My story is about my friends and I going to Cardozo. We were friends in high school, and we had so much fun in school. We used to go to the go-go and see Backyard Band and Black Hoe. We used to go to football games, and we went to swimming pools. We worked our summer jobs, we hung out at the malls, and we’d get our money to buy shoes and clothes for back to school. We had summer jobs from Mayor Marion Berry’s youth program.
Backyard Band was one of my favorite go-go bands. We used to go to “Back to School” jams and concerts. My favorite mall was at Union Station. I learned the Capitol wasn’t that far from Union Station, and at night, it was a beautiful place to see. The Capitol was also a nice place to watch fireworks and hang out with people. They used to have a movie theater at Union Station, and then we would go to the City Place Mall and get on the train. I miss the way you could hang out until 2 a.m. in the morning in summer and listen to music. I used to wear white shirts back in the day. I learned to roll my funnel joints of weed. I remember you could get a big ass funnel jay, and we would smoke on Cardozo’s big hills.
