Alphabet City 8 by Jamell Crouthers

Author:Jamell Crouthers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jamell Crouthers
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Moving Out On My Own

I’ll always remember my mother getting out of rehab,

She was gone for a good six months and I held it down while paying rent.

I was living good and making sure that my money was flowing,

When she got out, I wanted to revamp the apartment and make it look good.

On her way into the building, she noticed two white guys sitting in a car,

She felt nervous and when she got home, I just so happened to be there.

My day was starting later that morning and she told me she saw two white guys sitting in a car,

She said she knew they were looking for me and watching me.

I told her not to worry about anything but it was in the moment she spoke her truth,

She said it’s time for me to go and that she needed to have the place to herself.

That she wanted to stay clean and having me around wasn’t going to help,

I argued with her asking where I was going to stay.

She told me she didn’t care, as long as I was out by the end of the week,

Shocked and dismayed as I think back on it, I couldn’t fight her on it.

If I did, she would call the cops and I’m a done deal at that point,

She’d be messing up my money and I couldn’t have that.

That was when I had to pack up my things and head out,

I didn’t know where I’d be staying but I knew I’d figure it out.

If it meant sleeping in my car by the river, then I’d do that,

I would land on a few couches of fellow gang members who had no kids.

That’s just how things went for a long while,

Until I was able to find somewhere to live on my own.

The time I had to take to find a place cut into my money flow,

I wanted to stay in Alphabet City so it was easier to move.

The only thing was, I knew I was being watched everywhere I went,

I also couldn’t get a lavish place in a nice area, I’d look too suspicious.

The only problem with trying to get a place outside of Alphabet City,

They’re doing credit checks, checking your income, etc.

Granted I’ve never been arrested, most places want to see your pay stubs,

Mine are from the streets, straight cash, I’ve never had a real job.

I don’t know what that is and I never want to know,

Granted I know I can’t do this forever and every dog has his day.

I knew I was staying in Alphabet City as far as getting a place,

The Housing Authority only cares if you can pay the rent on time.

They don’t care how you pay them since a lot of people are on Section 8,

I knew I’d be able to get a place in no time without any problems.

The other thing was because I was part of the Black Gang,

There was a need to stay in the same territory where I do my business.

I decided since I operate on Z street the most, I wouldn’t get a place there.

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