he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.

Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.

My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.

I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

The movie is more real in so many ways than the life I am leading. No, that’s not true. I just desperately wish this was only a movie.

On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again