1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: George. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 2: I'm a homegirl that knows a little bit about everything 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 2: and everybody. 4 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: You don't know if you don't lie about that. Right, Hey, y'all, 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: what's up. 6 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: It's Lauren de Rosa and this is the latest with 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: Lauren de Rosa. 8 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: This is your. 9 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: Daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, and 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: all of the conversations that shake the room. Now, this 11 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: episode is extra special. I would say that this is 12 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: an exclusive, but it's even more than that. So today 13 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: I'm taking you guys on a journey with me back 14 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: to my HBCU, my alma mater, Delaware State University. I'll 15 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: be speaking at a ceremony called convocation. Now, the ceremony 16 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: is the welcome ceremony that sets the tone for all 17 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 2: of the freshmen and incoming transfer students, and you know 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 2: a lot of the students of the student body who 19 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: just need that extra word and push to get through 20 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: their semesters. Super crazy because I remember being at my 21 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: convocation and wondering what was going to happen, when it 22 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: was going to happen, and how it was going to happen. 23 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Now we are here. 24 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: Started from the bottom, Now we're here. So take a listen. 25 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: To some of the ceremony. 26 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: Enjoy. 27 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: You know, if you guys are online just having a 28 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: conversation about anything, inspo, anything Black College, anything, HBCU Pride, 29 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 2: remember this conversation and include this conversation because this is 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 2: exactly what the full circle of the HBCU alumni. 31 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: Life or world looks like. 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: You go, you leave, you come back, you motivate, you inspire, 33 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: and you just learning to help in hand. 34 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: Enjoy. 35 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: Lauren is a proud alumna of Delaware State University, and 36 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: we couldn't be more proud to welcome her home. Thank 37 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: you y'alln and got me emotional. I ain't even said 38 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: a couple words yet. Good morning, everybody, How are you guys? 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: Y'all gotta wake up a bit. I'm the pregame queen. 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. How y'all feeling this morning? 41 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: So my name is Laurena Rosa. You know, I am 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: so honored to be here. I was a student at 43 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: Delawares University. I graduated in twenty fourteen, and I'm hearing 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: them talk about the class of twenty twenty nine and 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: now I'm like, whooh, I'm a grown up. I'm here, 46 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: this is happening I'm just you know, honored to be 47 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: here for many reasons. You know, I heard, you know, 48 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: people before me talk about vision, and that's ironic because 49 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: this morning, when I decided what I was going to 50 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: talk about, vision was one of the things that popped up. 51 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: And coming to. 52 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: Delawaresce A University was that for me, it was the 53 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 2: sharpening of the vision. It was the tool that I 54 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: needed to really like they say, you know, go out 55 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: and make your mark on the world. And when you 56 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: hear it here, it's just like something you have to 57 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: know the same way you can have to know that 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: slide and you know state state Okay, y'all, y'all, y'all, 59 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: kind of seniors state, Oh no, no, no baby, so 60 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: y'all y'all might be the largest class y'all didn't had 61 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: a while, but we were in this room. 62 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: You could hear it, and you could hear the thunder 63 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: of it. 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: Because the things that you learn here the state, the 65 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 2: make your mark on the world, the you know, look 66 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: to the left of you, look to the right of you, 67 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 2: and really understanding relationship building that has carried me in 68 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 2: so many of my peers so so so far. You know, 69 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 2: when I came on the campus. I'm from Women's in Delaware. 70 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: Any Women's in Delaware here? Yeah, okay, so I'm from 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: women'son Delaware. When I came on this campus, one of 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: the things that I knew was that like, I wanted 73 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: to work in entertainment. I didn't know how. I didn't know, 74 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: you know, what it would be. I just knew what 75 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: I liked and what I didn't like. So I thought. 76 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: But I was able to use this campus, and I 77 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: want to implore you guys, and you know, challenge you 78 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: guys to do the same thing. I was able to 79 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: use this campus to really understand vision and how vision 80 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: should be protected. So you might not know today, you 81 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: might not know what the school year is going to hold. 82 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 2: You might not know you know what every single day 83 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: will be. Shoot you, I might not even know if 84 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: the major that you guys have chosen at this pointer 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: will choose or you know, we'll go in and out 86 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: of is exactly what you want to do, anybody here, 87 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 2: so figure in life out. Raise your hand. Everybody should 88 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 2: raise their hand, adults. People look every day. I woke 89 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: up this morning and I said, God, I don't know 90 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: what today has in store for me. I don't know, 91 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 2: but I'm here and that is my message. As you 92 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: sharpen and protect your vision. 