town and all that. i haven t done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i m going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. what do you want for your future? money, power, respect. top of the food chain. everybody s like that when they re young. they don t see the big picture. they can t see it yet. you know what i mean? it s just whatever happens happens. having been in and out of state prisons in california, fisher sought to share his wisdom with the younger thompson. i ve got him out of situations in here, he was just reacting to [ bleep ]. i m telling him you can t always just react. slow down. think about something real quick. he thanks me later on, like yeah. i m glad i didn t do that. he keeps me cool. i m real hot headed. quick snap on somebody. real quick. no pr
town and all that. i haven t done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i m going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. what do you want for your future? money, power, respect. top of the food chain. everybody s like that when they re young. they don t see the big picture. they can t see it yet. you know what i mean? it s just whatever happens happens. having been in and out of state prisons in california, fisher sought to share his wisdom with the younger thompson. i ve got him out of situations in here, he was just reacting to [ bleep ]. i m telling him you can t always just react. slow down. think about something real quick. he thanks me later on, like yeah. i m glad i didn t do that. he keeps me cool. i m real hot headed. quick snap on somebody. real quick. no pr
young age. that s when all his problems began. my mom gave me the best advice that she could. everything that has happened in my life, she told me that was going to happen. everything. you know, okay, phillip if you go home and you study for your test tomorrow, you re going to do good. if i did that, that s what would happen. okay, phillip, if you keep running the streets and gang banging and using drugs you re going toned up in prison. that s what happened. you can only lead a horse to water, but you can t make him drink. you know what i m saying? kirkpatrick was 13 years old when he joined a notorious hispanic gang, one that rarely admits caucasians. it doesn t matter if you re white, black, mexican, any kind of race, as long as you re down, as long as you re there for the cause and the struggle. as long as you re there for it. kirkpatrick says he relished gang life right from the day he was jumped in, an initiation rite where a group of current gang members fight the wannabe
gang members fight the wannabe. four of my homeboys from my hood jumped me. they told me whatever you do, don t just curl up in a ball and lay down, you know what i m saying? then you re going to look like a coward or a punk. you know what i mean? so i did the best that i could. and i slung with the best that i could. you know? i still got my butt whooped. i was still busted up in the face and all sore the next day, but i was part of the hood now. i belonged to something. and i loved it. i m not going to lie. i loved it. having abandoned his family for gang life, kirkpatrick turned to other crimes. when we met him, he was serving his second prison term, eight years for burglary. i know right from wrong. i m not a stupid individual. i might make stupid decisions, but i m not a stupid individual. during his time in prison, kirkpatrick still had his gang to fall back on, but like his biological family, he eventually left his gang family, though not totally on his own accord. i w
just because they re from across town and all that. i haven t done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i m going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. what do you want for your future? money, power, respect. top of the food chain. everybody s like that when they re young. they don t see the big picture. they can t see it yet. you know what i mean? it s just whatever happens happens. having been in and out of state prisons in california, fisher sought to share his wisdom with the younger thompson. i ve got him out of situations in here, he was just reacting to [ bleep ]. i m telling him you can t always just react. slow down. think about something real quick. he thanks me later on, like yeah. i m glad i didn t do that. he keeps me cool. i m real hot headed. quick sn