This is the story of an inner-city black teenager who needs money desperately and has to make hard choices about what he is willing to do to get it. Willy's mother is working long hours, against the advice of her doctor, and still she can't meet all the family's bills. When Willy volunteers to drop out of school and work, his mother won't allow it. On his own, Willy decides to keep his summer job and pretend that he is going to school. Shortly after school begins, Willy is laid off and he is left trying to find a job when has very few works skills. He meets a job counselor who teaches him the basics of job hunting. But shortly after, his mother collapses at work. Willy is tempted to take the easy way out and start dealing drugs in the neighborhood.