Young and homeless

I was born in America and I came over here when I was five. I was living with my foster parent, and my father married her, and I have been living with her for thirteen years. I first left home when I was seventeen. My Mom kicked me out, we just couldn't get along. I moved around a bit, lived in hostels and that, I lived in shared accomodation in Hackney - I had a drug problem. I got rid of the drug problem and got back to square one and was back in hostels. My brother had just passed away, and my mother was in hospital, I was just taking drugs to calm myself down, to get rid of the problem, but the problems were still there, and I was taking more. There are no good things in my life, I've been kicked out of hostels for fighting, I've been banned from others. I've lived on the streets, and it's no joy. In the summer time it's all right, it's warm, inn the winter, it's not all all, it's too cold. It's freezing - I didn't really get to sleep at all in the night. I didn't actualy get to sleep until the morning. If it was my time to die out there, I wouldn't be here now, that's how I see it. I wasn't on the street for that long but seemed for ever. I was actually on the streets for about three months. It doesn't seem long to some of the people out there but it was a long time for me. My cousin introduced me to the class A drug that I don't want to see any more. I've finished with it now, I've learnt from my mistakes. The good things - I've got a daughter, she's six years old. I try to see her but her mom starts moving around all the time, and II have to go to court, so.... I was thirteen and a half when she was born, well coming upto foureen. When it's your child you have to stick by it. That's the good thing, that's all. What do I want for the future?....having a Ferrari, a good business....but they're all dreams to me.

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I was born in America and I came over here when I was five. I was living with my foster parent, and my father married her, and I have been living with her for thirteen years. I first left home when I was seventeen. My Mom kicked me out, we just couldn't get along. I moved around a bit, lived in hostels and that, I lived in shared accomodation in Hackney - I had a drug problem. I got rid of the drug problem and got back to square one and was back in hostels. My brother had just passed away, and my mother was in hospital, I was just taking drugs to calm myself down, to get rid of the problem, but the problems were still there, and I was taking more. There are no good things in my life, I've been kicked out of hostels for fighting, I've been banned from others. I've lived on the streets, and it's no joy. In the summer time it's all right, it's warm, inn the winter, it's not all all, it's too cold. It's freezing - I didn't really get to sleep at all in the night. I didn't actualy get to sleep until the morning. If it was my time to die out there, I wouldn't be here now, that's how I see it. I wasn't on the street for that long but seemed for ever. I was actually on the streets for about three months. It doesn't seem long to some of the people out there but it was a long time for me. My cousin introduced me to the class A drug that I don't want to see any more. I've finished with it now, I've learnt from my mistakes. The good things - I've got a daughter, she's six years old. I try to see her but her mom starts moving around all the time, and II have to go to court, so.... I was thirteen and a half when she was born, well coming upto foureen. When it's your child you have to stick by it. That's the good thing, that's all. What do I want for the future?....having a Ferrari, a good business....but they're all dreams to me.