us back.
My grandma ended up taking the parenting class and
doing what she had to do to get us. ͳey wouldn’t let her
have us at mrst. I guess they felt like ’cause my grandma was
there during that time that we were in danger, and she
allowed us to be in danger, they didn’t let us go to her right
away. But, eventually, she got us.
But not before I had to spend almost two years in foster
care.
I was in group homes for a while. Man, I hate thinking
about that. It was more like a prison. I was only there for a
while, but man, it was scary. ͳat’s when I started using my
comedy skills, though.
My comedy came in real handy, because them bitches
was out to beat my ass. We was in a dorm, like a big room
and there’s bunk beds everywhere. ͳat’s why I don’t like
bunk beds to this day. We was in there and these older girls
was like:
Bully Girl: “Yeah you going to cry tonight, bitch,
you’re going to get your ass beat.”You ever seen Saved by the Bell? ͳere’s this episode
where Screech puts his hand over his face, then he sticks his
other arm through the crook of his elbow and punches with
one arm while the other arm protects his face, but he looks
all funky. So I started doing that, and they didn’t know how
to handle that.