93 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: You may not know. 94 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: There's a lot of things you will not know. There's 95 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 2: a lot of days you will not be for sure. 96 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: But you are here. You are showing up. And if 97 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: you wake up every day, if you apply yourself to 98 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: something every day, if you are here at Delawares Sate University, 99 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 2: you are a lot further than the people that are 100 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 2: not here with you now. In times where you don't know, 101 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 2: there are certain things that you choose it tend to do. 102 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 2: You might pick up a phone and call a friend. 103 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: You might look around you. People have talked about mentors. 104 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: I know miss Lorie Hayes is in the building, say him, 105 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 2: and says Miss Hayes was my mentor. I have my 106 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: uncle Tony here as well. There are people that are 107 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 2: placed right next to you. I said, look to your 108 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: life and look to your right earlier, let's really do it. 109 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: Look to your left and look to your right. In 110 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: times that you do not know, you will learn as 111 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: you go out into the world how important these people 112 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: that you were building these relationships from day one, day two, 113 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: day twenty, day thirty here at Delaware State University will 114 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: be for your end all be all. I cannot say 115 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: that enough. There are times where I'm doing certain things, 116 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: whether it's at work or in life, and I pick 117 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 2: up the phone and the people that I call are 118 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: graduates also of Delaware State University. It is so important 119 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: that as you understand what your vision is and you 120 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: try things and you do things and you sharpen that 121 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: you also understand that the person down but that one 122 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: plus one will always equal to because you know, everybody's 123 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: building something. Everybody has a dream, a thought, a goal. 124 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 2: And when you do not know, you can look to 125 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: the people next to you. You can call on you know, 126 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 2: other Delaware s A University students that you will begin 127 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: to meet and do things with to help you bring 128 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 2: that vision to life. There's a lot of times where 129 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 2: you may not know, but you'll it'll do it anyway, 130 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: and you should. 131 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: I implore you. I challenge you to do it anyway. 132 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: You post that pic on the GRAMD, you're promoting that business, 133 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 2: only one person likes it, post the second one. You 134 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: put on that outfit because fashion is your thing. It 135 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 2: don't come out like we thought it would. I've been 136 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: there before, put on another outfit. You're literally in the game, 137 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 2: and you're in the league, whether you're actually playing a 138 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: sport or you know, I'm hypothetically speaking where if you 139 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: don't shoot the shot, the shot can't go in. And 140 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: you guys are already here like you're already like you're 141 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: not even trying out for the team. 142 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: You're on the You're literally sitting on the side of 143 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: the court. 144 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: You have the team jerseys on, they've already called your name, 145 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 2: your family's tier, the cheer you on. 146 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: All you have to do up is do is get 147 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: up and go and do it. 148 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 2: Get up, get in the game, and try so every 149 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 2: day when you don't know, I challenge you to continue 150 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,799 Speaker 2: to get up, try get in the game. 151 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: Miss the shot. If you don't take the shot. 152 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 2: You won't You don't even know if you will make 153 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: the shot. Now recently I learned a big lesson in 154 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 2: you don't know. I've always been a person to just 155 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: kind of, you know, jump out the window and figure 156 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 2: it out. No way down, but and it happens. Coming 157 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: to Dell State was like that for me. I was 158 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: not supposed to be here. I thought I was going 159 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: to be in New York or California or wherever. I 160 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: honestly only applied to Dell State because of Miss Lory Hayes. 161 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: Back there. 162 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: She was like, well, you know, just in case, apply 163 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 2: to Delaware State because you're not gonna want to not 164 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 2: be anywhere again. I want you to at least be 165 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: able to get on the court when everybody else suits up. 166 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: I want you to be at least able to get 167 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: on the court. Throw something at the wall, see if 168 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: it sticks. I applied for Delaware State. They came to 169 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: my high school. They offered me scholarships. I don't even 170 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: think I really understood the gravity of what I was offered. 