This is a coming-of-age story about five teenagers growing up in Harlem, New York in the 1980s. of "crack". Karon falls into a deep sleep after his graduation in 1985. Dreams of him within dreams lead him into a realistic drama along with his potential future in the 1990s as a young drug dealer. His quick money attitude hurts the community and ultimately his best friends get caught in the crossfire of his illicit activity. He wakes up in 1985 and realizes that the "easy way out" offered to him was not a glorious new beginning, but the end.