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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:06,381 --> 00:00:09,050       [soft piano music plays]       3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:22,397         ["This Ain't Normal"                    by Justin Gray]           5 00:00:28,611 --> 00:00:31,489          - This ain't normal                - Bodies stackin' high                     To the sky             6 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:33,658          - This ain't normal                 - This ain't normal        7 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,243            Bullets flyin' by                   You hear them cry          8 00:00:35,285 --> 00:00:37,120          - This ain't normal                      - No way              9 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:38,872          - This ain't normal                      - No way              10 00:00:38,913 --> 00:00:40,248           This ain't normal         11 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:42,042            I see it every day                    Still they say           12 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:43,626           This ain't normal         13 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:45,378           Bodies stackin' high                     To the sky             14 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:46,838           This ain't normal         15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,715            Bullets flyin' by                   You hear them cry          16 00:00:48,757 --> 00:00:50,341          - This ain't normal                      - No way              17 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:51,926          - This ain't normal                      - No way              18 00:00:51,968 --> 00:00:53,303           This ain't normal         19 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:55,388            I see it every day                    Still they say           20 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:56,848           This ain't normal         21 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,516            I be ridin' round                   With my head down          22 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:00,018              Window cracked                        System low             23 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,895           So if I see my drum                   I'll be on point          24 00:01:01,936 --> 00:01:03,646            They got they back                 I'll be ready to go         25 00:01:03,688 --> 00:01:05,231              It's him or me                  And I ain't tryna slip       26 00:01:05,273 --> 00:01:06,983           Try to make it home                   Gotta bust a dip          27 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:08,777              Can't judge me                  In these street rules        28 00:01:08,818 --> 00:01:10,361             Gotta think fast                      Or die quick            29 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:12,072           The way we're livin'                    Ain't normal            30 00:01:12,113 --> 00:01:13,823              I wish that we                    Could live normal          31 00:01:13,865 --> 00:01:15,325            All my homies dead                     Or locked up            32 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:17,160            I swear this life                      Ain't normal            33 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:18,828           The way we're livin'                    Ain't normal            34 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:20,455              I wish that we                    Could live normal          35 00:01:20,497 --> 00:01:21,873       Lost ten friends before 21   36 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:23,666            I swear this life                 Ain't normal, for real       37 00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:25,043           Body's stackin' high                     To the sky             38 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:26,669           This ain't normal         39 00:01:26,711 --> 00:01:28,254            Bullets flyin' by                   You hear them cry          40 00:01:28,296 --> 00:01:30,048          - This ain't normal                      - No way              41 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:31,758          - This ain't normal                      - No way              42 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,134           This ain't normal         43 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:34,928            I see it every day                    Still they say           44 00:01:34,969 --> 00:01:38,014          - This ain't normal                      - No way              45 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:45,105           All right, ladies                     and gentlemen,                    you know what it is.         46 00:01:45,146 --> 00:01:48,566     It's 10 o'clock, straight up.               TOUCH 106.1 FM.           47 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:49,984            You know how we                    hold down the city.         48 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:51,903         We feed the streets.               The home of the underdog.      49 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,573    Nothin' but great Boston slack,          New England hip-hop.         50 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:59,994     [rap song playing over radio]    51 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:09,129           Boston is small.                   You know, very small.        52 00:02:09,170 --> 00:02:11,548           So you got gangs                     on every street.           53 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:14,592           Just in this area                   right here, alone,          54 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:15,969      and it's not that big, man.     55 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:19,764            This block from                     Hancock to Geneva          56 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:22,725        is probably six blocks,                   seven blocks.            57 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:24,936         And out of this seven                blocks on both sides,        58 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:28,731       you probably got a total               of at least 11 gangs.        59 00:02:28,773 --> 00:02:30,108      There's a gang right here.      60 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,693          There's a gang next                    to this street.           61 00:02:31,734 --> 00:02:33,820        And then there's a gang               next to that street.         62 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:35,697          Then there's a gang                  behind that street.         63 00:02:35,738 --> 00:02:37,866         Then there's two more                 gangs on this side.         64 00:02:37,907 --> 00:02:38,992       So just this area alone,       65 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:40,702           there's about six                     or seven gangs.           66 00:02:40,743 --> 00:02:43,746  And that's a three-block radius,           four-block radius.          67 00:02:43,788 --> 00:02:46,166       [Alan Turner] Boston is a                five-mile radius.          68 00:02:46,207 --> 00:02:47,584    You have at least six boroughs:  69 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:48,793    you have Mattapan, Dorchester,    70 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:51,212    Roxbury, South End, Hyde Park.    71 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:54,591          In Mattapan you may                 have up to 20 gangs.         72 00:02:54,632 --> 00:02:56,968         In Roxbury you might                  have 20, 30 gangs.          73 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,137          Dorchester you may                   have 30, 40 gangs.          74 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:01,890        South End you may have                    at least ten.            75 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:04,767        Overall, there's gangs               being formed every day.       76 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:06,978    [Kenney Waller]   Warren Gardens,               St. Joseph's,            77 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,022     Norfolk, H Block, Castlegate,    78 00:03:09,063 --> 00:03:12,150         Intervale, Brunswick,                 Fayston, the Villa,         79 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:13,985    Franklin Field, Franklin Hill,    80 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,946          Lennox, Mass. Ave.,                    Draper Street,            81 00:03:16,988 --> 00:03:20,200           Hendricks Street,                 Berry Street, Lucerne.        82 00:03:20,241 --> 00:03:23,036     I don't have an exact count,                but I would say           83 00:03:23,077 --> 00:03:24,954          probably over 100.          84 00:03:24,996 --> 00:03:27,916           [car engine revs]          85 00:03:27,957 --> 00:03:30,585         [indistinct chatter]         86 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:35,798           [rap music plays                     over car stereo]           87 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,927     In the blocks, you start off            as families, you know?        88 00:03:38,968 --> 00:03:40,762     You grow up with this person,             that's your family.         89 00:03:40,803 --> 00:03:43,514        That's not your friend.              I don't got no friends,             you know what I'm sayin'?      90 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:47,060          You're my associate                 or you're my family,               you know what I'm sayin'?      91 00:03:47,101 --> 00:03:49,354          You know what's up.                   You're with me or                   you're against me,          92 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:51,064      you love me or you hate me,                 you feel me?             93 00:03:51,105 --> 00:03:53,149     -Is this guy really turning?               -They gon' wait.           94 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:55,610      They gon' wait. They good.      95 00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:58,947       As long as I'm good with             these niggas right here,       96 00:03:58,988 --> 00:04:00,698       I don't give a fuck about                     nobody.               97 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:02,408        -We ain't the Roxbury--                 -[group laughing]          98 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:04,160      We don't trick, we don't do                 none of that.            99 00:04:04,202 --> 00:04:07,580          We just get to it.              Catch them fuckboys laughing.    100 00:04:07,622 --> 00:04:10,124         [all] Never lock it.         101 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:12,919        Gotta check the bushes.             You know what I'm sayin'?      102 00:04:12,961 --> 00:04:14,420         Gotta make sure ain't                 no new fuckin' cars         103 00:04:14,462 --> 00:04:16,798     on the block, all that shit,          man. Know what I'm sayin'?      104 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,049        We definitely on point.       105 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,677    I ain't gon' front, man, this,                 I love it.              106 00:04:20,718 --> 00:04:23,763            I love it, too.                    I'm not gonna say,          107 00:04:23,805 --> 00:04:27,225           "Oh, this person                 and that person will die                     for me."               108 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:28,518    Even though I know they would,    109 00:04:28,559 --> 00:04:29,811        I wouldn't want 'em to.       110 00:04:29,852 --> 00:04:32,272       You get what I'm sayin'?            'Cause that'll be selfish.      111 00:04:32,313 --> 00:04:34,065    But when it come on down to it,  112 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,775      I know they'll die with me.     113 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:38,236          It's like if you're               living in an urban area,       114 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:39,821            you're meant to                   beef with each other         115 00:04:39,862 --> 00:04:40,738         and kill each other.         116 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,240      That's all it is out here.      117 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,534    Now ask yourself: Some of these         people out here killing       118 00:04:44,575 --> 00:04:46,703         their blood cousins.         119 00:04:46,744 --> 00:04:48,871      Brothers against brothers.      120 00:04:48,913 --> 00:04:50,498      Mothers against daughters.      121 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:51,791         Fathers against sons.        122 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:54,377     -If you choose to do this...                 -[horn honks]            123 00:04:54,419 --> 00:04:56,629      ...know what you're jumping                     into.                124 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:59,340        [Leroy]   These young men              are on top of each other.      125 00:04:59,382 --> 00:05:01,843          You know, your enemy's                  across the street,         126 00:05:01,884 --> 00:05:03,052            around the corner.         127 00:05:03,094 --> 00:05:05,555           If I'm not in my                   comfortability zone,         128 00:05:05,596 --> 00:05:07,307        I will pass 101 stores.       129 00:05:07,348 --> 00:05:10,184  Like, uh, not going to that one.       I'm not going to that one.      130 00:05:10,226 --> 00:05:11,811          That one, that one,                that one, or that one.        131 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:13,813         I'm gonna come where                  I'm comfortable at.         132 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:15,815         We see the young boys        133 00:05:15,857 --> 00:05:17,358          walking with their                  girl down the street         134 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,902    with their hand, hand in hand.            I can never do that.         135 00:05:19,944 --> 00:05:23,031       They just don't like us.            We go anywhere we want to.      136 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:25,283             It's up to us                    if we wanna go there,                     ya feel me?             137 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:26,868      -Like, we can go anywhere.                   -Anywhere.              138 00:05:26,909 --> 00:05:28,578        It's fucked up, though,             you know what I'm sayin'?      139 00:05:28,619 --> 00:05:31,164     'Cause it's like, yo, you got       a lady you just meet and shit.    140 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:33,499        You like, "Yo, come on.          Let me take you out to dinner."  141 00:05:33,541 --> 00:05:35,877         And she like, "Damn,                 why you keep lookin'         142 00:05:35,918 --> 00:05:36,919       over ya back like that?"       143 00:05:36,961 --> 00:05:38,087        You like, "Listen, boo.       144 00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:40,256        That mean shit's real."                     You know?              145 00:05:40,298 --> 00:05:42,967           What that means,                 you know what I'm sayin'?      146 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,386        -What's going on, bruh?           -You tryna go up the stairs?     147 00:05:45,428 --> 00:05:47,472               -He good.                     Yeah, yeah. Let it go.                  -Come on, brotha.          148 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:49,432            It's all good.            149 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:53,061       You're bound to get seen.               Everybody go to the                   same restaurants,          150 00:05:53,102 --> 00:05:54,979        movie theaters, clubs.        151 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:56,898           They walk across                     the same streets.          152 00:05:56,939 --> 00:05:58,441       They drive by each other.      153 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:00,693         Hoping that that crew                  ain't out there.           154 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:04,030          You just gotta look              over your shoulders, like,                   you know...             155 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:07,158     You just see right here, man.       I just gotta be cautious, man.    156 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,951        Where I come from, man.       157 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:13,581          If not, I'll be on                channel seven news, man.       158 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:16,459    [female reporter] Police trying              to track down            159 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:18,795           the gunman behind                  a daylight shooting.         160 00:06:18,836 --> 00:06:21,339           A man in his 20s                    shot in Dorchester.         161 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,216        This follows a shocking                 night of violence          162 00:06:23,257 --> 00:06:24,342         in and around Boston.        163 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:26,344     Four different crime scenes.     164 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,846          Eight people shot,                  five of them killed.         165 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:30,515         Julie Loncich's live                  in Boston tonight.          166 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:32,517           And Julie, people                  just don't feel safe.        167 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:37,605        What's been interesting               about this population             is that they're not mobile.     168 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:40,566             They've been                   in the same communities,       169 00:06:40,608 --> 00:06:44,070           the same groups,               for the last 30 to 40 years.     170 00:06:44,112 --> 00:06:46,364    So the profile of a lot of them  171 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,991          happen to be young,                  Black, unemployed,          172 00:06:49,033 --> 00:06:51,327           part of a group,                  looking for something.        173 00:06:51,369 --> 00:06:54,288          But they have beefs                   with other folks           174 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:57,500         based on the simplest                 things of respect.          175 00:06:57,542 --> 00:07:00,086       -Respect and disrespect.                    -[rap beat]             176 00:07:00,128 --> 00:07:01,671            I'm an animal           177 00:07:01,712 --> 00:07:03,005           Without a leash          178 00:07:03,047 --> 00:07:04,757            Poppin' bottles                    With my niggas            179 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,384             You hear me?                          Capisce               180 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:09,429            They aint lying                  When they tellin' you                 That I'm a beast           181 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:14,142            They aint lying                  When they tellin' you                 That I'm a beast           182 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:16,310               [Dequan]                    Grew up on Warren Gardens.      183 00:07:16,352 --> 00:07:19,480        You know it's a lotta,                 you know, dangerous                     neighborhood.            184 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,482        It was rough, you know.               Shootin' everywhere.         185 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:23,443       But, I mean, that's where             I was born and raised.        186 00:07:23,484 --> 00:07:26,904      That's where my team's at.           When I see 'em, I'ma smack                the shit out you.          187 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:28,990          -Tell 'em, bro bro.                  -Back of my hands.          188 00:07:29,031 --> 00:07:30,450           Bitch-ass nigga,                    like you my bitch.          189 00:07:30,491 --> 00:07:32,577        -Fuckin' little bitch.               -[laughing] Oh, my God!       190 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:36,289       Dirty... smell like shit.           You little fuckin' faggot.      191 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:38,458     Talkin' all that shit, nigga.    192 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:42,086       I had him on my birthday,      193 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,672           March 21st, 1995.          194 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,299               I was 15.              195 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:48,342    I laid on the operatin' table,    196 00:07:48,384 --> 00:07:52,680         I had to get cut open                  at 15 years old.           197 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:57,852            [calming music]           198 00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:03,649     All right, which one of y'all            wanna eat and don't?         199 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:08,571            [child yelling]           200 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:10,823            Yo, don't even                     start that yellin'.         201 00:08:10,865 --> 00:08:12,492         I'm telling you now.         202 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,329        -Mom, look at my watch.                      -Nice.                203 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:21,125        You know, I sold weed,                   I prostituted.            204 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:24,086         I stripped, I gassed,                   I did all that.           205 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:26,047           Because I had to.          206 00:08:26,088 --> 00:08:28,382    I gotta survive in the streets.  207 00:08:28,424 --> 00:08:32,094        I feel like his life is             like a repeat of my life.      208 00:08:32,136 --> 00:08:35,264     [Monica Cannon] Bop is a very            ambitious young man.         209 00:08:35,306 --> 00:08:37,934         He's very passionate                    about his love            210 00:08:37,975 --> 00:08:39,602         for his neighborhood,                  and his friends.           211 00:08:39,644 --> 00:08:43,689        And I think his mindset                is that his friends                    is his family.            212 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:48,486               [Dequan]                     I've been in a tiny home           when I was younger, like DSS.    213 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:51,364            Then from DSS,                   I've been in juvenile.        214 00:08:51,405 --> 00:08:54,367         Got committed to DUIS                    til I was 18.            215 00:08:54,408 --> 00:08:55,910         I was in the streets.        216 00:08:55,952 --> 00:08:57,245         That was interfering                     with school,             217 00:08:57,286 --> 00:09:00,748       so I was more focused on             the streets than school.       218 00:09:01,457 --> 00:09:06,128      It's lookin' at fancy cars,                all that money,           219 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,422    I wanted to do the same thing.    220 00:09:08,464 --> 00:09:10,091         Wanted what they had.        221 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:16,389           [music producer]                  Yo, you want me to put              you up front a little bit      222 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:18,849         -so you don't have to                 wait all that time?                        -Yeah.                223 00:09:18,891 --> 00:09:20,434              I got you.              224 00:09:24,146 --> 00:09:26,732     [Dequan] Moved outta the hood               when I was 15.            225 00:09:26,774 --> 00:09:27,942          Moved with my mom.          226 00:09:28,651 --> 00:09:31,988      Then in that time, 14, 15,         that's when I started rappin'.    227 00:09:32,029 --> 00:09:34,699   With this shit, with this shit   With this shit, with this shit   228 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:37,660      Stay strapped with them 30s              We with this shit                    With this shit            229 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:39,453            With this shit                     With this shit            230 00:09:39,495 --> 00:09:41,622          My niggas be ridin'                  We with this shit                    With this shit            231 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:43,332            With this shit                     With this shit            232 00:09:43,374 --> 00:09:47,044       [Beverly] Dequan started                 hanging with guys                  that I grew up with.         233 00:09:47,878 --> 00:09:51,132         I'm just like, damn,                  this happened to me                    a long time ago           234 00:09:51,173 --> 00:09:52,717          when I was his age.         235 00:09:53,301 --> 00:09:54,969        I don't know, something               about Warren Gardens         236 00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:56,804       that just draws him back.      237 00:09:56,846 --> 00:09:59,223         That's just his life,                you know what I mean?        238 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,350      That's just how he grew up.     239 00:10:01,392 --> 00:10:03,436            [group rapping]                      I'm a animal            240 00:10:03,477 --> 00:10:05,062         - Without a leash                        - Yeah               241 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:06,606            Poppin' bottles                    With my niggas            242 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:08,441             You hear me?                          Capisce               243 00:10:08,482 --> 00:10:11,110           They ain't lying                  When they tellin' you                 That I'm a beast           244 00:10:11,152 --> 00:10:15,114           They ain't lying                  When they tellin' you                 That I'm a beast           245 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:16,657          [group chattering]          246 00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:18,367    [Monica] Even if your children              are not involved           247 00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:19,660           in the stuff that                   happens over here,          248 00:10:19,702 --> 00:10:21,829           they are involved               'cause they live over here.     249 00:10:21,871 --> 00:10:23,122        [police siren wailing]        250 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:24,832     [Belinda] It was an incident                 last summer,             251 00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:30,421  the little kids were all outside         that day and they came                 from outta nowhere.         252 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,715           A boy was sitting                right here on the steps.       253 00:10:32,757 --> 00:10:35,217             My mother was                     sitting right here.         254 00:10:35,259 --> 00:10:37,845         And the boy got shot                     in the chest.            255 00:10:37,887 --> 00:10:40,556       And my mother dragged him             into part of my house.        256 00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:44,185       -[Belinda's mother] Yes.          -And my windows were shot out.    257 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:46,896     And bullets were in my house.    258 00:10:46,937 --> 00:10:50,524         My niece, I thank God            that I grabbed her that day.     259 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:53,402        And they came up there                 two minutes later,          260 00:10:53,444 --> 00:10:55,988         and they shot the boy              right there in front of--      261 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:58,199     Right in front of everybody.     262 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,493    And did not care about nothin'.  263 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,495     As long as these niggas know     264 00:11:02,536 --> 00:11:04,038        that they good with me        265 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:05,581        and I'm good with them,       266 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,626    fuck, not you, but your mother,  267 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,462       your uncle, your cousin,                   your auntie,             268 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,172              your uncle,                    fuck everybody, nigga.        269 00:11:13,214 --> 00:11:17,593          This is us, nigga.               [stammers] You see, nigga,              this is a fam, nigga.        270 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:19,845              We come out                     with the same hats...        271 00:11:19,887 --> 00:11:24,058           [all exclaiming]           272 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,185              We do this.                      