HaydensUncle
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“I grew up in the projects,†Derrell said. “I was running the streets, no curfew. I really had nobody to answer to until I met my mom, Lauren and my dad, Tony."
“My biological mom had me when she was 14 years old. She kind of got overwhelmed with the process of life and I kind of became a distraction. My biological dad died when I was a toddler. So from a very, very young age, I was raising myself."
“I was a wired-for-sound kid. I had a hard time concentrating on anything. Homework was impossible. Completing any task was impossible. Then I was diagnosed with ADD. My whole life, I could have been suffering from that, not even knowing.â€
“I’ve seen drive-bys. I’ve been shot at. I’ve seen anything that you see on TV. I just thought that was how the world worked. You were just accustomed to it. That was all I saw, all I knew. Youngstown is rough. “I didn’t change clothes for days. I would wake up wherever I was, my buddy’s house, my aunt’s house, this side of town, that side of town. Really just not knowing what the next day would bring, where I would be. Then my life took a drastic change.â€
“I grew up in the projects,†Derrell said. “I was running the streets, no curfew. I really had nobody to answer to until I met my mom, Lauren and my dad, Tony."
“My biological mom had me when she was 14 years old. She kind of got overwhelmed with the process of life and I kind of became a distraction. My biological dad died when I was a toddler. So from a very, very young age, I was raising myself."
“I was a wired-for-sound kid. I had a hard time concentrating on anything. Homework was impossible. Completing any task was impossible. Then I was diagnosed with ADD. My whole life, I could have been suffering from that, not even knowing.â€
“I’ve seen drive-bys. I’ve been shot at. I’ve seen anything that you see on TV. I just thought that was how the world worked. You were just accustomed to it. That was all I saw, all I knew. Youngstown is rough. “I didn’t change clothes for days. I would wake up wherever I was, my buddy’s house, my aunt’s house, this side of town, that side of town. Really just not knowing what the next day would bring, where I would be. Then my life took a drastic change.â€