A lot of times, the struggle is so hard, FAM, that you feel so desperate you’ve got to do what you must. Hey, the kid made a choice out of his own free will, but others are looking for love when his or her home
is broken. Maybe they felt the need for a family. Gang is like family; gang shows love. Fuck, I keep getting jumped walking to school. I’m not even in a gang, FAM, so he chose to join the gang. This life is sad, FAM. The dark side is mostly evil but also depressing and so much more, FAM…

The girl grew up broken with low self-esteem. She thought she was ugly, looking in the mirror; she never liked what she saw. She wanted to be pretty, looking for love and warmth when all her life she’s been cast off. So she sleeps with men to make her feel better. Now all these men show her lust; she thinks it’s affection; she thinks it’s love, broken, FAM…

The kid grew up in an abusive family, father beating his mother. There’s nothing he could do, FAM. He’s too strong. When he hits me, it hurts. I’m scared. The kid was lost, felt alone with no one to help. A little older now, he meets a friend that’s in a gang. Next thing you know, he’s in a gang, learns to be dark. Now he has a gun and feels so much power. He shoots his father for all those years of beating, now living in prison for life for a charge of murder, all for revenge…

A guy meets a girl, was the first pretty girl that gave him attention. He just wants to impress her, be close to her. She just wants to fund her drug addiction. So she flirts and seduces him to get her way. But she tells him, “Hey, try this.” He’s never done drugs. Are you scared? Worst choice he ever made. Now he steals, looks sick, and walks the streets lost, looking for drugs, FAM. Never to be the same again.

But what choice do we have, FAM? Life has so much more in store, but we get blinded by the worst and a solution we think is best. So, you choose what’s close, what feels easy, what smiles at you and may seem warm. You choose, FAM, only to lose, FAM, only to break yourself even more for something you feel is comfort and warmth. The gang broke me, FAM. The gang took pieces of me that I’ve never been the same. My heart felt cold; I felt numb. I didn’t and still don’t smile so much. I didn’t know the choice I made would do this to me. The girl didn’t think she would catch AIDS from all that sex, and the kid didn’t think he would catch a life sentence for murder. Revenge was all he wanted. The last guy didn’t even get the girl; he caught a drug addiction, FAM, that made him sick.

What choice do you have, FAM? Ask yourself this, FAM. Open your eyes and see that there is a better choice, that there is so much more to life, FAM.

To the girl that thought she was ugly looking for love, you are beautiful, FAM. Strong, better than this. Life has so much more in store for you. If you open your eyes, you’ll see that yourself that you are beautiful…

To the kid that got abused, FAM, you are strong, FAM. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t have made it this far, still standing. You don’t need a gang, FAM. Don’t throw your life away; this life only hurts, and your mother needs you, FAM. You can do better; you do have a better way…

To the guy lost, sitting under a bridge, wishing he had money to buy more drugs, why do you continue to kill yourself slowly, FAM? Open your eyes, FAM. You’re killing yourself. Look at yourself; you’re dying, FAM. You’re stronger than this; you are better. If you look around, you’ll see that you still have a choice, a chance to live life. Get up, FAM. Fight it; be strong; don’t give up, FAM.

We do have a choice, FAM. We can do better, FAM. What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger, and life is so beautiful, FAM. Don’t throw your life away, FAM, because we do have a choice, FAM…