1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 2: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 3: Brother than sisters. What time is it? 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: It's nation times, It's station time for all of the 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: tribes from Boston to Birmingham, Mississippi to Minnesota, San Diego 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: to Seattle, m and Galveston to Gearrank. 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 4: What time is it? 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: Bout thirteen Black congressmen, one US centertown, eighty one black mayors, 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: six hundred and seventy seven black school board members, eight 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy three black elected officials in eleven southern 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: state two thousand black elected and appoint officials and legislatures 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: and government? 14 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 4: What time is it. 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 5: For seven million, five. 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: Hundred thousand registered Black voters? Six million unregistered Black voters? 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 4: What time is it. 18 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: For Black Democrats, Black Republicans, black cancers, black Muslims, black independence, 19 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: black neighborers, black businessmen, black professionalists, black mothers, on wales fans? 20 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 6: What time is it? 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 2: Black is outcoming? The nominator, Brother Malcolm next said, on 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 2: more occasions than one, we for our fans of house slaves, 23 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: field slaves, and yard slaves only when we recognize our coming. 24 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: The nominator or slavers and then our numerators been making 25 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: a difference because we come together and again to break 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: it up. I don't want to be the gray shadow 27 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: all the white elephant of one part of I don't 28 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: want to be a part of the gray shadow of 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 2: the white dunk. As I am twenty one, it is 30 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: seventy two. 31 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 5: I am a black man. 32 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 6: I want a black part of I. 33 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 2: Do not truck white Republicans, our white democrats, of the 34 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: ethnic groups, conservated tyla pic then of the steal of 35 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: political manipulation we've been being of buying more records than 36 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: books and dancing away our lives. We are not doing 37 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 2: to take over this nation's book own dope. We must 38 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: be sober. 39 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 6: We got to know what's going down. 40 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: Welcome home everyone. This is Angela Ryer, co host of 41 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: Native Lampid. That, of course, was Reverend Jesse Jackson Senior 42 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: in Gary, Indiana in nineteen seventy two. It is one 43 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: of my favorite speeches he's ever delivered, and he talks 44 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: about the importance of us coming together, that it's nation time, 45 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: and this morning, Tuesday, February seventeenth, Reverend Jackson departed this 46 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: life earthside and leaves us with a long legacy, a 47 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 1: long blueprint of what to do to ensure freedom, righteousness, 48 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: justice for our people. Reverend Jackson, in nineteen seventy two, 49 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: at the National Black Political Convention, helped to gather delegates, 50 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: thousands of delegates black folks from around the country to 51 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: tell us what we should do for ourselves at that 52 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: At that convention, they came up with a Black Agenda. 53 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: Many of those points still not fulfilled today. And Reverend 54 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: Jackson fought his entire life ensuring our access to the 55 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: dream that doctor King talked to about, the access to 56 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: the dream that doctor King talked about seeing from the mountaintop. 57 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: And Reverend Jackson was right there along Reverend doctor Martin 58 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: Luther King's side when he was assassinated outside of the 59 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, running Operation Bread Basket. Reverend 60 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: Jackson was the individual who often worked to ensure that 61 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: the businesses that took our dollar but did not respect 62 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: our person were held to account. One of my favorite 63 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: stories about Reverend Jackson is one actually where he wasn't 64 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: physically present, but my dad was. My dad worked on 65 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: his nineteen eighty four and nineteen eighty eight campaigns. We'll 66 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: see some coverage from there as well. But during those 67 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: campaigns and beyond those campaigns, Reverend Jackson, of course, was 68 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: still fighting to ensure our economic access. 69 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 6: And one of my earliest memories. 70 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: Outside of South African apartheid, the battle to ensure that 71 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: that would no longer be the law of the land 72 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: in South Africa, is something with Nike. My dad right 73 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: on the other side of Bob Johnson's basketball camp here 74 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: in Seattle, Washington. My mom had just got me the 75 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: brand new Jays and school was getting ready to start 76 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: and I couldn't wait to wear them off the basketball 77 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: court and into the classroom. And my dad said, well, 78 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: there's a Nike boycott going on, so you can't wear 79 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: your Nikes. 80 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 6: And I was like, well, you didn't give me no 81 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 6: new shoes. These are this is what I was gonna wear. 82 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: And he was like, well, you can wear them, but 83 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: what you have to do what I'm gonna do to 84 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: my Nikes, And what he said was I had to 85 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: put black duck tape across the Nike logo because they 86 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: couldnot be seen. Now, for those of you who grew 87 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: up in Seattle, Washington, or you grew up around a Payless, 88 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: there was some called pro wings, and what you didn't 89 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: want to be caught in was a pro wing. 90 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 6: So everybody thought I had on fake Ja's because I 91 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 6: had on. 92 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: Black Nike duck tape, black duck tape across the Nike logo. 93 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: But because of that black duck tape, and because of 94 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: the protest to ensure that we were treated fairly given 95 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: how much money we spent with Nike, there were more 96 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: black execs on the other side of that protest, on 97 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: the other side of that economic withdrawal. 