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“I ain't gonna lie. I like having my girl take care of me this way. I can't wait 'til she finish high school and we can live together somewhere on our own. I'ma support her while she in college, pay all the bills and shit, and she can take care of me like this everyday. Man, that's the way I wanna be living.”
― Tyrell
― Tyrell
“Nigga couldn't tell the truth if there was a gun to his head.”
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“Your pops is a real playa”
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“We still got roaches on the bed, walls, and floors, but Troy ain’t even crying ‘bout them no more. He probably too used to them by now.”
― Tyrell
― Tyrell
“My teachers ain’t even know my name,” I say.
“I go to an alternative school. It’s real small.”
“Damn. Alternative schools is for bad kids. How bad was you?”
She turn ‘round to face me. “I wasn’t bad,” she say. “I was at risk!”
We both gotta laugh at that shit. Starting in first grade, them teachers took one look at me and started putting me in programs for at-risk kids, then at-risk boys, then at-risk teenagers. Personally, I ain’t never knew what the fuck I was s’posed to be at risk of, except growing up Black, but ain’t no program I know of gonna change that.”
― Tyrell
“I go to an alternative school. It’s real small.”
“Damn. Alternative schools is for bad kids. How bad was you?”
She turn ‘round to face me. “I wasn’t bad,” she say. “I was at risk!”
We both gotta laugh at that shit. Starting in first grade, them teachers took one look at me and started putting me in programs for at-risk kids, then at-risk boys, then at-risk teenagers. Personally, I ain’t never knew what the fuck I was s’posed to be at risk of, except growing up Black, but ain’t no program I know of gonna change that.”
― Tyrell
