WEBVTT - Success & Second Chances With Gail Bean 

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up. Keep it positive, sweetie. I do try to

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<v Speaker 1>tell my story because I know there are people who

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<v Speaker 1>mess up and they do these things and I let

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<v Speaker 1>them know. Like, look, yeah, when I moved to LA,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on probation. Yeah, I continue to follow the

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<v Speaker 1>things and not get in trouble. So I did get

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<v Speaker 1>off early. But when I moved out there, I was

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<v Speaker 1>not off. And one mistake doesn't determine your path. Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't. Like you can you not your one mistake?

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, I'm Christine Hazel and this is keep it positive, sweetie,

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<v Speaker 2>a safe face to heal, laugh or grow and love.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of love, telling how our new season is moving along.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm also loving to see the glow up of

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<v Speaker 2>today's guest actress, writer, producer Gail Bean. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>like me, you've enjoyed watching naacp Image Award winning actress

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<v Speaker 2>Gail Bean Grace of TV on hit shows like Snowfall

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<v Speaker 2>in p Valley. Gail has made an incredible mark on

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<v Speaker 2>screen and offscreen, with an impact just as impressive as

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<v Speaker 2>the areas of community service and political activism.

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<v Speaker 1>Gailban's reach is wide.

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<v Speaker 2>She is such a busy woman, but I'm so glad

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<v Speaker 2>she found time today to keep it positive with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Gil, thank you so much for pulling up on me.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. Oh Man, Crystal, anything for you. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been trying to get you here, so we got you.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been wanting to come. I'm like, okay, we got

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out how to make this work. Yeah, lo,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. I'm happy. I was so excited this couch. Honey, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the so me and my friend Brittany Hall

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<v Speaker 1>used to live together in La. We caught our house

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<v Speaker 1>the booked and busy house. Really, everybody, if you come

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<v Speaker 1>in to booked in busy house, you're gonna gave out

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<v Speaker 1>here with blessing. I know that's right. This couch is

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<v Speaker 1>the blessing couch. So I'm going to leave out here

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<v Speaker 1>with all the blessings out. Yes, it's already on you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, it's on you. You're glowing you, thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Before let's go back to before I even knew who

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<v Speaker 2>you were like in person.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved you.

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<v Speaker 2>On Snowfall and I was just like, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>the way you just embody your character and you were vulnerable,

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<v Speaker 2>like I just fell in love with your artistry. And

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<v Speaker 2>then I got to meet you and we did a

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<v Speaker 2>panel at Shiloh High School remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, Kirsen was captain of the cheerlead. Yes, and she

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<v Speaker 1>put together the whole anti bullying social like I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even remember the name of it, but when it was

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<v Speaker 1>about like social anxiety for the students for the community

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<v Speaker 1>of Shallahato, Oh yeah, that was so dope.

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<v Speaker 2>What Yeah, And that's when I really got to see

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<v Speaker 2>your heart and how you came back. You're from here

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<v Speaker 2>and you like still was like active in the community.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I like this girl, And ever since

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<v Speaker 2>then we've been like this like.

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<v Speaker 1>That, like listen, I was an avid Sisters watching and

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<v Speaker 1>you was the one. I was like, oh, she mean

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<v Speaker 1>because you kept a professional at work. But then it

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, there's another side, a whole other side.

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<v Speaker 1>There's like you guys work with me, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know me. Yeah, right, So that I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>she's me and I love her.

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<v Speaker 2>So many women stopping like I'm Fatima, Like that's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you mess a line. I'm real, you mess with mine,

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<v Speaker 1>don't don't do that. Yeah, I'm the same.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really like protective of my people, like you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>be more more calculated now that we're like in the light.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm like, no, yeah, sometimes I'll be forgetting.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like what Yeah, when that's that, the people around

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<v Speaker 1>you will keep you. No, we're not doing that no more.

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<v Speaker 1>Let the Lord handle it, you know, let them handle it. Yeah, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>with those things do happen.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always noticed, like whatever ends of happening as far

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<v Speaker 2>as karma, Yeah, let God handle it, because it's like

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have done that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, not like that. But that was perfect for you. You

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<v Speaker 1>needed that. I love it. I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Something else I love about you is how vulnerable and

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<v Speaker 2>just transparent you are. You're just like a girl's girl.

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<v Speaker 2>When I met you, I was like, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you never know what you're gonna get with just the

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<v Speaker 2>people in entertainment. I don't want to say actors, you

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<v Speaker 2>do not know what you're gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Get with people. Now that like social media and YouTube

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<v Speaker 1>has become such a thing in Twitch and so many

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<v Speaker 1>other different platforms, it's not even just in an entertainment industry.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just people period period. Don't know what you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get with you, even people who don't do anything what

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<v Speaker 1>they aspire to do. Stuff. It's like sometimes they think

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<v Speaker 1>you might be a certain way, so they come off.

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<v Speaker 2>A certain way, yes, and then they get something like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not what I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yeah, I tell people all the time, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a reflection of you. So if you see something in

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<v Speaker 1>me and it's like, oh my gosh, she's great, she's amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>that's because you were great, amazing, because I get what

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<v Speaker 1>I get. That's right. Yeah, I'm like, the energy is bad.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, let me just slide on over here, because

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want me to match it. Friend, let's not

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<v Speaker 1>go there. Let's keep it positive exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Take me down memory lane because you're from What part

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<v Speaker 2>of Atlanta are you from?

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<v Speaker 1>Because you know there's so many they're not Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Okay, where are you from?

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<v Speaker 1>From the east Side. I'm from Stone Mountain. Okay, Metro,

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<v Speaker 1>there we go. Metro makes up Atlanta. I tell people

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta would not be nothing without the Metro, it would

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<v Speaker 1>not be So I'm from Mountain. I'm from the East Side.

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up in Main Street. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you always want to be an actor or was

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<v Speaker 2>that something that came on later.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I wanted to so I first wanted to be

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<v Speaker 1>a hairstylist. No, I first wanted to be a photographer,

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<v Speaker 1>then a hairstylist, then a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, then the

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<v Speaker 1>female Johnny cockran saw a lawyer, and then I decided

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to just go with God and act. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was like, I want my career to be a

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<v Speaker 1>reflection of God. I want people to say, Okay, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no way she could have done this, that this is

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<v Speaker 1>not her, this is God. And I was like, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I could like kill law, anything dealing with education where

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<v Speaker 1>you got to study and research and learn, Like that's me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a sponge, I know. I mean I can't do hair.

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<v Speaker 1>So clearly that was a reer path that didn't choose me.

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<v Speaker 1>I could do my hair, and I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people. They could do their hair and their

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<v Speaker 1>makeup and they could style themselves. But it's like, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's different. This ain't your it's not your ministry. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay because it's great on you. But then when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to getting into doing it for other people,

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<v Speaker 1>it's that same passion. Isn't there, that same understanding? Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>there that same attention and care So hair was it? No, Yeah, photography,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty fih at it. So I think that will

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<v Speaker 1>come into place when it comes to like directing. Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>stuff and yeah, I mean that was cowboys cheer is

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a satitariut So my money, girl, like I can't

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<v Speaker 1>funds is not that they don't get Yeah, so you though, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I decided I wanted to act. I just I thoroughly

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<v Speaker 1>loved it. I had a passion for it. My senior

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<v Speaker 1>year when I took a class. My mom, she's an educator.

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<v Speaker 1>Well she's a retired educator. Yes, she taed in high

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<v Speaker 1>school and she wanted me to go to college. So

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<v Speaker 1>my senior year we weren't getting college letters. She was like,

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<v Speaker 1>what's what's happening. I was like, Oh, I didn't apply

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm going to move.

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<v Speaker 3>To LA And she was like, no, you go to

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<v Speaker 3>school because yeah, continue in your education.

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<v Speaker 1>So I had to go to college. And then after college,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't do anything dealing with acting. I study accounting

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<v Speaker 1>and finance. I was a double major. I studied abroad

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<v Speaker 1>for business finance. Wow in Germany, Are you serious? That's incredible?

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<v Speaker 1>Collegood University. What loved it?

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<v Speaker 2>When you say you were like a sponge. You really

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<v Speaker 2>loved Yes, education, that is amazing, loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a student government chair, com a Delta, so

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<v Speaker 1>I did all the college things and then I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, mom, I graduated, I want to move to

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<v Speaker 1>la And wow, was she like go ahead? Did she

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<v Speaker 1>give you that blessed? Like you don't have a plan?

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<v Speaker 1>So she was. She was such a mom I which

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<v Speaker 1>I'm grateful for. It was such a mom and like

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<v Speaker 1>an old school mom, like you've never been on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the world. You don't have a plan.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was like okay. I asked like three times.

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<v Speaker 1>First was before college, second was like when I was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to drop out and go, and then third was

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<v Speaker 1>after So I was like, okay, I get it. I

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<v Speaker 1>need plan. So then I developed a plan and then

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<v Speaker 1>she when I had a plan, she was behind it right.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's amazing. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>My parents will say where they were like all right, girl,

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<v Speaker 2>So I was. I went to school in my hometown

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<v Speaker 2>in Martin, Tennessee, and then after college I got a

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<v Speaker 2>job on Capitol Hill in DC. They're like, yes, girlgo

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<v Speaker 2>but I actually wanted to do acting and singing and

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<v Speaker 2>I had all these big passions that I wanted to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but they're like, you need to get an education. They

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<v Speaker 2>always instilled do what you want to do, but have

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<v Speaker 2>something to fall back on. Yeah, And I'm so grateful

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<v Speaker 2>for that now because they asked you, like, when we

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<v Speaker 2>do certain things, it's like your latest degree that you've

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<v Speaker 2>got them. Like, Wow, to actually be able to put

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<v Speaker 2>that I do have a degree. It is important and

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think it was a lot of times. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful now that they instilled those things in me

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<v Speaker 2>to have something to fall back on.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I'm so proud of you. Proud of you. D C.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my, he is like, uh Atlanta with standards, it's elevated.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that Atlantas.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So of course you would come here and thrive.

