I try to be my own man, but how can I if people want to guide me in a path that I may not want at all. I try so hard to escape the strings that people try to control me with but that just causes me to be in more problems. My dad and uncle are mobsters, my mom manages a hotel, and my cousin and older brother are cops. What am I really suppose to do. Everyone wants me to be a lawyer, but I can't be a cop. I want to be a success but people want me to do something that doesn't involve me getting hurt. Well sorry mom and dad every single job in the world has people getting hurt every day. Why can't I just join in the family business, I already know what I am going to give up and right now it just doesn't affect me. Time is never stopping and life is young and, I need to know if this was something I could've been good at. Just give me a chance and I will prove you all wrong, and how am I suppose to be my own man when you won't let me live my own life. My life is crazy and I was never brought up to be lazy. When people in my family die in my family, I can swim in loads of cash. That is not my style of living. All that I want is some respect, is that too much for a man to ask for. I been shot, and I killed like three times. I survived two months in jail and I wasn't easy. When I got out I was happy but also sad that I wouldn't be able to take over the family business. I went back in school, but that bull they were all focused on didn't spark any interest in me so I am proud that I finally graduated. On the plus side I beat up a prick, got done with my parole on the same day. I now get to go anywhere and take a glance at the whole entire world, and I get to work with my dad. Finally I will work for my dad; no I won't be a mobster I will help in his warehouse with the coffee. Life is crazy and I know I have made loads of mistakes. What man doesn't I know you aren't perfect either, all that I am asking for is for you to let me be my own man and hopefully I will be a huge success like my dad, hopefully in a different career. Well only time can tell.