This is what we do.         273 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:28,229       [stammers] Free the guys.      274 00:11:28,270 --> 00:11:30,898       This is our little thing,            if you didn't know, man.       275 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:32,400       The G3 shit, this is us.       276 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:36,904         [overlapping chatter]        277 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:39,365             -We a family.                        -We a family.            278 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:41,409          To me, Boston gangs                 are totally different        279 00:11:41,450 --> 00:11:45,287            than a Chicago,            very structured, organized gang.  280 00:11:45,329 --> 00:11:48,165         Or LA Bloods, Crips,                where's one side, east,       281 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:50,376          or west, or south,                  you know what I mean?        282 00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:52,753         Boston, historically,                  has been streets.          283 00:11:52,795 --> 00:11:55,673       They identify their self             with these sports teams.       284 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:58,592  [Alan] You got the Trailblazers,            OP Trailblazers,           285 00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,804         you got Mission Hill,                 Michigan, you know?         286 00:12:01,846 --> 00:12:04,682           You got Green Bay                   Packers, Greenwood.         287 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:07,768      You got Drapewood, D-Boys,          everybody wear Detroit hats.     288 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:10,271           You got Norfolk,                 they wear Chicago Bulls.                     You know?              289 00:12:10,312 --> 00:12:16,152    [stammers] These are the teams         you gotta pay attention to                  and not wear.            290 00:12:16,193 --> 00:12:17,695         You gotta be careful                     what you buy.            291 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:22,324        [Leroy] If I'm wearing                   a baseball hat,           292 00:12:22,366 --> 00:12:26,829     and we're wearing this hat to             represent our hood,         293 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:28,122           our neighborhood,          294 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:29,665       that's what we're doin'.       295 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:32,710        But if that 12-year-old                is wearing that hat         296 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:36,255      to match with his Jordans,           that's not what he's doing.     297 00:12:36,297 --> 00:12:38,716         He's wearing his hat                as a fashion statement.       298 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,801  But the problem is, he may cross  299 00:12:40,843 --> 00:12:45,222        territorial lines that                he has no clue about.        300 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:46,348            No clue about.            301 00:12:46,390 --> 00:12:48,559           And here he goes,                   about his business,         302 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,353           with his matching                  hat and his Jordans,         303 00:12:51,395 --> 00:12:52,980           and gets killed.           304 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:54,273       Now who's fault is that?       305 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:57,193  Yeah, you should be able to wear         whatever hat you want.        306 00:12:57,234 --> 00:13:00,446            Unfortunately,                    that's not the merry,             good-old-world we live in.      307 00:13:00,488 --> 00:13:05,618            Boston's small.                     It's about 75,80,                   75 killings a year.         308 00:13:05,659 --> 00:13:09,288      That's just-- yeah, I know,         that may not seem like a lot     309 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:13,167           to other cities,                  like you know, Chicago.       310 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:14,418       We could look at Chicago.      311 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:18,672     Five hundred men die a year.     312 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,634                A year.                        That's in Chicago.          313 00:13:21,675 --> 00:13:25,262              Tennessee.                 Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee.    314 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:27,890          188 bodies a year.          315 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:31,352        New Orleans, Louisiana.       316 00:13:31,393 --> 00:13:34,563    New Orleans, 257 bodies a year.  317 00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:35,940           And they not even                 talking about the ones        318 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,650         they can't even find                  when you dump them          319 00:13:37,691 --> 00:13:41,862    [stammers] with the crocodiles               and alligators.           320 00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:46,992            [game chiming]            321 00:13:47,034 --> 00:13:47,952                  Oh!                 322 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:50,120         And what are the odds             for you to get that, right?     323 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:53,165            -[game chiming]                     -You buying that.                    That's what's up.          324 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:55,376            [game chiming]            325 00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:57,795        -You did it. You did--                       -Daddy.               326 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:01,423         -Daddy knock it off.                  -Come on, come on.          327 00:14:01,465 --> 00:14:03,384         -Where you wanna go?                      -Last roll.             328 00:14:03,425 --> 00:14:05,427         We got one more roll.               Roll it one more time.        329 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:06,470      We got one more roll, baby.     330 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:09,682            [game chiming]            331 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:14,395             Come on, boo.            332 00:14:14,436 --> 00:14:15,938            I'm a hell of a                    father, I believe,          333 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:19,275         but at the same time          I'm a piece of shit of a father.  334 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:20,776  Now, I'ma keep it real with you.  335 00:14:20,818 --> 00:14:23,153  This is the honest to God truth.  336 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:24,280      Like, yeah, I do for mines.     337 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:26,323             I love mines.                     I'd die for mines.          338 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:29,410        There's nothing you can              tell me about my oldest                 and my youngest.           339 00:14:29,451 --> 00:14:32,538      My oldest, four years old,              she just turned four         340 00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:35,374             October 31st,                    she's named after me.        341 00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:38,085         Literally, my junior.        342 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,920           My two different                     babies' mothers,           343 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:43,632        you know, just like an              average hood explicative.      344 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:49,805    [stammers] You know, not really      putting my brains to the use.    345 00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:52,600           Me tryna blend in                  with everybody else.         346 00:14:52,641 --> 00:14:54,268          Me tryna look cool.         347 00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:57,229      Me tryna have a reputation.                   You know.              348 00:14:57,271 --> 00:14:58,981          What's up, boo boo?         349 00:15:04,528 --> 00:15:06,405             -You scored?                            -Yeah!                350 00:15:06,447 --> 00:15:10,492     Yeah? Aw! Awesome, baby! Huh?    351 00:15:10,534 --> 00:15:11,702             [Mel Samuels]                  These younger gentlemen,       352 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:12,995    they're not really bad people.    353 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:14,997          They're not animals                that they're portrayed,       354 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:17,833           you know, in the                 newspaper or on the news.      355 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:20,753          It's hard for them                     to really grasp           356 00:15:20,794 --> 00:15:22,004      the concept of love because     357 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:23,714          they wasn't getting                     the love from            358 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,175            maybe a father,                   as in Jordan's case,         359 00:15:26,216 --> 00:15:27,301        or, you know, a mother.       360 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:29,595       'Cause a lot of guys now,      361 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:31,764       you know, there mom's not            involved in their lives.       362 00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:36,894        So it's hard for these                guys to express love         363 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,481     when all they know is the BS.    364 00:15:42,316 --> 00:15:45,486           The dynamics can                  change when it comes to                 just one person.           365 00:15:45,527 --> 00:15:48,030       [continues indistinctly]       366 00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:50,032      [Robert] The thing that was            a little controversial        367 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:52,618         when I first started                   was we were only           368 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:54,286            gonna work with                    the high-risk folks         369 00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:55,621    who are involved in shootings.    370 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:57,957           Because the goal                     of this has been           371 00:15:57,998 --> 00:16:00,042    reducing murders and shootings.                 Period.               372 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:02,336     You know Dennis got locked up          over the weekend, right?       373 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:06,507            -[man] I know.                 -When I was gone, there was             a shooting every day.        374 00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:09,051              Every day.                     What I do isn't a job.        375 00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:13,013     I have to make sure this kid              doesn't get killed.         376 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:15,933             What's that?             377 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:19,478      [Robert] This is not a job                 based on hours,           378 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,480       or based on convenience.       379 00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:24,900       You have to be acceptable               and available 24/7          380 00:16:24,942 --> 00:16:26,944        because needs are 24/7.       381 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,570     So I really have to say that.    382 00:16:28,612 --> 00:16:29,822       'Cause when you do that,       383 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:32,574       the power is in the hands              of the young people.         384 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:34,159    'Cause the young people decide                  every day              385 00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:36,787          if they believe and               trust in you to show up.       386 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,664            They don't know                   what days I have off.        387 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:40,874         What're you thinking?           If a kid called, I'm gonna say,  388 00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:44,294       "Hey, I can't talk to you              right now, I'm off."         389 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:45,504              Yeah. Okay.             390 00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:47,673          Well, don't fuckin'                  ever call me again.         391 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:51,510        I'm 100%-- I'm invested                 into their lives.          392 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,137           That's not a job.          393 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,389          That's a commitment                  to your community.          394 00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:56,515        Who else will you know        395 00:16:56,557 --> 00:16:59,643          will come out into                    a gang-infested,           396 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:02,271      or a community of violence,     397 00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:04,815      walk up to these young men      398 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,442          who you don't know                   what could happen,          399 00:17:06,483 --> 00:17:08,235        and say, "Hey, I'm here                   to help you,"            400 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:10,946          and then take them               and turn their lives around     401 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,406    and make them think different?    402 00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:16,160               [Kenney]                    Is this really my community              or is this my hood?         403 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:18,746                -Right?                        -'Cause if you gon'                  say it's your hood,         404 00:17:18,787 --> 00:17:20,247         you about that life.         405 00:17:20,289 --> 00:17:22,791           If you gon' say,                   "It's my community,"                  you love this life.         406 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:24,251         You love that person                     right there.             407 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,295     You takin' care of that kid.         You see him cross the street,    408 00:17:26,336 --> 00:17:29,965         "Ay, what you doin?"                  You lookin' out for                  another man's kid.          409 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,510       I was one of them myself,               and they know that.         410 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:36,513    And by that, they allow me in.                  You know?              411 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:38,474            They see that,                   "Oh, he's been through        412 00:17:38,515 --> 00:17:40,476      these rough times like us."     413 00:17:42,269 --> 00:17:46,148      You know, my mom showed me                how to revive her          414 00:17:46,190 --> 00:17:47,566           of overdose, man.          415 00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:50,027             She told me,                  "Alan, if you ever see me,"     416 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,154         you know what I mean,             "laid out with something,"      417 00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:55,032     or whatever, "wrong with me,             you put me in a tub,         418 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:58,619            run cold water,                   put salt in my mouth                    and smack me."            419 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,704         This is a young kid.                   I'm like, "What?           420 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:02,498     What are you talking, Mama?"     421 00:18:02,539 --> 00:18:05,084           But it happened,                   and I had to do that.        422 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,093           You have history                     in these streets,          423 00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:15,886    and these young cats know that.  424 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:18,180           These young cats,                a lot of them respect it.      425 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:20,390         So you just couldn't                   get a random dude          426 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:23,644           to come and talk                    to some gang member                    on the corner,            427 00:18:23,685 --> 00:18:24,937           'cause they just                     gonna look at him          428 00:18:24,978 --> 00:18:26,688        like he got eight heads                   or somethin'.            429 00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:29,525           When we first put                streetworkers out there,       430 00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:31,902       some of the kids thought                 they were police.          431 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:33,779  Regardless of their reputations.  432 00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:35,823        And we had to get over                    those hurdles            433 00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:37,783    til we got to a place of trust.  434 00:18:38,325 --> 00:18:42,329       On that note, it's good.          Let's work on these other guys               who needs help.           435 00:18:43,747 --> 00:18:45,165              Melly Mel.              436 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:49,670      Um, my area's pretty cool.      437 00:18:49,711 --> 00:18:51,088        You know, everything's                     all right.              438 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,258          Most of my guys are                   in a house or...           439 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:58,220        The number one tool for          dealing with younger gentleman    440 00:18:58,262 --> 00:19:00,722         that feels that their                  lives are wasted,          441 00:19:00,764 --> 00:19:04,184           or being wasted,                  or lost, is tolerance.        442 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:07,354    Oh, Mel works with StreetSafe.    443 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:09,398           That's my mentor.             I'm not even gonna lie to you.    444 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:14,903            We have a real                  tight-knit relationship.                     You know?              445 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:18,407        When I have a situation            and I know I'm gonna move,      446 00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:20,242         it's like, you know,             as I got older, I'm matured.     447 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:23,579       Sometimes I think about--           Sometimes I think about it.     448 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,080          And I'll call him,                     he'll sit there           449 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:27,708           kickin' with me.                   He'll come snatch me.        450 00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:30,460         You know? He's there.        451 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:35,591      [Mel] Jordan'll say to you,             "Mel's is my mentor,                 he's like my father."        452 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:37,134           But, I don't look                     at it that way.           453 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,011       You know what I'm sayin'?          I'm not tryna be his father,     454 00:19:39,052 --> 00:19:42,264       I'm just tryna be someone             that he can depend on.        455 00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:45,350       You gotta hold on, okay?       456 00:19:45,392 --> 00:19:48,353      We did this the last time,                  this was fun.            457 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:50,522              You scared?             458 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:53,025            [child mumbles]           459 00:19:53,066 --> 00:19:54,193          Okay, I'll hold on.         460 00:19:54,234 --> 00:19:57,279        I just gotta make sure                 you hold on, okay?          461 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:01,074           You gotta hold on                    with both hands.           462 00:20:01,783 --> 00:20:03,202        [laughs] It's shaking.        463 00:20:03,243 --> 00:20:05,454         You gotta be careful.                      [laughs]               464 00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,539         You gotta be careful!        465 00:20:07,581 --> 00:20:09,458            Oh, I got you.            466 00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:12,419           [child mumbling]           467 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:15,339         Baby, it'll be okay.         468 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:17,174          I'm goin' to court                   for my mother now.          469 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,092        I'm telling y'all now.                 My mother's just--          470 00:20:19,134 --> 00:20:21,011      I'll say it on national TV,                 I don't care.            471 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,721      My mother's a crack addict.     472 00:20:23,263 --> 00:20:26,808          She got five sons.                  I'm the middle child.        473 00:20:26,850 --> 00:20:29,603         If she knows her son,         if we out here doin' what we do,  474 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:32,814    if we don't give her somethin',       we don't give her no money,     475 00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:34,524        no this, this and that,       476 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:35,776            we go to jail.            477 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:37,819            We go to jail.            478 00:20:37,861 --> 00:20:40,906      You know I'm goin' to jail             for threats right now.        479 00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:42,074            For my mother.            480 00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:44,701        When you put your hands                  on my daughter            481 00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:46,078          when you was high.          482 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,289         Whoever my father is,               I'ma say it on camera,        483 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:52,209         you a piece of shit.                   Whoever you are.                 You know what I'm sayin'?      484 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,503       My mother don't even know                who my father is,                    to keep it funky.          485 00:20:54,544 --> 00:20:59,174     She'll tell you to your face,            "Yeah I had-- he was                  a one-night stand."         486 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:01,134          She was in college,                   she left college           487 00:21:01,176 --> 00:21:03,220            because she got                     pregnant with me.          488 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,721     I don't know who my father is    489 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:06,473           but I always said                  when I have children,        490 00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:09,810         I'd be damned if I'd                be like whoever he was.       491 00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:12,312                Daddy!                492 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:16,149             I'm so sorry!            493 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,151           Oh, this is your                  little roller coaster.        494 00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:19,361       You like your little ro--      495 00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:22,990            My guy Jordan,                  I tell him all the time,       496 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:25,534          "You get locked up,                  who gon' take care                    of your daughter?          497 00:21:25,575 --> 00:21:30,455     Nobody gon' take care of her         the way you take care of her.                  Nobody."               498 00:21:30,497 --> 00:21:35,377         [Jordan] I'm only 26,         and from 17 to 26 is nine years,             and I did six.            499 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:37,796          So that means outta                    my adult life,            500 00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:39,798    I only had three on the street.  501 00:21:40,424 --> 00:21:43,510       I got two open cases now.             Psh. Keep it more real.       502 00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:45,012        That's how real it is.        503 00:21:45,053 --> 00:21:46,263          Two open cases now.         504 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:47,973     I can't even stay out of jail    505 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:49,558         for a good two years.        506 00:21:49,599 --> 00:21:51,935     I just went in two years ago,    507 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,062     facing two attempted murders.    508 00:21:54,104 --> 00:21:56,148          Shit, I need to be                    more of a father           509 00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:57,607         to my four-year-old.         510 00:21:57,649 --> 00:21:58,734  And I've been trying to do that.  511 00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:00,444  My two-year-old, that's my twin.  512 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:02,946      [stammers] My four-year-old            looks exactly like me,        513 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,741          but my two-year-old               looks so identical to me.      514 00:22:06,783 --> 00:22:09,036              -[giggles]                       -She's so advanced.         515 00:22:09,077 --> 00:22:10,954        I be like, "We're going               to the neighborhood."        516 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,290              She'll say,                  "We're goin' to the hood?"      517 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,250     And I just look at her like,     518 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:17,669           "You're only two                    talkin' like this."         519 00:22:17,711 --> 00:22:20,005          -Daddy, I love you.                         -Huh?                520 00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:22,966             -I love you.                        -Okay. You do?            521 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,801                -Yeah.                          -I love you more.          522 00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:27,095           -I love you more.                  -No, I love you more.        523 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:28,764         No, I love you more!         524 00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:30,223        I wanna get some candy!       525 00:22:30,265 --> 00:22:32,768      -We'll get you some candy.                     -Okay.                526 00:22:32,809 --> 00:22:33,935            [Jordan] Okay?            527 00:22:33,977 --> 00:22:35,228         But I love you more.         528 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:36,688        [girl] I love you more.       529 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,065    [Jordan] I love you more, more.  530 00:22:38,106 --> 00:22:39,816         You gon' hold my hand             when you cross the street?      531 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,985          No I'm gonna cross                  the street by myself!        532 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:44,279      You can't cross the street                  by yourself.             533 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:45,781          But there's no cars                    in front of me            534 00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:48,492            and they're not                    gonna run me over!          535 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:50,160              Okay. Okay.             536 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:52,746           [stammers] Okay.           537 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:56,583        I don't know why Mommy             didn't put your Jordans on.     538 00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:59,419       Why ain't you put 'em on?      539 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:04,174    Because I will get them dirty.    540 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:05,384            [Jordan laughs]           541 00:23:05,425 --> 00:23:07,677           You didn't wanna                      get them dirty?           542 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,096                -Mm-mm.                          -Oh. [stammers]           543 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:12,307      You know about keeping your         sneakers clean at three, huh?    544 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:14,684       Okay, I ain't mad at you.      545 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:15,977    As long as you keep 'em clean.    546 00:23:16,019 --> 00:23:18,605       Come on, we're gonna get              something to eat, okay?       547 00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:20,982           [grunts] Come on.          548 00:23:21,024 --> 00:23:22,984    We're gonna go this way, okay?    549 00:23:23,026 --> 00:23:24,444              Thank you!              550 00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:29,658       [Alan] They need more men                  in this area.            551 00:23:29,699 --> 00:23:32,160         'Cause a lot of these             young men, as I'm finding,      552 00:23:32,202 --> 00:23:33,203         they don't have dads.        553 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,163     Some of their dads have died.    554 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:37,999          Whether it be from                   murder or sickness.         555 00:23:38,041 --> 00:23:40,877               You know?                  They don't have dads at all.     556 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:44,423            I think a heavy                   presence of real men         557 00:23:44,464 --> 00:23:48,301         in their lives would               actually make an impact.       558 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,596          -It's a full-stack?                        -Yeah.                559 00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:54,599              -For free?                       -Yeah, do whatever                  you wanna do with it.        560 00:23:54,641 --> 00:23:55,725        But it's for the crib.        561 00:23:55,767 --> 00:23:56,852           How you do that?           562 00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:58,019      You gotta get on the lease.     563 00:23:58,061 --> 00:23:59,813           You and your girl                   got kids together,          564 00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:02,232           so you, you know,                it's called doublin' up.       565 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,192          You're doublin' up                   with your parents.          566 00:24:04,234 --> 00:24:07,320                -Yeah.                       -So if you get a crib,           and they sign you to the lease,  567 00:24:07,362 --> 00:24:08,530       you don't gotta begin it.      568 00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:09,948       As long as they sign you                   to the lease,            569 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:12,409     just call emergency funding.     570 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:15,704            What if it's on                   my grandmama's lease?        571 00:24:15,745 --> 00:24:17,080     Nah, it don't work like that.    572 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,416       -It's for your own crib.                  -Oh, all right.           573 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,419  [Niko stammers] Yeah, my mother,        she wasn't really there.       574 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,379      She was in and out of jail                since I was five.          575 00:24:24,421 --> 00:24:25,797     My Pops died when I was five.    576 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:28,425            So, you put two                     and two together.          577 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:32,429         My father got killed                    May 18th, 1996.           578 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:34,181         He got into a scuffle                   with some guy.            579 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:36,016         Got the best of him.         580 00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:37,517          The guy killed him.         581 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,356      It was fucked up, you know?     582 00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:45,859      Little kid losing his dad.      583 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:47,360            I remember like                     it was yesterday.          584 00:24:47,402 --> 00:24:51,323        I'll never forget stuff               like that, you know?         585 00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:54,576          I guess it happens.         586 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,955             Like, for me,                 it would feel like normal,      587 00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:00,874         'cause nobody around                  really had a pops.          588 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,417       You know what I'm sayin'?      589 00:25:02,459 --> 00:25:04,294           So when I didn't                    really have a pops,         590 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:08,131            it wasn't like                   everybody got a father,               I'm not the only one.        591 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:10,550       Nobody really had a pops.            You know what I'm sayin?       592 00:25:10,592 --> 00:25:14,221       Probably like two of us,        two people out of 30 had a pops.        You know what I'm sayin'?      593 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:18,099        So it's like their pops                was like our pops.          594 00:25:18,141 --> 00:25:20,101       You know what I'm sayin'?          "Y'all be good, boom, boom."     595 00:25:20,143 --> 00:25:21,520        They kinda was strict.              You know what I'm sayin'?      596 00:25:21,561 --> 00:25:24,397         But it's like I'm not                 really around that.         597 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:26,024         So it was like, bruh,                of course you see it.        598 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,109     Thinkin' like "Oh my pops..."                 [stammers]              599 00:25:28,151 --> 00:25:29,277          "What am I supposed                    to learn from?            600 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:30,904     What was I gonna learn from?"    601 00:25:30,946 --> 00:25:32,113       You know what I'm sayin'?      602 00:25:32,155 --> 00:25:33,657          Every little child                     needs his pops.           603 00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:35,951    We don't gotta get sentimental,           but it's the truth.         604 00:25:35,992 --> 00:25:37,369           Sometimes people                   ain't gonna admit it,        605 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:39,496      but at the end of the day,                 you wanna know            606 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,581            who your father                    and your mother is.         607 00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:44,918       It's, like, corny 'cause             your father wasn't there       608 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,837           and he made you,                    but he ain't care.          609 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,089             Who is that?             610 00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:50,674       I wanna know what he did                    to make me.             611 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:53,218            -Who was that?                   -My father passed away             when I was four years old.      612 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:56,638          -So I don't who...                 -My father passed away,       613 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,473      my little brother's father                  passed away,             614 00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:01,851      one of my little brother's            fathers got natural life.      615 00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:02,852             Psh, all bad.            616 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:04,813    I don't know who my father is.    617 00:26:04,854 --> 00:26:07,107        This is real life, man!       618 00:26:08,525 --> 00:26:12,112    [Donald] Young fella said to me             three days ago,           619 00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:13,738    "You know, we shootin' around,"  620 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:16,700     and it was that first night,               it got real cold.          621 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:20,078        And he said, you know,                he took his hat off,         622 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:21,580          took his coat off,                  and I always remember        623 00:26:21,621 --> 00:26:23,290      his mother comin' out here,                yelling at him,           624 00:26:23,331 --> 00:26:25,166           "Put your hat on,                   put your coat on!"          625 00:26:25,208 --> 00:26:28,461       So, you know, I told him            to put his hat and coat on.     626 00:26:28,503 --> 00:26:30,171         Then one of the other                kids started laughing        627 00:26:30,213 --> 00:26:32,591       and was like, "I told you          he was gonna say something."     628 00:26:32,632 --> 00:26:36,011       And then he said, "Well,              Donald's like my dad."        629 00:26:36,052 --> 00:26:39,264         You know, and that--                    that moved me.            630 00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:44,019       For him to say it to me,             say it to them about me,       631 00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:46,438        it was just a big deal.       632 00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:51,109       Ain't none of these guys        are committing violence for fun.  633 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:52,360    Like, yeah, don't get me wrong,  634 00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:54,654            it might be fun                    shooting somebody.          635 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:58,908         But they're doing it                 simply for a reason.         636 00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:00,577     Because it was done to them,     637 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:01,703      or maybe they have to do it     638 00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:03,371            because they're                    put in a situation          639 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:04,706           where they gotta                   stick up for themself        640 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,000           and they grew up                   hard in the streets.         641 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,460         You know what I mean?        642 00:27:08,501 --> 00:27:12,047    And certain things led to them         in their life to be angry.      643 00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:14,466             Parents ain't                    around for guidance.         644 00:27:14,507 --> 00:27:15,759    There's nobody talkin' to them.  645 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,427          There's no, really,                 positive role model.         646 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,512     There's positive role models,                 definitely.             647 00:27:19,554 --> 00:27:21,139    But it just can't be one person  648 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:22,557      talkin' to a hundred people     649 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,392         that's in a negative                    state of mind.            650 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:25,477         You get what I mean?         651 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:27,437               [Omaira]                     My name is Omaira Alicea.      652 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,481  My role as a program coordinator  653 00:27:29,522 --> 00:27:33,860      is to connect young people            to programs and services       654 00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:37,572         that will immediately               facilitate their needs.       655 00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:39,532      Joe Sierra was a young man      656 00:27:39,574 --> 00:27:42,619        that was referred to me             through a street worker.       657 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,412  He came to my office and he was,  658 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:46,373      for lack of a better word,      659 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:48,291       very rugged at the time.       660 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:51,044          And I knew that he                  could really benefit         661 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:53,463           from being a part                     of the program.           662 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,256    [Joe] One day I got outta jail,  663 00:27:55,298 --> 00:27:57,759       I came to my neighborhood            and I seen a streetworker      664 00:27:57,801 --> 00:28:00,261      with a streetworker thing,                     jacket,               665 00:28:00,303 --> 00:28:03,098     and I was like what is this?     666 00:28:03,556 --> 00:28:05,684    My friends was telling me that              there are people           667 00:28:05,725 --> 00:28:09,312          around here that is                trying to help us, uh,        668 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,649     get our ID, get our license,     669 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:13,983    just help us with little things  670 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:15,276        that we need help with.       671 00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:18,154          And so I was like,                "I need help with my ID."      672 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:20,031           Our relationship                    started out with me         673 00:28:20,073 --> 00:28:21,449       taking him to get his IDs      674 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:25,120       and I didn't think it was          that big of a deal at first,     675 00:28:25,161 --> 00:28:26,246            because to me,            676 00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:28,164           I just felt like                    I was doing my job.         677 00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:30,250          But to him it felt                   like so much more.          678 00:28:30,291 --> 00:28:31,668           And once he spoke                     to me about it,           679 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,295        I realized that it was                really deep for him.         680 00:28:34,337 --> 00:28:37,173          That getting an ID                   for the first time          681 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:39,551     was validating his existence.    682 00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:41,177       The ID meant a lot to me.      683 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:47,142      The ID opened doors for me           to do other things in life,                     so...                684 00:28:47,183 --> 00:28:48,852         You can't do nothin'                     without an ID            685 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:49,936           at the age of 21.          686 00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:51,604            So... You know?           687 00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:54,607            [Donnell sighs]           688 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:56,860    How old are you, brother Derek?  689 00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:58,111             Twenty-seven.            690 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:02,532                 Okay.                691 00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:06,244  -What high school did you go to?          -I didn't go to any.         692 00:29:06,286 --> 00:29:08,413          You started at one                  at some point, right?        693 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:09,789                 Nope.                694 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:12,500            -Never, Jones?                           -Never.               695 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:14,919             -Not one day?                        -Not one day.            696 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:20,759             -Not one day?                   -Not one day, brother.                     [chuckles]              697 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,844              -All right.                      -[drawer clatters]          698 00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:24,345       [Donnell] You're dealing                 with a situation           699 00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:26,181            where you have                     a lack of resources         700 00:29:26,222 --> 00:29:27,432      in a particular community.      701 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:31,561          You have a lack of                  and/or no education.         702 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,813         And when I say this,                I'm speaking of either        703 00:29:33,855 --> 00:29:36,483       the parent, the parents,                    the child,              704 00:29:36,524 --> 00:29:38,359         or all of the above.         705 00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,570            And also, too,                    you're talking about         706 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:44,324     a climate that often fosters     707 00:29:44,365 --> 00:29:45,658        this type of behavior.        708 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,369         We gotta get your GED             before the end of the year.     709 00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:49,871        Yeah, I ain't goin' to                    Strideville.             710 00:29:49,913 --> 00:29:51,664    -You don't like that location.           -I don't like, I mean,        711 00:29:51,706 --> 00:29:54,834       you put me in a situation              to kill or be killed.        712 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:56,586       -That area's hot for you.                      -Psh.                713 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,421             I gotta go in                    Dorchester somewhere,        714 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,715  I gotta go somewhere by my area.  715 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,551      When it comes to the safety               of the young men           716 00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:06,679        that I'm working with,              I rely on the information      717 00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:09,098        from the guys that are                 on the battlefield,         718 00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:10,558     which are the streetworkers.     719 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:14,729      If I'm taking some guys to            BCL, Boston Career Links,      720 00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,815         I need to check with                   my streetworkers.          721 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:19,776       "Hey, listen, I'm taking               a group of guys down.        722 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:22,028          Is that area gonna                     be okay today?"           723 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,489         Because it can change                at a second's notice.        724 00:30:24,531 --> 00:30:25,782           The streetworkers                    have information           725 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,909  that the police will never have.  726 00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:30,578         They have information                     that no one             727 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:31,871  in the community will ever have.  728 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:33,498        Because they're dealing               with these young men         729 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:36,334        on a day-to-day basis,                developing the bond.         730 00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:39,546              [Napoleon]                 Me and Joe go back to the time    731 00:30:39,587 --> 00:30:41,422         he was 12 years old.         732 00:30:41,464 --> 00:30:44,509            You know, Joe,                    he was an angry kid.         733 00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:47,470       [Joe] I got expelled from            all Boston public schools      734 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:48,721          after sixth grade.          735 00:30:48,763 --> 00:30:52,058        And from, there it was                like no public school        736 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:52,976         wanted to accept me.         737 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,353         And then I was going                  in and out of DYS,          738 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,106  so I was going to school in DYS.  739 00:30:58,147 --> 00:31:03,236         I was working at the             Department of Youth Services.    740 00:31:03,278 --> 00:31:04,445              And, um...              741 00:31:04,487 --> 00:31:08,950          I seen how they was              treatin' the kids unfairly.     742 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:12,495        I got committed to DYS               at the age of 13 to 18.       743 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,622    I did a year, got out 30 days.    744 00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:16,666      Went back in there a year,                got out 30 days.           745 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,293          Went back in there                 three months, got out.        746 00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:20,128          Went back in there                  six months, got out.         747 00:31:20,169 --> 00:31:22,797  [Napoleon] I said, "Joe, why you         do the things you do?"        748 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,551              He's like,                     "Man, Nap, I'm angry."        749 00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:28,678         [Joe] I survived them                  streets by simply          750 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,598     just running with my friends,                  you know?              751 00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:33,641          Having a crew with                    my neighborhood.           752 00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:35,643     I learned how to sell drugs,                  market it,              753 00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:37,770         flip, make my money,                    save my money.            754 00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:40,773         And that's how I kept                 clothes on my back,         755 00:31:40,815 --> 00:31:43,359           that's how I kept                   money on the side.          756 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:44,527          That's all I knew.          757 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,779            On my days off,           758 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:49,073        um, Joe would wild out        759 00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:50,366        when I wasn't at work.        760 00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:53,119       And they used to have to                    call me in.             761 00:31:53,161 --> 00:31:55,079               Psh. Man.              762 00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:56,539         It was just sad, man.        763 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,042     Fightin' everyday, fightin'.     764 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:01,002           Um, segregation.           765 00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:04,505         I spent almost a year             and a half of segregation.      766 00:32:04,547 --> 00:32:06,883            Um, segregation                   is jail within jail.         767 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:11,012     You're 23 hours in the cell,              one hour out a day.         768 00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:13,514            It's all hell.                  The COs is disrespectful.      769 00:32:13,556 --> 00:32:15,266         Every time I come in                   the CO was like,           770 00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:16,559          "Oh, you're back!"          771 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,354              [Napoleon]                   Joe was special to me, man.     772 00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:22,732             And you know,                  once I won Joe's respect,      773 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:24,400      I won everybody's respect.      774 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:28,154         He said, "Nap, dude,               you ever been in a gang?"      775 00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:31,908        And I said... I didn't             wanna answer the question,      776 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:34,494         but, you know, I was               keeping it real with him       777 00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:37,080            because I seen                    I had his attention.         778 00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:39,999          I said, "Yeah, Joe,                 I was in a gang, man.        779 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:43,461          I started in a gang              when I was nine years old.      780 00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:46,005    It was about ten of my cousins.  781 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:49,717            And they said,               'You're gon' be a part of this.  782 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:51,552       You gotta get a tattoo.'"      783 00:32:52,178 --> 00:32:56,349       So we went down into one             of my cousin's basement,       784 00:32:56,391 --> 00:32:58,601          and we got tattoos.         785 00:32:59,018 --> 00:33:03,481       Um, we drank some liquor                  called Martell.           786 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,775          And then my cousin                    put us in the car          787 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,820    and said, "Yo, we gotta ride."    788 00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:11,197              And, um...              789 00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,826      I shot my first individual      790 00:33:14,867 --> 00:33:17,161    when I was nine years old, man.  791 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:24,377            [hip-hop beat]            792 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:28,965     [Dequan] Sometimes you gotta            sell weed or, you know,                   other stuff.             793 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,383      Late-night stuff, you know?     794 00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:32,385      In the cold, morning time.      795 00:33:33,302 --> 00:33:35,013     We havin' drama with people.     796 00:33:35,054 --> 00:33:35,847               You know.              797 00:33:35,888 --> 00:33:37,682         Lotta guns and stuff.        798 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,059     Goin' to war with each other                 and all that.            799 00:33:40,101 --> 00:33:41,811           At the same time,                     you gotta worry           800 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,688        about losing your life.       801 00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:46,315         Then you gotta worry               about the police coming,       802 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:47,567            goin' to jail.            803 00:33:48,484 --> 00:33:50,361  I've been at Nash and South Bay.  804 00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:52,155    For my shootin' I was in Nash,    805 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:55,074            then for my gun                    I was in South Bay.         806 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,703           Gotta follow COs.          807 00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:00,246    They tell you when to come out,  808 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:01,831         tell you when to eat.        809 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:02,832          All type of stuff.          810 00:34:03,124 --> 00:34:05,960         -It's mad dumb stuff.              -[kids laughing, yelling]      811 00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:07,670               [Dequan]                   I talk to my little brothers.    812 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:10,840        But I be tellin' them,            "You don't wanna be like me.     813 00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,967          You don't wanna be                   in my predicament."         