Hi I'm Will. I'm 15 years old. This has nothing much to do with KoRn, I'm just trying to get this message out wherever I can. I have a 13 year old brother. Please listen to this true story about us and I hope it will have an effect on you, one to change your life for the better.

The only sound that is worse than hearing yourself being struck, is hearing someone you love being hit. And it's a sound you never forget. I still remember it, from 6 or 7 years ago.

I was in my room, and I could hear my dad punishing my then 6 or 7 year old brother. His room is next to mine, and through the walls I could actually hear the impact of my dad hitting my brother. I could hear my bother pleading for him to stop, and my dad yelling at him. This was a reoccurring thing, almost every Saturday and some days in between. Whenever my mom wasn't home.

Every hit burned into probably all three of our minds. It makes me sick to think about it. Now, years later, my brother has been arrested for stealing, he is violent, he is racist, he is sexist, and he is anti-Semitic (racist against Jews) and he is very messed-up. I'm on four medications. I've been in-and-out of three hospitals, two psychotherapists and in juvy for 3 months for assault.

KoRn has helped me though. I'm not angry anymore. My brother still is though, and it hurts to see him like this. At only 13. I know a lot of KoRn Kids who have been through a lot of sh*t also, and I've heard them swear they will raise their kids better. But there is a cycle of abuse. My grandfather did it to my father, and he did it to us. And maybe my brother will do it to his children. I don't think any of them wanted to. But it's a cycle.

So please take responsibility. Please wait to have kids if you think you'll fall into the cycle. Don't stay silent if you know this is happening to someone. I did, I stayed silent and my brother and I had to pay. I wish I didn't now that I know I could of gotten help. This world is hard, it's not fair and sometimes it really sucks. Please don't make fun of kids or bother them because you never know what they've been through, and we should all have equal respect for each other.

Thanks for reading my message. Please take it seriously.
-Will