1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: For the first time in a long time. At a 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: matter of fact, in the history of this show, I 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: get to report on some good news because I gotta 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: tell y'all, man continuing to do this show was really 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: wearing me out, you know what I'm saying. I was like, 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: I don't never get to look at something fun, which 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: is I kind of enjoyed the balloon stuff because it 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: was funny, but it was like jokes on us, ye 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like it's not like, oh, this 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: is great, Ah, this is funny. Hidds, like this is funny. 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: We're dumb, and so it wasn't like, really, I finally 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: get to talk about some good news and believe it 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: or not, it's about the Congress. I'm so excited. And 14 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: there's some deep cut stuff. It was Watchington Post article 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: and then they talked about it on the Slate gab Fest, 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: which I'd recommend that show. Great show anyway. The best 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: way to explain this is an area in Los Angeles 18 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: called them part Everyone needs a Lamert part Hood politics. 19 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: Y'all all right cha, I'm gonna take y'all on a 20 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: journey this episode. Some history, some relationship, some deep cut 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: LA stuff, but really it's at the end of the 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: Day's this all of us are watching because that's what's 23 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: getting fed to our news feeds, and it's because it's 24 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: really going down. It's like our government is just one 25 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: hundred percent dysfunctional, Like what is going on? And part 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: of it is because, Yeah, there's too much money in dysfunction, 27 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like, you know, you you 28 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: gained too much power and just and you know this 29 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: type of cloud chasing and stoking anger and you just 30 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: you know, you get people route. There's too much money 31 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: in that. But at the same time, like government gotta work. 32 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: Like it's crazy when you look at these people, you're like, 33 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: y'all work at the same place, you know, Like how 34 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: y'all always never on the same page? You know. I 35 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: don't know if you ever seen a couple that just 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: always arguing. It's like, man, I thought y'all loved each other, like, 37 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: you know, but at least with a couple like y'all, 38 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: could I mean, y'all could ended you know what I'm saying. 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: I think we're just like yo, like y'all have to 40 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: figure out for the sake of all of us how 41 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: to work together. And this is the story about you know, 42 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: they did, and at least in this one little way. 43 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: The sister Amanda Ripley wrote this article for The Washington 44 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: Post about this one way that hey, Congress kind of 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: figured it out, and it just kind of reminded me 46 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: of like La meurt Park. It just kind of reminded 47 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: me of La and like, dang, yeah, Like at some point, man, 48 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: like y'all look for everybody's sake, y'all gotta figure out 49 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: how to live together. I'm not saying, don't rep your hood, 50 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: don't rep y'r set, you know, hold down your section, 51 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: but like dog man, like we all gotta live here. Man, 52 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: we didn't figure out something. If I could carry this 53 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: metaphor and some a little more universal I'm gonna get 54 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: into a little later, but like in you know, couples therapy, 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, At some point, when someone 56 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: expresses or hurt, even if you think that's bull or 57 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: you experienced it differently, a person just want to be hurt. 58 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: You feel me like I want you to feel the 59 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: pain I felt. And you be surprised how far that goes, 60 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: whether it's in your conflict mediation with your homies, with 61 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: your loved one with your partner, or with streets or 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: with Congress. People just want to be hurt. Okay, y'all, 63 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: Like I said, your boy's been real diligent this year. 64 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: So um, I'm a couple of couple of weeks ahead 65 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: of y'all, which feels really good. I ain't gonna lie 66 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: to you, know I'm saying, But sometimes it's it's I 67 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: don't need to keep explaining that. I want to talk 68 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: to y'all about an area very special to meet personally, 69 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: and I feel like there's probably some sort of comparison 70 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: I would say in any city that has like struggled 71 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: in any way with gang violence. I'm gonna try my 72 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: best to not get in the weeds here about the 73 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: extended history of this Lamert Park, but enough to just 74 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: give y'all context as to what I'm trying to explain 75 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: actually happened in the Congress, because again, this is good 76 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: news now in the city of Los Angeles. When I 77 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: say the city of Los Angeles, I don't mean the 78 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: surrounding areas. I saw this horrible take that by the 79 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: Homey cav on stage on Twitter talking about the big 80 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: city with the worst food culture is Los Angeles, and 81 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, first of all, you up in the 82 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: valley number one, and I don't need you putting the 83 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: sins of Sherman Oaks or on the shoulders of Crenshaw. 84 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: You want me picking another you want me pick another place? 