Former gang leader, high school dropout and fallen victim of his past. Dymonique reveals his drastic lifestyle after learning the disturbing news of his fathers death. At the age of seven, Burton found himself at the edge of the cliff of life when he discovered that his father had just died after his third consecutive heart attack. Not knowing how to deal with the following circumstances and devastating thoughts and memories that suddenly aroused, Burton quickly found himself desolated and confused with life. Though his thoughts became unfathomable and suddenly deprived him of enjoying the sincere and pure experience of the normal youth, he managed to accumulate each thought and experience and formulate it into poetry. This allowed him to suddenly discover freedom. In He Finally Spoke, Burton provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a youth growing up in the darkness of evil. Mental abuse, deprivation, rejection and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character and tenacity he was able to overcome these obstacles and ascended to become a profound leader and the voice for the future generations.