“Like we got into those gang fights—it was so important, it was the whole world if we won or lost—and the buddies we had then. We were like brothers, not just you and me, but all of us together. We woulda died for each other then. And now everybody’s kinda slipped away, and then we woulda died for each other. Really, man, remember? It was great, we were like a bunch of people makin’ up one big person, like we totaled up to somethin’ when we were together.” “Now we total up to something by ourselves just as easy,”