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<v Speaker 1>You made it in d C.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that's where I found myself. Actually, I am

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<v Speaker 2>being from a small town. I went to d C.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm from a town where we speak to everybody in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning. If you're it's like a two lane road,

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<v Speaker 2>not even a highway, a road where we're driving past

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<v Speaker 2>each other.

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<v Speaker 1>You wave, you don't know who's in the car. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So like that's where I'm from. So I moved to

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<v Speaker 1>d C.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, good morning, and that like look like I

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<v Speaker 2>got horns growing out of my head. I'm like, don't

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<v Speaker 2>speak to each other. So in DC I learned self awareness.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned to just tunnel vision focus, worry about yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry about everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming from yes here where I speak to everybody and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody speaks back. And it's just common courtesy in southern

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<v Speaker 1>hospitality to speaking to people. And it was like, why

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking to me? Literally? What can you do?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do? Oh? I question me to I'm like, TI,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you? How was your day? Good morning? Start

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<v Speaker 1>let's start there, Like, girl, I had somebod.

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<v Speaker 2>I was at the Hats game last season and a

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<v Speaker 2>young lady was sitting in front of me, and I

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<v Speaker 2>guess I just looked like I did something and she

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<v Speaker 2>turned and she goes, she goes, what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, Hi, I'm Crystal, how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>And she said I'm good. I said, don't ever lead

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation with that question. Yeah, I said, it's so

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<v Speaker 2>off putting, and she goes, I'm so sorry. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>if I saw you, like the first thing I asked.

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<v Speaker 1>You is what do you do? Yeah, because it's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>people obviously know you, so why do I need to

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<v Speaker 1>know you? Yeah, that's basically why are you important? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's I was like, Oh, because I'm human, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm breathing. Instead of the southerness of you are here,

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<v Speaker 1>you matter, I'm acknowledgy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, y'all want to get to know you better? Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I see everybody coming up and not really familiar. What's

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<v Speaker 2>your name? Okay, well how can I how.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I support? How I can check you out?

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<v Speaker 2>There's a way to get around to what I do.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was like, girl, my mama always said, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not what you say, is how you say it?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, Yeah, that is so true. So you get to

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<v Speaker 2>LA and everybody's not speaking. What was was that whole already?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I get to LA, everybody's not speaking. They're charging

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<v Speaker 1>me for bags, They're charging me.

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<v Speaker 4>For a bottle of water like a traditional okay, bottle

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<v Speaker 4>of waters.

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<v Speaker 1>The parking is like really weird. Where you got to

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<v Speaker 1>like move your car and all these tickets. The traffic

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<v Speaker 1>is twenty four hours. I was confused. I was confused.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember specifically telling my family I have traveled around

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<v Speaker 1>the world, and I've never been culture shocked until like

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<v Speaker 1>it was a culture shop. It was very jarring, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna lie. I love the weather, yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>because I moved early, so I love before global warming

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<v Speaker 1>got crazy. I love the weather and I love the scenery.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, it's so beautiful. It is so

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<v Speaker 1>they had it was like, okay, y'all got me a

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<v Speaker 1>hello whatever. Yes, but I got there with the intention

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<v Speaker 1>and Okay, I want to move here just to get

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<v Speaker 1>big enough to live wherever I want and to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to work from wherever in the world. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to specifically be in La so I can book work

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<v Speaker 1>not in La yea yeah, yeah, like I would love

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<v Speaker 1>to work in La but book work while I no

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<v Speaker 1>longer live here. I don't have to be here. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to be in everybody's face like they know me,

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<v Speaker 1>they know my work. I want to gain notoriety. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'm out wow. Yeah. And then COVID happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh so that was right around that time. Yeah, had

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<v Speaker 1>you even like booked anything before COVID? Well, I moved

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty thirteen, so I stayed there, and then COVID happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And then that's when I left. Okay, And at that

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<v Speaker 1>time my reps I got. I was like, okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well whenever nobody knew when the industry was going to

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<v Speaker 1>shake back. Yeah, and so they were kind of like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're good, you can you can stay there and you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to move back. They'll just fly you in

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<v Speaker 1>there'll put you up. I was again, yes, yes, so

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<v Speaker 1>I just stay and moved back and then like, now

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<v Speaker 1>I live in New York. I moved to New York

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<v Speaker 1>last October. Yes, I remember that. Yeah, how are you

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<v Speaker 1>adjusting in New York? New York was for me, this girl,

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<v Speaker 1>can I do it? When I first moved to l A,

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<v Speaker 1>I originally wanted to move to New York, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, I can't afford it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's well both it is New York, LA more less

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<v Speaker 2>is cheaper than New York, is more expensive than l A.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, wow you get less for more, gotcha? Yeah yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're willing to make that sacrifice. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>good now. God, it's good because here's a lot of sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 1>no more to make the elevation. Yeah, I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's a testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a sacrifice. It's not beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>So how how long was it before you got your

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<v Speaker 2>first yees from the moment you said, Mom, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to LA for real this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So I got there August first, twenty thirteen. I

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<v Speaker 1>buked unexpected August twenty fourteen. A year, yeah, a year

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<v Speaker 1>for that first year year, but I was head down

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<v Speaker 1>grinding good was.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the drive for that persistence was because I

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<v Speaker 2>told my mom, I'm going and I'm gonna make this

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<v Speaker 2>thing happen.

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<v Speaker 1>No, girl, That was my first time like really being

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere on my own. Like even when I studied abroad,

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<v Speaker 1>I knew people in the business, but like my lone

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<v Speaker 1>sister was over there studying abroad with me, so I

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<v Speaker 1>had friends and stuff there. This was like real deal

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<v Speaker 1>relocate on my own and my dude was here, my

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<v Speaker 1>family's here, like my friends are here. I was like, yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>all my stuff is here. It was uncomfortable. It was

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<v Speaker 1>like excruciating, like skinning peeling uncomfortable. So I was like

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<v Speaker 1>yeah no. And then I had a friend tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if you don't make it, like don't feel

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<v Speaker 1>you got to stay out there and struggle. You can

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<v Speaker 1>always come back, and I was like, nah, friend, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make it like we're good, we need we don't

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<v Speaker 1>need a plan B. So that I believed it and

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<v Speaker 1>new without a doubt that I would gain success there.

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<v Speaker 5>Mm hmmm.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really weird because I have like this really great

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with God and the ancestors. Yeah, and they talked

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<v Speaker 1>to me like they give me signs and like how

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<v Speaker 1>you like when the people talking they like example, I

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<v Speaker 1>wish no scared of hell. I'm like, all right, now,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do that, but you know, don't do that, don't

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<v Speaker 1>talk to me but no, So like I'll ask, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>ask questions and all the answers I'll say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like let me know. And I'm I'm real upfront with God,

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<v Speaker 1>like don't give me no half sign you know me,

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<v Speaker 1>like like I need an obvious slap me in the

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<v Speaker 1>face of time. Yes. So I was like, should I

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<v Speaker 1>go to l A right because I had planned on

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<v Speaker 1>going h but then my brandma had a stroke and

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<v Speaker 1>it was a really bad stroke, and it was it

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<v Speaker 1>was closer to the time where I was supposed to go,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was a little nervous and a little scared

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<v Speaker 1>and not really wanting to go to La like I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to go. But then when it got real, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like looking for a reason or yeah maybe I

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<v Speaker 1>was just like so I was like, my mom was

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<v Speaker 1>like going crazy. It was so bad. Yeah, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, you know what, I'm not supposed to go.

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<v Speaker 1>It's okay. Literally she did at one eddy wow yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>saying go yes. So I said okay, because I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to go there for a month and and stay

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<v Speaker 1>for a month. And this was my plan because my

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<v Speaker 1>mom said I needed a plan. So the plan was

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<v Speaker 1>go to LA for a month from June fourteenth to

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<v Speaker 1>July fourteenth, and then move in October. So I was

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<v Speaker 1>on probation at the time. In my probation ended in October,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was like moving ended October first. I was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna move October first. Originally the plan was to go

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<v Speaker 1>June first to July first. My brandma had a stroke

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere in long that time, and then by June fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>she was good. So I bought the ticket, went June

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<v Speaker 1>fourteenth to July fourteen. When I got out there, everything

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<v Speaker 1>just fell in place. I ended up getting a job.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this hat to be in there like two days

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<v Speaker 1>while I'm on a one month visit. Wow. I had

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<v Speaker 1>a round trip ticket. So then I lied and was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I live here, but I just got to go home

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<v Speaker 1>and get my stuff and finish moving. They were like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>when do you come back? I said, August first. I

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<v Speaker 1>always asked friends for a buddy pass, they never have them.

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<v Speaker 1>So I asked three people. All three people said yes,

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<v Speaker 1>they had a buddy pass for me to go back

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<v Speaker 1>and on August first. Wow. Because I didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 1>money to like really buy a teen like not that soon.

0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.600
<v Speaker 1>I needed to plan. Yeah. So I was like, this

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<v Speaker 1>is crazy. But that's like when God and the answer

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<v Speaker 1>to speak to me. That's like okay here and I say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, well, what is it? I ask questions and

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<v Speaker 1>that's how they kind of like give me answers or

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<v Speaker 1>they provide answers to other people. Like someone may say

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<v Speaker 1>something to me, don't know me from a campaign, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's the answer to my question. Yeah, And I'm like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>the answers are using them or God is using them,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how they talk to me. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that because I do we hearing God talk

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<v Speaker 2>to me to Like I asked, how God talk to

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<v Speaker 2>you you'd be like he was like girl in the list,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ticking tired and tell.

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<v Speaker 5>You what I told you. I'm like, all right, it's okay,

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<v Speaker 5>no judge, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But I get on his nerves sometimes because like he

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<v Speaker 2>has to tell me things. I'm the type of person

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<v Speaker 2>I'll pray for a sign and I'll see it that

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<v Speaker 2>used to be me, though, like I need another one

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<v Speaker 2>that used to be and now like he literally when

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<v Speaker 2>I talk to him now, a journal in my prayer

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<v Speaker 2>for my prayers and like, oh my God, send me

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<v Speaker 2>a clear sign on this. I need clarity on this.

