WEBVTT - Ky-Mani Marley Interview

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<v Speaker 1>Real people, real celebrity joined the Breakfast Morning everybody is

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<v Speaker 1>DJ m Vy Angela Ye, Charlomagne the guy. We are

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<v Speaker 1>to Breakfast Club special guests in the building this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamani Marley, Sir, Good morning, sir, what's up my brother?

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for having that means adventurous traveler, right. Yeah. You

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<v Speaker 1>woman said I said you had my spot the other

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<v Speaker 1>day in Brooklyn footprints. Yeah yeah, yeah, really I got

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<v Speaker 1>there all the time. That's not a little Brooklyn spot.

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<v Speaker 1>It maybe a stupid question, but you'll never get tired

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<v Speaker 1>as you're making food, you know it. It's so much.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so much because they say we're from many one.

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<v Speaker 1>People say you have like Indian Jamaican food, and you

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<v Speaker 1>have Chinese Jamaican food, and you got Jamaican Jamaican. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a lot of options. Like jamase, well you have

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<v Speaker 1>a new album coming out next week, got new album

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<v Speaker 1>coming out and been a while? Yeah, well why years

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<v Speaker 1>of a break? Counting that money? I wish um. I

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<v Speaker 1>think you know it was just that I was just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to get away from my last company.

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<v Speaker 1>And so we went through that process of PaperWorks and

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<v Speaker 1>everything else. And then you know, after that it was

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<v Speaker 1>making sure that when I do release this album, that

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<v Speaker 1>that that the production is on point and the lyrical

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<v Speaker 1>content it's on point, and we do have a complete

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<v Speaker 1>album versus you know, running the student making a few

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<v Speaker 1>songs and then trying to throw it all out on

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<v Speaker 1>the album. It was important for me to to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that I was comfortable, and I was, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean, I'm excited about it. So is there

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<v Speaker 1>any pressure with your dad? Of course being ball Molly

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure. It's kind of like, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>the great NBA player. Now you're in the league and

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<v Speaker 1>you want to score just as much or more. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, I've never felt that pressure because I

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<v Speaker 1>think the mark that my father left there is there

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<v Speaker 1>is you. You can't duplicate that, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>That wouldn't be replicated. And so for me, it was

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<v Speaker 1>just important to stay true to the legacy, stay true

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<v Speaker 1>to myself, and just try to make good music. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, see what comes of it now. The true

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<v Speaker 1>you weren't aware of your musical abilities as a child,

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<v Speaker 1>I ain't growing up. For me, the furthest thing from

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<v Speaker 1>my mind was music, you know what I mean? For me,

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<v Speaker 1>it was all about playing football at the ball playing

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<v Speaker 1>basketball or whatever it may be. And so for me,

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<v Speaker 1>my music, I said all the time, like my musical

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<v Speaker 1>career started kind of like a fluke, kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. I'm at a friend house

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<v Speaker 1>playing around. He had a little sound system, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was like, he's going out to play tonight, so I

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<v Speaker 1>should give him a dub playing I'm like Brown sing like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you're Marley, so it don't matter. Just stay and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I started playing around on the mic and at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of producer by the name Macarl Peterson walked and

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<v Speaker 1>Carl used to do some work with my pops in

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<v Speaker 1>the early days. You know, he kind of said to me,

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<v Speaker 1>you got a nice tone. You know, you should come

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<v Speaker 1>through the studio and see what we can do. And

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<v Speaker 1>started going there once a week, started writing music, and

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<v Speaker 1>one thing led to the other. One of the earliest

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<v Speaker 1>songs I wrote was a song called their Dad was

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<v Speaker 1>a letter to my pops, and that's what got me

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<v Speaker 1>my first record deal. And it was funny because I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote that song when I was about sixteen and got

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<v Speaker 1>the deal when I was about eighteen. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I took that little bus ride. Yeah I am. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you also have memoirs called their Dad as well. Yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was I remember that came out like five

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. Five years ago. Yeah, it was a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit controversial at the time because there were some interesting

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<v Speaker 1>things in there. I think that people didn't know about you. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe the family wasn't too happy with some of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't think the family was unhappy about

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<v Speaker 1>any of it, but I think when I come from

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<v Speaker 1>very humble beginnings, and I don't know if that's what they,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, thought would be controversial or not. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>from very humble beginnings. You know. I was living, I

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<v Speaker 1>was raising Jamaica until I was eight years old, in

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<v Speaker 1>a little wooden two bedroom house a little countryside and

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<v Speaker 1>I remember my grandma moving to America and Mom telling me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Grandma's final for us, so we'll be living

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<v Speaker 1>in America soon. And I just remember I had this

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<v Speaker 1>image of what my home was gonna be like in

