(1/3) Just ended a text convo w/ an old friend & ended w/ stating that as a Man now in my 30s, I GREW UP! I'm not Eric who was #arrested at 15 & 17. Sent away / removed from my mother's home. Sent to an #residential program for years & later spent half 1-yr on #RikersIsland...
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(2/3) due to MY personal CHOICES (accountability!) No one did anything to me at the time. I was simply bored & yearned being #ACTIVATED. At the time I did what the average #blackboy does in this country *be a boy* & paid for it. I'm okay with innerstanding that I needed that.