WEBVTT - Believe Then You Can Achieve

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into The Gangster Chronicles with James McDonald, Rexie

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<v Speaker 1>Reich Jr. And Alex tormonso on the Digital Soapbox Network

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<v Speaker 1>material witness on an aggregated battery. I was a hang

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<v Speaker 1>gun and um they believe this m being retaliated to

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<v Speaker 1>her testimony. What's up, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to another

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<v Speaker 1>Gangster Chronicles episode forty seven. Today. I'm not here with

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<v Speaker 1>my co host Alex Alonzo. Uh, he had to take

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<v Speaker 1>a break and go to court today. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>working with the court, so, uh, it's just me and

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<v Speaker 1>the day. I figured it was a good time for

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<v Speaker 1>me to bring my brother in law here and and

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<v Speaker 1>have him talk. I got, I got two guys actually here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to introduce you to that I call positive

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<v Speaker 1>black Man, and this is what I do this show

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<v Speaker 1>for versts. Is Harry. Harry, you want to introduce yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to the people. Okay, my name is Harry Jackson. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the CEO and founder of Jackson Family Human Services, and

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<v Speaker 1>U'm here today to talk about our business and how

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<v Speaker 1>we're working with kids and giving people in our area

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<v Speaker 1>access to different resources that they would have not gotten

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<v Speaker 1>unless they win you know, was exposed to it right right,

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<v Speaker 1>and and when I when I heard his story. First,

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<v Speaker 1>let me give you a little background on it. The

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<v Speaker 1>manage is not even thirty five years old yet, his

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<v Speaker 1>wife is not even thirty five years old yet. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>they take care of how many kids? Would you say? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so we take care of eight kids, and um, we

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<v Speaker 1>also have a family home. They care at the house

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<v Speaker 1>where we have anywhere from nine extra kids to kids

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<v Speaker 1>in one household. So um, we're blessed. Imagine that though,

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<v Speaker 1>but they find he's also a firefighter. Uh, but they

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<v Speaker 1>make time to take care of other people, other people

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<v Speaker 1>kids were as well as they own at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was it was so crazy listening to and

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<v Speaker 1>talk to me and and listening to the things that

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<v Speaker 1>he's he has a let's say, accomplished and ain't even

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five years old. You know, y'aut there taking care

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<v Speaker 1>of kids where it ain't too many of us out

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<v Speaker 1>there doing it. And now that he's starting his own company,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to further and to get more kids. Imagine

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one kids in your house at one time. I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't do it, and a lot of us wouldn't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>But I wanted him on this show so he can

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<v Speaker 1>so he can elaborate on how he's doing it and

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<v Speaker 1>why he's doing it. And he just opened his company

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna let Harry tell you how how you

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<v Speaker 1>doing this? Okay? So what we are is we're a

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<v Speaker 1>U a behavioral supportive services company, and we have a

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<v Speaker 1>daycare where we take care of kids that UM in

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<v Speaker 1>some situations had hard time being placed at other day cares. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of our kids have their from types of behavior

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<v Speaker 1>and they're misunderstood and we typically UM work with them.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a board certified analysis, which is equivalent to

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<v Speaker 1>a psychiatrist will say and UM, we believe that there's

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<v Speaker 1>no bad kids. We don't turn away any kids. We

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<v Speaker 1>will bring any kid in even if he was not

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<v Speaker 1>successful at two or three daycares. UM. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>times people are not trained to deal with behaviors. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times people don't have the patients to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with any type of kid that's not you know perfectly,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean according to society being perfect. UM. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we do for the daycare side. UM. As far

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<v Speaker 1>as UM our behavioral supportive services company, we are, we

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<v Speaker 1>send behavioral therapists out to different families homes and we

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<v Speaker 1>train families on different types of behaviors and UM it's

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<v Speaker 1>very very important to our community and in the consumers.

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<v Speaker 1>We serve to understand that sometimes when people have different

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<v Speaker 1>behaviors that people are saying, like, let's any for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>if you had a kid and he was in school

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<v Speaker 1>and he was getting in trouble, getting in fights, there's

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<v Speaker 1>only so many reasons why that kid is doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we would do as a company is we

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<v Speaker 1>will come out with our behavioral analysis UM analysts, sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>and she will do about a six to twelve hour

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<v Speaker 1>observation and in an observation, she's going to take an

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<v Speaker 1>account for what the behaviors that UM, this child is exhibiting,

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<v Speaker 1>teenager child, anyone up to twenty four UM. And we

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<v Speaker 1>try to figure out why you think you can shave

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<v Speaker 1>a kid that's tuning for years old. It gets harder

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<v Speaker 1>as a kid gets older. But we can't because what

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<v Speaker 1>we do is we we target the behaviors. We create

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<v Speaker 1>a whole behavior plan. Okay, in our in our company,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a behavior m b c B, a board

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<v Speaker 1>certified analysis which I said has been a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time in school, which is equivalent to almost a psychiatrist almost,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean not exactly the same psychiatrists deal more with

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<v Speaker 1>um the way you think, and medications and things of

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<v Speaker 1>that nature. What we do is we take that B C.

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<v Speaker 1>B A. She is very educated, and then we have

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<v Speaker 1>a master's level consultant underneath her who also helps out.

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<v Speaker 1>And then underneath that you have a clinical trainer will

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<v Speaker 1>alongside a clinical trailer, and then you also have behavior therapists.

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<v Speaker 1>This whole group as a team, and this team will

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<v Speaker 1>believe me, we get deep into it, but we pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much look at the behavior, we look at the family environment,

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<v Speaker 1>community environment, and we come up with a plan to

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<v Speaker 1>help that child, and we will target the behavior and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll teach that child coping mechanisms. You know, you actually

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<v Speaker 1>believe that, Yes, I believe we can save in most cases,

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<v Speaker 1>we can save a kid. Yes, we can stop that

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<v Speaker 1>kid from you know, because a lot of times in

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<v Speaker 1>our community kids are misdiagnosed, and the misdiagnosed can be

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<v Speaker 1>anything from getting kicked out of school. They'll just say

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<v Speaker 1>you're a bad kid. You know, that's how I go.

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<v Speaker 1>You kicked out of school, sent to jail. Okay, not

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<v Speaker 1>be able to have relationships, and it starts at a

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<v Speaker 1>young age. You know, you might have a kid that

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<v Speaker 1>might have some type of too much energy, let's say,

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<v Speaker 1>and that kid might be suffering from or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>have a real diagnosis and never ever get it treated

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<v Speaker 1>at a young age, so therefore he goes to kindergarten.

