"I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me/ He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be/ And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough/ And though we had it rough, we always had enough" - Tupac Shakur (Keep Ya Head Up)... Man.. You don't even know how much this line came through my head phones and touched something deep in my soul as a pre-teen. Tupac was not only the sound track of my youth but also my source of self pride, belief that I could make it outta the ghetto of North Philadelphia. The belief that kid like me, from where I'm from, can go on to do extraordinary things without a basketball or a microphone... I'm thankful to have grown up in the 90's.
