A year later, holding headphones to his ears, he records inspiring rap music at a studio donated by Will Smith in South-Central, laying down lyrics about staying straight, going to Hollywood High School and working at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. Pamela scrawls her life on sheets of notebook paper and reads about being strapped down almost every day at her third mental hospital by age 16. How I did it is not appropriate for this story. Remember, I didn't care about myself. They write to repent past mistakes and listen to the grief of other girls who have walked in similarly tattered shoes before coming to Aviva.
Nothing is right or wrong.
It's about having other options. Kids think they only have so many roads. For many kids, writing as a release is one of the few things they do have. Someone like Claytor helps them expand their talent, skills and gives them confidence. This is the reality that the kids have to live in.