"If a black kid was raised in China they are going to speak chinese" meaning you are what you're raised around. Gotta be strong to get out ...that was deep
@@doposud that's greed and laziness.. you can easily get a min. wage job at a young age to build reference, responsibility and experience. They just want the materialistic shit which makes them look like they are something they are not. they live in California which is a Liberal welfare state so if their parents refuse to find work or relocate the taxpayers gives them enough to survive.
I travled from Europe to Oakland to watch the warrios and stayed there for two days. I was schoked in what bade shape parts of USA really are. At night I went into a all black bar and ordered a beer. The entire place was staring at me like I was some kind of a cirkus show. The airbnb I stayed was surrounded by rotting houses. On the same street there was also a bridge with homeless people living underneath with tons and tons of trash all over the road and sidewalk. I couldnt belive it. Even the place I rented looked great on the photos but in pretty bad shape in reality. A great welcome to america moment. Really opened my eyes. Then I switch to SF and I see even more homeless/crazy people with ridiculous prices on everything. Thank god the game was good and I loved the golden gate bridhe. Other than that the place was pretty rough including SF.
I'm from LA and I've been in the town on the Bart from MacArthur to international and it's a real place like everywhere else in the world but oakland has some beautiful people to it's not all negative deep roots there
I am from Oakland man, & not everyone is bullshit, not everyone doesn't kick it on the street, some people have dreams of being a quantum physics theoretical scientist or engineer @ 20. Oakland is a very diverse city, with beautiful mixed people, this is not all of Oakland, I'm an Oakland native, & I am an African-American/colored example as well as these guys. I just happen to you the word Oakland & find this shit. The thing is I'm not outa the loop Ik about all this shit they talkin about, and that what the kids younger then me are looking at.
Yup ... Not all of Oakland is violent. It's not cool to stereo an entire city because of a few bad people or neighborhoods. Every city in America has good and bad neighborhoods.
Im from East Oakland, I've lived near vallejo for years now. Cant count how many family members and friends I've lost over the years either to violence or the system. Oakland aint as bad as it used to be though, Gentrification. It crazy how they can fix up the city for the rich white folks but never for us natives thats born/raised there, smh. They raise the rent trying to get all the natives out.
Tru1ne that’s cus money make a difference-white ppl and rich mfs got money that has been accumulated through generations while the natives have always been denied and pushed back to the point they have no money to save and now everything getting worse with gentrification-white ppl that ain’t from California are stealing the homes and jobs of the natives that have been here for decades
I live in pittsburg which is about 40 mins away from oakland. years ago I asked my parents why didn't they buy a house and raise us in oakland. they both said they same thing. "my mom said you and your brother would've been killed" I asked my father the same question and he said the likelihood of you and your brother living past 20 would have been slim. " I'm thank for. I'm totally sympathetic for all the mothers that can't stop crying. the fathers that wake up everyday with a hole in their heart. que. from pittsburg california..
I'm from Oakland and all tho the video tells stories its making Oakland look average when its really a lot worse. My cousin was killed in those streets so was a few of my friends, I had guns pulled to my head praise God I'm still here, the guy toward the end of the viseo is my friend son and he was killed smh sad. And although The sideshows fun its dangerous. It only takes one person to do something dumb and its a domino effect. I pray for the people to change its not so much the streets, its the people that's running the streets. Pleas God heal the minds of the People.
Born and raised in the deep east and I just wish that we can all come together as a people and as a community and show the world the beauty of Oakland. R.I.P. to all the people that we lost of yhe city of Oakland.
Angela Hayes The thing is that people are starting to realize how beautiful the city of Oakland is and now the gentrification is taking place starting in the lower bottoms.
TO MY YOUNG SONS, YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP, A LOT OF YOU ARE EVERY GIFTED, AND TALENTED ON A GOOD WAY!! UNITED Y'ALL CAN STAND, BUT DIVIDED YOU WILL DEFINITELY FALL..DON'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING THINKING YOU GONE GET A DIFFERENT RESULT..THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL INSANITY!! TRY A DIFFERENT WAY PLEASE.. I'M A 58 YEAR OLD MOTHER BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CA..LOVE Y'ALL, AND MY HEART 💔ACHES FOR MY YOUNG BLACK MEN, THAT HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP ON TRULY BEING PRODUCTIVE..C'MON Y'ALL, SEARCH, LOOK, PRAY AND FIND A BETTER WAY PLEASE 💛💙💜💚!! LOVE YOURSELVES FIRST, SO YOU CAN LOVE YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS..
crazy how everyone that was shot and killed had a positive message to the youth; to stay in school, do something you love, do everything to the fullest of your abilities. Just that they were already deeply rooted to the Street Life.
Ali G it’s Feb 2 2020 as I sit here today and reply to your question. We now know that it was a corrupt government run by a Globalist banking cartel that designed this horrific nightmare lifestyle for these gullible people. Nothing is free included government housing, food, health welfare programs. Even their free education was/is an indoctrination. The real path out of the hood is a job and there is where the control mechanism is.... JOBS... MAKE ALL OF AMERICA GREAT AGAIN....JOBS, JOBS , JOBS!
I grew up and hung out on these streets. It's crazy watching people in his video i know who are not here today. wow Special shout out to everybody still living in THE TOWN. Be safe and stay blessed 😍
This was an outstanding film. Coming from the streets of DC, it didn't seem as bad as Oakland. But the drama is nearly the same. For me, I decided to give Uncle Sam a try. And it has been the turning point in my life. I look back (over 15 years ago) and I say. What would life be like for me, I if I didn't do something different? The U.S Army help me grow as a person, despite the war issues people have with the Army. There has been countless positives life experiences with the Armed Forces.
Thank God you made it out God has plans for people or forcing people be playing with the devil ref plans to destroy their life. I pray people see this is a spiritual warfare in the way out is Jesus Christ the way to freedom is Jesus Christ The devil knows how to play people to get that fast money but usually ends up in a fast Eddie's someone's life Jesus Christ is the way to rest in peace because Jesus Christ as the Prince of Peace
@cityking9ne hell yeah bro... at one point they compared him to jay-z... I missed the music from 95-06 its really been a hit a miss lately or just avg music... then there is more trash then ever.
I lived in the Bay for 35 years and now I moved back to Nacogdoches Texas and my heart 💜❤️ is saddened to see how things went wrong because of politics, corruption, drugs,, etc etc. In 1975 East Oakland was a working class nice community,, this breaks my heart,,. My oldest son is 48 and he has not been able to escape that Oakland Mentality, he is here in Texas now but I wish I had left sooner
This corrupt culture needs to turn from their rescind their corruption or anger or violence Jesus Christ die is one thing dying without Jesus Christ is how forever there's no gangsters in hell is only weeping and gnashing of teeth crying like little boys forever. With no remedy today is the day of salvation today is the day one could experience love from above before it's too late
I'm from SF, me and my family were about to move out there in East or West Oakland because our landlord evicted us. Thankfully, we were able to remain in SF for the time being. The neighborhood we're in, is less safe than the one we were living in before, but even though this neighborhood is unsafe, I and a lot of people would prefer almost anything over East or West Oakland.
