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coolest velour sweatsuits,

and he's buying ski goggles even

though he's never been anywhere

near a ski slope, and he's

buying the greatest kicks.

So now, status in

that environment

is who looks the coolest.

The role models that I've seen

was the people in the street.

The pimps, the number

writers, the hustlers.

They had the cars,

they had the jewelry,

they had all the things

that shine in your face.

As you grow up and

you grow up fast,

you get to know what they're

doing is not right, but got

them a lot of things and made

them live different or better

than every working class

person in the streets.

That's the situation

for a lot of young

people out there.

They could step off the

porch with all the values

in the world their mom gave

them and dad can give them.

When they step off that

porch into that den,

they've got to deal

with it accordingly.

You can go out there and turn

the other cheek if you want to.

All they're gonna do

is hit you in the head

and take that earring too.

So you had to adapt.

Those that adapt well become

predators out there themselves.

To me, it wasn't a hard choice.

I was the type of guy had no

conscience of value of my life

and repercussions of what I do.

When you think that

the value of your life

it's not that much

concern on your actions,

then that is a time

bomb waiting to blow.

Ain't no rules.

You don't get

disqualified for busting

a nigga over the

head with something.

When you get hurt

back, either your fear

consumes you or you

become a bit insensitive.

Either you gonna

be a punk, or you

gonna start to harden up a

little bit following that.

However you handle yourself,

you make it clear to people

that you don't have

a problem with it.

Matter of fact, make them

feel like you want the sh*t.

In an environment that I

grew up in, which was animal,

which was survival of the

fittest, which was do or die,

you have to be strategic.

Very few of us

grow up in fear,

because we live in this,

and we're taught early

we can't be afraid of it.

Whenever we're confronted with

an obstacle in the streets

of a physical nature, the

first thing we think of

is how to dissect the obstacle.

My dream started

off with a coach

told me I could be the

heavyweight champion

of the world.

And I asked him, what was it.

And he said, Muhammad Ali.

He said, do you

know Muhammad Ali.

I said, yeah.

And he said, you could

be just like that.

First goal was to be

the Boys Club champ.

I wanted to be great, because

I already know how it feels not

to be great, because

I grew up in it.

In one fight, I became

the Boys Club champ.

Every year, I would

win the tournament.

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