Mr Hate Coffee
Veteran
Yep, they have nothing to live for. Nothing to aspire to be. No happiness. No positive goals or role models. No sense of importance. add drugs on top of all that and its a just an all around hopeless situation
I read a report that investigated this. They looked at why some people in very bad neighborhoods don't commit crimes and they basically said it all came down to a person's future outlook. The further out in the future a person envisioned their life, the less likely they were to commit a crime. Some of these folks can't even see their lives past this week. Imagine how that would feel. Imagine just going with the flow on some day to day shyt because you can't even see yourself or what your life is like a week from now. From that lens it's easy to understand how folks can make these bad choices.
So the solution lies in giving these kids something to look forward to. Rap can do that in some ways, most nikkas who are successful leave the street life alone. Hell look at Snoop at 19 and now. Look at Cube.
But everyone can't be rappers so there's gotta be another way.