it also never lets you leave. Because
by making the choice to leave,
you’re insulting the place that
raised you and made you and never
turned you away. And that place
fights you back.
As soon as things start going
well for you in the hood, it’s time to
go. Because the hood will drag you
back in. It will find a way. There will
be a guy who steals a thing and puts
it in your car and the cops find it—
something. You can’t stay. You
think you can. You’ll start doing
better and you’ll bring your hood
friends out to a nice club, and the
next thing you know somebody