85 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: How about this? If you're in Chicago, you know what 86 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: I'm saying, don't be putting the sins of Aurora, of 87 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: Hopmann Estates on the heads of Pilson. Let me want me, 88 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: let me what other cities do I know? Well, okay, 89 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: you in Houston, don't be putting humble Texas situations on 90 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: my shoulder. You in Dallas, don't be putting Carrollton sins 91 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: on my shoulders. Portland, you're in Portland, don't be giving 92 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,239 Speaker 1: me no Tiger, no Hillsborough takes. That ain't Portland. So 93 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: I mean specifically Los Angeles, and I'm gonna get even 94 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: more specific. You could really see it when you fly 95 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: into Los Angeles coming from well obviously coming from the east, 96 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: but you know, sometimes if you're coming from the north, 97 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: like you kind of go over the Pacific and land 98 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: facing east rather than land facing west. Anyway, when you 99 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: if you're coming into Los Angeles from the east of 100 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: the country. You know, you're starting out in in Way, 101 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: and then like you'll see the Grand Canyon, then you 102 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: see Phoenix, and then you're going to see this vast 103 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: desert and that's like the Coachella Valley. Over this mountain thing, 104 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna see palm springs. And then all of a sudden, 105 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: the Inland Empire starts and you're gonna fly over the 106 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: Inland Empire. And then finally when the downtown skyline comes 107 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: into place. This is where I want you to look. 108 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: There's that It looks like the freeway you're seeing coming 109 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: out of downtown is the one ten Freeway and it's 110 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: running north and south, and you're usually you're generally flying 111 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: along the pathway of the one five. Right, if you're 112 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: landing in lax And in this area, there's this wide grid. Right, 113 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: it looks like a perfect and it's the only area 114 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: that has this. As you're flying into the city, this 115 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: perfect sort of rectangle blocks for as far as the 116 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: eye can see until you get to Sofi Stadium. Once 117 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: you see like Inglewood, you your past what I'm talking about. 118 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: By then you're you're pretty low. You're about to you're 119 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: about to land. But in this grid area, this is 120 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: what we refer to as South Central LA. This area 121 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: has the streets that are running east and west are 122 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: numbered right, So that's where we get things like Roland sixties, 123 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: you know, foties, thirties, the twenties. Right. It's because these 124 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: are the blocks that run sort of east and west, 125 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: and then the rocks that run north and south are 126 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: some of the sort of the major streets. So it 127 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: would start with you'd start with Guaroa, right, So these 128 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: are the I'm skipping a lot of stuff, but essentially 129 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: this is the area. Now there's one area that's almost 130 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: now now I'm talking west of the one Tin Highway 131 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: right freeway and south of the Eye ten that y'all 132 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: would call We just call it the Tin. Right. When 133 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,239 Speaker 1: you get north of the ten, you're in Fairfax District. 134 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: It's mid city. It's it's about to become Beverly Hills 135 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: in Hollywood, right. So that for native especially natives of color, 136 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: like that area don't count. That's not what we're talking 137 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: about unless you're talking about Koreatown, right, or Echo Park, 138 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: which used to be predi active, you know what I'm saying. 139 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: But that's north I'm not talking about that. I'm talking 140 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: about South what black folks. He is, right, Latino folks, well, 141 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: Latinos are everywhere because there's just so many of y'all. Anyway, 142 00:08:51,280 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: this grid, right is the birthplace of Crippen. Now. To 143 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: be even more specific, gang banging really started in actually 144 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: my grandma's neighborhood in the Fremont area on the east side, 145 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: because that used to be the major black area. But anyway, 146 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: I digress, right, you can go a little further south 147 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 1: you get the birthplace of the Bloods, you know, and 148 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: and Piru is an actual street in Compton, so that 149 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: was that was a little bit further down, you know 150 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But gang banging, as y'all know it 151 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: West Coast LA. You know khakis and chucks, you know flannels, 152 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: red rags, blue rags. You looking at it right here, right, 153 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: And in this area, which we call the Crenshaw District, right, 154 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: there's a few streets in this grid that kind of 155 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: v into a singular point, and it vs into a 156 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: singular point in the forties, right, which is a hood, 157 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: but it's in the forties now in this area this 158 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: is called the Lamert Park Village and it's off Crenshaw right, 159 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: which is the main street. And Crenshaw was a historical 160 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: Like now, when I say historical, i'm talking within my age. 161 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: There is a history that predates me. Crenshaw's generally was 162 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: was an affluent area, even if even as as black 163 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: as it is, it was black affluents, but it didn't 164 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: mean it wasn't gang bang. Now you go further south 165 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: down Crenshaw and you once you cross Slawson. Now you 166 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: in the sixties, that's the nipsey hustle world. That's neighborhood. 