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<v Speaker 2>And like literally within the same day, the person or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the situation is that I'm needing guidance, sign reveals it.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether it's the affirmation I needed or it's a sign

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<v Speaker 2>to move on from this. I'm like, yeah, it's so clear.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's so crazy because okay, Like I'll give you

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<v Speaker 1>a recent example. I did a give back event Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday morning from twelve to four, and there was a

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<v Speaker 1>pastor there. My friend, a girl who was in my

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<v Speaker 1>acting class when I was hearing Atlanta twenty twelve, she came.

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<v Speaker 1>She brought her pastors. She bought another one of her

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<v Speaker 1>friends and their children, and he spoke a word over

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<v Speaker 1>me that, so you know, there's a Snowfalls beIN off

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<v Speaker 1>and it's been in limbo. I've been hearing about yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know we need that when he was hearing.

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<v Speaker 1>But then they're like, it's right there on the one

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<v Speaker 1>yard line. We're gonna try, but we don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>we shoot it and start shooting January, and I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>why should in Pea Valley. There have been four projects

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<v Speaker 1>that I missed that on at the office and couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do them, and I'm like, okay, okay, yea. But my

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<v Speaker 1>reps did tell me like they don't think that the

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<v Speaker 1>Snowfall spin off is gonna go, because if they're saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's stuck on the one yard line and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're really trying and it's just they don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>it is to get to tweet the script, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna keep trying. And my reps were like, that means

0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:33.760
<v Speaker 1>it's more than like you, it's not gonna go. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, okay, I'm working really hard and I'm like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we're coming to the end of p Valley. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have more work because you know, it's always about the

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<v Speaker 1>next I don't have more work for twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>and so the man and I've been working in the

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<v Speaker 1>past twenty This is my second day off in the

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<v Speaker 1>past twenty one days. Wow. So I worked twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>days straight because on the weekends we had something like

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<v Speaker 1>I had to go to La for Black Love. Something

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<v Speaker 1>has to go do something. So my friends past rest

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<v Speaker 1>in Peace, Brown thank you, and her funeral was yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>so it was for me to have my first day

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<v Speaker 1>off and then I was like, okay, but but God

0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:16.359
<v Speaker 1>knew the way it was just even a line like

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<v Speaker 1>I needed a moment I needed, I needed a rest.

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<v Speaker 1>So to be able to go be with like people

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<v Speaker 1>I loved dearly was just very beautiful. And then to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to come do this was like, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>so crazy because it was literally twenty one days straight

0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:34.480
<v Speaker 1>that I've worked and then those were my two days off.

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<v Speaker 1>These are my two days off. Wow. And then like

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<v Speaker 1>I go back to work tomorrow, I'm working the whole week.

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<v Speaker 1>We have our market to shoot this weekend, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>working the weekend. So it's like, but it was a

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<v Speaker 1>nice run. But at the event Saturday. The pastor was like,

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<v Speaker 1>h the girl came. She said, my pastor wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you something. I said, okay, sure, and he came

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to me and he has like a slight

0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:09.639
<v Speaker 1>speech impediment, but it was clear. It was so clear.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, don't know him from a campaign, never

0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:16.399
<v Speaker 1>met him before. He was like, the opportunity that you

0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:20.360
<v Speaker 1>think you missing out on, God got something bigger. God

0:23:20.440 --> 0:23:23.280
<v Speaker 1>got something so bigger, the opportunities you think you missing

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<v Speaker 1>out on. This, God got something so bigger. And told

0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:30.959
<v Speaker 1>me to tell you not to worry that it's all coming.

0:23:31.440 --> 0:23:33.680
<v Speaker 1>Everything is lining up and it's so big. It's gonna

0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:35.600
<v Speaker 1>be bigger than anything you've ever done, and bigger than

0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:39.520
<v Speaker 1>you can imagine. I was like, Then, Samuel Jackson sent

0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:42.679
<v Speaker 1>me a DM and said, I'm working on putting us

0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:48.520
<v Speaker 1>in something. See he's working on something for us. I

0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:52.000
<v Speaker 1>was like, I was just trying. I was just He said,

0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:53.960
<v Speaker 1>I know it's been hard, and that's like, I know

0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:58.000
<v Speaker 1>it's been hard. I know you're feeling restless, yes, but

0:23:58.080 --> 0:24:00.520
<v Speaker 1>it's because I got off work one morning I had

0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:02.160
<v Speaker 1>that thing. I got off work at five. I left

0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:05.120
<v Speaker 1>a lot at five thirty seven I had to beat

0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:08.960
<v Speaker 1>up at seven am to get the rest of the

0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:12.600
<v Speaker 1>stuff that we were distributing. The event was from twelve

0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:15.399
<v Speaker 1>to four that day and he don't know me from

0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:18.680
<v Speaker 1>candapign that day. Literally got off at five thirty seven,

0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:22.679
<v Speaker 1>got up at seven, went to the Burlington, had to

0:24:22.680 --> 0:24:24.760
<v Speaker 1>be there at nine to pick up the other coats. Yeah,

0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:26.720
<v Speaker 1>I was at the wrong Burlington. So my sister in

0:24:26.800 --> 0:24:28.399
<v Speaker 1>law had went the night before pulled all the stuff,

0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:30.840
<v Speaker 1>so I was just going to buy. Yeah, they wouldn't

0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:33.520
<v Speaker 1>let her use my check. So I was like, okay,

0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.280
<v Speaker 1>I was at the wrong Burlington. Oh no, I shoot

0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:39.000
<v Speaker 1>to the other one. I left my wallet and the

0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:43.680
<v Speaker 1>other brothers, oh don't. I said, it's okay because I

0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:46.200
<v Speaker 1>have my ID and I have the check. The check

0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:49.639
<v Speaker 1>when I authorized what I had to go to the

0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:52.240
<v Speaker 1>Wells Fargo. I got the money out, went paid for it,

0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:54.120
<v Speaker 1>then went to Sam to get the snacks and stuff

0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:57.320
<v Speaker 1>forgiven for the kids. Checks still wouldn't work. They also went,

0:24:57.440 --> 0:25:03.399
<v Speaker 1>let me use my mother's membership. Devil was working. So

0:25:03.480 --> 0:25:08.320
<v Speaker 1>then I go, okay, let's just add me to the membership.

0:25:08.600 --> 0:25:11.320
<v Speaker 1>It's like this whole thing. I was like, please, y'all listen,

0:25:13.640 --> 0:25:17.120
<v Speaker 1>you know in the inside, you breaking like you are breaking.

0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:21.679
<v Speaker 1>I'm already tired and I'm tired, sleepy, exhausted. So I

0:25:21.720 --> 0:25:23.399
<v Speaker 1>had canceled. I called Tea. I was like, you to

0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:26.359
<v Speaker 1>cancel the glam because I'm not getting up at six.

0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:29.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to get home at six. I need to

0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:31.640
<v Speaker 1>go to take an hour and a half hour now. Yeah.

0:25:33.560 --> 0:25:36.240
<v Speaker 1>So finally they do the membership to check one work.

0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:38.000
<v Speaker 1>So I had the cash that I got from the bank.

0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:41.719
<v Speaker 1>I pay, I go outside right like pushing the bugget.

0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:45.480
<v Speaker 1>I go exactly where I parked the car. I can't

0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:48.640
<v Speaker 1>find I go. I was like, I can't find a car.

0:25:49.080 --> 0:25:52.359
<v Speaker 1>I can't. I was literally gonna have a breakdown, a

0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:56.520
<v Speaker 1>mental breakdown in the parking line, just being overwhelmed. And

0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:58.280
<v Speaker 1>I was like, it's too much. I was like, guy,

0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:01.800
<v Speaker 1>it's too much. I can't. I cannot, like I cannot. Yeah,

0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.280
<v Speaker 1>And I had prayed the guy I asked. I was like, God,

0:26:05.359 --> 0:26:06.879
<v Speaker 1>please help me miss Brown. And I felt it was

0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:09.280
<v Speaker 1>so selfish a mean to even call on her, because

0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:11.800
<v Speaker 1>like she has children who are missing her. I was like,

0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:15.560
<v Speaker 1>please just help me, just help me, Like, please go girl.

0:26:15.600 --> 0:26:20.920
<v Speaker 1>While I look up I'm literally standing behind the car. Yeah,

0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:22.960
<v Speaker 1>you just yeah, you were at the moment. I didn't

0:26:23.000 --> 0:26:26.760
<v Speaker 1>see it though, because I thought I was in the

0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:29.919
<v Speaker 1>truck that I normally dry, but I was in my

0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:35.200
<v Speaker 1>brother in them traverse. I was right here, no parts right.

0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:39.679
<v Speaker 1>I was like, it's too much, what's happening right now?

0:26:40.160 --> 0:26:42.119
<v Speaker 1>And then I had took a breath and I prayed

0:26:42.119 --> 0:26:44.159
<v Speaker 1>and I was like, God help me. Yeah, and I

0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:53.080
<v Speaker 1>look up and I was staying there He's right here. Yeah, okay.

0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:53.840
<v Speaker 1>I love that though.

0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:56.520
<v Speaker 2>I feel like there is a symbolic of God when

0:26:56.520 --> 0:26:59.360
<v Speaker 2>we're like frustrated, like what is going on and he's

0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:00.000
<v Speaker 2>like I'm right here.

0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:01.119
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he was in the car.

0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.000
<v Speaker 2>It could be like sybol like a God, like you're

0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:04.200
<v Speaker 2>looking for me and I'm right here.

0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:06.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, even in the stress and like you got so

0:27:06.640 --> 0:27:11.280
<v Speaker 1>much going on even but the beauty was like that

0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:14.439
<v Speaker 1>is when things like that happen, I know that's the ancestors.

