My name is Ricky Johnson, and this is my story.... Where I’m from, South Jamaica Queens, making the wrong choices in life can actually make you feel like you made all the right moves, especially when you’re driving around in high-end cars, spending money like it’s water, and sporting the latest trends and fashions. Since I was thirteen I’ve been hustling and running the streets. My theory in life is, “the more money you hold, the more respect you get.” But unfortunately my lavish lifestyle came to an end, and I ended up doing a bid upstate. As a man, I should’ve learned from my mistakes and done right with my life. But the thing is, I got the devil, disguised as my best friend Kinko, addressing me in one ear, and then I got my family and my girl preaching to me in the next ear. Coming home from jail and trying to do right -- it ain’t easy, because you’re used to the money, the power, and the respect.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
(RAW Rating: 3.5) - Torn Between Good and Evil,
By The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Money Power Respect (Paperback)
In MONEY POWER RESPECT by Erick S. Gray, we meet Ricky Johnson, a young man who has been hustling since he was a teenager. Practically raising himself because his mother abandons him and his father is always working, Ricky turns to the one place he feels at home, the streets. He is taken under the wing of one of the most notorious and feared hustlers in the city, Fat Tony. Being on Fat Tony's team automatically gains you respect with other young hustlers, you are not to be messed with and feared by many. Ricky is living the life, he is 13 years old and has the best money can buy.
Unfortunately Ricky gets caught hustling and has to do time in jail. During his time away, the only person that takes the time to visit him is one of his high school teachers, who sees potential in Ricky that he doesn't see in himself. He promises Ricky that if he straightens himself up and works on his GED he will do all he can to get him in college and on the right track. All he has to do is leave the fast life behind and live life on the straight and narrow. He opts to give the straight and narrow a try, after all, he is locked up in jail and currently has nothing but time on his hands. Will he continue on the right path and make Mr. Jenkins proud? Or will the streets call his name so loudly, he has no choice but to answer? MONEY POWER RESPECT is a true-to-life novel. It shed light on how easy it is to get caught up in a life of crime and how difficult it is to do what's right. Although this is an urban fiction novel and profanity is expected, it was a bit distracting in this book. At times it took away from the story and I felt it was a bit overused. The writing, editing and character development were all on point. Overall this was an enjoyable, heartfelt read that showed the struggles and pressures of living in an environment surrounded by crime. It showed how the choices you make can change your life from bad to worse and how only the strong will survive. Reviewed by Eraina B. Tinnin of The RAWSISTAZ™ Reviewers
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Money & Power = Respect,
By VIRGO "COAST2COASTREADERS" (SAN FRANCISCO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Money Power Respect (Paperback)
In this fast moving novel Erick Gray introduces you to Ricky Johnson. Ricky his to make the right choices in this game. Ricky befriends Kinko a well known bad boy. Kinko is not all what he's cracked up to be. But the question is what said of the game is Kinko playing. When Ricky is just finding his place in the game he has to make a trip to the state prison to do a bid. When Ricky comes home he has the choice to do right and he dose until Kinko jumps in his ear telling him to do wrong. But the choice is Ricky's will he make the right or wrong one.
I enjoyed this novel. It had me on the edge of my seat. It left me wanting more. I am waiting on the sequel. If you have read any of Erick Gray's pervious novels then let me tell you his writing has only gotten better and more street. This novel is a must read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of his best!!!,
This review is from: Money Power Respect (Paperback)
Eric Gray's story is one of many Black men's dilemna in America today in the voice of a young man named Ricky. Abandoned by his mother, his father tries to be there, but 13 yr. old Ricky needs some direction in his life. Of course the streets are there to foster him and quickly entice & entangle him in the falsehood of lies, deceit, money and mayhem.
"Young" Ricky gets caught out there living it up. Life was sweet... with cash overflowing and flossing for his public to see, only to wind up behind bars for 4 years. With the help of a high-school teacher mentor who cares for Ricky as his own son, Ricky squares up. Ricky meets an attractive, "wholesome" young lady in his life, while walking the straight and narrow encouraging him to remind on this new track in his life. He tries to remind faithful to the square-bid... goes to college; gets & maintains honor roll; but when his father dies...that's it! The torment of the death of his dad and Ricky's struggle to have some cash in his pockets to be big dawg again, the streets are calling...well... he is sucked right back into to the hustle through the guise of his shady friend Kinko. Everything is butter for awhile - and then the streets decide to cash in on Ricky's "happiness". Can Ricky square-up again and make it? Is the love of his woman and his male mentor strong enough to pull him back???..... AND keep him?? Eric Gray depicts the affliction and mental crucification that Black men face everyday, yielding to the streets only to further sink deeper into self persecution. Eric Gray has a shock for the readers in his ending. He.....well, I won't tell...get the book! IT'S WORTH IT!
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