167 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: That's neighborhood, roll in sixty Crips's, that's that area. I'm 168 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: a little further north, this little village little it's designed 169 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: to be walkable, it's designed to end as a park. 170 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: It's designed actually the mirror this area up north in 171 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 1: Hollywood called Large Month. Now, to give you a little context, 172 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: Colan O'Brien studios, they're in Large Month. So if you 173 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: can picture that, I'm talking Crenshaw Lamert Park right. And 174 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: as a child, we used to go there for drum circles, 175 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: drum circles every Sunday. But this area was designed to 176 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: be walkable, almost like a like a European style villa, 177 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: like where you you know, where you walk, you know, 178 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: you sit down at the little cafes, right and and 179 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: again it culminates in this gated sort of park area 180 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: right now. Every Saturday and Sunday they have like open 181 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:59,119 Speaker 1: flea market there. Again my whole life now in the sixties, 182 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: this was like the jazz hub. I think I've said 183 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: this plenty of times, Like it was equivalent to like 184 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: our Harlem. It was black art and diaspora art, like 185 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: whenever I used to want to get incense and like 186 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: cool African bracelets. When you know, in the seventies, we 187 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: wanted Joe Daishikis you feel me, you wanted your good oils. 188 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: You would go down there my father, I say, my 189 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: father used to take me on a weekend because that's 190 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: where sort of like black Pan African culture was happening. 191 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: This area, although it is inside of a gang territory, 192 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: as far as I can remember, was always neutral. I 193 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: mean we like we stood on the street corner freely. 194 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: There was an event called Project Load again again like 195 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: if that's actually it's finally on Netflix. Finally Eva Deverney's 196 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: first film, it's called This Is the Life. It's about 197 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: this spot called the Good Life a little bit further 198 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: north on Crenshawn Exposition. It was a health food cafe. 199 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: It was one of the open mics out here in 200 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: the early nineties that essentially birthed our hippop scene, you know, 201 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: not like Radio Tron like which is in MacArthur Park. 202 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: That's like the eighties. That's the b Boy. That's like 203 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: breaking and breaking two. That's Ozone Turbo just to get 204 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: the rip rap to get the stamp. That's that's a 205 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: little that's a little earlier than us, you know, saying uh, 206 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm talking about like as we know it far side dilated, 207 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: people's gas corrupt like you know, um, this this this 208 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 1: this music freestyle fellowship that that birth and entire movement 209 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: you could go see that, and out of that became 210 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: event called Project Blow because of one of the elders 211 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: of that city, um who ran this thing called the 212 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: Chaos Network, which which name was Cogwell. Right. So anyway, 213 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: before that Fifth Street Dicks, this spot over here in 214 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: Lamerte was where you would hear jazz, you know, and 215 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: in free form, and so of course it became a 216 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: natural arts hub, right. This places you've seen this place. 217 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 1: It's been in If you've ever seen Insecure our HBO, 218 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: the coffee shop they go to is actually Harrone Coffee. 219 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: Uh Stahomi Chase Infinite, that's his spot. This little strip 220 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: was in um Oh, it's in the It's in the 221 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: New Creed movie. You can see when Homie gets off 222 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: the bus. I'm like you getting he's getting off in 223 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: Lamert Likes. That's Lamert Park. Once you see it in 224 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: all these films, you can't unsee it. Right Snowfall, there's 225 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: a scene in Snowfall. In Snowfall, it's the coffee shop 226 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: haroun Is actually says. It says like Self Scientific cleaners. 227 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: It's a cleaners and self Scientific. I'm getting in the 228 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: weeds here, but Self Scientific was the group that Chase 229 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: Infinite was in. Who owns Haroun Coffee. So it's a 230 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: little nugget. But I digress this area. As far as 231 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: I can remember. Now, I am giving you that caveat 232 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: has always been neutral. I don't know of personally, and 233 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: I've never heard any stories of any like real action 234 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: going down here. It was just kind of mutually respected. 235 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: Now granted again, it's in the middle of a crib hood. 236 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: And so there's that, right, But as we know, there's 237 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: so many crips. A lot of times crip gangs, you know, 238 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: have problems with crypt gangs. But it's just this arts 239 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: and African sort of Pan Africanism, just black art, enjoy 240 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: and experience and elders and wisdom, you know. I mean, 241 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: it's we smoke everywhere, you know what I'm saying. It's 242 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: Jamaican food. It's like, you know, there's a there's a 243 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: community center where you learn Pan African movement. You know 244 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like it's it's a it's a barbershop. 