when we started out playing the game,
we were playing it just for fun..
 who knew i'd be sitting in jail writting this when all was said and done.
 at 1st it was a social thing occassionaley getting high
 next thing i knew i had to have the shit just to get by.
people asked me to sell for them i laugehed cause i thought it was funny.
then i got to thinkinghell i could use the extra money.
i had this new habit i had to find some way to support.
 without hustling doing dope was something i couldnt afford.
so i started selling to my friends& my cousins.
then i'd make one more drop &hope it wasnt a undercover..
the1|2 eight turned to eights the eights turned to oz..
i was breaking them down and bangging'em and maken more money then i could count.
 without realizing it the game had sucked me in deep
 i should have known the price to pay wouldn't be cheap..
still i kept on at it tryn to be the best player.
 people saw me comen up so they called me a hater.
i'm feelling invincible now thinking this game i can beat
but in the end there really aint no way to cheat..
 so i step out & sit back tryin to slow down
then all of the sudden my friends come back around
. so against my gut i jump right back in.
i've got it in my head i know i can win..
my phone rings all the time someone wanting to get high. and making another dope deal.
people are loving me cause they know i'm keeping it real.
 i'm moving up npw tryn to make my way to the top
then i ask myself does the game ever stop?
 all these so called friends swore they had my back
i then relized they were only after my sack.
 i'm looking at my life watching it slowly fall apart..
i'm wanting to quit now and make a new start,
But the game goes on for ever it has no end.
 if your smart you'll see its something you'll never win..
Now i set in my cell thinking very clear & sober ..
 I guess you know what all this means? THE GAME IS FINALLY OVER..

lilshane 8/11/06    

I’m FIRECRACKER
 everybody always asks, how did you get the name....  My daddy nicknamed me firecracker when I was born on the 4th of July.  At that time He had no idea just how much of a Firecracker I’d turn out to be!  I’ve had to earn everything I’ve ever received out of life, I’ve been through more hard times than most will ever imagine.  I’ve had to grind hard to get my education, raise 4 children alone and still manage my career.  I’ve listened to a lot of music in my life, but I’ve always had a love for the rap/ hip-hop industry.  I was blessed with a keen ear for the talent.  I don’t only hear a song, I hear the talent that’s in that song, from the lyrics, beats, flo the whole soul put into the making of that song.  People always ask  how I got started in promotions, I started out when my son was playing around rapping some, he and one of his friends, i was gonna play manager....... with doing that , I met the S.e.ga boys in waycross ga who asked if i could get them some email addresses........ i did.......on myspace, typing each message........"listen to my friends the sega boys" didnt even know what copy and paste was............I got them so many email addresses and views on their profiles that everybody wanted to know "who is Firecracker"?  Seemed like overnight firecracker promotions was born.....and here I am 2 years later!!! never wouldve dreamed 2 years ago I'd be this deep in the industry..........never a dream, no plan, I guess just destiny!
 I never see bad in people, whether they’re sitting off on death row, or standing by the road with no home to go to.  God has blessed me in so many ways..... I don’t see color in people, I believe that God made all people equal and racism is taught not inherited.    I believe in working hard to receive the results of such. I hate tomatoes, but love ketchup!  I believe that to receive love you must first show it and that what goes around comes around.  I believe that honesty is your best key in life and that  for others to show trust and respect , you must first love, respect ,and trust yourself..  I believe in long country drives with the windows down, good ol stuff blasting on the radio.  I love bridges!  I love the 4th of July, not only is that my birthday, but I know that I have been blessed again to have another year to continue to reach for my dreams!  No matter what gets in my way, or knocks me down, I know that it takes more of a woman to get back up than it takes to let something stand in my way.  I stand up for all that I believe in and allow nothing to ever hold me back from living my life the way I choose to do so, and that all choices I make in life have a result.  I have made some wonderful choices in pursing the dreams that I set out so long ago to accomplish.  I love watching dreams come true, and there’s no words to express the joy of seeing an artist /or group that are so talented and so in love with what they do see their dreams come true. S.E.GA BOYS the victory of seeing their album sitting on the store shelves!!   “Business Bout Ya Self” I took off work and went and bought my copy as soon as the stores opened that day.  I grind hard for yall boys and will always treasure that day!!  From the swamps of south GA to the shelves of stores everywhere!! From there they went on to win album of the year SEA awards.... IF THEY ON MY TOP LIST........YOU KNOW THEY SOMEBODY!!!!
Much Love
FIRECRACKER

