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    Concrete

    By David Ivy

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    Kevin life began on the notorious streets of Chicago Illinois where he experienced at a young age the horrors of the world in one of it's purest form. After witnessing his childhood best friends lose his life in a drive-by shooting on the playground, Kevin's life and the way he viewed the world would never be the same even after moving away from the gang infested street of Chicago, Kevin and his brothers found themselves down South in a neighborhood known as Orange Mound in the midst of drugs, gangs, and murders. Quickly they learned up North or down South, when it rained, bloodstains appeared on the concrete.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPage Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateMay 21, 2019
    ISBN9781635689716
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