This book is hilarious. This book is sad. This book is genius. This book is everything that you would ever want to see in a book, on the television screen or on the radio because what you are about to read is real life manifested through written words of wisdom for your clear comprehension. This author has truly been there and expresses himself thoroughly in his writings. You will experience the love, pain, joy and disappointment of a Blackman, who was stripped of his childhood as a youth. "This Ain't A Joke" is an inside look at what's really going on from someone who is "in the know". Mature enough for someone that is 75 to contemplate his or her thoughts on; real enough to move someone who is 20; and yet simple enough to enhance and enlighten the youth. This book is nature in all of its essence. If you're alive, you will enjoy it.