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I have a red bandana hanging from my back pocket to let people know I’m a gangster. However, my whole entire outfit has the color red on it from my pants to my shoes and shirt. It is to show civilians and other rivalry gangs and gangster that I’m a blood. What is a blood some people may ask me? I would say, a blood is a person that is in a street gang that originally started in Los Angles. I have particular tattoos to describe what gang I am an affiliated with such as a letter “B” on the back of my shoulder that stand for blood. Although, if a person has a tattoo that look like a rain drops coming down the face or eye is a bad sign. That tattoo mean he or she had kill someone so the name of that tattoo is called tear drops. With that being …show more content…

It’s either get jump by five guy for ten minute or go kill a rival gang member. The blood gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. They are identified by the blue color worn by their members and particular gang symbols. Including the distinctive hand signs. On the other hand, gangster can let me know their rank within the gang by using hand symbols signal. I would make the letters “C” and a “K” with my hands, so I could let other gangs know I am a crip killer. Some people would stack in front of me to let me know what their history or rap sheet was with the gang there in ranging from blood killer, pimp, drug smuggler, and hitman. Although, I can get involved with the drug trade or prostitutes by just being in a gang because everybody got to contribute money if he or she wants to eat. I did both, now prostituting is kind of easy because gangs pick girls that come from single parents homes. They are easy to persuade and getting them hook on drugs works to, but pimps treat female with the upmost …show more content…

It is all about street cred and brotherhood because a lot people join gangs since they have nobody there for them to show them love. I ran to the gangster life as a pain reliever and I wanted the money, woman, clothes and cars that came with that lifestyle. Most gangster would drive an old schools Buick with a candy red or blue color and some twenty four inch rims, with dice hanging down on the inside, with dark tinted windows. So nobody can see what’s going on in the inside of the car in case I get pulled over it give more time to hide drugs or a

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