Yama talks about growing up in Harlem and Northern Bronx. He recounts the various things he witnessed like gang violence and police brutality, and how he took solace from his struggles in basketball, and later in poetry. He talks about how his wife and his kids have changed his outlook on life. Even though he is in the shelter, he has become more positive. He is itching to leave and start a life where he does not feel imprisoned by the worsening conditions of the shelter. He discusses the way it has taken a toll on the kids he is raising. He ends the interview by freestyling a poem.