1• It’s Joey and other members of Pro Era walking past a cop car.• It connects to the song because growing up Joey needed to be

wary of cops being a black person in New York.• He doesn’t trust things like cops because of how they treat

certain people.• It portrays the very real fact that cops can search anyone they

want in New York.• It may portray some authority in a stereotypical way.

2• Joey with a Nerf gun during STEEZ’s part.• It connects to the song because they talk about how people

expect them to get a gun and be in a gang.• I think that they are showing that they didn’t choose that life.• It shows real life, because of how many black teens in New

York end up in that lifestyle.• This shot portrays some of the culture in New York, such as

gang life.

3• Joey and the rest of Pro Era hanging out and skating.• It connects to the song because they are showing how instead

of the criminal lifestyle they could have been in, they started skating and making music.

• It shows that he wants more from his life. More than any sort of crime can offer him.

• It portrays the real lives of Joey and the rest of Pro Era choosing to go on a better path.

• It portrays people who chose to make more out of their lives.