814 00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:15,428         'Cause three of 'em,                   two little ones,           815 00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:17,388             one big one,                   I be tellin' the big one,      816 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,723            "Help out Mama.           817 00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:21,476      Take out the trash for her,                help her out."            818 00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:23,561         [indistinct chatter]         819 00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:25,480               [Dequan]                     Their pops is not there.       820 00:34:25,521 --> 00:34:28,357     I'm like their pops/brother.     821 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:29,525      I'm showin' them, you know,     822 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,486           the right things                     to do and stuff.           823 00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:35,573       When I was 17 years old,                I caught a charge,          824 00:34:35,615 --> 00:34:36,741            a drug charge.            825 00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:39,202     That was my first adult case,                   and...                826 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:42,288           the adult system,                 I probably did almost,        827 00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:45,458         I'd say almost about                six years all together.       828 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:48,086      The feds give you 18 months               for every charge           829 00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:50,671         you've been convicted                 of on your record.          830 00:34:50,713 --> 00:34:51,756      I've been convicted of 12.      831 00:34:51,798 --> 00:34:53,257      So what's that telling you?     832 00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:54,425          Uh, I'm not-- Psh.          833 00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:57,261      Okay, I can't even do those          type of numbers in my head.     834 00:34:57,303 --> 00:34:59,847      I don't even wanna do those          type of numbers in my head.     835 00:34:59,889 --> 00:35:01,891          I don't even wanna                     think about it.           836 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,434        Like, police don't give                 a fuck out here.           837 00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:05,770      They don't care about you.         Don't tryna make it seem like,    838 00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:08,940     Oh, police is Boston, police,        you got Boston's finest now.     839 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:10,191          Tryna make it seem                 like they give a fuck.        840 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:11,651           They don't care,                    they don't do shit.         841 00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:13,653          I get pulled over,                    "What you doin'?           842 00:35:13,694 --> 00:35:15,822     When you goin' back to jail?           When you gettin' killed?"      843 00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:17,073           That's the first                    thing they sayin':          844 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,658           "What you doin'?"                You know what I'm sayin'?      845 00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:19,951    I go in the white neighborhood,  846 00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:21,661         I get pulled over in                 a white neighborhood,        847 00:35:21,702 --> 00:35:23,079      first thing that comes out            their mouth is, "Nigga".       848 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,081         I got out from doin'                  a year and a half.          849 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,084            Two days later,                   I committed a crime.         850 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,877      Two days later, I committed                   a crime.               851 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:31,796       It was an armed robbery.       852 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:34,048          And I went to jail                 and I did another year.       853 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:38,052        And when I went back in              in the three [mumbles],       854 00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:41,597             the COs came                     with my property bag         855 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:44,934      from my last jail sentence.     856 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,853    They came with the property bag  857 00:35:46,894 --> 00:35:49,021      from my last jail sentence            doing a year and a half,       858 00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:50,606             and they came                    and brought it to me         859 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:52,733        like, "Look, you ain't                 even last a month.          860 00:35:52,775 --> 00:35:53,943      We still got your jail..."      861 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:55,236          I didn't even have                    to order nothin'.          862 00:35:55,278 --> 00:35:56,904          My shoes was there,                   my boxers there,           863 00:35:56,946 --> 00:35:58,364     my soap, everything was there    864 00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,492       from the last bid I did.       865 00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:02,910    I think about that to this day,  866 00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:05,663        like, that is sad, man.       867 00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:08,207         I look at the system                as modern-day slavery.        868 00:36:08,249 --> 00:36:09,876      -You know what I'm sayin'?                     -Word.                869 00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:11,252         It's like, you know?         870 00:36:11,294 --> 00:36:13,921           They lock us up,                 you know what I'm sayin'?      871 00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:17,091        They make thousands of,              thousand dollars a year       872 00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:20,261  per each man that fills the bed.        You know what I'm sayin'?      873 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:24,891    And then they send us back into       the community on bracelets.     874 00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:26,225       You know what I'm sayin'?      875 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,394         It's like, all right,               you think that's safe.        876 00:36:28,436 --> 00:36:30,938        Okay, it's a catch-22.              You know what I'm sayin'?      877 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,190       Because you gotta think,       878 00:36:32,231 --> 00:36:34,567          you on a bracelet,                 now somebody could know       879 00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:35,943       when you gotta come home.      880 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:38,988        You have a GPS monitor,              you have a bracelet on.       881 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,907          Well, you know what                comes with a bracelet?        882 00:36:40,948 --> 00:36:41,949               A curfew.              883 00:36:41,991 --> 00:36:44,035       So if I know that you're                  on a bracelet,            884 00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:46,120     I could just be at your house              at seven o'clock           885 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:48,080     because you have to be home.     886 00:36:48,122 --> 00:36:49,540       So I'll be there at 6:00.      887 00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:53,002     I'll make myself a sandwich,         and I'ma get in your bushes.     888 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,213         And I know you comin'                  through that door          889 00:36:55,254 --> 00:36:58,299      because you'll be locked up          if you ain't there by 7:00.     890 00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:01,135         So when they created                  this great device,          891 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:04,263       they didn't factor that.            They don't care about that.     892 00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:08,976       [Niko] When I sold drugs,            did I think about getting                     caught?               893 00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:13,356       No. Not til I was in the            motherfuckin' holding cell.     894 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:15,107             What up, Tay?            895 00:37:17,109 --> 00:37:18,819       I know how to sell drugs.      896 00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:21,822             I'm not gonna                     sugarcoat anything.         897 00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:25,493     So I though I was, you know,             a big-shot guy, man.         898 00:37:25,534 --> 00:37:26,786              [rap beat]              899 00:37:26,827 --> 00:37:28,371         These niggas watching                  My every move            900 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,414             My every move                      My every move            901 00:37:30,456 --> 00:37:32,041         These niggas watching                  My every move            902 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:33,751          These hoes watching                   My every move            903 00:37:33,793 --> 00:37:36,295          These cops watching                   My every move            904 00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:38,464          -[young boy] What?                      -Who did it?             905 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:39,215               You did?               906 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,884     [boy] No, he was just like...    907 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:43,552    [little boy mumbles] Up there!    908 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:48,015           -Don't call that               nasty-looking cat down here.           -[little boy chattering]       909 00:37:48,057 --> 00:37:51,936        [Beverly] They need me,              so if I flip out and go                    somewhere,              910 00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:53,813          jail or somethin',                 who's gonna help them?        911 00:37:53,854 --> 00:37:55,189               You know?              912 00:37:55,856 --> 00:37:59,819          From 1995 to 2003,          913 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:04,907          I've been from DYS              to the big-girl jail, and...     914 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:09,161             The last time                     I had to do a bid,                    almost two years,          915 00:38:09,203 --> 00:38:10,579          was like 18 months.         916 00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:13,874             My son said,                  "I'm not comin' to see you                    no more."              917 00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:16,002    And I was like, well, you know,                 "Why?"                918 00:38:16,043 --> 00:38:18,462      I kinda understood because              it's jail, you know,         919 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:22,883          I'm thinkin' maybe                    it's scary to him                  and stuff like that.         920 00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:25,886          And he's just like,          "I can't come back and see you."  921 00:38:25,928 --> 00:38:27,305             So I'm like,                   "Why you can't come back?      922 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:29,348          Why you don't wanna                come back and see me?"        923 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:32,184         He said, "Because you              can't get on the elevator      924 00:38:32,226 --> 00:38:33,436          and leave with me."         925 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:35,354      [voice breaking] You know,             that bothered me a lot.       926 00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:39,608       I'm like, "You know what,             I gotta get outta here        927 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:42,028     and stay focused on my kid."     928 00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:43,195       You know what I'm sayin'?      929 00:38:43,237 --> 00:38:46,741          I can't keep comin'                     back in here.            930 00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:48,826       [Dequan] My mom's strong.      931 00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:51,620      She's one of the strongest                 womans I know.            932 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,039     Been through a lot, struggle,    933 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,166         but still holdin' on.        934 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:58,586          Um, I used to go up                to South Bay to see her       935 00:38:58,627 --> 00:39:00,296         with my grandfather.         936 00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:01,797     Always, I didn't wanna leave,    937 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,841             I wanted her                     to come home with me,        938 00:39:03,883 --> 00:39:05,343           but she couldn't.          939 00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:10,431          Then she came home,                got in contact with me.       940 00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:13,601           Then from there,                 we built and got strong.       941 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:18,356               [Beverly]                   Once I got custody of him,                  it felt good.            942 00:39:18,814 --> 00:39:20,608     Because I had other kids too     943 00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:23,903    and we was all under one roof,    944 00:39:23,944 --> 00:39:25,196       and I felt like a queen.       945 00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:28,407       Because I'm the only girl               and it's four boys.         946 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:33,162        So they stress me out,                  all four of 'em.           947 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,164    Dequan still stress me out too.  948 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:36,791     But I love 'em. They're mine.    949 00:39:36,832 --> 00:39:39,668          I got 4 C-sections.                  Those are my kids.          950 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,629           Got a four pound               You gon' hear it quakin'       951 00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:43,798        This mack will make 'em              Do the Harlem Shake         952 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:45,883               [mumbles]                     I be gettin' baked...       953 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:47,134         Damn. One more time.         954 00:39:47,176 --> 00:39:49,178         -Do it one more time.         -[producer] All right, I got it.  955 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,972     [Beverly] That better not be            what you're performing                    at the show.             956 00:39:52,014 --> 00:39:53,265          I got so much stuff                    I'm performing.           957 00:39:53,307 --> 00:39:55,101               [Beverly]                    Okay, you can't do that.       958 00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:57,895       Yeah, I can. Yeah, I can.             What you talkin' about?       959 00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,438          You can't be like,                 "I'ma start that over."       960 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,816            No, you can't.                They gon' kick you right off.    961 00:40:01,857 --> 00:40:03,192            I told my momma                     Ain't givin' up           962 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,069            Just be patient                  We gon' live it up          963 00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:06,946        This is my time, nigga                   Give it up              964 00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:09,031             I make niggas                   Cleanin' niggas up          965 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:11,534          I catch a homicide             Broad-day with no hoodie on     966 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,702        - Don't give a fuck              - ...not just being patient   967 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:17,540            We gon' live it up                 This is my time, nigga                     Give it up             968 00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:19,500             [light music]            969 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,336      [Beverly] He posts pictures              of me on Facebook,          970 00:40:22,378 --> 00:40:24,839          "I love my mother,"                   "My fly mother."           971 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,715              I be like,                     "Yeah you know you got        972 00:40:26,757 --> 00:40:28,509           that fly mother."          973 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:29,343              And stuff.              974 00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:31,095        But I love my son, man.       975 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:34,932      I just wish I had a chance            to raise them, you know?       976 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:37,268         Probably woulda been                  a little different.         977 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:41,021      I feel like those that wait     978 00:40:41,063 --> 00:40:43,232     will be rewarded at the end.     979 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:45,401           All you gotta do                     is have patience.          980 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,653  Gotta keep keepin' at every day.  981 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:51,323           Stayin' patient,                     stayin' patient,                     stayin' patient.           982 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:55,661           [inspiring music]          983 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:59,999          Tired of everything        984 00:41:04,378 --> 00:41:09,633       All the words, all the words              All the words            985 00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:13,846              I'm so tired           986 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:20,519           Tired, tired, tired                     Tired, tired            987 00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:25,691             All the words           988 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,902              All the hard           989 00:41:28,527 --> 00:41:32,364             All the birdies                      All the words            990 00:41:33,115 --> 00:41:37,369           Tired, tired, tired                     Tired, tired            991 00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:47,880    Each of y'all, we got a packet.  992 00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:50,925     Um, start on the first page.     993 00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:54,220        We got six active guys.       994 00:41:54,261 --> 00:41:55,930        Amongst the six active,       995 00:41:56,347 --> 00:42:00,142            um, we have two                 that are in need of GEDs.      996 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:03,646          LU-26 is currently                   employed part-time,         997 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:07,066              but again,                  does not receive enough hours          to be financially stable.      998 00:42:07,107 --> 00:42:08,692       But, you know, he's been              stayin' out of trouble.       999 00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:11,320          He's goin' to work,                 you know what I mean?        1000 00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:13,739      This would be such a waste             and shame if he lost--        1001 00:42:13,781 --> 00:42:16,325    [Donnell] Lost all the-- yeah.               All the-- yeah.           1002 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,911                [Marta]                     My name is Marta Rivera.        I'm the Service Delivery Manager  1003 00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:20,329        for StreetSafe Boston.        1004 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:21,664    As a service delivery manager,    1005 00:42:21,705 --> 00:42:23,415            I work with the                   program coordinators.        1006 00:42:23,457 --> 00:42:26,085          I help to identify                    service providers          1007 00:42:26,126 --> 00:42:28,587         and employers that'll               work with our clients.        1008 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,048         -[Donnell over phone]                      Hey, Marta.                         -Hey, Donell.            1009 00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:34,343         Did you have a chance                 to talk to Marcel?          1010 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:35,678             No, I called him                     a couple of times.         1011 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,055        -I have not gotten to him.                    -Okay.                1012 00:42:38,097 --> 00:42:40,224     Could you make that priority,                   please?               1013 00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:42,101         I don't want the day               to go by without knowing       1014 00:42:42,142 --> 00:42:43,686        why he didn't show up.        1015 00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:46,105     My entire life has been about    1016 00:42:46,146 --> 00:42:48,857       improving the conditions                   for families             1017 00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:49,984           living in Boston.          1018 00:42:50,025 --> 00:42:52,111       In 1993, July 2nd, 1993,       1019 00:42:52,152 --> 00:42:54,822     I lost my 19-year-old brother              to gang violence.          1020 00:42:54,863 --> 00:42:56,156              And, um...              1021 00:42:56,198 --> 00:42:59,618      Yeah, so I do this as a way          to sort of pay him homage.      1022 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:11,630            My father died                 when I was five years old.      1023 00:43:12,214 --> 00:43:13,591              He was 24.              1024 00:43:14,174 --> 00:43:17,845        I'm about to be 24 and              my son is five years old.      1025 00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:19,680  So that's kinda hairy, you know?  1026 00:43:20,222 --> 00:43:23,726        My son is the same age            as I was when my father died.    1027 00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,770          I just hope history                doesn't repeats itself.       1028 00:43:26,812 --> 00:43:28,522            [bird squawks]            1029 00:43:30,566 --> 00:43:33,736           -[dramatic music]                -[Robert]   When you start                    to think about           1030 00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:37,323         the climate of the city                 during the late '80s                     and the '90s,            1031 00:43:37,364 --> 00:43:42,202        you know, in 1989, we had,           I think, 152 people murdered    1032 00:43:42,244 --> 00:43:43,829          in the city of Boston.       1033 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:44,913            Shootings were up.         1034 00:43:44,955 --> 00:43:46,665      The epidemic of crack cocaine    1035 00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:50,628          was just so prevalent                through our communities.      1036 00:43:50,669 --> 00:43:52,338            And at that time,                    folks were fighting         1037 00:43:52,379 --> 00:43:54,757               around turf                    and fighting around drugs.     1038 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:58,218    [Conan] This city has a history          of doing street work.        1039 00:43:58,260 --> 00:43:59,470       During the earlier times,      1040 00:43:59,511 --> 00:44:02,514          they had this thing               called a Boston Miracle.       1041 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:04,558  And the Boston Miracle was that,  1042 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,810         I think it was a year                    to 18 months             1043 00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:08,896          where there wasn't                 a death that happened.        1044 00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:12,149          And a lot of people          was high-fivin' and, you know...  1045 00:44:12,399 --> 00:44:16,612    [stammers] It was a great thing     for our community nonetheless.    1046 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:21,700     However, it wasn't just about          people doin' street work       1047 00:44:21,742 --> 00:44:26,205        or reverends talkin' to               people on the street.        1048 00:44:26,246 --> 00:44:28,165       It had more of a reality       1049 00:44:28,207 --> 00:44:31,210    of it was a mass incarceration.  1050 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,630  It was different police agencies  1051 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:36,799      that collaborated together.     1052 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,510             That knew who                   the impact people were.       1053 00:44:39,551 --> 00:44:42,304     That knew who the folks were               that was involved          1054 00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:45,140            in the violence                 and the drug transactions      1055 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:46,225             in the city.             1056 00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:47,935         And they collaborated        1057 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,187    and made a mass incarceration.    1058 00:44:50,229 --> 00:44:52,773             -[clattering]               -[officer] Let's go, let's go!    1059 00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:54,775        [Conan] They locked up                  a lot of people.           1060 00:44:54,817 --> 00:44:57,277            And from that,                  there wasn't no violence       1061 00:44:57,319 --> 00:44:58,779      that happened as a result.      1062 00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:01,990            But the reality                    that we see today,          1063 00:45:02,574 --> 00:45:05,994        is some of the results                that come from that.         1064 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:08,372  And what I mean by that is this:  1065 00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:11,375          because they didn't                service the community,        1066 00:45:11,417 --> 00:45:13,502    because it was an after effect    1067 00:45:13,544 --> 00:45:15,963             of servicing                     and being deliberate         1068 00:45:16,004 --> 00:45:17,589      and focused on the services     1069 00:45:17,631 --> 00:45:20,050       as it was on the arrests.      1070 00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:23,929    This one area that had one gang  1071 00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:25,556            now has twelve.           1072 00:45:25,597 --> 00:45:29,059         The city who probably                 once had 50 gangs,          1073 00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:31,854          or 40 gangs, or 30          1074 00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:33,939             now has 128.             1075 00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:41,280            [hip-hop beat]            1076 00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:47,911     [man] Give you five seconds,                   come on.               1077 00:45:47,953 --> 00:45:52,416          Five, four, three,          1078 00:45:52,458 --> 00:45:53,751               two, one.              1079 00:45:53,792 --> 00:45:57,379  [Joe] I got outta jail, so I had   a trust pass in my neighborhood.  1080 00:45:57,421 --> 00:45:58,797    So I was like, "You know what,    1081 00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:01,425        I'm just gonna work out            and I'm gonna be all in--"      1082 00:46:01,467 --> 00:46:04,511    [stammers] I was selling drugs.  1083 00:46:04,553 --> 00:46:06,889           I was working out                   and selling drugs.          1084 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:09,516        After I was working out                   at the YMCA,             1085 00:46:09,558 --> 00:46:12,269       from StreetSafe giving me                the YMCA passes,           1086 00:46:12,311 --> 00:46:15,689          I was so tired that                when people called me,        1087 00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:18,776            like clientele                    called me for drugs,         1088 00:46:18,817 --> 00:46:20,360    I was so tired that I was like,  1089 00:46:20,402 --> 00:46:22,529        "Man, I don't feel like             goin' down there to sell.      1090 00:46:22,571 --> 00:46:24,031     I don't feel like going down             to give them drugs."         