Lawless C. Watson, Jr. continues to be relentless, even while experiencing success and frustrations, while pursuing his goals. His vendor profile was first published early in 2007 and again in September 2009. This is a continued update of the progress he has made since joining Street Sense.
Born in 1952 in Washington, D.C., Lawless thanks his former music teacher, Miss G. Jackson, for encouraging him to learn as many musical instruments as he wanted, which kept him in school as long as he was. A former running back for the D.C. Stonewalls, a semi–pro football team, Lawless has worked in the sales, medicine, construction, food, transportation and entertainment industries. He even spent about six years as a freelance recording studio drummer.
How did you become homeless?
After four years of what I considered to have been a “role reversal” situation where I found myself the victim of mental, emotional and financial abuse, I walked out of the house when physical abuse returned to our marriage. During the divorce proceedings I left everything to her.
What are you doing now?
As well as beginning to lay the foundations of starting a street paper in the Baltimore metropolitan area, I am currently using the proceedings from my ‘3-song, personally autographed, fundraising demo CD’ (which is the story my life, good and bad, set to music) to help launch a multifaceted, full service, street-based music outreach ministry in the Washington/Baltimore areas.
