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The Art of Gang Bangin'
By Madd Ronald for Streetgangs Magazine                                                                         
June 18, 2003

AS A BLOOD, I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT (WE) THE GANG MEMBERS WERE EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO DIE.  ANYONE THAT IS REEKING HAVOC ON HUMANITY, ANYONE WHOM WILLINGLY CHOOSES TO VICTIMIZE THE INNOCENCE OF THE NON-COMBATANT CIVILIAN WITH DEATH, HAS THE RIGHT TO DIE HIMSELF.  THAT IS A RULE OF THE LAW OF NATURE. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE RIGHT TO DIE, JUST AS I DO BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO LIVE. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SENDING EACH OTHER OUT IN CLOSED CASKETS BECAUSE OF THE WORDS OR THE COLORS THAT WE IDENTIFY WITH.                  

  I HAVE ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH STEVE HARVEY AND MINISTER FARRAKAHN. WHEN I ATTENDED THE MEETING IN WATTS WITH THE MINISTER (IN 2002), HE HAD SPOKEN ON HOW THE GANGS ARE SIMPLY TRIBES THAT MAKE UP A NATION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE WISEST THINGS THAT I HAD EVER HEARD REGARDING GANGBANGIN'.   I REMEMBER SPEAKING WITH MASTER PEE AT "STOP THE VIOLENCE INCREASE THE PEACE," AND HE SAID THAT THE SAME THINGS THAT PLAGUED L.A. ALSO PLAGUED HIS HOMETOWN.  THE ART OF GANGBANGIN'  TO ME MEANS THAT THERE SHOULD BE RULES PROTECTING THOSE NOT INVOLVED IN THE MADDNESS.   CIVILIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE. WHO ARE WE TO INFRINGE ON THAT RIGHT.                                          

EXCUSE ME ALLOW ME A MOMENT TO GREET THE READERS, BECAUSE I AM TRULY A FAN OF THE READERS.             

"GREETINGS TO THE WORLD, WHAT THAT "B" LIKE?   I HAVE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO TAKE A STICKY GREEN BUD FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND BREAK IT DOWN AND ROLL IT UP AND INSTEAD OF A BLUNT, I WILL USE A PAGE FROM MY BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE. I NOW BLOW TWO PUFFS OF RED SMOKE IN THE AIR. MAY I TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTOXICATE YOUR MIND, JUST AS THE BUD SMOKE HAS INTOXICATED MY OWN. AS I MEDITATE, I SIT HERE WITH A BLUNT IN MY MOUTH AND A PEN IN MY HAND CAPTURING SCENES FROM MY LIFE AS IF I WAS FOLLOWING MYSELF AROUND WITH A CAMCORDER. IF I HAD THE CHANCE TO ADD A PARAGRAPH TO SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR, I WOULD SAY, 'THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE AN ARMY HOSTAGE WITH NO FIGHT AND NO RESISTANCE, IS BY FIRST CAPTURING THEIR MINDS.'  ANY MAN THAT CAN'T BE DEFEATED PHYSICALLY MUST BE DEFEATED MENTALLY. ONCE HE IS DEFEATED HE MAY USE HIS OWN PHYSICAL STRENGTH IN YOUR BETTER INTEREST."                

MY GREATNESS IN LIFE WILL NOT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH  MONEY AND MATERIALISM, AND I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT TO BE WHAT DESTROYS ME. FOR ME THE FULFILLMENT OF GREATNESS WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE MINDS I HAVE ENLIGHTENED AND BY GREATER DEEDS TO BE COMMITTED BY ME. YOUNG BLOODS MAY "B" INSPIRED BY THE WORDS THAT THEY ARE READING. YOUNG BLOODS MAY BE EDUCATED THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ABSORB THROUGH KNOWING WHAT MADD RONALD FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ROLLIN' 20'S FELT. I WISH I HAD THE ABILITY TO RE-EDUCATE THE ENTIRE BLACK RACE BUT I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THAT WHICH WITHIN I HAVE O/G STATUS AND RESPECT.                                                               

