how has my neighborhood shaped me. i don't let my neighborhood define me. but in many ways it has changed me. how i see things from walking outside to having to watch how i dress. in my neighborhood it's mostly gangs and homeless men living in corners. but it has effected me a lot. it's not every day that you hear a kid having to wear certain colors or not even being able to wear their hoodie without the fear of the possibility of getting shot or killed. as i always saw it, it was the same things over and over again but i realized i don't want to be a gang member or one of those old men in corner, doing everything the same. it got to a point where everything hit me. and how i saw it i needed to mature fast because no one is gonna take me away
