A place i knew...Brooklyn

My moment to reflect...

Things Grow just like a neighborhood i knew

i am a brooklyn girl to the point of no return

i remember shopping in this very same mall

to get the latest as a younger girl.

Even farther back in time

singing in the talent show for toys r us dollars

*smiles*

i won 300 dollars by the way singing groove theory tell me

i remember being a little girl scared of the honey cosmetics counter

because they did eyebrows with a razor.

Brooklyn raised me to be smart.

street smart.

fashion savvy and most importantly artistic

& not to take anything i have for granted

i remember going to the mall after school

with my friends to look at boys and buy clothes for the school dances.

I remember purchasing my first album at this record store.

i got to see some of my favorite artist here.

i begged my mother two weeks to buy me a Biggie and Mase poster.

music holds a big part in my life but some how i can always connect this to brooklyn.

but all things grow....

Now my neighborhood is going to be a smaller version of Manhattan

within the past year ive seen 6 sky rise condos 1 gym 2 super markets and 2 hotels

built before my eyes.

i am a firm believer that with the right attention

everything has the potential to grow.

you nurture a flower and give it the right attention it will blossom into a beautiful flower.

I apply this and implement to everything i touch in life.

This elementary school its funny because some of my peers

sat in the same class of room of a neighbor we knew

but all things grow!

My junior High school..117..

this school brought out the best and worst in me

but all things grow...

but things grow!..

now look at me brooklyn...

Downtown Pepper