My momma said you're judged by the company you keep

from Kendrick Lamar – Average Joe Lyrics on Rap Genius

Even if you try to stay neutral and discrete if he hung out with nothing but drug dealers and gangbangers everyone would seem him as such. This would make his life more dangerous and more susceptible to gang violence and police investigation.

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