1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: You don't want to ask your question real good, let's 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,159 Speaker 1: just keep it real straight shye with no chasing, I'm 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: gonna get a little bit roughturer. 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 2: I'm here for it. Those who really believed in the 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: American process, all of us. Street Shot No Chaser with 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: your Girl Tests and figure Out on the Black Effect 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: Podcast Network Network. Guys, it's your Girl test on figure Out, 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: Street Shot No Chaser on the Black Effect Podcast Network. 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: Shout out to the Black and Effect Family podcast family. 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: Five years in the game. I think I should do 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: maybe some kind of event or something. Maybe we should 12 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 2: do something to celebrate, uh this year at the end 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: of the year on just celebrating five years and you know, 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: I'm so excited about law school. Guys, thank you for 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: the journey. So we are here again, uh with my Marcellus. 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: He's my Marcellus. I can tease him, y'all can't, but 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: just love having him join me on the show. I 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: love his spirit and just you know, being here as 19 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: we continue to try to sort through this crazy season 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: that we're in. And guys, please ask somebody to uh 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: I be you know, I'll be looking at everybody say 22 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: they got a million down lows. Laura la Rosa got 23 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: a million down lows. It takes me a year to 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 2: get to my million, but she got hers right away. 25 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: And ain't nobody man shout out to Lauren covering pop culture. 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: You guys just flock to that stuff. We're just you know, 27 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 2: in the business of we do the stuff that it's 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: not as popular, you know, and but I love the 29 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: work that we do. It's sustainable, it's over time. It 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: is a niche. I'm not switching up. One minute, I'm 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: talking about politics, next minute, I'm talking about who daya 32 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: do you know, all that kind of stuff. A lot 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: of people in the YouTube space and I'm not talking 34 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: about Lauren. I'm just saying in the YouTube space they 35 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: have to constantly, you know, keep up with drama in 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: order to keep the views and all that. And that's 37 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: what I love. Marcella's about the podcast space because the 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 2: way black Efake is set up. Although we want people 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: to subscribe, follow and all of that, but we are 40 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: as far as our advertiser is concerned, they look at 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: us as a whole, you know, as a unit, you know, 42 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: as a group together, So it doesn't I don't have 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: to feel I have to be sensational you know every week, 44 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 2: you know, to get people to click. And I really 45 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: appreciate that because it really just allows me to do 46 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: whatever I want to do on this podcast. Say whatever 47 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: I want to say, have a long I want to 48 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: say it, I want to go. If I want to 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: do five podcasts a day, I can. I can talk 50 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 2: about whatever I want to talk about. It is just 51 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: really really a huge blessing and I will as long 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: as they will have me, this will always be a 53 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: tool that I will use because again, guys, it is 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 2: an actual podcast on iHeart with a contract with our Heart, 55 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: which is the largest audio platform in the world. And 56 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: I've used this platform for so many different things, Marcella's 57 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: my One of my favorite things that I've done with 58 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 2: this platform is when I did the ten I don't 59 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: know remember that, but I did a series ten podcast 60 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: series that went to the prisons and I partnered with 61 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 2: the George Floyd Foundation and I did ten episodes training episodes. 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: Uh that What that actually went to is, I don't 63 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: they're not iPads, but they're similar to that in the prison, 64 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: you know, they can download and listen stuff. And partner 65 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: with a company that did that, and that was my 66 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: favorite thing. 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: To do. 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 2: I did an episode on Spud who was talking about, 69 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: you know, how he wrote a book in prison, how 70 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 2: he trans you know, when he got out of prison, 71 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: what that was like. I had a psychiatrist on, you know, 72 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: talking about mental health. I had a correctional officer that 73 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: I visit that that I interviewed. Yeah, this is really good. 74 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: That talked about, you know, what you need to do 75 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: to not crash out, basically, you know when you come home. 76 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: I had a spiritual advisor talk about it. I had 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: another guy, Lewis who served ten years and talked about 78 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: his transition. That was my favorite thing to do because, 79 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: as y'all see, I loved training. I love training, so 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: I'm always wanting to train. And I hope that as 81 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: you listen to my podcast, although I'm talking about the news, 82 