Reading Is Not Optional.

He Was Trying To Convince Himself That He Wasn't Guilty.

Within The Black Community, Roughly 60 Percent Of Children Are Born To Single Moms. Moms Don't Have The Emotional Wherewithal To Deal With Their Children. Their English Is Atrocious. Their Speaking Is Atrocious. The Dropout Rate Is Horrendous.

One Of The Lessons Learned During The Vietnam War Was That The Depiction Of Wounded Soldiers, Of Coffins Stacked Higher Than Their Living Guards, Had A Negative Effect On The Viewing Public. The Military In Iraq Specifically Banned The Photographing Of Wounded Soldiers And Coffins, Thus Sanitizing This Terrible And Bloody Conflict.

People Told Me To Give Up Trying To Be Special And Settle Down To A Regular Life. There Ain't Nothing Wrong With A Regular Life, And That's The Lord's Truth...but It Wasn't For Me, Because I Wanted To Be Something Special. I Knew How Easy It Was For A Dream To Die. I Seen That All Around Me. You Could Let It Die By Just Looking The Other Way.

Can You Become The Hope I Need? Can You Help Me Be More Than It Is Written In My Future Or Past? Is There Another Me To Find?