1091 00:46:24,072 --> 00:46:25,532         I went home to sleep.        1092 00:46:25,574 --> 00:46:27,201  And that kept me out of trouble.  1093 00:46:27,242 --> 00:46:28,619               [Omaira]                    You know, I really thought      1094 00:46:28,660 --> 00:46:30,496         that he had a gift to                share with the world         1095 00:46:30,537 --> 00:46:33,916        and that's a sentiment               that not only I share,        1096 00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:37,377         but Jon of Inner-City            Weightlifting shares as well.    1097 00:46:37,419 --> 00:46:39,505      You know, he really thinks              that all young people        1098 00:46:39,546 --> 00:46:41,256        have a talent as well.        1099 00:46:42,049 --> 00:46:45,552    [Jon] I think one of the things         that makes our program                   somewhat unique           1100 00:46:45,594 --> 00:46:47,346       along with organizations                 like StreetSafe,           1101 00:46:47,387 --> 00:46:48,847           is that we don't                    necessarily assume          1102 00:46:48,889 --> 00:46:51,558          we know what's best                   for our students.          1103 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,143      Their lives are so complex      1104 00:46:53,185 --> 00:46:54,436    and they're up against barriers  1105 00:46:54,478 --> 00:46:56,522          that, fortunately,                     very few of us            1106 00:46:56,563 --> 00:46:59,775        will ever see ourselves               or fully understand.         1107 00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:01,443  So what we do is we empower them  1108 00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:03,737            to try to make                     positive decisions          1109 00:47:03,779 --> 00:47:05,364            and find those                     positive solutions          1110 00:47:05,405 --> 00:47:08,325        around the significant                challenges they face.        1111 00:47:08,367 --> 00:47:10,744        [Joe] I got introduced                to Jon a week later.         1112 00:47:10,786 --> 00:47:12,162      He seemed like a cool dude.     1113 00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:13,288          He's pretty small.          1114 00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:14,748    I was like, "Man, I don't know.  1115 00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:16,500    I don't know about this dude."    1116 00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:18,252         He said he could come                pick me up tomorrow.         1117 00:47:18,293 --> 00:47:20,379             When he came,                   picked me up tomorrow,        1118 00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:22,422    every day, he came and got me.               We worked out.            1119 00:47:22,464 --> 00:47:24,216      From workin' out, you know,     1120 00:47:24,258 --> 00:47:25,634          he laughed with me,                     talked to me,            1121 00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:28,262            showed me love,                  brought me out to eat.        1122 00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:32,432              -[man] Two!                -[Jon] As you start working out              with someone,            1123 00:47:32,474 --> 00:47:34,518           you're not seeing                   each other based on         1124 00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,563     this person's from this area      or that person's from that area,  1125 00:47:37,604 --> 00:47:40,732        this person's made some              decision in their past        1126 00:47:40,774 --> 00:47:41,859       that was a bad decision.       1127 00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:43,944            You see them as                   the people they are.         1128 00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:55,455                 Boom!                       Come back to your face.       1129 00:47:55,497 --> 00:47:57,791               Cover up.                    You know what I'm sayin'?      1130 00:47:57,833 --> 00:47:59,543               Curl up.                   You gotta protect your face.     1131 00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:02,045  Come back and protect your face.   That's what you need to protect.  1132 00:48:02,087 --> 00:48:04,590            When you punch,                     you go like this                  and you bring it back.        1133 00:48:04,631 --> 00:48:07,426         You need to punch it              and bring it straight back.                   Come on.               1134 00:48:07,467 --> 00:48:09,636     In the gym, I go to the gym,              it's just business.         1135 00:48:09,678 --> 00:48:12,055       You know what I'm sayin'?                I'm tryna become                   that fitness trainer,        1136 00:48:12,097 --> 00:48:14,641          I'm tryna get that                    six-figures, man.                    I need that, man.          1137 00:48:14,683 --> 00:48:17,060       You know what I'm sayin'?              That's a quick hustle                    right quick.             1138 00:48:17,102 --> 00:48:18,979         Keep the hustle, man,                 change the product.         1139 00:48:19,021 --> 00:48:19,771            Man, you know?            1140 00:48:19,813 --> 00:48:22,900          Give me left, left.         1141 00:48:22,941 --> 00:48:25,861     I've come from a neighborhood        where it's Black or Spanish.     1142 00:48:25,903 --> 00:48:29,406         We don't like white--                  We're not racist,                   don't get me wrong,         1143 00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:30,741    but we don't trust white people  1144 00:48:30,782 --> 00:48:32,993  'cause either they cops, judges,  1145 00:48:33,035 --> 00:48:37,706    COs, they're law enforcements,           or they're crack heads        1146 00:48:37,748 --> 00:48:39,124     comin' to buy drugs from us.     1147 00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:42,544     You know, I was just exposed             to a different world.        1148 00:48:42,586 --> 00:48:44,463     So as a time, goin' with Jon,    1149 00:48:44,504 --> 00:48:47,633          I started changing                     and, you know,            1150 00:48:47,674 --> 00:48:50,552       like with him and Omaira.             they all taught me that       1151 00:48:50,594 --> 00:48:53,221          just because I got                  a street background,         1152 00:48:53,263 --> 00:48:54,765     I got felonies, and tattoos,     1153 00:48:54,806 --> 00:48:57,768           that doesn't mean                    I can't make it.           1154 00:48:57,809 --> 00:49:00,103       That that stuff shouldn't                  hold me back.            1155 00:49:00,145 --> 00:49:02,147       As I went to get my GED,       1156 00:49:02,981 --> 00:49:05,275        Jon came back and said                he was gonna hire me         1157 00:49:05,317 --> 00:49:06,568        for assistant manager.        1158 00:49:06,610 --> 00:49:08,820            So I was like,                    "Ah, it's beautiful."        1159 00:49:08,862 --> 00:49:10,697        It's the best job ever,                     you know?              1160 00:49:10,739 --> 00:49:12,866        There's nothing better                  than having a job          1161 00:49:12,908 --> 00:49:16,078        and loving what you do,                     you know?              1162 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:17,704          I been out of jail                   for two years now.          1163 00:49:17,746 --> 00:49:19,957       This is the longest time              I ever been outta jail.       1164 00:49:19,998 --> 00:49:23,835      I never been out more than               a month and a half.         1165 00:49:24,544 --> 00:49:28,632      [Omaira] When I was a kid,              when I was about two,               almost three years old,       1166 00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:34,596      my father, who was a petty            drug dealer at the time,       1167 00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:38,892    um, he was robbed and murdered.  1168 00:49:38,934 --> 00:49:42,562        And shortly after that,       1169 00:49:42,604 --> 00:49:44,940             my mother had                  a really challenging time      1170 00:49:44,982 --> 00:49:47,609    raising my older sister and I.    1171 00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:52,447            And for much of                 our formative years, um,       1172 00:49:52,489 --> 00:49:54,324    and well into my teenage years,  1173 00:49:54,366 --> 00:49:56,326     and even into my adult years,    1174 00:49:56,368 --> 00:49:58,453    my mother's been a drug addict.  1175 00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:02,624       And so I know personally                  what it's like            1176 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,584     to grow up without a father.     1177 00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:06,586           I know personally                what it's like to grow up      1178 00:50:06,628 --> 00:50:07,838           without a mother.          1179 00:50:08,213 --> 00:50:12,050      [voice breaking] And so...                 [clears throat]           1180 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:15,762          S-- You know, I had                  to really dig deep          1181 00:50:15,804 --> 00:50:19,725      to decide what kind of life             I wanted for myself.         1182 00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,894      And, um, I knew it would be                 a challenge,             1183 00:50:22,936 --> 00:50:25,814        but I really wanted to               rise to that occasion.        1184 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:29,109            I really wanted                    to see how I could,         1185 00:50:29,151 --> 00:50:31,903               you know,                   make a way out of nowhere.      1186 00:50:31,945 --> 00:50:33,280       I wanted him to know that      1187 00:50:33,321 --> 00:50:35,073    although he felt, at the time,    1188 00:50:35,115 --> 00:50:37,034         that he was a product                 of his environment,         1189 00:50:37,075 --> 00:50:40,537      that you don't have to be a         product of your environment.     1190 00:50:40,579 --> 00:50:42,831           There's strength                     and there's pride          1191 00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:46,334         in, you know, making                decisions for yourself        1192 00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:48,587  and deciding that you wanna live  1193 00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:51,089           in a better way.           1194 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:04,102              [rap music]             1195 00:51:04,770 --> 00:51:08,398       [Travis] This right here                 keeps me off the                    streets for hours.          1196 00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:11,068      It keeps times off my hand.           You know what I'm sayin'?      1197 00:51:11,109 --> 00:51:14,905          I be in the gym for              the first half of the day,               from 7:00 to 7:00.          1198 00:51:14,946 --> 00:51:17,157     Come here, right after 7:00,              come here, be here          1199 00:51:17,199 --> 00:51:19,868              for hours,                   til wee hours of the night.     1200 00:51:19,910 --> 00:51:22,829         I know how important               music is to young people,      1201 00:51:22,871 --> 00:51:24,956        especially the culture                    of young men             1202 00:51:24,998 --> 00:51:25,916       that we're dealing with.       1203 00:51:25,957 --> 00:51:27,042     That's the common denominator    1204 00:51:27,084 --> 00:51:28,376     for every gang in this city.     1205 00:51:28,418 --> 00:51:30,712  There's someone that does music.  1206 00:51:30,754 --> 00:51:32,005     StreetSafe has a relationship    1207 00:51:32,047 --> 00:51:34,716            with the studio                   Hit Quarters Studios         1208 00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:37,552  off of River Street in Mattapan.  1209 00:51:37,594 --> 00:51:40,555            You'd be amazed                 at some of the rap songs       1210 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:43,100     that these brothers lay out.     1211 00:51:43,141 --> 00:51:46,269          Striking like a pit                  With a red nose           1212 00:51:46,311 --> 00:51:49,564          Striking like a dog                  With a red nose           1213 00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:52,734           That's a red beam                   On a four-four            1214 00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:56,071          It's a green light              Ride down your block slow      1215 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:59,032     [Travis] Music's my passion.           You know what I'm sayin'?            Where else am I gonna go?      1216 00:51:59,074 --> 00:52:03,120      I don't got mad bread to be           spendin' money on haters.      1217 00:52:03,161 --> 00:52:05,622       Comin' here for two hours                     is 500.               1218 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:08,041       -These kids are on time.                     -Mm-hmm.               1219 00:52:08,083 --> 00:52:10,710      They ahead of us sometimes              like, "Are you here?"        1220 00:52:10,752 --> 00:52:12,796        They wanna come in here            when it's not even booked.      1221 00:52:12,838 --> 00:52:15,298          They see me in the                   streets or the bus                    they say like...           1222 00:52:15,340 --> 00:52:17,676          They feel it's like                 everything for them.         1223 00:52:17,717 --> 00:52:20,554        It's not even work some             of the time they're here.      1224 00:52:20,595 --> 00:52:22,139      It's not really recording.      1225 00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:25,976         They just feel like,                "It's my second home."        1226 00:52:26,017 --> 00:52:27,978       It's a safe haven for me       1227 00:52:28,019 --> 00:52:29,312            and these guys.           1228 00:52:29,354 --> 00:52:30,355               You know?              1229 00:52:30,397 --> 00:52:31,815       Twenty-four-hour access.       1230 00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:35,819     There ain't a 24-hour access        nowhere in the city of Boston.    1231 00:52:35,861 --> 00:52:38,071        I don't know about it.        1232 00:52:38,488 --> 00:52:40,323           And dealin' with                     this population?           1233 00:52:40,365 --> 00:52:41,241                 Who?                 1234 00:52:41,283 --> 00:52:43,618          Everything's closed                   at 8:00 or 9:00.           1235 00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:46,413       These guys don't come out                til 8:00 or 9:00.          1236 00:52:46,454 --> 00:52:49,332      [rap song playing faintly]      1237 00:52:49,374 --> 00:52:52,002            Put the-- Yeah!           1238 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:54,045               TOUCH FM.              1239 00:52:54,713 --> 00:52:57,632          I like that joint.                Yeah, that joint's crazy.      1240 00:52:57,674 --> 00:52:59,885           Literally crazy.                         [laughs]               1241 00:53:00,135 --> 00:53:03,221                [Rusti]                   I play Boston hip-hop music,           I play New England music,      1242 00:53:03,263 --> 00:53:05,849           and that's music                   just from this state.        1243 00:53:05,891 --> 00:53:08,226           From this region.                       That's it.              1244 00:53:08,268 --> 00:53:10,437        The reason for that is               giving an opportunity,        1245 00:53:10,478 --> 00:53:15,442           giving a spirit,                   giving some... a hope            that these brothers out here     1246 00:53:15,483 --> 00:53:18,528       that wanna do this music           can feel like they can do it.    1247 00:53:18,570 --> 00:53:20,197       That shit ain't normal       1248 00:53:20,238 --> 00:53:21,948       So my niggas on my team      1249 00:53:21,990 --> 00:53:23,909           We ain't normal          1250 00:53:23,950 --> 00:53:26,703        [rapping indistinctly]        1251 00:53:26,745 --> 00:53:28,872       [Niko] I like everything                about making music.         1252 00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:30,207               I like--                     You know what I'm sayin'?      1253 00:53:30,248 --> 00:53:33,126       That's what separates me             from people who just rap.      1254 00:53:33,168 --> 00:53:35,879               You know?                     Rappers just wanna rap.       1255 00:53:35,921 --> 00:53:38,632    I like making music so I listen         to all types of things.       1256 00:53:38,673 --> 00:53:42,135        [rapping indistinctly]        1257 00:53:42,177 --> 00:53:45,722             I write music                    that everyday people                   can think about.           1258 00:53:45,764 --> 00:53:48,433       You know, if you're goin'             through some struggles,               I got music for that.        1259 00:53:48,475 --> 00:53:51,603    [stammers] If you goin' through            some happy times,          1260 00:53:51,645 --> 00:53:53,438         I got music for that.        1261 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,941        If you hate the world,                I got music for that.        1262 00:53:55,982 --> 00:53:58,610               You know?                     I'm a renaissance guy.        1263 00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:02,030               [Dequan]                      Been working with other               streetworkers before.        1264 00:54:02,072 --> 00:54:04,991       I've been in the studio.           They brought me in the studio                 and stuff.              1265 00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:08,036        There's a lot of people            that's talented in Boston.      1266 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,162           Boston's next up.          1267 00:54:09,204 --> 00:54:11,081          But it's just like                    Boston don't know          1268 00:54:11,122 --> 00:54:12,332      how to get with each other.     1269 00:54:12,374 --> 00:54:14,584          Everybody got drama                   with each other.           1270 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:18,546               [Calvin]                     We have three groups here         that are supposed to be rivals.  1271 00:54:18,588 --> 00:54:23,260  After getting together they say,      "We are not really enemies."             You know? And, uh...         1272 00:54:23,301 --> 00:54:24,970            Then they start                  making songs together.        1273 00:54:25,011 --> 00:54:26,221        They start making songs                     together.              1274 00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:30,016    Which is, to me, it's amazing.    1275 00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:33,770                -Yeah.                       -It's the best behaving            people I've met in my life.     1276 00:54:33,812 --> 00:54:36,022             -[stammering]                         -[laughing]             1277 00:54:36,064 --> 00:54:38,316     I would change my whole life           to rewrite my whole life.      1278 00:54:38,358 --> 00:54:40,235    Things I thought was important,         this is more important.       1279 00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,279        Way more than anything                  I've experienced.          1280 00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,906        -It's amazing when they                 get that energy!                      -I don't see--            1281 00:54:44,948 --> 00:54:47,784         I have more problems                  with regular people         1282 00:54:47,826 --> 00:54:48,785         that's not gangsters.        1283 00:54:48,827 --> 00:54:50,829     These are intelligent people     1284 00:54:50,870 --> 00:54:53,081         that know how to move                when they're treated         1285 00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:55,083           with that respect               and they have a direction,      1286 00:54:55,125 --> 00:54:58,086        and they see the value                  in who they are.           1287 00:54:58,128 --> 00:55:00,714        All these organizations                   and companies            1288 00:55:00,755 --> 00:55:01,965       claiming to do this work,      1289 00:55:02,007 --> 00:55:04,092          you have to show it                 because we need you.         1290 00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:07,637          I can't do it all.                  Gym can't do it all.                Studio can't do it all.       1291 00:55:07,679 --> 00:55:13,560     When we all come together and            converge around them               is when we're gonna win.       1292 00:55:13,601 --> 00:55:15,270    Right now, it's a half-circle.    1293 00:55:15,312 --> 00:55:18,523         We need a full-circle             to wrap around these guys.      1294 00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:23,320        The only thing our kids                  are at risk of            1295 00:55:23,361 --> 00:55:26,197          is being successful                if we believe in them.        1296 00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:28,158          So the young folks                     of StreetSafe,            1297 00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:30,201        all they're at risk of                 is being successful         1298 00:55:30,243 --> 00:55:31,870          if we provide them                    with the pathway           1299 00:55:31,911 --> 00:55:33,538           and the tools to                  allow them to do that.        1300 00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:37,542               [Donnell]                     If you ask a young man                to put down the gun,         1301 00:55:37,959 --> 00:55:41,463      then you ask the young man             to stop selling drugs,        1302 00:55:41,504 --> 00:55:45,842      then you ask the young man           to stop his gang activity,      1303 00:55:46,301 --> 00:55:49,471     what do you replace it with?             Has to be something.         1304 00:55:49,512 --> 00:55:51,222        They want me full-time              but I don't wanna do it.       1305 00:55:51,264 --> 00:55:53,266            You don't wanna                     go full-time yet.          1306 00:55:53,308 --> 00:55:55,518           It's only, what,                   a 50-cent difference?        1307 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,146          It's no difference,                 it's the same thing.         1308 00:55:58,188 --> 00:55:59,439             -You get no--                    -It's the same thing?        1309 00:55:59,481 --> 00:56:01,691           Yeah, it's $9.25                 and it's like, for what?       1310 00:56:01,733 --> 00:56:04,277           Like, it's cool.                  I'm not sayin' there's                   nothing wrong,            1311 00:56:04,319 --> 00:56:05,820      'cause it's work, brother.            You know what I'm sayin'?      1312 00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:07,822     It gets you off the streets.                  It's work.              1313 00:56:07,864 --> 00:56:11,743    But $9.25 for five days a week,  1314 00:56:11,785 --> 00:56:13,370       being away from my lady,                 is not worth it.           1315 00:56:13,411 --> 00:56:15,872        At the end of the day,              your check be like $300.       1316 00:56:15,914 --> 00:56:17,832    Yeah, a lot of jobs is hiring.    1317 00:56:17,874 --> 00:56:20,085           $8, $8.50, $9.00.          1318 00:56:20,126 --> 00:56:21,878             But you know                     what our attitude is?        1319 00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,089            Okay, we do it.                     We get in there.           1320 00:56:24,130 --> 00:56:28,426      But at the end of the week,               when we step out,                     it's only $300.           1321 00:56:28,468 --> 00:56:31,096    [Dequan] Everybody in my squad,            we all got kids.           1322 00:56:31,137 --> 00:56:32,430       You know what I'm sayin'?      1323 00:56:32,472 --> 00:56:35,183        We can't pay the rent,               put food on the table,        1324 00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:37,769       put clothes on our backs,                the kids' backs,           1325 00:56:37,811 --> 00:56:40,522          and survive off $9,                        off $7.               1326 00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:42,357       You know what I'm sayin'?               That ain't poppin'.         1327 00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:45,026       You know what I'm sayin'?         It comes a time when it's like,  1328 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:48,029          "Damn, how long we                   gotta suffer for?"          1329 00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:49,072             You feel me?             1330 00:56:49,114 --> 00:56:51,157           How long we gotta                    be on the bottom,          1331 00:56:51,199 --> 00:56:53,284       you know what I'm sayin',          before we make it to the top?    1332 00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:54,744       You feel what I'm sayin'?      1333 00:56:55,328 --> 00:56:57,539      I'm already tellin' myself.              That's in my mind.          1334 00:56:57,580 --> 00:56:59,707          -I'm already there.                 -Exactly. So in terms                 of the life skills,         1335 00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:03,628    that I feel as though you're...          That's a non-factor.         1336 00:57:03,670 --> 00:57:08,091         You know what I mean?              'Cause, pretty much work,      1337 00:57:08,133 --> 00:57:09,843             -gym, family.                         -That's it.             1338 00:57:09,884 --> 00:57:13,054          That's what you do.            So in terms of the life skills                   ladder,               1339 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:16,766         you're actually, man,            a breath of fresh air for me.    1340 00:57:17,183 --> 00:57:19,352         Just because they're                out here on the street        1341 00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:21,187             it's because                     that's all they know.        1342 00:57:21,229 --> 00:57:23,606          But if they see us                    believing in them          1343 00:57:23,648 --> 00:57:26,401         and giving them some                 alternatives to life,        1344 00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:29,279    you don't have to be out here.    1345 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,615        You can take that same              skill set of, let's say,       1346 00:57:32,657 --> 00:57:35,410        hustling, you can take                 that same skill set         1347 00:57:35,452 --> 00:57:38,079          and turn that into                   an entrepreneurship         1348 00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:39,205             that's legal.            1349 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:42,667        We didn't wake up like,          "Oh, we wanna be gangbangers."    1350 00:57:42,709 --> 00:57:44,127       You know what I'm sayin'?      1351 00:57:44,169 --> 00:57:47,881          We grew up playin'                 football, basketball...       1352 00:57:47,922 --> 00:57:49,382              -Baseball.                            -Exactly.              1353 00:57:49,424 --> 00:57:52,051        It's people who coulda              been somewhere right now.      1354 00:57:52,093 --> 00:57:53,678            In this circle.                        Right here.             1355 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,389           People who coulda                   went somewhere far.               You know what I'm sayin'?      1356 00:57:56,431 --> 00:58:00,393            But the streets                 fucked it up for people.             You know what I'm sayin'?      1357 00:58:00,435 --> 00:58:03,354             A lot of us,                    a lot of us here, man,        1358 00:58:03,396 --> 00:58:05,273    we have different talents, man.  1359 00:58:05,315 --> 00:58:08,818       Um, I played basketball.                  Some do music.            1360 00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:11,696          -But after a while,                   it's like a'ight.                   -I'm a good driver.         1361 00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:14,741           -Where are these                   talents gonna get us?                 -We still out here.         1362 00:58:14,782 --> 00:58:16,826             -We out here.                  You know what I'm sayin'?               -We still out here.         1363 00:58:16,868 --> 00:58:20,538          -Livin' day by day.              -Then we start gettin' nice              with other things.          1364 00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:22,957        ...takes my breath away      1365 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:24,334            I can't breathe          1366 00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:26,002           But I can't leave         1367 00:58:26,044 --> 00:58:28,463              These streets                      Keep callin' me           1368 00:58:28,505 --> 00:58:31,799    [Joe] If they growin' up around        a bunch of drug dealers,       1369 00:58:32,258 --> 00:58:35,386  and they comin' outside everyday         and seeing drug deals,        1370 00:58:35,428 --> 00:58:38,264     and they're seeing crackheads              in their hallway,          1371 00:58:38,306 --> 00:58:39,724          that's what they're                     gonna become.            