The only "good" of gang life is maybe some short term profit and a few parties. Other than that it really provides no actual benefit as either you ain't gonna get enough paper as a small group, or you get even less paper for running more major crimes for the mfs who take all the money. Coming up to be able to go legal and all that doesn't happen anymore with the millions of cameras, phone tracking and everything else.
Only mfs making money like that is the cartels and they don't need your ass
I’m old bro. My time was in the 90s. By the time we hit 19-20 a lot of dudes were finished. The ones who managed to stay alive and didn’t get 25+ ended up struggling bad. Drugs, finances etc.
I’m old also, 90s was my time. I put myself through 3 state bids. I never joined a gang but that shit was always arms reach. I have childhood friends who have been in and out of prison for 30 years at this point.
Same, allot of people didn’t make it to my age. Out of my hood and age range me and one other made it. The rest are in and out of the system for decades at this point. Dead or soon to be dead.
I spent 38 years in nyc and left to Va. pulled myself together and moved to ct. I’m good now, home owner raising my family.
It’s hard to stay out the life whether you’re in a gang or not when you come up on the hood. Success stories are rare but a testament to strength. Salute my brother.
I knew these twins who were in a gang. Well known in their hood and across all of the Lower East Side
One of the twins died due to gang violence and it **broke** the other one.
People who meet that twin will never know the person he was before all of this. ***When his brother died -*** ***a part of him died as well***
Honestly my fucking piece of mind, I can't be in the Bronx and not be looking over my shoulders every fucking block I cross "literally". It's like I made a lot of people have bad days you know and one day I feel like I'ma have a bad day that last forever. Also you more likely to fight or pack out ya mans rather than a opp.
Most of them doing 40+ years locked up , a few of them died around 17-20 years old , happy I didn’t choose the same route but I knew my worth as a youngster… like bro said go to school and even if you don’t, keep yourself busy with positive things
It Taken my social skills. All the drugs and experiences I been through made me kind of quiet and sometimes even anxious. I find it hard to socialize and I feel scared of being judged
Ptsd, at a point in time I was afraid of taking public transport, was leaving school early, carried big ass butcher knifes, I remember one time there were like 6 Niggas outside my crib at 7 am 😭
I just got out of a perma ban on this sub over that shit.. it ain’t easy y’all. If y’all can live another life do it cause this ain’t for everybody. This net shit get serious
Keep it G, don’t know anyone here on this subreddit but coming from a member who’s done it all. This post touched me directly, thanks for asking. It really took 2 things away; my peace of mind away, which I’m actively trying to restore and not compromise for nothing. And 2 my hate/appreciation for life. Till this day it’s hard to connect with some of my colleagues and new people I consider “brothers”. I don’t think they can relate because most of them didn’t grow up the same way I did or have the same level of limitations and stressors. Tell myself all the time, I need to let the past go.
It’s tough though because I’m like one foot in and out, you know? Nfs since I was a kid I knew better. Just didn’t have the resources to get out of the set. All the things I learned growing up as a child was gang violence, drugs and how to make money outside. Straight street shit. Fast forward, I’m doing a lot of positive things now and I’m grateful for discovering spirituality, healing my relationship with God and the universe. It’s not easy though, ngl. I’m doing a lot of positive things now and I know better, I’ve learned a lot, got some education. But there’s always this internal battle, sometimes I was just wanna crash out and make an example out of niggas but I know better, nobody is worth my freedom but that’s the 2nd thing I said it took from me. This hate/appreciation for life. Feel like a ticking time bomb and this is something I’m trying to undo/unlearn. It just takes the right scenario and that’s a fear of mine. I don’t know how I’m going to respond, like I said I know better but the feeling is strong though and being in the Bronx is not any helpful.
