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"There is only one state in the nation that does not have a gang
problem, and that's the great state of denial." - T
Rodgers
T Rodgers has had over 100
interviews at many major newspapers, and radio and television stations including
BET, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, Los Angeles Weekly, Los Angeles Times, The Washington
Post, Newsweek, Urban Living, + many more. T has also been
involved in a number of music videos. He has also been in 18 major motion
pictures and TV broadcasts including Colors, Taking Care of Business, Crack
House, Training Day, Hearts of Stone, Front Page on Fox, Hunter, Garille's Fire,
and 21 Jump Street.
Also, T Rodgers is interviewed in the documentaries including The Time and What
Must Be Done: The Story of the Crips and Bloods.
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Take a trip with me,
see as I see, look through my eyes upon the streets and alleyways of the world,
as I do. Experience the unjust, unfair, and unwilling to change. Attitudes of
you people, who think you have a monopoly on good. And you call mine criminals
and me. You must first walk in my shoes and trace my footsteps and have your
ideals, hopes, and dreams, or even your imagination snatched from your very eyes
or torn from your brain. Burst heart, as I have. Then and only then can you
judge me or mine. FOR MY HOMEBOYS: I've been put down, let down, shut down, and
locked up. Threatened, taken, shaken, subjected, rejected, and objected. I've
been hot, shot, burnt, hurt, mislead, mistaken, misused, and misunderstood.
Disrespected, dejected, depressed, oppressed, and suppressed. Yet my heart holds
compassion, the anger and utter frustration; to love one brother then kill one
another. (THE CONTENT CONFLICT THAT LIES INSIDE MY SOUL). However, I am faced
with total humiliation with all my friends on hand and I'm constantly told to be
a man. So now, 150 strong, here I stand with all my homeboys on hand. So if you
hear any noise it's T and the biys just gettin' it! And you ask me why?...Why
becasue I am respected, needed, looked up to, and most of all loved. The loyalty
and devotion is inconceivable by you who are professional victims. You see I've
been locked out of your love, locked out of your life, locked out of your world
and bonded into a world of my own. Faced with these pressures at the tender age
of 15, I have been blessed, by my people..... TUEMAK el “I who am king”
T. Rodgers |
To Kathy...
You
have the first page in my heart: You laugh at my jokes and comfort me when I'm
broke. When solitude finds me and I am possessed with thoughts of you, there is
peace. Thus, you are my heaven. From heaven comes angels (children). Come
to me, the fears, the tears, the inexperienced, God's blessings, the house,
birth, business, My spirit and death. Deja Vu, wisdom, understanding, and our
unbreakable bond (our children). Behind and beside every great man there
is a woman, and that woman is you. When I walk through the door and you are
home, there is a presence... A presence like no other. Love. It's lived in.
Caring, Sharing, it's home. I've noticed well... How do I pay you back for my
life? For your love? And from heaven comes angels (our children). I have to
thank my family and especially my wife. Poppie, I love you.
T. Rodgers
Purchase T Rodgers'Book:
"The 50 Most
Asked Questions About Gangs"
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