You Don't Need Style You NEED Swag — Transcript

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1. 0:00[music]
2. 0:03You don't need style, you need swag.
3. 0:05Now, what exactly is swag? Well,
4. 0:07according to Mike Fresh from 2006, he
5. 0:10defined swag to be the appearance,
6. 0:12style, or the way he or she presents
7. 0:15themselves. And that's exactly what it
8. 0:17is. And then you also have other
9. 0:18definitions like this one,
10. 0:20>> a stupid excuse used by lame ass thugs
11. 0:22and hipsters to justify the [ __ ]
12. 0:24style and [ __ ] up color matching they
13. 0:25wear. But I wanted to make this video
14. 0:27because people seem to confuse the
15. 0:29meaning behind style [music] and swag.
16. 0:31Having nice style and having swag are
17. 0:33not the same thing. Having style means
18. 0:35knowing how to dress. While on the other
19. 0:36hand, you can have swag with no style.
20. 0:39Now, of course, if you have style
21. 0:40[music] and swag, that's a bonus. And if
22. 0:42you don't have any style and no swag, I
23. 0:45I don't really know what to tell you.
24. 0:47And the modern version of swag that
25. 0:48we're all familiar with is the term
26. 0:50aura. At least that's what the kids are
27. 0:52saying nowadays. But the hipster English
28. 0:54language seems to find various ways to
29. 0:57reinvent old words and twist the
30. 0:59definition into something else in the
31. 1:01process. But this is where you may be
32. 1:03thinking, well, how do I get swag? How
33. 1:05do I equip swag in my inventory? Well,
34. 1:07if we remember what Mike Fresh said,
35. 1:09swag is the way you carry yourself.
36. 1:11Which means at the end of the day, this
37. 1:12all comes down to you. Swag isn't
38. 1:15something that can be bought in a store.
39. 1:17And sure, maybe some clothes or jewelry
40. 1:19can amplify your swag, but that all
41. 1:21means nothing if you don't even have any
42. 1:22swag in the first place. And I'd also
43. 1:24like to point out women can 100% have
44. 1:27swag. Men, women, cat, dog, it really
45. 1:30doesn't matter. And instead of telling
46. 1:32you how to be swaggy, I'm instead going
47. 1:34to show you people who have swag and
48. 1:36we're going to break down what they all
49. 1:37have in common. Now, the first person
50. 1:38that immediately comes to my mind when I
51. 1:40think of the word swag is Alan Iverson.
52. 1:42Really just had that I don't give a [ __ ]
53. 1:44what anyone says about me. I'm going to
54. 1:46do whatever the [ __ ] I want whether you
55. 1:47like it or not kind of mentality. And
56. 1:49sure enough, that's exactly what he did.
57. 1:51The NBA literally hated Allen Iverson.
58. 1:53>> Robin Gibbon writes in the in the in the
59. 1:55Washington Post today, she said, "That's
60. 1:56the body language of a thug." And she's
61. 1:58talking about the corn and everything
62. 1:59else.
63. 1:59>> This gangster prison attitude.
64. 2:01>> In fact, they even implemented a dress
65. 2:03code because of him. But people loved
66. 2:05it. The fans loved it. He was cool,
67. 2:08authentic, and it created character. But
68. 2:10he's one of those people who didn't just
69. 2:11have swag. He also had style as well.
70. 2:14like the outfits he wore just added on
71. 2:16top of the swag that he already had. And
72. 2:17another person that has style and swag
73. 2:20is Princess Diana. Like come on, man.
74. 2:22She's wearing the [ __ ] out of these
75. 2:24clothes and she's letting it be known
76. 2:25that she has that [ __ ] on. She's really
77. 2:27one of those people that can just make
78. 2:28anything look good. It really doesn't
79. 2:30matter what she's wearing. Like let's
80. 2:31just take a look at this photo of Forel
81. 2:33Williams. Literally just wearing a
82. 2:34t-shirt with a hat. That's it. [music]
83. 2:36But it's still swag. He just has
84. 2:38something within him that just gives off
85. 2:40that energy. Some people really just got
86. 2:42it. Like you could just tell when
87. 2:43someone has that energy to them. It's
88. 2:44the same for ASAP Rocky, Chief Keef.
