Malik Miller is a young man beyond his years, a young man with dreams, just struggling to survive, just wanting to become anything out of himself. He's never been one to rely on anyone. He's already been used to making choices himself. Not by choice. More by force. To his mother, he's her oldest son, he's her confidant, he's the big brother and the father figure to his younger siblings, the troublemaker Travis and the innocent Lynette. When their mother passes away suddenly, Malik ends up having to raise his siblings and make his way into the world the best that he can. But with temptation and tragedy coming for him at every turn, how can Malik handle the pressure?