Sixteen year old Sunni, living in the infamous urban streets of Watts California with grandparents for the last seven years finds himself in making one of the troubling decisions in his adolescent life. After his mother passing, at the age of nine he is sent to live with father Ivan whose whole life is about work ( which led to divorce ). After realizing his working, and leaving young Sunni at home constantly alone, Suzanne and Melvin take initiative as grandparents to take Sunni in as their own. But separation, confusion and anger has not only driven teenage Sunni into the thug life that Watts has to offer, but it has driven him to making his gang initiation the toughest decision of his life. It's not about whose hurt, but who HE hurts in this act of initiation.