0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:18.160
<v Speaker 1>I know that's God. So that's the way that God

0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:20.600
<v Speaker 1>and ancestors talk to me. It is it's like so

0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 1>many little things. So yeah, when the pastor said that

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:26.560
<v Speaker 1>he didn't know about my day, Yeah, he didn't know

0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:29.000
<v Speaker 1>none of that. When I got that d M from

0:27:29.160 --> 0:27:37.080
<v Speaker 1>Sam Jay, I was like, what Okay, Yes, yes, that

0:27:37.119 --> 0:27:39.680
<v Speaker 1>is incredible. Yeah, it's it's those things. It's those moments

0:27:39.680 --> 0:27:42.360
<v Speaker 1>when I know God answers talking to that.

0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:46.000
<v Speaker 2>I love that you mentioned when you moved to LA

0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:50.320
<v Speaker 2>that you were on probation. What you do well, what

0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.040
<v Speaker 2>she said, got a lot of good redemption story. There's

0:27:54.040 --> 0:27:56.760
<v Speaker 2>something that we can maybe share to like help young women.

0:27:57.240 --> 0:28:01.720
<v Speaker 1>Amen. Honestly, at the time, this was a time I

0:28:01.760 --> 0:28:05.639
<v Speaker 1>actually didn't do nothing. Wow. I was in Georgia Southern.

0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:08.000
<v Speaker 1>I was in Statesboro at Georgia Southern, visiting while I

0:28:08.080 --> 0:28:11.080
<v Speaker 1>was in college at Valdosta. And I went down there.

0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:17.960
<v Speaker 2>Y'all homecomings be proper. Georgia Southern homecoming. I've been there before.

0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:22.480
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay, I went to Valdosta, what is it, Eagle?

0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:25.360
<v Speaker 1>My mom went to Georgia Southern. Okay, y'all don't know what. Okay,

0:28:25.440 --> 0:28:29.560
<v Speaker 1>I year, but my mom went there, and I was

0:28:29.600 --> 0:28:33.680
<v Speaker 1>going down for my friend's birthday. And we drove down

0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:37.240
<v Speaker 1>from Valdosta. I had accidentally left my license in Valdosta,

0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:38.800
<v Speaker 1>so we went out at night. I had a good time.

0:28:39.680 --> 0:28:42.000
<v Speaker 1>I left my clothes at my homegirl house. She stayed

0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 1>in an apartment complex, and when I got there, there

0:28:46.200 --> 0:28:48.760
<v Speaker 1>was a fight going on. It did not involve me.

0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:51.960
<v Speaker 1>Now I'm a fighter, yeah, but normally it would have

0:28:51.960 --> 0:28:56.760
<v Speaker 1>been me, but I was not all. I was actually innocent.

0:28:56.800 --> 0:28:59.320
<v Speaker 1>Design So I'd go to try to get my stuff

0:28:59.360 --> 0:29:02.680
<v Speaker 1>from her house and the police pulled into the parking lot.

0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:04.720
<v Speaker 1>So I was like, you know what me, let's just go.

0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:07.560
<v Speaker 1>Were good, So we walk into the car. I just

0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:10.440
<v Speaker 1>don't deal with police. We walk into the car. They

0:29:10.760 --> 0:29:14.400
<v Speaker 1>try to stop me, asked my name as my identification.

0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:16.440
<v Speaker 1>I obviously didn't have anything, so I told him my

0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:18.040
<v Speaker 1>name and I was like, I ain't got nothing to

0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:20.720
<v Speaker 1>do with whatever reason y'all are here. We just came

0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:22.360
<v Speaker 1>from an event. We're trying to leave and go where

0:29:22.360 --> 0:29:23.800
<v Speaker 1>we're supposed to stay to night at because I was like,

0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:25.720
<v Speaker 1>forget the closed with bars and clothes from the right.

0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:28.520
<v Speaker 1>We get in the car. I let her drive because

0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:31.280
<v Speaker 1>she had her license. She I haven't been drinking too,

0:29:32.240 --> 0:29:33.760
<v Speaker 1>So she gets in the front seat. I get in

0:29:33.840 --> 0:29:38.560
<v Speaker 1>the back seat. I shut the car door. They opened

0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:41.280
<v Speaker 1>the car door and try to pull me out. What yeah, no,

0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:43.280
<v Speaker 1>So I snatched back and I shut the car door

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:46.440
<v Speaker 1>doing that. The second time she opens the car door,

0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:48.360
<v Speaker 1>she pulls my arm and she slams the car door

0:29:48.360 --> 0:29:50.960
<v Speaker 1>on my arm. I had a big ass bruce. Yeah,

0:29:51.000 --> 0:29:54.040
<v Speaker 1>it was bad. So again, I haven't drinking and I

0:29:54.080 --> 0:30:00.840
<v Speaker 1>was a fighter. Was yeah delivered, Yeah, I'm delivered. I

0:30:01.000 --> 0:30:05.440
<v Speaker 1>get out the car, and I mean a fighter. I

0:30:05.440 --> 0:30:08.040
<v Speaker 1>fought the officer, but she had to come in at

0:30:08.040 --> 0:30:11.880
<v Speaker 1>that point. She did, she did, she did, and so

0:30:11.960 --> 0:30:15.000
<v Speaker 1>then her partner tried to taste me and my friend

0:30:15.040 --> 0:30:17.520
<v Speaker 1>stopped it. It was like if your partner can't handle

0:30:17.520 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 1>one hundred pound girl. Yeah, So then another male. It

0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:23.120
<v Speaker 1>was two women officers. Then the mail officer comes and

0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 1>he tries to stop it, and he's like, ma'am, get up,

0:30:25.880 --> 0:30:27.400
<v Speaker 1>because at that point she was on the house on

0:30:27.440 --> 0:30:30.640
<v Speaker 1>top of it was a problem, but like you literally

0:30:32.440 --> 0:30:34.000
<v Speaker 1>this is the childish thing to say, but she literally

0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:36.840
<v Speaker 1>started it. Yeah. So they were like, we got to

0:30:36.840 --> 0:30:39.200
<v Speaker 1>take you to jail. Oh my god. So they took

0:30:39.200 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 1>me to jail. They did not allow me a phone

0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:44.680
<v Speaker 1>call because they said I hit the officer. Yeah. Thankfully.

0:30:44.760 --> 0:30:47.200
<v Speaker 1>My granddaddy was a Bell's bondsman. So when he finally

0:30:47.280 --> 0:30:50.320
<v Speaker 1>got words but it took a minute because I didn't

0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:53.400
<v Speaker 1>get a call. So like my friend, she didn't know

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:55.240
<v Speaker 1>the call to my phone, so she had to try

0:30:55.280 --> 0:30:58.080
<v Speaker 1>to call around find people fail for like a week.

0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:02.280
<v Speaker 1>What yeah, oh my god, Yeah they come up there. Yeah,

0:31:02.560 --> 0:31:04.920
<v Speaker 1>it was it was a thing. So that's some felonies

0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:07.880
<v Speaker 1>and stuff from that. But we got a lawyer. They

0:31:07.960 --> 0:31:11.800
<v Speaker 1>let them know like, hey, she's got great grade, she said, bride,

0:31:11.920 --> 0:31:16.880
<v Speaker 1>like she's on track to graduate all these things, and

0:31:16.920 --> 0:31:19.800
<v Speaker 1>they put me on the I play it down. They

0:31:19.880 --> 0:31:23.080
<v Speaker 1>dropped everything to misdemeanors and I had to do five

0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:27.080
<v Speaker 1>years probation. Wow. Yeah, so we're early release. We're good

0:31:27.080 --> 0:31:31.400
<v Speaker 1>behavior early releases. Yeah. So that's why my early release

0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:34.160
<v Speaker 1>would have been October first, and I could have moved.

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:37.600
<v Speaker 1>When I went to August, and I was just so pissed.

0:31:37.720 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 1>I was like, Mom, I'm not going to keep letting

0:31:39.760 --> 0:31:43.000
<v Speaker 1>these people control my life. Like God already aligned things.

0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:45.640
<v Speaker 1>And my mom was so worried. Sometimes she didn't worry work.

0:31:46.560 --> 0:31:49.160
<v Speaker 1>And I was like, no, I'm going and I'm just

0:31:49.160 --> 0:31:52.240
<v Speaker 1>gonna continue to say I'm still in Georgia. I'm gonna

0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:54.800
<v Speaker 1>continue to pay they money. Because he called these folks

0:31:54.840 --> 0:31:58.320
<v Speaker 1>once some month, But I'm not not moving because of them.

0:31:58.320 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm not allowing them control over my life. No, Like

0:32:00.840 --> 0:32:03.640
<v Speaker 1>I give you enough, but then when you you moved

0:32:03.680 --> 0:32:05.720
<v Speaker 1>too much, it's like, okay, now I got to put

0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:08.200
<v Speaker 1>my foot down. Yeah. Yeah, it's like I gave you

0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:11.720
<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. Yeah, that was my why I

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:14.200
<v Speaker 1>went to jail in States. Wow, and I ain't been

0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:16.760
<v Speaker 1>back since. I love it, And look at you now.

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:19.680
<v Speaker 2>I love that because we all have like done things

0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:22.440
<v Speaker 2>where we're like not proud of or circumstance having this.

0:32:22.960 --> 0:32:24.800
<v Speaker 2>This wasn't even your fault, you know, and a lot

0:32:24.920 --> 0:32:28.360
<v Speaker 2>of us have fallen into that, especially in our community,

0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:30.280
<v Speaker 2>have our in jail right now for things that they

0:32:30.320 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 2>didn't even they not even didn't do or wasn't even

0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:33.640
<v Speaker 2>responsible for.

0:32:34.440 --> 0:32:36.360
<v Speaker 1>So for you to show your story, thank you for that.

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:41.160
<v Speaker 1>Because an officer got no no repercussions, like they said

0:32:41.200 --> 0:32:45.120
<v Speaker 1>it was not her first time, but white lady, no repercussions. Wow.

0:32:45.320 --> 0:32:48.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And that's scary because that could have been completely different.

0:32:48.960 --> 0:32:50.600
<v Speaker 1>It's scary because I know I'm not the first, and

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 1>I knew I wouldn't last. Nope, exactly.

