I don’t have a job no more. It’s rough but that’s the hand I’ve been dealt. And I’ve been looking but I don’t have the money neither to keep living like this. My baby mama won’t have me stay with her anymore unless I get myself a job. She don’t understand I’m trying to make a meal but I can’t here like this. So I had to move back to my mama’s place out in Compton. I gots to take car of my lil sis while I’m here and make sure she does well in class.

But I found myself an apartment down in the Inglewood area of Los Angeles by the race track. I got to lay down a security deposit and the first months pay. I don’t got that money but I can’t keep livin with my mama she says she’s kickin me out soon. I gots to find that money.

My boy told me that if I look at the web I could find a car title loan for money. I don’t have good credit but with title loans I don’t need any. I can get more than I need now. I filled out an application and got a call back the next day.

I’m still livin with my mama but only for a lil while longer. My sis is doin bad in some classes so I gots to make sure she gets her grades up then I’m out.

- Shaen Q.

Los Angeles, California