“Look, I can’t lie to yall, I’m a hardhead. I’ve been stubborn and hardheaded since I was sitting in a classroom just like yours, going to a school just like this. I made some bad decisions, I’ve hurt people who loved me and wanted to see me do well, and I’ve carried a lot of guilt because of it. Just because ya living a hard life doesn’t mean you have to act that way. Most of the stuff I did, was for all the wrong reasons, I thought it was cool, I thought it was what gave me street credit amoungst my friends, I thought it made me a man, but all it did was make my life HARDER. I go back and think about what would have happened differently had I graduated from highschool and went to the studio….I would probably be in an even better situation that im in now, only I wouldv’e made smarter decisions. Its cool being the King of the South shawty, but I could’ve been the King of America who know LOL! All I’m saying don’t cut ya blessing short trying to fit in, trying to be like ya friends, or trying to be like me and all these other rappers. Be YOU shawty, take the easy way out and stay smart, cause being dumb is a waist of time. All that time I’ve spent in jail, going to court, selling drugs, and running the streets i can’t get it back. Do yourself a favor and make everyday count doing the RIGHT THING.

our inner city kids need prevention and solutions. they have the problems and are living those problems, they have no answers or solutions. when i speak to inner city kids i speak from the point of prevention and solutions. if you dont want a drug habit dont do drugs. if you got addicts in your family, the propensity of you becoming a drug addict is high. dont have un protected sex if you don’t want a kid or hiv. dont participate in illegal activity if you dont want to go to jail. jail aint fun, the food is bad, you have to worry about fighting gettin killed and raped. kids know packaged prepared crap. when kids ask me how do you go out to a party or some place and not drink or do drugs they want the truth and realistic answers from someone who lived it.

exactly!

Those written words don’t seem like anything that would come from T.I. on accident or on purpose.

Did you hear about the 3rd graders that brought duck tape and knives to school.

I heard the news this morning on the Steve Hervey show Im sorry but I would have gotten my shoe (stilleto) and beat the crap out of those kids.

2 bad azz kids on the playground

Rayshawd: aye shawty u heard bout dem guns TIP had in the house when 5-0 rolled up

Quan: Yea I heard bout dat sh*t, my n*gga had army guns dawg he da hardest rapper on da streets. I wanna be just like dat n*gga

Rayshawd: Yea, I heard he ah snitch doe.

Quan: naw folk n*ggahs from bankhead don’t snitch

Reyshawd: yea u right, I wonder why he told us everythang in da videos ain real?

Quan: cause, dawg he gotta do community service, 5-0 made him say dat, he just doing what he gotta do…don’t you read sandrarose?

I agree with you that kids will remember. I also think it is great to wait until you have lived life some to have kids. I can’t say that I lived my life a lot because I am considered young but I was married so just be careful with that too. Enough about us lol! I just think that kids can learn from the mistakes of others this should have been done before the court order heck he has other felonies he could of talked about.