The answer is a simile. This is because similes compare two things (these things here are his life and the dusty yards) by using like or as (specifically here as).
The other ones don't make sense: nothing is being over exaggerated (hyperbole), there are no repeating consonants (alliteration), and there are no human characteristics being given to inhuman subjects (personification).
Life in the ghetto. A lot of song focused on his life and he did grow up in a bad neighborhood
<em>It shows that even though many years have passed, tradition is still passed down through out decendants, and so is our knowledge. It shows that even though theres been years of our race evoling, we still remeber what happend that long ago. We still can connect with out roots through our knowledge. </em>
Answer:
When I was a <u>child(n)</u> I used to play with a <u>small(a)</u> <u>Argentinian boy(n)</u>