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: I'm always doing it from a training lens of telling 83 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: you what not to do, how to do, and how 84 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 2: to apply to your everyday life and if you aspire 85 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: to do the work that I do. So I'm excited 86 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 2: about that. I'm excited about having this opportunity of black 87 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: and fair. With that said, just a quick announcement, but 88 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: I gotta say every week, make sure you're enrolling the 89 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: training June fourteenth. If you miss the June fourteenth class, 90 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: it is not over. Go back and still enroll in 91 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: course one. You'll have about three weeks to watch Course 92 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: one before we go into course two. I do want 93 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: to give people time to go back and watch it 94 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: because I want to recruit some new folks. But then 95 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 2: after that, Marcella said, y'all better just get ready because 96 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: we move it on wings, keep breaking it up waiting, 97 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 2: don't you. We're gonna do it every couple of weeks. 98 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: I do start law school August fifth, Yes, thank you, 99 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: So I can anticipate a whole lot of information being 100 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 2: thrown at me fast. But I do want to at 101 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: the very least try to push to have uh, well, 102 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: I know, course three done by August, because if we 103 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: give about three weeks for Course one June fourteenth, do 104 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 2: that second one, you know, in the middle of July, 105 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: we can do that third one at the end of 106 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: July and at least have that done, and then we're 107 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 2: four and five knocked out, you know, in August. So 108 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 2: that way I have the five done as I really get, 109 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: you know, heavy into my first semester of law school, 110 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: which is a challenge a lot of reading, and then 111 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: at least, you know, we have that going and then 112 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 2: I can start doing the breakoff stuff where it's just 113 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: you know, one hour webinar, you know, and get that done. 114 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: So we're gonna get through those five courses at the 115 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: like I said, very least it'll be the end of August, 116 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 2: we'll be done with all five. 117 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 3: Did you have a question, Yeah, I'm gonna ask you, 118 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 3: so what was your your your moment when you knew 119 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 3: you wanted to start, you know, your own training. 120 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: Well, I've always had my own training. So even when 121 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: I I've always been a trainer, I've always I'm in 122 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 2: a supervisor's role in a I've been a trainers in 123 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: the second grade, fifth grade. I'm always trying to teach 124 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: and learn. And I'm a natural teacher. I'm a leader. 125 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 2: I'm a you know, uh, preachers are teachers. So when 126 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 2: I say I'm a bootleg preacher, I'm always teaching. It's 127 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: not about me realizing it. It's just, you know, truly 128 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: who I am. It is where I am the most rewarded. 129 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 2: But to answer your question on when I recognize the gift, 130 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 2: because there's a big difference. It's not about what I 131 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: want to do. You know, talk about that all the time. 132 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: It's not about what I want to do. It's about 133 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 2: what I've been called to do. And I would say 134 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: the moment that I recognized that I could consume information 135 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 2: and translated were people could understand it. That was at 136 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: University of North Texas, and I remember very well. It 137 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 2: was in a human resources class, and it was the 138 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: first time I was an older student to me, older 139 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: twenty two to twenty three to me, you know, I 140 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: was married, and I still when you compare, you know, 141 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 2: everybody else is eighteen nineteen. I still was an older student. 142 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 2: Looking back at it now, I was a baby, but 143 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: I thought I was. I called myself an older student 144 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: because it was non traditional. You know, I didn't go 145 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 2: I was married and you know, working and going to school. 146 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: And I was so excited about class Marcella's because I 147 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: didn't get a chance like Jada to just go straight 148 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: to college like that. You know. I went to the 149 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 2: military and then I just wanted to you know, pay 150 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: my own bills and I'll just take three hours here 151 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: or there the community college. And it took cover a 152 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: decade plus to finish. So guys push your kids to 153 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: just go ahead and go and get it out the way. 154 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 2: If they say, oh, I'll defer a year, and no, 155 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 2: if they defer that year, more than likely they may 156 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: not ever finish, or to take them twenty year, they'll 157 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 2: be regretting it. Just push them. I don't care what 158 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 2: they say. Make their choice. My damn that you going. 