Promise In English And Spanish
The drugs found me out there, miles from everybody I loved. Being out of town hollowed me out — I missed my family so bad it lived in my head like an ache that wouldn't quit. I was trying to hold myself together, heart and soul both, but I honestly didn't know what was right for us anymore. And whatever else I was lost in, I want it known: chasing women was never the plan. Rule one: once he's down, he doesn't get back up. He moves — you finish it. I come from a place where that's just the arithmetic of survival, and I don't forget it. This game doesn't change; the money keeps coming and nobody really knows what another man's carrying until it spills out in the open. People love to say I'm full of it. I don't listen to people who never walked these streets — following their advice is how you end up in a casket. That won't be me. You stay sharp every second. I think back to the old days when the corners were crowded with dealers — most of the...