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<v Speaker 1>You could have shaved me just shaped answer. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>back to when I was in the third grade and

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<v Speaker 1>I got a major issue, family issues, and I go

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<v Speaker 1>to school. I'm fighting my teachers at this time, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>taking butcher knives to school. I'm just a bad kid.

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<v Speaker 1>You honestly think or you would take your time out

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<v Speaker 1>to help that kid. Yeah, so, James, the real whole

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<v Speaker 1>focus on our company and someone that's exactly like you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because it's more to it than just you

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<v Speaker 1>doing that. No behavior comes without some type of a seeding,

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<v Speaker 1>and that the seedy means why it's happened. So we

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<v Speaker 1>would have have come into your life, okay. Our analysis

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<v Speaker 1>would have analyzed the whole situation, and if your family

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<v Speaker 1>needed let's say, family therapy, we could have pointed you

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<v Speaker 1>in a in a direction to where family therapists could

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<v Speaker 1>have came in and we would oversee that. Okay, if

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<v Speaker 1>you need to behavioral intervention, we would have created a

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<v Speaker 1>plan to stop you, to figure out why are you

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<v Speaker 1>fighting your teacher. See, people don't just want to fight

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<v Speaker 1>their teacher. You don't. It's just not how it go.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you know, typically kids want to please adults. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I can just guess a lot of times you

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<v Speaker 1>do stuff, you would have did stuff for attention. And

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<v Speaker 1>the more attention you get kids, I'm like, oh man,

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<v Speaker 1>he with the business. He that's a bad man like

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of times you would do more and

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<v Speaker 1>more because the more attention you getting, the more acceptance

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<v Speaker 1>in our community. A lot of times it was raised wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to say it like, it's just how it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what that's what everybody needs to raw un

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<v Speaker 1>cut of where we're at today. You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's one of the reasons why I try to

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<v Speaker 1>do what I do here to reach out to the

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<v Speaker 1>kids that are like me and they don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>be like me, they don't have to grow up like me.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why you here today to say I got

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta visit and I focused on kids like you,

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<v Speaker 1>and and it was a must and and if we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do it, let's do it right. And my whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing is, man, I want people to understand that just

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<v Speaker 1>because you're a badass kid today don't mean you could change.

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<v Speaker 1>And and look where I'm sitting there right now. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. I don't went to Australia September.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be in Scotland. You feel me? So this has

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<v Speaker 1>changed me dramatically all the way around a one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>so um, waking up and not wanting something and I'm like, damn,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't get it. How what hustle am I choose

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<v Speaker 1>in the day, It's what what I put on, how

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<v Speaker 1>I'm feeling. I'm gonna go get it to get that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have to do that no more. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm loving this. And how do people m get to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it just Victorville or y'all? How far do this? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>So um, right now we're we're in the We're predominantly

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<v Speaker 1>in Victorville, but we service the whole in an empire. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>We also are partner with behavior Genius, who serves everyone

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<v Speaker 1>from Ontario all the way down to l a okay. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>Typically if if you want to to you know, get

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<v Speaker 1>services or have I mean we can even if we

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<v Speaker 1>can serve you and your located some worlse if you

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<v Speaker 1>even called us, emailed us, send us a message on

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson Family Services on um Instagram, we can point you

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<v Speaker 1>in the right direction. Because a big part of our

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<v Speaker 1>company is and this is not something that we're charging for,

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<v Speaker 1>is we give people access to resources, okay. And the

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<v Speaker 1>resources a lot of times can be family maryor's counseling,

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<v Speaker 1>drug addition counseling. Okay. We have a huge network and

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many acts resources out here for everyone. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just a lot of times we don't know where to

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<v Speaker 1>go get those resources from. So UM definitely you can

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<v Speaker 1>reach our company at Jackson Family Jackson Family Human Services

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<v Speaker 1>dot com okay, or you can reach us at Jackson

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<v Speaker 1>Family Services at instagram, um dot com. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that's where we got you here to let people and

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<v Speaker 1>from real and everything. This is this is information that

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<v Speaker 1>I think everybody in our community neighborhood is need because

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<v Speaker 1>if you think that your son or your daughter, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's up to the parents first and foremotion to get

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<v Speaker 1>that here but a kid. If they don't want their kid,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll run in the street, going out the window with

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<v Speaker 1>Tenny eleven o'clock that night, hanging out with the hommies.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta be a responsible parent and don't want your

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<v Speaker 1>kids in the situation such as I was in and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else. And one of the biggest things that we

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<v Speaker 1>do is we do parents training, because if we implement

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<v Speaker 1>a full plan and the parents are not on board,

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<v Speaker 1>then it will not work. We look at the whole

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<v Speaker 1>family and community environment as a whole. But sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>don't need the parent for the kid to get in.

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<v Speaker 1>The kid wants to hear someone tell him that ain't right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes you can do this, and you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>be just because your daddy whooped your ass a certain

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<v Speaker 1>kind of way. You don't have to be a bad kid.

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<v Speaker 1>I waited for that all my life, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get it. So I'm gonna kick his ass because my

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<v Speaker 1>daddy will mind. And I continued on the wrong path.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of kids that don't don't ain't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>listen to the parents. But if you got that kid,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you need. Those mentors like that brother over,

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<v Speaker 1>those motivational speakers like that brother right there. Good as

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<v Speaker 1>to your chaine to have him talking to these young

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<v Speaker 1>kids and let them kids know, Man, I've been here

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<v Speaker 1>and this is what it is. You don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. And you know, and I'll segue into this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, my cousin here when we were about let's

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<v Speaker 1>say eighteen nineteen, I remember talking to him telling him,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if you were to take the same effort

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<v Speaker 1>you put into game banging and you know, being out

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<v Speaker 1>here in these streets, you can be the President United States. Bro.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just how smart he is, you know, just just

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<v Speaker 1>being serious, always on time, geral tolerance type of person.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a lot of people like that in our

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<v Speaker 1>community that jail dead, homeless on drugs, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's a whole issue within itself. But it's very very

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<v Speaker 1>important for us to try to work with kids when

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<v Speaker 1>they're younger, you know. And I don't think you can

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<v Speaker 1>reach your tunity for you know, he's gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>reach yourself. Yes, uh, we're giving them already set in

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<v Speaker 1>my ways to where ain't no counselor's gonna help me

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<v Speaker 1>because I ain't gonna listen to nobody that don't know me,

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<v Speaker 1>make me lay down and listen, or just tell my

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<v Speaker 1>life story. It wouldn't work. It didn't work in the

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<v Speaker 1>third grade when I day I had to see a psychiatrist,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And and my whole thing was drawing these squares, triangles,

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<v Speaker 1>octagons and all that. I put each and every last

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<v Speaker 1>one of them, the pieces on the piece of paper

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<v Speaker 1>and took the pencil and traced them. Motherfucker's I'm smart

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<v Speaker 1>enough to do that. That's a genius to me though.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know what I'm saying, not sitting there trying

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<v Speaker 1>to draw a start. I'm not gonna do that. I've

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<v Speaker 1>said it on the table and I traced it in kindergarten,

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<v Speaker 1>put your hand on the paper and just going money,

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<v Speaker 1>So I learned it. So getting these kids and and

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean, is it? Is it? Do they have

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<v Speaker 1>to spend money? Do they? So we we do not

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<v Speaker 1>charge their parents for anything other than daycare services maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>but for behavioral supportive services. No. UM typically is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be paid through your medical insurance. Okay, um, how it?