159 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: I was by having a conversation with my girlfriend Ebony 160 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: because we were watching that series Forever, which I love, 161 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: and you know, she's saying, well, yeah, I can see 162 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 2: you know if Liberty, because she has a brand new baby, 163 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: you know, if she wants to take off a year, 164 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: we'll look out, said Abdey. I'm telling you from experience 165 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: because Abonue went straight through, so she was pushed to 166 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: go straight through. So she's thinking, oh, you know, be liberal. 167 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: I say, you gonna see it differently when she get older. 168 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: But I can tell you from experience that take off 169 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 2: a year and turns into fifteen. It can absolutely turn 170 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: into fifteen. Get it done out the way, knock out 171 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: the four years. Then after that take off time or whatever, 172 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: you're gonna explore. But you're gonna be exploring with that 173 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: college degree. See Okay, Okay here. 174 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 3: Look see I'm still I don't know. I'm still man 175 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 3: my mom for that cause when I graduated, she had 176 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 3: the same mind, said as you, Oh, no, no, no, 177 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 3: you going to college right now. And I was like, no, 178 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 3: I don't want to go to college right now. I 179 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 3: just got done with high school. I'm tired, I want 180 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 3: I need a break. And she was like, okay, so 181 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: you're gonna You're gonna go to school in January, and 182 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 3: I felt I felt like I ain't had no choice 183 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 3: because I was in the house. I had to do 184 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 3: what she what she wanted me to do. But I 185 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 3: didn't really want to go to college, but she wanted 186 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: me to go to college. And to this day, I 187 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,119 Speaker 3: still don't like that. 188 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 2: That she pushed for what so? What it was pushed 189 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: on for your betterment? So for what so? If you 190 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: wouldn't have did it, what was the option? What was 191 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: the other option? Whatever it is you wanted to do 192 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: after that, you could do that now, So what the 193 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 2: hell are you talking about? Because I'm feeling I'm like, yeah, no, 194 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: we're gonna push you to be better. I'm gonna push 195 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 2: you to be better. So what was it? 196 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: What? 197 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: I just don't like this, So what not come home? 198 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: Welcome home? Is you wanted to do? After that? Get 199 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 2: to what you can do it? Right now? Are you 200 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: doing what you want to. 201 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 1: Do right now? 202 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: What was the alternative? If you just don't like it 203 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 2: because she told you to do something which you want Marcellas, 204 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 2: because the people wait. 205 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 3: No, like she, I just feel like she never asked, 206 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 3: well what do you want to do? 207 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 2: It was like, okay, so I'm mad. So whatever you 208 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: want to do, why you ain't doing it now? Well, 209 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: I feel like I've been called to do what I'm 210 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: doing now. Sorry, so what but it'll get to where 211 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 2: you Where are you at now? It still happened, didn't it? 212 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: Yeah? 213 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: So then what the hell are you talking about? Your 214 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: asked need everything every box possible. See, guys, this is 215 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 2: here we go again with this for Marcella's. Let me 216 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 2: go back to answer the question when you said, when 217 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 2: I realized when I was in the class and I 218 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 2: was so excited about school because I knew that I 219 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: should have just went straightforward. I didn't have any kids, 220 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: nothing w stopped me. I just wanted to, you know, 221 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 2: pay my own bills, like Marcella's. I want to pay 222 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: my own bills and I went to the military and 223 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: all that. So I was just elated to actually have 224 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: the opportunity to sit in the seat. See people like 225 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: Marcella's that had opportunity, they don't know like to not 226 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: have the opportunity. So he just I don't feel like it. 227 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: You know, she was in fight it to be like, man, 228 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: I can actually sit in a class in the middle 229 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 2: of the day because I was married, so I had 230 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 2: support at that point. You know, I wasn't able to 231 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: do it the other way. I wish some mother had 232 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 2: pushed me in that way, because she definitely her mama 233 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: pushed her. You know when she went to O State. 