Chicago needs a Fred Hampton. Someone the streets respect. Its really kinda cliche to say, but the closest we've had to a Fred Hampton since Fred Hampton really was Tupac.
The root answer really isn't jobs and education, because the allure of being in the streets is respect, power, the cool and money.
Unless you tell a young nikka that he'll be making 100k a year starting tomorrow, he ain't gonna leave the shyt alone.
And no offense, even then he'll prolly fukk it up because its too big of a paradigm shift.
It has to be a gradual shift of ideals. An old nikka, a church cat, an athlete or an entertainer aren't gonna be able to do it. There's too much of a disconnect there.
It has to be a young nikka who's bout that action. Somebody who's been in the trenches.
Somebody who's willing to get a group together to police and protect their own, but is willing to let those who want to do better to come out of their houses and do their thing. Beautify neighborhoods. Open stores. Go to school peacefully. Get educated.
And teach others to enforce and protect the shyt so it can grow. Others will follow suit.
Some actual old school gang, panther party type shyt.
Cause if you don't change the minds of the youth, nothing else is gonna change.
You have to figuratively plant trees, not buy cheaper fruit.
that was in the trenches speaking to these
