It's June 15, 2024, 10:40:37 PM
Here's the thing that annoys me about cats speaking on where they DROVE through. This country isn't Afghanastan, Honduras, El Salvador or non of that type. We are in a Civilized country that's still believe it or not, ran by the police. They're still the biggest gang. Now just because your ass drove through a neighbourhood and didn't get caught up in the crossfire, does that mean the hood you visited is soft now? A neighbourhood is just that, a neighbourhood. Millions of cars pass through, what do you expect muthafucaz to do about it? Now if you drove through the projects or a certain bloc and tried to go out and chill without gettin greeted, then that's different. Cats wanna say the bay is worse than L.A or vice versa, but how do you figure? Both regions are in the same boat, Just as many gangs & hoods in both. I chec crime stats regulary, The Bay still has the highest gang-related murders over all, but it does go bac n forth depending on the year. Unless you done dwelled in the underground of a neighbourhood, then you can't come here and say it's nothing. Driving through to get some gas doesn't make you no street scholar. You're just another civilian.
I'm from the IE, and the funny thing is now the IE is seen as what it once was. People like Sly Boogie is reppin' us now, so it makes us a creditable area, but in reality back in the days we was a whole lot worst. Maybe it was because I hung out with my moms back then, and she was a drug addict, and we were in some of the worst areas you can be in, and they still are really bad now, but it seemed worst in the late 80's early 90's. According to crime rates it was worst. Now that I'm older, it doesn't seem as bad, I'm 24 now and I guess I'm not as scared of a shooting than when I was 8-12. I walk down some pretty tough streets in San Bernardino now, and we are considered more dangerous than Compton, but I honestly don't feel threaten. People just look at me, or give me the head nod and I'm straight. Now once in a while, since I'm an Angel fan, I wear my red Angel hat, and I always catch hell for that unless I walk around where I live in the northend of San Bernardino, which is mainly redneck white people anyway. Basically as long as I stay in dress code, no one fucks with me anywhere in the IE. Coming back from college in Minnesota, I forgot this, and I wore my red in Rialto, where I grew up my most my life. And I was threaten by some crip in front of Wal Mart, I was trying so hard not to laugh. He was a young buck, and back in the day in Rialto I had a rep of taking out people like him. So in my own hometown, some little BG was trying to step up to me... I just let it slide 'cause I've learned it's not worth it, especially after my friend got killed for being in stupit beef that's not worth it. I do think since the late 90's it's gotten worst, it feels like it. In the late 90's it seemed like the dress codes were more relaxed, that unless you really looked flamed up, you wouldn't catch heat. But now the dress codes are getting tighter, and it seems like to walk certain streets, you got to get a pass first, where in the late 90's the streets seemed more open, though it seemed people are always suspect to new people in the neighborhood walking around, now it's worst. But compared to the early 90's, maybe 'cause I was in worst areas, but it doesn't seem as bad.
Rialto Aint That Hecktik, My Sister Lives there, and i took my homies (who are Crips) down over there, and she lives in a blood zone i guess, (U know where Rialto Park is at? the apartments right across the street)...but anyways, they went out looking for some dimes while i had to handle my biznezz, and they told me that they ran into some bloodz and that they just gave them a nod and watched them walk by, but they knew they were not welcome, they came back in a heartbeat and they never wanna role with me when i go out over there again.
IM FROM WHERE THE GRASS GROWS GREEN