Speaker 1: My League Books has how the knowledge you want? Books
Speaker 1: has how the knowledge you need? My League Books. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they have all the books that the whole wild world
Speaker 1: want to read. Lead Books. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the
Speaker 1: Leak's Bookshelf, Bringing a world together with Books, Culture and Community,
Speaker 1: Episode seventeens. Welcome everybody. Were on episode seventeen, And what
Speaker 1: I'm featuring on this episode is a conversation I had
Speaker 1: with Cheney Say Say, who is the host of Malik's Books.
Speaker 1: Storytime Live, something we've been doing for the last year,
Speaker 1: came out during the pandemic. We do a I G Live.
Speaker 1: She reads books, two kids, and she's very committed. She
Speaker 1: has a master's and she loves children. And so I
Speaker 1: feature an interview because we came up on our one
Speaker 1: year anniversary since starting Storytime Live on Instagram and we
Speaker 1: just hosted an impersonal event at Malik Books for the
Speaker 1: first time we feature Storytime Live. We had some kids
Speaker 1: come out, we gave some free books. So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: interview chines as a about our one year anniversary of
Speaker 1: Storytime Live. Another segment of this episode as an interview
Speaker 1: I did with Abafisa Nika, who wrote a children book
Speaker 1: called Marcada. So I'm gonna interview her about Macada the
Speaker 1: Queen of Sheba, a beautiful, illustrated and inspirational children's book.
Speaker 1: And my book review for this episode is the one
Speaker 1: and only icon who conquered two industries, both hip hop
Speaker 1: and Hollywood. Will smith new book Will I've a Free Star? Anika,
Speaker 1: tell us more about what inspired you want to write
Speaker 1: this particular children's book about a heritage in the legend
Speaker 1: were not necessarily but this historical account of King Solomon
Speaker 1: and his wife, Queen and Shiba. Right, Well, that beautiful,
Speaker 1: beautiful picture on the front of that book, and it
Speaker 1: is beautiful and I can say that because I didn't
Speaker 1: do it, but my artist's friend drew that, right, But
Speaker 1: that is actually a portrait of my own daughter when
Speaker 1: she was at age. And her name is Kada. She's
Speaker 1: named after the Okay, okay, and dear personal to you.
Speaker 1: Yeah this book, Okay, So once you know, she was
Speaker 1: about I think seven or eight years old when he
Speaker 1: did that portrait of her. And when I looked at it,
Speaker 1: you know, I can tell you truthfully, I thought about,
Speaker 1: you know, writing story about her or whatever, but nothing
Speaker 1: was really formulated and one morning I woke up and
Speaker 1: I maybe about six o'clock in the morning, and somehow
Speaker 1: this story just came straight out of my head onto
Speaker 1: a piece of paper and were in It was written. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was written. I mean the framework was there. It's
Speaker 1: like that sometime to call him. You know, it pulls
Speaker 1: out like water. Yeah it did, it absolutely did. So
Speaker 1: that's the thing. But let me explain what it is.
Speaker 1: The Ethiopians referred to her as Macada. It's just a
Speaker 1: different pronunciation, okay, okay, as Marcada. We call her Macada,
Speaker 1: and sometimes you'll hear even Ethiopian saying Macada. How do
Speaker 1: you want readers to get from okay? I described I
Speaker 1: described what I do as a textbook. Okay. I want
Speaker 1: them to study it the way that they would study
Speaker 1: a textbook. Um, the thing is Miriam McKay. But told
Speaker 1: my daughter at one point, he's just getting an Oartica
Speaker 1: said study well, Africa needs you, okay, And so my
Speaker 1: thing is study well, the world needs you. You know. Okay.
Speaker 1: What I want children to get from it? First of all,
Speaker 1: I wanted them to see something that was absolutely beautiful
Speaker 1: and very well done and specifically made for them. Okay.
Speaker 1: So that's the first thing. The second thing is I
Speaker 1: wanted them to get information, you know, so they would
Speaker 1: understand who they are and to be appreciative of who
Speaker 1: they are, and hopefully they'll be motivated to expand from there,
Speaker 1: you know, um, so that they can come with some
Speaker 1: more information, you know, sure, dig deeper, find out more culture,
Speaker 1: more heritage. But absolutely absolutely. And the thing is, um,
Speaker 1: I'm actually in the process of writing the second book.
