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Publication Date: January 1, 2004

Street Life is a journey into the struggle of a young black male raised in America's inner city streets. Not since Donald Goines and Claude Brown has there been a story written from the male perspective about the inner city streets that compares. As the merry-go-round of life in the hood is relived, explanations will become evident for the events and circumstances that lead so many to the prison-gates. In this true to life story a vivid, colorful picture is painted of why growing up in an environment where happiness is sought in the bottom of liquor bottles, needles and dope sacks is just ordinary life in the hood. Whenever one tries to break the cycle, unseen hands pull at him to continue the course he was conditioned to complete. It takes a conviction and lengthy prison stay for Jihad to change his thinking and change the course of his life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Reality Check, March 22, 2005

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Josetta (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

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I had the pleasure of hearing Jihad read from his book "Street Life" at a book club gathering in Oakland, CA. The reading was so enthralling that I had to purchase his book. I was not disappointed. I finished it in a weekend. As I read it, it reminded me of Sistah Souljah's "Coldest Winter Ever." Most definitely, elements of street life are glamorized in our society. But, Jihad keeps it extremely real. The good and the bad. The money and the mayhem. The life and the loss. His book is not only for those hardheaded kids who think that life in the streets is their destiny, but also for those kids who think that they are better than their peers. It's a reality check for us all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Street Life, July 7, 2004

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Yvette Rodgers (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

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Street Life is a positive book for young and old alike. People who have been through bad times as well as people who are going through the struggle will benifit from this. This book is truley encouraging for young brothers and sisters who don't belive there is hope for a brighter futur. I have read it twice just to remind me that I have a son that may go in any direction. When he is of age, Street Life will be on my top ten list as required readings. I can tell that the author put his heart and soul into the chapters. He has written this in a way that is clear and cut to the ends and outs of many children growing up in the world today. I recommend this as a handbook to anyone caught up in the struggle.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A RECOMMENDED READ for TROUBLED TEENS, November 23, 2004

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Stephanie Lewis (Lithonia, Georgia) - See all my reviews

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Street Life is a VERY INSPIRATIONAL...REAL...IN YOUR FACE journey of LIFE in the HOOD. This book is DEFINITELY a MUST READ for the kid that has a GLAMOURIZED perception of Living Life in the FAST LANE. STREET LIFE should be RECOMMENDED reading for any HARD HEAD youth that needs to be SCARED STRAIGHT.

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1.0 out of 5 stars LETS TRY THIS AGAIN
MAN THIS BOOK WAS SO BORING,NOTHING TO KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE.TOOK ALL I HAD TO FINISH READING IT.WASTED MY TIME,PLEASE DONT WASTE YOURS

Published 8 months ago by 100%MUERTE

5.0 out of 5 stars *****Street Life*****
Wow, this book took me way back to the 80's. It also has a strong positive message that our youth need to hear and read about cause they are our future and that street life ain't... Read more

Published on March 29, 2005 by Glamour

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Street Life is such a good book. After I read that book it made me stop and think. One message that he sent out was never giving up. Read more

Published on March 25, 2005 by Sweet

3.0 out of 5 stars This Book Definitely Has A Good Message
I thought that Street Life had a good start to it as well as a good message to young black men of what will inevitably happen to them if they choose the street life. Read more

Published on November 11, 2004 by Book 'Em Danno

5.0 out of 5 stars Strret Life
This book was incredible! It was a page turner. Street Life kept my attention from beginning to end. Read more

Published on July 1, 2004 by Pamela P Hunter

5.0 out of 5 stars literary genius
It's about time. WOW. Not since Manchild in the Promise Land have I read anything that remotely comes close to Streetlife. This is the best book I've ever read. Read more

Published on June 30, 2004 by Thomas W.

5.0 out of 5 stars Talk About it Jihad
Brah', thank you so much for giving me something to hand to my children. Lincoln's difficult life steered him towards drugs and hanging in the streets even though he had his... Read more

Published on June 17, 2004 by Stephanie

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK
This is not just another gangsta tail, this book is an eye opener and has beautiful lessons to learn - I caught myself with tears in my eyes towards the end. Beautiful Story!!!

Published on June 15, 2004 by Ms Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars Real
This book was real. For that it gets the five stars alone. The first couple of pages had me on the edge, and after that it just keeps building a ladder of sucess with it's raw,... Read more

Published on May 4, 2004 by Oreanna

5.0 out of 5 stars a wakeup call!
this book was real. anybody with an inkling of street knowledge could relate to this book. jihad gave an indepth account of his own self-evolution from a thug to a civilized man... Read more

Published on April 5, 2004 by thomas long, author of A Thug'...

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
asalaam aleikum, crack law

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Li'l Man, Big Momma, Sergeant Freck, Lincoln Jackson, Shepherd Spinal Center, Huey Newton, Drunk Down, Savannah State, New York, Maddog D-Con, Uncle Ray-Ray, Monroe Searcy, John Baker, Kama Sutra, Cobb County, Robert Miner, Uncle Tom, Christmas Eve, Jesus Lord, Shawn Jones, Name Cornbread, Na'im Akbar, Martin Luther King, Terre Haute, Muhammad Ali Uhuru

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