234 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: She didn't push me like that. She said, Okay, that's 235 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: what you want to do. That's fine, And I wish 236 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 2: the same way. You go back and wish I wish 237 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 2: you would have done it. I wish mine would have 238 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: did that when I go back, because it took me 239 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 2: twenty some years to finish the hard way. I would 240 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: have been much further ahead, much more I could have 241 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 2: done in my business if at least I would have 242 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: had the academic out the way, you know, if that 243 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: part would have been checked off the lists, I could 244 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 2: have spent more time on other things trying to balance 245 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: that and have a baby, be married, this and that 246 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 2: all life responsibility. Get the Batchelor's degree and knock it 247 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: on out the way, and then go on and struggle 248 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: nowhereas you have plenty time to struggle because you're struggling now. 249 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: So it wasn't gonna be no different. Oh yeah, I 250 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: really wanted to be an acroback dancer. If you want 251 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 2: to do be acroback dancer in the circus or whatever 252 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: you thought you wanted to do, you can do it. 253 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: After car let's get this checkbox done. But to answer 254 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 2: your question, when people would wait for me after class, 255 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: like a line Marcella's of people saying can you explain 256 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 2: to her? Once it started getting around and I could 257 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: explain to people, it would literally be a line and 258 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 2: I'll be like, which I went on because we needed 259 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: you to explaining, to explain to it, and I'll be okay, 260 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: da da, like okay, you know I do now, I said, Okay, 261 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 2: it's kind of like da da da da Okay. I 262 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: got it. Because we were trying to learn for a 263 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 2: shared human resources and it was a lot of complex information. 264 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: And that's when I learned like, oh, I'm kind of 265 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 2: smart because I wasn't the nerd in school, you know, 266 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 2: or the one all in the book. 267 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: You know. 268 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: I did enough to get by, you know, be a 269 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 2: cheer leader, to keep my two point or whatever. But 270 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 2: I wasn't excited about knowledge. When I went back as 271 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 2: a as a returning student and grasp it, you know, 272 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 2: was I could grasp the information, and then when I 273 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 2: was able to teach it to others, I was like, oh, yeah, 274 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: this feels good because I'm actually you know, teaching and training. 275 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 2: So that's what I knew I had that gift. I've 276 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 2: always been a leader leadership, you know, leading people. That's 277 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: a part of teaching as well. It's not just teaching, 278 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 2: but it's also by leading. And so when you rock 279 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 2: with me is because I'm empowering you through my leadership 280 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 2: to want to be better. And what you didn't like 281 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 2: about what your mom did that wasn't empowering to you 282 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: was like telling you you need to do it. It 283 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 2: wasn't like, well, let's sit down and let's see. But 284 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: you did not know enough. Marcellis you them? And I'm 285 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 2: glad Jada is just excited about school that we didn't 286 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 2: have to go down that road because the bottom line 287 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: is every checkbox that black people have to check you need. 288 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: There is no if ands and butts about it. You 289 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 2: need the checkbox. You got a degree, yep, you got 290 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 2: a skill, yep. Can you show up, you got trantation, yep. 291 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 2: There is not a box that you can afford to unchecked. Literally, 292 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 2: there's just not a box you can afford to not 293 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: have because everything in the system is designed to put 294 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 2: you out the system. Everything. Oh we was just gonna 295 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: give it to you, but you didn't have a degree. 296 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: Oh we were just gonna give it to you, but 297 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: you didn't have transportation. Oh we were just gonna give 298 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: it to you, but you got a kid. Oh we're 299 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: just gonna give it to you, but you got a background. 300 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: Oh We've just gonna give it to you, but you 301 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: don't live close. Everything is designed to put you out 302 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 2: the system. So we cannot afford, which is why black 303 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 2: men's data is the way that it is. You can't 304 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 2: afford to get a felony, to get a misdemeanor, to 305 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 2: to do this, to do that, to not have an 306 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 2: education and not have a skill, to not it's too 307 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 2: many down knots would set you up for failure. What 308 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: you mean she didn't ask what I want to me? 309 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: That's just the most important. That's like me saying why 310 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 2: mom didn't ask me? Ibo, I didn't want to put 311 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: my hand and in the electric socket and you just 312 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 2: to this day. I don't like it. We'll get over it. 313 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 2: I'm here. I'm here to tell you to get over it, 314 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: because even with a degree, we're still struggling. You're still struggling. 