Urban Life Poetry: Vol 1
Author | : Marlon Douglas |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018-12-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781457567346 |
ISBN-13 | : 1457567342 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The average hustler doesn’t last long on the streets, but I was fortunate and had an eleven-year run before I caught my case (before the police picked me up). A simple possession charge got me a three-year probation sentence, but I continued to hustle. On April 27, 2009, the FBI picked me up on a federal indictment charging me with distribution of five grams or more crack-cocaine base, and I was sentenced to five years in federal prison. While doing my bid, God blessed me with a vision to transform my rapping abilities into writing poems. He also blessed me with the ability to write novels, and the rest is basically history.