FROM DEEP WITHIN THE HEART OF THE WESTSIDE ROLLIN' 20'S NEIGHBORHOOD BLOODS, I WISH TO INSPIRE WRITERS AND PHILOSOPHERS SO THAT OUR STORY CAN BE TOLD PROPERLY. WE CAN NOT ALLOW THE HOLLYWOOD GANGSTERS OF TODAY TO EXPLOIT OUR LIVES BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE THE LIFE. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF FOOLS THAT YOU SEE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET VIDEO TAPING THE REAL GANGSTERS.  WHAT MAKES A TRUE BLOOD IS HIS TRUE EXPERIENCES AS A BLOOD. WHO KNOWS THE HEART OF A BLOOD BETTER THAN A BLOOD HIMSELF, WHO KNOWS THE PAIN OF A CRIP BETTER THAN A CRIP HIMSELF.                                                         

Madd Ronald is currently working on his first book, "The Internet Compositions of O/G Madd Ronald: Blood For Life" What do you think?
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Madd Ronald shoud write on the internet only
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I DON'T BANG HOMIE BUT DON'T GET THAT SHIT TWISTED (THIS IS STILL BLOOD FOR LIFE), THAT MEANS THAT AFTER 22 YEARS OF PUTTIN' IN WORK. I AM TIRED OF WITNESSING THE ATROCITIES OF GANG VIOLENCE.  I HAVE NOW CHOSEN TO PUT DOWN MY GUN AND PICK UP A PEN. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WOULD HAVE EXPRESSED MYSELF BY WRITING "NHBLOOD 20'S" EVERYWHERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE WITH A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT. NOW I TAKE AN INK PEN AND WRITE ABOUT ROLLIN' 20'S NEIGHBORHOOD (STILL) FOR THE WORLD TO SEE EVERYWHERE. THE MOST POWERFUL INSTRUMENT THAT I HAVE EVER HELD IN MY LIFE DID NOT CONTAIN A LOADED CLIP, IT WAS LOADED WITH INK. BY ME STILL BEING ON THE SETT AND BY MY RESPECT BEING FULLY INTACT IN THE BLOOD COMMUNITY, I AM ALL FOR GANG ACTIVITY. A BASEBALL GAME IS GANG ACTIVITY, A BARBEQUE IS GANG ACTIVITY, READING MY WRITING MIGHT BE GANG ACTIVITY. IT IS GANG VIOLENCE THAT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF. WE ARE WASTING OUR GREATEST TALENTS AT THE CURBSIDE. WHENEVER I HEAR OF A GANG RELATED DEATH I CAN NOT HELP THINKING OF IT AS WASTED TALENT.  I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, MOST TALENTED, MOST GIFTED LIVES SACRIFICED TO GANGBANGIN'.  CAPITALIZE ON YOUR TALENTS AND GIFTS AND DON'T DOWN PLAY YOURSELF IN ORDER TO FIT IN.  ONCE YOU HAVE MADE IT, THEN YOU CAN HELP THOSE OTHERS JUST LIKE YOU.   DON'T BE LIKE ME 35 YEARS OLD AND STUCK. I WALK LIGHTLY THROUGH THE FLYING BULLETS IN L.A, BUT EVENTUALLY I WILL BE STRUCK. I WAS HIT ONCE ALREADY. IF I AM HIT AGAIN I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE. BACK WHEN I GOT SHOT IN 1985, I HAD GOTTEN HIT ONCE IN THE LEG IN A DRIVE-BY. NOW IN 2003, IT'S ALL ABOUT WALK-BY'S NOBODY SURVIVES ANYMORE. BODIES ARE FALLING ALL AROUND ME ON A DAILY BASIS, AND IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ALWAYS THE GOOD THAT DIE YOUNG. MURDER IS OFTEN DISCUSSED AT THE DINNER TABLE. BECAUSE IT IS OFTEN HAPPENING ON OUR DOORSTEPS. I MAY EVEN SEEM KIND OF INTELLIGENT FROM THE WAY THAT I WRITE, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT, THE STREETS ARE ALL THAT I KNOW.  IF MY FATE IS TO DIE IN THE STREETS THEN I AM COOL WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GAME THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO PLAY. I MIGHT HAVE TO DIE JUST TO SHOW YOUR CHILDREN HOW NOT TO LIVE. RIGHT NOW I CAN'T EVEN BE WORRIED ABOUT DYING. I AM NOT LIVING RIGHT, SO I KNOW THAT I WILL NOT DIE RIGHT.  DON'T MAKE THE CHOICES THAT I HAVE MADE. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES AND SAVE YOURSELVES. DEATH IS NOT A GREAT FEAR TO ME BUT MY GREAT FEAR IS LEAVING MY CHILDREN IN SUCH A FUCKED UP PLACE WITHOUT ME TO OVERSEE THEIR LIVES AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE KIND OF FORCES THAT WOULD DO HARM TO THEM.   

