About the Haiti Quake well my cousin and aunt are okay. That much I know...everyday the reality of the situation gets that much realer for me. I saw a special over at 60 minutes after the Jets beat the Chargers on Sunday night and there was this one moment this one dude brought the reporter over to this site where everyone brought all the dead bodies hey could find. It was one of them mass graves and they showed that there were bodies everywhere *pauses*
Umm it was overwhelming for me to see a huge truck shoveling piles of deadbodies on the back of a pickup truck the size of a 16 wheeler. It was disheartening to see in the least because shit it was people from my country on the back of them trucks its hard to admit but alot over whelming to write.
Back in 91 I was sent to port-au prince for a year, summer to summer annnd it was crzy lol those were dark times to be in Haiti man! Almost everynight there would be gunfire...political unrest, gangs...there was even a point where I saw bodies from one side of a sidewalk to another...probably to discourage anyone from going into our immidiate vincinity. Shit was terrible over there but there was beauty in some parts it was simple. The people over there are always in good spirits despite the shakiness of the government, the gangs and the constant barrage that is mother nature. If anyone can go through this and come out greater it's us.
The best memory I remembered during my time I'm port-au prince was the ride to school. I remembered it was a crazy long ride and we'd see all types of animals and huge fields I was captivated and if I wasn't asleep on the ride to school I'd be chillin and enjoying the scenery, naming the animals I see in creole. LoL I'd remember my grandmother (who's in BK) having me stand for loooong periods of time because I couldn't recite their alphabet so every letter I got wrong meant I had to restart again. Hmm I also saw pussy for the first time in Haiti (I was a cute lil kid)... I ain't do nothing tho... Shit at that point what could I have done! Shit not to mention watching my grandma kill chickens and turkeys (shudder) and makin music with my friends at the time using pales and buckets. Life over there is hard but it was simple... and i guess thats what Haiti means to me..
Damn I hope Lundi is ok... I haven't heard from her since I left back in 92 but still... cant help but think about what she doin or if shes even alive right now..
Damn I hope Lundi is ok... I haven't heard from her since I left back in 92 but still... cant help but think about what she doin or if shes even alive right now..
This hit home for you. i hope everyone you know is alright. This is truley heartbreaking!
Oh snap! You're from Brooklyn too!! KP used to be the spot man...sighh