“I’m talking bout the science of social depravation” Skinnyman

So I didn’t do too well at school, I was the class clown, I just liked making people laugh. I can’t read and write too good so I couldn’t get on. I get board, I got a job in my last year of school, money in ya pocket, a little to help ya mum out, enough for beer at the weekend and it’sall good. But, it means I didn’t do so many exams and that means I aint got qualifications. I lost that job (I was too young to work), I’m not a master mind but I’ll work hard, this just means I’ll do the jobs no one else wants to do, “Ill give you a one’a to do over that...” you know the drill. My Brother just had a kid, he lives in the next road, my little brother’s just out on bail. I’ve got a record as long as my arm and more. If something goes on in this town the police ask me about it (coz to be fair I’m usually in it) My dads sick, seriously. The best job I had was Selling drugs, but for some reason it felt wrong so I stopped. My mum works hard but its tuff with two boys right? my mum and dad don’t live together.
I just wanna work, but I can’t get a chance, I’ve got no qualifications and no experience so I can’t get a chance, I can’t get a break.Im stuck. Everyone want to take the piss out of me, mug me off and I won’t let em, so, I get them before they get me. It’s a f#### up existence, but wot chance have i got.

This guy came to my house for tea today. I wanna just give him a hug and tell him life’s not all bad, but in his situation it is. What hope is there, what chances are there? I just wanna give him a job create opportunities, he’s my friend and it hurts to whiteness the cycle of a social class system that says unless you tick these boxes we don’t care about you. I wanna go to the government and say “this is a good guy, his family are good people, they just got lost and need some help on the way back, Come on, surly there help for these guys” I wanna step in and stop this cycle, bring about a change if I don’t who will? And in 20 years will the next generation of this family telling the same old tale?

I don’t know where to start. I guess, awareness relationship and prayer and action. But the challenge is big. The cost is high, the price might be more than I have but the result. The result is life.

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