Im hoping to get through this since I took a valium today after all of this ended.
I have experienced more pain than any human could ever even imagine to go through in life.  Alongside my brother, sister-in law, niece and nephew.  I promise to Lil Shane from this day forward I will focus all my energy on making a difference to people in this sitituation and do all I can to have GA laws looked in to.
My nephew lil Shane tragically lost his life at 22 years old sunday April 12th after being chased by the police because his tag looked suspicious.  He had not harmed anyone, no guns, no robbery, no murder... only a suspicious tag.  Lil shane always said it just come natural to run when he saw police, always did it.  We are still unsure of his cause of death and you can read my previous blogs for more details on that sitituation.  Its never easy to tragically lose a family member, however the pain did not stop there. It got worse thanks to GA laws and one arrogant ass hole... (ooops! did I say that?)
Lil Shane was married to a girl he had known for a short period of time, she was the mother of his 10 month old son "Kainen Blaze".  Courtney had been incarcerated for a few months for a dirty drug screen on probation.  During this time my niece Robin had "safe home" for Kainen and Lil Shane had signed his rights to her.  After his death, his rights no longer mattered so with Courtneys wishes (like she really deserved any) her so called father came and took Kainen from my niece.  And the story continues... btw... when he went to leave the funeral home on Tuesday, 2 days after the death of Shane... He forgot to get the baby!!!
We spent all day monday at the funeral home attempting to make funeral arrangements for Lil Shane when we learned that due to the wife in jail she had all rights to plan the funeral for the child we had for 22 years.  Since she could not be out she was going to sign over power of attorney to her dad.. John Morris.  Courtney called to my brothers house screaming to the top of her lungs... she wanted the body cremated so she could do as she wished with it.  She screamed at shanes mom like she was a pure dog and stated that noone loved shane like she did and if his family of 22 years loved him he wouldnt be dead..... although she was sitting in jail and not being a wife in the first place. Karen, my sister in law was so upset words could never express the pain she was going through screaming you are not going to creamate my baby. Courtney was just screaming "creamate, creamate" knowing our family did not agree with this type of service for our deceased.  There was no reasoning with this girl so we just all sort of fell apart together.  all we could do was think about Lil Shanes body lying up there in that crime lab in a freezer and no way of R.I.P........
Tuesday was no better... we spent all day waiting on John to meet us at the funeral home to sign the contract for the burial after she was finally convinced to allow a burial under her stipulations.  John could not provide the proper documentation to provide for power of attorney.many hours went by.. no contract... no body.
Wednesday.... 3rd day with no sleep.... John stated he would sign the contract if we could pay for the funeral up front, cash.  We had 3 hours to collect this money... or.... he would cremate the body.  We spent that 3 hours knocking on church doors, making phone calls, begging friends and family to please help pay for this funeral, we had no insurance... no way of getting the money. Ive never begged for anything in my life.. however I was begging to.  I had to do what i had to do to get through this.  I finally had to go to my sons cd to use the remainder of the money for the funeral.  We received false documents at the funeral home and had to deal with this man until the funeral directors were completely sick of him and his evil ways.  we are still fighting 3 days after shanes death only to get his body so we can give him a proper burial.  he still lies in the crime lab.....John refused to let anyone speak with his daughter in jail regarding the funeral.
Thursday..... by now we are all completely drained.... devastated, heartbroken and all we want is to put lil shane to rest when John decides we can no longer finance the final 1,900.00 on the funeral and we have to 10am to come up with that amount.... He would not even accept the donations and contributions from churches that had come in to the funeral home.  I had to write a check in the amount of greater than 5,000.00 to satisfy him.  again he made the comment we had til 4pm or he would cremate the body and do as he wished with the ashes.  He asked for certain contracts which were typed up... he refused them typed and asked they be hand written by the family and my niece, sister-in law and myself had to each sign this letter stating although the funeral bill was paid in full that he would have no liability for funeral costs..... we did as he asked.  I went to the probate court begging and crying for help, but since Shane made the decision to marry in to this family.... we had no rights..... none whatsoever of the child we had for 22 years.
finally on thursday April 16 at appx 4pm he signed the contract and we can finally go forward with the burial.. on monday...April 20th.  When he finally signed the papers there was a big sigh of relief, lots of tears and rejoicing just to finally have the opporotunity to bury our loved one.  My sister in law was crying to me that she didnt know how she could have made it with out me... I looked straight in that mans eyes and said" I believe what goes around comes around, I know what I just did will come back to me, and what he just did to our family will come back on him"..... I think as he went to walk out the door God took control of my tongue and although I wanted to gouge his eyeballs out with the keys in my hand for what he put us through... I said  "I will pray for you"
I will be editing on this blog as time goes by and I can express exactly how I felt through this in better words... I am so relieved at this point that after days of struggling, crying, pacing, not sleeping, not eating, grieving, taking phone calls, missing my nephew, calling everyone , just to have a burial is a true blessing.  now my family can begin the grieving process.  Its great how we all stuck together through pure hell and survived the most trying time of our lives... but Lil Shane will finally be put to rest in a few days and we can begin our crusade to save as many lives as we can.  God have mercy on this man and his daughter for what he put us through but he will get what he deserves, he has a child and after what he and she did...... I dont even wish it on them..... but they deserve everything they get in life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all that have made donations for this funeral, every dollar is greatly appreciated.
Funeral services will be monday 4-20-09 at 3pm at Caldwell and Cowan funeral home on Floyd st Covington GA.  R.I.P. LIL SHANE... I promised you aunt Laurie would always look over and protect you and I meant that from the bottom of my heart.  We are so blessed in so many ways... God gave you the opporotunity to call out to him before your death as you lie in that ditch with the cops all around you. Knowing you were saved and had that opporotunity to call out to him has made us a little more at peace.. not everybody gets that opporotunity to call out to him so we are blessed.  We know you are in heaven smiling down and we will see you one day.  We love you just as much today as we always have and that my little one will never change.  You always could light up a room with your sneaky lil smile and those beautiful blue eyes.  I just wish I had told you more how much I love you and I wish you wouldve listened sometimes when I tried to explain how life really works... alot of us just have to learn on our own.. I just hate it had to end tragically for you.
 