171 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: I came here on a full academic ride. 172 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: I was able to do so much, and I wasn't 173 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: burdened with like financial issues and you know, some of 174 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: the other issues that I had saw a lot of 175 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: my friends who went to other schools have. 176 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: To deal with. 177 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: Because the Delaware State family really took me in. I've 178 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 2: made friends in financiate. I did everything that was said 179 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: to me to do. But years later, I'm still walking 180 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 2: in rooms and figuring things out where I don't know. 181 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: So to back it up, So within this year, I 182 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: decided to jump out another. 183 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: Window again, and I let la. 184 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 2: I moved back to the East Coast, no job, just 185 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: trying to figure it out. And in my industry, you're 186 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 2: really out of sight, out of mind. If people don't 187 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: see you every day, if they don't hear you every day, 188 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: it could be the end of the end. And I 189 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: told y'all, I realized while I was sitting here, I'm 190 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: a real grown up now, and real grown ups have 191 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: real bills. So that was very scary for me to 192 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: do that at the time because of so many different reasons, 193 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: including you know, financially, it's just a thing to start over. 194 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: When you get to a certain point, you guys are 195 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: in a very great position because when you don't know 196 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 2: here at Delawares a University, you'll have your things, and 197 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: you'll have your issues and your things that become your 198 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 2: daily like, you know, burdens that you're figuring out. But man, 199 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: this is the time where if y'all want to go 200 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 2: out of you know, I was gonna sigure out of 201 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 2: a few windows with bybe. 202 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that. 203 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 2: But if y'all want to try things and do things, 204 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 2: you don't have as much weight on you to figure 205 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: it out. And you learn here how to soar at 206 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: times where you're not even taught to fly, you just 207 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: literally have to figure it out. So when I decided 208 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 2: to step out of that window again move back over 209 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 2: to the East Coast, it was what I learned here 210 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: at Delawarestate University about vision and what I wanted for 211 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 2: myself that made me realize, this is something I can't 212 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,719 Speaker 2: even talk to people about. I just have to do it. 213 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 2: So in doing that, I did it. I decided to 214 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: start guest hosting. I'm not even decided, but I was 215 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: given an opportunity to start guest hosting at a platform 216 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 2: called the Breakfast Club. If any guys ever listened to us, 217 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: so I said with CHARLEMAGNEA goud, DJ MV and Ess hilarious. 218 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 2: But in that whole process, within the last couple of months, 219 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,599 Speaker 2: me and Jess were super viral, and that was a 220 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 2: space that I had never been in either. And here 221 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: I am again, I don't know, I don't know what's 222 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 2: about to happen. 223 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: I don't you know. I literally have no idea. 224 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 2: But all I know is is what my vision was 225 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 2: for myself, and a lot of that vision again is 226 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 2: what I sharpened and home didn't here at Delawares State University, 227 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: I knew, you know, what I wanted my end goal 228 00:09:58,840 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: to be. 229 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: I knew I learned. 230 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: Right here at Delawaress University conflict resolution and you know, 231 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: just perception and branding and starting right here, when people 232 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 2: came on campus, we knew who was the what. Okay, 233 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 2: this girl does the interviews, this girl is the dancer, 234 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: this girl's fashion. That guy's a scientist, that guy's the 235 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: number in the accountant. God, you guys don't even realize it, 236 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: but what you're working at every single day, just by 237 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: showing up and getting on the court with your jerseys 238 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: already on, becomes your vision, becomes your brand, and that 239 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: carries you into life and then you have a clear 240 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: pathway of what you want. When you know what you want, 241 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter what happens. So I'm walking into this 242 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 2: new room, new people, new conflict, new things that I 243 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 2: have to figure out. For once in my lifetime, I 244 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: was the story. I wasn't chasing the story. And it's 245 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: a lot of noise. Can y'all start clapping in here 246 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 2: from your right clasp really really loud? But what you 247 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: guys will know, thise is when you clap, you can't 248 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 2: really hear me, Okay, you can stop clapping in so, 249 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 2: how many of you guys were able to hear me 250 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 2: perfectly as the claps were happening. 251 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: A few of you, right? How many of you guys 252 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: can hear me better? Right now? Let me see some 253 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: hens in their right. 