0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:55.320
<v Speaker 2>So with your because you do a lot of outreach. Now,

0:32:55.320 --> 0:32:57.960
<v Speaker 2>do you do anything in the justice system.

0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:01.400
<v Speaker 1>I work sometimes with reform to speak out on about

0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 1>speak out about it. But I haven't like went to

0:33:04.920 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 1>visit jails or talked to people who you know, you

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.000
<v Speaker 1>don't know who hasn't hasn't been in jail. Yeah. No,

0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:11.640
<v Speaker 1>So I just tell my story and there are people

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:15.120
<v Speaker 1>who it resonates with, but I haven't, like actually actively

0:33:15.280 --> 0:33:17.080
<v Speaker 1>been in jail. I do try to tell my story

0:33:17.120 --> 0:33:19.600
<v Speaker 1>because I know there are people who mess up and

0:33:19.600 --> 0:33:22.040
<v Speaker 1>they do these things, and I let them know. Like, look, yeah,

0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 1>when I moved to LA I was on probation. Yeah,

0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:26.600
<v Speaker 1>I continue to follow the things and not get in trouble.

0:33:26.680 --> 0:33:29.000
<v Speaker 1>So I did get off early. Yeah, when I moved

0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:33.400
<v Speaker 1>out there, I was not off. And one mistake doesn't

0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:37.240
<v Speaker 1>determine your path. Yeah no, it doesn't, Like you can

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:42.480
<v Speaker 1>you not your one mistake? Yeah that part? Yeah, yeah,

0:33:42.520 --> 0:33:43.719
<v Speaker 1>So I tell that's amazing.

0:33:43.800 --> 0:33:45.480
<v Speaker 2>I love that, And I think what I also love

0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:48.400
<v Speaker 2>about the industry we work in is that we can

0:33:49.080 --> 0:33:52.440
<v Speaker 2>do things no matter what our past is. Because even

0:33:52.600 --> 0:33:55.640
<v Speaker 2>I know at the studio, like we have plenty of

0:33:55.640 --> 0:33:58.959
<v Speaker 2>guys who have felonies, that have done time, but they

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:03.160
<v Speaker 2>are very hard working, their integral they're amazing co workers.

0:34:03.520 --> 0:34:06.280
<v Speaker 1>We feel safe. They what y'all need, Like, yeah, they

0:34:06.320 --> 0:34:09.120
<v Speaker 1>got you. They was big at like hiring people who

0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:11.640
<v Speaker 1>may have gotten out of jail and just giving them

0:34:11.680 --> 0:34:13.879
<v Speaker 1>the chance and the opportunity to the same thing. Their

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:16.280
<v Speaker 1>second chance is so important, so important.

0:34:16.320 --> 0:34:19.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And once he hears like, yo, he was liked up,

0:34:19.000 --> 0:34:21.160
<v Speaker 2>he'll pull him aside, like get to know him better.

0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:21.839
<v Speaker 1>What you need?

0:34:22.239 --> 0:34:25.560
<v Speaker 2>Is everything good? How's your work environment going for you?

0:34:25.600 --> 0:34:28.560
<v Speaker 1>And I love that. Yeah, that's that's the best part.

0:34:28.520 --> 0:34:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Like for me, Like that's one of the perks of

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:33.760
<v Speaker 2>being in the entertainment industry because you can go past

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:36.799
<v Speaker 2>your pack, go beyond your past, yeah, yeah, and move on.

0:34:36.880 --> 0:34:38.680
<v Speaker 1>And I think people don't talk about the perks enough.

0:34:38.960 --> 0:34:42.239
<v Speaker 1>I think our entertainment industry gets such a bad rep

0:34:42.719 --> 0:34:45.239
<v Speaker 1>of like people talking about the darkness and the downside

0:34:45.239 --> 0:34:48.279
<v Speaker 1>of so much like yeah, and it discourages so many

0:34:48.320 --> 0:34:51.600
<v Speaker 1>good people who are pure hearted. And it's like there

0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.200
<v Speaker 1>are a lot of great things about this industry is yeah,

0:34:54.400 --> 0:34:56.239
<v Speaker 1>really is what you're making and what you choose to

0:34:56.719 --> 0:35:00.239
<v Speaker 1>focus on and put your energy into. But it's a

0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:04.480
<v Speaker 1>lot of really amazing things in the entertainment industry. It is,

0:35:04.600 --> 0:35:05.359
<v Speaker 1>it really is.

0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:10.120
<v Speaker 3>Yes, so come on, not a park a set, but

0:35:10.239 --> 0:35:18.440
<v Speaker 3>a park just so yeah, it'd be like, this is

0:35:18.440 --> 0:35:20.520
<v Speaker 3>a drug free set, yes, in.

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.080
<v Speaker 1>Do right under God? That's the only drug.

0:35:26.239 --> 0:35:31.240
<v Speaker 6>I like that, right under God. I like, hey bars, yes,

0:35:31.640 --> 0:35:34.640
<v Speaker 6>I love that. So with your crazy business, First, thank

0:35:34.640 --> 0:35:36.239
<v Speaker 6>you for even coming. I didn't realize you only had

0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 6>two days off and you spent.

0:35:38.120 --> 0:35:39.920
<v Speaker 1>One of them with me. Thank you because I know

0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:42.759
<v Speaker 1>how girl, I'm tired right now. You know some things

0:35:43.880 --> 0:35:45.600
<v Speaker 1>I tell people all the time, right like when it

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:47.480
<v Speaker 1>comes to your off days, something's feeding to you and

0:35:47.480 --> 0:35:53.040
<v Speaker 1>something's draining. So I knew this would be like, yeah,

0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:55.080
<v Speaker 1>thank you. How are you balancing it personal?

0:35:55.120 --> 0:35:58.360
<v Speaker 2>Because I know sometimes before therapy I struggled with balancing

0:35:58.400 --> 0:36:01.040
<v Speaker 2>my personal life in this career because I feel like

0:36:01.120 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 2>you can pull us in so.

0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Many different directions. We're like, oh my gosh, how do

0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:09.640
<v Speaker 1>you balance it all? Really? Yeah? Like because Atlanta, Atlanta

0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:13.200
<v Speaker 1>is whenever I'm in Atlanta, it's very very hard to

0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:15.440
<v Speaker 1>balance because my family is here, my friends are here,

0:36:15.600 --> 0:36:18.480
<v Speaker 1>like work is here, like there's going out is here,

0:36:18.840 --> 0:36:20.879
<v Speaker 1>like there's all the things and I out like club out,

0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:23.400
<v Speaker 1>but like going to the game. Yeah, so it's like

0:36:25.640 --> 0:36:29.560
<v Speaker 1>but I'm still figuring it out, Like okay, well we're

0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:33.799
<v Speaker 1>gonna sleep, y'all. Yes, like somebody who's want to date?

0:36:34.200 --> 0:36:36.919
<v Speaker 1>You know? How's that? Like? Have you had time?

0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:43.360
<v Speaker 2>Girls going?

0:36:45.239 --> 0:36:47.840
<v Speaker 1>It's hard, it's just going. You know, I got my

0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:50.240
<v Speaker 1>eye on somebody, Okay.

0:36:49.840 --> 0:36:54.920
<v Speaker 2>Okay, when the streets got their eye on somebody for you?

0:36:54.040 --> 0:37:00.759
<v Speaker 1>Oh not your friends, not even like eyes where y'all

0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:03.080
<v Speaker 1>keep them. I'm gonna keep my eyes when I keep them,

0:37:04.239 --> 0:37:09.319
<v Speaker 1>I keep on y'all keeping on, keeping on.

0:37:09.360 --> 0:37:11.080
<v Speaker 2>How do you feel about because I see every time

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.600
<v Speaker 2>you have like great platanic guy friends, do you feel

0:37:14.600 --> 0:37:17.359
<v Speaker 2>like that's gonna have like some type of impact on

0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:19.200
<v Speaker 2>your person relationship with your man men?

0:37:19.719 --> 0:37:22.080
<v Speaker 1>Because you have such a great relationship with you guys,

0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:24.600
<v Speaker 1>I feel like it just helps me weed out the

0:37:24.640 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 1>bats because I have five older brothers really, so that's

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:31.320
<v Speaker 1>my comfort.

0:37:31.920 --> 0:37:33.880
<v Speaker 2>I always see, what's the guy that was at the

0:37:34.120 --> 0:37:39.680
<v Speaker 2>concept contrat. He's always with you, Yeah, he's always like yeah, he's.

0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:45.520
<v Speaker 1>Always gonna be there for me. Guys, my male friends

0:37:45.520 --> 0:37:47.759
<v Speaker 1>that are in my life, I see so much and

0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:50.000
<v Speaker 1>I learned so much from them. It's so easy for

0:37:50.080 --> 0:37:53.040
<v Speaker 1>me to identify who is not a good man, because

0:37:53.080 --> 0:37:55.640
<v Speaker 1>the men in my life are great. So I can

0:37:55.719 --> 0:37:57.880
<v Speaker 1>spot a red flag and be like, is this a

0:37:57.960 --> 0:38:01.120
<v Speaker 1>red flag that, yeah, we can deal with. Is this

0:38:01.239 --> 0:38:04.200
<v Speaker 1>a red flag that will go down and this is

0:38:04.239 --> 0:38:06.759
<v Speaker 1>just a guard red flag, or is this like a

0:38:06.800 --> 0:38:09.879
<v Speaker 1>real hard stop red flag, Like this is a red

0:38:09.920 --> 0:38:13.040
<v Speaker 1>flag that's gonna be a constant later on in life.

0:38:13.800 --> 0:38:16.560
<v Speaker 1>So I feel like they're not an issue. But if

0:38:16.760 --> 0:38:19.000
<v Speaker 1>they're an issue for someone that's in my life, then

0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:20.040
<v Speaker 1>you are problem.

0:38:20.360 --> 0:38:23.120
<v Speaker 2>Come on, people my life, they're not going anywhere.

0:38:23.200 --> 0:38:25.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I know them and they're not in no violation.

