Endorsement for the book On the rise in gang violence, while his mom teaches him right from wrong. Micheal has to figure out if a life of crime is the right thing to do...... or is it too late. The two people he looks up to the most guides him straight to the streets. He must learn the hard way; drugs, money, power, and respect can only lead you down the wrong path. Excerpt I was now 15 and I was in my room going over the events of all that happened. My brothers walked in and I already knew what they had planned. Jhonny was talking to me basically trying to figure out what my plans were. ""Yo Happy born day little brother. Pops would be proud of you, right Ricky,"" says Jhonny. ""Yea man most definitely. I mean you look just like him and you think like him to,"" said Ricky. Then Jhonny took this talk to exactly what I thought, ""Listen I'm tryna take over the tri-state and with you as a Capo we could definitely get our work moving. I don't know if you realized, but there is no plan out here for us. We gotta make our own bro,"" Ricky cuts in, ""What you thought you were gonna be a doctor or something cause that's not happening. Now the only way to make money and have power is with a gun and selling drugs on these streets. ""What do you say Mickey? Do what pops would have wanted you to do and join Gutta Squad, and I promise you everything you want will be given to you real talk,"" says Jhonny. ""Hell yea I'm talking money, cars, hoes, and power damm I mean whatever you could possibly want we already have it,"" says Ricky. I was looking at them like this cannot be real. Everything I was thinking about has just been put out in a nut shell, but what was my answer going to be? I had my brothers looking at me for about 5 to 10 minutes because this was a lot to swallow. My mother taught me better than this, but I really wanted to be with my brothers. I knew my decision was gonna make my mom cry, and she would probably kick me out just like she did them. I had a lot to think about but only in a little time cause my brothers were waiting for an answer, and I didn't want to disappoint them. Oh well here goes nothing I thought as I replied, ""Aite, I'm down, but I gotta leave the crib you know to keep momz out of harm's way ya digg."" My brothers were down with that, so I packed my stuff and they took it away before my mother came home. How was I gonna break it to her. Whatever I was trying to plan out didn't matter because my mom just walked in the house, and it was go time.