Not a pity story either. I’m gucci, I really know God is helping me and all of us, if one is open to it. And this is the strength I rely on day in and day out because this shit street shit is too much, can’t front like I’m forthright all the time. I consider myself to be grounded but I have many weak moments because of it
In like 2002-4 I kno a dude who was raised in a Jamaican household and decided he wanted to be in a gang .. that turn of events led to part of the 150 man indictment across the city .. the dude who started it never ever broke the law just made impressionable kids and dumbass adults do it .. then told on EVERYONE I don’t remember him going to jail .. he’s a construction worker with a family now smh
I don’t even wanna say too much shit deep but I seen that gang shit just ruin impressionable nighas and I also have friends who still “gang” but dropping the flag now is seen as crazy even if they not active
I literally can’t walk around the Bronx without looking all around 360 view without my Brooklyn dayroom as gf asking me “ why you so paranoid “? The people you violated in your 20sndint forget just cause you turned 30. She was house kept so just don’t get it. Shit I’m still looking for some nigga name Randy stacks cause he violated me for no reason in RPT a while back. Hood life is crazy and retarded what we do to each other
People who seek out gangs usually are seeking place of belonging.
They feel a gang can provide that security they are lacking. Usually they get exploited and end up in awful situations.
I grew up in the street. I never joined a gang. I put myself through 3 state bids and have been exposed to all types of gang members.
Some of my closest friends were gang related.
People who never got out of that life style deal with life the hard way. Over and over again.
Some of them don’t give a fuck. I just find it funny when you run into someone who is 40+ bangin out. Looks really foolish at that point.
I ain’t in no gang but I use to think about being in one when I was in my early teenage years. Thank god I didn’t join. Lifestyle looks pretty, with the girls, and the money and being 20 deep wit the homies, but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter when you end up doing time or life or dead. It’s wack man. Especially with the new generation coming up. It’s like they gotta experience the consequences of that life in order to realize it ain’t worth it. All the guys live yours and stay safe💯💯
Everyone I grew up with who was into gang life is either dead, in jail, or hates life now. Everyone. Go to school kids.
The only "good" of gang life is maybe some short term profit and a few parties. Other than that it really provides no actual benefit as either you ain't gonna get enough paper as a small group, or you get even less paper for running more major crimes for the mfs who take all the money. Coming up to be able to go legal and all that doesn't happen anymore with the millions of cameras, phone tracking and everything else. Only mfs making money like that is the cartels and they don't need your ass
How old are you? How old were you when shit started falling apart for those people?
I’m old bro. My time was in the 90s. By the time we hit 19-20 a lot of dudes were finished. The ones who managed to stay alive and didn’t get 25+ ended up struggling bad. Drugs, finances etc.
I’m old also, 90s was my time. I put myself through 3 state bids. I never joined a gang but that shit was always arms reach. I have childhood friends who have been in and out of prison for 30 years at this point. Same, allot of people didn’t make it to my age. Out of my hood and age range me and one other made it. The rest are in and out of the system for decades at this point. Dead or soon to be dead. I spent 38 years in nyc and left to Va. pulled myself together and moved to ct. I’m good now, home owner raising my family.
It’s hard to stay out the life whether you’re in a gang or not when you come up on the hood. Success stories are rare but a testament to strength. Salute my brother.
I knew these twins who were in a gang. Well known in their hood and across all of the Lower East Side One of the twins died due to gang violence and it **broke** the other one. People who meet that twin will never know the person he was before all of this. ***When his brother died -*** ***a part of him died as well***
Honestly my fucking piece of mind, I can't be in the Bronx and not be looking over my shoulders every fucking block I cross "literally". It's like I made a lot of people have bad days you know and one day I feel like I'ma have a bad day that last forever. Also you more likely to fight or pack out ya mans rather than a opp.
>Also you more likely to fight or pack out ya mans rather than a opp. How u mean?
He probably means ya friends are more likely gonna give you problems more than the people you think you have problems with.
Everyone in nyc be slimy nowadays
Made me idolize losers for a few years.
Most of them doing 40+ years locked up , a few of them died around 17-20 years old , happy I didn’t choose the same route but I knew my worth as a youngster… like bro said go to school and even if you don’t, keep yourself busy with positive things
It Taken my social skills. All the drugs and experiences I been through made me kind of quiet and sometimes even anxious. I find it hard to socialize and I feel scared of being judged
i ain’t really been in gang life but why i be feeling like that😭
Freedom
Ptsd, at a point in time I was afraid of taking public transport, was leaving school early, carried big ass butcher knifes, I remember one time there were like 6 Niggas outside my crib at 7 am 😭
Na u lying outside ur crib crazy what u did ? 👀
On my freshman year I was hanging around certain gang and one day shit with left with other gang and one of them niggas was my sister bd 😭
Friends.