245 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: There's where you you know, you'd you'd buy like masks 246 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: and you know, and just it's just and we would 247 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: freestyle till the wee hours of the morning standing outside 248 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: and yeah, I just you just don't do that in 249 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: La Like usually you have to go inside and it's 250 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,359 Speaker 1: not like what no dogs there. It was just understood. 251 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: Now that being said, when there's ever peace that needs 252 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: to be negotiated among the streets. Now, if we're talking 253 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: at LA riots and the peace treaty that came after that, 254 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: I am too young to be able to tell y'all 255 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: it exactly what went down too. I'm too young for that, 256 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: so I can't tell you what the location was, but 257 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: I will say this, I know for a fact there 258 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: has been plenty of things that have been brokered and 259 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: negotiated in Lamert Park because it's considered to be neutral. 260 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: And I would imagine every hood across America has some 261 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: some place that is just understood that it's okay because again, 262 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: at least in LA parks or territory parks and apartments 263 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: their territory. Like that's my park, you know, this is 264 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: day this, you know, this is our park. This is 265 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying now, I mean it's it's 266 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: like it's movie scenes when you turn the corner and 267 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: it's just dudes working out, you know what I'm saying, 268 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: and just you're like, children should not be playing here 269 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: for some reason that I could really only speculate about 270 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: lamerts our spot. Now. Obviously, to you and to me, 271 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: everyone would need a place like this. Every hood would 272 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: need a place like this, especially a place where you 273 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: have factors that don't get along right, because generally if 274 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: you just don't get along the way, the only way 275 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: to keep pieces just to avoid each other but you 276 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: can't live like that. That's not sustainable. At some point, 277 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: we need to talk out our grievances. Now, if you've 278 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: ever done any gang intervention, or if you've ever sat 279 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: in which I doubt you have, but if you ever 280 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: sat in any sort of conflict mediation, there are certain 281 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: things that have to You can't just start being like 282 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: y'all listen. It can't be Rodney King. Can't we y'all 283 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: just get along? It don't work like that. My home boy, 284 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: who shall rename nameless, you know who got the red 285 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: who got the red shoelaces in his shoes? He was like, 286 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: I was around during that time, and when y'all talking 287 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: about broker in peace, He's like, that's me spitting on 288 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: my homeboy's grave because this person I'm sitting across the 289 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: table from you might have killed my cousin. You might 290 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: have killed my home I like, how can we talk 291 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: about peace? And he's like, and I understanding that dude's perspective, 292 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: because I probably killed his own boy. What we gonna 293 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: there's no peace? Like, there's nothing we could talk about. 294 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: There is no truce. Now, obviously that's a remarkably violent 295 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: way to look get it. But even in the love relationships, 296 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: so you know, me and the do me and the 297 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: dot CP prefer to her by her prefix my lovely spouse. Listen, 298 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: we're in I ain't no shame. We're in weekly and 299 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: sometimes monthly, depending on how good we're doing counseling and therapy. 300 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: You can't be letting this stuff build up because once 301 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: you let it build up, it's too much for us 302 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: to uncover before we can actually get to what we 303 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: need to get to. It's it's almost too far gone. 304 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: You let it go too far gone. That's when that's 305 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: when the therapist be like, guys, it's the damage is 306 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: too deep. Now. I don't mean it's not every Everything 307 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: ain't savable, you know what I'm saying. So you have 308 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: to like get to a place now. We also learned 309 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 1: as a couple, Oh man, this is good stuff. We 310 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: also learned as a couple some stuff we just can't 311 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: talk about with just us. We can't deal with this 312 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: at the crib. There's got to be another place for 313 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: us to go where we could talk about this in 314 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: a neutral space. There's got to be a neutral space, 315 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: and there has to be a third party that's listening 316 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: because if not all were gonna do is end up 317 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: yelling at each other. Now, I don't know if you 318 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: have been lived, you have tried to like hold down 319 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: a relationship, then you know what the hell I'm talking about. 320 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: Y'all end up in the same place every time. Now, 321 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 1: if we talk about gang, you know, we end up 322 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: with we end up with bodies on the sidewalk. That's 323 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: what we end up with. There's too much. We can't 324 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: even get to what we need to get to until 325 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: we deal with what we got to deal with. You 326 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: you're picking up with him throwing down here. You feel me, 327 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: I ain't gonna hold you. Shit is really hard. There's 328 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: somebody I'll give y'all the follow's name is Chef Crawford. 