80's Baby is an account of true events that leaves the reader to believe how one can survive, let alone be determined to be the evidence of what hard work and perseverance can do. Derrick takes you on a sometimes humorous, but ultimately sad journey of homelessness, foster care, abuse, abandonment, dysfunctional relationships, incarceration and death. Read as Derrick overcomes the unfathomable obstacles to become a Nationally Honored College Graduate, father and inspiration to all.