Hobo to a group of newborn babies A long time ago I was one of you . You ' re all brand new and perfect . No mistakes , no regrets . People look at you and think of how wonderful your future will be . They want you to be something special . like a . a doctor or a lawyer . I hate to tell you this , but if you grow up here , you ' re more likely to wind up selling your bodies on the streets , or shooting dope from dirty needles in a bus stop . And if you ' re successful , you ' ll make money selling junk to crackheads . And you won ' t think twice about killing someone ' s wife , because you won ' t even know what was wrong in the first place . Or , maybe . you ' ll end up like me a hobo with a shotgun ! I hope you can do better . You are the future .