and i got jumped by this kid named johnny. he had my same name. anyway, that was my life growing up, but it made me who i am today, right? ♪ manhattan was like oz, you know. it was there. it was something to achieve. it was something better. you know, it was someplace-- but it was close enough. you know what i mean? you could always dip your toe into what wealthy people and people who had privilege-- you saw it. and you could smell it and taste it and go, god, you wanted it so bad because you could mingle with it. you just couldn't, you know, get into it. ♪ now, jackson heights was not an easy place to grow up in, i gotta tell you. but it gave you character. now, those of us who lived there, we took care of one another 'cause, well, we had a sense of community. and there was that one place that became the hub for everyone in the barrio-- the bodega. that's spanish for "storeroom," by the way.