downtown manhattan.

i am more afraid of downtown manhattan than uptown manhattan.

i am more afraid of downtown manhattan than the bronx.

We are not who you think we are.

We are just kids trying to get out. Or kids who followed our parents footsteps, hoping our children won’t make our mistakes.

That’s only half truths.

We want then like the adults who worked from 8 to 6.

Who took parent shifts 24/7.

We want them to understand the struggles, to see them, to face them with chins held high.

I am more afraid of downtown manhattan than my home.

It is a place of monsters and bright lights that distract you from the darkness.

This is for the kids form Harlem, from Washington Heights, from Inwood, from the Bronx.

We understood the struggle.