Speaker 1: And the second book, she's getting ready to queen, she's
Speaker 1: getting ready to meet up with Califia. And you know
Speaker 1: who Califia. I think I've heard something, but I'm not sure. Well,
Speaker 1: if you hear me say Califia, the first thing you
Speaker 1: don't think is California. That's who the state of California
Speaker 1: is named for. A black woman. That is a historical factor, sure,
Speaker 1: and that yeah. The only thing is she wasn't a
Speaker 1: real person. She was part of a novel, you know,
Speaker 1: and she's a fictitious thing. But she's still this wonderful
Speaker 1: queen that moved over this land called California. And she
Speaker 1: was a colleague, you know, colleague, a bagdad, right, but
Speaker 1: she was a female, So she was a Califia and
Speaker 1: she rules over California, and so she queen and she
Speaker 1: is getting ready to meet up with her next Okay,
Speaker 1: so this is like to his is arcle fiction characters
Speaker 1: then meeting um and creating a relationship. Okay, one one
Speaker 1: from you know, quote unquote, uh you know, uh, you
Speaker 1: know Africa. You know, it's Africa and the Middle That
Speaker 1: the Suez Canal doesn't change the fact that, um, that's
Speaker 1: the Middle East. It still was part of Africa, you know,
Speaker 1: and it was right. So we're talking Africa meets the
Speaker 1: Western world. Is that Ricky you going in you know, California? Okay, Okay,
Speaker 1: I like it. It's got a nice twist to it. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, you know. But what I say about
Speaker 1: my son though, was when I saw he was so beautiful,
Speaker 1: and I thought, if I don't teach him that he's
Speaker 1: beautiful and worthy, this culture is going to dum him.
Speaker 1: But two things can't occupy the same space at the
Speaker 1: same time. So you know, in this world, you know, um,
Speaker 1: lighter is considered fair and beautiful and dark. It is not.
Speaker 1: It is the opposite. And so yeah, we have to
Speaker 1: teach you as our responsibility to teach our coach and
Speaker 1: our history and to uplift our people in a way
Speaker 1: that inspires them to be great and in the prosper So,
Speaker 1: you know, books like yours it's very important and significant
Speaker 1: to reach children because you know, it matters how you
Speaker 1: think about yourself, how you view yourself, and how you
Speaker 1: think of yourself. And you can't walk this world and
Speaker 1: be successful if you don't love yourself and you don't
Speaker 1: be yourself. And so I definitely and you know, like
Speaker 1: books like yours because it's spiritual and and it's and
Speaker 1: it's you know, uplifting. So thank you for this opportunity
Speaker 1: to talk with you and get a few words. I
Speaker 1: just wanted to take this time and call you because
Speaker 1: you know, I've been blessed to me so many different
Speaker 1: authors like yourself, and I want to take time because
Speaker 1: my platform is Malik's Bookshelf, you know, bringing the world
Speaker 1: together with books, culture and community, and I like to
Speaker 1: always get a chance to talk to some of the
Speaker 1: authors and just talk about their books and so forth.
Speaker 1: So thanks for taking the time out ensuring the insights
Speaker 1: your timely book. Well, thank you so much for appreciating it.
Speaker 1: I really did try to make sure like I said
Speaker 1: that it was a very quality production. It is very colorful. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: illustrations are beautiful, the old illustrations. Oh yeah, and that
Speaker 1: guy HiT's my buddy, right he is now doing the illustration.
Speaker 1: His wife has just finished a book, but it's for adults.
Speaker 1: You know, he did the illustration. This guy is really
Speaker 1: something else. So now I'm getting ready. I'm down to
Speaker 1: my league. I'm gonna have to do a reorder of
Speaker 1: my Queen and Shiva book. I was hoping to get
Speaker 1: the other one completed, but now I'm kind of on
Speaker 1: a short schedule. I need to hurry up and get
Speaker 1: the second one done because I'm just about out of
Speaker 1: the first books. I think I'm down for about my
Speaker 1: last hundred books. You ain't. Yeah, kudos, congratulations, Yeah investment
Speaker 1: in the in the selling, and were thankful to be
Speaker 1: a part of that. So hey, thank you appreciate. My
Speaker 1: book review for this episode is a book that I
Speaker 1: knew I had to read the minute it came out.