315 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: So what you think would have been like without it 316 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 2: any better? So we can't do nothing but help you 317 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: if it's gonna do anything, can't do nothing but to 318 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: help you, even if it's not helping you. Now, it's 319 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: a better chance to help you than hurt you. That's 320 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: for damn sure. We know it to help you before 321 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: it to hurt you. So what is the hurt? And 322 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 2: you accomplishing something? We waiting on you myself. I don't 323 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 2: feel I just I don't know. I just I just 324 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 2: feel like I don't know. 325 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: Maybe just I just feel like she didn't she never 326 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 3: knew like what I actually wanted to do. It was 327 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: just she just told me what I'm gonna do. 328 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: So I just I don't know, well, just what you 329 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: got you right now, you can still do what you 330 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: y ain't nobody stopping you. They didn't take no time 331 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 2: away from you and didn't know whatever. I Yes, we 332 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: can do better about saying hey, you know what, are 333 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 2: you interested in having conversations? But I ain't got time 334 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: to play with your life? And I'm being serious, like 335 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 2: I'm not joking. This is about your life, you know 336 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: what I mean. Some of this ain't gonna be no 337 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 2: on the job training. Like I told Jada, some of 338 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: this ain't gonna be no. Well, you know she got 339 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: to learn on our own. You know what I mean. 340 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: Some of this is gonna be you. Yeah, I'm telling 341 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 2: your ass And you can just look back when you 342 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 2: get old and say, thank you Mama for praying for me, 343 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: thank you for looking out for me, thank you for 344 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: knowing what I didn't know, thank you for still pushing 345 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 2: and even though my rebellion wanted to go another way. 346 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 2: And then Marcella's you can thank God for being an 347 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 2: obedient child to your mother's so the Lord can bless you. 348 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: That's why I bless you. You be obedient, even if you 349 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: don't like it, Be obedient because a child that is 350 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: not obedient. Days will be long and hard, much longer, 351 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: harder than they are now. She didn't want you having 352 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: to deal with you've mentioned other people in your family. 353 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 2: I'm not going to throw their names out there, but 354 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: you mentioned some people in their family with them records 355 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 2: and all that shit. Can't get a place to stay, 356 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 2: can't get to that. She wanted you to not have 357 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 2: to go down that path. So the nerve of you 358 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 2: to sit on the phone with me that McDonald don't 359 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 2: want me what you didn't like, Let me correct it 360 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 2: for your mama. Who gives a damn what you like. 361 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: I don't want I don't want to like seeing you 362 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 2: in no casket. I don't want to see you homeless. 363 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: I don't want to see you not have you a 364 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 2: black man in America? What how many options do you 365 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: think you that you can afford to turn down? Were 366 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 2: waiting on you, Marcella. Don't be sitting up staring at 367 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 2: the thing. I want how many options you think you 368 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 2: got you can afford to turn down? As you compete 369 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 2: with these white men who are born with money, who 370 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 2: are born with power, who are born with the skin, 371 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: who are borned with all that, and they going to 372 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: get all of that, and y'all sitting around and talking 373 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 2: about what y'all don't want. Seventy percent of people black 374 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 2: people on the road in college are women. That's crazy. 375 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 2: That's why we behind, like literally behind. And people's argument, well, 376 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 2: you can't do nothing with it, Well you damn show it. 377 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 2: Damn show ain't gonna hurt you. And whatever it is 378 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 2: you want to do, you can do it with a degree. 379 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 2: You want to be a content creator, be a content 380 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 2: creator with a degree. You want to be a DJ, 381 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: Be a DJ with a degree, be whatever it is. 382 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 2: That's such thing as being two things. Marcella's you know 383 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: that you can be two things. Q asked me the 384 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: other day, you know what, why go to law school? 385 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 2: I've had this question a couple of times. You know, 386 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: I already see you on those spaces. You've already accomplished 387 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 2: so much, right See, the goal is to continue to accomplish. 388 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 2: The goal is it ain't good enough to just be 389 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 2: the advisor with being crumped because I could just flex 390 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 2: on that. No, I want my esteemed colleague, why not 391 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 2: have the paperwork like he got the paperwork. I don't 392 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 2: want to sit around and say, like the episode. We said, well, 393 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 2: don't matter, I do as much work as him. No, no, no, 394 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 2: I want the paperwork. You can't just be satisfied with 395 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 2: just being the pair of legal. If you know you 396 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: good enough to be the attorney. Now, if you just 397 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: want to be the pair of legal, ain't nothing wrong 398 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 2: with that, guys, you know, nothing wrong with hey. Right now, 399 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 2: radio is an A MIC and a B MIC. You 400 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 2: on the B MIC. A lot of people go to 401 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 2: school to be B Mike, you know, go through a 402 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 2: lot of shit to be Miike. You want to B 403 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: mic because I just rock with you. So you are 404 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 2: a favorite to be able to just jump up on 405 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: a national show. Everybody don't don't get those opportunities. Marcella's 406 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 2: So things that are for you are going to be, 407 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 2: you know, for you. But at the end of the day, 408 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 2: you want to have that and then some That's what's 409 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 2: wrong right now when the tariffs are coming, Because the 410 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 2: tariffs are coming and all these people that's getting laid 411 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 2: off and do for self, and all I gotta do 412 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 2: is go on YouTube, and all I gotta do is 413 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 2: this or that. Well, some of y'all gonna need some 414 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 2: skill sets besides just that going to do some accounting, 415 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 2: some ap some aar, some data entry, and they're gonna 416 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 2: continue to keep making it harder to get menial jobs. 417 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 2: Marcella's they gonna keep making it hard, making it harder 418 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: and harder. That's the goal, to put us out the game. 419 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 2: This is not about we are not in the era 420 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: of what you want to do. We are in the 421 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 2: era what you must do. Like you said up the 422 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: hill walking up there, we in an era you must 423 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 2: have it. And this is why, guys, I'm reducing a 424 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 2: lot of time that y'all see on TV every down 425 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 2: and then pop up and do it. But I close 426 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: out the show with this. Last week was my last 427 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: on camera role with Revot. I am still the managing 428 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 2: editor for those of y'all who don't know, the managing 429 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 2: editor for Revote News the posts you see every day 430 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 2: and editing knows and curating those stories and still the 431 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 2: cheap little correspondent. We will do some one off shows 432 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 2: every now and then, you know, as I re locate 433 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:05,239 Speaker 2: to Orlando, we'll do shows that make sense. But it 434 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 2: is strictly you know, behind the scenes. For those who 435 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: don't know, guys, I did relocate to Atlanta I got 436 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: a spot in Atlanta. I'm here now. But it was 437 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 2: a lot, you know, going back and forth and back 438 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 2: and forth. I'm starting law school. I don't have to come. 439 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 2: I was gonna prepare to do it, you know, fly 440 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 2: in every week and finish the show. But we were 441 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: able to, you know, make it make sense. My goal 442 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,479 Speaker 2: really was just to you know, the first six months 443 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 2: of the Trump administration, you know, to be there to 444 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 2: give some commentary, to lay some good things out. We're 445 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 2: able to do that. I've done several series will Revote, guys. 446 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 2: I'll do like ten episodes with tens on ten and 447 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 2: then we did ten or twelve with the election. I 448 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 2: did about ten episodes with some voting stuff in twenty twenty. 449 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 2: So I've always worked with them in you know, little series, 450 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 2: not ongoing year round five years straight. You know, it 451 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 2: just doesn't work like that. So this was a great, 452 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 2: a great little six month series. We shut that down. 453 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 2: My goodbye speech last week on Revote. But I'm not 454 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 2: gonna lie to you, Marcella's I really just want to 455 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 2: I love behind the scenes. I love what I do 456 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 2: with the company. They value me beautiful roles. It's always 457 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 2: been very good to me, I love the behind the 458 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: scenes and really just the podcast, to be honest with you, 459 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 2: because all my attention has to focus on training and 460 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: getting people the information that they need. I do not 461 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 2: like the Instagram YouTube, you know, trying to keep up 462 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 2: with views and influencers and everybody's a host. And that's 463 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: why I don't do my YouTube page like I should. 464 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 2: I should, but I'm just gonna be honest with you guys. 465 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 2: There's no entry level, like no entry point. Anybody can 466 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 2: just go on live. Y'all got too many shows for me, Like, 467 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: it's just too many shows. Too many the Marcella's Road Shoulder, 468 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 2: this show that everybody, you know what I'm saying. Everybody 469 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 2: got a show, and I'm not mad at it. It's 470 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 2: just it's too much. There's no distinction between anything. You 471 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 2: don't know who the expert is and who is not, 472 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 2: and you know, I just I just don't like it. 473 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 2: I also don't like confusion of people actually thinking, like 474 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 2: a debate that I had with somebody last week of 475 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 2: my platform beginning, I got more viewers in you girl, 476 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,479 Speaker 2: I don can pete with viewers, you know, so like 477 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 2: I don't that don't work for me. Let's just go 478 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 2: ahead and focus on the law school. Make sure the 479 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 