Sad, I grew up in the projects of Chicago. I decided to enter college, because I wanted to give my son a better life. Graduated in 87 from nursing school, thank God I got out! Why don't they go to school, and get a skill?
im from sac but i got the up most respect for the town. yall didnt let La influence yall with that corny lame ass blood and crip like sac did because sac dont have its own identity shit yall always did yall on thang much love.
Its cultural, MTV has fed these kids that gangsters are cool. Nothing cool about death and mutilation, and that's what is happening to these kids. These kids need moral support and ways to grow up without all this destruction.
I was Just on 94th & McArthur for my BIRTHDAY & I stood out like a sore-thumb seeing 3-4 REAL situations happening right before my very eyes👀👁👁.. I got my ass from outta East Oakland quick"!!!! Dear JESUS, East Oakland needs your help IMMEDIATELY"!!!! #BANG
Yeah the camera crew trippin riding around with some hot boyz. If they light the car up everyone done. They was lighting shit up with choppers back in the days, night time and broad daylight.
Praying for my town its gotten worse since after my elementary days and that was 08. I still got hope, wish the gov didnt mess with the black panthers uniting the people. Long live the Oakland legends.
*what i learned from this video* 1. Jobs shut down 2. Without jobs people go crazy 3. Who supplies those jobs the government 4. it seems like its the governments fault that there is no oppertunities 5. But its also the peoples fault for putting a value on paper 6. who forced the people to put a value on paper? the government 7. So ultimately its the governments fault 8. Conclusion, government don't give a shit about you boy, so instead of killing one another to war with the government
+Ozonencb government do not supply jobs. America is owned by private corporations. Look across rural America. Same thing. An industry comes in, creates jobs; then leaves and ships them overseas. Town is ruined. Crime, poverty and lack of morality goes with it.
Stunami yes yes that's old news even governments are slaves, but at the end of the day, there's only one persons who put value on worthless paper and that is the people.
I’m born raised West Side of Chicago. Stayed in East and west Oakland fir 2 weeks total . I lived in Vegas for 6 years was always in LA and OC . Was in west LA . East LA north Hollywood watts Compton . It was bad but not Chicago bad . Nothing to brag about but Chicago is a different beasts. But Oakland is just like Chicago. It’s fucking crazy in Oakland
I grew up in Oakland 90 to 94 and I lived in a 3rd world country and I live in Stockton now I will tell u Oakland is the most violent city I’ve lived in America but no city in America will compare to the violence that goes on in those 3rd world country it’s real crazy out there especially when there is no csi
15:44 Tweet from 82nd burnout boyz. I remember we had a fist fight bout 1998. U had a pistol but decided to fight me like a man. I got the best of u and i just knew u was gunna smoke me after, but u didnt. Thank u for sparing my life. I remember dayz after we talked, we shook hands and became kool and smoked a blunt. People this situation was all over me and him fucking the same female. This is how it should be. Fight get it off yo chest once its over everyone goes home alive. Stop shooting muthafukaz over random petty shit. kk murda dubbz 2700 beast Oakland
That's whats up, dog.. Real men handle shit with their hands, not their pieces. I got homies in the west that are killing each other over the same few blocks, sellin their dope and i tell em that they'd like each other if theyd just chill.. With this gentrification bullshit, theres no shortage of dope money. Idk. Im from the 209 and ive been everywhere. Oakland is something special.
Ni Patterson you’re absolutely correct. That’s how it should be. Too many people hide behind guns. It’s easy to pull a trigger, sometimes not as easy to throw down. Takes more heart. Imo. Sometimes guns are necessary but many many times they’re not. God bless you.
Danny Thompson Oakland IS something special. I used to live there. And I was born there. So it holds a place in my heart for sure. Btw I just moved to the 209! What a trip! It’s a little different out here. Different can be good! The only bad thing is how HOT it gets out here! And right now summer is just starting and it’s already hot as fuck!!!!! I hate that part about Modesto!!! Thank God for pools and air conditioning!!! God bless you! Btw where in the 209 are you from?
The problem is alotta these thugs in oakland werent raised with alotta love and compassion so now that they older that dont have any compassion or regard for human life so the bi product of that is more fighting more shootings and more killings its decadence at its finest.....the city is rotting from the inside out
we're doomed. this footage make me want to cry, no wonder the Raiders are leaving town, if we're not careful the A's will follow ... is this the end of Oakland?
@morenazo952 I can attest to that. I was one of those more privileged white people from the east bay who spent too many years lost in east oakland doing drugs. I'm sad I ruined that association for myself because I really do love east Oakland but have a hard time going back without feeling some type of way about it. That being said, drug abuse is rampant among all the other races in Oakland, which is just an unfortunate manifestation of the lack of resources and opportunity out there and the lifestyle in general that lots of folks get involved in initially just to survive and then pay the ultimate price.
I lived near 105th and Edes for one year in 2008-9 and two shootings happened that year, once while i was taking a piss in the bathroom heard the rattle of shots. East oakland is no joke, and ive been to alot of hoods coast to coast. Ive never seen shit like ive seen in oakland, guns are so damn common yet the law abiding citizens cannot even concealed carry to protect themselves. Those narrow streets are dangerous because they can be blocked easily and you can get stuck in a dead end and it can get ugly. My neighbors front door was kicked in and some crackheads held the poor family at knifepoint and stole a bunch of stuff. I slept with an AR15 by my bed and kept the pocket rocket on me. I was also an alcoholic at this time drinking every single night to ease the nerves, i would ALWAYS have a gun nearby because i was paranoid the front door would get kicked in at any moment. I moved to a quiet mountain town near Chico in 2010 and i miss the bay area alot. But everytime i visit im reminded of why i left, my GF was recently robbed for her purse on 23rd and san pablo in broad daylight, my friend who moved to 29th in west oakland got into a shootout the first month he moved there defending himself from attempted robbers. I know people who have been carjacked in both oakland and SF....I lost 3 friends who were killed in san francisco gang violence and know of dozens of others killed and im not even from the hood or in the streets im a square who works a 9-5....Part of me wants to move back to the bay, but then im reminded of this documentary and all the homies ive lost from east bay to san francisco and i appreciate just living in the mountains away from all of this nonsense. The fear of having to watch your back pumping gas or getting a drink is a huge paranoia that i feel when back in oakland. When visiting my friends house in west oakland i became so paranoid that i had to have him walk me to the car with the hammer because i had a backpack on me i was sure someone would try to snatch. California needs to wake up and make concealed carry legal so that law abiding citizens can protect themselves. I would rather break the law and carry concealed when i visit oakland, its a place i honestly try to avoid but i have alot of friends who live there since gentrification pushed everyone out of SF. CA needs LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY for people like me who are not in gangs or street activities but are potential victims of robbery.