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't have medical insurance then we were

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<v Speaker 1>walking you through the process of getting medical insurance and itself. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's medical insurance out here right now for everybody

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<v Speaker 1>out of it. Though, what I'm saying is you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have no excuses to bring your child and to get help. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just help out for yourself. Yes, yes, most definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's help out here for you and um and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say it over and over again. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta take the first step, you know. And I've and

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen twenty four year olds change. But a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of times we're just giving them the tools, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>the people realize, like, this is not how I want

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<v Speaker 1>to live, you know, Like for me perfectly, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I always want to strat out of fence. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be halfway in the streets. I wanted to I

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<v Speaker 1>thought as a kid, I was gonna be the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>drug dealer in the world. That's just what I thought

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<v Speaker 1>as a kid, you know. But what ends up how happening,

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<v Speaker 1>is exposure. You know. I was exposed to so many

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<v Speaker 1>different type of people and I realized, like, that ain't

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<v Speaker 1>the life I want to live, you know. But I

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<v Speaker 1>always wanted to bring people up with me because what

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<v Speaker 1>happens is being a firefighter, which I'm no longer working

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<v Speaker 1>for the fire department. I'm working for myself, my own company,

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<v Speaker 1>because I realized, yeah, I'm doing fine, but I look

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<v Speaker 1>down and I don't see nobody else that looked like

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<v Speaker 1>me or resembles me, think like me in my circle.

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<v Speaker 1>So what I by me come create my own company.

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<v Speaker 1>I can hire, educate. I have to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>my community and help because there's no other reason than

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<v Speaker 1>all of us coming up than just me. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>show let everybody know how we can get in touch

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<v Speaker 1>with Harry. And now how long you've been married to

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<v Speaker 1>your wife? First, we've been married. I think we've been

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<v Speaker 1>married for about six years. Six years. Yeah, you might

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<v Speaker 1>have asked you years four years old. I'm for unfortunate,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Um, the wife I have is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>she's very supportive. If I come up with a plan,

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<v Speaker 1>she's gonna do everything she can to help us get there.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Um, I thought I was up and I

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<v Speaker 1>would tell you like I thought I was up until

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<v Speaker 1>I got me a black woman in my life that

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<v Speaker 1>was real black woman. You know, it's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>females out here, and I'm not saying everybody's not just

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<v Speaker 1>not for everybody. You know, when you have a true

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<v Speaker 1>partner in your life. Your life will change. Well, y'all

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<v Speaker 1>are not what I say, materialistic people, and y'all strive

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<v Speaker 1>off each other, and that's what makes a relationship work.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all was actually friends before y'all got married. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it ain't too many of us. I'm talking about Black

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<v Speaker 1>people that that's in a relationship like that, that that

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<v Speaker 1>can honestly say they love their wife. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>average black motherfucker get married and I know this. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna stay married for two years until you get tired,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you're going about your business. But but, but,

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<v Speaker 1>and then. I just want to say to you that

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<v Speaker 1>that you are man. You are you are somebody to

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<v Speaker 1>to to the neighborhood. That ain't the word I'm looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>Very important to thank you much. I appreciate it. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate you because if we had you, it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be no me, wouldn't be no bullshit, it would we

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<v Speaker 1>we all be good and and thank god we had

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<v Speaker 1>the resources that we got now, such as you and

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<v Speaker 1>your wife opening your extending your arms and your homes

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<v Speaker 1>to two kids y'all don't even know, and helping them.

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<v Speaker 1>That that that gives us a chance that helps us

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<v Speaker 1>stop little cats like myself growing up to be idiots,

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<v Speaker 1>assholes or whatever they getting. They actually got an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>and a chance not to be taught. And this ain't

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<v Speaker 1>to be racist, but when I when I had a

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<v Speaker 1>side chadres, when I went to see the site, every

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<v Speaker 1>last one I had was white. This is nobody on

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<v Speaker 1>my level that understands where I'm coming from. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>had that. You see, you see what I'm now we

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<v Speaker 1>have that, and man, I applaud you one hundred. I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to tell everybody where they can go. I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to if they got a number that they

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<v Speaker 1>can call anybody he's just starting out. Anybody in the

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<v Speaker 1>in and Empire that have UH and need help with

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<v Speaker 1>the children called Harry. Mr Jackson, you got a man

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<v Speaker 1>just just when you meet the man you see and

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<v Speaker 1>and and this is a young man, this man. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years older than this young man and yet to

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<v Speaker 1>have a hit on my shoulder like this dude. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I have to applaud it. So give everybody

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<v Speaker 1>your number, your information. So our phone number is UM

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<v Speaker 1>you can call us Jackson Family Human Services. Our phone

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<v Speaker 1>number is four or four two three to seven nine

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<v Speaker 1>one into. You can reach me at h Jackson at

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson Family Human Services dot com. You can reach us

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram at Jackson Family Services at instagram dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how to receive where once you call

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<v Speaker 1>the number, and I'm I'm gonna call. You have a

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<v Speaker 1>whole staff of people who can um. Once we get

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<v Speaker 1>a call, we don't turn anybody away. We will help

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<v Speaker 1>you in any way we possibly can. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 1>overrestend ourselves to everyone. Okay, and that's white, black, Asian, Latino,

0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.720
<v Speaker 1>old young give us a call and we'll see what

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<v Speaker 1>we can do for you, right right, and and and man,

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<v Speaker 1>to my pleasure, Harry Brown his cousin here today and

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<v Speaker 1>when when he got out the car. In the car,

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<v Speaker 1>Harry was telling me about this guy. This guy did

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<v Speaker 1>five years and y well, I'm gonna let him explain

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<v Speaker 1>his story. Harry, that young man communis so give me

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<v Speaker 1>a second. Let this guy come and sit down. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you, this is man, this is not my doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know this was gonna happen. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>what was going on. I had Harry, but to to

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<v Speaker 1>my edition, this young brother coming here and man he's

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<v Speaker 1>another black young man story that needs to be told.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, so let everybody know who you is. I

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<v Speaker 1>think against the chronicle world. My name is R. C.

