One Night

I have forgotten to tell people about that one night that we went to Seven Steps since Gary wanted to write about it so much. Now.. technically we didn't really reach the very end of Seven Steps, but we got a good view of it.

So lemme start with the prologue of the day. It's Escenthio's last day and he wanted to do something with the boys before he headed off to Berkeley to do his own thang. So he wanted to go watch a movie, but there was no movie that was on the time he desired, because of the prior plans he made already. So in the end, we went to Tapioca Express to see if Kenneth was working there and I couldn't reach him so I thought that he would be working. I got there and he wasn't working, instead I saw somebody familiar. I didn't really know him but I knew of him, so in this light of time I called up Gary. I haven't kicked it with Gary for a really long time so I told him that I saw Eric working. Later on Gary came to Tap Ex and he met up with us, and he said sup to Eric. We was just chilling for a little bit and then Escenthio really needed to go to Berkeley. So Jeri.. (Sorry I didnt mention him earlier, but he's been here the whole time) insisted that he drive Jeri to Berkeley and we asked if Gary wanted to come thru. Gary accepted.

On the road to Berkeley, Gary and Escenthio is catching up. We just chilling and it got quiet, so Escenthio was like "Fuck it, bust a cypher" So he started hella instrumentals and he ripped it on the mic. Everytime E starts spitting, its always amazing what his mind can come up with words so quick in a matter of secs. Now in a cypher, its a circle that people freestyle in and when one person is done, the next comes forth and bust their shit and so on. So after E it was Gary's turn. But he was shy so he passed it on to me. I try my best and I didnt really care if my flows were ugly at the time, but I have to admit now, I've gotten better. We kept doing this with instrumentals from 93' til Infinity to M.I.A. Paper Planes. Eventually we got to where we need to drop Escenthio off and he left us his iPod because he knew we need that sort of entertainment in the car.

We tried to find out what we wanted to do. During the meantime Le wanted to cypher more and Gary actually jumped in. So everybody in the car realized how fun and satisfying it is to flow and not break. Then Kenneth called me and I asked where he was at. He said that he was at work now. So we drove all the way back to Tap Ex to get hooked up and he really hooked it up. I had freaking Taro and hella chicken and I mean hella chicken. While we was eating, Gary and I was looking at the girl behind the counter working. She was really beautiful and I was intrigued to know who she was. So Gary was nudging me to talk to her. I had to admit, I was a little nervous because I haven't really tried to mack for a long time. So I had Kenneth introduce her to me and Gary. Her name was Faith, such a unique name for a beautiful lady, so I had to try. And Gary was proud of his boy of how he was working his magic xD. But in the end, I already knew that she had a bf so it was fun doing what I did, even though I couldnt get digit, it was only for my self esteem :) Her bf came and she went to him instantaneously.. it was a good run, I had fun.

Later on, we was like waiting for Escenthio to come back from Berkeley, so I told him to take the Bart back to San Leandro. While we was waiting for him, Jeri wanted to do something stupid like everybody comes up with one move and we'll put it together into a dance routine. It was one of the most ugliest dances that I've ever seen. I can't believe me, Le, Kenneth, Eric, Gary, and Jeri did that shit. Then Escenthio came through and I updated him on how the day went. He dropped to his knees when I told him one of my lines when I was talking to the girl and he gave me props for it. He got there and he was introduced to Eric and then out of nowhere, somebody wanted to go ghost hunting. I forgot who wanted to go, but in the end we just wanted to go.

So on our way to the Seven Steps, Kenneth wanted to go pick up his friend Larry. After picking up Larry we was on our way to go up towards Skyline Blvd. Before that I called Alan to see if he wanted to go and he agreed to come, so we swooped him up. Later on we drove all the way to Joaquin Miller Park. The area with the fountain itself looked scary. We got out of the car and we went towards the steps. Now these steps climbed up the mountain pretty far up. I dunno how many flights of stairs I was going up, but I know it was a lot. Also when you're walkin up those stairs, you see nothing but darkness. So every step, you could just feel the anxiousness of everybody and hear it as well. So I told everybody to put their hands onto each other shoulders while walking up so just incase, we don't lose anybody. I have no idea why.. but Kenneth and Alan was holding hands.. If you want to know, you need to ask them.

I remember we reached this one area, after going up soo far. There was a big fountain in the middle. Behind that fountain was some more steps.. and it was even darker than what our vision is comprehend. This was an area out of the reach of street lights. So we was in the pitch black area of the mountain. Next to these steps, there happened to be a grotto area where there was water dripping. At first people got a little freaked out from the dripping, but in the end we realized how stupid we felt and started to laugh. During the laughter out of nowhere Escenthio and Le heard this loud screech, it sounded closely to resembling little girl tryin to laugh as well. According to Le it was definitely something that wasn't normal and it sounded like a female and there was actually no females on this ghost hunt expedition. Escenthio decided to peel out during the laughter fassttt. Everybody started to freak out a little bit when Le and Escenthio started to explain themselves.

After little debate, we all decided to walk up those extra dark steps. As we was walking up, I was making sure that everybody was with us at every step. I was making sure that everybody's lights were working properly. Then out of the cuts, Gary said he saw something. Now we try to make sure that it was nothing, you know.. take into account of what it could've been before assuming what it was already. But to back him up, Kenneth said he saw something too. So everybody started to feel a little uneasy. But after another small debate, we decided to press on some more. We reached this point where I felt that we was really close to the very top of this mountain. But I started to feel really weird, I was feeling a little light head. Maybe it was the fact that since we're going so high up the mountain the air started to get thick. But when I look at it now, I believe Skyline when farther up and I never felt dizzy going to school.. O.o Also I was losing my balance, like I feel that I wasnt really centered. I told the group and everybody thought that was jus me, but I know how I felt, and I never felt like that before. After reaching like 5 more steps before hitting the top. We looked as far as we could see with our flashlights. At the very top was an abandon building.. It had some pillars on it and chairs outside. Now I just know if there's a building with pillars on it, its old and something that you should'nt be fucking with. Escenthio felt the same, so he dipped out. I was trailing right behind him, not so long later, everybody was running down the steps towards the cars. I just remember everybody saying don't look back. I wasnt looking back at all, I was making sure that I wasnt goin to fall on those step or stumble. I think I might have push a couple people out the way, but not too hard.

After that we got in our cars and bounce. We went on this dark trail, hoping that it would be scary unfortunately it wasnt. Interesting enough, following that trail from Skyline Blvd eventually reaches Castro Valley. Long before you know it, we was driving along side Castro Valley High. Dayam they had a nice stadium.. for a second I thought the stadium was the school. We drove to the parking lot of their school just chilling for a second tryin to see what to do next. People felt like that was enough for the night and wanted to hit the sheets. While we was there, we saw a kid skateboarding in the parking lot of Castro Valley.. in 2 in the morning.. Made us wonder for a second. I might have to research if anything happened in the parking lot of Castro Valley because that was highly suspicious. But we got home safely and I slept in for hella long, no nightmares so I was GOOD.

G. Double O. D.