2: law firm is built up. Let's make sure the train 480 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 2: is built up, and let's rock with this podcast and 481 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: pop in every down in a Revolt and pop in 482 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: every down there with Fox News, and that's it. Marcella's like, 483 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: I just want to train people. I don't. I don't 484 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 2: need the masses two three four million. You know, that's 485 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 2: great and fun to do, but that's really not my goal. 486 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 2: Give me three four or five hundred people that I 487 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: can turn into a Christy Williams, that I can turn 488 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 2: into a Marcella's. But I can turn That's where I 489 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: find my greatest joy. That's where I find my greatest joy. Guys, 490 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 2: it really is building you. Of course, I have to 491 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 2: post on Instagram, and I got to, you know, got 492 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: to have some social capital, no doubt. But I have 493 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 2: never you know, chased the algorithm. Charlemagne said, don't chase 494 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 2: the algorithm. Be the algorithm, and what he means by 495 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 2: that is be authentic to yourself. I don't want to 496 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: chase the algorithm. I on this podcast, I don't have 497 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 2: to talk about every solacious thing going on, you know, 498 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 2: in order to keep this contract. I can just talk 499 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 2: about like what's really important and finding a niche of 500 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 2: folks that rock with me on that that is the key. 501 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 2: It's also the key to train of politics. Guys. If 502 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 2: you look at somebody's race and you look at a commissioner, 503 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 2: they don't get all six hundred thousand people to the post. 504 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 2: They get twelve hundred and fifteen hundred their best right, 505 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 2: and when they serve those twelve fifteen hundred their best, 506 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 2: they will keep electing them over and over and over 507 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 2: because you're not gonna satisfy six hundred thousand people, they're 508 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 2: not even engaged. Find your niche, find your people, rock 509 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 2: with your people, rock with your tribe. And that's it. 510 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 2: And again it's not shitting on anybody on YouTube because 511 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 2: many people have done it where they got a tribe 512 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 2: of people. You know it's gonna every time. If you 513 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 2: look at Funky don Neva, every time every day he 514 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 2: go live every day at seven o'clock, he put in 515 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 2: the hours, so every day he doing two hours a day. 516 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 2: Soon as he go on, ten thousand people watching next 517 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 2: day thirty forty thousand views. You know, they watch the replay. 518 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 2: It's like clockwork. It's like clockwork. But he did it 519 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: over fourteen years. Yeah he had to build it. Yeah, 520 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 2: he had to build it. I don't want to build 521 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 2: on YouTube and that way. And it pays very well, 522 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: by the way, when you build it like that. Yes 523 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 2: it does, It really really does. But everything is not 524 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: about pay to me, right, I'd rather focus on law 525 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: school and go teach you at the university. I don't 526 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 2: want to be with views. And I'm telling you, God, 527 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 2: this stuff is getting saturated and it's just getting ridiculous, 528 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: and YouTube is gonna start You're gonna start seeing it 529 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 2: in your pocket. You're gonna start seeing people getting stupider 530 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 2: and stupid and stupider because everybody's just you know, oh, 531 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 2: I'll just go do that. People leave it to a man. 532 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 2: Just keep main content, keep main content. People just scrolling 533 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 2: all day, just scrolling, scroll and scrolling. It's almost like zombies, 534 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 2: like you know what I mean. It's just it's real 535 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: scary if you think about it, Like when people just 536 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 2: sit up all day and just consume videos and skits 537 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 2: and skits and skit and everybody, Let me do a skit, 538 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 2: Let me do a skit, Let me do a skit. 539 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 2: Let me just skit, you know, and just getting stupider 540 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 2: and stupider, and women getting more and more provocative, you know, 541 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 2: more and more. What can I do? What's the stupidest 542 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 2: thing I can do? What's the funniest thing that I 543 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 2: can do? And they're putting there all into that and 544 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: not putting time into an actual skill set, you know, 545 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 2: being a barber or a carpenter or whatever. Put that 546 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 2: time into that. You know, I'll redirect you and Jade 547 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 2: all the time. Stop worrying about revolting, wearing about all 548 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 2: of that. Worry about this training. Build this training up. 549 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: That's where you're gonna get your extra income. That's where 550 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: you're gonna get the job. That's what we actually can control. 551 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 2: Stop trying to control likes and views and all of 552 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 2: the hell no, no, that's not sustainable. What's sustainable is 553 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 2: training people getting information. They know they're gonna get something. 