In the 1920s Mexicans was Already Gang Banging Throwing Gang Signs Meanwhile in the 1920s Black people was Marching for Civil Rightz , Tap Dancing , And singing the Blues😂😂😂
Very well put together documentary. I admire your work Mr. Grijalva. The entire composition was effective. I know a little bit about Oakland, as I am from Reno and I used to make trips to East O. back in the day. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Good job!
Oakland was a different city for me to grow up in than it is now. But around this 80's is when I noticed a change. Lots of people I knew around my age started using crack. It turned into an epidemic.Too many of these young adults today are the kids of past crack addicts. It's very sad the way things are.
If I made as much money as "Pretty Black" I would get my ass up out of that cesspool. I would move into a condo somewhere and invest that money like Jay Z did. It's insane to own and park a Hummer and a Lamborghini on the street, IN THAT CESSPOOL and not expect a hater to do something to your property, or you.
Bobby "BLUENOSE"was my homeboy....good dude, everything his mother and sister said was so true , very gentle soul, we actually met in college!....don't let these documentaries fool you, everybody ain't a "street dude"..... I've been in Oakland my whole life, over forty years, now.....I didn't know Pretty Black, personally, but I lived and had to raise my son right where he was filmed in both his segments, we had to pass that gas station every day from preschool to elementary school, my son was born over there ....Hennesy was known all over the town, he had three or four purple cars and a van....we used to see his van or car parked and run up and spin them wheels.....
It's crazy because im 39 and still losing childhood friends to the streets because they refuse to get away from the hood I lost more than 30 friends it's crazy grown men thinking like kids I struggled but I refused to stay there I saved up with my girlfriend and bounced with 2500 dollars and we struggled at first but didn't give up and now im living good home, car, jeep and motorcycle brand new shit nothing used just being focused and doing right made it better
Lived in East Oaktown off MacArthur in the late 70's and lot's of this is just everyday living. Worked with a guy @Safeway Eastmont mall who showed me his scars from shooting heroin and told me about how he and his best friend tried to shoot each other over a bad dope deal Notice the sign saying Eastmont Wellness Center in the background,that used to be a JC Penny's before the local ghetto culture closed them down. A friend of mine was shot in the elbow after buying orange juice @the corner of 82nd and MacArthur(Jim's Liquor and Deli) in the 80's.Robbery gone bad. Keeping it "real".
Town that , because between the Town , Crest and City the Bay put me through College when I'm from Detroit , and a lot of my kinfolks ain't even had no chance like that they giving me , so forever thankful -RIP To The Jack
Sad, The Town went crazy in 85 crack era, got worse in 96, and as of today it's 2021 it's horrible. Gentrification, Homelessness, and homicides. I pray for my city. I almost lost my little brother in them streets. Smh I love the Town but I'm glad I got out.
All my family from Oakland the 30s a 100s we moved out to Stockton at 10. It’s always crazy feeling watching someone in a video to them passing away like they was just here. Crazy
Crazy seeing the my old neighborhood on a doc about violence. This shit is for real- no exaggerations. Most violent place I've ever been, i had to get out, but that's still my home. Wish these docs talked about how it is for women of color in Oakland too, though. We deal with at that mess but while being smaller, (usually) weaker, possibly pregnant or raising kids, and much more likely to be raped.
+Sarahbella Deerwoman Trujillo thx for your comment. What 's to be at chool looks like? ( we saw a lots of people who stop the school or are missing the schools days, what do you think about it)
this really a stark contrast to a lot of these hood DVDs just exploiting people that are going through hell for views - this shit really dug into why the hood is the way it is, the pain people really go thru every day, and how deep-rooted these problems are
i came back to Oakland in june 2011 and my fam talked me into staying for good i got shot at twice in the first week of being back in that city after being gone for ten years, i was on the next plane out of their and back to kansas this vid is 100% truth, i have lots of fam in east and west Oakland, San Leandro, richmond the whole damn bay area was at war back then, idk if its still like that now in 2014, i bet it is
I'm from the bay born n raised still here, most of it aint like this just oakland, san Leandro, richmond, a bit of hayward n martinez. the rest is cool
Lion of Yahawadah meh, Oakland is getting worse, take a look at crime rate and statistics. And check this out, i'm going to Laney College in Oakland in 1 year...if guns were allowed on campus i'd get me a nine.
sf native here. just across the Bridge. one love to all the Bay Area natives. Politicians need to step up and regulate the elitism that's feeding the poverty of our streets. Make a brighter light to strive for. I've lost friends to glorifying street life. It takes real strength to do the right thing. stay up my friends. keep the peace and spread the love. the music brings us together. not the violence
Watching this video hurt me I grew up in Oakland and lost a lot of friends it was no joke I didn't even realize it when I was running around the Streets back in the early 2000 i just thought that's how it was
@@jumpman1234Oakland was definitely tough I have family in Oakland still till this day but growing up as a 15 in 2007 the same age as the kid in the wheel chair and we used to visit my cousins back then in the mid 2000s I remember going to some of them sideshows times were crazier people were able to get away with a lot my cousin would always tell his boys were getting shot killed way to often for how young we were to experince something like that it’s crazy . My cousin been through a lot now he suffers from ptsd I served in Afghanistan I know ptsd when I see it I served with some hard ass dudes who would freeze up under mortar attacks or gun fire that fear alone makes you man and just to know these young men when through just as much trauma as a solider in Iraq in 2004-2005
2021, just stumbled across this video and I’m gutted by sadness especially for the mother who lost her 2 sons, and their sister who lost 2 brothers, I’ve lost 3 to cancer and my youngest too. It’s a heartbreak that’s hard to describe, but as a mother I don’t think I would want to go on losing a child, actually I wouldn’t want to go on. My heart goes out to them. I’m sorry for you loss. Watching from Ohio. 😢💕💕
If you ever take advice from someone, take it from the most successful entertainers out there which is, you can't stay and live in the area you're from if you become successful. Get out of there. People will despise you and try to take you out. This video is all the proof you need.