AS A ROLLIN' 20'S NEIGHBORHOOD BLOOD THAT IS WHERE ALL OF MY PRIDE AND CULTURE LIES. THE TWENTIES IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT I CAN DO OR SAY WHATEVER I FEEL. THE TWENTIES IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THIS WORLD THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED, FOR WHAT I  DON'T HAVE, THERE IS SOMEONE THERE THAT CAN PROVIDE IT FOR ME EVEN IF THAT MEANS FOOD OR SHELTER. I MIGHT NOT BE SHIT TO ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS WORLD BUT IN THE WESTSIDE ROLLIN' 20'S MADD RONALD IS THE SHIT, JUST ASK ANOTHER BLOOD. THE 20'S IS MY HOME, THE 20'S ARE MY FAMILY. FOR EVERY BIT OF BAD THAT WE ENDURE WE ENDURE THAT AS A FAMILY. IF I DIED TODAY, I KNOW THAT THE 20'S WILL COME TOGETHER IN ORDER TO HELP BURY ME (THAT'S HOW WE GET DOWN), I LOVE THOSE ROLLIN' 20'S BLOODS WITH ALL MY HEART.                                                             

SEE THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES, WITNESS MY VISIONS, EXPERIENCE MY ILLUSIONS. THE CONSTANT NUMBNESS AND SURREALISM OF REALITY THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF A BLOOD. I WAS TALKING TO MY HOMEBOY FROM CRENSHAW MAFIA (CMG) NOT TOO LONG AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN BLASTED UP BY AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON. I REMEMBER THAT I HAD SAID TO HIM SOMETHING LIKE "GANGBANGIN' WAS THE ONLY THING THAT YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOURSELF INVOLVED IN THAT COULD GET YOUR ASS KILLED.                                                                          

I WILL NEVER FORGET LOSING MY YOUNG HOMIE BACK IN 1987. HE WAS 14 AT THE TIME. HE HAD GOTTEN SHOT IN THE TEMPLE. I HAD VISITED HIM ON HIS DEATH BED. HIS BODY LAY THERE LIFELESS, I SAW HIM. WE ENTERED THE ROOM WITH HIS MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND A PREACHER. WHEN I APPROACHED HIM I WAS SPEECHLESS. HERE HE LAYED WITH ONE OF HIS EYES DISCOLORED (BLACK AND BLUE).  ONE OF THE NURSES HAD TOLD US THAT HIS EYE HAD TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO TAKE THE BULLET OUT OF HIS HEAD. DAMN BLOOD, THIS WAS REALLY MY YOUNG DOG FROM THE 20'S. YESTERDAY I HAD PICKED HIM UP FROM WORK, YESTERDAY WE SMOKED WEED AND SWORE THAT WE WOULD BANG BLOOD FOREVER. NOW HERE MY DOG LAYS WITH A BLOODY GAUZE BANDAGE COVERING THE BULLET WOUND IN THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD, WHILE HE LAY ON BLOODY SHEETS AS A SHELL OF THE PERSON THAT I HAD REMEMBERED.  I WATCHED THE PREACHER READ HIM HIS LAST RITES. LIKE I MAY HAVE EXPRESSED IN OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN THIS MAY SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU HEAR IN A RAPP SONG BUT IT IS NOT, IT'S REAL SHIT STRAIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE.                                                  

TO THE YOUNGSTERS THAT THINK OF MY LIFE AS BEING THE SHIT  BECAUSE I GREW UP IN L.A. AS A BLOOD, TRUTHFULLY SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD UP UNTIL NOW (35 YEARS OLD), I HAVE HAD MORE THAN 50 ATTEMPTS ON MY LIFE. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO CARRY A GUN EVERY WHERE THAT I WENT (EVEN TO PICK MY KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL).    IF YOU DON'T BANG, BUT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BANGIN' YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE STOMACH FOR THIS TYPE OF SHIT. THE GAME WILL CREEP UP ON YOU AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND TAKE YOU OUT, JUST BECAUSE YOU WASN'T PLAYIN' RIGHT.    I WAS A PALLBEARER AT MY YOUNG HOMEBOYS FUNERAL. I CARRIED HIS COFFIN AND I ALWAYS WONDERED, WHO WILL CARRY MINE? WHEN I WAS GROWING UP FUNERALS NEVER BOTHERED ME, BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THE NEXT TO DIE.                                            

