and chill on the corner the whole
day, talking shit. They’re free,
they’ve been taught how to fish, but
no one will give them a fishing rod.
—One of the first things I learned in
the hood is that there is a very fine
line between civilian and criminal.
We like to believe we live in a world
of good guys and bad guys, and in
the suburbs it’s easy to believe that,
because getting to know a career
criminal in the suburbs is a difficult
thing. But then you go to the hood
and you see there are so many
shades in between.