An uncouth college student wrestling with identity crisis finds himself in the middle of a war between longtime rival gang leaders. As they sink into degeneracy, they discover that the true war is not between them, but within them.

They are born and raised in the Urban Ghettos of America in the context of extreme violence, crime and social disadvantage. Their fathers and brothers are incarcerated, and their mothers survive on prayers. The lives of three young men intertwine as they struggle to define purpose, identity and integrity in a ghettoized existence. They are traumatized, stigmatized and marginalized. They are as violent, vulgar and vile as the very conditions that plague them. But they may be worth saving. Man-Man, an uncouth youngster wrestling with identity crisis as he matriculates college at a predominantly white institution, finds himself in the middle of a war between longtime rival gang leaders, Buddha and Tuck. As these three young men sink into degeneracy, they discover that the true war is not between them, but within them.—Micah E. Johnson