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<v Speaker 1>Or Oar Salon. I go by R. C. R C Osborne, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And he was telling me outside you did time? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I did about uh about five years by the time

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<v Speaker 1>I was fourteen to twenty. And I see why now now, now, this, this,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be the killer part for everybody such

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<v Speaker 1>as myself, that say we can't do it. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have no choices. I don't We don't have excuses for

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<v Speaker 1>where we want to go in life. And this brother

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<v Speaker 1>is a prime example. What what tell us a little

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<v Speaker 1>life history of getting out of jail after five years? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well I was, you know, I was running the streets

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<v Speaker 1>to San Diego, involved in different gangs and activities, not

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<v Speaker 1>different gangs of gang activities. Uh. You know, come from

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<v Speaker 1>a broken home. You know a story that's that's that's

0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:32.840
<v Speaker 1>so so familiar. So what made you change? Uh? You

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<v Speaker 1>know I didn't change right away. I actually uh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, once I got out of wire, I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to stay away from the politics, but moving right back

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<v Speaker 1>into the neighborhood when I was nineteen. It kind of

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<v Speaker 1>sucked me back in. So I end up doing a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of county bids and they're actually going to prison

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<v Speaker 1>for about two years. And you know what really made

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<v Speaker 1>me change was, honestly was my my my family, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly my nieces, and uh, just being tired of being

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<v Speaker 1>in jail, just feeling that need to change your life

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<v Speaker 1>for your family, like yeah, well, you know I had

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<v Speaker 1>never felt like, like me, feel in love for another

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<v Speaker 1>human like that deep, you know, my nieces, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was seeing my nieces being born, not not being there

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<v Speaker 1>like I never felt that before. So I was able

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<v Speaker 1>to go through those whole you know, consecutive years because

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't really feel nothing. I didn't really have no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>no attachment to anything. So um, it was it was

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<v Speaker 1>two parts. It was. It was me finally you know,

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<v Speaker 1>starting to recognize my feelings for something, and then just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being in prison and seeing the politics like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like like, uh, I was set up by

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<v Speaker 1>the cops, you know, for me and one of my

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<v Speaker 1>enemies to basically kill each other, and he talked some

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<v Speaker 1>sense in me. I was like, yeah, we're not about

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<v Speaker 1>to do this. And uh, well, y'all like face to

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<v Speaker 1>face pistol up. Yeah, yeah, well we got we had

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<v Speaker 1>we had got into it, and they sent me to

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<v Speaker 1>the whole and then pretty much when I got back,

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason, I was in the same same class

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<v Speaker 1>that he was in and that ain't supposed to happen,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but I had was getting into it with

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<v Speaker 1>the staff. I was young and hot headed, so that

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<v Speaker 1>I guess they wanted to see us go at it.

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<v Speaker 1>So they put us in a in a room with

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<v Speaker 1>nice and and all that, you know what I mean, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing to you. So I was so young, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know what was going on. I just knew I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't about to go out. And this dude was like

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<v Speaker 1>he was like thirty thirty two, you know, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>and here I am like one. He pretty much he said,

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<v Speaker 1>you see what's going on? You know? Yeah? And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so I think that brother because um, you

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<v Speaker 1>know that that that was a turning point. You know

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<v Speaker 1>his name, I don't know, I just know it. We

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna shout that brother man he didn't take this

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<v Speaker 1>man life. Yeah, yeah, I don't know his name, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I want to put him out there, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know his gang name, but I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, Yeah, I don't know his name. But so

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<v Speaker 1>it was that. And then I always had a desire

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<v Speaker 1>to play basketball since I was young and go to college.

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<v Speaker 1>It was crazy, even though I was you know, any institutions,

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<v Speaker 1>I always they dreamed and and kind of visualize myself

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<v Speaker 1>on the court. Well, day dreaming, you actually made your

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<v Speaker 1>dream come true. Yeah. Yeah, So that's what I did.

0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:16.960
<v Speaker 1>As soon as I got out of prison, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I and I educated. That's that's the most important part.

0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:22.439
<v Speaker 1>I educated myself. I read books, I learned about my history.

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<v Speaker 1>I learned that, you know, we just don't come from slavery,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. I learned about my heritage,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean, a stolen legacy, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And and and once I pretty much became familiar with myself,

0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:38.520
<v Speaker 1>and I got to know myself, and I got to

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<v Speaker 1>experience the emotions that I that I just you know,

0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:44.640
<v Speaker 1>kind of put to the curve for so long. It

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<v Speaker 1>was then when I was able to grow and and

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<v Speaker 1>and take take my life seriously, you know, and not

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<v Speaker 1>by denouncing anything, you know, it's just but just kind

0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:57.600
<v Speaker 1>of showing you you have to denounce, especially and and

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's where your man who had come from,

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<v Speaker 1>and showing them that you've been a man and responsible

0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:06.520
<v Speaker 1>of yourself. It's to denounce. I don't care how motherfucking

0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:11.520
<v Speaker 1>choose to use it. And I use the word motherfucker loosely. No,

0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:13.520
<v Speaker 1>but I'm being honest, I'm and and And the reason

0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:17.639
<v Speaker 1>why I'm saying that it's because if you're letting these

0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:20.760
<v Speaker 1>cats know, these people know that you're working with the homies,

0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:23.880
<v Speaker 1>if you let them know I'm done, it's pretty much

0:25:23.920 --> 0:25:27.520
<v Speaker 1>denouncing that I'm not just ain't me no more. So

0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:30.560
<v Speaker 1>you have to really give that part up. You can't

0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:33.800
<v Speaker 1>be a halfast crook. No, you can't get a halfast homie,

0:25:33.920 --> 0:25:36.359
<v Speaker 1>you know, So you gotta be done with it. Yeah,

0:25:36.600 --> 0:25:39.639
<v Speaker 1>and you know I'm done with it. It's just the

0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.000
<v Speaker 1>fact that, you know, I never wanted to be done

0:25:42.040 --> 0:25:45.920
<v Speaker 1>with where I came from there, not necessarily the gang part,

0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:49.040
<v Speaker 1>but tied to the culture because so many of us

0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:52.240
<v Speaker 1>we get rich, we get smart, we get money, we

0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:55.160
<v Speaker 1>get married, and we move away and we forget rather

0:25:55.240 --> 0:25:58.760
<v Speaker 1>mentally or physically, and we don't we can't. It's like