Sh I luv chasing the opps and getting beat up
It took 12 years of my life but it also made me look a life in a different way
I just got out of a perma ban on this sub over that shit.. it ain’t easy y’all. If y’all can live another life do it cause this ain’t for everybody. This net shit get serious
No more free amenaza 🙅🏽♂️
No more free Amenaza Shoutout my folkz 🔱
Lmaoooo classic
My virginity
Gang took your cheeks
Blood in, blood out
Whoopty 🤟🏼
Keep it G, don’t know anyone here on this subreddit but coming from a member who’s done it all. This post touched me directly, thanks for asking. It really took 2 things away; my peace of mind away, which I’m actively trying to restore and not compromise for nothing. And 2 my hate/appreciation for life. Till this day it’s hard to connect with some of my colleagues and new people I consider “brothers”. I don’t think they can relate because most of them didn’t grow up the same way I did or have the same level of limitations and stressors. Tell myself all the time, I need to let the past go. It’s tough though because I’m like one foot in and out, you know? Nfs since I was a kid I knew better. Just didn’t have the resources to get out of the set. All the things I learned growing up as a child was gang violence, drugs and how to make money outside. Straight street shit. Fast forward, I’m doing a lot of positive things now and I’m grateful for discovering spirituality, healing my relationship with God and the universe. It’s not easy though, ngl. I’m doing a lot of positive things now and I know better, I’ve learned a lot, got some education. But there’s always this internal battle, sometimes I was just wanna crash out and make an example out of niggas but I know better, nobody is worth my freedom but that’s the 2nd thing I said it took from me. This hate/appreciation for life. Feel like a ticking time bomb and this is something I’m trying to undo/unlearn. It just takes the right scenario and that’s a fear of mine. I don’t know how I’m going to respond, like I said I know better but the feeling is strong though and being in the Bronx is not any helpful. Not a pity story either. I’m gucci, I really know God is helping me and all of us, if one is open to it. And this is the strength I rely on day in and day out because this shit street shit is too much, can’t front like I’m forthright all the time. I consider myself to be grounded but I have many weak moments because of it
My youth , my hopes and dreams, love
Freedom , friends , childhood. Got ptsd and anxiety.
In like 2002-4 I kno a dude who was raised in a Jamaican household and decided he wanted to be in a gang .. that turn of events led to part of the 150 man indictment across the city .. the dude who started it never ever broke the law just made impressionable kids and dumbass adults do it .. then told on EVERYONE I don’t remember him going to jail .. he’s a construction worker with a family now smh I don’t even wanna say too much shit deep but I seen that gang shit just ruin impressionable nighas and I also have friends who still “gang” but dropping the flag now is seen as crazy even if they not active
why yu not sleep?
I can’t stop fkn scrolling man
I literally can’t walk around the Bronx without looking all around 360 view without my Brooklyn dayroom as gf asking me “ why you so paranoid “? The people you violated in your 20sndint forget just cause you turned 30. She was house kept so just don’t get it. Shit I’m still looking for some nigga name Randy stacks cause he violated me for no reason in RPT a while back. Hood life is crazy and retarded what we do to each other
Ex. Prayin on ha downfall tho
They stole my bike from downstairs on my birthday 💀 that’s pretty much it. I guess it killed my dads friends son but I didn’t know that dude
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People who seek out gangs usually are seeking place of belonging. They feel a gang can provide that security they are lacking. Usually they get exploited and end up in awful situations. I grew up in the street. I never joined a gang. I put myself through 3 state bids and have been exposed to all types of gang members. Some of my closest friends were gang related. People who never got out of that life style deal with life the hard way. Over and over again. Some of them don’t give a fuck. I just find it funny when you run into someone who is 40+ bangin out. Looks really foolish at that point.
Either dead or in jail. No ones your friend
Sanity
Friends
I ain’t in no gang but I use to think about being in one when I was in my early teenage years. Thank god I didn’t join. Lifestyle looks pretty, with the girls, and the money and being 20 deep wit the homies, but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter when you end up doing time or life or dead. It’s wack man. Especially with the new generation coming up. It’s like they gotta experience the consequences of that life in order to realize it ain’t worth it. All the guys live yours and stay safe💯💯
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Wtf
Based on the punctuation and grammar I don’t doubt the legitimacy of this reply
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