by AD
When I was growing up in Antioch
I thought I had my life figured out
I was just a kid in the ghetto
Playing football and going to school Until at seven I got sent to a foster home That’s when my life started to change
I started building up anger and depression
I was with my foster parents for two years
Then I went home thinking it was ok
But I started acting up in school, at home, and in the neighborhood The at the age of nine I got sent to another foster home
This time was worse
I started stealing, fighting, and smoking
This time I was there for three years
This time I got home and jumped right into the streets
I was hanging with the older guys on the corner
Watching them sell weed, coke, and pills
Fast forward one year
Thirteen, I been selling weed, coke, and heroin
Also been carrying a gun since I was eleven
I started getting shot at
I also got pistol whipped over twenty-dollars.
Someone that was thirty-three years old
was going to give someone five-thousand to kill me
Fast forward another two years
I got sent to a Vallejo group home at fifteen
Still doing the same stuff
The group home got tired of it
They sent me towards Stockton
I was doing good over there for a while
But I messed up
I took their car and money out the safe
I went on the run for two years
Then went back to Antioch in December when I was seventeen
I robbed some people, shot at some people,
got shot at, and got pistol whipped again all in January
It got to February and I was caught on camera
wit’ some people in store during a robbery
I went to jail that same day
I’m currently sitting in Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall
I’ve been charged with felony second degree attempted armed robbery
Also possession of a firearm
Two months in jail and I got a letter
It said I’m going to be a dad when I get out
I want to change but it’s hard
Did I tell you that this is a true story?