African American Problems
I think I finally found out what it means when a parent quotes this famous" a hard head makes a soft behind or you will surely find out the hard way". Early on my grandmother would always try to steer from down the path I was headed, but see myself I had other plans. At sixteen I wasn't worried about the right things, at that age I was more concerned about three things and not always in this particular order; fast money, fast cars and fast girls, this was the life and mentality of my friends and I everyday and every night.
That night though on the 17th of September around twelve o'clock, I think was the defining moment of my teenage life. The night started off with a bad omen; Joe, Roy and myself found ourselves on the wrong side of a barrel of a 44 magnum hand gun, at that moment you would think that would be the turning point of any normal sixteen year olds life, seeing your life literally flash before your eyes and thinking about all the things you've done and all the......
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