Iseman
Iseman was murdered on June 13, 2003 in Los Angeles

I JUST LOST MY HOMEBOY ISEMAN. HE WAS SUCH A GOOD PERSON THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SURROUNDED HIS DEATH MAKE ME CONSTANTLY QUESTION GOD.  I HAD YOUNG HOMIES THAT DIED BY A BULLET TO THE BRAIN. I HAD HOMIES MALICIOUSLY SHOT EXECUTION STYLE NUMEROUS TIMES. INNOCENT  CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THE STREETS OF MY CITY. HOW CAN GOD BE ALL-POWERFUL, ALL-KNOWING, AND ALL-GOOD, AND BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO SUFFER THE WAY THAT WE DO.  THE PAIN THAT I FEEL FROM THE LOSS OF ISEMAN, MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE EARTH HAS NOT BEEN CLEANSED OF THE EVILS THAT EXIST IN MY WORLD, IF GOD IS ALL GOOD.

I AM NOT MAD AT GOD IN ANY KIND OF WAY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MASTER OF MY FATE.  I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN, I AM NOT A MUSLIM, AND I AM NOT A JEW. JUST BECAUSE I CHOOSE NOT TO NAME MY GOD  DOES THAT NOT STILL MAKE ME ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN?  I SEE MY GOD AS THE GREATER CREATOR, AN INFINITE BEING BEYOND WHATEVER MAN CAN IMAGINE. MY FATE WILL BE MEASURED BY WHAT IS ALLOTTED TO ME IN LIFE. MY GOD UNDERSTANDS THAT I HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WRONG TO GET MYSELF RIGHT. MY GOD WON'T BE TAKING ME UNTIL MY PURPOSE IS SERVED. GOD KNOWS THAT I COMMIT SINS EVERYDAY. GOD ALSO KNOWS THAT MY SINS ARE COMMITTED FOR MY SURVIVAL AND NOT FOR LUST OR GREED. IF I AM JUDGED BY MY GOD AND I AM ASKED IF I BELIEVED IN GOD, I WILL ANSWER, " I DID BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I DID NOT TRUST MAN."  I AM NOT RELIGIOUS. AT MY SERVICE DON'T LET THE LIE BE TOLD THAT I HAD FOUND JESUS IN MY LAST DAYS. KEEP IT REAL AND LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT I WAS NOT RELIGIOUS BUT I WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON. I RESPECTED HUMANITY AND THE EARTH.  I RESPECTED LIFE AND NATURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY GOD IS NOT A MERCIFUL ONE. I UNDERSTAND MY FATE TO BE THE SAME AS THOSE THAT I HAVE SEEN PERISH AS FORGOTTEN MEMORIES OF GANGBANGIN' WHEN THEIR BLOOD WAS WASHED OFF OF THE SIDEWALK AND THEIR CANDLES WENT OUT.                      

I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CHILDREN, WHEN I HAD TOLD THEM, THAT I WAS A BLOOD BEFORE I WAS A PARENT, I WAS A BLOOD BEFORE I MET THEIR MOTHER, AND THAT I NEVER PLANNED ON LIVING TO BE 35 YEARS OLD.  I EXPECTED TO DIE IN THE STREET, SO THEY HAVE GOT TO BARE WITH ME ( I AM THE ONLY FATHER THAT THEY HAVE). WHO KNOWS WHAT GANGBANGERS FEEL BETTER THAN A BLOOD THAT HAS BANGED?    I HAVE BANGED WITH THE EASTSIDE ROLLIN' 20'S OUTLAW BLOODS, THE BLACK-P-STONES, THE BRIMS AND THE BLOOD STONE VILLAINS. I GOT BLOOD LOVE FOR THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, SWANS, EASTSIDE PUEBLOS AND THE PIRUS AND MUCH LOVE TO ALL OF THE BLOODS IN INGLEWOOD.  TO COME FROM A FAMILY THIS BIG MEANS TO FEEL THE PAIN WHENEVER A DOGG FALLS.

IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN THE EXTREME DAMAGE THAT A BULLET DOES, IF YOU HAD EVER IN YOUR LIFE TRULY SMELLED THE SICKENING SCENT OF BLOOD, IF YOU HAVE EVER IN YOUR LIFE SEEN THE SEVERITY OF A BULLET ON THE LEVEL OF DEATH YOU WOULD RECONSIDER EVER WANTING TO OWN A GUN.  GANGBANGIN' IS NOT ALL ABOUT GUN PLAY. MOST OF THE O/G'S HAVE WALKED OUT AND LEFT THE YOUNGSTERS TO RUN THE HOODS WITH NO DIRECTION AND NO GUIDANCE. THE YOUNGSTERS DO WHAT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD BE DOING. IT IS KIND OF LIKE, GOING OUT OF TOWN AND LEAVING THE KIDS AT HOME ALONE.                  

THERE IS AN ART TO BEING A GANG MEMBER. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT MADD RONALD DID NOT KILL EVERY CRIP THAT CAME ACROSS HIS PATH. SOMETIMES I WON, SOMETIMES I LOSS BUT I STAYED DOWN.  I GOT MY ASS KICKED BY 10 CRIPS AT A CARNIVAL ONCE. I GOT RAT-PACKED BY 20 CRIPS AT L.A. HIGH SCHOOL. BUT THAT WAS THE ART OF GANGBANGIN'. I REPRESENTED MY SETT AND I STAYED DOWN. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE WOULD BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THEM ALSO.             

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A LOT OF BUMPS AND BRUISES SUFFERED AS CONSEQUENCES, ALMOST EVERYBODY MADE IT HOME THAT NIGHT. I WOULD ALWAYS GAIN A RIVAL'S UTMOST RESPECT BECAUSE I WOULD SUBDUE THEM MENTALLY. IF IT TAKES 20 CRIPS TO RUSH ME, I WILL GAIN AN INDIVIDUAL RESPECT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. FROM CHAOS COMES ORDER, TO UNDERSTAND THAT PSYCHOLOGY YOU HAVE GOT TO UNDERSTAND GANGBANGIN' AT ITS FINEST. I DIDN'T PLAY ANY SPORTS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, GANGBANGIN' WAS MY SPORT. I TOOK SCORE BY TAKIN' NAMES. IF ANYBODY KNOWS L.A.'S HEAD COUNT, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE BLOODS ARE OUTNUMBERED BY THE CRIPS 20 TO 1, SO WE ARE THE FEW. I REMEMBER WHEN L.A. COUNTY JAIL WAS THE WORSE PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR A BLOOD. THERE WERE NO HEAD UP SQUABBLES, THE NUMBERS SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES. WHAT MAKES A BLOOD IS HOW HE STAYS DOWN UNDER PRESSURE.  IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME, I WOULD NOT CHANGE A MOMENT OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE ART OF GANGBANGIN' IS ALL ABOUT. WHEN I HAD GOTTEN SHOT, I HAD SEEN THE GUN MAN, BUT SNITCHIN' IS NOT PART OF THE ART OF GANGBANGIN'.   WE WOULD COME UP TO YOUR SCHOOL AND KICK YOUR ASS AND WE WERE THAT SAME CROWD THAT YOU DID NOT INVITE TO YOUR HOUSE PARTY, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE SURE TO START A FIGHT AND TEAR YOUR MAMAS HOUSE UP. I REMEMBER OUR FINEST AGAINST THEIR FINEST, RIGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.  I REMEMBER TAKING MY ENEMIES PRIDE ALONG WITH THEIR BLUE SHOES AND THE REST OF THEIR VALUABLES, BUT THEY GOT AWAY WITH THEIR LIVES AND A HUMILIATING STORY TO TELL THEIR HOMIES.    THAT IS ALL IN THE ART OF GANGBANGIN', WE WOULD ALWAYS SEND THEM AWAY WITH HORROR STORIES TO TELL THEIR PEOPLE ABOUT THE ROLLIN' 20'S BLOODS. THIS WAS ACTUALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE CONSIDERING THE NUMBERS.                                                                          

