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Speaker 3: What was the hardest part about learning to love yourself

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Speaker 3: All break therapy. You're talking about the trauma you've been through.

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Speaker 3: These are the themes that hip hop's noticed.

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Speaker 2: For all I was doing was telling my truth.

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Speaker 2: You understand what energy you want in your.

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Speaker 1: Life and who deserves to be in your life.

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Speaker 1: The thought came to me like I'm gonna call John

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Speaker 1: this movie Selma. They don't want a song from us,

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Speaker 2: And he said.

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Speaker 4: The number one health and wellness podcast Jay Only, I'm

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Speaker 3: This one was recorded live at the legendary Chicago Theater

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Speaker 3: Entertainment and the Chicago Theater.

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Speaker 3: I want to start off just saying how grateful I

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Speaker 3: am to you for your artistry. I grew up listening

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Speaker 3: When you've done it enough times, you get a better relationship.

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Speaker 3: we think if we grow together, we're growing, but you

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Speaker 5: You grow apart. Yes, but there's still growth.

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Speaker 3: Still growth in that journey, and you often miss that

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Speaker 3: give it up. Yeah, these are not themes. These are

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Speaker 3: It's more about ego and being present than here you

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Speaker 1: did start with a great advantage, and my advantage was.

441
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Speaker 3: But first, here's a quick word from the brands that

442
00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,080
Speaker 3: support the show. All right, thank you to us, and

443
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,880
Speaker 3: says now, let's dive back in.

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Speaker 1: I had a group of friends that allowed me to

445
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 1: be me and allow me to be unique, allow me

446
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: to be different, and they embraced me.

447
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 2: They would talk, you know, they gonna talk.

448
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: They junk about me and like joke on my crochet

449
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 1: pants or crochet hats and you know whatever, like obscure

450
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: things I was into. But it still was love and

451
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: it still was like we we are supporting you. And

452
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,919
Speaker 1: that that kind of helped me to go out in

453
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: the world and not be as afraid to be myself.

454
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,200
Speaker 1: So the actual like thought of being myself wasn't as

455
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 1: difficult as it was seen.

456
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Speaker 2: What was the question?

457
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 5: No, no, no, no, that's honest.

458
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,400
Speaker 2: The way this jun is, this Junie is good.

459
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,399
Speaker 1: I do want to know what the question My mind

460
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: went to talking about that, but for a second I

461
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: wanted to know because I also had another thought about

462
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 1: when you asked a question. But this Junie, I want

463
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: to say, Man, I really just yo this Junie. Man,

464
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: I'm digging this bro for real. Cheerzuz CHEUZI cheers cheers.

465
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Speaker 3: My question was, how does someone who's in hip hop,

466
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,440
Speaker 3: which is known for being braggadocious, that's what it is

467
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 3: and egoistic, have the comfortability.

468
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what that's what. That's So.

469
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: I was on my third album and I was doing

470
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: a show and after the show, this guy came up

471
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,919
Speaker 1: to me and he was like, comment, your music.

472
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 2: This song you did.

473
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Speaker 1: It was called Retrospect for Life and it was about

474
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,200
Speaker 1: abortion and I was telling my own experience and story.

475
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: It started off as a poem and it eventually was

476
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 1: a song and he and he said, this song you did,

477
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 1: Retrospect for Life, made me and my wife decide to

478
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 1: have our child. And I was and I'm not saying that,

479
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 1: I'm saying that, but because that was a moment where

480
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:08,680
Speaker 1: it was like, what like this music and me telling

481
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,639
Speaker 1: my story can affect you in that way? Like all

482
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 1: I was doing was telling my truth and I was

483
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 1: doing it unapologetic, and I just had to do it

484
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: for my heart because hip hop was the way I

485
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,880
Speaker 1: was expressing myself in the best way that I could

486
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: and in the freest way that I could, in the

487
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: most honest way, and sincere so for this gentleman to.

488
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Speaker 2: Tell me that.

489
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,040
Speaker 1: His child is alive because of this song, it made

490
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Speaker 1: me know that I had a higher purpose with the

491
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: music and with what I was doing, and that allowed

492
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Speaker 1: me as a hip hop artist, as a black man,

493
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,199
Speaker 1: because ultimately, when we saying like, yo, you're coming from

494
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,719
Speaker 1: hip hop? Hip hop has been the like the garden

495
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: for black and Latino, black and brown people to express ourselves.

496
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 1: And then it brought everyone into the garden, which is

497
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: a beautiful thing, but it was a garden that started

498
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: with our expression. So when we're saying like, coming from

499
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 1: hip hop, expressing yourself in this way, it's really saying,

500
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: being a black kid expressing yourself in this way, how.

501
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,399
Speaker 2: Did you do that?

502
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: I felt so good that I knew that I could

503
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: move my people through the music that I was like,

504
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: I have to keep expressing myself in this way. And

505
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: it was those songs, like love songs that ended up

506
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,160
Speaker 1: being things that people responded to from me. People wanted

507
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: to hit them bars and all that, but I had

508
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: a gentleman come to me earlier before a show and

509
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: be like, hey, coming, would you be okay if in

510
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: the middle of your song the Light, which is about

511
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: a woman and woman being the light, in the middle

512
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: of your song, would you stop so I could propose

513
00:27:58,520 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: to my girlfriend?