329 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: He had passed her out here. He actually did the 330 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: eulogy at Nipsey's service when Nipsey passed. Because this man 331 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: is well known in these streets of brokering peace because 332 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: he'd been out here, you know, and obviously everybody don't 333 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: rock with him. But at the same time, the things 334 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: he's been able to accomplish because of how he understands 335 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: how this stuff works, what we got to get to, 336 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: how to dig up under the foundation to get with. 337 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: We gotta get to I don't know many people like him, 338 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: so yeah, y'all, y'all find him on Instagram Chef Crawford 339 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: and you'll see what I mean. How it takes a 340 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: lot of work to do this, but it unless there's 341 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: a place where everyone is able to put their guard down. 342 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: And what you see in the hood is oftentimes what 343 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: we always talk about. It's like, man, you FeelA getting 344 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: murdered by a person that looks just like you. I 345 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: went to the same head start, y'all. We went to 346 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: the same preschool, We was in the same county line, 347 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: we're running from the same police. Do you understand what 348 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm saying? Like this across this table is a person 349 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: who lived the exact same experience in section. They just 350 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: like I'm living the exact same experience. But just because 351 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: you wrapping where your mama pay rent, I'm wrapping where 352 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 1: my mamma pay rent. We somehow, enemies like you have 353 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: to get past that to be like, man, you love 354 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: your block. I love my block. We love LA, So 355 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: let's protect La. You know what I'm saying, You gotta 356 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: find what that is. But how do you get to that? 357 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: If it's like I said, you shot my little brother. 358 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, are you protecting a dude 359 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: that shot my little brother? And even even if I'm 360 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: doing the same about your little brother, I look, how 361 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: do we get to it? What it takes time? I 362 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: want to tell you how to Congress figured this out. 363 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: After this all right, we're back in the building. Listen, 364 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: this is kind of dope. Man. Maybe you know or 365 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: don't know, but either way you're about to know. Right now. 366 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: Congress is broken up into committees. Once you get into Congress, 367 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: you get assigned to a particular committee. Now I saw 368 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: that stuff that was going on. Remember when like Margie 369 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: Taylor Green was spouting out the like the Jewish space 370 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: lasers and she got kicked off her her committee because 371 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: it's like, fam, what is you talking about? You know? 372 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: And that's where you do your work. You do your 373 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: work in these particular committees and you hear things and 374 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: you make recommendations. Those recommendations sometimes become bills either way. 375 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: This is how Congress breaks up. That there's one select 376 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: committee that's called the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. 377 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: So and it's day job to make recommendations on how 378 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: to make Congress function better. Right, so they mission your 379 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: job fixed, Congress. Now, who'll try to be on this one. 380 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: It's got to be perfectly and evenly bipartisan. Six Republicans, 381 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: six Democrats, and you gotta make Congress work better. Good luck, FAM. 382 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: So if there's any committee that is destined to fail, 383 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: big dog, it would be this one. And they got 384 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: all the way up to the last time the Congress 385 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: convened in twenty eighteen. Let me tell you. Let me 386 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: tell you how many recommendations they made. Let me tell 387 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: you how much they got done. Goose Egg, nothing, fam nothing. 388 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: But this one has worked so well that they continued 389 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: it two different sets of Congresses, two terms. It's this 390 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: weird altered universe. It's like, really good news. There these 391 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: twelve Congress people that actually figured this out. Now for 392 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: you to understand what I'm mean by this and some 393 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: of the stuff that they figured out to do, you 394 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: kind of got a flash back to kindergarten as right now, 395 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: I remember all this stuff I talked about by Lamurt 396 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: Park about being heard and stuff like this. Here's what 397 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: you find out, you know, in the Congress buildings, because 398 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,479 Speaker 1: everything's controlled by the speaker, Speaker of the House sent 399 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: a majority leader. It's all controlled by them. So you 400 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: can't even get even if that big old government building, 401 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: you can't get no room because the rooms are signed 402 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: by the speaker. It ain't a single room in there 403 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: that's meant to be bi partisan. I don't know if 404 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: you've ever been to the Capitol. They don't even eat together. Yeah, 405 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: ain't even know. Ain't even no lunch table up in 406 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: the cafeteria. Like, how y'all possibly ever gonna get a lot? 407 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: You can't even get no y'all can't even get nold 408 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: rooms together. So that's one thing. Another thing that Congress 409 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: do that just bass accords, like they used to say, 410 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: it is like foods be signed up for hearings and votes. 