A song that relates best with "code of the street" is "Dance with the devil" by Immortal Technique. “Code of the street” is when people reject authority and commit crimes because they feel the need to fit in, gain respect, survive life themselves, and don’t trust law enforcement. The song dance with the devil is about a troubled teenager named William whose rough childhood resulted in him committing crimes throughout his young life. Among those crimes was the rape and killing of a lady who turned out to be his mom. He does this because when he went to jail, he snitched an act that is looked down upon under the “code of the street”. Snitching caused him to lose a lot of respect from people in his crew. After getting out of jail William felt like he needed to get his respect back in any way possible and knew that if he did something violent he had a chance of getting it back. So did, not caring about anybody but himself and his crew and ended up killing his own mother.
Although the song doesn’t talk about William in school it still shows how school violence is higher in communities where people live by “code of the street”. This is the lifestyle that William is use to, and lives by no matter what the circumstances are. He can take his “code of the street” mentality to school with him just so he can prove a point and get the respect he wants from others in the streets. Under the “code of the street” proving a point usually results in acts violent behavior. If William is always trying to prove a point and gain respect so will others kids from the streets, and his crew making the school violent. “Code of the street” is a major reason why some communities have high school violence. Not having to live by “code of the street” makes a school less violent because the students do not have anything to prove.
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