Thoreau's Before Hoes

I have long been an admirer of Henry David Thoreau's writing and the minimalist existence he chose.  The man truly embodied the, fuck all this bullshit I'm gunna do me, lifestyle many rappers and hip hop stars claim to live.

Jay-Z claims to have had a whopping 99 problems without a bitch being one of them, while Thoreau famously said, "Our life is frittered away by detail.  An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers..."  This man is barely stressing into the double digits!  While it is true that Thoreau never specified whether a woman was one of his few problems, I have to imagine that living a life of isolation in the woods restricted him from having very much female interaction.  This fool probably smelled something funky. 

In summation, I respect works of Jay-Z, but you must recognize a true G!