411 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: They be having like three votes at noon in three 412 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: different buildings. Like how to hell? These people is overworked. 413 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: They ain't got time for nothing else. It's you've given 414 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: them impossible schedules to do impossible stuff and you in 415 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: the room always segregated. Remember I said, I guess you 416 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: could keep the piece if you just stay on your section. 417 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: You feel me. You remember when you was in kindergarten 418 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: and your teacher was like no, you can't sit by 419 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: your friend. You gotta sit boy girl, boy girl, remember that? 420 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: Or they had signed the seats because they trying to 421 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: get you to learn how to get along with people 422 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: that you don't necessarily choose to get along with. Or 423 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: when you sit with your homie all the time, y'all 424 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: always stay in trouble. You're always talking. Now in kindergarten, 425 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 1: they figured out you can't just be sitting like that. 426 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: You gotta sit with somebody else. So you know what, 427 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: So you know what, this committee was like, y'all need 428 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: to stop segregating y'all sitting Why don't y'all sit together? 429 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: They figured out simple stuff like let's just change the 430 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: furniture my day get like you know when you watch 431 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: the TV and you're seeing like a Senate hearing or 432 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: like a Congress hearing, and you got that like panel 433 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: of people sitting on high and they only got five 434 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: minutes to say they piece and they're yelling at yelling 435 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: these like these quips at people who are testifying. I mean, 436 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: how in the hell are we posted to get along 437 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: like that? That's not you can like we just don't 438 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: even feel like equals, like yeah, and you sitting next 439 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: to your homie, Like, how am I ever gonna understand 440 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: what this person? All I'm thinking about is like is 441 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: Kendrick's lyric you killed my cousin back in ninety four? Yo? Truth? Right? 442 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: All the public want us to get along, but like, 443 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 1: I don't even mess with these people. And then throw 444 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: on a January six throw a January throw a Donald 445 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: Trump grenade in the middle of this. If you're a Democrat, 446 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: it's like, man, I feel like I'm in a relationship 447 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: with somebody that cheated on me, but cheated on me, 448 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: with somebody that tried to get me killed. Fab we 449 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: almost die because and that was your folks. Remember remember 450 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: remember what I said, You want me to have a 451 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: peace treaty with you. You You killed my cousin, and now 452 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: I ain't no peace. There's nothing to sit around about. 453 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: Where is your press conference about January sixth, telling everybody 454 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: you almost had us killed? When is you gonna say 455 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: something about that? You feel me? So it's like there's 456 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: like there's nothing. Remember I said, sometimes it's like there's 457 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: nothing to discuss, and I'm not going to your side 458 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: of the Capital building to discuss this, just like you're 459 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: not going to my side of the capital discuss this. 460 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: The government don't gotta lamurt park. The government don't got 461 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: no place for them to meet where there's no cameras 462 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: number one, right, because every place in theres a camera. 463 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: So if there's a camera, you gotta ship, you gotta stunt, 464 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: you gotta put off for the set. So there's there's 465 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: no way. You feel me you set up to failure. 466 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: So this this committee is to figure out how to 467 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: fix some of this stuff. But how because they were 468 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: a part of the problem also, so this one, however, 469 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: they didn't adopted two hundred and two recommendations according to 470 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: this article, right, because again some of the stuff that 471 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 1: Congress do just don't make sense. Like I said, they overworked. 472 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: It's all it is, right, It's just everything's terrible right now. 473 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: The chair of this committee's name is Derek Kilmer. He's 474 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: a Democrat from Washington, right, and he's like apparently, like 475 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: according to this article, he's just like a hopeless, like optimist. 476 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: He just like like a nice dude. But then he 477 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: did this, like he called each member one by one 478 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: and was like, all right, what can we do to 479 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: make this work? How can we get this thing together? Right, 480 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: and Infus was like, like I said before, they was like, listen, 481 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: some of the Democrats were like, I can't even sit 482 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: in the same room with these people. They almost had 483 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: as killed. You gotta remember the trauma these people. They 484 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: not really street folk. You have to remember the trauma 485 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: these people experienced on January six, Like that ruined everything. 