0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:02.960
<v Speaker 1>a disconnect. That money becomes a disconnect, that position becomes

0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:05.360
<v Speaker 1>a disconnect, you know, and that that's what I mean

0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:07.960
<v Speaker 1>by that. Like and like you said, it was an

0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:11.000
<v Speaker 1>eternal force, you know, battling like oh you know that

0:26:11.000 --> 0:26:14.600
<v Speaker 1>that ego in that pride. But yeah, So after I

0:26:14.600 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 1>got out of prison, you know, like four months later,

0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:20.000
<v Speaker 1>I was enrolled in college City College, San Diego, you know,

0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:23.520
<v Speaker 1>started playing basketball. I got a scholarship, stayed at City

0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:27.760
<v Speaker 1>for two years, a scholar athlete, you know. UM shout

0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.840
<v Speaker 1>out to coach Mitch a City College. He took a

0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:33.479
<v Speaker 1>chance on me. He didn't you know, and I just

0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:36.280
<v Speaker 1>had raw talent. I know how to set a pick properly,

0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:38.320
<v Speaker 1>I didn't know. He just throw me and getting there,

0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:41.040
<v Speaker 1>you know the type deal. And um. And then that

0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:45.240
<v Speaker 1>led to a scholarship out to uh A private university

0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:48.399
<v Speaker 1>of private Christian university in Oklahoma. So I did about

0:26:48.400 --> 0:26:53.280
<v Speaker 1>three years out there and obtained my bachelor's in behavioral science,

0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:57.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, came back to San Diego. Um, by the

0:26:57.880 --> 0:27:00.439
<v Speaker 1>grace of God and some some help from my towards

0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:05.399
<v Speaker 1>Adrian ascanise Um you know, Maria senor um no la

0:27:05.440 --> 0:27:08.760
<v Speaker 1>Bride Butler Bride. We you know, they helped me get

0:27:08.800 --> 0:27:12.159
<v Speaker 1>into a master's program called CBB Community Base Block in

0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:17.040
<v Speaker 1>San Diego State, and I took it seriously and I

0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:19.679
<v Speaker 1>earned a you know, a m A and education and

0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:22.320
<v Speaker 1>so um from there I got you know, that took

0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:26.520
<v Speaker 1>me different places, you know, helping helping that colleges are interning,

0:27:26.960 --> 0:27:32.000
<v Speaker 1>to becoming an academic counselor advisor, to eventually teaching my

0:27:32.040 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 1>own classes. So um, so you're teaching like like actually, yeah,

0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:41.400
<v Speaker 1>actually teaching, Yeah, actually got a actually got a professor

0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:46.000
<v Speaker 1>uh title, associate professor title, you know, going into these

0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:48.879
<v Speaker 1>classes at that point in time in my life, and

0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:54.040
<v Speaker 1>um and and teaching you know, teaching college prep one

0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:58.719
<v Speaker 1>on one, teaching transfer, you know, teaching community college kids

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:02.160
<v Speaker 1>are student there. So do you go around telling people

0:28:02.480 --> 0:28:04.840
<v Speaker 1>you could be what you want to be and didn't

0:28:05.320 --> 0:28:08.440
<v Speaker 1>let them know where you came from? I mean you

0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:12.600
<v Speaker 1>you're a prime example what we need to be, uh,

0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:15.520
<v Speaker 1>what we need to understand about ourselves. I don't care

0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:18.720
<v Speaker 1>how bad we've been, I don't care what we've done.

0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:22.119
<v Speaker 1>The only person can fix that is God itself. But

0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:25.760
<v Speaker 1>where down here I can make it better? And and

0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:28.359
<v Speaker 1>half of us don't don't think like that because we

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.960
<v Speaker 1>don't know. Half of us don't understand because we have

0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:36.960
<v Speaker 1>no one in our ear to teach us where. Man,

0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:39.280
<v Speaker 1>you could be anything you want to be. You know

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:41.880
<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying. So yeah, I know I feel that

0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:47.480
<v Speaker 1>is good. Man. You you went from prison two teaching.

0:28:48.520 --> 0:28:50.520
<v Speaker 1>This is where we need to understand. This is where

0:28:50.600 --> 0:28:53.400
<v Speaker 1>we need to go. And that's a cold asked message

0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:57.240
<v Speaker 1>for anybody. You know, we don't have We as black men,

0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:03.040
<v Speaker 1>do not have any excuses to fail just because we felt.

0:29:03.080 --> 0:29:06.720
<v Speaker 1>We can't blame that motherfuck over there. We can't blame it,

0:29:07.040 --> 0:29:09.800
<v Speaker 1>say its slavery fucked us up. We didn't even live

0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:12.840
<v Speaker 1>the ship. For number one, what we had is, man,

0:29:12.880 --> 0:29:15.840
<v Speaker 1>we got to get better with ourselves and and get

0:29:15.920 --> 0:29:19.040
<v Speaker 1>into our kids and teaching our kids a better way.

0:29:19.320 --> 0:29:22.600
<v Speaker 1>And then guys like you and my I mean you

0:29:22.680 --> 0:29:25.800
<v Speaker 1>and myself that went through it can come and sit

0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 1>down at the round table and say, okay, this I

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:33.200
<v Speaker 1>had enough. This is what I'm doing now. You educated

0:29:33.240 --> 0:29:39.520
<v Speaker 1>yourself by reading books. You know, It's it's crazy that

0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:44.160
<v Speaker 1>only some of us get it. You feel me and

0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:47.760
<v Speaker 1>and man, it's a good thing that that you came today.

0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:50.280
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't even expecting this, y'all. I want to I

0:29:50.320 --> 0:29:52.720
<v Speaker 1>swear to God, I wouldn't expecting this. To get a

0:29:52.760 --> 0:29:55.480
<v Speaker 1>brother that's been on that level and can sit here

0:29:55.520 --> 0:29:59.320
<v Speaker 1>next to me and say, man I did five years,

0:29:59.400 --> 0:30:02.800
<v Speaker 1>did I d in two years? Then down I had enough?

0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:06.640
<v Speaker 1>And then he could sit here and say his education

0:30:06.680 --> 0:30:09.880
<v Speaker 1>took him places, you know what I'm saying. At that age,

0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:12.280
<v Speaker 1>and at that time, after doing prison time, they tell

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 1>you can't you can't get a job after prison, which

0:30:16.480 --> 0:30:18.760
<v Speaker 1>was kind of true trying to be a security guard.