1372 00:58:39,766 --> 00:58:42,310      I always idolized the guys              that was tough, man.         1373 00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:44,437  The guys who had cars and money,  1374 00:58:44,479 --> 00:58:46,981            and the big guy                     run the way, man,          1375 00:58:47,023 --> 00:58:50,026            just givin' out                   dollars to kids, man.        1376 00:58:51,236 --> 00:58:53,905             For that day,                    that guy is Superman.        1377 00:58:54,656 --> 00:58:58,493       'Cause that kid might not              ever get a ice cream                   that day, right?           1378 00:58:58,535 --> 00:59:02,080         But there's one dude,                  known to society           1379 00:59:02,121 --> 00:59:04,666           as a drug dealer,                   scum of the earth,          1380 00:59:04,707 --> 00:59:09,671        but he just gave a kid,          on a 90-degree weather hot day,  1381 00:59:09,712 --> 00:59:13,341      he just fed the whole block                  ice cream.              1382 00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:15,134  And that's the guy I want to be.  1383 00:59:15,176 --> 00:59:17,262        They're not growing up                    around people            1384 00:59:17,303 --> 00:59:19,931       that's gettin' master's.       1385 00:59:20,932 --> 00:59:23,518             [stammering]             1386 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:27,146           Like, I only met                  four people in my life             that got a master's degree.     1387 00:59:27,188 --> 00:59:28,690          I didn't even know                     what that was.            1388 00:59:28,731 --> 00:59:31,859       I was like, "A master's?          Don't know what a master's is."  1389 00:59:31,901 --> 00:59:33,444     My grandmother wanted better.    1390 00:59:33,486 --> 00:59:35,655         I'm sure everybody's               parents and grandparents       1391 00:59:35,697 --> 00:59:37,740        all here wanted better                  for their child.           1392 00:59:37,782 --> 00:59:40,368        If I could rewind time                and do other things,         1393 00:59:40,410 --> 00:59:42,412             I would have.                  You feel what I'm sayin'?      1394 00:59:42,453 --> 00:59:47,292          But, you know, this                is what we stuck with.        1395 00:59:47,333 --> 00:59:48,876    Like, you know, I'm pretty sure            everyone out here          1396 00:59:48,918 --> 00:59:54,007      in these streets had dreams            of being an NFL player,       1397 00:59:54,048 --> 00:59:56,718         NBA player, you know.                      Dreams...              1398 00:59:56,759 --> 01:00:00,179    Even if it'd be more realistic,           even the ones that                    didn't play ball           1399 01:00:00,221 --> 01:00:04,475        wanted to be a doctor,                  teacher, lawyer.           1400 01:00:04,517 --> 01:00:06,477       You know what I'm sayin'?      1401 01:00:06,519 --> 01:00:08,146          We all ruined that.         1402 01:00:09,397 --> 01:00:11,608       [Kenney] Everyone in life                 makes mistakes.           1403 01:00:11,649 --> 01:00:14,944          It just so happens                 that often the mistakes       1404 01:00:14,986 --> 01:00:16,404  of young brothers and/or sisters  1405 01:00:16,446 --> 01:00:18,406  in the inner-city, historically,  1406 01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:20,199      have a greater consequence.     1407 01:00:20,658 --> 01:00:24,370         A'ight. So now I got               the concerns out the way.      1408 01:00:24,412 --> 01:00:26,456                -Yeah.                       -Now I'm gonna ask you                  another question.          1409 01:00:26,497 --> 01:00:28,499  The hell is wrong with you, man?  1410 01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:30,460          -I don't know, man.                         -Bro!                1411 01:00:30,501 --> 01:00:33,296       You let another man talk               enough crap to you...        1412 01:00:33,338 --> 01:00:37,842                -Yeah.                       -You know, that you had             to bust him in the mouth       1413 01:00:37,884 --> 01:00:39,677               -at work.                              -Yeah                1414 01:00:40,553 --> 01:00:42,597           So he figured out               how to press your buttons.      1415 01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:46,351          He be gettin' drunk             all the time, like every day.         He got a drinking problem.      1416 01:00:46,392 --> 01:00:49,520           So me and Ranja,                   we already know that,        1417 01:00:49,562 --> 01:00:50,897       so we stay way from him.       1418 01:00:51,272 --> 01:00:54,609          But just that day,             he was feelin' himself so much.  1419 01:00:54,651 --> 01:00:57,820        Just talkin' mad trash                    to everybody.            1420 01:00:57,862 --> 01:00:58,863           Right to my face.          1421 01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:01,324         Lookin' me in my eyes               and called me a bitch.        1422 01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:03,493      I let-- Hit me in my mouth,               I let that slide.          1423 01:01:03,534 --> 01:01:06,287    You call me a sucka two times,              I let that slide.          1424 01:01:06,329 --> 01:01:08,748       Then you call me a bitch                    to my face?             1425 01:01:08,790 --> 01:01:11,209          This ain't even it.                    So I'm like...            1426 01:01:11,250 --> 01:01:14,337    I said... I couldn't even talk               and get it out            1427 01:01:14,379 --> 01:01:16,297      because I couldn't believe               he was disrespect--         1428 01:01:16,339 --> 01:01:18,049            I never been--                     Nobody ever talked                    to me like that.           1429 01:01:18,091 --> 01:01:20,635        Dudes I got beef with,             they don't even talk to me                   like that.              1430 01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:24,263  But he's laughing like, "Ha ha."       I said "Yo, you know what?      1431 01:01:24,305 --> 01:01:25,515             I don't know                     what your problem is         1432 01:01:25,556 --> 01:01:26,724           or who you think                    you're talking to,          1433 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:28,309           but I'ma tell you                     this right now.           1434 01:01:28,351 --> 01:01:29,811      Let's go in the bathroom."      1435 01:01:29,852 --> 01:01:32,647     He was like, "Nah, nah, nah,         you know it ain't like that."    1436 01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:34,190                I said,                   "Oh, now it ain't like that.     1437 01:01:34,232 --> 01:01:36,317      I told you I wasn't playin'               with you before."          1438 01:01:36,359 --> 01:01:38,653      So we get in the bathroom,             he's like, "Yeah, man.        1439 01:01:38,695 --> 01:01:41,614       You know what I'm sayin'?              'Cause you got popped                    in your head,            1440 01:01:41,656 --> 01:01:43,491         that's your problem."               That's when I hit him.        1441 01:01:43,533 --> 01:01:44,951     Boop. And I knocked him out.     1442 01:01:44,992 --> 01:01:49,664      Then I woke him up and then           we left out the bathroom.      1443 01:01:49,706 --> 01:01:52,500       That's when the managers           got involved and everything.     1444 01:01:52,542 --> 01:01:55,461         What you needed to do                   was walk away,            1445 01:01:55,503 --> 01:01:57,505          go to the manager,                      "Hey, listen,            1446 01:01:57,547 --> 01:01:59,924     -this gentleman over here..."            -I'm not doin' that.         1447 01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:01,843        I can't work-- Listen.              Hear me out, hear me out.      1448 01:02:01,884 --> 01:02:03,803      "This gentleman over here,          I can't work with him today.     1449 01:02:03,845 --> 01:02:05,847       Somethin' wrong with him.               Y'all might need to                    check him out."           1450 01:02:05,888 --> 01:02:09,142            Because if not,                  it goes to the extreme               and then what happens?        1451 01:02:09,183 --> 01:02:10,977          You act on impulse.                  Then what happens?          1452 01:02:11,018 --> 01:02:13,354    You get in a fight at the job.             Then what happens?          1453 01:02:13,396 --> 01:02:15,273          You lose your gig.                   Then what happens?          1454 01:02:15,314 --> 01:02:16,733          The check that you                     was countin' on           1455 01:02:16,774 --> 01:02:19,235          to help your family                  is no longer there.         1456 01:02:19,277 --> 01:02:22,113     Yeah. But it's like I'm bein'              put in situations          1457 01:02:22,155 --> 01:02:24,282       that I never been through                     before.               1458 01:02:24,323 --> 01:02:26,701           So it's not like                    I know off instinct         1459 01:02:26,743 --> 01:02:28,828     like, "I should act this way"    1460 01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:30,371         when I never was put                     in a position            1461 01:02:30,413 --> 01:02:32,832            to act that way                    in the first place.         1462 01:02:32,874 --> 01:02:35,626     -Confrontation on the job...                   -Mm-hmm.               1463 01:02:35,668 --> 01:02:38,337           -...is not rare.                          -Yeah.                1464 01:02:38,379 --> 01:02:39,964             That happens.            1465 01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:41,382            -That happens.                          -Mm-hmm.               1466 01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:44,510    Whether it is another employee            comin' to work drunk.        1467 01:02:44,552 --> 01:02:48,306    Whether it is another employee             feelin' as though,          1468 01:02:48,347 --> 01:02:50,308     "I'm just gon' disrespect him               just because."            1469 01:02:50,349 --> 01:02:52,810                -Yeah.                       -No more of that, man.        1470 01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,355         No more of that, bro.        1471 01:02:56,397 --> 01:02:58,191      You need anger counseling?      1472 01:02:58,608 --> 01:03:00,067              -Probably.                           -All right.             1473 01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:02,278       I'm not even being funny,         I'm not being funny with that.    1474 01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:05,281       -That's a real situation.            -I might need some, man.       1475 01:03:05,323 --> 01:03:07,700    So I want you to get evaluated.  1476 01:03:09,035 --> 01:03:11,996       Reason being, seriously,       1477 01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:14,499            it's not normal                for a young man to be shot.     1478 01:03:14,540 --> 01:03:15,958                -Yeah.                      -Like, that's not normal.      1479 01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:17,585               -Mm-hmm.                          -You understand                     what I'm sayin'?           1480 01:03:17,627 --> 01:03:18,961      It's not normal for someone                 to be drivin'            1481 01:03:19,003 --> 01:03:20,797       in their car and someone               to shoot up the car.         1482 01:03:20,838 --> 01:03:22,924                -Yeah.                         -That's not normal.         1483 01:03:22,965 --> 01:03:25,635            It's not normal                   for me and my family         1484 01:03:25,676 --> 01:03:29,847       to be somewhere and then               the crib get shot up.        1485 01:03:29,889 --> 01:03:32,308            -Mm-hmm. Yeah.                     -That ain't normal.         1486 01:03:32,350 --> 01:03:34,227          That's why we can't                ever go no damn where,        1487 01:03:34,268 --> 01:03:37,271       'cause you always cryin'.                  You need $5.             1488 01:03:37,313 --> 01:03:38,898    I just spent $10 on your outfit  1489 01:03:38,940 --> 01:03:41,692         and you done already                     ripped it up.            1490 01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:46,364  Come on, let's cross the street.  1491 01:03:46,405 --> 01:03:47,990       Wait, give me your hand.       1492 01:03:48,991 --> 01:03:50,201             Get his hand.            1493 01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:52,703             Wait, David!             1494 01:03:52,745 --> 01:03:54,247             Pay attention                     to the damn street.         1495 01:03:54,288 --> 01:03:56,874                -I am!                   -You know, I'm in the kitchen,    1496 01:03:56,916 --> 01:04:00,711           I'm 'bout to make               some   pastelitos   for my kids     1497 01:04:00,753 --> 01:04:05,633         and I get a message,                a notification message                    to my phone.             1498 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:08,719       It's my friend texting me                 from Facebook.            1499 01:04:08,761 --> 01:04:12,223      Like, "Boppy's been shot."                 I'm like, what?           1500 01:04:12,265 --> 01:04:15,935       [ambulance siren wailing]      1501 01:04:15,977 --> 01:04:17,478               [Beverly]                   It was a hollow-tip bullet,     1502 01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,523       so it ripped his bowels,                  his intestines,           1503 01:04:20,565 --> 01:04:21,607            all that stuff.           1504 01:04:21,649 --> 01:04:24,277           And it took them                    six to eight hours          1505 01:04:24,318 --> 01:04:27,905               to repair                  all that stuff back for him.     1506 01:04:37,081 --> 01:04:38,749          Got shot, you know?         1507 01:04:38,791 --> 01:04:41,085           Can't really move                    my leg right now.          1508 01:04:41,127 --> 01:04:44,171           Can't really pee                   on my own right now.                       You know?              1509 01:04:44,213 --> 01:04:47,800            [intense music]           1510 01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:55,182          [Beverly] He a thug                    in the streets,           1511 01:04:55,224 --> 01:04:56,851    that's how he portrays himself.  1512 01:04:56,893 --> 01:04:59,896        But to hear him crying                 in pain like that,          1513 01:04:59,937 --> 01:05:03,274         he needed his mother,              and I couldn't do nothin'                    for him.               1514 01:05:03,316 --> 01:05:05,818            [intense music]           1515 01:05:13,701 --> 01:05:14,994       [Dequan] I was on a roll.      1516 01:05:15,036 --> 01:05:17,622         About to get features              with people and all that.      1517 01:05:17,663 --> 01:05:19,123       Famous people, you know.       1518 01:05:19,540 --> 01:05:22,543          But this incident,               getting shot, messed me up.     1519 01:05:22,585 --> 01:05:24,378            Slowed me down.           1520 01:05:24,420 --> 01:05:25,713         I mean, I'm not gonna                 say what happened,          1521 01:05:25,755 --> 01:05:28,341        it's just wrong place,                     wrong time.             1522 01:05:29,342 --> 01:05:30,968       Wrong place, wrong time.       1523 01:05:31,510 --> 01:05:34,472            [intense music]           1524 01:05:58,371 --> 01:06:00,498       [Angelo] I like to think                 we're successful.          1525 01:06:00,539 --> 01:06:01,916       Before we came out here,       1526 01:06:01,958 --> 01:06:02,917      there used to be a shootin'     1527 01:06:02,959 --> 01:06:04,710    almost every other 10 minutes.    1528 01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:08,381    Shit, we lost our first friend                   at 15.                1529 01:06:08,422 --> 01:06:11,342         He died at 15, 2003.         1530 01:06:11,884 --> 01:06:13,511          One day, everything                   can be all great           1531 01:06:13,552 --> 01:06:18,224     and then next thing you know           everything is going down.      1532 01:06:18,265 --> 01:06:20,226        2004, lost another one.       1533 01:06:20,267 --> 01:06:22,228        2005, lost another one.       1534 01:06:22,269 --> 01:06:24,397         2006, lost two more.         1535 01:06:24,438 --> 01:06:25,856         2007, lost one more.         1536 01:06:25,898 --> 01:06:29,068          2008, January 8th,               God rest my nephew's soul.      1537 01:06:29,110 --> 01:06:31,320           [kisses fingers]                 Darrion L.J. Carrington.       1538 01:06:31,362 --> 01:06:32,530               Lost him.              1539 01:06:35,408 --> 01:06:36,784                [sighs]               1540 01:06:36,826 --> 01:06:39,412      This is the life we chose.            You know what I'm sayin'?      1541 01:06:39,453 --> 01:06:42,999      So it's just like... damn.      1542 01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:45,334       He got out December 21st                     of 2007,               1543 01:06:45,376 --> 01:06:48,796     got killed January 8th, 2008.    1544 01:06:48,838 --> 01:06:51,048           That wasn't even                     three weeks yet.           1545 01:06:51,674 --> 01:06:53,050             Three weeks.             1546 01:06:53,759 --> 01:06:54,927            Just 'cause he                     went to go get some         1547 01:06:54,969 --> 01:06:58,097             Chinese food                   in a fuckin' restaurant.       1548 01:06:58,973 --> 01:07:00,808    Til this day, we know nothin'.    1549 01:07:00,850 --> 01:07:02,435             Know nothing.            1550 01:07:02,476 --> 01:07:03,894               Nothing.               1551 01:07:06,605 --> 01:07:11,694         [man]   They feel like                    murder is normal.          1552 01:07:11,736 --> 01:07:13,070      We get a call somebody's shot.  1553 01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:15,698            We go to the scene                   to assess the scene.        1554 01:07:15,740 --> 01:07:18,075               When you see                      16-year-old females         1555 01:07:18,117 --> 01:07:22,955           with iPhones filming             the young person on the ground  1556 01:07:22,997 --> 01:07:26,751          opposed to calling 911                 to get an ambulance,        1557 01:07:26,792 --> 01:07:28,461            something's wrong.         1558 01:07:30,796 --> 01:07:33,507            [intense music]           1559 01:07:33,799 --> 01:07:35,885    [man] Yeah, when shit like that              happen, man,             1560 01:07:35,926 --> 01:07:37,595         you start questioning                   a lot of shit.            1561 01:07:37,636 --> 01:07:39,013               You know?              1562 01:07:39,597 --> 01:07:41,891            It always hurts                when somebody you close to      1563 01:07:41,932 --> 01:07:48,105     or just anybody that you know                 get killed.             1564 01:07:48,147 --> 01:07:51,650       Eh... Ain't nothin' sweet                    about it.              1565 01:07:51,692 --> 01:07:54,153          It's not something                    you get used to.           1566 01:07:55,613 --> 01:07:57,031            [intense music]           1567 01:07:57,073 --> 01:07:58,908      [Robert] Angel's been part                of us for years.           1568 01:07:58,949 --> 01:08:03,662      An extraordinary young man         who was moving his life along.    1569 01:08:03,704 --> 01:08:05,748        Graduated high school,                    was working,             1570 01:08:05,790 --> 01:08:08,334           got a promotion,               was looking to go to college,    1571 01:08:08,375 --> 01:08:10,127        never missed practice.        1572 01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:14,256           Damn. [sniffles]           1573 01:08:23,933 --> 01:08:25,017    I just got a phone call sayin'    1574 01:08:25,059 --> 01:08:28,020            my man got shot                     in the head, man.          1575 01:08:29,271 --> 01:08:31,524         And he's never gonna                    come home, man.           1576 01:08:32,149 --> 01:08:34,693     [stammers] We're never gonna                see him again.            1577 01:08:34,735 --> 01:08:36,320      I just got a phone call...      1578 01:08:38,906 --> 01:08:41,617            and that kinda                     fucked me up, man.          1579 01:08:42,243 --> 01:08:44,829          'Cause from there,                   everything's just--         1580 01:08:44,870 --> 01:08:46,497       went downhill, you know?       1581 01:08:48,582 --> 01:08:50,292       I wasn't the same person       1582 01:08:50,334 --> 01:08:54,505        as I was the day before                when he was alive.          1583 01:08:54,547 --> 01:08:55,673        Just turned different.        1584 01:08:55,714 --> 01:08:57,633           I didn't wanna do                    anything anymore.          1585 01:08:57,675 --> 01:08:59,176            I didn't care.            1586 01:09:00,886 --> 01:09:03,180       Just wanted to shut down,                    you know?              1587 01:09:04,598 --> 01:09:07,977         [indistinct chatter]         1588 01:09:09,436 --> 01:09:11,897     [Leroy]   You have individuals                 who have served           1589 01:09:11,939 --> 01:09:15,442        you know, one, two, maybe            three tours in Afghanistan.     1590 01:09:15,484 --> 01:09:20,030        Right? And they never have             seen someone get killed.      1591 01:09:20,072 --> 01:09:22,575          But at the same time,                just the pressure alone,      1592 01:09:22,616 --> 01:09:24,952         they may come back home                      with PTSD,             1593 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:26,370  post-traumatic stress syndrome.    1594 01:09:26,412 --> 01:09:28,497        Now you have individuals,                     young men,             1595 01:09:28,539 --> 01:09:30,833      who may be 22 or 23 years old,  1596 01:09:30,875 --> 01:09:33,335             and he's seen 17                  of his friends murdered.      1597 01:09:33,377 --> 01:09:36,172      But he's seen it right there.            Been in the midst of it.      1598 01:09:36,213 --> 01:09:39,466      He has a possibility of having   post-traumatic stress syndrome.    1599 01:09:39,508 --> 01:09:41,510     [Thea] When you live in that            kind of an environment,       1600 01:09:41,552 --> 01:09:45,014           you sort of begin                     to develop ways                    to cope with that.          1601 01:09:45,055 --> 01:09:47,433        And apparently, a young              person's consciousness        1602 01:09:47,474 --> 01:09:51,645            does not really                    develop until their                 mid to late-twenties.        1603 01:09:51,687 --> 01:09:54,815    So what you create in yourself    1604 01:09:54,857 --> 01:09:57,151        and develop in yourself                    to survive              1605 01:09:57,193 --> 01:09:59,862      and cope with these things         is things like hyper-vigilance,  1606 01:09:59,904 --> 01:10:04,241        anxiousness, you switch            from thriving to surviving.     1607 01:10:04,283 --> 01:10:07,912         People lose empathy,                 you can lose empathy                   for other people.          1608 01:10:07,953 --> 01:10:09,788         You know, you're sort                of anxious in the way        1609 01:10:09,830 --> 01:10:12,082        you respond to people,                   maybe in a way            1610 01:10:12,124 --> 01:10:15,377       to help protect yourself.      1611 01:10:15,961 --> 01:10:19,298         [indistinct chatter]         1612 01:10:21,884 --> 01:10:25,971           -[intense music]            -[Beverly] When my son got shot,  1613 01:10:26,013 --> 01:10:29,183        I found myself walking               through Warren Gardens        1614 01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:33,187           with a hoodie on,                    big-ass machete,           1615 01:10:33,604 --> 01:10:35,606     'cause I wanna find this boy.    1616 01:10:37,608 --> 01:10:38,651              I was high.             1617 01:10:38,692 --> 01:10:40,736          And all these boys                    that's out there,          1618 01:10:40,778 --> 01:10:42,446         that I grew up with,         1619 01:10:42,488 --> 01:10:44,406       "Oh, what's up Pumpkin?"       1620 01:10:44,448 --> 01:10:46,116             Err. Save it.            1621 01:10:46,158 --> 01:10:48,160       "What you doin' up here?"      1622 01:10:48,202 --> 01:10:50,037    And my mind is somewhere else.    1623 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:51,789          'Cause I have split                    personalities.            1624 01:10:51,830 --> 01:10:54,208              And I said,                 "Don't talk to me right now."    1625 01:10:54,250 --> 01:10:55,542     "What are you doin' up here?"    1626 01:10:55,584 --> 01:10:57,836  I'm like, "Niggas, I'm lurkin'."  1627 01:10:57,878 --> 01:10:59,463           "What do you mean                      you lurkin'?"            1628 01:10:59,505 --> 01:11:01,131      "Like I said, I'm lurkin'.      1629 01:11:01,173 --> 01:11:05,803       I'm looking and if I see             somethin' fishy or funny,      1630 01:11:05,844 --> 01:11:07,763      somebody's gonna get cut."      1631 01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:12,643     You know, but one of my girls    1632 01:11:12,685 --> 01:11:14,395    that grew up in Warren Gardens,  1633 01:11:14,436 --> 01:11:19,066        she know the situation                   so she's like,            1634 01:11:19,108 --> 01:11:21,652      "Yo, P. Let's go, come on!"     1635 01:11:21,694 --> 01:11:23,028      You know, it was just like      1636 01:11:23,070 --> 01:11:27,032        outta the cut, she just            ended up walking up and...      1637 01:11:27,074 --> 01:11:30,536       "Don't say nothin' to me.                  I don't care.            1638 01:11:30,577 --> 01:11:32,871      F y'all. Don't talk to me.      1639 01:11:32,913 --> 01:11:34,915     Y'all aint my son's friends."    1640 01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:36,166            I know my son.            1641 01:11:36,208 --> 01:11:38,002       I know he wants revenge.       1642 01:11:38,043 --> 01:11:40,379          'Cause he's the boy                in the hood, you know?        1643 01:11:40,421 --> 01:11:43,966           He's the fighter,                   he'll go set it off         1644 01:11:44,008 --> 01:11:45,259         on whoever he got to.        1645 01:11:45,301 --> 01:11:47,303  If they come and disrespect him.  1646 01:11:47,344 --> 01:11:49,513    And he's not getting that back.  1647 01:11:55,436 --> 01:11:58,147               Flow nice                        My flow tight            1648 01:11:58,188 --> 01:12:00,816              So you know                  I'm 'bout to get right        1649 01:12:00,858 --> 01:12:02,276              Take flight                          Not me                1650 01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:04,987             Lit bitch OG                     Ain't shit change          1651 01:12:05,029 --> 01:12:07,406       I'm still poppin' niggas                     On E                 1652 01:12:07,448 --> 01:12:10,993         -[all shouting] On E!               -On E, nigga! [laughs]        1653 01:12:11,035 --> 01:12:13,495         -Wanna go see Tough?                 -Let's go see Tough!         1654 01:12:13,537 --> 01:12:14,496          Let's go see Tough.         1655 01:12:14,538 --> 01:12:16,206         -[indistinct chatter]                -Let's go see Tough.         1656 01:12:16,248 --> 01:12:17,708       [man] Let's go see Tough.      1657 01:12:17,750 --> 01:12:19,752          [chatter continues]         1658 01:12:23,047 --> 01:12:26,425    -Let him drink. Let him drink.           -Let him drink, though.       1659 01:12:27,092 --> 01:12:30,846      [Leroy]   You have to be very              cognitive of homicides       1660 01:12:30,888 --> 01:12:32,306       when young people are lost.     1661 01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:34,933        You have to know the dates              that they got killed.        1662 01:12:34,975 --> 01:12:36,518             You have to know                      their birthdays.          1663 01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:39,229        [man] Yo, this is homie                  from OP, right?           1664 01:12:39,271 --> 01:12:41,607                 -Who?                               -Yeah.                1665 01:12:42,691 --> 01:12:44,860       [Leroy]   A lot of guys may             wanna go to the cemetery.      1666 01:12:44,902 --> 01:12:47,613          But after the cemetery             and after a couple of blunts               and some drinking,         1667 01:12:47,654 --> 01:12:50,491              you damn sure                       better have a plan              to where y'all are goin' next.  1668 01:12:50,532 --> 01:12:53,952           Because if you know                the anniversary is today,      1669 01:12:53,994 --> 01:12:55,996          and you just let them                   outta your sight,          1670 01:12:56,038 --> 01:12:57,456            boy, you basically                     just co-signing           1671 01:12:57,498 --> 01:12:58,999            what you know that                 they're gonna get ready       1672 01:12:59,041 --> 01:12:59,958                to go do.              1673 01:13:00,334 --> 01:13:03,170         We gotta go to the L.                We gotta go to the L.        1674 01:13:03,212 --> 01:13:06,548             -We have to.                   And we gotta go to the--                   -[man shouts]            1675 01:13:06,590 --> 01:13:08,717               [Kenney]                      Well, I think it's very                     important              1676 01:13:08,759 --> 01:13:10,135  to get these guys outta the city  1677 01:13:10,177 --> 01:13:13,055          when it's-- I guess             you could say it's high peak     1678 01:13:13,097 --> 01:13:14,598       crime days or, you know,       1679 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:17,434      where you expect something              to happen. You know?         1680 01:13:17,476 --> 01:13:20,562              [stammers]                    Because everybody's out.       1681 01:13:20,604 --> 01:13:22,689          It's a good chance                 these guys may be seen.       1682 01:13:22,731 --> 01:13:25,818         And if that happens,                we have another problem                   on our hands.            