@Guitargreat this coming from a most likely white guy living in the suburbs never having to be raised around poverty and violence🤦🏽♂️ always easy for you to say something like this unless you've lived in their shoes
I can't speak on Oakland per se but I've lived in LA & NYC so I witnessed a lot of the same violence but what is missing or rarely if ever discussed is how the Reagan era policies helped destroy many of these neighborhoods. Granted these areas were already impoverished but we still had a sense of community, local jobs & factories, rec. centers as well as other youth orientated programs but once these jobs were exported & the programs eliminated a void was created which was quickly filled w/ drugs and violence.
After over 35 years of being raised in the bay area, I can finally say I made it out ,and up a level in life. I would've never had a house of my own if I stayed in the bay!! Now they are raising the cost of living so high to force everybody to leave!! Unless you are a millionaire, you got no chance of owning a house or property which means that you're gonna be struggling to survive til your last breath! And that's no way to live, least not for me. Everyone tries to say they're from the Bay everywhere I go, and I just fuckn' laugh!! I can always spot a fake!!
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"If a black kid was raised in China they are going to speak chinese" meaning you are what you're raised around. Gotta be strong to get out ...that was deep
YEWEEE
Tnice2nice very well put for real
Tnice2nice 💯💯💯💯💯
how was that deep thats something a 14 year old can come up with
right lmao. basically you are heavily influenced by your envivrironment
Dude in red gave some great advice. Stay cool to your kids before the streets are cool to them. Real talk
Real Talk💯💯💯
How about “ Don’t have kids if you live in the slums”. REAL REAL TALK
Yes he made a lot of sense. Ole boy in red.
if parents ain't got the money but streets do have ... it is hard choice
@@doposud that's greed and laziness.. you can easily get a min. wage job at a young age to build reference, responsibility and experience. They just want the materialistic shit which makes them look like they are something they are not. they live in California which is a Liberal welfare state so if their parents refuse to find work or relocate the taxpayers gives them enough to survive.
As a Oakland native... The home studio was our sanctuary. So many of us was trying to get into the music game in the 90's.
whoever brags about the murder rate in the city they live in is a fool...
None if them are bragging about it man.
Joseph rivas i know.. I'm talking about some of the comments
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And not only that, but is a dead man walking too.
proni1 only kids do that
I travled from Europe to Oakland to watch the warrios and stayed there for two days. I was schoked in what bade shape parts of USA really are. At night I went into a all black bar and ordered a beer. The entire place was staring at me like I was some kind of a cirkus show. The airbnb I stayed was surrounded by rotting houses. On the same street there was also a bridge with homeless people living underneath with tons and tons of trash all over the road and sidewalk. I couldnt belive it. Even the place I rented looked great on the photos but in pretty bad shape in reality. A great welcome to america moment. Really opened my eyes. Then I switch to SF and I see even more homeless/crazy people with ridiculous prices on everything. Thank god the game was good and I loved the golden gate bridhe. Other than that the place was pretty rough including SF.
Glad you were able to see the reality of things
99% of Americans have no clue whats going on in the neighborhood beside them.. Ignorant nation.
Thank you for posting the reality of the Bay Area
I’m from here an this was a perfect example 😭
You got pretty lucky you made it home safe
Derrick the 16 yo in the wheel chair... That got to me yo. You could see and hear the sadness.
You should see him now, the streets dont care bout nobody
Yeah lil youngster all fucked up now. Streets done swallowed him up. I think last time i seen him, he lost 1 of his legs
Yea I seen bruh bruh at the sto like 3 months ago he look older now
He all messed up now saw him some months back he’s ruined
Life destroyed because of few hundred bucks shootout
I'm from LA and I've been in the town on the Bart from MacArthur to international and it's a real place like everywhere else in the world but oakland has some beautiful people to it's not all negative deep roots there
I'm from NC & love the Town & Bay in general. My closet friend is from E.O Yee!!!!
thats my old neighborhood. fucking love that shit. so many good memories and yeah as you said, some of the most beautiful people.
Well its not good ether. And I guess as long as people think it was great growing up there then cool. But I see that and I feel blessed how I grew up
@@matthew-oe2ur pussy.
Straight up from e14 to foothill 7300 n Bancroft all day at the mall
I am from Oakland man, & not everyone is bullshit, not everyone doesn't kick it on the street, some people have dreams of being a quantum physics theoretical scientist or engineer @ 20.
Oakland is a very diverse city, with beautiful mixed people, this is not all of Oakland, I'm an Oakland native, & I am an African-American/colored example as well as these guys. I just happen to you the word Oakland & find this shit. The thing is I'm not outa the loop Ik about all this shit they talkin about, and that what the kids younger then me are looking at.
Yup ... Not all of Oakland is violent. It's not cool to stereo an entire city because of a few bad people or neighborhoods. Every city in America has good and bad neighborhoods.
i born and raised in east oakland,its the most dangeruos city
Big facts. Im from the town and know the game up and down but not out acting a fool and gor dreams of moving to a better neighborhood in The Bay
That's expected .
@The Swedish American clean it up with what .
THEY ARE TOO DAMN OLD TO STILL BE IN THE STREETS REALLY
Im from East Oakland, I've lived near vallejo for years now. Cant count how many family members and friends I've lost over the years either to violence or the system. Oakland aint as bad as it used to be though, Gentrification.
It crazy how they can fix up the city for the rich white folks but never for us natives thats born/raised there, smh. They raise the rent trying to get all the natives out.
Tru1ne that’s cus money make a difference-white ppl and rich mfs got money that has been accumulated through generations while the natives have always been denied and pushed back to the point they have no money to save and now everything getting worse with gentrification-white ppl that ain’t from California are stealing the homes and jobs of the natives that have been here for decades
Real talk!
Stop killing each other and we just myt
Keep killing each other and we'll never need to!
Tru1ne Natives need to be out, don’t pay their way!👎
r.i.p all the brothers that were in this video that passed away, they all seemed like cool dudes smh
Sum b the gay area?
@@sinbad9778 gay area? Bitch ass nigga you'll be shitting yourself out here.
Adrian Ruiz did everybody die in this video
That's what I thought too🖤💛
Fuck em
9:06 seeing the pain and tears in his eyes and in his voice broke my heart. God bless this man.
I live in pittsburg which is about 40 mins away from oakland. years ago I asked my parents why didn't they buy a house and raise us in oakland. they both said they same thing. "my mom said you and your brother would've been killed" I asked my father the same question and he said the likelihood of you and your brother living past 20 would have been slim. " I'm thank for. I'm totally sympathetic for all the mothers that can't stop crying. the fathers that wake up everyday with a hole in their heart.
que. from pittsburg california..
Quentin Dailey what about the pablo housing projects I heard it was hood out there?
thats funny im from frisco and i asked my folks and they said the same thing lol
I'm from Oakland and I got hit up in the Brownies in Pittsburg right outside the AM/PM. Crazy.
