I Saw My Hometown Burning That Day.

As A Black Man, You Run From The Cops. It's Different Now, But Back When I Was Coming Up, You Run.

As Far As Having Peace Within Myself, The One Way I Can Do That Is Forgiving The People Who Have Done Wrong To Me. It Causes More Stress To Build Up Anger. Peace Is More Productive.

People Look At Me Like I Should Have Been Like Malcolm X Or Martin Luther King Or Rosa Parks. I Should Have Seen Life Like That And Stay Out Of Trouble, And Don't Do This And Don't Do That. But It's Hard To Live Up To Some People's Expectations.

I Know And Value What It Means To Wake Up And Be Alive And To Share My Story. I'm So Blessed To Be Here And To Be Able To Talk About It.

Anybody Can Get Bigheaded Once They Know The Seat Cannot Be Pulled Out From Under Them.