With Tupac’s lyrics as their inspiration, they created a list to fit the bright futures they believed they would have.

“Get off your ass if you plan to be rich definitely needs to be on the list,” Jackie said, and they all agreed. Travis wrote it down.

“I got one,” Ronnie said as he got up and changed the CD. He put in Thug Life. “Bury Me a G” jumped off.

“Stay smart,” Ronnie suggested, “’cause it’s all about survival.”

“That got to be one. And definitely keep your mind on your money,” Travis said.

“So, what we got?” He began to read from the list he was writing. “Rule one: Get your cash on, M.O.B. Rule two: Keep your enemies close. Rule three: Get off your ass if you plan to be rich. Rule four: Stay smart. And rule five is keep your mind on your money,” Travis said, reading from the list.

“Come on now, we need five more,” Jackie said.

“What about give back what you earn?” Travis offered.

“No doubt,” Ronnie agreed. “We had this chance to raise ourselves up. It’s only fair that we give somebody else a chance.”

“So, what you talkin about doin’, Travis?” Jackie asked. “You talkin’ about startin’ a foundation or something like that?”

“I don’t know. There’s a lot of things we can do to give something back. You know we can do volunteer work or give to United Negro College Fund or whatever. But I think it’s important that we give something back, you know what I’m sayin’?”

“Chill out, Travis. We know what you sayin’.” Jackie laughed.

“I got one,” Ronnie announced, once again inspired by the music.

“What’s that?” Jackie asked.