514
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 2: And I said yes, of course.

515
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: And you know, to have to note that I'm writing

516
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: songs about from my heart and spirit and my experiences

517
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 1: and they become those things for people. Led me to

518
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: understand that I have to be as vulnerable as goofy,

519
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: as like free, reflective, as like just open, like non perfect.

520
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 2: I don't know a better word that I can say.

521
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: Your word Smith, Uh, but you know I got to

522
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 1: be that anything else is misguiding people, or it's not

523
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: being true to who I am as an artist, is

524
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: not being true to my purpose, and I'm not doing

525
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: my duty to the most high guy.

526
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 2: Jay.

527
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Speaker 1: If it's anything that I can tell you that that

528
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: drives me is every day And I know you talked

529
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: about every day and I want to put in a

530
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: practice some of those things you said we should do

531
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: every day.

532
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 2: I'm so into that. The exposure and all that. I

533
00:28:59,320 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 2: thank you for that.

534
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: One of the things that gets me is I want

535
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: to please the most high. I want to stay in

536
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: my purpose and please the most high.

537
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's there's nothing better than that.

538
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 3: There's there's no greater accountability, there's no greater source of inspiration,

539
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 3: there's no greater channel, and there isn't apart from that.

540
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 3: And as I'm listening to you, one of the things

541
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 3: that really resonated with me was what you said about

542
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 3: the friends. Because to have friends that you know, in

543
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 3: England we call it banter, right, people who can banter

544
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 3: with someone who can like poke fun at you, but

545
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 3: then at the same time has your back and having

546
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 3: someone that if you can do that with them, that

547
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 3: means you're closer to them. So when we first moved

548
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 3: to the States or maybe more LA, when me and

549
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 3: my wife would banter with each other because she's from Britain,

550
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 3: to everyone just thinks like we're going to break up

551
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 3: or something because we can.

552
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 5: Like really lay each other.

553
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 3: But but that's part of our love language because the

554
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 3: more I can that would do, the deeper we know

555
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 3: each other. Yes, because as we grow up, you lose

556
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 3: some friends that you grew up with. Maybe people move cities,

557
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 3: they get married to someone else, they move into a

558
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 3: different part of the world. Maybe you've been here your

559
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,719
Speaker 3: whole life, you had the same friends, but you kind

560
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 3: of outgrown them now right, How do you, as an

561
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 3: adult continue to build new friendships that look like your

562
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 3: future and not like your past.

563
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Speaker 2: That's beautiful, you said, People was like, oh, b what

564
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 2: do you gonna say about that? Man?

565
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: You know, at a certain point, like once I started

566
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: to like, okay, understand who I am. And I'm still learning,

567
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: you know, like we hopefully we always will learn to

568
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 1: we leave this planet on the physical level. So I'm

569
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: still learning, but I do know a lot of things

570
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: about me, and I know myself, and I think one

571
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: of the things that has helped me to understand about

572
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: attracting new friends and who lungs in this atmosphere is

573
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: people's energy. Being discerning about people's intentions, making sure that

574
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: any friendships, relationships, even moments, you want to be able

575
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: to give and you want to be able to receive too.

576
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: You start by giving. You know, most of the time,

577
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: if I see somebody, I'm gonna greet them, how you doing,

578
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: and hopefully they'll agree back boom love, And it's like

579
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: it might just be that moment, or it may be

580
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: more than that, but the point is you understand what

581
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: energy you want in your life and who.

582
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 2: Deserves to be in your life.

583
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: And you also have to be accountable for being a

584
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 1: good friend, partner, homie in their lives.

585
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 2: And like one of my.

586
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: Closest friends is backstage with me, even though we talk

587
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: about tell the same stories over and over again, like

588
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: you know, I'd be like, damn, we used to, but

589
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 1: we still have. We still tell them same jokes about

590
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: each other. But we also share scriptures. We also share motivation.

591
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: He'll send me things that motivate. We also talk about

592
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: life and just being in pain going through these things.

593
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: And for me, that's a friendship that evolves. Some people,

594
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: when you said, you said a very good point. Sometimes

595
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: you outgrow other people, but a great, beautiful friendship and

596
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: relationship you all grow as individuals and even if you

597
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: ain't not at the same place at the same time always,

598
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 1: you might get there. And I think for me, just

599
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: understanding when I'm around people like how do I feel

600
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: around this person and how do this person make me feel?

601
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: And hopefully I'm making them feel great, then that's the

602
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: type of energy I want to be around.

603
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 2: And is this something that's going to be consistent.

604
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: We're doing this quick movie together and we can hang

605
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: out at this time, but this is not going to

606
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: go further than that as a Friendhi.

607
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: That happens sometimes, but that's okay.

608
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: That person is great for your life at that moment,

609
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: and you all can give each other equal yoke. But

610
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: ultimately it's about to me just being around energy that

611
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: you know is there to better you. Iron sharpens iron

612
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: and you bring that into your life.

613
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 5: Well said, Well said.

614
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 3: I feel like when I'm vibrating in my highest energy,

615
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 3: it's really clear whether someone wants to match it or not. Yeah,

616
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 3: Whereas if I walk into a space and I go

617
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 3: at my lowest frequency, I don't actually know where someone stands.

618
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 3: So it's almost like being your highest vibration or frequency

619
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 3: actually allows you to see what energy someone's are and

620
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 3: whether they're willing to match and you're going to match them.