0:30:19.240 --> 0:30:21.400
<v Speaker 1>After you get out of prison, they're gonna give you

0:30:21.480 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 1>ninety days and they're gonna fire your ass. That's all

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:25.960
<v Speaker 1>you got is ninety days. So you're gonna have to

0:30:26.040 --> 0:30:28.360
<v Speaker 1>keep doing it or you're gonna go to a warehouse.

0:30:28.720 --> 0:30:34.120
<v Speaker 1>But man, I really, I really really appreciate that, and

0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:36.720
<v Speaker 1>I want everybody to know it's a whole lot of

0:30:37.040 --> 0:30:40.240
<v Speaker 1>us out there that's trying to get that education, that

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:45.000
<v Speaker 1>didn't give up, that that that got mentors, that that's

0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:48.920
<v Speaker 1>helping other people, you know what I'm saying. So it's

0:30:49.000 --> 0:30:52.800
<v Speaker 1>it's it's like that paid forward ship. Let's do that

0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:54.760
<v Speaker 1>that's what That's what I'm trying to do. And I

0:30:54.800 --> 0:30:57.200
<v Speaker 1>know you're doing that. You're talking to kids. I know

0:30:57.280 --> 0:31:01.680
<v Speaker 1>you've been boy, you're so blessed. It's pathetic. And and

0:31:02.840 --> 0:31:05.160
<v Speaker 1>us as black man need to grab a grip, grab

0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:08.720
<v Speaker 1>a hole to what we are, understand who we are

0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:12.920
<v Speaker 1>become in You're not just a man when you turned

0:31:13.080 --> 0:31:16.320
<v Speaker 1>eighteen and twenty. We're not men because we don't understand

0:31:16.320 --> 0:31:18.840
<v Speaker 1>what it's about, what it what it means to be

0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:21.880
<v Speaker 1>a man. I got a brother over here, he understand

0:31:21.960 --> 0:31:24.200
<v Speaker 1>what it what it means should be a man. And

0:31:24.240 --> 0:31:27.680
<v Speaker 1>here I am fifty five and didn't understand I'm a man.

0:31:28.120 --> 0:31:30.040
<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying. I went looking at it

0:31:30.120 --> 0:31:32.440
<v Speaker 1>like that. But this is where we gotta get our

0:31:32.480 --> 0:31:34.479
<v Speaker 1>little brothers on. This is where we gotta get our

0:31:34.520 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 1>little sisters on. We gotta stop applying our little sisters,

0:31:39.440 --> 0:31:42.960
<v Speaker 1>paying them twenty dollars to twerk. We gotta man all

0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:47.120
<v Speaker 1>of this bullshit. We degrade ourselves. Ain't nobody helping us

0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:49.920
<v Speaker 1>do the ship. We're doing it to ourselves. Man, And

0:31:50.280 --> 0:31:53.520
<v Speaker 1>I appreciate you to sit down and just really say

0:31:53.520 --> 0:31:57.160
<v Speaker 1>where you came from. It ain't everybody business, but it's business.

0:31:57.280 --> 0:31:59.960
<v Speaker 1>It ship that everybody should know. You know what I'm saying.

0:32:00.040 --> 0:32:08.080
<v Speaker 1>I mean, this guy talked people. It's kind of funny, yeah,

0:32:08.160 --> 0:32:11.440
<v Speaker 1>but you know I really that's the hammer I hit home,

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:14.680
<v Speaker 1>like you can do anything that you put your mind to.

0:32:14.800 --> 0:32:17.000
<v Speaker 1>And you know you hear it when you're young, right,

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:20.239
<v Speaker 1>but it's just like so repetitive you start thinking like,

0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:23.440
<v Speaker 1>oh that that's just another slogan like Nike, you just

0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:26.200
<v Speaker 1>do it. But I really believe that. And not only

0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:28.920
<v Speaker 1>do I believe it, but I preached that, you know,

0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:33.560
<v Speaker 1>whatever wherever I'm at, I let the the young, the

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:37.160
<v Speaker 1>young kids, young students. I let even older people older

0:32:37.160 --> 0:32:41.280
<v Speaker 1>than me um to know that your past don't define you,

0:32:42.000 --> 0:32:44.560
<v Speaker 1>that that's just that's just something that you know you

0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:47.240
<v Speaker 1>went through. And so I don't let none of my

0:32:47.360 --> 0:32:49.840
<v Speaker 1>homeboys are none of my family, are not none of

0:32:49.880 --> 0:32:53.760
<v Speaker 1>my friends. I should say, take that skategoat because so

0:32:53.800 --> 0:32:55.960
<v Speaker 1>many people ask me how do I do it? That's

0:32:56.000 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 1>amazing and here I am this whole. Don't get me wrong,

0:32:59.040 --> 0:33:00.880
<v Speaker 1>it was hard times. I don't through so many emotions

0:33:00.880 --> 0:33:02.800
<v Speaker 1>trying to get through to where I was at, but

0:33:04.040 --> 0:33:07.960
<v Speaker 1>it was relatively easy. I'll share that with you. It

0:33:08.040 --> 0:33:11.800
<v Speaker 1>was relatively easy. I had a passion, I had a

0:33:11.840 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 1>real passion, and I was doing what I loved, you

0:33:15.440 --> 0:33:17.200
<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. I never went to high school,

0:33:18.080 --> 0:33:21.160
<v Speaker 1>never went to high school, just straight out and I

0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:23.800
<v Speaker 1>was playing basketball, which helped me. I was doing what

0:33:23.880 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 1>I loved and everything fell in line. And that's so

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:29.719
<v Speaker 1>and that's that's just my message, you know. So some

0:33:29.800 --> 0:33:32.520
<v Speaker 1>of these classes, I also taught classes of like restorative

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:35.840
<v Speaker 1>justice class to formally incarcerated students. Right, So they put

0:33:35.840 --> 0:33:38.160
<v Speaker 1>a like at a college called Maracoasta, we kind of

0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:42.040
<v Speaker 1>put a program together to targeting students who have been

0:33:42.080 --> 0:33:46.160
<v Speaker 1>formally incarcerated from eighteen to forty and they're giving them

0:33:46.160 --> 0:33:49.280
<v Speaker 1>the tools to succeed, because education is a cold, cold

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:52.800
<v Speaker 1>piece of work if you used the right way. Yeah.

0:33:52.840 --> 0:33:56.840
<v Speaker 1>So that that's what I'm on now, and I'm more into, um,

0:33:56.880 --> 0:34:00.440
<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to motivate and speak, motivational speaking, trying

0:34:00.440 --> 0:34:05.480
<v Speaker 1>to make my own lane and that um and that yeah,

0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:07.080
<v Speaker 1>in that lane, trying to make my own lane. And

0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:09.080
<v Speaker 1>so do you go to the to the to the

0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:12.439
<v Speaker 1>back to the neighborhood to see if you can help

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:15.600
<v Speaker 1>one of the homies. Uh, get out of his situation.