0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:30.040
<v Speaker 1>Our relationship is strictly platonic. It's not they're not waiting

0:38:30.120 --> 0:38:32.239
<v Speaker 1>on the waiting in the wings like. It ain't that.

0:38:32.600 --> 0:38:35.319
<v Speaker 1>It ain't that. So if you're I get it. Some

0:38:35.360 --> 0:38:39.440
<v Speaker 1>people have insecurities. Talk to me. I will be honest

0:38:39.440 --> 0:38:42.080
<v Speaker 1>and upfront. We can communicate. And then if you can't

0:38:42.080 --> 0:38:44.040
<v Speaker 1>get past the communication of my truth and you want

0:38:44.040 --> 0:38:47.799
<v Speaker 1>to stick to whatever you delusion you've met in your head, sorry,

0:38:48.600 --> 0:38:52.839
<v Speaker 1>well yeah, I love it. I love it.

0:38:53.239 --> 0:38:55.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm happy for you because I know for me, like

0:38:55.120 --> 0:38:56.200
<v Speaker 2>I just started dating a guy.

0:38:57.120 --> 0:39:02.759
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, come on, yeah, yes, and it's fresh I think

0:39:02.800 --> 0:39:06.480
<v Speaker 7>for the last year yep, unless I've been open to dating, okay,

0:39:06.480 --> 0:39:08.680
<v Speaker 7>And it was really hard for me because who's here

0:39:08.719 --> 0:39:08.960
<v Speaker 7>for me?

0:39:09.160 --> 0:39:11.440
<v Speaker 2>Like what do you really want? And like we had

0:39:11.520 --> 0:39:13.680
<v Speaker 2>to like look at this thing through a different lens. Yeah,

0:39:13.719 --> 0:39:16.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, just being in the positions we're in, and

0:39:17.000 --> 0:39:18.359
<v Speaker 2>I really feel good about this.

0:39:18.280 --> 0:39:22.239
<v Speaker 1>Okay, I do. It's difficult because it's like, like you said,

0:39:22.320 --> 0:39:24.520
<v Speaker 1>are you here for me? And do you really like me?

0:39:24.600 --> 0:39:26.719
<v Speaker 1>Are you and are you going to be supportive? Or

0:39:26.760 --> 0:39:29.759
<v Speaker 1>every time I have something great coming up, are you

0:39:29.840 --> 0:39:33.120
<v Speaker 1>going to find some way to argue or thinking about

0:39:33.160 --> 0:39:36.960
<v Speaker 1>you or like screw up my moment? Yes, it's like

0:39:37.000 --> 0:39:37.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't do that to you.

0:39:38.440 --> 0:39:40.680
<v Speaker 2>And then don't you like I see how you cheer

0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:42.919
<v Speaker 2>everybody on? Yeah, so I can imagine how you would

0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:43.239
<v Speaker 2>be be.

0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:48.120
<v Speaker 1>A man girl. Girl. You know, it's hard. It's hard,

0:39:48.239 --> 0:39:52.040
<v Speaker 1>especially finding someone who likes you for you and not

0:39:52.920 --> 0:39:56.520
<v Speaker 1>what you can the light that you can bring to them, right,

0:39:57.120 --> 0:39:59.680
<v Speaker 1>And it's hard then someone that you can take around

0:39:59.680 --> 0:40:02.200
<v Speaker 1>other people, well, who's comfortable in the room where it's

0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:04.200
<v Speaker 1>like you're not going to be a jerk to other people,

0:40:04.800 --> 0:40:06.719
<v Speaker 1>or you're not going to feel like you need me

0:40:06.760 --> 0:40:09.560
<v Speaker 1>to hold your hand through the crowd. Like no, I'm

0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:11.480
<v Speaker 1>not going to forget about you. But we both need

0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:15.040
<v Speaker 1>to be able to move. Yes, yes, or you it's

0:40:15.080 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 1>okay if you don't come, but you can not You

0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:20.440
<v Speaker 1>can't always not come because sometimes it's a moment where

0:40:20.480 --> 0:40:22.120
<v Speaker 1>I need you to be there. I need to be

0:40:22.160 --> 0:40:24.120
<v Speaker 1>able to look out and even if it's not, you know,

0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:25.560
<v Speaker 1>we ain't got to be up under each other. I

0:40:25.640 --> 0:40:31.879
<v Speaker 1>need I need that, I need that. Yeah. Yeah, I'm

0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:36.640
<v Speaker 1>like everywhere I go, but moments where it's like I

0:40:36.680 --> 0:40:39.200
<v Speaker 1>just need you. I've had the moments where it's like

0:40:39.280 --> 0:40:42.719
<v Speaker 1>you call someone they're your peace right, So are you

0:40:42.800 --> 0:40:45.719
<v Speaker 1>going to be my piece? Can this be mutual? Are

0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:48.879
<v Speaker 1>we able to grow together? Like, because it's a sad

0:40:48.920 --> 0:40:50.200
<v Speaker 1>thing when you got to stell on the person you

0:40:50.280 --> 0:40:53.880
<v Speaker 1>both be stun with. It's safe, it's so sad, So

0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:55.000
<v Speaker 1>we do this together.

0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:58.759
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that is so true that I pray that the

0:40:58.760 --> 0:41:01.120
<v Speaker 2>one you got your eye on it is all that

0:41:01.200 --> 0:41:04.359
<v Speaker 2>you deserve it seriously, because you deserve that the way

0:41:04.400 --> 0:41:08.040
<v Speaker 2>you support and like just love on everybody in your orbit.

0:41:08.680 --> 0:41:12.680
<v Speaker 1>You you deserve that back. I'm serious. Yeah, well I

0:41:12.719 --> 0:41:14.480
<v Speaker 1>better get it because I ain't. If I don't get

0:41:14.480 --> 0:41:19.640
<v Speaker 1>it one day, listen, I'd be so low. I'd be too.

0:41:20.160 --> 0:41:21.880
<v Speaker 2>That's why I was by myself all this time, because

0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:25.000
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I can't. Yeah, and so I think

0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:27.800
<v Speaker 2>now I'm set at a space where I can spot

0:41:27.840 --> 0:41:28.320
<v Speaker 2>the bullshit.

0:41:28.400 --> 0:41:32.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, you know what, that's not for you date.

0:41:32.520 --> 0:41:35.319
<v Speaker 1>You know, you have to, like because I used to be.

0:41:35.239 --> 0:41:37.520
<v Speaker 2>In the house all the time and my friends, like

0:41:37.600 --> 0:41:39.759
<v Speaker 2>christ you have to put yourself in the space of

0:41:40.120 --> 0:41:42.120
<v Speaker 2>to even attract the type of man that you want.

0:41:42.440 --> 0:41:43.080
<v Speaker 1>Where are you going?

0:41:43.120 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, nowhere, so he gonna be a door THATBD,

0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:47.919
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna come to your door. I don't even open

0:41:47.920 --> 0:41:49.880
<v Speaker 2>the door for the door that I tell them to

0:41:49.960 --> 0:41:51.520
<v Speaker 2>drop it off and go and I grab when they

0:41:51.560 --> 0:41:52.120
<v Speaker 2>out the door.

0:41:52.640 --> 0:41:53.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:41:53.200 --> 0:41:55.360
<v Speaker 2>So I was like, I don't know that, Like, you

0:41:55.440 --> 0:41:58.640
<v Speaker 2>gotta get out and be more approachable because like, I'm

0:41:58.640 --> 0:42:00.000
<v Speaker 2>a type of person I want to make eye cons

0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:02.920
<v Speaker 2>with people because you know, like I feel like every

0:42:02.960 --> 0:42:05.759
<v Speaker 2>time I go out it's like trying to just be

0:42:05.840 --> 0:42:07.399
<v Speaker 2>like yeah, you know, just so I.

0:42:07.320 --> 0:42:09.480
<v Speaker 1>Can just get to where I'm going, and then you

0:42:09.480 --> 0:42:12.359
<v Speaker 1>don't know who's single, who way, like I don't want

0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:13.160
<v Speaker 1>don't I don't want.

0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:14.880
<v Speaker 2>To, and then hear you before you know it, it's like,

0:42:14.960 --> 0:42:16.480
<v Speaker 2>oh you know she talking.

0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:20.399
<v Speaker 1>No, I'm not. No. We took a picture. That was it.

0:42:20.680 --> 0:42:25.000
<v Speaker 1>That's it. I don't even know that man last name. Literally,

0:42:25.080 --> 0:42:28.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't even know his real name Instagram name.

0:42:29.800 --> 0:42:33.200
<v Speaker 2>Like ye know, people will ship you with somebody real quick, no,

0:42:33.760 --> 0:42:36.080
<v Speaker 2>real quick, and I'm like, what they did that to

0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:37.040
<v Speaker 2>me recently with.

0:42:38.640 --> 0:42:39.520
<v Speaker 1>Someone that works in.

0:42:39.480 --> 0:42:41.600
<v Speaker 2>The industry as well that I'm really really good friends.

0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:43.640
<v Speaker 2>But we're going to work on a project next year together.

0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:46.799
<v Speaker 2>But like immediately we took a picture together and was like, oh,

0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:49.359
<v Speaker 2>that's her new bab. I'm like there is no way,

0:42:49.640 --> 0:42:52.480
<v Speaker 2>like what like where I get it from?

0:42:52.719 --> 0:42:54.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And like I didn't make a comment that I

0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:56.960
<v Speaker 1>take all my niggs at church, but like so now

0:42:56.960 --> 0:42:59.160
<v Speaker 1>you take every nig gotta take the church. It's like that,

0:42:59.360 --> 0:43:03.239
<v Speaker 1>like that's not anybody can get got, and I want

0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:04.040
<v Speaker 1>everybody to get them.

