John Smith
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Yeah, he's in a van. You mean you got in a van with a stranger? I'll beat you if you do it again. And she meant it. So I couldn't go anymore. But my friends kept going. But my younger brother told me something. He's like, how about we go to Price Club, we buy our own candy, get on the bus and we go to the opposite side where he is that day and we sell our own candy.
Yeah, he's in a van. You mean you got in a van with a stranger? I'll beat you if you do it again. And she meant it. So I couldn't go anymore. But my friends kept going. But my younger brother told me something. He's like, how about we go to Price Club, we buy our own candy, get on the bus and we go to the opposite side where he is that day and we sell our own candy.
First time we did it, we made $200 in one day, 200 bucks.
First time we did it, we made $200 in one day, 200 bucks.
First time we did it, we made $200 in one day, 200 bucks.
my mom didn't like that either you're lying to people you're not taking donations for any support group or you're not helping anybody out you're doing this to keep money for yourself so i don't want you doing that either so she stopped us from doing that but my friends that i went to school with they kept doing it and it was cool because now they have an extra money we go to school after school they take me to the store everybody buys each other stuff we all have a bunch of snacks and a bunch of treats so now
my mom didn't like that either you're lying to people you're not taking donations for any support group or you're not helping anybody out you're doing this to keep money for yourself so i don't want you doing that either so she stopped us from doing that but my friends that i went to school with they kept doing it and it was cool because now they have an extra money we go to school after school they take me to the store everybody buys each other stuff we all have a bunch of snacks and a bunch of treats so now
my mom didn't like that either you're lying to people you're not taking donations for any support group or you're not helping anybody out you're doing this to keep money for yourself so i don't want you doing that either so she stopped us from doing that but my friends that i went to school with they kept doing it and it was cool because now they have an extra money we go to school after school they take me to the store everybody buys each other stuff we all have a bunch of snacks and a bunch of treats so now
Remember I said my parents, they worked, they had money, we weren't low income, but I had family members all around the city that were going through the same thing that a lot of the city was going through. Single parent homes, living in a not so good area, and the crack came in. The drugs actually came in heavy.
Remember I said my parents, they worked, they had money, we weren't low income, but I had family members all around the city that were going through the same thing that a lot of the city was going through. Single parent homes, living in a not so good area, and the crack came in. The drugs actually came in heavy.
Remember I said my parents, they worked, they had money, we weren't low income, but I had family members all around the city that were going through the same thing that a lot of the city was going through. Single parent homes, living in a not so good area, and the crack came in. The drugs actually came in heavy.
Actually, Oakland is one of the first places where they say that drug landed in the first place where it was turned from one thing to another. Is that where the...
Actually, Oakland is one of the first places where they say that drug landed in the first place where it was turned from one thing to another. Is that where the...
Actually, Oakland is one of the first places where they say that drug landed in the first place where it was turned from one thing to another. Is that where the...
Oh, Freeway Rick. Freeway Rick Ross.
Oh, Freeway Rick. Freeway Rick Ross.
Oh, Freeway Rick. Freeway Rick Ross.
Which became a kingpin, a major kingpin at a young age. But he was like so, and we heard of him when we were kids too, but it was like unbelievable that a black man doing these type of things made that kind of money. But obviously, and I've tried to verify this because I've met people that say they were around when people first started processing it. And I think actually probably was in Berkeley.
Which became a kingpin, a major kingpin at a young age. But he was like so, and we heard of him when we were kids too, but it was like unbelievable that a black man doing these type of things made that kind of money. But obviously, and I've tried to verify this because I've met people that say they were around when people first started processing it. And I think actually probably was in Berkeley.
Which became a kingpin, a major kingpin at a young age. But he was like so, and we heard of him when we were kids too, but it was like unbelievable that a black man doing these type of things made that kind of money. But obviously, and I've tried to verify this because I've met people that say they were around when people first started processing it. And I think actually probably was in Berkeley.