AT 11 YEARS OLD I WAS SEVERELY STOMPED BY THE 30'S UNTIL I HAD A CONCUSSION, THE CRIPS THAT DID THIS TO ME WERE AT LEAST 8 YEARS OLDER THAN ME, IT WAS ALL IN THE GAME. I HAD TO PAY TO PLAY. I KNEW THAT THE JOB WAS RISKY WHEN I HAD TOOK IT. THAT'S WHAT SHAPED, CONDITIONED ME  TO BE THE BLOOD THAT I HAVE BEEN FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD ACTUALLY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ART OF GANGBANGIN'. I HEAR SHOTS FROM AN ENEMY'S PISTOL. I AM HAVING A VISION OF BEING DRAGGED FROM BEHIND A VAN AND BEING KICKED AND PUNCHED WHILE THERE ARE THREATS BEING MADE ABOUT KIDNAPPING AND KILLING ME.                                                                        

THE ART OF GANGBANGIN' DOES NOT CONSIST OF A BATTLEFIELD FULL OF DEAD SOLDIERS, IT ACTUALLY CONSIST OF RESPECT, HONOR, AND HISTORY. IT ACTUALLY CONSIST OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. RESPECT IS SOLID BETWEEN REAL CHARACTERS. SOMETIMES THE WAY THAT WE END UP IN LIFE DEPENDS ON HOW YOU START OUT. A GREAT DEAL OF MY OLD ENEMIES HAVE BECOME SOME OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS. AS MEN WE DEVELOP SO MUCH RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER THROUGH CONFLICT THAT WE ALL GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER QUITE WELL.                                                                         

The homies from 20s had a car wash in Iseman's memory on June 14 and 15.

L.A. LIFE IS ONE BIG WESTERN FLICK (SHOOT'EM UP BANG!!BANG!!) BILLY THE KID WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SMOKED IN THE 20'S. EVERYBODY IS STRAPPED DOWN TO THE HILT AND DYIN' TO DRAW. THIS IS THE PLACE KNOWN AS THE WILD!! WILD!! WEST. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REACH FOR YOUR HEAT IN THE STREET, AT THE GAS STATION, OR COMING OUT OF THE LIQUOR STORE. IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT BODIES LAY WHERE THEY ONCE STOOD. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE STREETS BEING PAVED IN GOLD, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE STAINED WITH BLOOD. THE O.K. CORAL AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ON THE JUNGLE. THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO COMPARE TOMBSTONE TO WATTS NICKERSON GARDENS HOUSING PROJECTS. THE OUTLAWS ARE IN THE STREET WITH THEIR HEAT HOLDIN' UP TRAINS AND STAGECOACHES AS SOON AS THEY CROSS CENTRAL AVENUE. BULLETS NEVER STOP FLYING SO STEER CLEAR OF THE DRAMA AND STAY OUT OF THE BULLSHIT. DO AS I DO. I KEEP MY HEAD SO FAR ABOVE THE BULLSHIT, THAT MY FEET CAN'T TOUCH THE GROUND.                                                                

ROSEDALE CEMETERY ON NORMANDIE AVENUE AND WASHINGTON BLVD IS BOOTHILL TO US. OUR "B"LOVED ARE LAYED TO REST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOOD, WHERE ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG. IF I WAS WRITING THE CLOSING PARAGRAPH TO THE ART OF WAR, I WOULD SAY "STRATEGY TO WAR, IS WHAT CHOREOGRAPHY IS TO DANCE". IT IS THE SAME AS POETRY IN MOTION OR ANY OTHER ART WHEN ADMINISTERED PROPERLY. I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT TO THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER, WHILE I VISUALIZE OSCARS SWALLOWING GOLDFISH AND FLOWER HORNS AND REDDEVILS FIGHTING TIL THE DEATH.

A MOMENT OF PHILOSOPHY: THE BIG FISH FEEDS ON ALL OF THE SMALLER FISH THAT ARE AROUND HIM, UNTIL IT ENCOUNTERS A BIGGER FISH OR A BADDER FISH. SO IF YOU CAN NOT BE THE BIGGEST FISH IN THE POND THEN, YOU HAVE TO BE THE BADDEST FISH IN THE POND.  20 MINUTES!!  

TO THE WORLD, IT IS RAINING BULLETS OUTSIDE, SO DO YOUR BEST NOT TO GET WET.

  O/G/B MADD RONALD WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOODS ROLLIN' 20'S

Madd Ronald can be contacted via email


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