621
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 2: Is that new friends?

622
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: Because I don't have a whole lot of new friends

623
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: to be honest, you know, but I do have new

624
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 1: people in my life that I work with that I

625
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,719
Speaker 1: love that I'll be there for. But I'm like, you know, friends,

626
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: not just people you like I'm cool with them, Yeah,

627
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: all our friends. How do you decide who you let

628
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: into your life, especially with you being having such a big,

629
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: widespread platform and so many people probably wanting to be

630
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: in that space, how do you make decisions on who.

631
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 3: I'm pretty lucky, I think because my lane is so clear.

632
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 3: The only people who want to get closer people who

633
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 3: want to be spiritual, and so it kind of makes

634
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 3: it easy because they know that I'm not really interested

635
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 3: in other stuff. So it's kind of like the people

636
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 3: that do want to get close. There are all people

637
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 3: that want to evolve, that want to grow, you know.

638
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 3: It's people like yourselves who want to become more healed,

639
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 3: which I love because my lane is so clear. And

640
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 3: that's what I mean by when we're vibrating at a

641
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 3: frequency that I'm not always at a high frequency, but

642
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 3: if our frequency is clear, yes, then it's clear to

643
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 3: others whether we're going to be a good time or not.

644
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 3: So to some people, I'm the most boring person on

645
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 3: the planet because they know I'm not into the three

646
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 3: things that they love.

647
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 5: But that's why I think it's so good to.

648
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 3: Be clear about who we are and broadcast that I

649
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 3: don't mean necessarily publicly. I mean, when you walk into

650
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 3: a room, whatever word you say, the question you first ask,

651
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 3: the way you answer a question can completely shift the

652
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 3: direction of a conversation. Like when I walk into a room,

653
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 3: I want to get into one deep conversation with someone

654
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,720
Speaker 3: in the corner. I'm not the person who's like milling

655
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 3: around trying to say hello to everyone. There's nothing wrong

656
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 3: with that.

657
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 2: That's just not me.

658
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 3: And so I'd much rather walk away from an event

659
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Speaker 3: having had a deep, powerful, profound conversation and made one

660
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 3: new friend then feel like I spoke to thirty people

661
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 3: about small talk. And again, there's nothing wrong with that,

662
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 3: it's just who I am.

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Speaker 1: So I love some of the things you just said

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Speaker 1: because I love great conversations. I feel like that's one

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Speaker 1: of the ways I learned so much about myself is

666
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: through conversation with people who who just have some emotional

667
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Speaker 1: insight intelligence.

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Speaker 2: That's one of my favorite things.

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Speaker 1: Man, No matter where I am, and you know, my

670
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: friends be like, boy, you talk a lot, you know,

671
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Speaker 1: But I do love those conversations. And another thing you

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Speaker 1: mentioned it that I have to say has been one

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00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 1: of the most powerful aspects about helping me in my

674
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 1: life is to be clear, like taking care of myself

675
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: when it comes to like the foods I eat, like having,

676
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: like I said, my own meditation and prayer.

677
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Speaker 5: What does that look like.

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Speaker 3: We'll cuts through some of those habits, because I feel

679
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 3: like this group loves learning about habits and practices and

680
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 3: tools and tactics. What are some of yours that you commit.

681
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: To wake up in the morning, thanking God for the day,

682
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: thanking God just for the day, for the breath of life.

683
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: And as Jay said, this is a spiritual thing. I'm

684
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Speaker 1: not like when I talk about God, I'm talking about

685
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 1: the creative heavens and Earth that exists in all woman, man,

686
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: that exists in all people on the planet. It's not

687
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 1: a religious thing. This is about the spirit that created

688
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: all of us and that exists in all of us.

689
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: So just communing with God is the first thing. And

690
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: then I get into it's certain scriptures that I read

691
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:27,320
Speaker 1: that reinforce who I am and my relationship with the Creator.

692
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Speaker 1: And then I get into my prayer, and then I'll

693
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Speaker 1: get into my meditation. People ask me like, do you

694
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: do this type of meditation. It's type My meditation is

695
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: the south side of meditation.

696
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 2: I just came up with.

697
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: I pulled from everything that I had experienced and was like,

698
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: this works for me. It's not gonna be this twenty

699
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: minute meditation. Might be a minute or two, but I'm

700
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,959
Speaker 1: gonna get it in and it works and it works

701
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: for me. But seriously, it's that meditation. And then I

702
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Speaker 1: go to this other book that I have that has

703
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: these mantras and scriptures to them. At that point, you know,

704
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: like I'm prepared for the day and going into that

705
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: day knowing that, man, this is going to.

706
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Speaker 2: Be a beautiful day.

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Speaker 1: Because we all sometimes I wake up like something feel

708
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: funny as soon as I wake up, But me getting

709
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: into gratitude and just saying thank you for the day

710
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: and thank you for the breath of life starts to

711
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: shift that funny feeling. And then like me starting to

712
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: starting to say the things that I know I'm creating

713
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 1: for and the purpose that I'm here for, it starts

714
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: to shift and my day becomes greater just from there,

715
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: and even if some incidents happen, my perspective on the

716
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 1: day is not down because I've done those things. Now

717
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: the diet and food side, I get into my I

718
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: got my supplements that I take and you know, take

719
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: those in the morning and then I try to get

720
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Speaker 1: a work out in. Like I said, sometimes you don't

721
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: have an hour to do a workout and get whatever time.

