Joel | Māngere
“Nothing; just kick back. Wake up, get ready and all that stuff, then yeah, then it all just starts from the streets.
There you go, and your attitude builds up and that, and then you’ll get a positive attitude.
I grew up here, heaps of good people around. We had much fun and all that stuff, and yeah, it’s a good neighbourhood. Go school, you know? Southern Cross, man, that’s the best school that I’d rather go to, and I still go there.
Yeah, you live, and you know what I mean, and yeah, I rap and write at the same time. When you’re, if you’re a little like me, start off on the streets, then you can be growing up, the good people that are around you, that’s the good attitude that you get it from; the good people around you, and yeah you have a good life, just like me.
Yeah, to all those young people out there, you know, stay in school, don’t, you know, don’t go outside of school, man because you know what happens; you get a bad report and all that stuff – stay in school, concentrate on work, then you’ll get it.
The future; I’ll be a policeman by then. That’s my dream job, the Police. Chasing around those crime peoples, holding them, locking them up and that. Yeah, for all those, you bad people out there, you gotta watch out, because the Police is going to be onto you.”
