Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and tragedy in his life: His mother overdosed on heroin when he was just a child, his father was shot and seriously wounded by a vengeful drug lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed in their parents' footsteps, both taking and dealing narcotics. Roemello wants out of this dangerous and destructive world ... but somehow, events keep conspiring to pull him back in.