Growing up on the mean streets of Chicago Tank wants nothing more than to leave the ghetto that has caused her so much pain and despair. Drugs and the street life is all she knows, but she soon starts to realize she doesn't want that life anymore. If she stays in the only city she knows more than likely she will end up dead. So she decides that it is time to move on to another city and another life. As the time reaches near for her to leave she is faced with an abusive cheating boyfriend, back stabbing friends, and a lying side piece. Tank is now stuck with the decision of leaving the place that caused her so much hurt or seeking revenge to only find that no matter how much a girl from the hood wants change there is no way out.