254 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 2: So life is always good when it's quiet and it's 255 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: calm and there is no noise. But as you go 256 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: throughout your years here at Delaware State University and you 257 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 2: get out of dull State and you go to leave 258 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: your mark on the world, and that vision has to 259 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 2: kick in. The biggest thing you have to remember is 260 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 2: that the noise will come. Those things will happen, but 261 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 2: you always think back to your foundation, which is what 262 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: you get right here at this HBCU. And when you're 263 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: able to do that, you learn how to mentally when 264 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: all of that is happening, when all the clapping and 265 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: all the noise is happening, You learn how to tunnel 266 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 2: vision right through it and remember where your vision is 267 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 2: taking you and why it's important that you arrive there unscathed. 268 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: Outfit heals all of that. 269 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 2: When I show up, I show up and I make 270 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 2: it a thing to make sure that I do, because 271 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 2: that walk trying to talk to y'all over the clapping 272 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 2: and the noise. 273 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: That is not easy. 274 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 2: Being here for the four years, the five years, the 275 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 2: hopefully four the five years, the one year you have 276 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: left wherever you guys are and your school at the point, 277 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: it's not an easy thing. 278 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: It's fun. You learn a lot. It changes your life. 279 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: The experience of life that you learn at Delaware State 280 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: University and traveling to other HBCUs and you know, becoming Greek, 281 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 2: being in the band. All that stuff is fun and 282 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 2: it will shape you as a person. But there will 283 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: be hard times. Things will happen. You will have to 284 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 2: figure out money, life will life. But you'll still have 285 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: your dream, You'll still have the things that you're pushing for. 286 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 2: And it is so important that when people start clapping 287 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 2: and the noise starts happening and clapping again, for me, 288 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: it is so important that you learn how to speak 289 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 2: over that, how to focus over that. 290 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: Y'all get what I'm doing here. 291 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 2: Y'all have to like the the amount of leverage that 292 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 2: you guys have. Because you're already on the court, you 293 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: won't understand it while you're here. 294 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: I didn't understand it while I was here, but. 295 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 2: When I left, I was like, man, I was somewhere 296 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 2: for four years that allowed me to figure out who 297 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 2: I was, what I wanted. 298 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: I thought I knew what I wanted. 299 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 2: But when I came to Dell State the way that 300 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: you know, I was able to polish it, wipe it off, 301 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: hang it up, take it to the dry cleaners, seem it, 302 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: get it really ready for what the world was gonna 303 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: throw at me. 304 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: Because that's another thing too. 305 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 2: When you get out into this world, you know, especially 306 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: for all of the people in here that look like me, 307 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 2: you get out into this world, baby, they can't wait 308 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 2: to humble you or try to. But when you have 309 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 2: your vision, when you have your foundation, look to the 310 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 2: left of you again, look to the right of you again. 311 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: When you have the people that you can call on 312 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 2: and start it right here with you, it's nothing nobody 313 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: can tell you. 314 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: Thank you. 315 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: I don't know why I be so emotional, Oh my god. 316 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 2: My point is, I'm so honored to be here. I 317 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 2: don't know why I'm so emotional. Maybe it's just like 318 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 2: a it's all happening for me type of thing, Because 319 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: it's happening for y'all too, but I really, you know, 320 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 2: just I want these next couple of years for y'all 321 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: to be amazing. And if I haven't said anything, or 322 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 2: these tears and my makeup that's messing up right now 323 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 2: hasn't done anything for y'all. I hope that it really 324 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 2: motivates you guys to get on campus, do listen, go 325 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 2: to class, have a good time. At the same time, 326 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 2: learn the balance, enjoy these years. You won't get them back. 327 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 2: And I know I sound old or however saying that, 328 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 2: but listen to me when I tell you this right 329 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 2: here is the best pree game for life you will 330 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 2: ever experience. 331 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: Do it, and do it well. 332 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, y'all, there's always a 333 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 2: lot to talk about, and every single time you guys 334 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: are right here with me to talk about it. 335 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: I'm just elated. 336 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: Okay, we are five million plus downloads in and we're 337 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: doing this thing together. I feel like we are a family, 338 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: my Lowriders. Thank y'all for tuning in every episode. Tell 339 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 2: a friend to tell a friend that this is where 340 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: their daily download needs to be for all things pop culture. 341 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Laura La Rosa. I'll see you guys 342 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 2: in my next episode, and I promise I. 343 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: Won't be jiggling baby. 344 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: Go ahead, baby, y'all won't hear the next to sex 345 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 2: Time by Dad. 346 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: See y'all later