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4

"Yeah, we all know her."

"Everybody except me." I mumbled.

"Did you sleep wit' her?" Zameer asked.

"Yeah," I smirked. "But that's beside the point, I came to talk to you about some business we need to handle,"

He nodded at me, waving his hand telling me to continue.

"You know our brothers coming down tomorrow.. they want us to do something for them."

Zameer groaned. Hell, I don't blame him. Our brothers Zoe and Roman been tryna get us into the game since we were sixteen.

Zoe love was just like zameer. A lover never a fighter. If you make them mad enough they'll go fucking crazy. Just because he was a lover doesn't mean he didn't have a couple kills on his belt. People took that as a joke, thinking he was soft. This nigga was ruthless but not as ruthless as

Roman McGyver. Roman was always  a go-getter. We never struggled because of him. When our dad left, he stepped up. He knows mama ain't proud of his decisions. I guess that's why she strung out on crack now. Feeling like a failure took a toll on her I guess.

Roman and Zoe have been bros for as long as I can remember. I guess that's why me and Zameer are so close. People use to pick on Z, and Zoe would always flip the fuck out stating that Zameer needs to "man up" or "grow some balls". You see Z ain't heartless like his brother and since we know they ain't fighters, Zoe's fights always had somebody in the morgue.

Zameer didn't want a mother having to identify her son all because his punk ass bullying people. Z always said, nose leaking and mouth bloody, "you gone get yours."

And that's where I come in. Back then I slept niggas left and right, I dared them bitches to try me. Initially, Zameer told Roman to get me to fight Z's bully and Roman was skeptical at first because I got into way too much trouble back then.

I was down for it regardless. I didn't care about shit. I had major anger issues and was stressed out to the max and I needed the stress reliever.

I rolled up to Z's school and  caught that nigga in action. It was a big ass crowd around them and I was baffled that no one tried to stop it.. but that's black folks for you. Always instigating shit.

I ran up to that nigga Charlie and starting whooping his ass. Till this day me and that nigga still got beef. Tafari and Harlem don't understand it but they always behind me when and if that nigga tries some. I didn't even know Z like that at the time but I was fighting like he was my kin.  School security started running up to us and I grabbed Z and we ran to my car.

Safely inside and the school out of sight, I said "you ight?"

He only nodded at me and we been bros ever since.

"East you know I don't wanna be in that shit, but if you agree to do it... I'm one step behind ya'."

I nodded knowingly at him.

Let's go make some money.