"Just wakin' up in the morning, gotta thank God
I don't know, but today seems kinda odd
No barking from the dog, no smog
And Momma cooked a breakfast with no hog
I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out
Hooked it up for later as I hit the door
Thinkin', "Will I live another 24?"
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Chapter5
"Where everybody at ?" I said coming down the stairs
"We in here, wassup" I heard Terrell's voice echo from the living room
"So Auntie Karly and Uncle G coming over today"
I said referring to me and Terrell's god parents but we look at them as all of our aunt and uncle.
They weren't always in our lives but this only due to the fact that they were locked up.
They both were in the jam because of my dad. He was using there house up in Brooklyn to hide drugs when the house got raided by the pigs. They ended up cracking down and finding out where everything was stashed. Then they hit the both of them with 10 years, an over the top ass sentence if you ask me.
My dad ran one of the biggest drug cartels in all of New York, the king of Harlem is what they called him. His rain was like no other , but he was like no other drug dealer in town, he cared for his family and took care of the neighborhood and every where he served. He didn't serve mothers or children, not to justify what he did but he was a Drug Dealer with morals, I had to continue on what he started but with an modern day cat mix to it. I keeps the money coming in but I've learned how to manage it better over these past years.
When I first started out , I was careless with money and I brought any and everything me an my siblings wanted. Now I turn the dirty money into clean money through plenty of businesses. I opened up 2 savings accounts, just to stack up some money, the other money we keep in the safe off the house.
I ain't wanna include my siblings in what it is that I do because just in case any thing goes down, they won't go down with me. I helped them start there own business to bring money in own there own because I'm not gone be here forever something is bound to happen and I don't want my downfall to affect them.
One thing my dad taught me was to always look out for siblings and taught me how to get money and chase after my dreams but due to the fact that I was so young when they passed I couldn't go after my dreams, I had to keep things up and running. I had to be the man of the family, that's just always been my role. So I decided to teach them what he taught me.
Ebony has a Hair Salon and an online hair boutique called 'EbonyStylez'.
Trey and Deshawn has 2 shoe stores open, one in Harlem and the other in uptown.
Terrell has his own urban Indian food cuisine restaurant 'Lmli' in uptown also.
"Are they bringing the little one?" Deshawn sat a plate of sausage, eggs and cheese grit in front of a chair. Terrell reached over and grabbed a piece of sausage of his plate
"Don't touch my plate bum ass nigga"
"How you gone fix you some shit but don't wanna make nobody else nothing" He said chewing on the piece of sausage, I walked passed them heading to the kitchen.
"Cause all y'all mother fuckers in here grown , just like me bro" he chuckled stuffing his mouth with eggs.
"Ebony came back last night ?" I said glancing at her red balenciaga shoes by the side door.