Speaker 1: You know, I love reading books about success and people's
Speaker 1: journey and walk. It's inspiring and we might see all
Speaker 1: the glitter, all the fame, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: we don't know all the background and what they had
Speaker 1: to do to get to that top on that level
Speaker 1: of success. But I'll tell you this, this person um
Speaker 1: became a leading artist in rap. He became a leading
Speaker 1: Hollywood actor as well. That's a very difficult thing to do,
Speaker 1: to be a list in both arenas. You know, these
Speaker 1: are two different worlds. But this is a mega stars
Speaker 1: known all over the world for his achievements, people norm
Speaker 1: by his smile, by his statue as none other than
Speaker 1: Will Smith. New book Will Now. It was written with
Speaker 1: the help of Mark Manson, who wrote The Sublime Art
Speaker 1: Are Not Giving a f which is one of the
Speaker 1: best sellers at Moleak Books. It's a great book. It's
Speaker 1: inspirational book. We're back to will. Will Smith book is
Speaker 1: a memoir about his life and he opens up about
Speaker 1: many of his challenges for family in Hollywood and as
Speaker 1: a human being and all the some of the ins
Speaker 1: and outs that he had to deal with becoming this
Speaker 1: makeup star. You know, he's he came out of Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: started out as a rapper, became a sitcom success or
Speaker 1: fresh Prince of bel Air, and now he's a magna
Speaker 1: star in Hollywood, featured as so many different films in Hollywood.
Speaker 1: But his new book, Will, it's just an extension of himself.
Speaker 1: And what I like about that title Will is the
Speaker 1: fact that Will is a verse to teach you word.
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta have a will to do whatever
Speaker 1: it is that you want to do. You're not going
Speaker 1: to be successful in anything without a will. You gotta
Speaker 1: be determined to want to do something with the Your
Speaker 1: attitude matters, your determination matters, your view matters, your goals
Speaker 1: and objection matters. Well, that's your will, your will to
Speaker 1: bring into existence that with you desire. So that's a
Speaker 1: great title Will, because and it's just it's just the perfect,
Speaker 1: perfect word to describe the elevation of Will Smith from
Speaker 1: a kid for Philly to now a person has known
Speaker 1: and revered all over the world. Will Smith had to
Speaker 1: will himself into this reality that exists today, and the
Speaker 1: title of the book is perfect. I'd love this book,
Speaker 1: this memoir, simply because Will opens up and he shares
Speaker 1: the world some of the difficulties and challenges he had
Speaker 1: to go through being a megastar and how it impacted
Speaker 1: his family. You know, it's hard to as as a
Speaker 1: family member. Two get out of the shadow of such
Speaker 1: a huge mega star as Will Smith, and that comes
Speaker 1: with his own challenges. But this book opens up and
Speaker 1: talks about Hollywood, talks about his family, talks about his
Speaker 1: personal life. So Will Smith, pick up your copy because
Speaker 1: it's a great inspiring book about a mega star who
Speaker 1: has conquered two industries and has known all over the world.
Speaker 1: So pick up your copy a Will Smith's new book. Will.
Speaker 1: I have the pleasure of having Channing zas the host
Speaker 1: of story Time Live here at Malik Books, and we're
Speaker 1: on one year anniversary, and so I want to just
Speaker 1: talk to her for a few minutes about this exciting
Speaker 1: anniversary that we had this week, and just talk to
Speaker 1: us about this whole story Time Live and the year
Speaker 1: they went by, and your thoughts about Storytime Live. Well,
Speaker 1: thank you so much, Malik. Storytime Live, you know started
Speaker 1: during the pandemic. It was a great opportunity for myself
Speaker 1: and a great opportunity I feel for you for us
Speaker 1: to do a mash up. I would say, you know, kids,
Speaker 1: they couldn't go to the library, they couldn't come into
Speaker 1: the store, and you have so many beautiful books. How
Speaker 1: they even know that that they're on the shelves right,
Speaker 1: So it's like, let's go ahead, let's read to them
Speaker 1: once a week, Let's expose your store, Let's expose them
Speaker 1: to as many books as possible. And that's how it
Speaker 1: got started. Um, I'm a social worker by profession. I've
Speaker 1: been a preschool teacher before and I just had to
Speaker 1: transfer my skills and I enjoy it. I really enjoy
Speaker 1: reading the books, getting to know the authors, and every
Speaker 1: once in a while when a kid comes in, it's
Speaker 1: nice to meet them and their parents too, because books
Speaker 1: really do change the world. And I'm just I'm so
Speaker 1: thankful that it's been one year. I can't believe it.