722
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 2: And it's just movement. What I noticed is when I

723
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 2: move around, whether it's a walk, I used to think

724
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,839
Speaker 2: I was like, man, those old people be walking, man.

725
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 2: But now I'm taking walks.

726
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: I'm walking in London, walking into the parks, and I'm like,

727
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: am I that age said, I'm walking? But but a

728
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 1: walk is a beautiful thing. And I realized just the

729
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: movement of the body is good for the mind and

730
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Speaker 1: the soul. So this is all part of my like

731
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 1: wholeness when I what I talk about in the book

732
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: and then we rise. This is that wholeness of like.

733
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Speaker 1: Because I had certain aspects, like I was always pretty

734
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 1: much a spiritual guy like this and learning my spirituality,

735
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 1: you know, reading from the Bible at one point, reading

736
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: into the Koran and reading different things to just know

737
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: God for myself. But then I needed other aspects and

738
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: I started to figure out that the diet made me

739
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 1: see clear. Now only did I see clear, like I

740
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,359
Speaker 1: was rapping clear, Like my voice sounded clear, like for real,

741
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: like for not having certain foods in my body and

742
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: taking care and my energy. I was waking up with

743
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: energy instead. Like so I felt the difference. And that

744
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: was all the research I needed to do. I didn't

745
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: need to read nothing to note that, like, oh, I

746
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: feel better doing these things. So all those things are

747
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: things that I put into practice, and you know, I

748
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 1: pick up new things, like just listening to you, I'm like, wait,

749
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna start figuring out this exposure bless you. I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna figure out this exposure thing, like and see

751
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: what I can do because I'm always looking to learn

752
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 1: and grow.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love that talking about exposure therapy. I wanted

754
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 3: this event to be special and this is gonna be

755
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 3: a surprise for everyone. I wanted to give someone in

756
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 3: the room. We've been talking about dreams, we've been talking

757
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 3: about rising above judgment. We've been talking about taking your opportunity.

758
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 3: I wanted to check there's no pressure, but I wanted

759
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 3: to check if there was a poet, a rapper, a

760
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 3: spoken word artist in the audience that wanted sixty seconds

761
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 3: to share with the audience and with common their skills.

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00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 3: I want to give you a moment, and I don't

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00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 3: want you to steal a moment from someone else. So

764
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 3: this isn't messing around, it's it's someone who truly has

765
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 3: I see the yellow shirt. I see one up there.

766
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 3: I love that hustle, the hustle, I love it.

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00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 5: What's his name? Oh you don't know?

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00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 3: Oh wow, okay, that's amazing, that's great. You know, I

769
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 3: really feel like there's moments like this. We got you

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00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 3: in the seat to give someone a moment, to give

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00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 3: someone an opportunity, to put someone out there, to put

772
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 3: someone on. I chose the hardest person to get downstairs.

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00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 3: Now he's last trying to find his way while we're

774
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,840
Speaker 3: waiting for him. I want to want, oh, here we go.

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00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 3: I'm true.

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00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 5: I want to say hello before.

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00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:09,760
Speaker 2: Its brother alsome. That's blessome, bless you, thank you, glad,

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00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 2: thank you.

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00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 5: All right, So your name is Daniel, Daniel, Where are

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00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:15,439
Speaker 5: you from?

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00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 6: I'm from Chicago.

782
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 5: From here, you're rappers, smoking word eyes, poet.

783
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 6: I'm a poet.

784
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 7: In all honesty, I've taken kind of a back seat

785
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 7: from the spotlight. I don't have any socials. I go

786
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,879
Speaker 7: and perform at open mics occasionally. But yeah, my heart

787
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 7: is pumping.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

789
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 3: Well, this is this is what we wanted to do

790
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 3: tonight because you running down and we saw you hustles.

791
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 3: You take a breath just to catch your breath, but

792
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 3: that was the point of tonight. I want to make

793
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 3: it known that you can do it. It's not a

794
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 3: you know, I think we often feel like we have

795
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 3: to wait for our moment, We've got to work for it.

796
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 3: But we want to give it to people right here.

797
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 3: So I want to give you sixty seconds to share

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00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 3: with us the words, the work, whatever you want to

799
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 3: read to us, come and will give us a zero

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Speaker 3: out of ten rate.

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00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 5: Now you ready?

802
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, you got it, bro, You got it, Bro, you

803
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 2: got it. You got it.

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00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 7: Okay, So I'm gonna give you something that's relatively new,

805
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 7: and it's about the lady that pushed me to come

806
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:26,879
Speaker 7: up here.

807
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,879
Speaker 6: She's up there a real quick because I don't want

808
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 6: to waste any of your time.

809
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 5: You're not wasting anyone's telling me, God, I'm nervous.

810
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 6: Why am I up here?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, let's called my new favorite color.

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00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 3: Before we dive into the next moment, let's hear from

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00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,359
Speaker 3: our sponsors. Thanks for taking a moment for that. Now

815
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Speaker 3: back to the discussion.

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Speaker 6: If I asked any of you, what's your favorite color,

817
00:43:59,080 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 6: it will come without a say.

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00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 2: Guess.

