When it comes to success you have to remember that it comes down to one central belief: you can control the environment around you. In other words you do not have to accept your circumstances; you are allowed to rise above it all. You do not have to get involved in drugs or gangs; you do not have to give up just because you have made a turn that took you down a disastrous path or two. You have to realize that life can be easy as long as you remove the obstacles put in place by your family and where you grew up. That means sometimes you are going to have to do things that are not usual for you in order to get what you want; and more importantly you are going to need to understand that sometimes you are just not going to get what you want, exactly the way you want it.