Childhood / Origins

Childhood / Origins is the series opener of F.E.D Way Amare and the first song on Tacari's first mixtape, "A Long Way From a Place Called Home."

Summary
This entry is the prologue of the story that begins with Tacari. It's where we learn about the past of Tacari and leads to the present which begins the story.

Tacari is the narrator and protagonist throughout his journal entries and he first opens up to us with the meaning of his name. He then talks about his childhood which consisted of his mother, brother, and her ex-boyfriends: Eric Poole, Anthony Gaulden, Reginald, and Quinton Martin.

After the death of Quinton Martin, who died of blunt trauma to the head from Tacari in the name of self-defense, Tacari began to act out in in school by skipping, fighting, and hanging around the wrong crowd. He also saw that his mom wasn't doing the best financially and learned about scamming from Malik and Trey.

After realizing they could get caught and do some time in jail they stopped scamming and put all that money into designer clothes that they would wear and then sell for profit.

Tacari learned at the end of his seventh grade year that he would have to repeat a year due to his number of absences and failed assignments.

He put his all into music that following summer and continued to buy and resell clothes to get money rolling in and it did. Tacari recorded and released two songs that summer with a local producer named Jodi, which would get the ball rolling on his music career.

At fourteen and in the seventh grade Tacari was embarrassed, but soon learned to get over this through the help of his counselor Mr. Trevoli, who instilled early in Tacari that he had a musical gift. Tragedy struck when Malik was killed by a customer wanting to purchase a shirt, but ended up trying to getting it for free. This event lead Tacari and Trey to get strapped up with a caliber .22.

That following summer Tacari officially passed the seventh grade and continued with his business and music. His music told his story and that's what his fans were starting to become attracted to.

The next school year Tacari felt school was holding him back but he felt the need to stay in school for his brother Tacari.

After completing middle school his mom lost his job and now there on there way to move down south were her sister and a job awaits.

Trivia

 * Named after his first song on his first mixtape A Long Way From A Place Called Home.