Decision
A coward. A punk. That’s the title you get when you run away from a problem. Here in Slowbomb, the bigger man doesn’t walk away. He fights. Even if the battle is impossible to win. You put up a good fight. That’s how you get respect.
My battle is bigger than these streets. Being educated and allowing my gift to carry me out of this situation is worth more to me than street credibility, than hood status. To get a job, to move my mother out of the projects, to be in love with my girl are the things I’ve come to care about and I’m finally ready to move forward.
A child learns to abide by the rules of his setting, mimic the ways of those around him, and adopt the codes of the streets as if they were law. That’s what happens around here. It consumes the child until he’s removed f