89. 2:47[music] And man, honestly, if you want
90. 2:48to talk about swag, Mario Bellatelli,
91. 2:51this [ __ ] has that [ __ ] on. When
92. 2:53you have swag, there's really no such
93. 2:55thing as a bad outfit. And I'm not even
94. 2:57saying that his outfits are bad, but of
95. 2:59course, his swag is much more than his
96. 3:00outfit. His hair carries a lot of weight
97. 3:02in his appearance, as well as the way he
98. 3:04carries himself, which is also a part of
99. 3:05his swag. Like dead ass. I'm probably
100. 3:07hating here, but this outfit right here
101. 3:09really isn't even that special. outfit
102. 3:11only looks good because he's the one
103. 3:13wearing it. I know that sounds like
104. 3:14insane glaze. This video is pretty much
105. 3:16just one big [ __ ] glaze session, but
106. 3:19it's true. Most people can't pull this
107. 3:21outfit off. He's wearing cuffed joggers
108. 3:23with whatever kind of shoes these are,
109. 3:25but they all share the same
110. 3:26characteristics in that they don't
111. 3:28really give a [ __ ] It doesn't matter
112. 3:29what people say about the hair, their
113. 3:31clothes, their appearance. If they're
114. 3:33going to do something or wear something,
115. 3:35they're going to do it. They're relaxed
116. 3:37and free. You can tell by the way they
117. 3:39walk that they don't got a stick up
118. 3:40their ass. You know, they're not walking
119. 3:42around stiff as [ __ ] Everything is just
120. 3:44natural to them. They don't really look
121. 3:45out of place. They look like they belong
122. 3:47in their body. They look like they
123. 3:48belong in their clothes. You can wear as
124. 3:50many clothes as you want. You can have
125. 3:51the nicest outfits. But if you don't
126. 3:53feel comfortable in your own skin,
127. 3:54you're always just going to feel like
128. 3:55something's out of place. I'm saying
129. 3:57this from experience. Swag is also
130. 3:59something that just can't be forced.
131. 4:01Like, you know, when you look at someone
132. 4:02and you can just tell they're being
133. 4:03performative as [ __ ] That's just not
134. 4:05who they really are. like they're
135. 4:06playing the wrong role in a movie. Like
136. 4:08they're just trying too hard to be
137. 4:09different or their whole personality is
138. 4:11just I'm different so that means I'm
139. 4:12better than you. Like you can't force
140. 4:14something that isn't there. If you have
141. 4:16swag, you have swag. A lame person can
142. 4:19get rich, but that doesn't mean he's
143. 4:20cool all of a sudden. It just means he's
144. 4:22a lame person with money. Same thing for
145. 4:24fashion. There's a lot of people who put
146. 4:25on clothes thinking the clothes are
147. 4:27going to make them cool, but it's the
148. 4:28complete opposite because you're
149. 4:30supposed to make the clothes look cool.
150. 4:31And if the clothes look cool on top of
151. 4:33you being cool, then that's a bonus. A
152. 4:35lot of these fashion people put on
153. 4:36clothes and then all of a sudden they
154. 4:38think they're better than everyone else
155. 4:39or they just turn into a bunch of
156. 4:40narcissistic [ __ ] that makes fun of
157. 4:42other people's outfits and then they
158. 4:44want to say they have swag. Like, bro,
159. 4:45if anything, you're just an [ __ ]
160. 4:47It's almost like being confident versus
161. 4:49being an arrogant piece of [ __ ] That's
162. 4:50kind of what I would compare the real
163. 4:52swag to whatever the [ __ ] this fake swag
164. 4:54or these fashion [ __ ] are. Um,
165. 4:57hopefully that makes sense. But if you
166. 4:59really want to know how to get your swag
167. 5:00up, there are lots of ways you can do
168. 5:03this. You don't need expensive pieces.
169. 5:04You don't got to be up to date with the
170. 5:06latest fashion trends. I cannot express
171. 5:08this enough. The swag is everything.
172. 5:10Swag could literally solve world hunger
173. 5:12for [ __ ] sake. Now, if you want to
174. 5:14come off as a bit more swaggy or just
175. 5:15genuinely have a nice energy to your
176. 5:17outfits. You have to take in account the
177. 5:19little things about yourself. Know, even
178. 5:21the way you walk, the way you talk, the
179. 5:23way you smell. If you don't take any
180. 5:24showers or bathe yourself, you should
181. 5:26probably start doing that. I shouldn't
182. 5:28be the one to tell you that. It really
183. 5:29all comes down to the small details.
184. 5:31Everything starts adding up. Find what's
185. 5:33most comfortable for you. Some of you
186. 5:34are going to have to get out of your
187. 5:35comfort zone. A lot of you might be
188. 5:37comfortable with kind of having a fake
189. 5:39fabricated personality or even a
190. 5:41fabricated fashion sense just to please
191. 5:43other people. Maybe it's because your
192. 5:44parents don't let you dress a certain
193. 5:46way. But for most people, it's because
194. 5:47you're the only person holding you back
195. 5:49from dressing the way you want to dress
196. 5:51or acting the way you want to act. Like,
197. 5:52bro, I'm wearing a white t-shirt right
198. 5:54now with [ __ ] Family Guy pajamas.