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<v Speaker 1>this new life that I was heading to. And I

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<v Speaker 1>still remember the night, you know, coming over landing in

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<v Speaker 1>Miami and just seeing all the lights and being you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in awe, and it was nights. I remember when I

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<v Speaker 1>got to the house looked like the house I had

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<v Speaker 1>in my light, the house I had late. Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>was in Miami. I grew up in Liberty City. And

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<v Speaker 1>so when I woke up the morning, I realized that

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<v Speaker 1>I was still in the two bedroom with the house

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<v Speaker 1>with nine people, worse than the one that I left

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<v Speaker 1>in Jamaica, and across the street from a crack house. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>and so and so that was my introduction, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean. And people might have envisioned you growing

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<v Speaker 1>up with like a silver spoon in you. Everybody exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. They would assume that your dad is Bob Maller,

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<v Speaker 1>that you had riches and you had mansions in Jamaica, right,

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<v Speaker 1>but you were kind of cut off. I wouldn't say

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<v Speaker 1>cut off. It was just, you know, the things that

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<v Speaker 1>was happening at that particular time for your family got

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<v Speaker 1>mad at you were telling the truth what they want

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<v Speaker 1>you to do to say, talk about how you came up.

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<v Speaker 1>The family wasn't mad. I think people just assumed that

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<v Speaker 1>that family was mad, you know what I mean. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's your truth, is your truth, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>No matter what it is, no matter how good, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how bad, the truth is your truth, and you

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<v Speaker 1>can't really you can't go around it. Do you ever

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<v Speaker 1>think that our record labels were possibly just giving you

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<v Speaker 1>deals because of who because of your last name? I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't getting no deals. Oh it actually can help and

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<v Speaker 1>hurt you don't. It's definitely a double bladed short because

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people, you know, I think they assume

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't you don't need the chance, or you

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<v Speaker 1>don't deserve the chance because you're from such and and

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<v Speaker 1>and so, and then you have a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>that will give you that opportunity because you know they're interested,

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<v Speaker 1>and there they gravitate to the name and the legacy.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know it works both ways. Right now? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you get like, how is that broken down? There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much Bob Marley stuff out there. I mean everything Bob

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<v Speaker 1>Marley had, merchandise, merchants. I mean it might be a

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<v Speaker 1>Bob Molly liquor, like a beard. Everything is Bob. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a family eat off for that. Yeah, Marley the other

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<v Speaker 1>day and he was telling me about the coffee that

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have coming out? Is it weed in it?

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<v Speaker 1>Not yet working on the fusion? Yeah? Did you guys

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<v Speaker 1>eat off for all that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely the family benefits from everything that's out there in Marley.

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<v Speaker 1>How many brothers and sisters do you have? Oh? How

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<v Speaker 1>it's ten of us? Ten of wow us. Who are

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<v Speaker 1>you closest to Damien? Would you say? Could? You guys

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<v Speaker 1>are the youngest and work together a lot. I'm close

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<v Speaker 1>to all my brothers, you know, I'm close up, But

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up at wrong because we both grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in Miami, so you know when he was playing for

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<v Speaker 1>the Hurricanes. Yeah, we grew up together. I would be

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<v Speaker 1>closer to him in that sense. Ya really as sports

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<v Speaker 1>in your family, man, he played for Hurricanes coming up, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>play a lot of football. Yeah. My mom is a

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<v Speaker 1>table tennis champion, you know, so we're pretty athletic bunch.

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<v Speaker 1>What you mean, I'm pretty good at table tennis? Is

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<v Speaker 1>very You gotta have good and the eye coordination. Time

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<v Speaker 1>I was in them days when making money you just

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<v Speaker 1>represent now she traveled the world, but in them time

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<v Speaker 1>to table tennis, table tennis making money Now I have

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<v Speaker 1>no ain't making no money now. I mean it's table tennis.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the sport? It's the same thing as ping,

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<v Speaker 1>pong right. Well, yeah, now how do you make the

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<v Speaker 1>most of your money right now? Like the music? I

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<v Speaker 1>know you got your clothing line confrontation, Yeah, yeah, something

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<v Speaker 1>we're working on um right now. It's it's definitely music,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely music. You know, we did a few movie projects.

