- [Interviewer] We're here on Venice Beach.
- Yes sir.
- [Interviewer] You say you've been sleeping out here
for four months.
- Four months.
- [Interviewer] What happened?
- Well you know when you lose your family,
you know, first of all families the most
important thing in,
in this life
especially when there's love involved
in a family, true love.
That's pretty much, I've been on a pursuit of love,
you know, lookin' for love in all the wrong places,
is a funny song (chuckles).
And they led me in one direction, to another,
and family passed away, you know.
I'm out on my own now.
It's like you know once you have no foundation,
or no structure of, because livin' is kind of hard
to function in a society of when it comes
to economic wise.
Make a long story short, I chased love
and it was a wrong love.
I left the state, I left home, my family...
- [Interviewer] And you were born here
and you left the state?
- Born here, left the state.
- [Interviewer] Chased love, we all been there.
- We all been there, never do it (laughing).
- [Interviewer] Oh, it's one thing to say never do it,
another to never do it.
- You know what there's invisible laws,
there are invisible laws.
- [Interviewer] Okay.
- That really exist and that's one of 'em.
It's just you
take 'em love-- - Don't chase love huh?
- Don't chase love, don't leave your state,
don't leave home for love.
That's it, this generation,
don't leave home for love.
And overall, I came home determined,
I'm determined to reclaim my California throne,
sink, swim, or drown.
I knew it was gonna be tough.
I've attempted to come back home a few times prior
and it's expensive out here needless to say,
you know, but this is home.
The stakes are raised high, and fine, so be it.
Survival, I'm all terrain.
I've survived in the cold, I've survived in the heat,
I've survived in Arizona, I mean.
- [Interviewer] Well you're lookin' sharp.
You got some rockin' shoes and trying
to take care of yourself out here.
- Yeah, well you know, it's not when you're out here,
it's not for you to be comfortable.
It's not for you to go on ahead and say,
well this is it, this is where my life is gonna be
for the rest of remaining of,
whatever time that I have on this earth.
You know, indeed it is good on one side
to live free of debt, bills.
You know it has its pros and cons
just like anything else.
You can always find the good in anything.
It's like I say, you're on this beach.
- [Interviewer] But indoor plumbin'
is also good too.
- Indoor plumbing is also good.
- Having a kitchen, privacy-- - Just to be able
to go to the kitchen and cook. - I mean,
it rained the other night
it must have been nasty out here.
I know I had-- - It is,
weather and the rain and it's, you know,
those are the circumstances.
However, I can only imagine if I've never experienced
this at all.
And, let's say I was born with a silver spoon
and I was forever covered with money and protected
with other's money, and I've never had
to live out on the streets,
I never had to fend for myself for my own food
and this was always given to me.
I could only imagine, and I actually pray,
and I pray for those who don't know
what it's like to come out here, 'cause.
- [Interviewer] Well I think, 'cause for me
I used to work in television
and I ended up on the street too.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] And going through homelessness
was the worst hell of my life,
but it also changed me in a way
that made me more grateful for simple things.
- Okay, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, indeed.
- [Interviewer] But still, nobody should be homeless.
This great country of ours.
- It doesn't make sense to me.
There's enough food, there's enough resources,
there's enough land, and it just doesn't.
I've learned that there's two sides.
There's only, I mean there's one big giant
huge line in the middle of good and evil,
love and hate.
I've learnt that there's a lot of cruel people.
There's a lot of heartless people.
There's a lot of inhumane,
like humane doesn't exist anymore
let alone integrity, or morals, or karma,
instead it's just God in your heart, period,
love, whatever your religion is, love, anything.
It's just not there, you know,
and there's a sprinkle of us that are around
that will help, extend a helping hand.
And bless and love to those who do.
- [Interviewer] Where'd you sleep last night?
- Last night, where did I sleep?
I was lucky enough to run into an old buddy
and he had a car and I slept in it last night.
I guess that was makeup from the rain
the other night.
I was in a tent downtown
and I woke up drenching wet, soaking wet.
You know, same thing as Skid Row, you know,
and my heart hurts along with my own circumstances,
but others that I see, it's just like,
my goodness if I had, if I had 84 billion
I would definitely do a lot for,
just even if I had enough.
If I had enough I would do a lot for those
who want to be, want a change in their life.
- [Interviewer] Now, so your mom died
and that's how you ended up back out here,
back on the, or out on the streets?
- Well, after she passed away, I was in Texas
till she passed away, and I was kinda
thrown off for a moment, you know,
I was her only child, born on her birthday,
you know, it was just me and her.
And she loved me dearly and I loved her dearly.
She was a terrific mother, terrific, like an angel.
Like I could never have another woman in my life.
She was the only person that ever showed me
real true love, I've never seen it ever again.
And you know I snapped out of it after awhile
and I said I'm comin' home.
You know the whole time I had a girlfriend out there
and I always do what I can,
and I do my very best, I always strive for the best
no matter what, forever.
I was just gettin' mistreated.
It didn't make sense, I have no family there,
I was there for no reason, I need to come home,
get back in touch with my roots,
back in touch with homeland, the beach.
This beach has been calling me severely (laughing),
so I had to come home, definitely.
- [Interviewer] Well you were born and raised here.
- Indeed, born and raised.
- [Interviewer] I lived here 30 years,
it's hard for me to get it out of my system.
I've tried movin' other places,
but I always come back here.
- There's no place like home.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, I love this place.
- There's no place like home.
- [Interviewer] What's your future like?
- My future, property, lease a home
somewhere close by.
- [Interviewer] You gonna get out of this?
- Music video production, design,
universal design whether it's clothing,
whether it's interior, outterior, landscaping,
you know, I'm just all the way around
across the board, universal design,
it's crazy to be a jack of all trades,
but you know capital, (laughing) capital.
You know and then I, I wanna, I wanna make sure
I reach out to youth that's out here,
that I see that's out here.
It's ridiculous, I mean, I understand like,
as we get a certain age we have a decision to make
and we have effort to put in, or not to put in,
but these young, lost children that I see out here,
with no home, no family, they don't know
where they're gonna eat and then they usually
get misguided out here and then there's all kinds
of drugs going around out here
that, you know, is something
that I wanna reach out to.
You know I wanna set up some kind of program.
So my future is, I got a lot on,
and overall God's plan, God's plan,
I'm just a simple messenger, so, God's plan.
- [Interviewer] If you had three wishes
what would they be?
- Three wishes (laughing).
You know what, happiness,
tranquility,
and love.
- [Interviewer] Great wishing, great wishing.
Well thank you very much for talking to me.
- Yes sir, thank you, thank you for
lending me your ear.
It feels good to talk about it sometimes, definitely.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Definitely feels good to talk about it.
You know sometimes that makes
a big difference, just listening.
- [Interviewer] It does, it does.
And so often, you know, we have to respect people
and respect people's privacy's,
but just asking somebody, you know,
giving them our positive attention
and askin' 'em what's
their story-- - Indeed.
- [Interviewer] Is uplifting.
- It is, it is, you know, humility, humility,
I don't mind.
It is what it is you know.
I mean, we're all out here in the same boat
in form or fashion, you know.
[Interviewer] We're all neighbors.
- We're all neighbors.
- [Interviewer] We're all neighbors,
take care of our neighbors.
Well, you have a great day man.
- You have a great day also as well, thank you.
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