It's Mainey every were I'm From Pittsburg Ca
@@zigzag1able El Pueblo Housing the Hood the lo from there
Dude Bobby was a real one Rest in peace my condolences to all the family that lost one
Rip Hennessy & pretty black ..An all the luv ones who lost they life in the streets..Bless
Jaystar The hussla pretty black a legend
Hennessey passed?
and bobby too
I'm from Oakland and all tho the video tells stories its making Oakland look average when its really a lot worse. My cousin was killed in those streets so was a few of my friends, I had guns pulled to my head praise God I'm still here, the guy toward the end of the viseo is my friend son and he was killed smh sad. And although The sideshows fun its dangerous. It only takes one person to do something dumb and its a domino effect. I pray for the people to change its not so much the streets, its the people that's running the streets. Pleas God heal the minds of the People.
nyya miller what guy was killed that was ur sons friend the guy in the red shirt and red ball cap? so sadd!
nyya miller what guy was killed that was ur sons friend the guy in the red shirt and red ball cap? so sadd!
comp z no not him
+nyya miller then who is it?
***** thank you. God Bless
Man, I felt really bad watching that lady speak about loosing her 2 sons. May they Rest In Peace.
They sold drugs and had rivals.
Born and raised in the deep east and I just wish that we can all come together as a people and as a community and show the world the beauty of Oakland. R.I.P. to all the people that we lost of yhe city of Oakland.
Angela Hayes The thing is that people are starting to realize how beautiful the city of Oakland is and now the gentrification is taking place starting in the lower bottoms.
I'm from across the bay in SF and it's bad over here too I got RIP names all over my body.....
RIP all the fallen soldier Bay ❤
TO MY YOUNG SONS, YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP, A LOT OF YOU ARE EVERY GIFTED, AND TALENTED ON A GOOD WAY!! UNITED Y'ALL CAN STAND, BUT DIVIDED YOU WILL DEFINITELY FALL..DON'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING THINKING YOU GONE GET A DIFFERENT RESULT..THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL INSANITY!! TRY A DIFFERENT WAY PLEASE.. I'M A 58 YEAR OLD MOTHER BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CA..LOVE Y'ALL, AND MY HEART 💔ACHES FOR MY YOUNG BLACK MEN, THAT HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP ON TRULY BEING PRODUCTIVE..C'MON Y'ALL, SEARCH, LOOK, PRAY AND FIND A BETTER WAY PLEASE 💛💙💜💚!! LOVE YOURSELVES FIRST, SO YOU CAN LOVE YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS..
SweetAzzPie W sad that bunch people are dying for nothing i hope one day all this will stop its up to them to change the routine to stop the cycle
Pete El Gada
Exactly!!
It was cool to see Keak and F.A.B. 2 of the most underrated MC's in the game.
When that 16 year old in the wheelchair spoke, my heart broke!!!! The “streets” are Fucked up!!!
I seen so much pain in his face it made me tear up I think I remember him when I was younger when he was walking
Rip Hennessy and Pretty Black. It sucks they died, I really wanted Hennessy to become big on the main stage...
rip to both
how?
@Charles Pickett Fuck u
@Steve Ray Killabru Yea I knew he would eventually. Can't floss like that around starving immoral people! No matter what race.
@ipolitely They must was local rappers out there
crazy how everyone that was shot and killed had a positive message to the youth;
to stay in school, do something you love, do everything to the fullest of your abilities.
Just that they were already deeply rooted to the Street Life.
When you kick God out of your life and out of society then the devil will occupy that space
Aww that’s sad that Hennessy died. He had such charisma and just full of life. He seemed like a good man. So sad. God bless his soul.
Live the life that’s how you going out it’s not sad at all
@@1991Gururight? Swim with the sharks…
The dude in red shirt and cap is obviously intelligent.
Most of are but they are
Born is hell
Agreed.
true. and i hope he alive because he got somehting that others don't. he the type they be jealous off.
@@banderas2000 he got killed in 2015
@@listoparaguerra3057 In da town?
Who's watching in 2019...?? #RipTheJacka
Ali G RIP King Jack MIP Pretty Black
That's right 👊Classic Doc though 🔥
Ali G it’s Feb 2 2020 as I sit here today and reply to your question. We now know that it was a corrupt government run by a Globalist banking cartel that designed this horrific nightmare lifestyle for these gullible people. Nothing is free included government housing, food, health welfare programs. Even their free education was/is an indoctrination. The real path out of the hood is a job and there is where the control mechanism is.... JOBS... MAKE ALL OF AMERICA GREAT AGAIN....JOBS, JOBS , JOBS!
Trash....you feel me?
I grew up and hung out on these streets. It's crazy watching people in his video i know who are not here today. wow Special shout out to everybody still living in THE TOWN. Be safe and stay blessed 😍
Facts
that was tough to watch. more people need to see it.
Main Drain Studios YET YOU ARE HERE
Aside from the violence, I miss how it was
Me too brah
This was an outstanding film. Coming from the streets of DC, it didn't seem as bad as Oakland. But the drama is nearly the same. For me, I decided to give Uncle Sam a try. And it has been the turning point in my life. I look back (over 15 years ago) and I say. What would life be like for me, I if I didn't do something different? The U.S Army help me grow as a person, despite the war issues people have with the Army. There has been countless positives life experiences with the Armed Forces.
Thank God you made it out God has plans for people or forcing people be playing with the devil ref plans to destroy their life.
I pray people see this is a spiritual warfare in the way out is Jesus Christ the way to freedom is Jesus Christ
The devil knows how to play people to get that fast money but usually ends up in a fast Eddie's someone's life
Jesus Christ is the way to rest in peace because Jesus Christ as the Prince of Peace
R.I.P. all these young brothers. Feel sum way. Pretty Blk. And Hennessy. I liked them 2.. Sad
num sayin, ya feel me, etc.
Dam
Crazy to see Keak da Sneak walking around in this doc and now he in a wheelchair
@cityking9ne he got shot in Richmond at a gas station
@cityking9ne hell yeah bro... at one point they compared him to jay-z... I missed the music from 95-06 its really been a hit a miss lately or just avg music... then there is more trash then ever.
He not paralyed
@@grimeystimey7368 you right... only remedy and Kafani is...
@cityking9ne wow
So very eloquently filmed...I lived in Oakland for 20 years and I feel a connection to these young folks
I lived in the Bay for 35 years and now I moved back to Nacogdoches Texas and my heart 💜❤️ is saddened to see how things went wrong because of politics, corruption, drugs,, etc etc. In 1975 East Oakland was a working class nice community,, this breaks my heart,,. My oldest son is 48 and he has not been able to escape that Oakland Mentality, he is here in Texas now but I wish I had left sooner
"I have no brothers left to be killed, I only have cousins..."
