At the end of 2007 i began to write "The Hustler's Convention" because of the need to express the realities of life on the streets. My understanding at that time, was that there were three types of education that a person may or may not recive in their lifetime. The first one was the education that you get at home (providing that you have a home). The second was the education that you get in school (providing that one could afford to go to school). And the third one consisted of the education that you got on the streets (providing that you lived in a city or a small town).
The one at home dealt with one's etiquette (i.e. manner's and hygiene etc) as well as one's language, culture, and genology (i.e. family, history, and lineage) and the third one consisted of how one relates to other people of all ages, races, religons, cultures, creeds, ideologies, opinions, attitudes, physical and personality characteristics, handicaps, skills, perceptions, occupations and authority. On rare occasions they reconcile, but most often they do not. I wanted to describe the beat on the street, the pulse, the music, the rap, the competition, the peer pressure, the games, the struggles, the trials and tribulations, the fun, the dangers, the daring, the risks, the love and the hate, the sub-culture, the lessons, the posture, the poise, the sounds the noise, the styles, the attitudes, the psychology, sociology, and ideology, the vibes of the new modern tribes basicly!
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