486 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: But before that happened, right, they was kind of figuring 487 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: stuff out, you know, And some of the things they 488 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: would do is like like if anything, it's like, listen, 489 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: you have to have a shared goal when you have 490 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: when you have a conflict between two people and two 491 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: different parties, Listen, I'm gonna go back to you. I'm 492 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: gonna give y'all some couples therapy idea. It can't be 493 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: you against your partner. If you're going in a couple's therapy, 494 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: it's gotta be y'all together versus the issue. The issue 495 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: is the common enemy, and the common goal is a healthy, growing, 496 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: flourishing relationship. It's gotta be that. But if you're going 497 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: in there to defeat your partner, oh, it's over before 498 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: it started. Y'all have already lost. Same with Congress. The 499 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: goal has got to be a more perfect union. Right. 500 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: So one thing that they did that they was like, okay, 501 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: well number one, let's get some snacks together. Just like kindergarten. 502 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: If we ask snacks, we just discuss a shared goal. 503 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: We need to start having rooms that we could actually 504 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: kick it in. They started having like mandatory like dinners 505 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: together because it's like, at some point, man, I gotta 506 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: see you as another person. Like I said, just like 507 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: in the Gang of Mediation stuff, I have to remember 508 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: that you went to the same head starts I did, 509 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: as you ran from the same cops I did. I 510 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: have to see you as a as a person also, right. 511 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: And then so then this is what they started doing. 512 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: They said, Okay, before we get busy, this is pre 513 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: January six, this pre twenty twenty, he said, before it 514 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: is twenty eighteen, before we get busy, before we start 515 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: start getting down, we need to figure out like what 516 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: we're trying to do. Let's have a planning retreat. Now 517 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: that's never happened, right, So they put together a planning retreat, 518 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: and and it was bipartisan, so both parties got to 519 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: plan the planning retreat. They hired one staffer team together. 520 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: Rather than saying this team the Republicans bringing staffers, Democrats 521 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: bring staffords. So now even the assistance is beef. And 522 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: they was like, no, let's put our heads together. Let's 523 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,719 Speaker 1: put together one staffords, right, and they started coming up 524 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: with things that they could figure out to do. And 525 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: then January six happened, and this is like, again, this 526 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: is that earth shattering you killed my cousin type situation. 527 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: Why I killed your cousin because your cousin tried to 528 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: kill me? You know what I'm saying, Like that earth 529 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: shattering thing. That's like, look, this mug will not ever 530 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: work right, And a lot of influence was like, listen, man, 531 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: not only on January six, was that your folks, if 532 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: you're Democrats talking to Republicans. One of the Republicans who 533 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: actually voted against certifying the election was was Timmins, who 534 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: was the who's the co chair of this committee. So 535 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, man, you don't broke off trust Tomy. 536 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: Shit ain't gonna work. We can't work together dog this. Remember, 537 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: there's too much to talk about. We can't even get 538 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: to the task until we deal with what we gotta 539 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: deal with. So then in March in twenty twenty one, 540 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: I told you, this is actually like a good thing. 541 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: In March twenty twenty one, according to the article, they 542 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: got themselves from Tequila right, and they got on Zoom, 543 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,239 Speaker 1: you know, because he was still in a pandemic, and 544 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: they said, okay, listen, we got to talk about the thing. 545 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: Nobody want to talk about the thing. We got to 546 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: talk about the thing. And the thing was the insurrection 547 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: because these people were like seriously traumatized, and they was 548 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: like I like, I like I hunkered down, like I 549 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: thought I was gonna die out this mug and y'all 550 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: don't even get your man's Like, y'all can't even say 551 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 1: nothing about this. You was gonna die too, Like I 552 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: can't believe, Like how was y'all cool on this? And 553 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: you even voted to not certify the other like it's 554 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: like you on the side. So then Tim and spoke 555 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: and he was able to be like, listen, I still 556 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: feel like the election was weird. Obviously, this breach of 557 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: the capital was terrible. I feel like all them need 558 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: to be prosecuted, like all this stuff is wrong. That 559 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: is all now. At the same time, I still feel 560 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: like some of the election things, you know, some of 561 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: the certifications was still kind of fraudulent. That's why I 562 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: felt like in his brain he was like, yo, both 563 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: these things can be true. Of course this was terrible. 564 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: Of course that shouldn't have happened. But also and I still, 565 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm not really convinced about this election and the people. 