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<v Speaker 1>We did the one thing did the shot Classic shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Shots is kind of like your life, almost a piece

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<v Speaker 1>of it, you know, like Jamaica, Miami selling drugs a

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<v Speaker 1>piece of it, a piece of it. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to admit that on camera. That would

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<v Speaker 1>have been embarrassing though, during a period of time in

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<v Speaker 1>your life to get arrested, like for selling drugs something

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<v Speaker 1>like that, then you know that probably would have been

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<v Speaker 1>a big let down, that would have been. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>some you grew up in these environments and sometimes you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to say that was a product of that. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely was a product of that environment. But we

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<v Speaker 1>also have choices to make. You know, sometimes we go

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<v Speaker 1>through things where we feel as though the choices we

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<v Speaker 1>make is the only choice we have to make at

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<v Speaker 1>that particular time. And you know, for me, it was

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<v Speaker 1>just it was an interesting role because I have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of friends that's that's not here. And I have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of friends that's here, but I never see

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<v Speaker 1>the light of day again. M and um. So for me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's it's going through all these tribes and tribulation

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, feeling this though, well maybe it's not

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<v Speaker 1>it's not it's not just luck that's keeping me out

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<v Speaker 1>of trouble, you know what I mean. Maybe my life

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<v Speaker 1>do have a purpose. So it's important for me to

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<v Speaker 1>start seeking and finding what that purpose is and making

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<v Speaker 1>sure that I moved towards my purpose. Right. I watched

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<v Speaker 1>the video for All the Way You actually film that

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<v Speaker 1>in Jamaica. That in Jamaica. Yeah, it's a beautiful song. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. What do you prefer Jamaica on Miami? Man? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Jamaica all the Way? Jamaica's paradise you ever been? Absolutely okay,

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<v Speaker 1>don't leave the resort and you know what, and and

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<v Speaker 1>that's the and that's the best about it because we Jamaicans,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't hear about tourists being hurt. You know, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you have a little one tourist that wanted out into

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<v Speaker 1>the wilderness and you know they might get they're probably

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<v Speaker 1>taken away, but you don't hear about Jamaican hurts and

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<v Speaker 1>tourists like that's that's never in the news. Um, the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of the team that got laid down thro oh

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<v Speaker 1>that wasn't biased. I mean the violence is it's just

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<v Speaker 1>like here, it's within the community, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't reach the outskirts where the tourists would be.

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<v Speaker 1>And so yeah, so if you're listening, come to Jamaica

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<v Speaker 1>anytime you're safe. It's one of my favorite places to visit.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going in September again. But my friend's birthday. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I told you I met your brother, Rohan Marline. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>when you guys decide to do like a venture doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to get approved, like say you say, okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to come out with the headphones or he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>the coffee. Is it something that you all have to

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<v Speaker 1>sit down and say, Okay, we're gonna use the estate

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<v Speaker 1>name for this. Everybody. Yeah, the family goes through that.

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<v Speaker 1>It definitely has to be approved, because it definitely has

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we have to feel it though. It it's

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<v Speaker 1>along the line. It's it's along the line of the

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<v Speaker 1>legacy and what you know, the brand represents. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely a conversation that takes place and for approval. Who

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<v Speaker 1>runs the estate? My sister runs yesterday. Man, you're relatively

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<v Speaker 1>young man. How old are you and your father player?

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<v Speaker 1>I was five years old, my brother, okay, it was

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<v Speaker 1>five years old my father. Do you have any memories

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<v Speaker 1>with him? I have one memory, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>One memory, and that memory is um him picking me

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<v Speaker 1>up in a little I'm from a little town called

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<v Speaker 1>five month in Trelani and him picking me up. He

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<v Speaker 1>had my older brother, Stephen with him. I'm a friend

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<v Speaker 1>of his by the name of Sang who was a

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<v Speaker 1>guitar player, and picked me and my mom up and

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<v Speaker 1>he went up to nine miles is where he was from.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know it's funny. I remember he had he

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<v Speaker 1>had just got back from America. So he had this

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<v Speaker 1>nice sling shot, first time sin one made of iron

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<v Speaker 1>and you know all the nice fancy things where you

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<v Speaker 1>should have ones. You just find a branch on the

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<v Speaker 1>tree and mate then and I remember, yeah, that slings

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. Me and my older brother went into the

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<v Speaker 1>woods to go shoot that birds and somehow the slingshot

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<v Speaker 1>got lost on the way back. And I remember my

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen at the time telling me that you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>lost daddy slingshot, You're gonna be in trouble. And I remember,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's just going back and forward telling them

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't want that lost it. So I remember walking

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<v Speaker 1>back to the house. She was standing in the doorway,

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<v Speaker 1>and I walked up to him and I said, Daddy,

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<v Speaker 1>I lost the sling shot. Daddyn't lose the slingshot. And

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<v Speaker 1>he looked down and he laughed. And it was at

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<v Speaker 1>that point I realized, Okay, well I'm not getting the beating.

