Ahh. My beloved home. Aka the 7 Cities, aka Pistol City (for Norfolk residents), aka Tha 757. Holla atcha boi. This is where I grew up. Lost my virginity here. Learned how to ride a bike here. Got my first "E" on a report card here. Best believe I took that shit back to the teacher and told dat bitch throw some D's on my shit! lol But forrils, this is where I got my first job. Got my first girlfriend. Got my first apartment. Got my first bully. I may have been born in Chi-Town, but this is where I was raised. This is where my family and friends are. At least my direct family. At least my ride-or-die friends. All my true homies are in these parts. This is where I graduated. This is where I learned life the hard way. This is where most of my persecution most of my miracles, most of my life took place. Here I experienced love. Hate. Envy. Popularity. Greed. Forgivness. Anger. Charity. Faith. Wisdom. Stupidity. Intelligence. Fear. Courage. Humility. Pride. Spirituality. Survival. Hope. Heartbreak. Joy. Melancholy. Wholeness. Sacrifice. Winning. Losing. Discipline. Respect. Trust. Friendship. Betrayal.
These are my family and friends. Boy, did I have some great times with these guys. You just don't know. And not even all of them are here, of course. We used to do some stupid shit back in the day. See, here, this is where the hood lies. Now for those of you who don't know what a hood is, let me educate you. A "hood" is different from a "ghetto". A ghetto is a place with no matter how much knowledge, there is no opportunity. A hood is a place where no matter how opportunity there is, there is pure ignorance. Lucky for me, I was raised in the hood, but I'm not really "of" the hood. I've seen some stuff growing up, but I always choose to see the good in things. You know, be optimistic. That's what my home has taught me. These guys you see here above - they helped me get through some rough times. No joke. We been through some shit, I'll tell ya that much. We lived the struggled of our generation in that place. Some of us financially, some of us spiritually, some of us intellectually. However, it's brought us all closer together. It's made us family. This is our home. And boy, do I miss it. <3
"Let me go home. I've had my run, and baby I'm done. I wanna go home. Let me come home. It'll all be alright, I'll be home tonight. I'm comin back home." - Michael Buble
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