0:34:15.760 --> 0:34:18.799
<v Speaker 1>Let them know that this ain't what you. You don't

0:34:18.840 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 1>have to do. Yeah, man, I still stay in San Diego.

0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:24.200
<v Speaker 1>I still stay in the city of San Diego. Only

0:34:24.239 --> 0:34:26.000
<v Speaker 1>time I moved away as when I was when I

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:30.239
<v Speaker 1>went to Oklahoma. Okay, I'm always around. I didn't talk

0:34:30.280 --> 0:34:33.880
<v Speaker 1>that San Diego City College right in the hardest San Diego.

0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:36.359
<v Speaker 1>You know you're a young cat too. Man, I'm trying

0:34:36.400 --> 0:34:39.040
<v Speaker 1>to these young cats coming in there is alway educated

0:34:39.040 --> 0:34:41.640
<v Speaker 1>and ship. I don't want to ask you how old years,

0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 1>but I know you're under thirty thirty five. You know

0:34:45.440 --> 0:34:49.840
<v Speaker 1>your fault. No, no, no, I'm not younger than that. Yeah,

0:34:49.960 --> 0:34:53.160
<v Speaker 1>y'all about the same age. Yeah, okay, well yeah, that's

0:34:53.200 --> 0:34:54.959
<v Speaker 1>my cousin. And he told me, you know, he told

0:34:54.960 --> 0:34:58.360
<v Speaker 1>me I was kind of dabbling, dabbling in different things

0:34:58.840 --> 0:35:00.799
<v Speaker 1>and uh, while all my path and he told me,

0:35:00.840 --> 0:35:02.799
<v Speaker 1>if I don't use my purpose, God gonna take me off.

0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.080
<v Speaker 1>God gonna take me off this earth. Oh man, that's

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:07.400
<v Speaker 1>the cold thing. And that's true. That's always stuck with me.

0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:10.799
<v Speaker 1>And you know, and one thing you learned, you can't

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:15.120
<v Speaker 1>take everybody with you. Everybody ain't gonna get your Uh,

0:35:15.280 --> 0:35:19.280
<v Speaker 1>you can't take care of everybody. That if Man, God,

0:35:19.360 --> 0:35:22.279
<v Speaker 1>God got a message for all of us. And you know,

0:35:22.640 --> 0:35:25.120
<v Speaker 1>you just gotta know when he's using you. You know

0:35:25.160 --> 0:35:29.080
<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying. You realize he using you. Harry realized

0:35:29.160 --> 0:35:32.359
<v Speaker 1>that he has a purpose and and his passion and

0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:35.800
<v Speaker 1>his love is for kids, not just his own kids,

0:35:36.520 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 1>his what they all he is. I see how you

0:35:39.120 --> 0:35:42.040
<v Speaker 1>interact with him. Everybody in that house is is his

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:46.200
<v Speaker 1>is his kid and it ain't too many, which I

0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:48.040
<v Speaker 1>said earlier. We need to get back to that. We

0:35:48.120 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 1>need to learn how to love and take care of

0:35:50.040 --> 0:35:53.200
<v Speaker 1>each other instead of fighting and killing each other, you

0:35:53.239 --> 0:35:55.240
<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. And if we get a bunch

0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:58.640
<v Speaker 1>of a bunch of y'alls, a bunch of young men

0:35:58.760 --> 0:36:01.560
<v Speaker 1>with their head on that, that should I say to

0:36:01.600 --> 0:36:03.759
<v Speaker 1>get out there. If they get in one car and

0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:07.080
<v Speaker 1>just roll to certain places and speak on it, then

0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:09.680
<v Speaker 1>we're good. I think we need to reach uh the

0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:14.080
<v Speaker 1>juvenile hall system. Having them kids is acting for help. Yeah,

0:36:14.320 --> 0:36:17.840
<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. But they won't let me

0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:20.200
<v Speaker 1>up in there with my record, They not even they

0:36:20.239 --> 0:36:22.640
<v Speaker 1>won't even I tried. I was in there for a second,

0:36:22.680 --> 0:36:25.520
<v Speaker 1>and then the person that brought me here almost got fired.

0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:27.879
<v Speaker 1>And and and that's the cool thing about it. Right now,

0:36:29.800 --> 0:36:33.680
<v Speaker 1>I've been out of prison since and it's still something

0:36:33.840 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 1>that this California won't allow me to do. Man, you

0:36:37.640 --> 0:36:39.280
<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. They let me go to Australia

0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:44.319
<v Speaker 1>though they slipped up. But but seriously, though, your your

0:36:44.719 --> 0:36:48.680
<v Speaker 1>your your history, your past history shouldn't even matter if

0:36:48.880 --> 0:36:52.000
<v Speaker 1>if you're doing the things you're doing, it's this is

0:36:52.040 --> 0:36:55.160
<v Speaker 1>me now. It doesn't matter what I did. I paid

0:36:55.200 --> 0:36:58.120
<v Speaker 1>for that, So society tell you right now today, I

0:36:58.200 --> 0:37:00.719
<v Speaker 1>don't care if you went to prison or not. It

0:37:00.719 --> 0:37:04.120
<v Speaker 1>ain't your dad is not paid. And they won't let

0:37:04.160 --> 0:37:07.640
<v Speaker 1>you forget it. And that's the cool thing about our

0:37:07.760 --> 0:37:11.240
<v Speaker 1>system about us about black men. You get a record,

0:37:11.719 --> 0:37:13.520
<v Speaker 1>they ain't letting it go. And that's why I hopped

0:37:13.520 --> 0:37:17.480
<v Speaker 1>in education because they ain't. They aren't discriminating there. I mean,

0:37:17.520 --> 0:37:19.200
<v Speaker 1>it's you know, it could be fixed. It's got his

0:37:19.360 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 1>ups and downs and problems with every other institution. But

0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:24.120
<v Speaker 1>you hopping there, man. They came and from when they

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<v Speaker 1>came Tony, you your your your bachelor's degree. They can

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<v Speaker 1>deny your associates. They can't deny what you've done. They

0:37:31.200 --> 0:37:33.959
<v Speaker 1>can't going to different places, just like you weren't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>trying to go into a facility and then your background,

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<v Speaker 1>your check come, Oh no, he can't get in here. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>What I did in the past is the past. I

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<v Speaker 1>paid for my I paid my debt. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>they don't see it that way. And that's why we

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<v Speaker 1>still have problems getting and trying to move forward to

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<v Speaker 1>the go to the next level, because they still got