The woman man...
Something went through me..I pray they overcome this bs🙏
We need less wanna -be rappers and more Lawyers and Judges .
We need revolution and be on that Black Panther shit again. Gotta stop killing our own people 🤦🏽♂️
@@G23-k5r NO. JUST SUCCEED.
Instead of talking about it on RUclips go help them then
This corrupt culture needs to turn from their rescind their corruption or anger or violence Jesus Christ die is one thing dying without Jesus Christ is how forever there's no gangsters in hell is only weeping and gnashing of teeth crying like little boys forever. With no remedy today is the day of salvation today is the day one could experience love from above before it's too late
Need positive father figures in the household
I'm from SF, me and my family were about to move out there in East or West Oakland because our landlord evicted us. Thankfully, we were able to remain in SF for the time being. The neighborhood we're in, is less safe than the one we were living in before, but even though this neighborhood is unsafe, I and a lot of people would prefer almost anything over East or West Oakland.
Rip Pretty Black
regime mob
Mob In Peace Jacka
Rip Mac Dre
shout out to lil blooood
linden & E24 st West Oakland
Rip PB, sad.
Rip Willie Bo
Jay scraping up the block up all night
Jay I miss Blacc!!! An Jacc!!! Smh...
Sad, I grew up in the projects of Chicago. I decided to enter college, because I wanted to give my son a better life. Graduated in 87 from nursing school, thank God I got out! Why don't they go to school, and get a skill?
im from sac but i got the up most respect for the town. yall didnt let La influence yall with that corny lame ass blood and crip like sac did because sac dont have its own identity shit yall always did yall on thang much love.
Niko Black the bay and sac are cousin 510 916
Its cultural, MTV has fed these kids that gangsters are cool. Nothing cool about death and mutilation, and that's what is happening to these kids. These kids need moral support and ways to grow up without all this destruction.
This is golden footage, thank you for the clip i put on my pretty black documentary!!!
I give my respects to the boy in the wheelchair
Baby Joe I use to shoot dice with him when he could walk
Haaaa u mean shampoo haa
@@samuelhill5022 I use to smoke with brah way back when Cuz was walking!!
I'm watching that part rite now..
I used to walk with bruh bacj in the day when he could walk ..
I was Just on 94th & McArthur for my BIRTHDAY & I stood out like a sore-thumb seeing 3-4 REAL situations happening right before my very eyes👀👁👁.. I got my ass from outta East Oakland quick"!!!! Dear JESUS, East Oakland needs your help IMMEDIATELY"!!!! #BANG
Help with public retrieve reply+1(804)467-4560
God was watching over the production crew 💯
White folks always good In the "hood". It's only black folk that ain't safe around black folk
so all the dudes that died god turned a blind eye? the kids thats hungry daily? the list goes on but yea god tho...
Yeah the camera crew trippin riding around with some hot boyz. If they light the car up everyone done. They was lighting shit up with choppers back in the days, night time and broad daylight.
This’s what happens when you accept and make ignorance the core of your morals and what you stand for. I’m from Oakland so I know how this shit goes..
I'm from Oakland, my mom moved when we was young. I went to visit my dad a year ago.. Really run down, but it's home. #EastOakland
Brandi W Im from east Oakland.
😍
When we were young is how you say it.
Praying for my town its gotten worse since after my elementary days and that was 08. I still got hope, wish the gov didnt mess with the black panthers uniting the people. Long live the Oakland legends.
*what i learned from this video*
1. Jobs shut down
2. Without jobs people go crazy
3. Who supplies those jobs the government
4. it seems like its the governments fault that there is no oppertunities
5. But its also the peoples fault for putting a value on paper
6. who forced the people to put a value on paper? the government
7. So ultimately its the governments fault
8. Conclusion, government don't give a shit about you boy, so instead of killing one another to war with the government
Then people kill people..
+Ozonencb Government doesn't supply any jobs.
+Ozonencb government do not supply jobs. America is owned by private corporations. Look across rural America. Same thing. An industry comes in, creates jobs; then leaves and ships them overseas. Town is ruined. Crime, poverty and lack of morality goes with it.
Stunami
yes yes that's old news even governments are slaves, but at the end of the day, there's only one persons who put value on worthless paper and that is the people.
@queen bee Too bad your not smart enough to understand economics. SMGDH
Oakland is a hard, dark place. Makes me sad.
Imagine growing up in it it wasn’t easy
Columbus Mississippi SALUTE.
I had a cousin of mine Rodney Jennings , lost his life on them Oakland streets...REALSPILL R.I.H Rodney.
man this documentary was heart breaking...just sad
I’m born raised West Side of Chicago. Stayed in East and west Oakland fir 2 weeks total . I lived in Vegas for 6 years was always in LA and OC . Was in west LA . East LA north Hollywood watts Compton . It was bad but not Chicago bad . Nothing to brag about but Chicago is a different beasts. But Oakland is just like Chicago. It’s fucking crazy in Oakland
I grew up in Oakland 90 to 94 and I lived in a 3rd world country and I live in Stockton now I will tell u Oakland is the most violent city I’ve lived in America but no city in America will compare to the violence that goes on in those 3rd world country it’s real crazy out there especially when there is no csi
Oakland aint nuttin to play with.
15:44 Tweet from 82nd burnout boyz. I remember we had a fist fight bout 1998. U had a pistol but decided to fight me like a man. I got the best of u and i just knew u was gunna smoke me after, but u didnt. Thank u for sparing my life. I remember dayz after we talked, we shook hands and became kool and smoked a blunt. People this situation was all over me and him fucking the same female. This is how it should be. Fight get it off yo chest once its over everyone goes home alive. Stop shooting muthafukaz over random petty shit. kk murda dubbz 2700 beast Oakland
That's whats up, dog.. Real men handle shit with their hands, not their pieces. I got homies in the west that are killing each other over the same few blocks, sellin their dope and i tell em that they'd like each other if theyd just chill.. With this gentrification bullshit, theres no shortage of dope money. Idk. Im from the 209 and ive been everywhere. Oakland is something special.
Duck Tales
Ni Patterson you’re absolutely correct. That’s how it should be. Too many people hide behind guns. It’s easy to pull a trigger, sometimes not as easy to throw down. Takes more heart. Imo. Sometimes guns are necessary but many many times they’re not. God bless you.
Ni Patterson btw your comment/story was beautiful to me. 💞 You’re a good man.
