As the story goes, it was a drug dealer who kept getting his spots robbed, and his men shot for pennies on his dollar, and drugs he could replace a hundred times over, but Promise father just wouldn’t stop. Fed up, the kingpin put a price on his head, seeing how others in the underworld were also fed up with this out-of-towner’s activities. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Promise uncle handled the task, going so far as to take pictures for evidence, and went to the Man himself like he...

Born in a location where selling drugs and committing crimes is just fine. Raised and taught that jobs were never designed for us and necessarily become the way of life. Living with no hope if moms are not on drugs or pop is not in jail, they call that faith. Mice in your apartment roaches on your food, where the random gunfire is a typical sound. The cops are more likely to beat you than help you.I am Jasmine, a teenager living on the poor side of Syracuse, New York, with my siste...

What’s going on? My name is Tyquann; everybody around my way calls me Peanut. I am twenty-seven years old now. Sitting in a max prison—how many years, you ask? Let us say football numbers. Do you mind if I spark this joint? Don’t matter. I’m going to do it anyway. Chill with me for a second, though—relax, if you got a dutch rolled up, spark that, just better not reg. Or dro—that weed too harsh in the lungs. Got a bottle on you? crack that—what are you waiting for? Pour a little out before ...

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sanay, but I am more commonly known as Sandy. Who am I? Let me be honest, “I am the other woman.” The one the wife stresses about when her husband does not come home at night. The woman who is never really confirmed to exist. I am the reason fights over petty things arise as I linger in the wife’s thoughts, knowing that there is a slight possibility another female could be sucking the fuck out her other half. Throwing this fat ass back on his long h...

This is a novel about friendship and family. A story so detailed, the reader will be drawn into the pages. Only way to acutally know if this book is worth reading, you will have to first give the book a chance.

A motivation book to help build inner confidence, While learning new ways to look at situitions,

As the bell rang, signaling school ended for the day. I watched everybody rush out of the class to meet with their friends in the halls. As for me, I tried to stall still inside the classroom, not wanting to face the bullying and teasing that came with not dressing nice in school. Standing from my assigned seat, gathering my things together before putting them inside my bookbag, I took my sweet time. Seeing the class mostly empty now, I tossed the straps around my shoulders and headed out ...

Life was sometimes okay. As a young kid, I could remember having good times as a family. I often watched my Dad bring home multiple trash bags full of money. I used to play with wads of cash for fun, “It was everywhere!”Pool in the backyard, big family dinners, we had flat screen TVs in every room, including the kitchen and bathroom. From breakfast every morning with my cartoons to huge dinners every night, along with dessert. My Dad would go into the spare room to smoke his weed, ...

"Sell drugs" How did this idea haunt me like the boogeyman in the middle of the night? However, it promised so many great things in life, just at the cost of destroying many lives to reach that goal. "Selling drugs" I giggled at the images of those dope boys hustling outside."Selling drugs" It seemed like the perfect answer for a homeless kid with a younger brother to take care of. "Sell drugs" The image of my mother high from the same substance that made her not care about Nunnie o...

They always say, "There's Reasons Behind Everything" well watching her mother work everyday including overtime every chance she got was the two sisters Reason. Noticing their mother hardly wore other clothes, besides her work scrub's, was another. The ghetto was not their living environment, a respectable middle class grace their front yard. "Who got money to pay these bills" was the sisters Reason.Although they were teenagers, the sister's knew their mother needed help. I guess if ...