Tell Stories From Scars Not Wounds

I don’t know (and I refuse to Google) who said to tell stories from scars, not wounds.

But, they’re smart. 

Since I’m not going to google it, we’ll go with where my mental-google automatically jumps: 

Scarface saying, 

On my block, everybody business ain’t ya businessWhat’s going on in this house is staying here, comprende?On my block, ya had to have that understandingCause if ya told Ms. Mattie, she went and told GladysAnd once ya mama got it, it was all on the wireAnd when the word got back, they set yo’ ass on fireOn my block, we got some ‘Nam vets shell, shockedWho never quite got right, now they inhale rocksOn my block, , it’s like the world don’t existWe stay confined to this small little section we living inOh my block, I wouldn’t trade it for the worldCause I love these ghetto boys and girlsBorn and raised on my block

Scars, not wounds.

Because it’s the lessons, not just the stories.