0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:05.759
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I know if I bring you here, it's

0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:09.719
<v Speaker 2>gonna help weed out everything because he's gonna starve that spirit. Yeah,

0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:12.239
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna come out, so you can't you can't play

0:43:12.280 --> 0:43:14.400
<v Speaker 2>with God. So eventually it's gonna come out. So I

0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:16.640
<v Speaker 2>have no problem with taking people there. But they were

0:43:16.640 --> 0:43:18.359
<v Speaker 2>trying to figure it out. Gir They was like, who

0:43:18.400 --> 0:43:21.279
<v Speaker 2>she brought? Oh, that's got to be him. So then

0:43:21.640 --> 0:43:24.799
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, what, Well, y'all have no idea. That is

0:43:24.840 --> 0:43:28.160
<v Speaker 2>not it.

0:43:25.400 --> 0:43:29.319
<v Speaker 1>But I love it. I love it.

0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:31.440
<v Speaker 2>You just talked about your gift back, but you also

0:43:31.520 --> 0:43:34.279
<v Speaker 2>have a foundation called dream above the influence?

0:43:34.760 --> 0:43:39.120
<v Speaker 1>What inspired that? You know? I really think mindset is everything.

0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:42.200
<v Speaker 1>And there's so many people that may grow up in poverty,

0:43:42.239 --> 0:43:47.520
<v Speaker 1>I grow up in a neighborhood or an environment that

0:43:47.800 --> 0:43:51.400
<v Speaker 1>is not conducive to what they want to dream, or

0:43:51.440 --> 0:43:55.719
<v Speaker 1>have influences that they're not even necessarily negative influences. Yeah

0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:58.279
<v Speaker 1>they could be around all athletes, but maybe they don't

0:43:58.280 --> 0:43:59.960
<v Speaker 1>want to be an athlete. They want to be an engineer,

0:44:00.719 --> 0:44:04.000
<v Speaker 1>you know. And I think it's important that people dream

0:44:04.040 --> 0:44:06.640
<v Speaker 1>above their influences to know what you want. You know

0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:09.359
<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying, you don't have to necessarily be and

0:44:09.400 --> 0:44:11.719
<v Speaker 1>it's not just dreams, but it's personal of who you

0:44:11.840 --> 0:44:14.600
<v Speaker 1>are as a person. But just what you have in

0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:18.560
<v Speaker 1>the mindset and the life and the future you want

0:44:18.600 --> 0:44:21.480
<v Speaker 1>for yourself, that it can be more than what your

0:44:21.480 --> 0:44:25.040
<v Speaker 1>influences are around you. And then I also thoroughly believe,

0:44:25.120 --> 0:44:29.080
<v Speaker 1>like I hate when people are like, oh, be around

0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:32.640
<v Speaker 1>like minded individuals, but maybe you don't like the way

0:44:32.640 --> 0:44:35.680
<v Speaker 1>that they treat others. Maybe they're not good people. Just

0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:37.600
<v Speaker 1>because we got to say, just because we both act,

0:44:38.320 --> 0:44:40.600
<v Speaker 1>don't mean we got to hang out, ma'am. Just because

0:44:40.600 --> 0:44:42.840
<v Speaker 1>we both hangings don't mean we got to be friends.

0:44:43.239 --> 0:44:46.520
<v Speaker 1>And it's like no, So I'm trying to more so

0:44:46.760 --> 0:44:50.319
<v Speaker 1>encourage people to dream about the influence. Don't feel you

0:44:50.520 --> 0:44:55.880
<v Speaker 1>got to be around like your twins, you know what

0:44:55.920 --> 0:44:58.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, Like they ain't the people who want and

0:44:58.120 --> 0:45:00.799
<v Speaker 1>aspire the same things. You don't have to be that circle. No,

0:45:01.000 --> 0:45:02.440
<v Speaker 1>me and my best friends, none of us do the

0:45:02.480 --> 0:45:06.719
<v Speaker 1>same thing. And it's not intentional and we're great friends,

0:45:07.200 --> 0:45:09.359
<v Speaker 1>but we all have our own mind. So it's really

0:45:09.400 --> 0:45:12.640
<v Speaker 1>to try to encourage individuality, yes, and know that you

0:45:12.680 --> 0:45:15.040
<v Speaker 1>can still be a part of a whole and be

0:45:15.080 --> 0:45:19.200
<v Speaker 1>an individual. I love it. I love it. Yes, it's

0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:22.359
<v Speaker 1>a little hot under these that can make yourself comes.

0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:25.239
<v Speaker 1>I didn't realize that the Snowfall letter in Christ this

0:45:25.320 --> 0:45:27.600
<v Speaker 1>is our She's a six rap gift and I just

0:45:27.680 --> 0:45:28.839
<v Speaker 1>love it. I love it.

0:45:28.880 --> 0:45:30.799
<v Speaker 2>That's fine, okay, So yes, So I want to know

0:45:30.840 --> 0:45:32.960
<v Speaker 2>all the things I heard that you partnered with the

0:45:33.040 --> 0:45:34.360
<v Speaker 2>Harris Waltz campaign.

0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:38.400
<v Speaker 1>What was that like? Oh, you know, being a black

0:45:38.400 --> 0:45:41.520
<v Speaker 1>woman seeing other things that VP Hairs is doing, just

0:45:41.560 --> 0:45:45.200
<v Speaker 1>to be able to aid in any of that, right, Like,

0:45:45.280 --> 0:45:48.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm a girl's girl, you are, so I'm all for

0:45:48.080 --> 0:45:51.359
<v Speaker 1>the support. And it was I got a shout out

0:45:51.360 --> 0:45:55.480
<v Speaker 1>to Congresswoman Nikima Williams because she is so like, come

0:45:55.520 --> 0:45:58.879
<v Speaker 1>on girl me and moved she aka yes, but that's

0:45:59.200 --> 0:46:02.239
<v Speaker 1>my sister for life. So she really kind of kicked

0:46:02.239 --> 0:46:04.840
<v Speaker 1>things off with making sure that I'm always involved and

0:46:04.880 --> 0:46:06.359
<v Speaker 1>if there's anything I ever want to be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of being able to have a seat at the table

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<v Speaker 1>that I went to Congressional Black Caucus in DC probably

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<v Speaker 1>about three or four years ago, first time ever, had

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of it at all. Yeah, it's a time

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<v Speaker 1>a time. Ever since then, I've just been like, what

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<v Speaker 1>can I do to help just people know about it

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<v Speaker 1>and be able to know about their reps and the

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<v Speaker 1>local level, and the laws and the states were said,

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<v Speaker 1>just all of these different things that we don't know.

0:46:34.680 --> 0:46:37.000
<v Speaker 1>They don't really teach us. Don't teach us about a

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<v Speaker 1>million presidents. That's dead. Hello, but you're not teaching us

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<v Speaker 1>about what's currently happening right now. True, you hide our

0:46:44.960 --> 0:46:48.920
<v Speaker 1>actual Black African American history and you fill us up

0:46:48.920 --> 0:46:53.560
<v Speaker 1>with social studies. That girl is not helping us be social.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not at all at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's so true. So no, it's nice to be

0:46:59.200 --> 0:47:03.719
<v Speaker 1>a part of real history. Yes, right, like this is

0:47:03.719 --> 0:47:06.360
<v Speaker 1>the history. This is us history that they're going to

0:47:06.400 --> 0:47:11.080
<v Speaker 1>teach about in classes. So I'm just very enthusiastic. But

0:47:11.680 --> 0:47:15.719
<v Speaker 1>everybody you vote, regis vote. I did. We did the

0:47:15.760 --> 0:47:18.680
<v Speaker 1>Pea Valley premiere season two. I did a premier party

0:47:18.800 --> 0:47:21.960
<v Speaker 1>year and I made it a whole weekend. We did

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<v Speaker 1>an adult phild day, we registered people to vote. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a whole thing. So this year, really getting people

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<v Speaker 1>out to the polls and even early voting, yes, early voter. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely voted because I cannot like I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people like my vote doesn't matter.

0:47:34.760 --> 0:47:37.319
<v Speaker 1>Yes it does, like it could have.

0:47:37.680 --> 0:47:41.680
<v Speaker 2>When you look at the first election with Hillary and

0:47:41.719 --> 0:47:47.719
<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump literally or president on b politic correct that guy.

0:47:47.880 --> 0:47:49.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the other president of other president.

0:47:51.040 --> 0:47:55.240
<v Speaker 2>It was small margins that he won by if people

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<v Speaker 2>had if those people who really wanted to vote for

0:47:57.760 --> 0:48:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Hillary Clinton had have really gotten up their helms or

0:48:00.840 --> 0:48:01.640
<v Speaker 2>just take the time.

0:48:01.719 --> 0:48:04.600
<v Speaker 1>It don't take that long. And then when voter suppression

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<v Speaker 1>and how crazy it is, you had to vote in person,

0:48:08.160 --> 0:48:13.400
<v Speaker 1>like you if absentee is your last resort, then okay, yeah,

0:48:13.520 --> 0:48:16.000
<v Speaker 1>but I said go early vote. I say in person

0:48:16.080 --> 0:48:20.879
<v Speaker 1>because they are really committing voter. It's just a lot

0:48:21.120 --> 0:48:22.400
<v Speaker 1>going on. Yeah.

0:48:22.520 --> 0:48:25.080
<v Speaker 2>I just saw they had something on CNN where they're

0:48:25.160 --> 0:48:29.800
<v Speaker 2>like some fraudulent stuff going on, and I was like, yeah, here.

0:48:29.680 --> 0:48:32.239
<v Speaker 1>We go again, Here we go again, Here we go again. Yeah.

0:48:32.280 --> 0:48:34.640
<v Speaker 2>But it's I try to tell people all the time

0:48:34.640 --> 0:48:37.560
<v Speaker 2>when I hear those conversations, like, man, it don't matter.

0:48:38.160 --> 0:48:40.400
<v Speaker 2>I haven't heard it so much this time around. I

0:48:40.440 --> 0:48:45.279
<v Speaker 2>think what happened eight years ago with the first that

0:48:45.280 --> 0:48:48.799
<v Speaker 2>that guy when he was there, it woke people up

0:48:49.080 --> 0:48:50.719
<v Speaker 2>because I even a lie to you. I went to

0:48:50.760 --> 0:48:52.600
<v Speaker 2>bed knowing I was gonna wake up to another Clinton

0:48:52.640 --> 0:48:53.320
<v Speaker 2>being in office.