554 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 2: They can take that and they can move on. So, guys, 555 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 2: check out the last episode at Revolte News. Thank you 556 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 2: for rocking with me. Still follow the Revote news channel 557 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 2: so I get space, we get room to kind of 558 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 2: move that up because it's not expected to do like 559 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 2: the main page. You know right, people watch you know, 560 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 2: millions of people. So that's a cool, you know, cool 561 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 2: little thing to do. I love it. They know, I 562 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 2: keep them out of hot water with you know, all 563 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 2: this stuff with Trump and word, you know, all that 564 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 2: kind of stuff. So I love it. We got a 565 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 2: great team over there. We got a workflow that works perfectly. 566 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 2: We still just like Front page News, you know, we 567 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 2: sort through forty fifty stories a day, you know, trying 568 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 2: to pick a good four or five to go. The graphics, 569 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: everything a beautiful chemistry. I'm excited about it. It's something 570 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 2: that I can do, you know, manage while still going 571 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 2: to loss. Oooh. But the camera stuff, guys, you know, 572 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 2: the interviews, all of that. I just kind of like 573 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 2: doing that every now and then, you know, every now 574 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 2: and then pop up on Fox you just let you 575 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 2: an't know why I can pop on in whatever I 576 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 2: get ready. But other than that, no, we gonna really 577 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: focus on this. Lock in with me, guys. I will 578 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 2: get you to the next step. I promise you you 579 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 2: lock in, I will get you to your next step. 580 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 2: I will tell you something that will give you an 581 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 2: aha moment to say, damn, nobody told me this. Yep. 582 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 2: I assure you my rates are more than fair. I'm 583 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 2: not trying to you know, over the top with it, 584 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: trying to make it fair. Right now, we got a 585 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 2: ten dollar coupon going on any course is very sight. 586 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,479 Speaker 2: I saw ten people took advantage of that. Put in 587 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: let's go to coupon code. I'm trying to make it 588 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 2: as affordable as possible. Some of my other media training though, 589 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: will be you know, like a hundred dollars or so, 590 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 2: because it's just higher level training for a niche group 591 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 2: of people. But nothing you know, too crazy and too 592 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 2: off the top, you know. I'd rather just be able 593 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 2: to have volumes of people that I can just really 594 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 2: connect with and really Now again people want one on 595 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 2: one with me, you can. That's coaching available as well 596 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 2: for two hundred an hour. That's very limited. I'm not 597 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: even taking that with everybody because that can backfire in 598 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 2: you as well, because people they get that Marcella and 599 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 2: start pitching ideas and pitching this and pitching it, and 600 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 2: that's not what that's for, you know, and people start 601 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 2: thinking entitled and it just becomes a mess. So that's 602 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: even gonna be limited on who I talk to one 603 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 2: on one. But certainly getting the training, ask the questions 604 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 2: of the community board. That's where you know I will 605 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 2: be engaging with y'all. But I do have a subscription. 606 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 2: I haven't been talking about that much. I'm gonna talk 607 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 2: about it once we roll after training more. But there 608 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 2: is a twenty five dollars month subscription now I think 609 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 2: I put it at twenty a twenty dollar month description 610 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 2: and what that is is I'm going to do a 611 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: on the course dashboard Marcello's I will you know, people 612 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 2: that got questions, I'll follow up there. But in the 613 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 2: VIP I will do a after the class one on one. 614 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 2: So if you got questions that you feel like get answered, 615 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 2: or you need more, or you thought about something you 616 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 2: had to that will be a zoom one on one, 617 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 2: you know, just with you know, that's my office hours 618 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 2: just with the VIP. VIP also get discounts on every course, 619 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 2: special deals, merch and things like that. That's just for 620 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 2: people to say, tells and I can rock with you 621 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 2: twenty dollars a month just to keep y' all in business. 622 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 2: So I did make that an option. I haven't been 623 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 2: talking about it because people need the content first, you know, 624 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 2: when they get the content then they can you know, 625 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 2: kind of see the other benefits. So rock with Me, guys, 626 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 2: I plan on really building out that division and really 627 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 2: really very very excited about it. So we will talk 628 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 2: to you next time. Guys. Thank you again for everything. 629 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 2: Thank you for Rock with Me. Watch the remote news, 630 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 2: share it. But make sure you stay connected to the 631 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 2: podcast because podcasts ain't going nowhere. As long as they'll 632 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 2: have me out there. 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