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00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 7: You might even attribute some colors to different moods. Green

820
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 7: might be the envy, and a mean girl whose burn

821
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 7: book would burn looks through sky blue retinas like our

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00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 7: heavenly ceiling, relling with the beauty of God's creations. But

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00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 7: not a single star burns brighter than the patren my

824
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:20,399
Speaker 7: eyes behold. After all, they say that's where her beauty lies.

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00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 7: So my answer is red. That's my favorite color. It's

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Speaker 7: something about the way it massages her cheeks before they

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Speaker 7: form that rose that reminds me of Aretha's declaration, a

828
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 7: dedication to the strongest flower in concrete jungles never meant

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Speaker 7: to grow, but defying all odds God's peculiar creation, sending

830
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Speaker 7: sensations where you hear, see, and touch vibrations. I love

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Speaker 7: to make up bless just to see a smile from

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Speaker 7: those red lips. I'd re educate the inner child to

833
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 7: me that was deceived to believe the synesthesia couldn't be achieved.

834
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Speaker 7: But who knew the color red could taste so sweet,

835
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 7: scent like strawberry's harvested solely by God's worthy out happily

836
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 7: trick for this treat. And I'm gonna leave it there

837
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,840
Speaker 7: because I am dying.

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00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: Jay jack Y, I'm gonna lie. I'm gonna liun no.

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00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 2: That was That was dope, real dope, Yo.

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Speaker 1: I know it's kind of hard to handle for everybody.

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00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,839
Speaker 1: Give it up for Daniel, Yo.

842
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 2: I say it like this.

843
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 1: I say it like this, and God we trust. I

844
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: see a shirt and I tell them seeings day not

845
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 1: like us.

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00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 2: What can you do? Yo? You know the whole outcome.

847
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 2: I see Martin and of course I see Malcolm.

848
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: We know right now. I keep my mind heavy. I

849
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 1: keep it already. When I'm with Jay Shetty, it's like

850
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 1: this consense yo.

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00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 2: I guess you know me. I gotta say rest in

852
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 2: peace to that brother Kobe.

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00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: This is how it is, yo, We at your service,

854
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: were right here in Chicago, and this is about purpose.

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00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: It's on purpose, Yo. I'm telling you these words. Is

856
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: my man Jay Yo. I told you he's a wordsmith.

857
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,360
Speaker 1: Com sense. I'm coming. I got my brother from London.

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00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:07,760
Speaker 2: This is how it be. I got a hundred styles

859
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 2: in running. I can let you know. My mind's like encyclopedia.

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00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: When I come to the Chicago Theater, letting you know

861
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: it's time for me to climb. We talk about the

862
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: spirituality is divine and I'm coming straight for shot off

863
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 1: the head. My man Daniel said his favorite color is red. Yo,

864
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: I read through books to this how we look. We

865
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 1: got an understand, cam Sense. I've never been shook. I've

866
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: been hanging in places where we hang outside. I'm talking

867
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: about the West and of course the South side, and

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00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:41,160
Speaker 1: that's how it be when I know to go off

869
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,240
Speaker 1: and shout out to my people. That's even from the north.

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00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 1: Com sense, it's like this, Joe, I guess I'm living

871
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:49,879
Speaker 1: in I was cruising up and down the street called

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00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 1: Michigan Avenue, grabbing new things that I need to do.

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00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: Com sense, Yo, I told you I believe in you

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00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: and believe in me as I'm receiving these things. Earlier,

875
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: we were talking Jay about dreams and that's how it

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00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: be the style of be free.

877
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 2: I just gotta say respect to g O. D you

878
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 2: have been danging everyone.

879
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 5: That was that was a surprise for me. Wow wow.

880
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 2: Wow little fun wow o little yea.

881
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was I was not expecting that.

882
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:41,399
Speaker 2: Man, I kind of I love I love rapping man.

883
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 1: I love I love him see and once once we

884
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: had the music a little bit and Daniel did his thing.

885
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:51,399
Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm at home, I'm on the Jayson said show.

886
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 2: I'm like, I got it. I want to m C.

887
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 5: I was straight up the dome.

888
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,720
Speaker 3: It was all the references that what up yet reference

889
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 3: It's amazing, keep it free.

890
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 5: It's oh my god, thank you, thank you so much

891
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 5: for that, and thank you Daniel. Daniel again, everyone, you

892
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 5: took your moment.

893
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 3: I love I love people taking their moment, yes, and

894
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 3: I love helping people have their moment. And when those

895
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,439
Speaker 3: two things come together, because I feel like I spent

896
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 3: my whole life waiting for someone to give me a shot.

897
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,279
Speaker 3: And often we can feel that way, just waiting for

898
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 3: someone to open the door or just let us in

899
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 3: or whatever it may be, and you know, oh, there

900
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: we go. He just made it upstairs. And it's just

901
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 3: beautiful when you put yourself out there like that. And

902
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 3: I hope that you know. One of the things I

903
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:58,880
Speaker 3: like to do differently in these evenings is have moments

904
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 3: like that, because when you see someone who's sitting in

905
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 3: the same place as you are, but takes the moment

906
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 3: I hope it's a reminder to you tomorrow when you're

907
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 3: at the office, when you're talking to someone, when you're

908
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 3: with your family and you've just been avoiding that moment.

