looking out my project window:

looking out my project window: "the early years"

by marcel l bogan
looking out my project window:

looking out my project window: "the early years"

by marcel l bogan

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Overview

This book has a story like no other. It all began and takes place in the streets of Saginaw,Michigan where we all witness the city go from a peaceful place to live,to a place filled with crackheads,drugs and gang voilence. The big question is ,what was it like growing up around all that negativity and violence. What would you do if you was stuck in the hood with nothing but a refrigerater full of air. I chose to take on a life of crime.This book not only tells about the rise but also the fall of the empire called the notorius "daniel hieghts" PROJECTS. Go on a journey with me to the north-side of town and beyond the mean streets of sag! Where money is power and the police and snitches are plentiful. How does a child suppose to reate to such exposure to the dynamics of the game at a early age. All I can tell you is that it came with a high price. All crimes mentioned in this book are for testemonial purposes and a debt to society has been or is being paid for the life we lived.How did I manage to survive? One thang for sure,this book will tell you how we came up in the projects and after a 20 year run,it all began to fall down literally! The street-life came with a higher price than we could've known. Journey with me as I tell you about how life was "looking out my project window"... All material written in this book is for {testemonial} purposes only and also intended to honor those who fell victim to the life we chose to live..read with caution:

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781466316874
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 09/07/2011
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 168
Sales rank: 1,145,892
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK WAS BORN 1977 IN HELENA,ARKANSAS TO PAMELA D. JONES AND LEON MOORE BOGAN. HIS FATHER WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT and HIS FAMILY RELOCATED TO SAGINAW,MI TWO YEARS LATER.THAT IS WHERE THE LEGACY BEGAN. MRS. JONES WENT ON TO HAVE 3 MORE KIDS AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUED. GROWING UP IN THE NOTORIUS "DANIEL HEIGHTS" PROJECTS WAS A JOURNEY OF IT'S OWN,BUT AFTER COUNTLESS JAIL/PRISON SENTENCES AND PLENTY OF DEAD AND INCARCERATED FRIENDS AND FAMILY. MR. BOGAN HAS DECIDED THAT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIFE MUST BE TOLD. IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE,AND IT ALSO COMES WITH A HEAVY PRICE TO PAY. AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON AND FINALLY MAKING IT OFF PAROLE,MARCEL DECIDED THAT ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. HE RELOCATED FROM STATE TO STATE UNTIL HE SETTLED IN ATLANTA,GA WHERE HE CURRENTLY RESIDES. SINCE BEING THERE HE HAS PUT OUT SEVERAL MUSIC PROJECTS UNDER THE NAME "SLICK X" ,AND HE HAS ALSO PUT TOGETHER A PUBLISHING PARTNERSHIP WITH AMAZON.COM AND HAS A E-STORE IN WHICH HE PLANS TO FILL WITH BOOKS.HE CONSIDERS THAT TO BE A FORM OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING LITERATURE AIMED TO EDUCATE THE WORLD ON HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE GHETTO THAT MANY DIDN'T SURVIVE IN. HE DEDICATES ALL HE DOES TO HIS BROTHER ANTWAN D. JONES a.k.a "YOUNG VETO" AND ALL THE OTHER FALLEN SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR FREEDOM TO THE DOPE-GAME. THERE IS NO STORY LIKE A TRUE STORY! I ASKED MARCEL WHY IS HE ABLE TO AIM SO HIGH IN LIFE AND NOT FEAR NOTHING. HE ANSWERS IN 1 WORD {GOD}.....RIGHT ON!!! get your copy today!!!!!! Amazon.com copyrights 2012-13
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