"Some Talk It - I Live It" is the first of a two book memoir about Fred James Staves a.k.a. "Gangsta", who by the age of seven becomes fascinated by the street life and dress codes of all the older gang members in the city of Watts, from the way they walked to the way they talked. At the age of nine, Fred and his family moved out of to the City of Watts and into the City of Compton. Growing up Fred always felt more comfortable hanging with the older homies. He became good friends and eventually best friends with one in particular by the name of "Turtle". But by hanging with his older homies, Fred moves into a neighborhood that would soon bring disappointments, deceptions, cheating and pain. He had no idea what the street life would soon bring his way. At eleven Fred joins a the biggest and most notorious gang in Compton known as "MTC" (which is short for "Mid Town Crips) and since everyone of his fellow gang members had nick names , Fred is dubbed "Baby Gangster". Because of his age he only known as a "baby" crip, but he is still bound by the same codes of the streets as eveyone else. Soon after "Baby Gangster" joins the "MTC's", they connect with another local gang to create an even larger gang known as "Santana Blocc Crips" or "SBC" for short. Soon "Baby Gangsta" is introduced to the real cold gangbanging life. A world of drugs (from selling small bags to big quanities), stealing cars, robbery, lowriding and women.

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