Living back in Jersey (Newark, Paterson)... I could sort of relate... been around that type of shit... not anymore though...
Yo this piece is pretty good... you tell it pretty well, and it's real, now if you'd of said yous a gangstah or somethin, then it would have been just talk...
Now based on your topic, your vocab is pretty good for it, no need for sick wordplay either... though your flow needs a bit of improvement...

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