909
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 3: I hope it gives you the courage and the strength

910
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 3: to go. Daniel did that, you know, on stage in

911
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 3: front of two thousand people with coming.

912
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,840
Speaker 1: And yeah, Jay, I gotta say, like, you made me

913
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: think about like it was a point whereever I had

914
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: to learn to take that moment and this happened to me.

915
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:36,400
Speaker 1: This is further into my career. This is basically I

916
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: was in a movie called Selma, right, And I was

917
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 1: an actor in Selma. Yeah, and I'm directed by the

918
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: great Ava Duvinet, and I mean it's incredible actors in

919
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,479
Speaker 1: there and actresses. But anyway, it was about the people

920
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:52,439
Speaker 1: of the civil rights movement. And we finished the movie,

921
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: and the movie it really moved my spirit because we

922
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,320
Speaker 1: were living in the shoes and the skin of the

923
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 1: people the civil rights movement. So we got to meet

924
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 1: Ambassador Andrew Young and John Lewis, the late great John Lewis,

925
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: and it affected my life. I remember Ambassador Andrew Young

926
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: at our first meeting said, what are you willing to

927
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: die for live for that. He said, we were willing

928
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: to die for freedom and justice and equality, so we

929
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 1: lived for it every day, right, Well, that all that

930
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: affected me. We finished the movie and I'm asking everybody

931
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: is a part of it, what are y'all gonna do

932
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,359
Speaker 1: for the like songs like what's gonna What's y'all got

933
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 1: any music in mind? They was like, yeah, we got

934
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: some in mind, but it's not you, right. So I

935
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 1: usually wouldn't seize the moment or take that moment, and

936
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 1: like I would be shy about that moment.

937
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 2: That's what I was talking about them in my light.

938
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:55,880
Speaker 2: At times.

939
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,440
Speaker 1: I was on the phone talking to my manager saying, well,

940
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: what are they doing with the song for Selma? And

941
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: he was like, man, they said they got some people

942
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: they want to use, but they they haven't locked it in.

943
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: It hit me like it was like the Creator speaking

944
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:14,959
Speaker 1: to me. God was speaking to me. I literally said,

945
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: I'm going to call you back. The thought came to

946
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 1: me like I'm gonna call John Legend and see if

947
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: he would be open to like working with me on

948
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 1: a song for this. I hang up the phone with

949
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: my manager and called John. John is in London and

950
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,720
Speaker 1: I tell him, hey, man, I'm part of this movie, Selma.

951
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: It's incredible, man Like, it's about doctor King and the

952
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,280
Speaker 1: women and the men of the civil rights movement.

953
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 2: Let's do a song.

954
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: Now, they don't want a song from us, so we're

955
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: submitting it. But will you do this song? He said,

956
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:50,400
Speaker 1: I got you, brother. I usually wouldn't asked like my friends,

957
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 1: and I've worked with John before, but I wasn't the

958
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: type to just ask for it.

959
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 2: But something I listened to what God said, Look call John.

960
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 2: I did it.

961
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 1: And John said, I'm gonna be over here for a

962
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 1: few months on this tour, but I will go in

963
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: the studio. On Wednesday, I hung up the phone. I

964
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 1: text them three titles. The last title I texted him

965
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 1: was Glory. He said he saw that that name Glory,

966
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 1: and it sparked his thoughts and he started coming with

967
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 1: the melody and he started, you know, coming up with

968
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: the words for the hook. One day when the Glories,

969
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:30,840
Speaker 1: when I can't sing it, y'all, I mess it up.

970
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: But you know he did that sent it back to me.

971
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 1: After that Wednesday, I remember getting the music. I was

972
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:42,840
Speaker 1: going to my father's memorial. I heard that music. I

973
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: was overwhelmed. I ended up writing that song, and that

974
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: song became a song that we ended up winning a

975
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,600
Speaker 1: Golden Globe, winning a Grammy, and winning an.

976
00:52:56,560 --> 00:53:03,279
Speaker 2: Oscar World for And I'm bringing that up because there

977
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 2: was that moment.

978
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 1: It was that one moment where I decided to listen

979
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:13,440
Speaker 1: and not be afraid and just ask and seize the moment,

980
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: and it happened.

981
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,360
Speaker 5: I'm so glad you shared that story.

982
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 3: I'm so glad you shared that story because I think

983
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 3: you know that was later in your career, Yes, and

984
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 3: you still have that doubt where you have to listen

985
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 3: in And I think I love hearing that because I

986
00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 3: think we all think one day we're going to get

987
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 3: to a place from which we don't have to listen

988
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 3: anymore to God, to that inner voice, to that direction.

989
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 5: But the truth is it's always the case. You always

990
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 5: have to go inward to find that outward direction.

991
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,360
Speaker 3: It's not going to happen by constantly looking around and

992
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 3: where do I want to be and where do I

993
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:56,840
Speaker 3: want to go? And you've got to constantly look inside

994
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,600
Speaker 3: and hear the ask here, the calling yes, that question,

995
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,320
Speaker 3: yes right, because we're looking for the answer that you

996
00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:04,520
Speaker 3: don't hear the ask.

997
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 2: Yes, you know what I mean. Yes, man, Yes, it's

998
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 2: a really.

999
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 3: Interesting thing that God's trying to ask you to do something.

1000
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 3: You're like, God, tell me the answer.

