Life & Lessons gives readers a historical breakdown of events and circumstances that gave rise to the black criminal street gang mentality. Exploring topics such as: The effects of social, economical, environmental and psychological subjugation. 150+ years of Black struggle for human & civil rights. Criminal laws enacted as traps & pitfalls in the making of modern mass incarceration. [I.e. Black Codes, Jim Crow, Crime Bill, Step Act, Mandatory Minimum sentences and Three Strikes etc.] Life & Lessons offers a critical analysis of the gang culture; and a resurgent call for reform & decriminalization; insight into manhood, & the G-code. Including a manual for self development equipped with tools necessary to creating a game plan for survival and success.