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Right now, here is the audio cast of Born Poor.

Music When we can't afford to pay our bills, like our house bills and stuff, you never know what will happen to pay our bills, like our house bills and stuff, you never know what will happen in your life.

We first met them 14 years ago in Illinois and Iowa, Johnny, Kaylee, Brittany, and their

families.

The experience of growing up poor as seen through their eyes.

We lost our whole house and everything.

Life is going to be heard because there's hardly going to be any jobs like when rich people will be poor.

Like you, you might get poor in the last few months. You never know.

From childhood...

If I don't have an opportunity to show somebody to play football, football

won't exist.

Then as teenagers, no matter what I go through, I'll still want to try and try and try to be better.

I know people have it worse than me, and I wish no one had that.

Everybody knows the American dream, oh, go to college and go leave your life. That's all I want to do. And now, young adults. The last thing that I want is for my kids to worry about what we're going to have for dinner or worry about where we're going to stay. Being born poor, it can start off rough. It can't be a difficult process because you limited opportunities. But them opportunities will come. Oh, nice job, man. What can I do today, make myself better for tomorrow?

Life has lessons. People makes mistakes.

You know, life goes on no matter what happens.

Changing the cycle that you were born into is very hard.

So I'm still learning to this day.

It's a long, lengthy process.

Now on Frontline, born poor.

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