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Chase suspect death investigated Man dies after fleeing traffic stop Barbara Knowles News Editor COVINGTON - A 22-year-old Covington man died Sunday following what Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown termed a "minor crash" after a short car chase. The man allegedly fled from a deputy attempting to make a traffic stop because the car did not have an appropriate tag. Brown said that about 10:30 a.m., a deputy spotted a vehicle that he had attempted to stop on a previous occasion and once again attempted the traffic stop on Rocky Plains Road. However, the driver refused to stop. The suspect traveled to Digby Road at speeds of "less than 100 mph," where he "basically slid off the road," Brown said Tuesday. He said the vehicle, a Lincoln Town Car, hit a small tree, causing "very minor damage to the car." Brown added that the car was drivable after the crash. Following the crash, Brown said the suspect exited the car and fled on foot. "He got away from the officer, and other deputies found him in a wooded area near where he crashed," Brown said, adding that there was only a "short window" of time that elapsed from the time the man crashed his vehicle until he was found. "They observed he was apparently having some health issues, life-threatening issues, and proceeded with life-saving measures," the sheriff said. "There weren't any visible injuries .... he appeared to have some difficulties or (was in) a distressed mode. Officers administered CPR and called paramedics who took over and performed life-saving methods until they arrived at Newton General ER and turned him over to the hospital staff." Brown said the man died at the hospital, and the investigation into the crash was turned over to the Georgia State Patrol. "We've also requested assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to do an independent investigation," Brown said. "And we had our internal affairs division to investigate to determine whether we had any policy violations involved. At this point we believe the officer acted appropriately and there were no policy violations." Brown declined to give specifics of the department's policy on vehicle chases except to say, "We have a chase policy, and we believe they followed procedure." Brown said the deputy has been suspended from duty pending the outcome of the investigations, as is customary in similar cases. Brown declined to give the name of the deceased man. "We're not releasing his name pending notification of the entire family," Brown said. "I have met with the immediate family and have expressed our condolences and concerns with the family. (It is) equally painful for me because I've known the family for many years. I knew the deceased when he was just an infant and any time there is an untimely death, it always raises concerns." John Bankhead, spokesman for the GBI, confirmed that his agency was looking into the incident. He said the deputy had tried to pull over the suspect initially for having a handwritten paper tag, "but the guy got away from him. He didn't chase him, but thought he'd see him again. He did spot him again Sunday and tried to pull him over, but he sped off. The deputy followed and the guy eventually wrecked, got out of his vehicle and went into the woods," Bankhead said. Bankhead said there was a scuffle and the suspect got away from the deputy who said he saw the man pull something from his pocket. "He thought it might be a gun, but it turned out it was not," Bankhead said. "He caught up with him and tried to tackle him and used pepper spray ... but the guy got away. He (said) he noticed there appeared to be some tinfoil in his mouth," Bankhead said. A second deputy arrived at the scene and the first deputy told him the suspect ran in the direction of some culverts. "The second deputy found the guy lying face up in a creek in about 6 inches of water. He was unresponsive ... they called EMTs who transported him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead." Bankhead said autopsy results are awaiting toxicology reports. "They pumped his stomach and those results have been sent to the lab for processing," he said. The investigation is still ongoing into the incident. "It will be thoroughly investigated and a copy of our findings will be sent to the district attorney for review as in every in-custody death with an officer involved," Bankhead said. "That's our standard procedure. It may take some time as we will have to wait for the toxicology tests to come back."

 
 
NOTE:  As of today we have not had the opporotunity to make funeral arrangements.   We have no rights to his body as his family and have to wait until his legal wife makes agrrement as to what happens with his body.  We ran in to many walls today. The family wants to thank everyone for their donations in helping to pay the funeral expenses.  We will finally feel at peace once we know Lil Shane has been given a proper burial.  Please continue to pray.
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