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I was born in Asokore, Koforidua in the eastern region of Ghana And I started schooling in a one room school house, you know Now I can look back and say everybody was poor But, uh, we didn't know we were poor because we had food all the time, a loving family The main problem was, uh, trying to go fetch water because, uh, there was no running water in the house, uh And the, um, the bathroom is somewhere there outside We didn't have the clean shoеs that everybody had, we didn't havе the, uh, good clothing, um And it wasn't particularly very comfortable being under British colonial domination And then I, um, came to, uh, United States, uh, in 1977 Just before the winter Chicago then had a murder rate of around close to a thousand a year It was a very violent city That's when it earned it's nickname as the Beirut on the Lake But, again, that did not scare me Uh, you know, I went to, uh, 63rd We used to say those days that 47th street was so dangerous that if you died That the police may not come for your body, if you were on the 47th street Yeah, it— it was bad, but, still, the city was fun Well, when, I— I had a son and I just thought that it's better we stay in Chicago and raise the kids The good thing about Chicago is you learn the truth about America There's no sugar-coating nonsense in this time Yeah, I got scared though, I got scared because I thought you could be shot And when you started getting in trouble, I started greying I started greying very fast and my heart was beating, I was having nightmares Because you were having real problems with the police But, in the meantime, I called to them and look for the police station, where my son could be I was really, really scared that one of these days I may be called to the mortuary to identify your body Um, your growing up in Chicago gave me a lot of heartache and headache But around the time you did the Innanetape The enthusiasm with which you handled that And the friends all around you, how mature they've become You know, all of it just made me say, "Okay, this kid has made it" I think my father in his grave would be very happy That, um, I brought up some good kids, uh, in America, and particularly, also, um, um, I see it as a great success I mean, if I leave, I have very few regrets
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