Shady | Rānui
“That they’re precious.
Precious and we’ve got to do more about this one in three homes having some sort of domestic abuse, because that’s the statistics; one in three homes has a child abuse of some sort going on in it – some kind, some way, shape or form, but myself I’m all about breaking the cycle, you know.
We’ve got agencies like CADS and that over there, the methadone program and all that. We’ve got all these agencies. People just need to utilise them and get out of the trap, you know, break that cycle. Not to be so judgemental. I mean, you see kids at the age of four, five six, you know, from age of six, you know that person’s not a lazy bum or that person’s not a arsehole, you know. They’re not.
I grew up in foster care. It was a good thing, because I was lucky enough just to crack a good foster care. I dealt with substance abuse, mainly prescription substance abuse all my life, but I’m medicating properly now. Everything’s done. Everything’s behind me. I’m now with Rānui Baptist Church. Have been for about two, three years. Been baptised there. Had a lot of choice times as a kid, and I’m just very grateful to be where I am today, because everyone who knew me wasn’t banking on me living any longer than 20. Here I am, 32. So God’s good, Bro. God’s good. More family orientated stuff I’d say like, like you know, we’ve got libraries and all that and everything.
We do have a lot of radio station gatherings and that, and YFM and everything. You know they do their fundraisers, functions, whatever, you know, and everything, but this might sound kind of corny, but what I think in a whole is, let’s just get along, man. Don’t matter if you’re black. Don’t matter that you’re white. Don’t matter if you’re blue. Don’t matter if you’re red. Let’s just get along, man. Yeah, it’s easier. It’s easier, man. It’s less taxing.”
