And one of the things that you , you encounter is that , you know , these pri it's not just cold in those areas . A prison is a cold environment and it's up to you to create your own heat . It's a dark environment .
So there's nothing else there . So the prison is the driving force behind the economy . So everyone's there , right ?
Why did you do it ? Well , I think in prison you become accustomed to not wanting people behind you , right ? And then I got this scar in prison from behind .
Um , there was a lot of stimulation and , you know , I could tell you that I'm still in shock even sitting here now that we're sitting next to each other because I spent the last several years visiting him at Sing Sing , which is , um , you know , not a great place . Sing Sing Prison in New York . Um , but I don't want to throw cold water on anything but , you know , there , there's a lot of stealing yourself for the moment last night going on that people didn't see from you .
You gotta become , you could either do two things , you could become bitter or you could become better . I chose the latter because one of the things I did earlier in my incarceration was make a conscious decision to not serve time , but to have time serve me , I made up my mind that if you were going to have me incarcerated for a crime , I did not commit , then I was gonna take this time and use that cell as if it was an office . I was gonna use that school building as if it was a university and every chance I , I had to just self reflect and engage in introspection and , and , and , and do the things that I needed to do to , to protect my soul .
