- [Narrator] Bryann Trejoremembers feeling rejected

at 13 years old when hismother called the police

and had he and his twin brother arrested.

She had recently brokenup with their father,

and it was her way ofdisciplining the two unruly teens.

- We always disobeyed, youknow, kinda asking for attention

but not getting the attention we needed.

We were feeling like we're last,

she's choosing her boyfriends first,

so it put us in a place where,"Well, who does love us?".

- [Narrator] Released fromjuvenile prison, they found

shelter and acceptance amongneighborhood troublemakers

and started stealing and dealing drugs.

- So we eventually foundthe love in the streets.

Some knuckleheads that wererejected from their household --

that they formed their own brotherhood.

We robbed people to eat, you know.

Literally, call the pizzaman if we're hungry,

call the pizza man -- we'llget guns and rob, you know.

It started building this lifestyle.

If we want it, we'll cometogether, and we'll get it,

you know, even if it's the wrong way.

Made me feel like, "This issomewhere where I am wanted".

I didn't know it at the time,

but they were using us,too, because they knew

that we would do whateverfor the brothers.

- [Narrator] For the next several years,

Bryann was immersed in street life

and was in and out of jail.

At 21, he tried to avenge afailed hit on his brother.

- I see the man comingthis way, and he sees me.

And I been looking for him,

and I got a gun on my left, I'm by myself.

I'm pulling up to him like,"Man, perfect timing".

He's coming to the car with his friends,

and they're thinkingthey're gonna beat me up.

And I'm thinking, "I got you".

And as soon as he came to the thing,

I rolled the window down(imitates gun noises);

he's on the floor, he's shaking.

I'm shooting this way at them,

and I remember peeling off like,"Yeah, I got you, victory".

- [Narrator] Bryann was arrested

and charged with attempted murder.

While awaiting trial, he realized

that his so-called "friends"weren't around anymore.

- Everyone I thoughtloved me vanished on me,

so I'm like, "Man,where's my loyalty at?".

And I remember I had a list ofeverybody that did me wrong,

what I was gonna do to them,

and I was gonna hurt her, Iwas gonna hurt him, you know.

So I'm sitting there in thiscell restless, so angry.

- [Narrator] Then, heremembered that revenge hadn't

gotten him far, so he prayed to God.

- I've heard the Gospel preach before --

salvation, and it's free,and that God loves you,

and that He wants you to come home.

I went to a church servicethat night in jail, right,

and everything just(snaps) came right back.

So I cry out to God in thiscell, facing this time,

to just give me peace while --

"Just don't leave me,I'm gonna serve you".

Even if I gotta be in thepenitentiary, "I'll serve you",

and He tells me to start forgiving people.

The list I made of peoplethat I wanted to hurt

when I got out -- had to startpraying over these people

instead of sitting there,wishing death on 'em,

so it became a prayer list.

- [Narrator] At trial,Bryann's charges were reduced,

and he was released afterserving three years in prison.

- It was like, "Man, thisis something unconditional

I never experienced before", you know.

Just being the type of man I am,

you would still give me help.

I was grateful.

- [Narrator] By thistime, his twin brother

had turned his life around.

He became a Christian

and started creating rapmusic to glorify God.

♪ I told God I made a promise ♪

♪ I don't know how to be dishonest ♪

♪ Like a cycle that repeats ♪

Until the night he was fatallyshot just outside his home.

- But when they said my twin was murdered,

I felt like my soul was cut in half.

I couldn't even go to his funeral

because I didn't wanna see him in a casket

'cause he looks just like me.

I want to remember him with life,

so it was hard for me, you know.

He walks like me, talks like me --

even now to this day, when Ilook in the mirror, I see him.

- [Narrator] The grief nearlydrove Bryann to suicide.

It was then he realized hehad never fully surrendered

his life to Christ.

- I still had things I didn'twanna let go of, you know?

Kinda on my terms, "I'll change God,

but I'll just do little by little".

And he was telling me"Give me everything",

and it was, you know...

When my brother was murdered,I gave him everything.

My prayer was like...

(lighthearted piano music)

I got lust in my heart,I got greed in my heart,

I got -- I'm blaming everyone'cause I know it's my fault.

You know, I'm tired ofrunning a race the wrong way,

going backwards, in and outof prison, being a failure.

They just took the closestone to me on Earth.

I don't wanna see themtake no more from me, so,

"I wanna live for you, sowhatever you gotta do, help me".

- [Narrator] Bryann's prayer was answered,

and his life was transformed.

He forgave his brother's killers

and reconciled with his mother.

Now, he honors his brother'smemory by continuing his music.

♪ Love is forgiveness ♪

♪ But we rise on our enemies ♪

Today, Bryann is marriedand has a family of his own.

Through their ministry, Kingdom Muzic,

they travel and share the message

that forgiveness is freedomand God's love is the way home.

- But knowing that, that theFather looks for me and says,

"Come home", that's a differenttype of love like, man.

It's beautiful knowingHe loves me like that.

(lighthearted orchestral music)