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Y'all know I got love for the South Side. I got love for everybody in this neighborhood. I got love for everybody in here. All my customers even the ones that don't know how to go home. … after a while, it just... It just became easier to just walk away. Walk away from all this pain. All the hurt. That ain't right either. If we don't do something for this neighborhood, who will? At the end of the day we can't expect people who don't know nothing about what's going on around here, to come in here and solve our problems. We gotta fix our problems ourself. === I've been robbed, been shot, been stabbed. Hell, been stoned, been groped, and almost lynched twice. ... The only reason I'm still here is because the first time, they didn't know how to tie the knot. So I just slipped right out. And second time, the tree was too short. === What can the people of Chicago take away from this? It's a reminder that the individual, or, in this case, individuals, can make a big difference.