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<v Speaker 1>So I went back off the play and that's the

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<v Speaker 1>only memory I have with my father. Wow. Wow, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But how hard was it for you to put out

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<v Speaker 1>the song, Dear Dad? That was a personal letter man?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I said that. I said all the

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<v Speaker 1>time that that song for me was the hardest song

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<v Speaker 1>and the easiest song to write. You know, because even

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<v Speaker 1>at the time of writing the song, I wasn't trying

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<v Speaker 1>to write a Dear Dad song. I was actually trying

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<v Speaker 1>to write some other lyrics and I was having a

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<v Speaker 1>little writer's block. I stepped away for a second, went

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<v Speaker 1>to read the Bible, and came back, and for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>the first words was dear God, I haven't let to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from me to that. And that song pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>wrote itself, like it's the only song I've ever written

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<v Speaker 1>that I never had to think once of what the

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<v Speaker 1>next word is going to be. And and I remember

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<v Speaker 1>that in the middle of writing that song, I broke

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<v Speaker 1>down because it was so it was so emotional. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've never really expressed anything. I'm not really want to

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<v Speaker 1>bring my problems to people, so I've never really expressed,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my feelings and what I'm feeling towards this

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<v Speaker 1>whole situation. And so I wrote it in the song

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember, you know, being halfway through and then

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<v Speaker 1>just just tears, just running like a river and had

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<v Speaker 1>to take a step away from it, and I came

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<v Speaker 1>back to it, and you know, just like I didn't stop.

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<v Speaker 1>The song just wrote itself. And you know, for maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the first year of singing that song on stage, it

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<v Speaker 1>was a very emotional time. But you know, that song

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<v Speaker 1>it's very very it's as if you ever heard it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a very personal song. So that's what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Which what trades and qualities do you have that people

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<v Speaker 1>who know your father say, yeah, that's that's your um

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<v Speaker 1>I think I always hear humility. Yeah, I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's the trait. A lot of people say I sound

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<v Speaker 1>like him too. Yes, that's what I got. But the

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<v Speaker 1>album is coming out next week and it's very you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I was I was listening to some of

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<v Speaker 1>the songs that you have on there. Now, I was wondering,

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<v Speaker 1>do you ever go to the club and dagger or

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<v Speaker 1>anything like that? All? Yeah, I got to the club

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<v Speaker 1>one enjoy the festivities. I watched the guy anything ever,

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<v Speaker 1>no wild man dry myself, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm definitely not jumping off speakers or jump none

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<v Speaker 1>of that. Yeah, Now you gotta sing all people are equal,

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<v Speaker 1>no one is above or beneath him. Yeah, that's true.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's just that's not even something that's up

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<v Speaker 1>for discussion. That's is what it is, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean. Because you have a dollar more than me,

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<v Speaker 1>don't make you any more especial than me. Just make

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<v Speaker 1>you have a dollar more than me. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a dollar less than me, it's the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean. So, and you're back on staring, back on

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<v Speaker 1>the road. You're back on touring, back on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>tour touring, the West Coast July ninth to the twenty ninth,

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<v Speaker 1>take a break off and August, and we're turning the

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<v Speaker 1>East coast in September. We also have a um Little

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<v Speaker 1>Our release party at LPR on the twenty ninth. It's

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<v Speaker 1>that Monday, next Monday. So yeah, I'm excited, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean. I'm excited. I'm looking forward to getting

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<v Speaker 1>back on the road. I'm looking forward to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>letting the people here what I've been working on. So

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<v Speaker 1>we can't tell when you're excited, you know why, because

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<v Speaker 1>you're there. You get it my own life. We appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you joining us. Oh and one more thing I want

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you about was the Marley documentary. What did

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<v Speaker 1>you think about that? Did you love that document I

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<v Speaker 1>love it, I love it. I love it. That documentary

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<v Speaker 1>was on point. I even learned a few things, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. So that documentary was nice. If

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<v Speaker 1>you got a chance to watch it was a nice documentary,

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<v Speaker 1>well put together. Well are some things that you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know you said that you learned from the documentary? Oh wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even remember right now, but it was a

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<v Speaker 1>few things like wow, you know, I didn't had no

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge of oh, of your of your pops. Yeah, okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you go out of your way to do research though,

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<v Speaker 1>like when you got old, like when you got older,

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<v Speaker 1>like I do want to know the history of my pop.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you talk to people? You know what, I never

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<v Speaker 1>really went out of my way to do research because

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<v Speaker 1>there was always somebody there telling you about it, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean, whether it was my grandma, God

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<v Speaker 1>bless her. So she's going out where she you know,

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<v Speaker 1>always telling you stories. And then you go to Jamain

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<v Speaker 1>can run into a whole bunch of his old friends

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<v Speaker 1>and they give your history, you know, a little piece

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<v Speaker 1>of day history. So it's been like that absolutely. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you again for joining us, Thanks for having stores.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's the Breakfast Club.