Hello Paulette, this is Mike O’Neil from Madonna Middle! Good to see you’re all right; most of us from that timeframe aren’t, but I’m thriving in the mountains of Western Maryland

I wanted to post a regular comment, not a reply, f'ing youtube won't let me, R.I.P. To the Top Dawg Hot dog, aka REZ. Gone but not forgotten ! Too many of my/our HEROS are now lost to the past and our memories. That neighborhood raised me to be the MAN I am today and I dont regret ONE SECOND of any of it! I pity the kids growing up today who will never experience the joy, laughter, love, hate,trauma, pain, and every emotion, feeling and memories that came with it. Come to think of it..... R.I.P. Lumberyard, frfr I really need to get qith my homeboy and finish writing the book i havent finiahed writing about ole L.Y.P. I domt need his help, but it qould make it ohh so much better... Im looki.g at you Micheal Oneil

@@bmoretonyifyYou need to reach out and get in touch with me directly, I’m always glad to tell the youngsters and the future generations of how it “Used To Be” in 21223, because we really did have a MAGICAL Experience growing up in that neighborhood just before it totally fell to shit, which I feel especially bad about because I played a small part in the demise of “The Mighty, Mighty Lumberyard”, which was the line from a marching song that we used to chant whenever we marched on Pigtown or Westside or Doghouse, we’d chant “Everywhere we Go/People wanna know/who we are/ so we tell them/we are the LUMBERYARD/the mighty, mighty LUMBERYARD”

That was my HOMEBOY from Elementary School through the streets of 21223 through Maryland Training School when we were both little kids, through the Maryland State Prison System where we both proved ourselves to be MEN among MEN.. I still keep in touch with three of his sisters to this day, and it’s been 25+ years since my homeboy graduated from this lifetime… REBEL 368 KSW