0:48:53.840 --> 0:48:55.160
<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, yeah, we're good.

0:48:55.520 --> 0:48:57.440
<v Speaker 2>I woke up at like three in the mornings bathroom

0:48:57.440 --> 0:48:58.480
<v Speaker 2>and the CNN was still on.

0:48:58.640 --> 0:49:03.839
<v Speaker 1>I was like, wait a minute, I ain't nowhere. I

0:49:03.880 --> 0:49:06.440
<v Speaker 1>was like, ain't I literally I was saying. I was like,

0:49:06.520 --> 0:49:09.280
<v Speaker 1>this did not happen. It happened.

0:49:09.800 --> 0:49:12.520
<v Speaker 2>So, Gail, I know you you did a lot on

0:49:12.600 --> 0:49:15.000
<v Speaker 2>the front lines. It didn't turn out how we wanted.

0:49:15.520 --> 0:49:17.879
<v Speaker 2>You know, we had our host high and we got

0:49:17.880 --> 0:49:19.480
<v Speaker 2>out there, but you did so much to make sure

0:49:19.520 --> 0:49:20.719
<v Speaker 2>that people got registered.

0:49:21.360 --> 0:49:25.160
<v Speaker 1>How does that sit with you? You know, you do what

0:49:25.160 --> 0:49:28.480
<v Speaker 1>you can and you hope and pray for the best,

0:49:28.520 --> 0:49:33.080
<v Speaker 1>but you can't sit in Okay, we didn't win. So

0:49:33.160 --> 0:49:36.239
<v Speaker 1>now it's like, okay, this is the result. How do

0:49:36.320 --> 0:49:39.920
<v Speaker 1>we move forward and how do we not allow ourselves

0:49:39.920 --> 0:49:43.560
<v Speaker 1>to be buried in the result? Right? Yeah, So I

0:49:43.600 --> 0:49:47.000
<v Speaker 1>think it's more like, okay, next time, you know, you

0:49:47.040 --> 0:49:49.439
<v Speaker 1>got to do more. You know, you can only reach

0:49:49.520 --> 0:49:55.279
<v Speaker 1>those that you can reach. And know that I know

0:49:55.440 --> 0:49:58.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm not enough. It takes more than just me to change.

0:49:58.760 --> 0:50:01.480
<v Speaker 1>You know, we're trying to elect the president of the

0:50:01.600 --> 0:50:05.520
<v Speaker 1>United States. We were trying to literally do the impossible

0:50:05.560 --> 0:50:09.840
<v Speaker 1>and get a black woman, the first black woman president elected.

0:50:11.680 --> 0:50:17.360
<v Speaker 1>We fail but you know, we lost the battle. We

0:50:17.400 --> 0:50:19.200
<v Speaker 1>didn't lose the war. We did not lose a war.

0:50:19.280 --> 0:50:21.400
<v Speaker 1>So there'll be there'll be more just next time. I know,

0:50:21.440 --> 0:50:24.520
<v Speaker 1>I got to come bigger and harder, heavier, when more

0:50:24.560 --> 0:50:28.120
<v Speaker 1>people on the front line, and when when you know,

0:50:28.239 --> 0:50:30.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's not the end of the world. It's unfortunate,

0:50:31.480 --> 0:50:32.839
<v Speaker 1>but it's not the end of the world. And I

0:50:32.880 --> 0:50:35.920
<v Speaker 1>think right now the main thing is to encourage people

0:50:36.440 --> 0:50:39.439
<v Speaker 1>to do what's best for that mental, to encourage people

0:50:39.480 --> 0:50:40.920
<v Speaker 1>to not be out here in fear.

0:50:41.360 --> 0:50:43.640
<v Speaker 2>And know that's what I'm worried about, the fear, because yeah,

0:50:43.760 --> 0:50:47.120
<v Speaker 2>I remember January sixth, when he was in the office

0:50:47.160 --> 0:50:50.359
<v Speaker 2>before the fear that I felt watching that in real

0:50:50.480 --> 0:50:53.200
<v Speaker 2>time on seeing now, I was like, what is happening?

0:50:53.320 --> 0:50:54.359
<v Speaker 1>Is this where I live?

0:50:54.440 --> 0:50:56.600
<v Speaker 2>Is this my nation, the great nation of the United

0:50:56.640 --> 0:50:59.160
<v Speaker 2>States South America? Is this where I used to pledge

0:50:59.160 --> 0:51:01.640
<v Speaker 2>of allegiance as a child, Like we used to sit

0:51:01.680 --> 0:51:04.000
<v Speaker 2>there in class every morning and pledge leads to the flag.

0:51:04.320 --> 0:51:05.560
<v Speaker 2>Is this what I pledge to?

0:51:05.920 --> 0:51:06.200
<v Speaker 1>You know?

0:51:06.719 --> 0:51:13.600
<v Speaker 2>And I will say, like I fear what this will incite,

0:51:13.840 --> 0:51:16.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, And because I saw what happened then and

0:51:16.760 --> 0:51:19.080
<v Speaker 2>how they tried to downplay it, and I was like,

0:51:19.160 --> 0:51:22.399
<v Speaker 2>there's nothing to downplay, you know, So it's not so.

0:51:23.880 --> 0:51:26.239
<v Speaker 1>I think we have to get we have to familiarize

0:51:26.239 --> 0:51:30.120
<v Speaker 1>ourselves with laws and policies so we can know our

0:51:30.200 --> 0:51:36.440
<v Speaker 1>rights and protect ourselves. Because with Trump in office, you

0:51:36.719 --> 0:51:39.080
<v Speaker 1>never know, you don't know, so you just have to

0:51:39.160 --> 0:51:43.520
<v Speaker 1>prepare to You have to prepare yourself, you know, and

0:51:43.920 --> 0:51:46.440
<v Speaker 1>move forward and find your peace and your happiness. Like

0:51:47.080 --> 0:51:48.319
<v Speaker 1>it's not at the end of the world.

0:51:48.400 --> 0:51:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, for sure, it's.

0:51:49.960 --> 0:51:55.719
<v Speaker 1>Only four years. It's only four years. Four years we'll

0:51:55.760 --> 0:51:57.719
<v Speaker 1>be we'll be ready for the next election. And it's

0:51:57.760 --> 0:52:00.480
<v Speaker 1>like if we don't start preparing now, yes, right now,

0:52:00.520 --> 0:52:04.200
<v Speaker 1>so twenty twenty eight, Yeah, it'll end up in the

0:52:04.200 --> 0:52:06.560
<v Speaker 1>same predicaments. So how do we how do we avoid Yeah,

0:52:06.840 --> 0:52:08.200
<v Speaker 1>we gotta get our game playing together.

0:52:08.320 --> 0:52:14.000
<v Speaker 2>Yep, we are right, we will see because what we do,

0:52:14.400 --> 0:52:16.320
<v Speaker 2>we continue to rise above were black.

0:52:16.560 --> 0:52:21.000
<v Speaker 1>We now went through way worse, a terrible ass president. Yeah,

0:52:21.560 --> 0:52:23.920
<v Speaker 1>we don't have Trump, ain't nothing but one of them

0:52:24.000 --> 0:52:26.759
<v Speaker 1>same other motherfuckers out of the past forty some presidents

0:52:26.760 --> 0:52:35.319
<v Speaker 1>like right, yeah, yeah, yeah, he wanted it once. So yeah, we.

0:52:35.960 --> 0:52:41.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we are I appreciate your time, Thank you, thank you.

0:52:41.760 --> 0:52:45.440
<v Speaker 1>Yes, and we ken't be positive. We did always did.

0:52:45.440 --> 0:52:47.759
<v Speaker 1>That's easy. First schedule, we really do. No for when

0:52:47.760 --> 0:52:53.120
<v Speaker 1>it's genuine. Yeah, it ain't on you, friend, It's seen

0:52:53.200 --> 0:52:57.200
<v Speaker 1>you so much.

0:52:57.360 --> 0:53:00.000
<v Speaker 2>So seriously, I know you've had a long twenty one day.

0:53:00.320 --> 0:53:02.919
<v Speaker 2>This is twenty three now. Even when you wasn't working,

0:53:02.960 --> 0:53:04.759
<v Speaker 2>you were still like busy, so it's not you didn't

0:53:04.760 --> 0:53:07.520
<v Speaker 2>get your proper rest. So I just I really appreciate

0:53:07.560 --> 0:53:09.799
<v Speaker 2>you making the time. No, it means the world to me.

0:53:09.920 --> 0:53:14.960
<v Speaker 7>Seriously, Yeah, only hit my mic, but right right.

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<v Speaker 4>You're weome even then well the kids were doing Yeah,

0:53:20.640 --> 0:53:27.839
<v Speaker 4>it's like the peace and then oh yeah, I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys. Like always.

0:53:33.719 --> 0:53:37.160
<v Speaker 2>There's so much to unpack from my conversation with Gail.

0:53:37.600 --> 0:53:39.800
<v Speaker 2>One of the main things I pulled from this chat

0:53:40.000 --> 0:53:43.120
<v Speaker 2>was how to listen to God's voice. A lot of

0:53:43.120 --> 0:53:45.960
<v Speaker 2>times we question was that guy or is he hearing

0:53:46.000 --> 0:53:48.839
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying? But in this conversation, I know it's

0:53:49.000 --> 0:53:51.680
<v Speaker 2>your personal relationship with him and a lot of times

0:53:51.680 --> 0:53:54.280
<v Speaker 2>when you ask him something, he shows you the signs,

0:53:54.560 --> 0:53:56.040
<v Speaker 2>but are you really paying attention?

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

0:54:02.000 --> 0:54:04.360
<v Speaker 2>Shout out to Gail ban for coming through and sharing

0:54:04.400 --> 0:54:07.319
<v Speaker 2>her incredible story today. Be sure to follow me on

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0:54:10.760 --> 0:54:13.160
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0:54:23.520 --> 0:54:26.880
<v Speaker 2>time you know what to do. Keep it Positive, Sweetie.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll see you guys next time.