Speaker 1: And I'm so excited for us going into year two,
Speaker 1: to have merchandise, to have a T shirt coming out,
Speaker 1: and just to see where else this could go. So
Speaker 1: I'm super excited. Yes, you have been a blessing. Your
Speaker 1: commitment is silid. We appreciate you in every way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: sometimes we don't say it enough, but I want to
Speaker 1: say it. On behalf of Malik Books and you are
Speaker 1: Team Malik Books absolutely, And you know this is why
Speaker 1: I want to take the time out and talk to
Speaker 1: you for my audience on release bookshelf about what we've
Speaker 1: been doing for the last year with story Timeline every
Speaker 1: Wednesday at SEMPM Civic Time on Instagram. We just did
Speaker 1: a live event here at Malik Books and it was
Speaker 1: just a joy to see you read in person to
Speaker 1: these children that came out today. We gave some free
Speaker 1: books out and it was just a blessing for us
Speaker 1: to do the event here today. I'm lead Books and
Speaker 1: you mentioned on some of the things to come anything
Speaker 1: additional you would like to mention this to come for
Speaker 1: from story Time Life you know, I'm thinking of some
Speaker 1: more ideas, you know, to kind of freshen up story Time,
Speaker 1: But right now I want to continue reading online once
Speaker 1: a week, like I said, the merchandise um, and let
Speaker 1: me see other people who can get involved. We are
Speaker 1: going to have some more authors um who will drop
Speaker 1: by just to say hi to the kids, so the
Speaker 1: kids and the parents can actually meet some of these
Speaker 1: people who are behind the words. So I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna be really good and we'll see where this goes
Speaker 1: within the next year. Hopefully really big things will happen.
Speaker 1: Kids are important and I think they are important to
Speaker 1: you because we wouldn't have been able to your commit
Speaker 1: meant and during this pandemic, and and and and making
Speaker 1: sure that we every week, every week be available for
Speaker 1: story timeline kids are important to you and tell us
Speaker 1: why why are kids important to me? While I was
Speaker 1: a teacher, UM, a preschool teacher for a number of years,
Speaker 1: but I just remember my mom reading to me. My
Speaker 1: mom and then my neighbor's grandma Leeu and Marguerite, they
Speaker 1: were retired librarians, so they would take the time and
Speaker 1: read to me. And then also Lois and Virgie, they
Speaker 1: were sisters, and they would any time they would see me,
Speaker 1: they would always give me a book, but they would
Speaker 1: make sure that it was um a storybook about someone
Speaker 1: who was African American, right, And at the time, those
Speaker 1: the African American story books were just kind of coming out,
Speaker 1: and they would always make sure that I had one
Speaker 1: in my hand. They would just give me a book,
Speaker 1: and I just I remember that, and that meant so
Speaker 1: much to me. And I was thinking, Wow, during the pandemic,
Speaker 1: I pet the kids and the parents are kind of
Speaker 1: burnt out. They've been at home. Let's provide a story
Speaker 1: time for them. Give the parents a little bit of
Speaker 1: a break, right, They get to be introduced to new books.
Speaker 1: They get to see a new face and hopefully I
Speaker 1: can build a relationship with them. And I truly do
Speaker 1: mean that. I do enjoy seeing everyone's smiling face online,
Speaker 1: the regulars and people who are new. I truly enjoy it.
Speaker 1: Kids are very important to me. Reading is important to me,
Speaker 1: and I'm just so thankful for the opportunity I just
Speaker 1: want to give them, I guess a little bit of
Speaker 1: what I grew up with. Absolutely, absolutely, and we got
Speaker 1: something in common as see now in the house. Yeah
Speaker 1: I have an undergrad but you got the masters. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I have my Masters in Social Work UM from USC
Speaker 1: class of concentration Work in Life. So um, we do
Speaker 1: non traditional social work. I am a social worker by profession,
Speaker 1: but I like to transfer my skills and other venues.
