting and changing kids' lives. Ba bangata ba bana bana baa hlanya, le motsotso o latelang, they're like, "I've got to go to school, I've got to go to class because I want to ride."
Re ne re batla re phela ho e ’ngoe ea lifilimi tseo, where there's only one black team that's going into this white space and trying to accomplish something. It's like that same arc. Re ne re tla hlaha 'me re be bana ba batšo feela sebakeng seo, empa re ile ra hlaha mme ra iponahatsa. Re hlotse bongata ba liketsahalo.
Motho, re ne re tla be re ea hohle 'me re tuma le ho hapa liketsahalo tse ngata, mme re ne re na le diaparo tse pholileng le tsohle, mme e ne e le nako e monate. Eo e ne e le bongoana ba rōna, e ne e le bana bana ba Compton, empa bana ba cowboy le bana ba cowgirl ba tletseng moea. Re ne re tla ea ho li-rodeo 'me re etse tseo tsohle. Maeto a kampong le tsohle feela.
Joale, bophelo bo qala ho etsahala. Kaofela re ile ra qala ho kena sekolong se phahameng le lintho tse ling 'me ra batla ho iketsetsa lintho tsa rona, bapala lipapali tse ling, lula le banana. Re ile ra qhalana hanyane, empa re ne re le metswalle kamehla. We just weren't the same cowboy-cowgirl clique that we were when we were kids. Re ne re etsa lintho tse fapaneng joale, empa re ne re ntse re le malapa.
Pelo le moea oa seo re se etsang ke ho theha menyetla le ho khutlisetsa sechabeng sa rona. It's about this ranch, lipere tsena, e pholositse bophelo ba rona re le bana. And we have people that grew up with us that didn't make it, and we've buried homies, we've lost homies, 'me lintho tse ngata tse neng li re khetholla e ne e le hore re ne re le bahlankana ba likhomo, mme ba ne ba se jwalo.
Mantra ea rona ke, "Literata li re phahamisitse, lipere tsa re pholosa." That's very real. Bakeng sa rona, ho ne ho le joalo, "Lipere tsena li ile tsa pholosa bophelo ba rōna. Re e isa molokong o latelang joang mme re tsoele pele ho e lefa pele le ho hlahisa mohlala oo re ka o sebelisang ho pheta-pheta le ho etsa mosebetsi oa sechaba le ho o phahamisa ho fihlela boemong ba lefatše lohle.?" We're creating an environment, nothing like anybody's ever seen. Boholo ba nako, ho fihla libakeng tsa mofuta ona, u tlameha ho ea ho bana ba ruileng, e hole, mofuta oa libaka tse phahameng. Le bakeng sa rona, we're like, "Empa joale, e thehiloeng ho enjene eo re e hlahisang, we're able to put that right here in our hood and stay here."
Ke lula mona. Ke lula polasing. Ena ke thepa ea lelapa la ka. We're still dealing with all of the street struggles in the hood and everything that goes with it, empa mona re loanela ho fetola tlaleho, theha sechaba se betere, theha motse o motle, theha menyetla bakeng sa bana ba mona, and it's worth it.
Bana, ba ka kena mona. E mong oa bashemane ba ka ba banyenyane ba tlileng mona, e ile ea hlaha e le mpe ka ho fetesisa. I couldn't believe how far gone he was at 11 lilemo. Mme ha ke kopana le yena, Ke ile ka mo llela bosiung boo ke kopaneng le eena, because I'm like, "Yo, this is what's happening in my hood? Bana ba joalo 11 le 12 le ho tseba ho khanna le ho etsa khoebo ea lithethefatsi le khoebo ea botekatse le ho tsamaisa lithethefatsi le ho nka lithunya. Moshemane enwa, he ain't even in middle school," you know what I'm saying?
Ha ke bona seo ebe ke bona ngoana enoa a nka tjantjello ea lipere, and now he's on track to be a professional bull rider, and he ain't even thinking about the streets? Ke seo ntlha eohle e leng sona. Ao ke boikutlo bo putsang ka ho fetisisa. That is the whole purpose and mission of what we doing is to be able to save and change the kids' lives.
Bakeng sa rona, ho ne ho le joalo, we've been young cats from the block, but we're going to set ourselves on the path to positivity and still be the fresh, ntho e phodileng ka nako e le nngwe. Kahoo, jwale, we've got this environment, moo, "Yo, boom, we're the Compton Cowboys. We poppin'." Bacha ba malapa, ba batla ho kena jwale. They're like, "Bro, nka ba jwalo jwang? Nka ba jwalo jwang? What's up with that? Ke batla ho palama, Ke batla ho rodeo, Ke batla eng kapa eng."
"Ho etsa hore ke be motlotlo le ho ama maikutlo haholo ha ke sheba bo-mphato ba ka bao pele e neng e le litho tsa kenke, and they're identifying themselves as a cowboy, 'me ba kenya letsoho tsamaisong ea demokrasi ka ho vouta le ho ea likopanong tsa sechaba le ho buisana le bana.. I'm like, taba e joalo... I can't even articulate how it makes me feel, le boikgohomoso boo e bo kenyang ho ntate le rakgadi, hore na ena e ne e le toro ea bona ea ho fetola hood bakeng sa tsela e ntle ntle le ho lahleheloa ke moelelo oa seo re leng sona. And they've done that. Ntate a ka tsamaea ka ntle hona joale 'me a bone 10 ya malapa a teng a e tsheha, ho bua shit, kapa ho mamela ’mino o lerata le ho noa eng kapa eng, empa nahana eng? We are globally making a move and changing people's perspectives on black people, metseng e ka hare ho toropo, ho bahlankana ba likhomo, dibakeng tsena tsohle, and it's something to be proud of.
One of our mission's core elements is to pay homage to the culture, meetlo, le lefa la moshanyana oa likhomo e motšo. Seo se bohlokoa haholo ho rona. It's not just about being cool and being dope and then doing stuff in the community. It's about creating a thread to our lineage and having pride in that, le ho khona ho bontša moloko o mocha hore batho ba rona ba kentse letsoho ntlafatsong ea lefatše la kajeno, ntshetsopele ya tsoelopele kamoo re e tsebang kateng, in more ways and many ways and other ways than we're taught or that we would know.
Me, ea ba, re motlotlo haholo ka ho roala likatiba tsena tsa cowboy le ho tsamaea mono ka letlalo la rona le sootho le ho tšoana, "Sena ke seo re se etsang," because there's a long history to that. Menehelo eo ha ea totobatsoa kapa hona ho ananeloa, ka bobeli sebakeng sa heno, naheng ka bophara, le lefatshe ka bophara. A big part of what we're doing is to put it back on the map for the bigger picture of the people.
Taba ea Mad World 13