1001
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 2: Right, tell me to answer.

1002
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 5: I was like, no, no, no, I want you to

1003
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:12,759
Speaker 5: do that.

1004
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: I want you to do this, and you have to

1005
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: be open to the to the experience and the journey too.

1006
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,320
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful thing, but it's a thing where it

1007
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: doesn't stop. Like I mean, last week, I was like, man,

1008
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,239
Speaker 1: I want this, I want this. It didn't happen for me,

1009
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,080
Speaker 1: and I had to like really come to grips and

1010
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 1: do exactly what I told you.

1011
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 2: I work on.

1012
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,680
Speaker 1: I work on like just still staying in gratitude, still

1013
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: knowing what's for me, is there for me, and really

1014
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:43,879
Speaker 1: being present and Okay, I prayed for that and I said, man,

1015
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: if it's in your will and I use my scriptures

1016
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: to and that didn't happen for me, then I have

1017
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 1: to understand that I'm supposed to be here wherever you

1018
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 1: have me, and I'm going to be trusting in that

1019
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 1: and be present in that. And that's one of the

1020
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,839
Speaker 1: things that I just it doesn't stop. I was later

1021
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 1: in my career when I did that with John, when

1022
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,560
Speaker 1: I said, hey, you know I called them. But it's

1023
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:10,399
Speaker 1: still moments where I'm like, should I say to this person?

1024
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: Should I not? But I'm more leaning towards because I've

1025
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 1: I've worked on it to say I'm gonna speak up

1026
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: for the things that I want or just say my truth,

1027
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:21,719
Speaker 1: Like if it's something that doesn't work for me, I

1028
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:23,359
Speaker 1: know how to speak up on that too.

1029
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 2: So I love that.

1030
00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:29,919
Speaker 3: I wanna take the last few moments to end every

1031
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,399
Speaker 3: on purpose interview, as we always do with the final five. Yes,

1032
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 3: these questions have to be answered with one word to

1033
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 3: one sentence maximum.

1034
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 2: Okay, so this is a real challenge.

1035
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:46,160
Speaker 5: This is the real challenge. These are your final five.

1036
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:48,839
Speaker 3: Question number one, which we asked to every guest who's

1037
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 3: ever been on the show, what is the best advice

1038
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:54,840
Speaker 3: you've ever heard or received to.

1039
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,879
Speaker 2: Love others as you love yourself. I think that's the best.

1040
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:00,480
Speaker 2: They're the best, and I've.

1041
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:04,440
Speaker 5: Received I agree question. Oh yeah, give it up, absolutely,

1042
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 5: go for it. This is awesome question.

1043
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:10,400
Speaker 3: Usually when I'm doing the final vibe with someone like

1044
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 3: I don't get this, so this is amazing, Like you

1045
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 3: don't know what a gift you're giving me by being

1046
00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 3: here right now. You know, when we're doing this in

1047
00:56:17,239 --> 00:56:20,400
Speaker 3: the studio, it's beautiful. But we should do every episode

1048
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:21,080
Speaker 3: with you guys here.

1049
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know.

1050
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 3: Question number two, what is the worst advice you've ever

1051
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 3: heard or received?

1052
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: People say this, They say the same shit every day.

1053
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:37,040
Speaker 1: I ask them, like, how you doing, and they say, man,

1054
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:41,320
Speaker 1: same shit, new day. I don't subscribe to that mentality.

1055
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,160
Speaker 1: So I looked at that as like bad advice, and

1056
00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:47,360
Speaker 1: I'm like, nah, so it's gotta be something new happening

1057
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 1: in a day, something.

1058
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,680
Speaker 5: New, So create something new. Yeah yeah.

1059
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:57,880
Speaker 3: Question number three, what was the hardest part about learning

1060
00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 3: to love yourself and take care of yourself?

1061
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:05,439
Speaker 1: The hardest part about learning to love myself and take

1062
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:10,080
Speaker 1: care of myself is learning to love myself. When I'm

1063
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 1: being rejected. That is like a real that's a because

1064
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:21,600
Speaker 1: that is when it taps into the little Rashid and

1065
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:25,440
Speaker 1: the things that I've been rejected or abandoned from before

1066
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 1: as a kid. And when I'm rejected now you told

1067
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: me to keep this answer short, but to carry on.

1068
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:41,080
Speaker 1: But when I'm rejecting now, sometimes I'm I can bring

1069
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: that little Rashid into the present and and those feelings

1070
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: are being rejected and make this new rejection greater than

1071
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:52,480
Speaker 1: what it really is. I'm not present in what is happening,

1072
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 1: So I think loving myself in those moments has been

1073
00:57:58,760 --> 00:57:59,919
Speaker 1: some of the toughest times.

1074
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 2: But I feel I'm worth it, so I strive for it.

1075
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 3: Question number four, how do you show yourself self love

1076
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 3: every day?

1077
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:15,680
Speaker 1: The things that I do for self love that I

1078
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: spoke about from every aspect, the prayer, meditation, foods, I

1079
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:24,040
Speaker 1: make sure I'm diligent about it, and like if my

1080
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: call time is at five thirty, if they coming to

1081
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 1: get me to go to set at five thirty, I'm

1082
00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: still going to get up and make sure I have

1083
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:36,600
Speaker 1: enough time to do those things because that's me loving myself.

