:21:01
I think it's great what you're doing.
:21:03
I really do. Working with at-risk
kids is wonderful.
:21:06
My lady runs a mentoring program
out of her office on weekends.
:21:10
I tell Shelly all the time,
"You're running this program...
:21:14
...that's great...
:21:15
...but you're behind a desk and have
no idea what's going on out there."
:21:20
Don't tell me I have no idea!
:21:22
Because I've been on
the front lines many times.
:21:26
You gangbanged?
:21:29
Up until two years ago.
:21:32
I've been Cripping since
I was 12 years old.
:21:35
Gangbanging, that was my job.
:21:37
24/7, I used to have to watch my back.
:21:40
Kill or be killed. Why?
:21:42
That's what every fool
in the 'hood did.
:21:45
Who was I to be different?
:21:47
Ever smoke somebody?
:21:48
First time was on my 13th birthday.
:21:51
You know what Jewish kids do
on their 13th birthday?
:21:56
OGs wanted to test my manhood.
:21:58
So we pull up on some Bloods.
:22:01
They was just kids,
but I saw them as Bloods.
:22:04
Then this one fool...
:22:08
...I don't know, 13 or 14 years old...
:22:11
...kicking it to some girl...
:22:12
...tickling, whatnot...
:22:15
Suddenly he turns around...
:22:17
...and sees my 9 in his face.
:22:19
He didn't get a chance to blink.
:22:21
That was your first time.
:22:23
Brother, if I used...
:22:25
...both my hands...
:22:27
...to count the number of kids...
:22:30
...that I canceled...
:22:33
...I'd run out of fingers.
:22:34
So what made you quit, Jamal?
:22:37
Went to my best friend's funeral.
:22:40
Now, I done buried a lot of homies...
:22:46
...but my boy, D,
was like a brother to me.
:22:50
And it wasn't like
I wanted to go out and kill...
:22:52
...every Blood in the 'hood.