STATUS

I COME FROM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS UPTOWN MANHATTAN . IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WITH STATUS ARE NOT REALLY PROFFESIONAL PEOPLE . IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WITH STATUS ARE PEOPLE WITH MONEY AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET MONEY AROUND WHERE I LIVE IS DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. MY MOM IS A HARD WORKING LADY AND I REALLY LOOK UP TO HER BECAUSE SHES A SINGLE MOTHER WHO RAISED 4 KIDS. IN MY EYES SHE HAS STATUS . I DONT LOOK UP TO THE PEOPLE WITH STATUS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ANY MORE BUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER THATS ALL I WANTED TO DO HAVE MONEY AND HAVE THAT POWER . BUT AS I GOT OLDER I LEARNED THAT THATS NOT ALL TO LIFE MONEY . MONEY COMES AND GOES,AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING MONEY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE JUST MAKING MONEY OFF OTHER PEOPLES BAD HABITS . LIKE SELLING SLOW DEATH. NOW I JUST WANNA BECOME A PROFFESIONAL AND MAKE MY STATUS IN THE FIELD THAT I CHOOSE.