Danny Thompson Oakland IS something special. I used to live there. And I was born there. So it holds a place in my heart for sure. Btw I just moved to the 209! What a trip! It’s a little different out here. Different can be good! The only bad thing is how HOT it gets out here! And right now summer is just starting and it’s already hot as fuck!!!!! I hate that part about Modesto!!! Thank God for pools and air conditioning!!! God bless you! Btw where in the 209 are you from?
The problem is alotta these thugs in oakland werent raised with alotta love and compassion so now that they older that dont have any compassion or regard for human life so the bi product of that is more fighting more shootings and more killings its decadence at its finest.....the city is rotting from the inside out
we're doomed. this footage make me want to cry, no wonder the Raiders are leaving town, if we're not careful the A's will follow ... is this the end of Oakland?
Most of these post are made from someone on the outside looking in.
Watching in 2019. So sad all of the senseless deaths also interesting seeing how much phrases have change.
@morenazo952 aint that something so the crackheads and drug users are mostly white people
@morenazo952 I can attest to that. I was one of those more privileged white people from the east bay who spent too many years lost in east oakland doing drugs. I'm sad I ruined that association for myself because I really do love east Oakland but have a hard time going back without feeling some type of way about it. That being said, drug abuse is rampant among all the other races in Oakland, which is just an unfortunate manifestation of the lack of resources and opportunity out there and the lifestyle in general that lots of folks get involved in initially just to survive and then pay the ultimate price.
I lived near 105th and Edes for one year in 2008-9 and two shootings happened that year, once while i was taking a piss in the bathroom heard the rattle of shots. East oakland is no joke, and ive been to alot of hoods coast to coast. Ive never seen shit like ive seen in oakland, guns are so damn common yet the law abiding citizens cannot even concealed carry to protect themselves. Those narrow streets are dangerous because they can be blocked easily and you can get stuck in a dead end and it can get ugly. My neighbors front door was kicked in and some crackheads held the poor family at knifepoint and stole a bunch of stuff. I slept with an AR15 by my bed and kept the pocket rocket on me. I was also an alcoholic at this time drinking every single night to ease the nerves, i would ALWAYS have a gun nearby because i was paranoid the front door would get kicked in at any moment.
I moved to a quiet mountain town near Chico in 2010 and i miss the bay area alot. But everytime i visit im reminded of why i left, my GF was recently robbed for her purse on 23rd and san pablo in broad daylight, my friend who moved to 29th in west oakland got into a shootout the first month he moved there defending himself from attempted robbers. I know people who have been carjacked in both oakland and SF....I lost 3 friends who were killed in san francisco gang violence and know of dozens of others killed and im not even from the hood or in the streets im a square who works a 9-5....Part of me wants to move back to the bay, but then im reminded of this documentary and all the homies ive lost from east bay to san francisco and i appreciate just living in the mountains away from all of this nonsense.
The fear of having to watch your back pumping gas or getting a drink is a huge paranoia that i feel when back in oakland. When visiting my friends house in west oakland i became so paranoid that i had to have him walk me to the car with the hammer because i had a backpack on me i was sure someone would try to snatch. California needs to wake up and make concealed carry legal so that law abiding citizens can protect themselves. I would rather break the law and carry concealed when i visit oakland, its a place i honestly try to avoid but i have alot of friends who live there since gentrification pushed everyone out of SF. CA needs LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY for people like me who are not in gangs or street activities but are potential victims of robbery.
Yes they do.
Trusting Jesus
I hate that the young man got shot while walking home from school… sad
This is so sad and heartbreaking how our young black men are being killed
BY ONE ANOTHER
In the 1920s Mexicans was Already Gang Banging Throwing Gang Signs Meanwhile in the 1920s Black people was Marching for Civil Rightz , Tap Dancing , And singing the Blues😂😂😂
Mexicans Created Gang Banging not Black people Black people Only created Rap Music😂😂🤦🏾♂️
Mexicans die everyday too b
Mexicans Been killing Eachother and Gang Banging 50+ Years befo the First Black Gang even started Str8 facts✅
Very well put together documentary. I admire your work Mr. Grijalva. The entire composition was effective. I know a little bit about Oakland, as I am from Reno and I used to make trips to East O. back in the day. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Good job!
Oakland was a different city for me to grow up in than it is now. But around this 80's is when I noticed a change. Lots of people I knew around my age started using crack. It turned into an epidemic.Too many of these young adults today are the kids of past crack addicts. It's very sad the way things are.
Charlene call me can I send you my #?
"It is what it is .." Such a defeatist statement
If I made as much money as "Pretty Black" I would get my ass up out of that cesspool. I would move into a condo somewhere and invest that money like Jay Z did. It's insane to own and park a Hummer and a Lamborghini on the street, IN THAT CESSPOOL and not expect a hater to do something to your property, or you.
Completely agree with you..but i guess he just had toouch balls to quit the lifestyle
He's was murdered a few years after this aired
He got killed not too long after this
What happened & Did they catch the killer?
Should have moved somewhere & concentrated on making music.
"If you ain't got no back bone in your spirituality... " That's gonna stick with me. Crazy documentary smh
Bobby "BLUENOSE"was my homeboy....good dude, everything his mother and sister said was so true , very gentle soul, we actually met in college!....don't let these documentaries fool you, everybody ain't a "street dude"..... I've been in Oakland my whole life, over forty years, now.....I didn't know Pretty Black, personally, but I lived and had to raise my son right where he was filmed in both his segments, we had to pass that gas station every day from preschool to elementary school, my son was born over there ....Hennesy was known all over the town, he had three or four purple cars and a van....we used to see his van or car parked and run up and spin them wheels.....
It's crazy because im 39 and still losing childhood friends to the streets because they refuse to get away from the hood I lost more than 30 friends it's crazy grown men thinking like kids I struggled but I refused to stay there I saved up with my girlfriend and bounced with 2500 dollars and we struggled at first but didn't give up and now im living good home, car, jeep and motorcycle brand new shit nothing used just being focused and doing right made it better
Lived in East Oaktown off MacArthur in the late 70's and lot's of this is just everyday living.
Worked with a guy @Safeway Eastmont mall who showed me his scars from shooting heroin and told me about how he and his best friend tried to shoot each other over a bad dope deal
Notice the sign saying Eastmont Wellness Center in the background,that used to be a JC Penny's before the local ghetto culture closed them down.
A friend of mine was shot in the elbow after buying orange juice @the corner of 82nd and MacArthur(Jim's Liquor and Deli) in the 80's.Robbery gone bad.
Keeping it "real".
Town that , because between the Town , Crest and City the Bay put me through College when I'm from Detroit , and a lot of my kinfolks ain't even had no chance like that they giving me , so forever thankful -RIP To The Jack
Irate Records Esham,TNT,Mastamind
Dude in the red is very aware of the situation and understands the cycle. Its the youth like him that need alternatives
chomama77 He got killed
It's real out here in East,West, and North Oakland man it never stops
BTW...This was a DOPE ass documentary! Hats off to the people/person who put this together!
