American Street Mack: Based on a True Story

By Shwakeem De La Soussa

"The stone that was rejected by the builder becomes the corner stone."

"Think to act and act to think."

"A thriller yet a true story that you don't want to put down."

"This book will make you angry; will make you cry, and also give the readers hope."

The author, Shwakeem De La Soussa is a fighter; a thinker, a survivor, a book about struggle in America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481730907

Shwakeem De La Soussa

The author, Shwakeem De La Soussa is a fighter; a thinker, a survivor, a book about struggle in America.

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© 2013 Shwakeem De La Soussa. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 3/20/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-3092-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-3091-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-3090-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013905009

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1   Introduction

Chapter 2   Street Sense

Chapter 3   Hustle

Chapter 4   Hustle

Chapter 5   DC Hustle

Chapter 6   JP

Chapter 7   Doing Time

Chapter 8   The End

Testimony

Thoughts

I was lying down in my water bed, listening to Dexter Gordon Song Round Midnight. I heard not the jazz sound, but a loud noise coming from my front door. The door was busted wide open and (ten) undercover police with gun pointed in my face!

Suddenly I was handcuffed and the police officer was reading my rights! Was I dreaming or living the American Nightmare. I lost everything, that night, my freedom, material things etc. Yet I know I fall or standup to continue to fight the system. This is based on a true story on my life and journey, that you can relate about struggle in America. I don’t want to impress you or influence you; just the fact with nothing but the truth!

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Chapter 1

Introduction

I was born in the same country that sweet Daddy Grace was from. I landed in Plymouth Rock as an orphan, taking away from my mother, sister and brother. Because my mother was paralyzed and couldn’t support us financially. The social worker drove me and my young brother to Plymouth, MA to live with a foster parent in Plymouth, MA.

As I entered the new house, I observed new parents like a sponge. Within short-time, her smile turn into a devils smile! Within several months the new foster parent informed me this is my house and I rule. Yet her action and her words were not matching her action.

For me, this new foster parents