24/6
24/6 is how long it took me to enjoy and appreciate the small beautiful things in life
24/6 is how long it took for me to grow into the man you see before you
24/6 is how long it took for me to enjoy holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s
24/6 is how long it took me to fully understand the importance of obtaining an education
24/6 is how long God has been has been protecting and guarding me along this journey
24/6 is how long it’s taken me to begin to live my life
24/6 has cost me a wife and my child
24/6 has been joy, pain, fear, worry and manhood
Though 24/6 is still a bit of a mystery to you! But it’s an ever present reality for me!
24/6 could very well be a part of what many of you could be living today, what is your 24/6? That has hindered you from maximizing your fullest potential. When you find it out what will you do about it? Will you stand up to it as the boy David did and overcame the giant? Or will you allow the 24/6 to consume you thus destroying your very existence? I don’t know about you, but as for my 24/6 I’m happy to confess that it’s all a part of my past long behind me, and to quench your quizzical curiosity as to what is my 24/6 fret no more for my 24/6 was the time I’ve spent in prison!
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Alfred Brown Jr., born in the Washington Heights’ section of Harlem, New York on February 25, 1964 to Alfred and Elizabeth Brown. He’s the second oldest of five siblings. He attended P.S. 28, I.S 195 and Julia Richmond High School where he graduated in 1982. He went on to win a four year music scholarship from Long Island University in the same year of graduation. A year later (1983), unfortunately, he found himself on the wrong side of the law and was sent off to prison. Having completed his full prison term, he enrolled in Westchester Community College in September of 2012, where he is presently and in his last semester. His degree of study is in Social Sciences and Chemical Dependency. When he finishes his course of study and obtains his degree, he hopes to one day be presented with the opportunity to make a difference by being a drug counselor. He also hopes to one day pursue a career in writing.