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<v Speaker 1>his handcuffed and half of half of us. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>on some fucking it don't matter. And I'm speaking about

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<v Speaker 1>me too, because I was like, man, I'm out of prison,

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<v Speaker 1>and what's that the shie night? What's that? I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get a job. I got a family, I got kids,

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<v Speaker 1>so a certain job. Then they fired you after that

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<v Speaker 1>ninety days. You know what I'm saying, Uh, I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a security guard with my own pistol. Y'all

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<v Speaker 1>ain't got to give me no pistol. I'll be out

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<v Speaker 1>of here en night. But I had my own goddamn pistel.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't stupid. I ain't gonna walking around nobody building

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<v Speaker 1>all night and around that creepy ship what I want,

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<v Speaker 1>so just to say that they don't they My my

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<v Speaker 1>past kept coming up every everywhere and everything that I did,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it frustrates you. It frustrated me, so it

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<v Speaker 1>made me give up saying funk that selling dope was easier,

0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:59.359
<v Speaker 1>you know, on a new drug ship and taking from

0:38:59.440 --> 0:39:03.359
<v Speaker 1>others get what I wanted was easier. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to deal with these people. The only person I

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<v Speaker 1>had to deal with is the police. And that's some

0:39:07.160 --> 0:39:10.880
<v Speaker 1>catch me if you can ship and we wind up

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<v Speaker 1>back where we're at the lady are gonna around and

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<v Speaker 1>get caught. You know, It's funny, man, I have that mentality.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was actually trying to change my life when

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<v Speaker 1>I got out of y like mentally, but it didn't work.

0:39:22.160 --> 0:39:24.440
<v Speaker 1>And I had that same mentality like well I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do this, and I ended up on the bus to

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<v Speaker 1>prison with my dad, shockle with my dad. We went

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<v Speaker 1>to prison with me and my dad went to prison

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<v Speaker 1>the same on the same bus. That make me think,

0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:38.880
<v Speaker 1>damn pops in prison with your something. Man. I was

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<v Speaker 1>just so happy to be going to prison, honestly, like

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<v Speaker 1>to have that stripe my dad. Look, I was like, yeah, Pops,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm about to do this. When I hit the yard,

0:39:45.280 --> 0:39:46.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm about to do this. He's looking now that I

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<v Speaker 1>look back, and he looking at me like what is

0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:52.319
<v Speaker 1>wrong with this boy? You know what I mean? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know it will definitely take you on a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of trips. I mean, I didn't do no time

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<v Speaker 1>with my pops, but you know, uh, you know, us

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<v Speaker 1>as little boys growing to young men sooner later. Man, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have a father to look up to, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying, And that was probably one of

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<v Speaker 1>my problems then. But you know I still don't it

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<v Speaker 1>is we don't have to continue to have our sons

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<v Speaker 1>grow up and be One thing I said when I

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<v Speaker 1>was game banking now one of my sons, but not

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<v Speaker 1>ever get called sagging now one of my sons ever

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<v Speaker 1>put a Pierce day ears, I didn't have that. You

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<v Speaker 1>ain't gonna be like me. I did everything that uh

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<v Speaker 1>my mama, husband whatever father didn't do. So that was

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<v Speaker 1>a reversal to me. I had enough sense to my son,

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<v Speaker 1>is I'm not gonna introduce him to gangs and he

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<v Speaker 1>ain't gonna be out here because that's the worstest thing

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<v Speaker 1>getting that phone call. Your son just got killed around

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<v Speaker 1>the corner. So that was that was one of the

0:40:58.680 --> 0:41:01.080
<v Speaker 1>things I said. At least I did do right. Both

0:41:01.080 --> 0:41:04.239
<v Speaker 1>of my sons went to college. What I'm saying, and

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<v Speaker 1>I ain't gonna say, I spent a lot of money

0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:09.319
<v Speaker 1>and they helping him get there, but they got there,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. And I did contribute to it.

0:41:14.000 --> 0:41:16.600
<v Speaker 1>I did what I can do as a father, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. And and me and my sons

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<v Speaker 1>have a cool relationship right now in today. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>UH about to get my youngest son a card because

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<v Speaker 1>he decided to go back and get his degree. So

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<v Speaker 1>so for that, I can get you a card. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. I can help you do what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing. You don't have to struggle, you know what

0:41:36.719 --> 0:41:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying. My oldest son, he tastes care of his

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<v Speaker 1>his daughter. She's twelve years old and he'd been raising

0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 1>her since she was day one. The mother walked out

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<v Speaker 1>to the hospital when they said y'all can go home,

0:41:48.880 --> 0:41:53.680
<v Speaker 1>and he's been having her every since. So he they

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<v Speaker 1>they're good boys. My daughter something difference. She Wow, she

0:41:58.440 --> 0:42:00.839
<v Speaker 1>got her daddy and her mom and her and she

0:42:00.920 --> 0:42:03.399
<v Speaker 1>can't quit now maybe I need to get hurt. Right

0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:07.080
<v Speaker 1>when when when when? When? When she come home? So

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<v Speaker 1>but man, I appreciate you all coming in and and

0:42:10.760 --> 0:42:16.440
<v Speaker 1>really just man sitting down and just conversation with me. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, you was a bonus for me today

0:42:20.200 --> 0:42:22.040
<v Speaker 1>because I was gonna talk to Harry and I know

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<v Speaker 1>Harry don't talk that much and I knew he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>gonna give me no hour and a half, so he

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<v Speaker 1>was a bonus from me. But right, man, I appreciate you. Man,

0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:37.239
<v Speaker 1>keep doing what you're doing. Man. You know, a long

0:42:37.280 --> 0:42:39.480
<v Speaker 1>time ago I wouldn't say thank you Jesus, and I

0:42:39.520 --> 0:42:43.360
<v Speaker 1>didn't bless God at all. But today, right now, today,

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<v Speaker 1>from from seventeen years now, I am not ashamed of God.

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<v Speaker 1>And man, I thank God for the day. I think

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<v Speaker 1>all my blessings brother, and I appreciate you all for coming. Harry,

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<v Speaker 1>get you out there, yeah, let you know where you are.

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and shoot me a message and we get

0:43:15.640 --> 0:43:17.759
<v Speaker 1>the ball rolling. Okay that I'm gonna make a joke.

0:43:18.160 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 1>Y'all see this guy. Just hold up me, let me

0:43:21.440 --> 0:43:25.080
<v Speaker 1>pitch my ship real quick. You did that. But man,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate everybody, uh for for for coming out. Harry.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you all don't get loads leaving his mother

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<v Speaker 1>and man gachronos Man, we got a lot more to come.

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