If…

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Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s in Chicago’s notorious and now defunct Cabrini Green,

If our parents did not have the foresight to look further than the things they’d seen

Where would we be?

If there were not neighborhood programs put in place to help us to reach further than Halsted or

Clark,

Which showed us that we could do and be whatever we wanted to be after High School and after Seward

Park...

Where would be?

If you had not danced and made cheers up with your friends and ran from the boys when they made passes,

Where would you be if you had not heard Teena Marie’s mega hit Ooh, La La in “88,

When she sang about being true to one person and not trying to appeal to the masses.

Don’t you agree…