A Blessing In The Projects

Prolouge

COLUMBIA , SOUTH CAROLINA
Friday June 15, 2007

" baby if you ont remeba nothing I thought ya Remember this Get Paid "

"I know we living on the streets right now but that's bc I made a lot of dumb decisions but Ima get you into a big house one day and take care of you like a mother should "

"Ok Mama"

"Now Shyra baybe Ima get us some money when that man gets outta Dat white car over there onda Main I Want' Ya ta Walk In Front of Him hol' ya chess'N Just Fall Down And I'a Do The Rest she said with excitement in her voice "

At Only 10 Years I don't know what's going on but I did as my mama told me because she seemed happy about it , I Looked Up To My Mama Tyra , She Was Light Skin Thick In All The Right Places and A Black Queen Who Wasn't Gone Ask Anybody For Shit

I Stopped All Thoughts As A Tall Dark Skinned Man With Dark black eyes exited the car , He Wore A White T-Shirt and His Body Was Coated In Tatts Some Coogi Jeans , 4 chains On His Neck A Watch And 3 Rings I was scared but I had to do this to make my mama happy !

I slowly walked in front of the man I held my Chest And Fell to the Ground

" Aye Gul Ge'd Up You Iight " he leaned to
My level and asked In A Bored Tone !

Next thing I know I heard 3 Gunshots Go Off and a thud

" Ge'd Up shy baby we have Ta Go Right Nah" my mama Yelled

I Got Up And Saw The Man down He Was Shot In His Back His Neck And His Arm But He Was Still Breathing he Looked At Me And I Knew I Would Never Forget That Face

"Ma What's Goin On I'm Scared , Is He Going To Die Mama We Don't Have Any Where to Go Somebo" she cut me off

" Baby I Told We Was Going To Get Some Money I Hate Having You On The Streets Now I Got Us a Bus Tickets To Florida"

"That's the place with the beach that I learned about when I was going to school huh mama ?"

"That's Right Baby We Goin they For another Chance at a Better Life

I Knew What My Mama Did Was Bad She Was Happy But I Knew Deep Down She Was Just As Scared As Me !

This day Was 5 Years ago Who Would have Knew That Today Would Be The Day My Life Change from Bad To Worst . My Mama Robbed and Almost Killed A Man For 12 thousand Dollars in Cash Plus The Jewelry She Stole Toatled Up to 20 thousand

We Moved To Miami Florida Dade County Brought a 2 bedroom Home in the Hood , then she started Stripping because she wanted the money to last but She Ended Up Hanging With the wrong Crowd and In 5 years She Managed to Use All Her Saved Money And Stripper Money To Buy Drugs For Her And Her Crack Head Friends

We Eventually got Evicted by the Bank Bc My Mama Wasn't Paying no kind of bills

Back At Square back On The Streets And In Order To Kick Her Habbit and put food in my mouth My Mama Started Prostituting A Year Later She Saved Up Enough Money To Move Us To Pompano Florida !

Here I am Shyra Griffin , beautiful, black, and Has Always Had A Bad Life But I Pray To God Everyday Asking Him To Make My Situation Better And One Day My Blessing gone come