When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.
I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights.
We have the power, as lawmakers, to find ways to support our young men and identify solutions to the hardships they regularly experience.
When I was younger, my mom and I lived in a car because we didn't have anywhere to go.
I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.
Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.