Speaker 1: That's kind of what I was trained to do. So
Speaker 1: you know what dis encompasses social work talking to kids,
Speaker 1: reading books, interacting with people, seeing how people feel, what
Speaker 1: kind of books they can connect with. So I really
Speaker 1: do enjoy it. And Malik, I'm thankful for the opportunity
Speaker 1: that you know, us teaming up together. You know, we
Speaker 1: didn't know each other, which is really crazy. We did
Speaker 1: not know each other. I had no idea that he
Speaker 1: went to sc The only thing that I saw is
Speaker 1: when I was at the mall looking for the Black
Speaker 1: Don't Crack Kiosk to get a sweatshirt shout out to
Speaker 1: Black Don't Crack, and someone said, oh, you might want
Speaker 1: to go upstairs and ask Malik. I didn't know who
Speaker 1: Malik was. I said, okay, and my friend and I
Speaker 1: just saw this bookstore with like just lined with black
Speaker 1: children's books and we were like, we had to go in.
Speaker 1: And that's how it all started. So thank you so
Speaker 1: much for the opportunity and for trusting me to do this.
Speaker 1: You and this April, I really appreciate it. I had
Speaker 1: one more question. You welcome, you are. One more question.
Speaker 1: I always take the time out the eggs people. Just
Speaker 1: one question, because you see what's on Malik's books wall
Speaker 1: to wall, shelf, the shelf. A lot of these books
Speaker 1: is in my home as well as here. But what's
Speaker 1: on your bookshelf? What's on my bookshelf? Okay, So I'm
Speaker 1: always talking about Jasmine Gileroy. I love Okay, Jasmine Gleroy,
Speaker 1: If you're listening, yes, I know that you will be
Speaker 1: at the Festival of Books at USC I hope to
Speaker 1: meet you. Um, I like Jasmine Gileroy. I also have
Speaker 1: Automic Habits. I've just I just started that book. What
Speaker 1: else I'm Nicole Len's book is very good. I recommend
Speaker 1: that for anyone who's a professional social worker. What else
Speaker 1: is on my bookshelf? I have like several books. Um, goodness, ah,
Speaker 1: you put me, you put me on the spot. Those
Speaker 1: are the ones I'm reading right now. Autommy Cabins and
Speaker 1: Jasmine Gleroy, She's She's always. And then I also, um,
Speaker 1: The Wedding Date I just finished, and I've actually now started. Yes,
Speaker 1: it's a whole universe, and now I'm starting on and um,
Speaker 1: I think it's the Wedding Party. And I also have
Speaker 1: her latest book that just dropped that's on my bookshelf
Speaker 1: as well. Okay, okay, what are some exciting books? Obviously
Speaker 1: you're going from self help all the way to novels
Speaker 1: and back to self help. Yes, absolutely, I have to
Speaker 1: balance it out because I'm a social worker, so you know,
Speaker 1: I can only take so much self help, and I
Speaker 1: need a little bit of you know, fantasy. I just
Speaker 1: need to escape. So I love my escapism. Well, thank you, Chinie.
Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate you, we love you, and we'll continue
Speaker 1: this another time. Thank you for joining me on Relief
Speaker 1: Book Show, bringing a world together with books, culture and community.
Speaker 1: You know, one of the questions that I get all
Speaker 1: the time when I'm interviewed is why did Malik get
Speaker 1: into the book business? What inspired you to get into
Speaker 1: book business? Wanted to me? The answer is simple. Books
Speaker 1: changed my life, and I want to use books to
Speaker 1: change other people lives and also to affect the community
Speaker 1: in a positive manner. I say, books not bullets, Books
Speaker 1: not bullets. There are a lot of things that I know,
Speaker 1: be personally, I could have done, but I chose something
Speaker 1: that meant something to me because it affected me in
Speaker 1: a positive way. And you know, one thing that I
Speaker 1: don't agree on is censorship. I just feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: the saving grace of America has always been the fact
Speaker 1: that the First Amendment, which is, you know, the Bill
Speaker 1: of Rights. And I think that many of the great
Speaker 1: changes that have come about as a result of having
Speaker 1: the Constitution and Bill of Rights allowed. Even though people
Speaker 1: who stood up there were activists and protesting and so forth,
Speaker 1: they were able to you know, speak their minds, speak
Speaker 1: their hearts, speak their voice simply because it doesn't mean
Speaker 1: they weren't gonna be persecuted. Didn't mean you weren't they're
Speaker 1: gonna be marked. That doesn't mean that people was not gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, feel a certain way, because it's always consequent,
Speaker 1: no matter what we do or what we say. But
Speaker 1: the reality is that if you believe in something hard
Speaker 1: enough and stand on it firm enough, it will bear fruit.