566 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: And then one by one of members, twelve folks, one 567 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: by one, everybody got to talk. Now, of course they 568 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,959 Speaker 1: got to still disagree. Like I said, it's still my 569 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: hood on mine. I still think you're tripping, but I 570 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: at least understand where you're coming from. Hell, you know, 571 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: to be personal on this one, I went through a 572 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: situation where you know, my my, my lovely queen of 573 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: my house had to tell me, like, yo, this the 574 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: way I felt about this situation. I've been holding onto 575 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: this for a while, you know, and I may not 576 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: have agreed, but I can't disagree with her feeling. That's 577 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: what you felt, you know what I'm saying, and like 578 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: it would suck to feel that way. And I can 579 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: see that, you know, so your experience. I got to 580 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: see her, and for her, she got to see me 581 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:21,479 Speaker 1: as look, I have a I lived the whole last 582 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: life before her. I at one point was just a 583 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,800 Speaker 1: twelve year old little boy that was awkward around girls, 584 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,479 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So she got to see 585 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: me in a light that was like, hey, he was 586 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: just a little boy, just like I was just once 587 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: a little girl once, you know what I'm saying. And 588 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: even though there's some stuff, there's some experiences that were like, look, man, 589 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: I just don't see this the same way. It's the 590 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,399 Speaker 1: same in the streets, like we ain't gonnaver. You ain't 591 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: gonna ever get me to agree you know that, this said, 592 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: like that's my family, this is my relies. You ain't 593 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: gonna ever give me to agree to that. But I 594 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: understand that they got relly. I understand that we can't 595 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: keep moving like this, and I get that you have 596 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,879 Speaker 1: to live your life, and I want you to live 597 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: your life. I see a value in your life. You 598 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: got mama. You gotta loved ones just like I gotta 599 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: loved ones. Right, we gotta move forward and whatever that 600 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 1: way moving forward is. It's not you against me, it's 601 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 1: us against the system. Right, that's the only way to 602 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: move forward. One of the quotes that came out of 603 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: this thing is like these people said, man, this is 604 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: the most I've ever learned the most fun I've ever 605 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: had in Congress because their job follow me, y'all, the 606 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 1: job is miserable. Like it sucks being a congress person, 607 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: you feel me. One quote that came out of this 608 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: is like we learned by conversation instead of confrontation. One 609 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: thing one change they made was that, like I said, 610 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 1: they have to eat together, they found a room where 611 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: they sitting a round table, rather than sitting on high 612 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 1: like I said, like on television, and rather than sitting 613 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: by seniority. Did you notice your seating assignment in Congress 614 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: is by seniority? Nigga, oh geez sitting in the front, 615 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: help me sitt in the back. It's by partisan. How 616 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: in the hell was they ever it? Would they ever 617 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 1: have a chance to possibly get along, you feel me, 618 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: to possibly figure anything out? Y'n't even y'all't even sit 619 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: y'a't even eat the same food. Y'all even y'all can't 620 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: even eating the same room. Cus right. So that's one 621 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 1: of the changes they make this particular committee. Rather than 622 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 1: saying everybody gets five minutes to talk, they're saying, you 623 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 1: speak when you're ready. They had conversation. Can you imagine 624 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: trying to have some sort of relationship or dialogue with 625 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 1: somebody when there's like a time clock on it it's 626 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: five minutes. Everybody get five minutes. I don't get to 627 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,319 Speaker 1: respond to whatever you're saying. And if I'm trying to 628 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: respond to whatever you're saying, you like bud times up, 629 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,839 Speaker 1: I reclaim my time. Like that's not gonna work. Fam 630 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: y'all can't learn nothing like that. Like it just don't work. 631 00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: So anyway, they they made these changes and they're continuing on. 632 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 1: This is one of the only functional parts of our congress. Look, 633 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 1: they found a lamert part. What they was able to 634 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: sit down and be like this neutral. I see you 635 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,920 Speaker 1: as a person, were from the same soil, and we 636 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: want the same thing. Wrap your section, wrap your hood, 637 00:37:29,160 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 1: believe what you believe. But y'all, let's make this work now. 638 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:06,320 Speaker 1: Unfortunately is where it gets bad. The comic goal is money. 639 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: It ain't us nagged just as Palestine, Ohio good comic goal. 640 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: Ain't us naked like comic goal is. They bred. But 641 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: at least at least they figured out how to work 642 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: together just for this one thing. So there goes some 643 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: new good news. Have a little bit of joy this 644 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 1: week could politics. Y'all, yo yo. This thing right here 645 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: was recorded by Me Propaganda and East Low Spoiled Heights, 646 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, California. 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