"Where you about to go" koby asked me as I held him in my arms. "You see this" I asked as I pointed at my hair. "Shit need cut." I said. "True" he said and I laughed. We walked up to the house and I knocked on the door. Moms really called everybody cause everybody cars here. I walked in the house and I heard everybody talkin from the kitchen. "Shh" I said to koby and he nodded. I walked towards the kitchen and all the ladies was sittin at the table. I smirked and walked in and I stood behind her and my aunt Lori smiled. "Ma" I said and she slowly turned around and covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh my god" she yelled and I smiled. I put koby down and wrapped my arms around her. "I missed you" I said. "I missed you too. Lord have mercy." She said and I laughed. I gave everybody else a hug and then I sat at the table and koby sat on my lap. "How are you" my aunt Jamie asked. "I can't complain. How you doing. I see you called the whole family over here ma" I said through laughs. "Everybody wanted to see you" she said. "Where everybody else at" I asked. "In the back sitting on the patio" aunt Lori said. I looked at my mom and she smiled at me. "It feel so good to be home" I said. "What are your plans" my mom asked and I stared at her. My mom was like the most beautiful black woman I ever seen. "I don't know. Really I needa stay down until I move up and get right you know" I said. She nodded and I nodded too. "Wassup nigga" my best friend Cameron yelled as him and everybody else walked in the kitchen. "Um no" my mom said. "My bad Mrs.banks. how everybody doin" he asked. "We're fine" my aunt Jackie said and he nodded. "I'm finna go see everybody else" I said and they nodded. I stood up wit koby in my arms and then We all walked onto the patio and I seen my cousin lamar. "Wassup" I said. "Yooo son." He said as he hugged me. "Welcome home nigga damn" he said. I talked to them for a while then stepped out. "I got you all set. While you was down and out I got you set. You know, cars, house. All that b" Cameron said and I nodded. "And ain't nobody barely make any moves since you been gone. The streets talkin already, everybody know you out. The streets hungry, they waitin for the king to put food on his plate and everybody else's. What you wanna do" jacari asked. I looked down at koby as he slept in my arms. "Just say the word b. I mean don't nobody wanna see you go back in. It just been dry out here wit out you son. Word" Cameron said and i stared at everybody as they stood in front of me. I nodded. "Ight" I said. "Its just I can't go back in. I can't leave my moms, I can't leave koby and Ashanti. Shit I can't leave myself. So I need y'all to really check for me and watch out" I said. "We got you" bunz said. "Ight" I said. "Nigga gettin all sentimental them muhfuckin clippers cryin and feenin to touch yo head. God damn. You gone leave yo head like that" Cameron asked makin everybody laugh. "You gone take me nigga" I asked. "Yup" he said. "Let's go now. My stomach fucked up from lookin at that Shit" he said. "At least I got good hair nigga. My Shit go curly yours go nappy Bitch" I said and he laughed. We walked inside and I looked at my mom. "Ma" I said. "I know." She said. "Be careful" she said. "I will" I said. I kissed her cheek and we walked away. I walked in the living room and seen Ashanti sittin wit Ant and my cousins. "Here" I said handin koby to her. She took him out my arms and laid him down. "I gotta go" I said and she stared at me. "I a be ight" I said. "I'll call" I said and she nodded. I kissed her cheek and we walked out. "Yo y'all dead might as well get back together" he said. "Who me and shanti? Nah. I love her and ima always respect er. But I don't think it a ever be a relationship between us again. She real as fuck though, realist Bitch I know." I said while thinkin bout how she held me down When I was jail. "In plus Shorty got a dude. And I ain't worried bout relations. I Need this paper for me and my boy. I fell off and I needa bounce back asap" I said. "Boy wait until you see the Shit I made happen for you when you was down" he said and I stared out the window as he drove. I nodded and looked ahead. We got to the shop and got out. We walked inside and everybody yelled makin me smile. "My nigga seat" keshawn said. "Wassup" I said. "yo if y'all really missed a nigga y'all a give me this cut. Y'all see my Shit look dumb" I said and they laughed. "I got you" landus said and I sat in his chair. "God damn nigga I thought yo ass was a escaped convinct . Why the hell yo ass still got them fresh out of prison clothes on" keshawn said makin everybody laugh. "I was tryna see everybody. I ain't even done yet. But soon as I leave here I'm gettin wavy fasho" I said and he nodded. "Shit I hope they taught yo ass how to sit still in that muhfucka. When I use to cut yo hair, yo head use to be wobblin every God damn where" landus said and I laughed. "Am I movin now" I asked. "Na but you better not start or you gone have a jail hair cut" he said and I shook my head and laughed. "What y'all niggas needa do is lay off my nigga" Cameron said. "Shut yo ass up" keshawn said and he laughed. "Na how everything goin wit yo Shorty. She had the baby yet" he asked. "Nope. And today her due date. But she ain't go in. She a stubborn ass lil girl man. I thought she woulda been came by now" Cameron said. "Swear this nigga got a baby on the way" I said and he smirked. "Yeah I forgot to tell you" he said. "That's wassup" I said. "Bet it's by Madison too huh" I said. "Nigga you already know. When she told me I'm stuck like. Bo ti bumboclat" he said and everybody laughed. "Swear you was the first nigga I wanted to call when I found out so I was pissed cause I couldn't. Nigga I called this nigga keshawn and he wildin out. Like buggin out mad hard. Nigga cryin and Shit tellin me he proud. Dead ass preachin to me on the phone. His moms yellin at him in the background. Shit was all bad" he said and we laughed. "Nigga I was happy. Shit. You the 2nd out of all my niggas that got a baby. Seat was the first" he said. "Yo grown ass still livin wit yo mom" I asked through laughs and he smacked his lips. "Technically I don't. I lowkey do, highkey dont. Like we in the same house but I'm in the basement" he said and I shook my head. "I seen lil bad ass the other day. Ashanti brought em here to get his haircut. He can't keep his hands off Shit. Nigga was chasin keshawn around the shop wit the razor. Told keshawn that nigga got yo ways. Told em to quit talkin Shit" kamar said. "That lil nigga bad. He linked wit my nephew so you know he bad. Kemarus a lil bad ass, big head ass lil boy" keshawn said. "My kid a good kid. I think I was what he was missin. It feel good to be back home doe" I said. "Shit it feel good to have you back" jalen said. "I'm done kid" landus said and he gave me the mirror. "Look busy. You got that stuff" I said. "Awl yeah. I got you" he said. He rubbed the stuff in my hair and I got up. "You ready" I asked Cameron. "Yeah" he said. "Alright y'all niggas be coo like water. I a stop through tomorrow and chop it up" I said. "Alright be coo" landus said. "See you number 34" keshawn said. "Whats that" I asked. "The number on yo jail sweats" he said and everybody laughed. "Fuck you" I said through laughs and I walked out. "Where to now" I asked. "Shit yo house" he said and I smirked. "Coo" I said.
