The inspiring, true story of a man who went from nothing to speaking to more than two million people each year.

Reggie Dabbs's life changed when in the second grade he realized his parents were not his real parents, and that his birth was the result of a twenty-dollar deal his sixteen year old unwed mother made to secure the food she needed for her three other children. Interwoven with humorous and thought-provoking anecdotes and illustrations, as well as stories from the Bible and his travels around the world, this is the true, chronological story of Reggie and his message for students and adults alike that they are powerless to change their past, but they possess a unique potential to change their future.

Chapters include how to know your:

• Story-The Pigskin Poet
• Truth-Tuesdays with Reggie
• Pain-English Teachers
• Hero-Bus Stops and Batman
• Choice-Old School Peas
• Voice-Pinky Toe Importance
• Name-The "Born" Identity
• Passion-Frozen Planes and Fake Ears
• Future-Gomer's Odyssey
• Father-Big Daddy

The inspiring, true story of a man who went from nothing to speaking to more than two million people each year.

Reggie Dabbs's life changed when in the second grade he realized his parents were not his real parents, and that his birth was the result of a twenty-dollar deal his sixteen year old unwed mother made to secure the food she needed for her three other children. Interwoven with humorous and thought-provoking anecdotes and illustrations, as well as stories from the Bible and his travels around the world, this is the true, chronological story of Reggie and his message for students and adults alike that they are powerless to change their past, but they possess a unique potential to change their future.

Chapters include how to know your: * Story—The Pigskin Poet * Truth—Tuesdays with Reggie * Pain—English Teachers * Hero—Bus Stops and Batman * Choice—Old School Peas * Voice—Pinky Toe Importance * Name—The "Born" Identity * Passion—Frozen Planes and Fake Ears * Future—Gomer's Odyssey * Father—Big Daddy

On December 7, Redman will release his seventh solo studio album, Reggie. The 18-year Def Jam Records vet's latest album finds the Def Squad emcee from Newark, New Jersey working with longtime affiliates Method Man, Saukrates and DJ Kool, but also Treacherous Three emcee Kool Moe Dee and UGK's Bun B.