suspended animation.
The hood has a wonderful
sense of community to it as well.
Everyone knows everyone, from the
crackhead all the way through to
the policeman. People take care of
one another. The way it works in
the hood is that if any mom asks
you to do something, you have to
say yes. “Can I send you?” is the
phrase. It’s like everyone’s your
mom, and you’re everyone’s kid.
“Can I send you?”
“Yeah, whaddya need?”
“I need you to go buy milk and
bread.”
“Yeah, cool.”