Speaker 1: And so people like Dr Martin Luther King and so
Speaker 1: many other activists and people who made a stand against
Speaker 1: injustice done so because the first AMMIC gave that opportunity,
Speaker 1: gave them the right to challenge the forces that wanted
Speaker 1: to silence what should be heard. And all I'm saying
Speaker 1: is this is why I'm opposed sense of it. Whether
Speaker 1: I like it or not, I could just change the channel,
Speaker 1: but to get offended, or should I say, to denounce
Speaker 1: some one for speaking their mind and persecute them for
Speaker 1: speaking their mind when all you have to do is
Speaker 1: turn the channel and walk away, you know. And I'm
Speaker 1: not saying that consequences don't come about, and I'm not
Speaker 1: saying that you know that that's the answer to cure
Speaker 1: all that everything, But the reality is that the free
Speaker 1: speech in America has been the saving grace of America,
Speaker 1: and it has allowed America to make changes for the
Speaker 1: better and an allowed America to evolve into a different
Speaker 1: country because of free speech. And when you sensor free
Speaker 1: speech and when your silence people because you don't like
Speaker 1: what they have to say, then it becomes, you know,
Speaker 1: a dictatorship in it becomes do as I say and
Speaker 1: it and it takes your freedom and it takes your
Speaker 1: liberty because there never would have been a Martin Luther King,
Speaker 1: there never would have been a Malca X, there never
Speaker 1: would have been a Muhammad Ali, there never would have
Speaker 1: been anyone who stood up against injustice if it wasn't
Speaker 1: for that First Amendment Bill of rights. Free speech. People
Speaker 1: are shocked all over this world and imprisoned all over
Speaker 1: why because they speaking out and protest against something they
Speaker 1: don't like. So when we get to the point if
Speaker 1: we change that in America, then we're going to hell
Speaker 1: in a rocket ship, because that's what allowed America to
Speaker 1: change and grow. We can't be like these other countries
Speaker 1: where you can't even speak out against something that you
Speaker 1: don't like, something that is an injustice because the minute
Speaker 1: you silence that you take the same and grace of
Speaker 1: America away in America has no way to grow and
Speaker 1: only a certain cabal of people didn't can dictate what
Speaker 1: should be heard and believed. Freedom is important and it
Speaker 1: is necessary for free speech to exist in order to
Speaker 1: have liberty and freedom. And that's what's on my mind hearts,
Speaker 1: because my mind and heart because I don't believe in
Speaker 1: said Malique. Books is a place where books have a
Speaker 1: many different view points. Books not bullets. Books not bullets.
Speaker 1: So that's all I have to say. Um, that's what
Speaker 1: was heavy on my mind because I just see a
Speaker 1: change shifting in America as it relates to free speech.
Speaker 1: And I think that, you know, we need to be
Speaker 1: very careful and tread lightly when we start eroding these
Speaker 1: values and principles. And look in the is a law.
Speaker 1: It ain't just a value of the principle. But free
Speaker 1: speech is a law. But when we start to reinterpret
Speaker 1: it to create silence of one's voice just because you
Speaker 1: don't like something. If you don't like it, turn the channel,
Speaker 1: but don't change the what has allowed voices to be amplified.
Speaker 1: And I'm concerned about the next Martin Luthery King the
Speaker 1: next Malca Mix voices, they can be heard and change
Speaker 1: can be emulated for the better or do you know
Speaker 1: come about as a result of people speaking out and
Speaker 1: speaking in mind and standing up. We gotta change, we
Speaker 1: gotta grow, and you can't do that if you're silence.
Speaker 1: If you're silence people speaking out against injustice, against what
Speaker 1: is wrong. You know, we need to fix this system
Speaker 1: that's been broken. So that's what's on my mind, that's
Speaker 1: what's on my heart, and I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Speaker 1: This was a bonus piece that I put together just
Speaker 1: before I was finishing my episode seventeen. The spirit just
Speaker 1: came upon me and I and I, you know, felt
Speaker 1: that I needed to say something that was on my mind.
Speaker 1: It was near and there and I was, you know,
Speaker 1: books not bullets. Thanks for listening to my Leak's Bookshelf
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