Sad, The Town went crazy in 85 crack era, got worse in 96, and as of today it's 2021 it's horrible. Gentrification, Homelessness, and homicides. I pray for my city. I almost lost my little brother in them streets. Smh I love the Town but I'm glad I got out.
All my family from Oakland the 30s a 100s we moved out to Stockton at 10. It’s always crazy feeling watching someone in a video to them passing away like they was just here. Crazy
Crazy seeing the my old neighborhood on a doc about violence. This shit is for real- no exaggerations. Most violent place I've ever been, i had to get out, but that's still my home. Wish these docs talked about how it is for women of color in Oakland too, though. We deal with at that mess but while being smaller, (usually) weaker, possibly pregnant or raising kids, and much more likely to be raped.
+Sarahbella Deerwoman Trujillo But much respect to all who made and participated in this film
+Sarahbella Deerwoman Trujillo
thx for your comment.
What 's to be at chool looks like? ( we saw a lots of people who stop the school or are missing the schools days, what do you think about it)
Town born and raised...before Rudy and Felix. Much respect.
Deerwoman Trujillo your a beautiful women
Deerwoman Trujillo u cute girl
God bless Oakland CA
This was a very well done doc,a gripping story telling experience. Life's too short. RIP brothers.
rip Hennesey
I was likeable dude.
this really a stark contrast to a lot of these hood DVDs just exploiting people that are going through hell for views - this shit really dug into why the hood is the way it is, the pain people really go thru every day, and how deep-rooted these problems are
40:40 - Powerful message
i came back to Oakland in june 2011 and my fam talked me into staying for good i got shot at twice in the first week of being back in that city after being gone for ten years, i was on the next plane out of their and back to kansas this vid is 100% truth, i have lots of fam in east and west Oakland, San Leandro, richmond the whole damn bay area was at war back then, idk if its still like that now in 2014, i bet it is
I'm from the bay born n raised still here, most of it aint like this just oakland, san Leandro, richmond, a bit of hayward n martinez. the rest is cool
True
Lion of Yahawadah meh, Oakland is getting worse, take a look at crime rate and statistics. And check this out, i'm going to Laney College in Oakland in 1 year...if guns were allowed on campus i'd get me a nine.
Hey man did you have anything to do with the guy who shot you?
nope
That Pretty Black dude seemed like he had something special. He could have helped a lot of brothers if he been allowed to live and elevate himself.
LOL. I love how the US government try to bring "Democracy in Afghan and Iraq" meanwhile their own people are suffering. US government is fucked.
This documentary is very sad.
sf native here. just across the Bridge. one love to all the Bay Area natives. Politicians need to step up and regulate the elitism that's feeding the poverty of our streets. Make a brighter light to strive for. I've lost friends to glorifying street life. It takes real strength to do the right thing. stay up my friends. keep the peace and spread the love. the music brings us together. not the violence
That won't do jack.
almost everybody in this video died, except from the guy that looks like 50cent he got out of that shit
Watching this video hurt me I grew up in Oakland and lost a lot of friends it was no joke I didn't even realize it when I was running around the Streets back in the early 2000 i just thought that's how it was
Oakland must’ve been rough back then wasn’t it
My life story Oakland representative 👉drive.google.com/file/d/1_3Xnj2mRwIL3-ktZOEKYcx4Wj3xvLaJv/view?usp=drivesdk✌️🤴🏿
@@jumpman1234 looking back it was and that's sad
@@jumpman1234Oakland was definitely tough I have family in Oakland still till this day but growing up as a 15 in 2007 the same age as the kid in the wheel chair and we used to visit my cousins back then in the mid 2000s I remember going to some of them sideshows times were crazier people were able to get away with a lot my cousin would always tell his boys were getting shot killed way to often for how young we were to experince something like that it’s crazy . My cousin been through a lot now he suffers from ptsd I served in Afghanistan I know ptsd when I see it I served with some hard ass dudes who would freeze up under mortar attacks or gun fire that fear alone makes you man and just to know these young men when through just as much trauma as a solider in Iraq in 2004-2005
2021, just stumbled across this video and I’m gutted by sadness especially for the mother who lost her 2 sons, and their sister who lost 2 brothers, I’ve lost 3 to cancer and my youngest too. It’s a heartbreak that’s hard to describe, but as a mother I don’t think I would want to go on losing a child, actually I wouldn’t want to go on. My heart goes out to them. I’m sorry for you loss. Watching from Ohio. 😢💕💕
They will be using 50cal rifles and pistols before long. Imagine that chaos.
This documentary was put together very well, I’m sure y’all were workin with less to put this together. Respecc.
If you ever take advice from someone, take it from the most successful entertainers out there which is, you can't stay and live in the area you're from if you become successful. Get out of there. People will despise you and try to take you out. This video is all the proof you need.
Imagine how many faces in this documentary have also died even after this follow-up edition. Sad!
So sad all these young men's lives were taken! They all were high on life! RIP.....😥
Barbara Merricks it is sad. God bless you for your compassion.
Guitargreat ur acting like they’re inhuman bro
@Guitargreat this coming from a most likely white guy living in the suburbs never having to be raised around poverty and violence🤦🏽♂️ always easy for you to say something like this unless you've lived in their shoes
I can't speak on Oakland per se but I've lived in LA & NYC so I witnessed a lot of the same violence but what is missing or rarely if ever discussed is how the Reagan era policies helped destroy many of these neighborhoods. Granted these areas were already impoverished but we still had a sense of community, local jobs & factories, rec. centers as well as other youth orientated programs but once these jobs were exported & the programs eliminated a void was created which was quickly filled w/ drugs and violence.
So True
So much tragedy.... So many killings, but for what.. Why ??
After over 35 years of being raised in the bay area, I can finally say I made it out ,and up a level in life. I would've never had a house of my own if I stayed in the bay!! Now they are raising the cost of living so high to force everybody to leave!! Unless you are a millionaire, you got no chance of owning a house or property which means that you're gonna be struggling to survive til your last breath! And that's no way to live, least not for me. Everyone tries to say they're from the Bay everywhere I go, and I just fuckn' laugh!! I can always spot a fake!!
The guy in red spoke some profound words! Very wise.
‘Everything that glitters ain’t GOLD ‘, great advice. 👍🏻
Balraj Gill Yep! He didn't heed his own advice.
Lil blood came a long way
Young killa I agree
Thought that was him
S/O Blood still doin his thing out there
Bloooood !
Lil Blood! thought that was him