Growing Up I experienced everything every other kid does: holidays, birthdays, learning to ride a bike, etc. The backdrop was much different.
As I got older the realities of where I lived slowly started to settle in. The realization of being poor as a kid is a crippling one. The Times were hard but for better or worse there was never a dull moment. This is a retelling of the very colorful people, places, and experiences of a kid growing up in the projects.