199. 5:58Man, tell me my swag is in fire as [ __ ]
200. 6:00right now. I'll walk the streets of
201. 6:02Chicago wearing Family Guy pajamas and I
202. 6:05will pull a 45-year-old milk. I'm not
203. 6:07saying I have swag, but at the very
204. 6:09least, I'm confident in myself. That
205. 6:11confidence is also going to show in my
206. 6:16[gasps] [ __ ] And that and that
207. 6:18confidence is also going to show in my
208. 6:20outfit. I've said this before and I'll
209. 6:21say it again. I know it's not the
210. 6:23easiest thing to do to just be
211. 6:25confident. It could take years to build
212. 6:27your confidence. You may never be
213. 6:28confident in your life. There's a lot of
214. 6:30videos out there, a lot of books you can
215. 6:32read on how to build your confidence.
216. 6:34But at the end of the day, what's going
217. 6:35to make you be confident is through life
218. 6:37experience. Swag is really just about
219. 6:39knowing yourself and being the person
220. 6:41you are at the end of the day. Everybody
221. 6:43has their own swag. Swag is authentic.
222. 6:45Swag is kind of like DNA. Everybody has
223. 6:48different DNA. Everybody has a different
224. 6:50fingerprint. Everybody has different
225. 6:52swag. Listen, man. I've never met two
226. 6:54people with the same swag in my life.
227. 6:55Your swag could also be your attitude.
228. 6:57Dude, you want to be a [ __ ] Go
229. 6:58ahead and be a [ __ ] As long as
230. 7:00you're one of those nice [ __ ] Like,
231. 7:02if that's just who you are, then take
232. 7:03full advantage of your personality and
233. 7:05use that to curate your style. I'm
234. 7:07telling you, man, style literally means
235. 7:10nothing if you don't have swag. Style
236. 7:12can only take you so far in this world.
237. 7:14It's like a McDonald's cheeseburger. You
238. 7:16know, you're going to eat it. It's not
239. 7:17really going to fool you up. It's just
240. 7:18temporary pleasure. But the swag is like
241. 7:20a steak. Yeah, I don't really know what
242. 7:22the [ __ ] I'm saying at this point. I
243. 7:24think you understand what I'm trying to
244. 7:25say here. I'm not trying to give you
245. 7:27guys a corny ass analogy, but you know,
246. 7:28another part about finding your swag is
247. 7:30capitalizing on your energy. If you're
248. 7:33an outgoing person, if you're a more
249. 7:35mysterious, know you're kind of
250. 7:36laidback, that's your energy. That's
251. 7:38your swag. That's your aura. Oh man, I
252. 7:41[ __ ] hate that word. Tap into that
253. 7:42energy. And naturally, it's going to
254. 7:44start to reflect with the way you carry
255. 7:45yourself. And this is going to sink into
256. 7:47your outfits. Carry yourself so that
257. 7:49everything you're doing looks
258. 7:50intentional or it's just carefree. This
259. 7:52is something that I do in my life. This
260. 7:54has honestly saved me so much
261. 7:55embarrassment. I just told myself like I
262. 7:58don't really give a [ __ ] anymore. I can
263. 7:59judge me as God. Anyone else doesn't
264. 8:01really matter to me. I can trip and fall
265. 8:03in front of five goth baddies and I'm
266. 8:05honestly just going to act like I did
267. 8:07that on purpose. It's not bad to be the
268. 8:08person that looks like they tried too
269. 8:10hard. But at the same time, you don't
270. 8:12want to carry yourself to the point
271. 8:13where it's like, damn, he or she is
272. 8:15trying way too hard to act this way or
273. 8:17look this way to the point where it just
274. 8:19doesn't look natural. Just lay back,
275. 8:21man. Just have fun with your life. Have
276. 8:23fun with your clothes. Have fun with
277. 8:25fashion. Have fun with people. Nothing
278. 8:28matters at the end of the day except for
279. 8:30your swag. Your swag can genuinely save
280. 8:33your life one day and might be able to
281. 8:34get you out of a speeding ticket for
282. 8:36[ __ ] sake. The moral of this video,
283. 8:38you don't need style, you need swag. And
284. 8:40ultimately, in the famous words of Mike
285. 8:42Fresh, it's the way you carry yourself.
286. 8:44You know, having a nice style can
287. 8:45amplify your swag, but it can only do so
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