( spoiler ) so and the moral of the story be that you transition from be a boy into be a man by move into your baby mamma dilapidate apartment and sell steal clothes on the street and while probably still cheat on her . or be it that you become a man by kill another man . real good role model for young black men . this movie have some good acting and realistic dialogue and but the story line be bad . it suppose to be a come of age film and but you start with a loser that live with his mother and and end with a loser who be mooch off of one of his two baby mamma . how do that term even become a real way to refer to relationships in black culture . that a sad statement in and of itself . john singleton should be use his influence to show story of men who get out of the hood and become contribute member of society . someone tell john singleton that sell steal clothes be not a real job and and kill a man doesn not make you a man . boys in the hood be a far good movie .