Gangsta Jobs

[The Piper]

i live in soulth boston not a really bad part but its got a big mix of irish and blacks we got like alot of houses and projects 2 i hang out in both since som of my friends live in the projects an som dont but acouple of my friends r in a gang an shit an they do jobs an shit ive gone wit em a couple of times they were jus sellin like 1/2 oz an shit no crack or aney thing but ive seen alot of people do that shit,and as far as rappin an shit i aint seen any but me an som of my friends boxe and we fight 4 fun som times when were drunk an shit an we bet on tha fights and shit and theres alot of dice(im sick at that shit)but i live in tha not getto part so i dont no as much as tha people there always an i aint a druggy n e more jus a pot head

The Piper Reviewed by The Piper on 01-27-2005. Gangsta Jobs Hi people.. just wondered what your thoughts are of the people from the "ghetto's" , "slums" , "hoods" ... what jobs they mostly go into.... many head to boxing .... some head to rap. and???? Rating: 5

[Mello.as.Hello]

I've lived on the streets.. It IS possible to come back up, you just have to work at it.

I'm in college now. Headed to law school.

[notanovice]

Hi people.. just wondered what your thoughts are of the people from the "ghetto's" , "slums" , "hoods" ... what jobs they mostly go into.... many head to boxing .... some head to rap. and????

just cause you are from one of those areas, doesnt make you a gangsta.
i used to live in one of the worst areas in detroit, marvin gardens(projects)
and most of the people i knew were good decent people with jobs, not necessarily good paying jobs, but jobs none the less

[The Piper]

yeah i no alot of good people that live in tha projects alot of people jus tryin 2 raise a family an shit

[narkotic]

its called trades.
dont be ignorant

thats where im goin.

[Belleza]

the only way to get out of a ghetto, slum, hood etc... is to go into rap, sports (most likely basketball) and selling tons of narcotics, but please don't put all your eggs in one basket.

That's not true dammit! Most do get out of there, kids or no kids, and go to school (if they didn't finish) or get high paying jobs because of their people skills and kuz most are bilingual (like myself). Most places or companies want diversity and were from the "ghetto" or whatever, too. As long as you get your job done. I've never seen ANYONE from here go into rap or sports. Some sell, but that's only temporarily. They don't get caught because they're not dumbasses and they know what's up around here. The teens are usually smart and yeah of course theres those little wannabe thug kids, but they get that shit slapped out of them quick. People don't fuck around and try to pull an Eminem. I've lived in places like this all my life and I graduate high school next year, don't have kids, don't do anything else besides smoking and I'm going to collage. I make good grades, so do most of the others here. Don't go talking that stereotypical shit about places like this....or I'll bust a cap in yo' ass. lol jk

[Belleza]

PS-my brothers n sisters jobs:
-CPhT
-K-8 science teacher
-Cosmotologist
-Computer Technician
-Finacial Assistant
-Biology teacher
-Housing Supervisor

we all lived in the ghetto all our lives. of course they've moved out, i'll be too as soon as i turn 18.
Bam! just proved ya wrong.

[Omun]

PS-my brothers n sisters jobs:
-CPhT
-K-8 science teacher
-Cosmotologist
-Computer Technician
-Finacial Assistant
-Biology teacher
-Housing Supervisor

we all lived in the ghetto all our lives. of course they've moved out, i'll be too as soon as i turn 18.
Bam! just proved ya wrong.

Sorry Belleza that was just my little derogatory comment. I didn't expect anyone to actually believe that.

[nicmame]

Those are Hollywood fantasies. 90% of the males end-up in prison. Half of the remainder just don't make it past age 18. The other 5% are beaten-down, smashed-into a fine pulp and spread on focacia bread for the rich white people.

Less than 0.01% become "rappers" or other entertainers, so I didn't even measure that.

I'm not being negative, I just want to make sure I respond to the misconceptions that anyone's going to be getting rich or "going bigtime". If you're lucky, you grow-up in the ghetto without going to prison, getting shot or manage to get out and get a little college and maybe have a nice life.

Fantasies of making "bigtime heavie" are just another fogscreen The Man hopes will confuse you about the reality of the situation.

I grew-up in the worst of L.A. and almost every adult male in my family is in prison...if you're a male and you're trying to survive in the slums it's almost impossible not to end-up in prison or dead.

[Mello.as.Hello]

You determine your own destiny. Don't blame your brothers or your future on where you lived, man. Anybody can change the course of their lives.. it's all a matter of how much you want it..

All I'm saying is you have to take responsibility for your own life.. Some of the richest and most powerful people in the world came from the bottom of the barrel:

Danny Devito lived in a 24-hour city bus in NY, Arnold Schwartzenegger came to america with no money.. he laid bricks to pay for bodybuilding.. Johnny Cash almost died of starvation as a kid (his family was sharecroppers), Jim Carrey lived out of his car with his family in Canada for 2 years...

These are cheesy examples, but it makes my point: The people who make it out and up are the people who did something about it. You make your own destiny, that's all I'm saying.