opposite way. now that i'm in here caged in. >> there's no telling if the presence of a role model could have prevented edmonds from ending up in jail. the void left by his father's prison lengthy stays made life more painful. >> my dad upstairs on the fourth floor. he just got 30 years. he been in the pen all my life. it don't phase me. >> you're following in your father's footsteps. >> i don't even know him to follow in his footsteps. i get offended with people say that. i don't deal with him. ain't nothing he can do to change my circumstance but stay out my face. i take total responsibility for anything i do. i'm never going to sit here and say my daddy would have raised me different.