1084
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:39,440
Speaker 1: That's me giving the time to myself that I need

1085
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:43,040
Speaker 1: and that that has nothing to do with nobody else,

1086
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: but that's me and the Creator. And I think you

1087
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 1: know that's how I take time. And I also have

1088
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:55,240
Speaker 1: boundaries now too, like where sometimes if somebody is I

1089
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:59,520
Speaker 1: know it's taking advantage of me or just asking for

1090
00:58:59,560 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 1: too much and I'm not able or willing to give that,

1091
00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 1: I know how to speak up for that So that's

1092
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: another way that I've learned to love myself every day.

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00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:11,200
Speaker 2: To speak up, beautiful sure.

1094
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 3: Fifth and final question of the final five we asked

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00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 3: this every guest who's ever been on the show, if

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00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 3: you could.

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00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:21,280
Speaker 5: Create one law that everyone in the world had to follow,

1098
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 5: what would it be.

1099
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: We would have to go inside of ourselves to find

1100
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: the greatest love that exists, and in every daily activity,

1101
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: we would have to acknowledge that love in ourselves and

1102
00:59:41,240 --> 00:59:44,120
Speaker 1: encourage it in others and see it in others. And

1103
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,720
Speaker 1: that would be the law, to know that love within

1104
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: you and acknowledge it in others and treat them as such.

1105
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 5: Comen.

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00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 3: We wanted to, I mean, beautiful answers. We wanted to

1107
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,360
Speaker 3: do one last special thing with you because you kindly

1108
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 3: came out to Chicago to be here with us. I

1109
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:01,800
Speaker 3: want you to take a look behind you in a

1110
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:04,280
Speaker 3: second when we have it up there. If we get

1111
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 3: it up there, we go. What if you could communicate

1112
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 3: with your younger self? Now, what would you say to

1113
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 3: your younger self?

1114
01:00:17,120 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 1: Well you had head inn brother, Well, I would say

1115
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 1: I would say man. I would say, man, no matter

1116
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 1: what you go through, you got everything you need to

1117
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,800
Speaker 1: to be what your purpose to be on this planet,

1118
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:37,000
Speaker 1: and go out there and do your duty, and do

1119
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:39,040
Speaker 1: it in the highest way, and do it with joy,

1120
01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:42,160
Speaker 1: do it with love, do it with grace. And you

1121
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: will make some mistakes, you will go through pain. But

1122
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 1: God loves you more than anything, and you love you,

1123
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,200
Speaker 1: so show the world that love.

1124
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:52,480
Speaker 5: I love it.

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01:00:55,000 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 3: And second one, what do you what do you need

1126
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:07,320
Speaker 3: to hear? Look at very dapper, It's like what would

1127
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 3: you say you need to hear?

1128
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 2: Most?

1129
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:09,120
Speaker 5: Right now?

1130
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:14,960
Speaker 1: The quest is still going. You still got a lot

1131
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:20,280
Speaker 1: of growing to do, a lot more to give, be free.

1132
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:26,120
Speaker 1: You're doing well, but but you're going to be greater

1133
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:29,600
Speaker 1: and you will do greater and all those things you're envisioning.

1134
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:34,520
Speaker 1: Continue to be patient and be diligent and remember your purpose,

1135
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 1: and Jail'll have you back on.

1136
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 3: Again anytime, anytime, anytime, anytime. Off off to this next one.

1137
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,200
Speaker 3: I'll see if you want to come back on again.

1138
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:54,240
Speaker 3: If we get a third or up, it's an ai

1139
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:58,880
Speaker 3: AI from the team. When you look at that, what

1140
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:03,880
Speaker 3: wisdom do you? What wisdom do you hope you will

1141
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 3: have realized? Well in the next ten twenty years.

1142
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 2: You finally stop putting that die in your bed. I

1143
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,120
Speaker 2: would hope that I was still.

1144
01:02:17,320 --> 01:02:23,880
Speaker 1: Be enjoying like music, creating music, enjoying acting. I would

1145
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:26,360
Speaker 1: hope to be getting my Morgan Freeman on at that point.

1146
01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:32,400
Speaker 1: And I would hope that the work that I have

1147
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: done is penetrating people's lives and families and things are

1148
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 1: just better in the world because of me doing my part,

1149
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:41,800
Speaker 1: as we all do our part.

1150
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:45,160
Speaker 2: And I hope that I'm just having fun in a good,

1151
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:46,280
Speaker 2: healthy relationship.

1152
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:52,720
Speaker 5: Coming everyone, come back anytime.

1153
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 3: If this is the year that you're trying to get creative,

1154
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,000
Speaker 3: you're trying to build more, I need you to listen

1155
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,959
Speaker 3: to this episode with Rick Rubin on how to break

1156
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:06,160
Speaker 3: into your most creative self, how to use unconventional methods

1157
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 3: that lead to success, and the secret to genuinely loving

1158
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,600
Speaker 3: what you do. If you're trying to find your passion

1159
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:16,120
Speaker 3: and your lane, Rick Rubin's episode is the one for you.

1160
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 4: Just because I like it, that doesn't give it any value,

1161
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:21,560
Speaker 4: Like as an artist, if you like it, that's all

1162
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 4: of the value. That's the success comes when you say

1163
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:27,720
Speaker 4: I like this enough for other people to see it.