They wont let me mentor at-risk youth in the hood

[Killer Instinct]

For the most part, I'm probably as straight laced as can be and I agree.
I can share my perspective and preach about taking school serious and staying out of trouble but at that young age, it's nothing like Calvin hearing it from someone who was brought up in the same environment as he was.
Will it always work? No, but I think that's still invaluable.
Granted your typical college mentor can make a difference, there is still nothing like talking to someone who has seen your experience through their own eyes.

 

[casioboy]

Surely there are other informal ways you could mentor them.

 

[Blackking]

And he said it almost smuggish, like, "wtf made you think youd be a candidate in the first place " type shyt. On some "Duh.." type shyt, like , I shouldve KNOWN they wasn't going to fukk with me.

lol....

He was probably like NIIIIGA if you don't get your convict ass to hell on somewhere Thought you were gonna walk up in here and work under me with yo criminal assfoh.

 

[Big Daddy]

Say sucka you black or white

Are YOU Black or white? You been validated yet since you've been on the Coli? I smell a Cac..

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

You have to look at the way they see it. Have kids mentored by people who made the "right" choices", or have kids mentored by people who made the "wrong" choices. It sucks, but thats just the way it is.

 

[Blackout]

I'm sure a lot of those groups know that the system is currupt but the racist white people who are on charge need black men in jail so they block you from helping others stay free so they can keep their racist curruption going.

 

[Big Daddy]

thats because they dont want u to wake them up...they know some docile punk nikka is gonna tell them to follow the white supremacist system

It's sad bro. It's just different means to the same end, yet, they're letting it stand in the way. The college kid has something to offer, but so does the street dude. Long as the goal is the same and the intent is pure, who cares.

 

[Big Daddy]

When i was in high school they had this ex felon come talk to us. Dude went in for robbery. Now he owns some kinda self help company or some shyt and he talks tto at risk youth. So if you actually apply yourself you probably can get a job like that. Maybe you need a certificate saying you're rehabilitated though.

That dude was such a fukking joke though. U could tell he was just doing it for an easy buck

I'd love some shyt like that because I'm animated and love speaking in front of people especially if I'm "teaching" or telling a story.
I don't even want to do any of this shyt for money though. Money hasn't even crossed my mind yet
Matter of fact I was expecting that whatever I got involved in I'd have to contribute some form of finances to(maybe materials/gas/etc).
I would accept "payment" for it, but I wouldn't do work like that FOR money. I wouldn't be trying to earn a buck off of it. And if I did have to go there it would probably just be on some fundraiser shyt in efforts to get something for the kids.

 

[Big Daddy]

Attempted burglary?

I was with this chick for a minute, then we broke up. Unfortunately alotta my shyt was still at her/her parents' spot.(we was young)

I was going back n forth getting most of it over the next few weeks or so though.

I finally get to the point where all i got left to grab is my sneakers and other little shyt and this b!tch starts playing games.

Everytime we set a time that I could come get my shyt, I'd get over there and she'd be gone.

shyt was fkn me up too because I was paying ppl gas for the rides over there and everything, all for nothing.

She did it 3 times; twice I'd gotten a ride and the 3rd time i had taken the bus

Do you know how crucial it is taking the bus all the way across town, and back, for nothing ?

shyt literally takes up almost half your day

I let that "slide" though. I didn't wild out or NOTHING. I simply let about another week go by and I decided I'd play it different.. I spent all week buttering her up and just being nice to her n shyt and then at the end of the week sprung it on her on some "oh yeah, ima walk over there n grab a pair of my sneakers tomorrow at THIS time, will you be there ?? "

"yes, ill be here at THAT time ok" she said.

I WALKED alllll the way over there that following day and guess who wasn't there, again.



I just stood there looking at the door, pouring down sweatin(it was hot as fk), and in disbelief

..and then, rage..

and I was NOT about to walk all the back home without my shyt.

So I broke the little window pane near the door handle(back door) and reached in and tried to unlock it.
shyt was a deadbolt


In all my months dealin with her i never realized her kitchen/back door was a fukking deadbolt style door. but then again I never had any reason to take note

And since I wasn't about that whole "walk around the front and kick in the front door" life, I just turned around and walked off, heading back to the crib

Got about a block away n them boys rolled up on me pistols out n everything. Apparently a neighbor peeped everything and called them.


So anyway Im down at the precinct now and these nikkas was questioning me about burglaries in the area blah blah blah and Im like and so they got clever on me.

They knew that as things stood at that moment all they could charge me with was maybe some sort of extreme vandalism type charge or whatever.

I didnt know that. I didn't know shyt matter of fact. had never been caught for doing anything.

So when they asked me what happened I gladly told them my little heartbreak relationship story, thinking they'd see I was on a personal mission and not on some random drug fiend type burglary shyt. Thought I was gonna get hit with some domestic shyt. I thought we was bonding like bros in that little interrogation room

But nope. These cacs was like GOTCHA!




You see, all they needed was for me to say that my intent was to remove property,. Doesn't matter that it was MY property. ..all they needed was that specific "wording", and they'd have their felony charge that they wanted so bad.

I didn't know that shyt, but they did. I didnt know that all i had to do was say "i got mad and broke the window when nobody answered the door" or something, left it that, and no matter how little they believed me they wouldnt be able to hit me with anything serious.

But nooooooo. Im sitting in there thinking these nikkas trying to "help" me by asking me what REALLY happened instead of jumping to conclusions and TELLING me what my intentions were...thought they was "looking out for me".

