by Im
People don’t understand why I am a felon. It’s because of my past, how I grew up, my environment, childhood problems, which led to gangs and being out in the streets and not being home.
At home, there was always arguing and commotion going on. Never stopping, always going on.
People just think I could be doing better, that I have a lot of potential, but they don’t understand where I come from. I do have a lot of potential for the things I believe in, which is the movement of my people on the streets. I believe in loyalty to my brothers on the street. They were always there for me.
In my family, there are us three kids and we all have different dads. I don’t know my real dad.
People don’t understand why I do the things I do. I do it for the people who were there for me when I didn’t have a father figure. Most kids I grew up with that I related to, they were without a father too.
As a young kid growing up, I have so much pain and anger inside of me. I try to hide it by putting a smile on my face. I’m a young teen and I grew up way too fast, with gangs and drugs and my anger is always there.
I’m a very young teen with two gun charges. People say that kid shouldn’t be picking up a gun, he should be picking up a book instead.