the temptations that are out there. One of the biggest temptations being caught into gangs. It is

pretty hard not joining one especially when you see all your friends joining a certain crew or gang.

This temptations are brought upon you during your junior high years, when everyone wants to fit

in and find all the friends on can find. Fortunately for me a incident occur that would change my

life forever. It was a hot summer day in September; just two days before my birthday, I was only

twelve years old. I was just a little kid not even in my teens. A couple of friends decided that after

school we were just going to hang out in front of my building. It was five of us and we were j

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wont see me speaking to him or her in the future. One must learn from experiences if you don't

that I should join a little crew that he had recently joined; the funny part being that I was stupid

Then it passed a second time and as I turned and looked at the car my friend just to the left threw

out a gang sign with his hands. Since I wasn't looking at him I didn't see him throw the sign out.

A couple of hours passed by and my friend brought up an interesting conversation. He mentioned

joined a gang I told them I had not. My dad told me a very good quote, he told me " tell me who

experience of my life. I heard gun shots to the left of me to the right of me, I heard them hit the<

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