1683 01:13:25,859 --> 01:13:30,489          The Fourth of July,              the whole city is outside.                Everybody's here.          1684 01:13:30,531 --> 01:13:34,201          Cookouts, you know.            We comin' out in the best gear.  1685 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:36,161              We all went                    and bought new outfits.       1686 01:13:36,203 --> 01:13:37,621        I'm tryna hit the city.       1687 01:13:37,663 --> 01:13:39,289       We rollin', I got wheels.      1688 01:13:39,331 --> 01:13:41,250      We ridin' four, five deep.      1689 01:13:41,291 --> 01:13:43,377              We pull up,                 "Yo, you niggas is trippin'.     1690 01:13:43,419 --> 01:13:46,130    Why y'all ridin' deep like..."                 [stammers]              1691 01:13:46,171 --> 01:13:48,966         "Man we 'bout to..."              "Yo, y'all wanna go to..."      1692 01:13:49,007 --> 01:13:52,052       "What? Where? Hell yeah.                    Let's go."              1693 01:13:52,094 --> 01:13:54,012    [Kenney] We went to Six Flags.    1694 01:13:54,054 --> 01:13:56,932        I had one guy who was,                    at the time,             1695 01:13:56,974 --> 01:13:59,268         he was 29 years old.         1696 01:13:59,726 --> 01:14:03,147  It was his first time ever being          at an amusement park.        1697 01:14:03,188 --> 01:14:04,648                At 29.                1698 01:14:06,275 --> 01:14:09,820  -He wanted to get on every ride.          -[indistinct chatter]        1699 01:14:09,862 --> 01:14:13,449             Skydive shit.                    You pull yourself up                  on the little rope          1700 01:14:13,490 --> 01:14:16,535        and you just fall down.           First time in my life, nigga.    1701 01:14:16,577 --> 01:14:19,455        I was scared to death.           But that shit was fun as shit.    1702 01:14:19,496 --> 01:14:22,708  -All we woulda did in the hood--             -[man mumbles]            1703 01:14:22,749 --> 01:14:26,753            [all laughing]            1704 01:14:27,296 --> 01:14:30,257       That's what I do, though.           This is coming from the man     1705 01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:33,302           that didn't wanna                   get on the fuckin'                      kiddie rides.            1706 01:14:33,343 --> 01:14:36,138          He didn't wanna get                 on the water splash.         1707 01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:37,306        The fuckin' log joint.        1708 01:14:37,347 --> 01:14:38,474        That nigga was scared.        1709 01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:40,893         Sittin' on the bench,                   waiting for us.           1710 01:14:40,934 --> 01:14:43,187          [chatter continues]         1711 01:14:43,228 --> 01:14:44,771               [Kenney]                  To me, I'm sittin' there like,    1712 01:14:44,813 --> 01:14:46,857         "I'm not about to get                on this ride twice."                    Like, you know?           1713 01:14:46,899 --> 01:14:49,151      But, "No we gotta do this.                We gotta do this.                   We gotta do this."          1714 01:14:49,193 --> 01:14:51,612              [stammers]                 And I had to understand, like,    1715 01:14:51,653 --> 01:14:54,364         he never experienced                  nothin' like this.          1716 01:14:54,406 --> 01:14:58,785         It's just gang life,                    incarceration,                     back to gang life.          1717 01:14:58,827 --> 01:15:03,081          So now we goin' for               the whole Fourth of July              and half of the fifth.        1718 01:15:03,123 --> 01:15:05,959        And we come back late.            So it's like that whole day,     1719 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:07,461               who knows                 what the fuck woulda happened.    1720 01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:10,005          We probably woulda                    been in the hood                      a hundred deep.           1721 01:15:10,047 --> 01:15:12,299          Shootin' the shit,                 swallowin' spit, nigga.       1722 01:15:12,341 --> 01:15:13,467            But we wasn't.            1723 01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:15,969      We was cities, states over,     1724 01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:18,597            ridin' fuckin'                  roller coasters and shit.      1725 01:15:18,639 --> 01:15:20,182       [Kenney] It was just good                to see the looks           1726 01:15:20,224 --> 01:15:22,809        on their faces to know                there's more to life         1727 01:15:22,851 --> 01:15:23,977             than Boston.             1728 01:15:24,019 --> 01:15:25,479            Than Dorchester                 and Roxbury and Mattapan.      1729 01:15:25,521 --> 01:15:29,107       You know what I'm sayin'?          That, to me, was everything.     1730 01:15:29,816 --> 01:15:32,319     You're not the only one that          has a tattoo on your face.      1731 01:15:32,361 --> 01:15:33,946  You know, I love you regardless.  1732 01:15:33,987 --> 01:15:35,322    You know, tattoo or no tattoo.    1733 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:37,991      But the honest to God truth                    is that               1734 01:15:38,033 --> 01:15:39,535         I would be doing you                     a disservice             1735 01:15:39,576 --> 01:15:41,245         if I didn't tell you                 that professionally,         1736 01:15:41,286 --> 01:15:45,040          that's going to be              an obstacle for you forever.     1737 01:15:45,082 --> 01:15:46,959    One of the first insights I had  1738 01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:48,460            into who these                     young people were,          1739 01:15:48,502 --> 01:15:50,671              even before                   I understood the science       1740 01:15:50,712 --> 01:15:52,923            and the history                   and things like that         1741 01:15:52,965 --> 01:15:56,843           that has evolved                    over recent years,          1742 01:15:56,885 --> 01:15:59,471    I would look at their tattoos.    1743 01:15:59,513 --> 01:16:04,059       And their tattoos would,           you know, cause me to pause.     1744 01:16:04,101 --> 01:16:06,103             For example,                  they would say things like,     1745 01:16:06,144 --> 01:16:07,437          "Born to be hated.          1746 01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:09,356          Dying to be loved."         1747 01:16:09,398 --> 01:16:12,734    "Life is hard, dying is easy."    1748 01:16:12,776 --> 01:16:14,444         Or "Death is nothing.        1749 01:16:14,486 --> 01:16:17,447         But to live defeated                 is to die every day."        1750 01:16:17,489 --> 01:16:20,993          And I mean these...                I remember them because       1751 01:16:21,034 --> 01:16:23,203            they're burned                    in my consciousness.         1752 01:16:23,245 --> 01:16:25,414          And to add to that,                   the young people           1753 01:16:25,455 --> 01:16:29,543           who were siblings                 or other family members       1754 01:16:29,585 --> 01:16:31,086     who would come to visit them,    1755 01:16:31,587 --> 01:16:35,340     these young people talk about            what they want their                 shrines to look like.        1756 01:16:35,382 --> 01:16:37,175         I mean, they're nine                   and 10 years old.          1757 01:16:37,217 --> 01:16:42,139       So in their mind, this is          a normal trajectory of life.     1758 01:16:43,307 --> 01:16:45,017          [Beverly] Last year                  in the summertime,          1759 01:16:45,058 --> 01:16:46,935    they witnessed my son's friend    1760 01:16:46,977 --> 01:16:48,562      getting shot in their face.     1761 01:16:48,604 --> 01:16:51,565    You know, like, on the street.    1762 01:16:51,607 --> 01:16:55,235      Maybe 10 feet away from us.     1763 01:16:55,277 --> 01:16:56,612      Seeing his friend get shot,     1764 01:16:56,653 --> 01:16:59,031        laid on the stretcher,               bloody and everything.        1765 01:16:59,072 --> 01:17:00,532          My kids was scared.         1766 01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:02,200           You know? And...           1767 01:17:02,618 --> 01:17:06,663         Every Fourth of July,              my five-year-old, DaRon,       1768 01:17:06,705 --> 01:17:11,084         I gotta turn TVs up,                  I gotta play music,         1769 01:17:11,126 --> 01:17:13,045     'cause when the firecrackers                    go off,               1770 01:17:13,086 --> 01:17:15,047  he starts crying and gets scared  1771 01:17:15,088 --> 01:17:16,506          and the first thing                     he says to me            1772 01:17:16,548 --> 01:17:19,051       is, "Those are gunshots.       1773 01:17:19,092 --> 01:17:22,137            They're coming                    to kill my brother."         1774 01:17:23,513 --> 01:17:24,973         I mean, they're kids.        1775 01:17:25,599 --> 01:17:28,685             They're kids.               The two little ones, you know,    1776 01:17:28,727 --> 01:17:32,064           they really don't                know all the way, but...       1777 01:17:32,648 --> 01:17:34,483     The big one, David, he knows.    1778 01:17:34,524 --> 01:17:36,068          He knows, he knows.         1779 01:17:36,109 --> 01:17:38,904        He's smart. He's smart.       1780 01:17:38,945 --> 01:17:40,197               He knows.              1781 01:17:41,865 --> 01:17:43,158           Don't look at it.          1782 01:17:43,742 --> 01:17:45,827            It's not funny,                     don't look at it.          1783 01:17:45,869 --> 01:17:47,829           Don't look at it.          1784 01:17:48,413 --> 01:17:51,500  [Dequan] She's cool, she's good.                You know?              1785 01:17:51,541 --> 01:17:53,460       She took a charge for me.      1786 01:17:53,502 --> 01:17:55,003              She's good.             1787 01:17:55,045 --> 01:17:56,213            She's a keeper.           1788 01:17:56,797 --> 01:17:59,466              -Every day?                      -Yeah, on weekdays.         1789 01:17:59,508 --> 01:18:01,551              -[mumbles]                           -Weekdays.              1790 01:18:01,593 --> 01:18:05,222          -This is a weekend.              -Oh, yeah, it's Sat-- Wow.                   [chuckles]              1791 01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:07,808               [scoffs]                    Gotta stay off that liquor.     1792 01:18:07,849 --> 01:18:10,852         I don't drink liquor,                    first of all.            1793 01:18:10,894 --> 01:18:12,062               I smoke.               1794 01:18:13,188 --> 01:18:15,649          -My brain's fried.                        -I know.               1795 01:18:15,691 --> 01:18:18,402               [Beverly]                   Easter Day, we had a fire.      1796 01:18:18,443 --> 01:18:19,736          We lost everything.         1797 01:18:19,778 --> 01:18:22,489      I had to stay in a shelter               with my three kids          1798 01:18:22,531 --> 01:18:24,074           for three weeks.           1799 01:18:24,116 --> 01:18:25,742            Then move here.           1800 01:18:26,159 --> 01:18:28,203             Then find out                    my son had got shot.         1801 01:18:28,245 --> 01:18:31,998         And then my youngest               is diagnosed with asthma.      1802 01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,625    So I was like a walking zombie.  1803 01:18:33,667 --> 01:18:36,378      'Cause it's like my baby's              on the fourth floor,         1804 01:18:36,420 --> 01:18:38,547             my big baby's                    on the seventh floor.        1805 01:18:38,588 --> 01:18:41,925    So when it's time for the baby            to get his treatment,        1806 01:18:41,967 --> 01:18:45,262  that give me time to go upstairs         and spend with Dequan.        1807 01:18:45,303 --> 01:18:47,013         I'm mad he got shot.         1808 01:18:47,514 --> 01:18:50,642              I'm so mad.                   Because when he was here,      1809 01:18:51,059 --> 01:18:53,103    them younger kids that I have,    1810 01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:56,857      he had them under control.                    You know?              1811 01:18:56,898 --> 01:18:59,985              It was like                    the big brother's here,       1812 01:19:00,026 --> 01:19:02,195     you know, to watch the kids.     1813 01:19:02,237 --> 01:19:03,196             He was there.            1814 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:06,241    It's time to go take these boys         to get their hair cut.        1815 01:19:06,283 --> 01:19:08,952      'Cause they lookin' rough.                Come on, babies.           1816 01:19:08,994 --> 01:19:11,079      [Dequan] I know God's gonna              make a way for me.          1817 01:19:11,121 --> 01:19:13,498          He's gonna help me.         1818 01:19:13,540 --> 01:19:15,208              He got me.              1819 01:19:15,250 --> 01:19:16,710     Movin' my foot now and stuff.    1820 01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:19,129             I got muscles                   and stuff coming back.        1821 01:19:19,629 --> 01:19:23,049         Then, um, I still got                 my bladder problem,         1822 01:19:23,091 --> 01:19:24,384  I can't pee on my own right now.  1823 01:19:24,426 --> 01:19:26,720        Gotta get catheterized.       1824 01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:28,263     But I learned to do it myself    1825 01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:30,348      so even if my leg come back     1826 01:19:30,390 --> 01:19:32,976           and I still gotta                   catheterize myself,         1827 01:19:33,018 --> 01:19:34,936        I can do that at home.        1828 01:19:34,978 --> 01:19:36,229        Nah, I gotta get rich.        1829 01:19:36,271 --> 01:19:37,481           Gotta stay away.           1830 01:19:37,522 --> 01:19:38,732               [rapping]              1831 01:19:38,774 --> 01:19:40,567     [Dequan] Do this music stuff.    1832 01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:42,194            Just get rich.            1833 01:19:42,235 --> 01:19:45,197           Then I get rich,                   have my team with me,        1834 01:19:45,238 --> 01:19:47,157     so they can be outta Boston.     1835 01:19:51,328 --> 01:19:52,913                 Okay.                1836 01:19:52,954 --> 01:19:54,873           It's ringing, so.          1837 01:19:54,915 --> 01:19:56,333              Hi, Mommy.              1838 01:19:58,502 --> 01:20:00,337         You wanna tell Momma                  what you did today?         1839 01:20:00,378 --> 01:20:01,713                Mm-hmm.               1840 01:20:02,547 --> 01:20:06,343       I was at the Pump N Jump.      1841 01:20:06,384 --> 01:20:11,723     [stammering] I was scared to              go down the slide.          1842 01:20:11,932 --> 01:20:14,768            [Mel] You know,                 he's called me sometimes.      1843 01:20:14,810 --> 01:20:16,770     He's had issues. I've went--     1844 01:20:16,812 --> 01:20:19,439            He's called me,                 I went right to his house      1845 01:20:19,773 --> 01:20:23,026            and interrupted                 altercations between him              and his baby's mother.        1846 01:20:23,068 --> 01:20:25,946     At one point, I was abusive,           now I'm really verbally--      1847 01:20:25,987 --> 01:20:28,615         I'm verbally abusive.            I'm not doin' this jail shit.    1848 01:20:28,657 --> 01:20:31,576            I'm just, nah,                    I'm verbally abusive.        1849 01:20:31,618 --> 01:20:33,912             But God works                     in mysterious ways,         1850 01:20:33,954 --> 01:20:35,997          'cause what did He                     bless me with?            1851 01:20:36,039 --> 01:20:36,957           Two little girls.          1852 01:20:36,998 --> 01:20:40,502          So it's just like,                it's just like, ah, man!       1853 01:20:40,544 --> 01:20:42,629              Like, ooh!                      Y'all are my angels.         1854 01:20:42,671 --> 01:20:46,258       -Mommy said she miss you.                -I miss you, too.          1855 01:20:46,967 --> 01:20:49,261      -[indistinct phone chatter]                    -Okay.                1856 01:20:49,302 --> 01:20:52,180       -Say, "Love you, Momma."                   -I love you.             1857 01:20:53,265 --> 01:20:55,725                 -Bye.                                -Bye.                1858 01:20:56,685 --> 01:20:58,353            What's up, Mel?           1859 01:20:58,937 --> 01:21:00,564            Ain't much been                     goin' on, really.          1860 01:21:00,605 --> 01:21:02,607      [Jordan] What's-her-name's              on Instagram, still.         1861 01:21:02,649 --> 01:21:04,067              -[Mel] Who?                            -Corey.               1862 01:21:04,109 --> 01:21:07,070      Me and Donnell was supposed        to go out there to the rehab...  1863 01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:10,574            Mel, you know,               I don't wanna put his business                 out there,              1864 01:21:10,615 --> 01:21:11,658         but he did 10 years.         1865 01:21:11,700 --> 01:21:12,784    So, of course, it's only right    1866 01:21:12,826 --> 01:21:15,370          that he comes back                    to the community           1867 01:21:15,412 --> 01:21:17,372          and try to guide us                  in the right path.          1868 01:21:17,414 --> 01:21:21,251     I went away from '91 to 2000.    1869 01:21:22,294 --> 01:21:24,212       So, you know, I was home,      1870 01:21:24,254 --> 01:21:25,630           I was on parole.           1871 01:21:25,672 --> 01:21:28,717          2005, got arrested.         1872 01:21:28,758 --> 01:21:32,304    And 2007, when my mom passed...  1873 01:21:32,721 --> 01:21:35,849     and, I mean, she was my life.            Know what I'm sayin'?        1874 01:21:35,891 --> 01:21:39,352           She was my life,                   as if anybody's mom.         1875 01:21:39,686 --> 01:21:43,148       And my cousin said to me,      1876 01:21:44,107 --> 01:21:48,862       "It would be easy to say              'I don't give a fuck,'        1877 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:53,909        but that's not what she           would have wanted you to do."    1878 01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:57,287               You know?                 So I was like, "You know what?    1879 01:21:57,329 --> 01:21:58,622          You're right, cuz.          1880 01:21:59,164 --> 01:22:02,542         I'm gonna do what she                would want me to do."        1881 01:22:02,959 --> 01:22:08,465       And I've been on the path               to success so far.          1882 01:22:08,798 --> 01:22:10,967  And I'm reachin' for them stars.  1883 01:22:12,886 --> 01:22:15,889             -[girl] Cat!                      -[Jordan] Come on,                 I'ma come pick him up,        1884 01:22:15,931 --> 01:22:18,558        then we gon' come back                 in the living room.         1885 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:21,978            Boo! [screams]            1886 01:22:22,646 --> 01:22:24,397            [both laughing]           1887 01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:25,899            -Who's the man?                           -You.                1888 01:22:25,941 --> 01:22:27,484         -Who's the princess?                         -Me.                 1889 01:22:27,525 --> 01:22:30,278                 Okay.                       Where's Uncle Willy at?       1890 01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:31,780               [laughs]               1891 01:22:31,821 --> 01:22:33,365               [Jordan]                      I'm out here right now.       1892 01:22:33,406 --> 01:22:34,783        I stay with my brother                     right now.              1893 01:22:34,824 --> 01:22:36,284     And we're both hot-tempered.     1894 01:22:36,326 --> 01:22:39,079             But I say God                does everything for a reason.                  You know?              1895 01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:42,415         And since we've been                  out here together,                      we haven't--             1896 01:22:42,457 --> 01:22:44,042            It's been cool,                   calm, and collected.         1897 01:22:44,084 --> 01:22:45,877            We all on one,                  we all on the same page.       1898 01:22:45,919 --> 01:22:48,672          We all wanna focus.                We all wanna do better                   for ourselves.            1899 01:22:48,713 --> 01:22:49,881             -[girl] Dad!                             -Yes?                1900 01:22:49,923 --> 01:22:51,466          All those people's                     making me mad.            1901 01:22:51,508 --> 01:22:53,343             Don't worry.                       I'll protect you.          1902 01:22:53,385 --> 01:22:56,513            You gotta stand                    right there, okay?          1903 01:22:56,888 --> 01:22:58,765           'Cause I gotta be                   in eyesight of you.         1904 01:22:58,807 --> 01:22:59,933     You gotta be in my eyesight.     1905 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:01,977        I'm learning on my own                  how to be a man.           1906 01:23:02,018 --> 01:23:04,396        I'm not a complete man.             You know what I'm sayin'?      1907 01:23:04,437 --> 01:23:06,398           I still got a lot                   of things to learn.         1908 01:23:06,439 --> 01:23:07,774        It's one day at a time.       1909 01:23:07,816 --> 01:23:11,194      Like an AA and NA meeting,           take it one step at a time.     1910 01:23:11,236 --> 01:23:12,362               You know?              1911 01:23:12,779 --> 01:23:14,239              [laughing]              1912 01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:15,865  You wanna meet your new friends?  1913 01:23:15,907 --> 01:23:19,035         I've been waiting to              introduce you to these two.     1914 01:23:19,828 --> 01:23:22,372               -Say hi!                               -Hi!                 1915 01:23:24,624 --> 01:23:27,419     [Jordan] You havin' fun? No?     1916 01:23:29,087 --> 01:23:31,881        This is what it's about                right here, though.         1917 01:23:34,634 --> 01:23:36,553     This is what it's about, man.    1918 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:39,848        I missed my childhood.              And most of us out here,       1919 01:23:39,889 --> 01:23:42,976         out here in the hood,              we missed our childhood,       1920 01:23:43,018 --> 01:23:46,062     but you just try to make it--                    Yeah.                1921 01:23:46,104 --> 01:23:47,981        You just try to make it              to where your children        1922 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:50,066      get to have that childhood.     1923 01:23:50,692 --> 01:23:52,068              A good one.             1924 01:23:52,527 --> 01:23:54,279          My brother's keepers       1925 01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:57,574                Reach out                    Receive the deliverance       1926 01:23:57,615 --> 01:24:00,827           We oughta live life                      With love              1927 01:24:00,869 --> 01:24:03,121             With open arms          1928 01:24:03,163 --> 01:24:06,291                Armed with                     My brother's keepers        1929 01:24:06,332 --> 01:24:09,627                Reach out                    Receive the deliverance       1930 01:24:09,669 --> 01:24:12,839           We oughta live life                      With love              1931 01:24:12,881 --> 01:24:15,383             With open arms          1932 01:24:15,425 --> 01:24:18,636            Filled with love         1933 01:24:19,554 --> 01:24:21,848     [Travis] Michael Jackson said            he never had a chance                    to be a child            1934 01:24:21,890 --> 01:24:23,683     'cause he was just so famous.          You know what I'm sayin'?      1935 01:24:23,725 --> 01:24:27,270             He never had                    a chance to be a child,                 have fun, chill.           1936 01:24:27,312 --> 01:24:29,105       When I was a child, yeah,              I was playin' sports,        1937 01:24:29,147 --> 01:24:30,607    but when I was playin' sports,             I'm thinking about,         1938 01:24:30,648 --> 01:24:32,317         "Yo, I gotta my mom--        1939 01:24:32,358 --> 01:24:33,651    I gotta do this for my family.    1940 01:24:33,693 --> 01:24:36,071         Gotta do this because                   we need money."           1941 01:24:36,112 --> 01:24:38,364       You know what I'm sayin'?              I gotta get a house,                   I gotta do this.           1942 01:24:38,406 --> 01:24:41,701       You know what I'm sayin'?           I never really got a chance                to be a child.            1943 01:24:41,743 --> 01:24:43,411        So now that I'm older,                    I play a lot.            1944 01:24:43,453 --> 01:24:45,955             I play, like,                 this dude's like a big kid.            Been locked up so long.       1945 01:24:45,997 --> 01:24:49,000        It's like now I'm out,                  I wanna have fun.                   I wanna laugh now.          1946 01:24:49,042 --> 01:24:50,460            I wanna smile.                  You know what I'm sayin'?      1947 01:24:50,502 --> 01:24:51,920         I been tight so long         1948 01:24:51,961 --> 01:24:53,713          that everything had                 to be serious for me.        1949 01:24:53,755 --> 01:24:56,716     I wasn't really a joking kid.         I didn't have a childhood.      1950 01:24:56,758 --> 01:24:59,052       It was just took from me           'cause I'm in the hood, man.     1951 01:24:59,094 --> 01:25:03,139           Live life with love                    With open arms           1952 01:25:03,181 --> 01:25:06,184                Armed with                     My brother's keepers        1953 01:25:06,226 --> 01:25:09,187                Reach out                    Receive the deliverance       1954 01:25:09,229 --> 01:25:12,732           We oughta live life                      With love              1955 01:25:12,774 --> 01:25:15,443             With open arms          1956 01:25:15,485 --> 01:25:18,988            Filled with love         1957 01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:25,245           [inspiring music]          1958 01:25:25,286 --> 01:25:29,207      Boston needs one strategy.           There's different programs.     1959 01:25:29,249 --> 01:25:32,085    There's the city streetworkers,     the faith-based streetworkers,                   others.               1960 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:35,255       I think there needs to be             one collective strategy                  moving forward.           1961 01:25:35,296 --> 01:25:37,340         I think if we do this                    the right way            1962 01:25:37,382 --> 01:25:41,094     with really, really wrapping          around these neighborhoods               and these streets,          1963 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:47,267     we'll get a chance to really            claim our streets back.       1964 01:25:47,308 --> 01:25:50,103               [Jordan]                        I wanna be that person              that can say, "This dude,      1965 01:25:50,145 --> 01:25:53,898         he really did something             for himself, his community.     1966 01:25:53,940 --> 01:25:55,358            He tried to help."         1967 01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:58,153       Or, "He helped these kids,"             or, "He helped himself."      1968 01:25:58,194 --> 01:26:02,574             -This kid was                    choking me for real.                      -[laughter]             1969 01:26:03,533 --> 01:26:05,743      I don't wanna be a bad story.    1970 01:26:05,785 --> 01:26:08,037         I wanna be a good story.      1971 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:12,876            A couple years                    had passed, you know.        1972 01:26:12,917 --> 01:26:15,253              Me and Joe                    still building our bond.       1973 01:26:15,295 --> 01:26:21,092       And one day, he called me          and he was like, "Nap, man...    1974 01:26:21,134 --> 01:26:24,053          I just got in touch             with my father on Facebook."     1975 01:26:24,095 --> 01:26:28,141       My older cousin call me,          and he's like, "I think I found        your father on Facebook."      1976 01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:30,101         I'm like, "My father?                   My father who?"           1977 01:26:30,143 --> 01:26:32,228  He's like, "Looks just like you.         His name's Joe Sierra."       1978 01:26:32,270 --> 01:26:35,315          My cousin was like,             "It is him, 'cause I know him           from back in the day."        1979 01:26:35,356 --> 01:26:38,943             He was like,                  "I wanna go see him, Nap."      1980 01:26:38,985 --> 01:26:40,153        I said, "You know what?       1981 01:26:40,195 --> 01:26:43,656            Go tell Omaira                   to look on the computer       1982 01:26:43,698 --> 01:26:45,200      and get you a ticket, man."     1983 01:26:45,241 --> 01:26:48,077           I went to Miami,                     I met my father,           1984 01:26:48,119 --> 01:26:50,121       and I met my grandmother.      1985 01:26:50,163 --> 01:26:53,416     I got cousins, uncles, aunts.    1986 01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:58,129           [Omaira] That was                 really, really, really,             a turning point for Joe,       1987 01:26:58,171 --> 01:27:00,340            because I knew                  that if he went to Miami       1988 01:27:00,381 --> 01:27:03,343       and something went wrong                  with his father           1989 01:27:03,384 --> 01:27:07,138    or that there was some glitch,     that could definitely, you know,  1990 01:27:07,180 --> 01:27:09,098              change Joe                     when he got back home.        1991 01:27:09,140 --> 01:27:10,683       He got two little boats.       1992 01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:14,145           And he brought me                 on a boat to the canal.       