Well, first of all, you are only 17 years old. Beanie: Why don't you give that six months. What do you actually have to do to get in and out of a gang? Richard M. Tim, At the time I was hanging with the gang, yes I thought it was fun. It is not that I changed my mind about being in with my crew, but I do not want other people in my family doing it. Beanie: [after finding out that it's in the bylaw that the only way to keep the fraternity is take a course of tests but Beanie does not want to do it] Who'se lives are ruined? I was drunk and on drugs.
A copy editor inquired of Raines. My daughter was born two months after my arrest, and it s hard to see a young child who asks her father when he will come home. So, even before prison I began to think in the manner I do now but I had no direction or conviction and was weak to my way if life, my routine. Hector Soto Jr. was laid out on the sidewalk beneath a blue blanket. Me too, being in a gang can tire you down on many levels. You said you are tired of it all. Running away would be the wrong thing to do. Dear Babygirl, You re having a baby and you re so young yourself. Today I think of the youth for our future. They say they gon' rob me (what else? After I got busted, I found out that as soon as I left the house, my little sister came crying after me calling for me to come back. I m sure it would be mutual. ) Betrayal can get you hurt really bad. You re only 17 years old.
And believe me Rachael, I know because I ve been there done that a long time ago, and now I m sitting here in Pelican Bay for the rest of my life. A friend - G. Alvarado. However, moms going to always be moms. I believe each person in here is capable of waking up, and if anybody thinks that being part of a gang is fun, well what I just shared with you is only a tiny fragment of what my life became when I made that mistake (of joining in). Die-die (gang gang). Being involved in that type of life is no joke. As bad as I want to tell you that I wouldn't be in a gang and still think the way I do now, I'm not 100% sure. "Collinsio been acting jainky. Franzen, Moody, whatever young nizza was livin' lizzarge, L. Cool-L and his posse would sidewhow in their P-ride and turn the Charlie Rose green room into a killin' field. Always remember that our parents always know best and more than we do. Sierra, I think these bangers you ask about are more sorry they got caught than they are for what they did to get caught, so no new behavior is learned on the inside. I didn t feel loved and I was a scared child in a cruel world who had to play tough or be someone s pet victim - get my money, shoes, or bike taken from me.
I want to know why gangsters need to get a tattoo when they get in the gang. Now that I have spent a good portion of my life in prison, I have come to see that I was the dumb one. Nigga I'ma shoot you in the face (duck). One is that a lot of my family are in gangs, and because when I was young I liked to party and cruise around with the homeboys. Life is so full of mysteries and wonders and it is a big shame to waste it away in prison or in a senseless fight.
I had the love and understanding of the people who raised me that none of that mattered to me in those two years I was running wild, not caring that my family was probably sick with worry because they didn t know where I was. For some insane reason I thought that by joining a gang I somehow was going to be free of all the rules and laws (how wrong I was). People call me that is because the stuff I been through! I'm tryna take your whole crew out (bitch). Your mammy ho, bitch. Would you think gang life is fun. At first when you re doing what you want it could be. Yet, I believe that she did her best with what she had for support. Weensie: [after learning he's going to be expelled] Listen, this is a serious situation. With much respect - Rafa.
There was one difference now though. "Don't be sweatin' that, " Collinsio, ever the voice of reason, implored. "If you do the crime, you better be ready to do the time. " I think it was the way things were at the house - and also the lack of communication between me and my elders. The last argument we had was last night.