I signerd my statement and it was almost at that very moment them cacs was like

Got officially charged no more than 5 mins later, with the felony att. burglary. All because of my wording, basically.

Let this be an unintentional lesson to you brehs out there to watch what you say to them boys, and HOW you say it

 

[Big Daddy]

I see all the way through that label they put on brothas. Just another way for them to try to keep ya away from wealth and opportunity with the felony. You can do community outreach on your own terms breh.



Dont get discouraged when they throw stumbling blocks in front of you. Thats definitely gonna happen when you're on that positivity because they make more money from brothers being in the system you already know this stuff though.

Keep working around them fam. Youngin's have a great way of remembering people like you when they grow up.

Cant rep you im on 24s but preciate it
And youre exactly right, thats all they wanted was to be able to slap that felony label on me. It was evident in the way they questioned me, the wording they chose, etc. And i didnt know shyt back then about getting out of trouble, only how to get into it

 

[Big Daddy]

lol....

He was probably like NIIIIGA if you don't get your convict ass to hell on somewhere Thought you were gonna walk up in here and work under me with yo criminal assfoh.

pretty much. And I can laugh about it now, but I was truly heated at the time. Felt defeated. Voice was trembling and everything when I was trying to plead my case.. and I wasnt yelling or anything but im sure he could feel it...and he just looked at me like

 

[Big Boda]

Cant rep you im on 24s but preciate it
And youre exactly right, thats all they wanted was to be able to slap that felony label on me. It was evident in the way they questioned me, the wording they chose, etc. And i didnt know shyt back then about getting out of trouble, only how to get into it

Man I feel you but the past is the past. You got your life, got your mind right and enough health to be out here making a difference. You know how many cats was like "you know what bruh? lets put something together for the lil homies" and died before doing it?

Sidestep every distraction they put out and Do You the best way you can. Its better than sitting down talking about what other nikkas aint doing like alot of people.

All you can do is your best.

 

[Blackking]

I was with this chick for a minute, then we broke up. Unfortunately alotta my shyt was still at her/her parents' spot.(we was young)

I was going back n forth getting most of it over the next few weeks or so though.

I finally get to the point where all i got left to grab is my sneakers and other little shyt and this b!tch starts playing games.

Everytime we set a time that I could come get my shyt, I'd get over there and she'd be gone.

shyt was fkn me up too because I was paying ppl gas for the rides over there and everything, all for nothing.

She did it 3 times; twice I'd gotten a ride and the 3rd time i had taken the bus

Do you know how crucial it is taking the bus all the way across town, and back, for nothing ?

shyt literally takes up almost half your day

I let that "slide" though. I didn't wild out or NOTHING. I simply let about another week go by and I decided I'd play it different.. I spent all week buttering her up and just being nice to her n shyt and then at the end of the week sprung it on her on some "oh yeah, ima walk over there n grab a pair of my sneakers tomorrow at THIS time, will you be there ?? "

"yes, ill be here at THAT time ok" she said.

I WALKED alllll the way over there that following day and guess who wasn't there, again.



I just stood there looking at the door, pouring down sweatin(it was hot as fk), and in disbelief

..and then, rage..

and I was NOT about to walk all the back home without my shyt.

So I broke the little window pane near the door handle(back door) and reached in and tried to unlock it.
shyt was a deadbolt


In all my months dealin with her i never realized her kitchen/back door was a fukking deadbolt style door. but then again I never had any reason to take note

And since I wasn't about that whole "walk around the front and kick in the front door" life, I just turned around and walked off, heading back to the crib

Got about a block away n them boys rolled up on me pistols out n everything. Apparently a neighbor peeped everything and called them.


So anyway Im down at the precinct now and these nikkas was questioning me about burglaries in the area blah blah blah and Im like and so they got clever on me.

They knew that as things stood at that moment all they could charge me with was maybe some sort of extreme vandalism type charge or whatever.

I didnt know that. I didn't know shyt matter of fact. had never been caught for doing anything.

So when they asked me what happened I gladly told them my little heartbreak relationship story, thinking they'd see I was on a personal mission and not on some random drug fiend type burglary shyt. Thought I was gonna get hit with some domestic shyt. I thought we was bonding like bros in that little interrogation room

But nope. These cacs was like GOTCHA!




You see, all they needed was for me to say that my intent was to remove property,. Doesn't matter that it was MY property. ..all they needed was that specific "wording", and they'd have their felony charge that they wanted so bad.

I didn't know that shyt, but they did. I didnt know that all i had to do was say "i got mad and broke the window when nobody answered the door" or something, left it that, and no matter how little they believed me they wouldnt be able to hit me with anything serious.

But nooooooo. Im sitting in there thinking these nikkas trying to "help" me by asking me what REALLY happened instead of jumping to conclusions and TELLING me what my intentions were...thought they was "looking out for me".

I signerd my statement and it was almost at that very moment them cacs was like

Got officially charged no more than 5 mins later, with the felony att. burglary. All because of my wording, basically.

Let this be an unintentional lesson to you brehs out there to watch what you say to them boys, and HOW you say it

Man, that's wild

 

[Roid Jones]

Are YOU Black or white? You been validated yet since you've been on the Coli? I smell a Cac..

 

[The ADD]

You need men from all walks of life. There isn't one path.

I ain't shyt so you are better than me for trying.