1993 01:27:14,187 --> 01:27:16,022          Canal's crazy, man.                     It's like...             1994 01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,024     Pssh, man, I'm from the hood.    1995 01:27:18,066 --> 01:27:20,693      I don't think the hood got           anything on the canal, man.     1996 01:27:20,735 --> 01:27:23,279  The canal's like a little river,  1997 01:27:23,321 --> 01:27:26,950          and there's snakes               in there, snapping turtles,     1998 01:27:26,991 --> 01:27:30,411        alligators right under              the boat, starin' at you.      1999 01:27:30,453 --> 01:27:33,331           And then there's                  all type of wild birds,                 there's iguanas.           2000 01:27:33,373 --> 01:27:36,209        Iguanas over the trees,             fallin' on the boat, man.      2001 01:27:36,251 --> 01:27:39,128    It was just-- it was wild, man.          You know what I mean?        2002 01:27:39,170 --> 01:27:42,423        He took me on a canal.               Then it got real dark.        2003 01:27:42,465 --> 01:27:45,260             It was scary.             It was pitch black on the canal.  2004 01:27:45,301 --> 01:27:47,804      And you see the alligators'                 eyes glowin'.            2005 01:27:47,845 --> 01:27:50,056      I was like, "Man, we gotta               get up outta here."         2006 01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:51,557            -[woman laughs]                -You know what I'm sayin'?      2007 01:27:51,599 --> 01:27:54,435        We gotta get outta here          before somethin' happen to us.    2008 01:27:54,477 --> 01:27:55,436       And he's normal with it.       2009 01:27:55,478 --> 01:27:57,230        He's like, "They're not                gonna do nothin'."          2010 01:27:57,272 --> 01:28:00,483        I'm like, "Man, listen,                   we gotta go."            2011 01:28:00,525 --> 01:28:02,026       You know what I'm sayin'?      2012 01:28:02,068 --> 01:28:04,112         So, definitely trying                   to be a father.           2013 01:28:04,153 --> 01:28:06,656    I don't take nothin' from him.    2014 01:28:08,032 --> 01:28:09,909               [Beverly]                       At the end of the day,       2015 01:28:09,951 --> 01:28:12,120               I hope this                     is an experience for Bop      2016 01:28:12,161 --> 01:28:17,166             so he can share                     everything with them        2017 01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:21,170              and keep them                       on the right path.         2018 01:28:22,463 --> 01:28:25,675      [Dequan]   Just getting shot                was a wake-up call.         2019 01:28:27,468 --> 01:28:30,638           I'm not about to get                 jacked by the police.        2020 01:28:31,180 --> 01:28:32,432              None of that.            2021 01:28:32,473 --> 01:28:34,392              I already know                      what I have to do.         2022 01:28:34,434 --> 01:28:36,686                You know,                     father live out of Boston,     2023 01:28:36,728 --> 01:28:40,106      so I just gotta go back home.    2024 01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:42,942             -I'm healin'.                  That's all that matters.                 -[Beverly] Yeah.           2025 01:28:42,984 --> 01:28:45,028           They had to take                 out a third of my colon,       2026 01:28:45,069 --> 01:28:46,487         reattach my stomach.         2027 01:28:46,529 --> 01:28:51,743         But then I still got              the full-flight hollow-tip      2028 01:28:51,784 --> 01:28:55,079        right here in my spine.       2029 01:28:55,121 --> 01:28:58,750         Once you get injured,           you always come back stronger.    2030 01:28:59,751 --> 01:29:01,210         I'll be good fully--         2031 01:29:01,252 --> 01:29:03,212     like another year and a half                   from now,              2032 01:29:03,254 --> 01:29:05,131         I'll be back runnin'.        2033 01:29:05,173 --> 01:29:10,511       Before I can even try to          figure out what's gonna happen    2034 01:29:10,553 --> 01:29:13,931  with them as they're growin' up,      I just need to work on myself    2035 01:29:13,973 --> 01:29:18,478        and just pray like hell              that they don't grow up       2036 01:29:18,519 --> 01:29:23,232            and follow into                    Dequan's footsteps.         2037 01:29:25,485 --> 01:29:30,782         Sometimes in my mind                I wanna relapse 'cause            it's hard out here doin' this    2038 01:29:30,823 --> 01:29:32,617       and then all the problems                 and my temper.            2039 01:29:32,658 --> 01:29:37,789         But at the same time,               I always say to myself,          I can never leave my daughters.  2040 01:29:37,830 --> 01:29:42,418         No matter what it is,           I have to wake up the next day          to speak to my daughters.      2041 01:29:42,460 --> 01:29:45,505         I have to go to sleep                every night to speak                   to my daughters.           2042 01:29:45,546 --> 01:29:47,632        God is good, you know?                   I'm here today.           2043 01:29:47,673 --> 01:29:50,051         By the grace of God,             I could get through the night    2044 01:29:50,093 --> 01:29:52,595         and wake up tomorrow               and worry about that day.      2045 01:29:52,637 --> 01:29:54,222      And there on, there forth.      2046 01:29:54,263 --> 01:29:57,475              -[growling]                       -[girl screaming]          2047 01:29:58,935 --> 01:30:00,144            Ah, you got me!           2048 01:30:00,186 --> 01:30:02,188        Don't nobody wanna keep            looking behind their back.      2049 01:30:02,230 --> 01:30:04,148    I don't give a fuck who it is.    2050 01:30:04,190 --> 01:30:07,860      I don't give a fuck if you            the toughest motherfucker                   in America.             2051 01:30:07,902 --> 01:30:10,530      If you can live drama-free      2052 01:30:10,571 --> 01:30:14,450         and try to take care                    of your family,           2053 01:30:15,034 --> 01:30:16,244            shit, why not?            2054 01:30:16,285 --> 01:30:18,955      I'm just trying to make up                 for lost time.            2055 01:30:19,956 --> 01:30:21,666              That's all.             2056 01:30:21,707 --> 01:30:23,501        But it's hard, though.        2057 01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:26,421            It's all about                     taking those steps.         2058 01:30:26,462 --> 01:30:31,050        I'm not gonna lie, man,          I'm scared to take those steps.  2059 01:30:31,092 --> 01:30:32,885      'Cause change is real, man.     2060 01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:34,637            Change is big.            2061 01:30:34,679 --> 01:30:37,181       Change is just not easy.       2062 01:30:37,223 --> 01:30:39,350             Like I said,                     it's a process, man.         2063 01:30:39,392 --> 01:30:42,520       A butterfly doesn't turn                 into a butterfly.          2064 01:30:42,562 --> 01:30:45,815      It's a fuckin' caterpillar                    at first.              2065 01:30:46,441 --> 01:30:49,235    I just gotta learn how to fly.    2066 01:30:49,277 --> 01:30:51,988  Fly away from all this bullshit.  2067 01:30:53,406 --> 01:30:56,826       [Joe] I'm just a person.           I don't wanna be mad no more.    2068 01:30:56,868 --> 01:30:58,369       I used to get mad quick.       2069 01:30:58,411 --> 01:31:00,872  Now I actually do get mad quick,  2070 01:31:00,913 --> 01:31:04,167              but I tend                    to brush it off quicker.       2071 01:31:04,208 --> 01:31:09,338             In 10 years--               where I see myself in 10 years?  2072 01:31:09,964 --> 01:31:12,383     I don't really see that far.                   [echoes]               2073 01:31:14,427 --> 01:31:20,516       We can end this situation              by, again, education.        2074 01:31:21,267 --> 01:31:25,188       We can end this situation                  by providing             2075 01:31:25,229 --> 01:31:26,772       mental health counseling.      2076 01:31:26,814 --> 01:31:32,945       We can end this situation          by providing drug counseling.    2077 01:31:32,987 --> 01:31:37,909          We should be having              their faces on a board too,      like, "No, we're gonna save him.  2078 01:31:37,950 --> 01:31:40,161             And everybody                    up under this tree."         2079 01:31:40,203 --> 01:31:42,872          Make the FBI tree.          2080 01:31:42,914 --> 01:31:47,084        And then showin' charts                 of where we're at                     in their lives.           2081 01:31:47,126 --> 01:31:49,128           Okay, what stage                   is this at with him?         2082 01:31:49,170 --> 01:31:51,589       Where's he at with this?                  How's the home?           2083 01:31:51,631 --> 01:31:53,883             Who's workin'                     on that home piece?         2084 01:31:53,925 --> 01:31:55,259         We're not doin' that.        2085 01:31:55,301 --> 01:31:58,179         We're not doin' that.                  Who's doin' that?          2086 01:31:58,221 --> 01:32:00,515         So we get the results                 that we're gettin'.         2087 01:32:00,556 --> 01:32:02,600               [Donnell]                    I'm asking you right now.                     Think.                2088 01:32:02,642 --> 01:32:06,020         That's the question--              where do you see yourself                 in five years?            2089 01:32:06,062 --> 01:32:08,022          -Tss, I can't say.                         -Okay.                2090 01:32:08,064 --> 01:32:09,941          -Here's the answer.                        Right?                               -Yeah.                2091 01:32:09,982 --> 01:32:12,902         -You're trying to get            in Building Pathways, right?                    -Yeah.                2092 01:32:12,944 --> 01:32:14,362       -For a union job, right?                      -Yeah.                2093 01:32:14,403 --> 01:32:16,364           So in five years,               where do you see yourself?      2094 01:32:16,405 --> 01:32:18,616        -Workin' in the union.               -Workin' in the union.        2095 01:32:18,658 --> 01:32:21,327                -Yeah.                     -Making a career out of it.     2096 01:32:21,369 --> 01:32:23,871           -Making a career                     out of it, right?                         -Yeah.                2097 01:32:23,913 --> 01:32:25,206      Giving back to my community     2098 01:32:25,248 --> 01:32:27,375      by helping build structures               in my community.           2099 01:32:27,416 --> 01:32:28,626                -Yeah.                               -Right?               2100 01:32:28,668 --> 01:32:31,963          Showing the people                  at Building Pathways         2101 01:32:32,004 --> 01:32:33,673            and the people                    at StreetSafe Boston         2102 01:32:33,714 --> 01:32:35,716    that they didn't make a mistake        by helping me get in here      2103 01:32:35,758 --> 01:32:37,426         because now I've been                 in here five years          2104 01:32:37,468 --> 01:32:39,971         -and I'ma be in here                     for 40 more.                            -Yeah.                2105 01:32:40,012 --> 01:32:43,057           -From zero to 50?                         -Yeah.                2106 01:32:43,099 --> 01:32:47,061     From gettin' shot in my arm,               shot in my head?           2107 01:32:47,103 --> 01:32:49,188        -Gangbangin', hustlin'?                      -Yeah.                2108 01:32:49,230 --> 01:32:51,190     To makin' more money, legit,     2109 01:32:51,232 --> 01:32:54,402       -than I was able to make                  on the streets?                          -Yeah.                2110 01:32:54,443 --> 01:32:56,737       Where do you see yourself                 in five years?            2111 01:32:56,779 --> 01:32:58,406               [laughs]               2112 01:32:58,447 --> 01:33:02,451        Pfft, man, finishin' up                my apprenticeship.          2113 01:33:02,493 --> 01:33:04,870               You know                         what I'm saying?                         [laughs]               2114 01:33:04,912 --> 01:33:07,248           Come on. Come on.                        Come on.               2115 01:33:07,290 --> 01:33:10,209    I'm feelin' good about myself.         I've got my head held high.     2116 01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:12,044     I came a long way, you know?     2117 01:33:12,086 --> 01:33:14,922       That's where I see myself                 in five years.            2118 01:33:14,964 --> 01:33:16,674         -Fabulous. All right?                      -Mm-hmm.               2119 01:33:16,716 --> 01:33:18,634         Now, we gonna do this                  a million times.           2120 01:33:18,676 --> 01:33:20,761          -We gonna have to.              -We'll do it a million times.    2121 01:33:20,803 --> 01:33:24,515                -Yeah.                     -But that question's gonna              be the make or break.        2122 01:33:24,557 --> 01:33:26,183              -All right.                     -Keep out of trouble.        2123 01:33:26,225 --> 01:33:27,977          -How's wifey, man?                    -She's all right.          2124 01:33:28,019 --> 01:33:32,189          [Donnell]   You know,                  surely, we're dealin'                  with a situation...         2125 01:33:32,231 --> 01:33:34,317           that some could say                   they fall victim to         2126 01:33:34,358 --> 01:33:36,527          without contemplation.       2127 01:33:36,569 --> 01:33:38,571         You say that these cats               really love these gangs,      2128 01:33:38,613 --> 01:33:41,741        and I say, you know what,              you got to be mistaken.       2129 01:33:41,782 --> 01:33:44,619  See, 'cause I don't know no cat              from Humboldt, man,         2130 01:33:44,660 --> 01:33:46,829          who enjoy the thangs,               to be called the bangbang,     2131 01:33:46,871 --> 01:33:48,664            because he's just                    tryin' to overstand,        2132 01:33:48,706 --> 01:33:51,834            damn, when can me                  and my people eat, fam?       2133 01:33:52,376 --> 01:33:53,669         It's hard in this land.       2134 01:33:53,711 --> 01:33:55,921            And if I walk down                 the block to Grove Hall       2135 01:33:55,963 --> 01:33:59,508  and I'm lookin' at Adidas Park,         that old school wall, because                 you know what?           2136 01:33:59,550 --> 01:34:01,719        Intervale is still there.                  Hold up, beware.          2137 01:34:01,761 --> 01:34:04,680               'Cause MIC,                    they ain't goin' nowhere.      2138 01:34:04,722 --> 01:34:07,141           Magnolia, Intervale,                   Castlegate, whoa!          2139 01:34:07,183 --> 01:34:09,393           Columbia Road, whoa!                   Can somebody hear?         2140 01:34:09,435 --> 01:34:11,812           You see there's pain                  in this atmosphere.         2141 01:34:11,854 --> 01:34:14,440           Because there is no               economical growth in my land    2142 01:34:14,482 --> 01:34:16,192             and I'm looking                    at all these abandoned       2143 01:34:16,233 --> 01:34:17,902           apartment buildings                   and I'm saying damn.        2144 01:34:17,943 --> 01:34:20,446      Because on this day and time,          some folks are really blind     2145 01:34:20,488 --> 01:34:22,531            to what's goin' on                     for me and mine.          2146 01:34:22,573 --> 01:34:25,201             And down in OP,                    they still not eatin'.       2147 01:34:25,242 --> 01:34:27,370         I mean, they got a whole              bunch of new buildings.       2148 01:34:27,411 --> 01:34:29,497         How 'bout the new school                 that Menino built?         2149 01:34:29,538 --> 01:34:31,749       But, damn, I'm still feelin'            all this type of guilt.       2150 01:34:31,791 --> 01:34:36,087      Why? Because it's like givin'           folks cereal with no milk.     2151 01:34:37,046 --> 01:34:38,297            Do you understand?         2152 01:34:38,339 --> 01:34:40,091          What's contemplating,                    or should I say           2153 01:34:40,132 --> 01:34:41,801          going on in this land?       2154 01:34:41,842 --> 01:34:45,471             But now, today,                I'm sittin' and I'm wonderin'.  2155 01:34:45,513 --> 01:34:47,598         Does anybody really care      2156 01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:50,893          about what's happenin'                 in this atmosphere?         2157 01:34:53,604 --> 01:34:55,189       This is not an accident--      2158 01:34:55,231 --> 01:34:58,818        all of these homicides                that happenin' within                a three-mile radius.         2159 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:01,654             If you think                    you can make me believe       2160 01:35:01,696 --> 01:35:03,239      that Boston, Massachusetts,     2161 01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,450            one of the best                     forensic systems,          2162 01:35:06,492 --> 01:35:08,911        law enforcement systems                   in the world             2163 01:35:08,953 --> 01:35:11,038      can't control three miles,      2164 01:35:11,080 --> 01:35:12,498     you're crazy as all out hell.    2165 01:35:12,540 --> 01:35:15,668            As a community,                 as a city, as a society,       2166 01:35:15,710 --> 01:35:18,212     we have to stop bullshittin'.    2167 01:35:18,254 --> 01:35:19,922          Let's be truthful.          2168 01:35:22,508 --> 01:35:23,592      It's already been proven--      2169 01:35:23,634 --> 01:35:25,261           if we wanna make                     something happen           2170 01:35:25,302 --> 01:35:28,639           or stop something             from happenin', it can happen.    2171 01:35:29,515 --> 01:35:32,351         That Boston Marathon                     proved that.             2172 01:35:32,393 --> 01:35:35,813      You know, we had 5,000 cops              when that happened,         2173 01:35:35,855 --> 01:35:38,649      when that marathon bombing                    happened.              2174 01:35:38,691 --> 01:35:41,902        You know, you can't get              those type of resources       2175 01:35:41,944 --> 01:35:43,821            to come up here                  and stop this violence?       2176 01:35:43,863 --> 01:35:47,283             As the focus                    was on that marathon...       2177 01:35:48,367 --> 01:35:50,953     the hood was still shootin'.     2178 01:35:51,996 --> 01:35:53,956       But you never heard that.      2179 01:35:54,582 --> 01:35:56,292     I'ma be the one to tell you.     2180 01:35:56,333 --> 01:36:00,004      I was there and it happened               night after night          2181 01:36:00,045 --> 01:36:02,298        after night since then.       2182 01:36:02,339 --> 01:36:03,924         There was a shooting.        2183 01:36:03,966 --> 01:36:04,967          There was a murder.         2184 01:36:05,009 --> 01:36:08,763          There was a murder,                a shooting, a shooting.       2185 01:36:09,388 --> 01:36:12,057            But nobody said                   anything about that.         2186 01:36:12,099 --> 01:36:15,311     So that right there tells you    2187 01:36:16,145 --> 01:36:19,690    what society's vision and view    2188 01:36:19,732 --> 01:36:23,819          on what's going on             in the inner-city don't matter.  2189 01:36:25,196 --> 01:36:27,990           How plain do you                     want that to be?           2190 01:36:29,116 --> 01:36:30,409      Why do we all need to care?     2191 01:36:30,451 --> 01:36:33,621     Because the issue of murder,            the issue of violence,        2192 01:36:33,662 --> 01:36:35,372     the issue of death by a gun,     2193 01:36:35,414 --> 01:36:40,419        is happening in urban,           suburban, and rural communities           throughout America.         2194 01:36:40,461 --> 01:36:42,254     We need to rally about this.     2195 01:36:42,296 --> 01:36:44,632     Smith & Wesson, the company,     2196 01:36:44,673 --> 01:36:47,009          is not in Roxbury,                Dorchester, or Mattapan.       2197 01:36:47,051 --> 01:36:50,262           What we also have                to make sure we're doin'             is how do we figure out,       2198 01:36:50,304 --> 01:36:53,265       to deal with getting guns                 off the street.           2199 01:36:53,307 --> 01:36:55,142              So, folks,                   that's all of our problems      2200 01:36:55,184 --> 01:37:00,356            because until,                     and I will say this              and not to offend anyone...     2201 01:37:01,273 --> 01:37:05,027         until-- if this hits                    White America,            2202 01:37:05,069 --> 01:37:07,071       White suburban-America...      2203 01:37:08,239 --> 01:37:10,032         policies will change.        2204 01:37:10,699 --> 01:37:12,993     Why wait for that to happen?     2205 01:37:13,619 --> 01:37:15,496      Why wait for it to happen?      2206 01:37:15,538 --> 01:37:17,248             Solve it now.            2207 01:37:18,290 --> 01:37:21,752        ["Ridin'" by Quelli Hy]       2208 01:37:32,805 --> 01:37:34,431            Breathin' my air         2209 01:37:34,473 --> 01:37:35,975          Why you still here?        2210 01:37:36,016 --> 01:37:39,520              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2211 01:37:39,562 --> 01:37:43,315           Some will be scared                I will always be here        2212 01:37:43,357 --> 01:37:46,110              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2213 01:37:46,151 --> 01:37:49,780          - What you don't know               Is what you can't see                        - Ooh               2214 01:37:49,822 --> 01:37:53,117        - We gon' take your block                So you can't eat                          - Oh                2215 01:37:53,158 --> 01:37:56,078       My team will steal your air             So you can't breathe        2216 01:37:56,120 --> 01:38:00,833           So we always ridin'                Ridin', ridin', ridin'       2217 01:38:00,875 --> 01:38:02,710             Don't judge, now                 You don't even know me       2218 01:38:02,751 --> 01:38:04,461              No struggling                   You could ever show me       2219 01:38:04,503 --> 01:38:06,088              No curve ball                  You could ever throw me       2220 01:38:06,130 --> 01:38:08,048              I mean, try me                    Ford built to last         2221 01:38:08,090 --> 01:38:11,552             That fiberglass                Ain't breakin' for nobody      2222 01:38:11,594 --> 01:38:13,137   You alive and talkin' trash     2223 01:38:13,178 --> 01:38:14,972               Come through                    And catch your body         2224 01:38:15,014 --> 01:38:16,724               I come alive                      In the night sky          2225 01:38:16,765 --> 01:38:19,018             Pop three shots                  Followed by a drive-by       2226 01:38:19,059 --> 01:38:21,604         How I feel when I kneel            Pray that my girl or my boy               Didn't get killed          2227 01:38:21,645 --> 01:38:24,648            But you never know               What the future will hold              So I always been told        2228 01:38:24,690 --> 01:38:27,109         That we got a long road             To learn from each other      2229 01:38:27,151 --> 01:38:29,695              Come together                    Speak the same code         2230 01:38:29,737 --> 01:38:31,530            Breathin' my air         2231 01:38:31,572 --> 01:38:33,365          Why you still here?        2232 01:38:33,407 --> 01:38:36,702              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2233 01:38:36,744 --> 01:38:40,414           Some will be scared                I will always be here        2234 01:38:40,456 --> 01:38:43,334              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2235 01:38:43,375 --> 01:38:47,004          - What you don't know               Is what you can't see                        - Ooh               2236 01:38:47,046 --> 01:38:50,341        - We gon' take your block                So you can't eat                          - Oh                2237 01:38:50,382 --> 01:38:53,552       My team will steal your air             So you can't breathe        2238 01:38:53,594 --> 01:38:59,141           So we always ridin'                Ridin' Ridin', ridin'        2239 01:38:59,183 --> 01:39:03,020           - Ain't nobody ever                   Hand me nothin'                           - Ooh               2240 01:39:03,062 --> 01:39:05,230         - It's all on my own                        - Oh                2241 01:39:05,272 --> 01:39:09,401             Breathin' my air                  Why you still here?         2242 01:39:09,443 --> 01:39:12,571              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2243 01:39:12,613 --> 01:39:16,450           Some will be scared                I will always be here        2244 01:39:16,492 --> 01:39:19,203              Ridin', ridin'                      Ridin', ridin'           2245 01:39:19,244 --> 01:39:22,831          - What you don't know               Is what you can't see                        - Ooh               2246 01:39:22,873 --> 01:39:26,210        - We gon' take your block                So you can't eat                          - Oh                2247 01:39:26,251 --> 01:39:28,963       My team will steal your air             So you can't breathe        2248 01:39:29,004 --> 01:39:35,177           So we always ridin'                Ridin', ridin', ridin'       2249 01:39:37,137 --> 01:39:38,514                  Ooh                2250 01:39:40,391 --> 01:39:42,184                   Oh                2251 01:39:46,146 --> 01:39:49,900         ["This Ain't Normal"                    by Justin Gray]           2252 01:39:57,533 --> 01:40:00,953          - This ain't normal                - Body's stackin' high                     To the sky             2253 01:40:00,995 --> 01:40:02,621           This ain't normal         2254 01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:04,289            Bullets flyin' by                   You hear them cry          2255 01:40:04,331 --> 01:40:06,166          - This ain't normal                      - No way              2256 01:40:06,208 --> 01:40:08,002          - This ain't normal                      - No way              2257 01:40:08,043 --> 01:40:09,878            This ain't normal                   I see it every day         2258 01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:11,964              Still they say                    This ain't normal          2259 01:40:12,006 --> 01:40:15,092             Bodies stackin'                      High to the sky                     This ain't normal          2260 01:40:15,134 --> 01:40:19,013            Bullets flyin' by                    You hear them cry                    This ain't normal          2261 01:40:19,054 --> 01:40:20,931          - This ain't normal                      - No way              2262 01:40:20,973 --> 01:40:23,058            This ain't normal                   I see it every day         2263 01:40:23,100 --> 01:40:25,728              Still they say                    This ain't normal          2264 01:40:25,769 --> 01:40:28,063             Every day bodies                Dropping in the streets       2265 01:40:28,105 --> 01:40:31,108          - This ain't normal                   - You'll be lucky                    To make it to 23          2266 01:40:31,150 --> 01:40:34,153          - This ain't normal               - Had to grow a third eye                 So I could see           2267 01:40:34,194 --> 01:40:38,282          - This ain't normal                  - Or these cowards                  Will try and kill me        2268 01:40:38,323 --> 01:40:40,034            Been ridin' around                  With my head down          2269 01:40:40,075 --> 01:40:41,827              Window cracked                        System low             2270 01:40:41,869 --> 01:40:43,704           So if I see my drum                   I'll be on point          2271 01:40:43,746 --> 01:40:45,664            To cock thang back                  And be ready to go         2272 01:40:45,706 --> 01:40:47,332              It's him or me                And I ain't trying to slip     2273 01:40:47,374 --> 01:40:49,126           Try to make it home                   Gotta bust a dip          2274 01:40:49,168 --> 01:40:50,919              Can't judge me                    These street rules         2275 01:40:50,961 --> 01:40:52,629             Gotta think fast                      Or die quick            2276 01:40:52,671 --> 01:40:54,256            The way we livin'                      Ain't normal            2277 01:40:54,298 --> 01:40:55,966               I wish that                     We could live normal        2278 01:40:56,008 --> 01:40:57,760              All my homies                     Dead or locked up          2279 01:40:57,801 --> 01:40:59,303            I swear this life                      Ain't normal            2280 01:40:59,344 --> 01:41:01,096            The way we livin'                      Ain't normal            2281 01:41:01,138 --> 01:41:02,681               I wish that                     We could live normal        2282 01:41:02,723 --> 01:41:04,141       Lost ten friends before 21   2283 01:41:04,183 --> 01:41:06,226            I swear this life                      Ain't normal            2284 01:41:06,268 --> 01:41:08,479             Bodies stackin'                      High to the sky                     This ain't normal          2285 01:41:08,520 --> 01:41:12,066            Bullets flyin' by                    You hear them cry                    This ain't normal          2286 01:41:12,107 --> 01:41:13,901          - This ain't normal                      - No way              2287 01:41:13,942 --> 01:41:15,986            This ain't normal                   I see it every day         2288 01:41:16,028 --> 01:41:18,072              Still they say                    This ain't normal          2289 01:41:18,113 --> 01:41:21,158             Bodies stackin'                      High to they sky                    This ain't normal          2290 01:41:21,200 --> 01:41:25,579            Bullets flyin' by                    You hear them cry                    This ain't normal          2291 01:41:25,621 --> 01:41:27,456           This ain't normal         2292 01:41:32,503 --> 01:41:36,423        [police siren wailing]        298425

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