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    The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4: Struggles and Growth, #4
    The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4: Struggles and Growth, #4
    The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4: Struggles and Growth, #4
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    The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4: Struggles and Growth, #4

    By Jamell Crouthers

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    This book goes back and forth with thoughts and experiences Robert and Michael are going through. They are both still trying to learn about themselves, life and their paths and they want to go on. Michael goes back to visit the place he grew up in and is caught up in a drive-by shooting that changes his mindset on life. Robert is at wits end with the city he's living in and after all that he's been through, his goal to be a motivational speaker. This takes him to a place he thought he would never live. You will see and realize that sometimes in order to achieve your goals and dreams, you must make certain sacrifices and decisions to get there. Part of it is personal growth and the other part of it is leaving the city you've always known.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJamell Crouthers
    Release dateMay 10, 2019
    ISBN9781386021186
    The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4: Struggles and Growth, #4
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    Jamell Crouthers

    Jamell Crouthers started writing at the age of 13, it wasn't until his 30s where he realized he could impact others with his writing. Jamell was able to incorporate a prose format and social issues and be able to write books on what's going on in the world today. Writing about social issues is something that Jamell is very concerned about and his writing journey has allowed him to write books on various subjects. His goal is to change the world one book at a time.

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      The Struggles and Growth of a Man 4 - Jamell Crouthers

      Michael-Going Back

      I haven’t been back to the hood in a long time,

      I felt the need to go back to see how everyone is doing.

      I’ve been out of prison for a few months and I miss my homies,

      Hearing so much about what’s happening, I was glad I got out of there.

      Or I should say my big brother Robert got out and had a room for me,

      He had no intentions on leaving me out in the cold when I got out of prison.

      When I got off the train and went back to the block I grew up on,

      Plenty had changed as more houses were destroyed and were now crack houses.

      Most of my homies were in front of the bodega we normally chill at,

      As they were standing there moving their small bags for profit.

      My gut was telling me not to be there too long and to get out of dodge,

      There were police and DEA agents watching and I always knew.

      It was good to catch up and see everyone but they haven’t changed much,

      My federal prison sentence didn’t get these guys off of the block.

      The drugs were still running rampant through the back alleys of these cold, dark blocks,

      Money had to be made and addicts needed their drugs, it was how things went.

      The hood wasn’t going to change much, strung out crack addicts,

      Dope sick drug addicts who will do anything for that sniff, smoke or injection.

      The same junkies that I left on the block, most are somehow still around,

      I’m quite sure a few of them have overdosed but they somehow survived.

      Friends who were tempting me to come back to the block and get some money,

      I was the guy of the hood who took his prison sentence like a man.

      No snitching or working with government agencies as an informant,

      I knew who I was working for, I was one of their main guys who transported drugs.

      I pushed it on the blocks for the extra cash and I knew who wanted drugs,

      There was a set deal between me and the cartels on responsibilities and money.

      There was the internal struggle knowing I could get a thousand dollars quick,

      This is where tough decisions have to be made and responsibility comes in.

      It was either be the young, old me and go after that quick money and take a risk,

      Or be a mature man and realize I don’t

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