D’ercey, San Francisco
Before I came to jail, I was out doing bad. I was gon’ keep doing the same thing ‘till I came here. I learned my lesson I swear this time. I learned because life is short, I got a lot to lose. I swear I love my family and if something was to happen to them, I would be hurt, so that’s why I am changing my life. When I get out of here, I will change.
Everybody ain’t your friend. Somebody might want to be your friend but is really trying to use you. That’s why I don’t hang out with too many people because people is back doe. I swear people like to kill you because you got more money and more fame, so I stay to the neck.
I swear I just be with my girlfriend and that’s all I will be with. I really don’t like people because I just like myself and that’s it and my family. I can’t deal with people. I’m really not a people person. I just want a better life. That’s it. I want to make my family happy and my girlfriend too.
People always try to tell me do this and do that and it’s usually a lot of people close to me and people I don’t know. People always trying to tell me how to live my life, but I be getting tired. It all sound the same to me, but at least since I’ve been in jail, a lot of more people been giving me advice.
I’ve been listening trying to understand. But I really should’ve been listening from the start because a lot of things people telling me they went through, they tried to teach me to not go through it. I still went through it because I didn’t listen.
So, the best lesson is really to just listen to others, but not everybody has good advice. Parents, school, family, just listen because all they’re trying to do is help. Just be yourself, don’t follow people. That’s one good lesson because a lot of people are not for you.
All you have to do is listen and you should be good in life. It’s okay to make mistakes. They’re just life lessons.