Baron Davis

They just made it safe for you to wake up, go to sleep. get mad at you for not cleaning, you know, just the little things. But, like, they didn't, they weren't connected to a little kid growing up, listen, now hip-hop and all, like, you know.

They just made it safe for you to wake up, go to sleep. get mad at you for not cleaning, you know, just the little things. But, like, they didn't, they weren't connected to a little kid growing up, listen, now hip-hop and all, like, you know.

Yeah, it's, yeah, it's like my, I would say my grandparents, I watched them be, taken advantage of by their kids. They opened their house. My grandfather, if you were walking in off the street and needed food, they would feed you. You know what I mean? My grandmother's like, go get them something to eat. This dude over here, he look like go get him something to eat. That's where that love was.

Yeah, it's, yeah, it's like my, I would say my grandparents, I watched them be, taken advantage of by their kids. They opened their house. My grandfather, if you were walking in off the street and needed food, they would feed you. You know what I mean? My grandmother's like, go get them something to eat. This dude over here, he look like go get him something to eat. That's where that love was.

People stopped by our house all the time whether you were up, you were down, you were good, you were bad. It was just almost like this big therapy place and it was home for a lot of people and it was safe. Even when you was out in the street doing all the bullshit, you run back to the house because you know anybody come around this little gate and border, oh, it's action.

People stopped by our house all the time whether you were up, you were down, you were good, you were bad. It was just almost like this big therapy place and it was home for a lot of people and it was safe. Even when you was out in the street doing all the bullshit, you run back to the house because you know anybody come around this little gate and border, oh, it's action.

So that brought so many different people into my world, like random shit every day. You know what I mean? Credit card scam. Right there on the table. Hey, let me get one of them credit cards. Get your ass out of here. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like damn, I can't get a credit card, go shopping, I get in trouble, I get a whooping. You know, drugs, violence, gang violence, all kind of violence.

So that brought so many different people into my world, like random shit every day. You know what I mean? Credit card scam. Right there on the table. Hey, let me get one of them credit cards. Get your ass out of here. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like damn, I can't get a credit card, go shopping, I get in trouble, I get a whooping. You know, drugs, violence, gang violence, all kind of violence.

Like, you know, like watching my dad and my mom fight and like my mom, and then now I'm sitting in the backseat with my mom going to the hospital. You know what I mean? I could kill somebody. I could kill him. I could kill my mama's boyfriend. I'm eight years old. This is what I'm thinking. Outside of basketball and everything, the dark side is I should kill him if he goes to school.

Like, you know, like watching my dad and my mom fight and like my mom, and then now I'm sitting in the backseat with my mom going to the hospital. You know what I mean? I could kill somebody. I could kill him. I could kill my mama's boyfriend. I'm eight years old. This is what I'm thinking. Outside of basketball and everything, the dark side is I should kill him if he goes to school.

Yeah, just saying like you mistreated my mom. I don't like my mom because she being mistreated. It's not, you know what I mean? And then like, man, I should, when this dude goes to sleep, I'm going in the kitchen, getting the biggest knife I can and I'm going, it's over. You know what I mean? What kid needs to be thinking about that? You know what I mean?

Yeah, just saying like you mistreated my mom. I don't like my mom because she being mistreated. It's not, you know what I mean? And then like, man, I should, when this dude goes to sleep, I'm going in the kitchen, getting the biggest knife I can and I'm going, it's over. You know what I mean? What kid needs to be thinking about that? You know what I mean?

And you thinking about like, if I decide to do this, I better do it and be successful or he's gonna kill me. You know what I mean? And I think my grandparents just was like, once I got with them, it was just like, I was protected. My grandfather, My grandmother, like me and my little sister, we start becoming protected. We start feeling safe, you know what I mean?

And you thinking about like, if I decide to do this, I better do it and be successful or he's gonna kill me. You know what I mean? And I think my grandparents just was like, once I got with them, it was just like, I was protected. My grandfather, My grandmother, like me and my little sister, we start becoming protected. We start feeling safe, you know what I mean?

We start to like be more of a kid now all the vices and the shit that was coming, we got to now a chance to sit back and watch people like TV instead of being in it, you know what I mean?

We start to like be more of a kid now all the vices and the shit that was coming, we got to now a chance to sit back and watch people like TV instead of being in it, you know what I mean?

I mean, I would say even before that, you know, you're four or five, six years old, you're living on the streets. You're walking in standing motels, right? So it wasn't, it was survival, right? And as a kid, you just, you kind of like, you got to trust the person you with because like where else the fuck are you going to go? You know what I mean? Like who else do you trust?

I mean, I would say even before that, you know, you're four or five, six years old, you're living on the streets. You're walking in standing motels, right? So it wasn't, it was survival, right? And as a kid, you just, you kind of like, you got to trust the person you with because like where else the fuck are you going to go? You know what I mean? Like who else do you trust?

And so I think all of that happened Kind of like when my grandfather built my basketball court for Christmas and like basketball kind of came into my life, it kind of numb me from people because I had I had an instrument that didn't require anybody's help. I didn't have to tell anybody what I was doing. And like this, this was kind of like my therapy, but like.

And so I think all of that happened Kind of like when my grandfather built my basketball court for Christmas and like basketball kind of came into my life, it kind of numb me from people because I had I had an instrument that didn't require anybody's help. I didn't have to tell anybody what I was doing. And like this, this was kind of like my therapy, but like.