Memoirs of the Block

“Damn look at these bad bitches.” I said as we sat in the truck watching them walk towards us. “Nigga get cha’ crazy ass in da’ back so she can sit next to me!” I said to White Boy who had his tongue hangin’ out of his mouth like the blood hound he was. “What’s up Khalid and crazy ass White Boy?” Jamie spoke. “Aint’ shit.” White Boy responded. Before I could speak Tina said, “It smells like some blunts been sparked, where’s it at?” I liked her from the door. We pulled off. It started raining real hard out of nowhere. We parked on this little block and got blazed. We smoked about four blunts and kicked it getting to know each other. “So what chall’ wanna’ do tonight? Yall wanna’ go to the movies then get something to eat?” I asked them. “Naah’, why don’t we just go grab some rooms and fall back.” Tina requested. “I’m with that!” I responded happy as hell and shocked at how straight forward sis was. “We don’t even have no change of clothes or no personal things.” Jamie said with her cock blockin’ ass. “Don’t worry, we goin’ shopping tomorrow when we wake up.” I said countering her move. I wasn’t letting nothing come in between this night of new pussy waiting on me, so I thought…

“This weed gave me the munchies, can we go to Baskin & Robbins to get some ice cream?” Tina asked. “We there.” I said pulling off. We pulled on 40^th and Walnut in front of the ice cream store. “Go head’ and get what chall’ want.” I told the girls. “Yo you got cha’ burner on you right?” I asked White Boy.” “You know you aint’ even gotta’ ask me that.” “Imma’ leave mine in the wheel then.” We got out to go inside the store to get some ice cream when we noticed four unfamiliar faces staring at us hard. “Yo keep your eyes on these boahs’ right here grittin’ all hard.” I told White Boy. “I’m on em’ baby.” They stopped next to the store and just stood there with I guess who was the leader of the pack grittin’ the hardest. White Boy stood in front of me with rage in his eyes. We knew word on the street was that it was money on our heads for the kidnapping so we had to be on point. Meanwhile the staring contest boiled over. “What chall’ niggas know us from somewhere or somethin’?” White Boy asked them. Leader of the pack said something fly right back, but I cut him off. “Look playboy, we don’t want no trouble. Everything’s cool.” As soon as I said it Leader of the pack reaches under his shirt revealing a big ass desert eagle. Before he could pull it all the way out White Boy was on em’ with his glock. Pop, Pop, Pop! White Boy let off three shots towards the unfamiliar faces. Everything seemed like slow motion as I ran towards the truck to get my gat. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! Was all I heard as the back window of my truck exploded from leader of the pack cuttin’ at me.

People were screamin’ and running for cover. We were in a shoot-out on 40^th and Walnut on a college campus in front of over 50 witnesses. I had no time to think, just react, and I did. I grabbed my Rueger and jumped out of the truck to help my cousin. Moc, Moc, Moc, Moc, Moc! I let off five shots hitting two of the four unfamiliar faces backing them down unexpectedly because they were all focused on White Boy. To my surprise they all started running like the pussies they were and I was good with that because I was trynna’ get the hell out of there too. I knew we were about to be locked up for a long time for this bullshit. “White Boy come on baby let’s go!” I said to him as he stood in the middle of the street inserting another clip into his gun. All I could do is watch him as he ran towards the Lincoln that all four unfamiliar faces jumped into. What I saw next would stay with me for the rest of my life. Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop! was all I heard as White Boy ran to the car before they could pull off and stuck his gun inside and unloaded his clip right in front of everyone. When he turned around to run towards me, gun in hand and empty, all I could do was yell for him to hurry up and jump in the truck so we could be out. “Let’s go, hurry up. Let’s go!” “Get me out of here Khalid. Get me out of here!” White said this with a crazy look on his face. I mean I know he killed before and we’ve been through some crazy shit, but this would be the turning point of both of our lives.