Is the Street really Strict?

Street is a paved part of road with sidewalks and buildings, usually in a village or a town. Hmm… how is this description relating to the topic? Just wanted to enlighten you on what the word ‘street’ means so now that we’ve gotten that part off our chest let’s get down to our main order of business; ‘STREET IS STRICT’.

How can a paved part of road be strict? It isn’t living so it can only be hard. Lol…

The Street I am talking about is the people who live in the neighborhood or those who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially the young, the poor, the unemployed and those engaged in illegal activities.

When a young dude lives under the condition I just explained above then he can proudly beat his chest and say he is a Street boy or he is from the Street. The Street can also be called the ‘HOOD’.

I believe that youngsters tend to understand life better when they get involved with happenings of the street, was having a conversation with a friend, Derek Khartune and he said,

the street has taught me more than I have learned in a classroom. I have learned that in it it isn’t about money, it’s just about loyalty. The street can be good and also be bad so whichever way we see the it depends on the door we walk into it from. The Street is strict but the street is still fun; most of us grew up in the streets and no matter the situation we find ourselves in our homes or the society we end up adapting. Everybody in the street has a boss, no matter how small or big and the street is a community.

Wow! The street is actually a cartel or a system of government because it is connected. One street is connected to the next and no matter how far you go as long as you were loyal in your street you’ll always find favor with any street you stumble into.

Now why did I say the Street is strict?

A blogger I know, Ekwuno Obinna told me something that really got me thinking, he said,

the street is hard and only the tough survives.

From my definition of the ‘STREET’ being a group of people in a neighborhood that spends a great deal of time in the hood, especially the young, poor, unemployed and those engaged in illegal activities, we can see that being a Hood dude or babe isn’t easy. The street is strict and to be able to dwell there you should be loyal, smart and ambitious.

Some great celebrities started out in the streets and after the whole troubles and suffering they are now great individuals. Example of such celebrities is JayZ, Eminem, 2face, Olamide, P. Diddy, TI, Lil Kesh, Ruff Coin, Oritse Femi, Timaya, P-square, 9ice, August Alsina, etc. It was so bad that August Alsina had to give his testimony in his song he tagged ‘BENEDICTION’ in his TESTIMONY album where he sang,

started off in the streets/we would take collection from the fiends/people dying all around me/so I gave you my testimony/we were down from the beginning/when the world wasn’t listening/now that I got your attention/let us in with the benediction” then he later sang in the bridge, “but I made it, and it made me/I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me/cause I made it, it didn’t kill me/so it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me

Everyone believes he or she is a gangster until it gets into the gangster sh*t. Family isn’t about blood but about the people willing to bleed for you, you can only find those people on the street. The Street is Educative, don’t you think so?

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