I remember in eighth grade the day I felt like I belonged.

Oh, what happened?

I got invited to Steve Lishawal's house after basketball practice.

He was the guy.

He was the kid who hit puberty before all of us.

So he was six, two.

He was the center and the basketball team.

I was the point guard.

It was get the ball to Steve and he's called the point, but he was the man.

Yeah.

And he invited me to his house and I had never invited there.

And I remember walking in and all the guys that were in the group that I wasn't really

in yet were sitting in his parents' family room and the parents were gone.

And as I walked in, they all looked at me and Steve said,

Hey, grab a beer out of the fridge and you're in the eighth grade.

And I'm in eighth grade and I'm like, what?

I never had a beer in my dad and mom were alcoholics.

So I was like, I don't do that stuff.

But I remember feeling like that was the day I was in,

because I was in Lishawal's group.

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