98 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 6: And that is the work of Reverend Jackson. Whether you're 99 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 6: talking about the tech. 100 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: Industry, the automotive industry, the financial services industry. 101 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 6: We can go on and on. 102 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: Reverend Jackson regularly stood up to ensure our access. I 103 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: want to play you a clip from his closing speech 104 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: at the Democratic National Convention in nineteen eighty four, when, 105 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: of course Reverend Jackson was running for president the first time. 106 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: It's not lost upon me, certainly not in this Black 107 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: History Month, but I want to remind those who may 108 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: not know, there would never have been a President Barack 109 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Obama without the candidate Jesse Jackson Senior. 110 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 6: Let's roll this clip. 111 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 3: President ray Jen says a nation is in recovery. Those 112 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 3: ninety thousand corporations that made the profit last year but 113 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 3: paid no federal taxes are recovering. The federal seventh military 114 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: contractors for benefited from Reagans more than doubling the military 115 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: budget in peacetime. 116 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 4: Sure that they are recovering. 117 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 3: The big corporations and rich individuals who receive the book 118 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: of the three year mother begging tax cuts for mister 119 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: Reagan are recovering, But no such recovery is on the 120 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 3: way for the least of these rising tides don't lift 121 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 3: all boats, particularly those stuck at the bottom. For the 122 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 3: boats stuck at the bottom. As a misery index, this 123 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 3: administration has made life more miserable for the poor. Its 124 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 3: attitude has been contemptuous. Its policies and programs have been 125 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 3: cruel and unfair the working people. They must be held 126 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 3: accountable in November for increasing infant mortality among the poor. 127 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 3: In the chart, one of the great cities of the 128 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: Western world, babies are dying at the same rate as Honduras, 129 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 3: the most undeveloped nation in our hemisphere. This administration must 130 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 3: be held accountable for policies that look contribute to growing 131 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: poverty in America. They are now plenty four million people 132 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 3: in poverty, fifteen percent of our nation, twenty three million 133 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: of white, eleven million Black, Hispanic Asian and others, mostly 134 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 3: women and children. 135 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 4: By the end of this year, that will. 136 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 3: Be forty one million people in poverty. We cannot stand 137 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 3: ile by. We must fight for change. 138 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 4: Now. 139 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: I want to flag for you all that it's so 140 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: important that we take this time to review our history, 141 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 1: that we understand and study our history, not just in 142 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: this Black History Month, but in every single month, every 143 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: single day of the year. Reverend Jackson is so clear 144 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: about what he fought for, despite what Donald Trump wants 145 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: to put on true social today. This is a man 146 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: who stood for HBCUs, who stood for voting rights, who 147 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: stood against apartheid, who stood against fascist regimes, who actually 148 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: went to negotiate for hostages in so many situations. He 149 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: stood for peace, he stood for righteousness, and he certainly 150 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: stood for truth. And that is a legacy that is 151 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 1: worth preserving. I did mention earlier that it is so 152 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: important to focus on also the economic empowerment aspects of 153 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: Reverend Jackson's legacy and today joining me as a special 154 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: guest of this show as a gentleman by the name 155 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: of Will Street. He's a former NFL player, he's a 156 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: business owner, and I would argue, given the intersection of 157 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: both tech and the automotive industry and the work that 158 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: he's doing now, we can think Reverend Jackson for his 159 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: success along with so many others who have been able 160 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: to thrive in these industries. But I think it's so 161 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: important as we figure out how we navigate with the 162 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: new normal, that we understand and have examples of present 163 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: day black history makers and what they're doing to make 164 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: a difference. 165 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 6: So welcome to the show, Will Street, Thank you. 166 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 4: Will Sweeter is in the building. Thanks you. 167 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 6: Oh lord, I said Street three times. I'm so sorry. 168 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because y'all be driving down the street. Sorry well, 169 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: and it is say that I just can't read today, 170 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: So I'm. 171 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 4: No worries, no worries. 172 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 5: Definitely wanted to thank you guys for allowing me to 173 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 5: join you guys today on your amazing show, and definitely 174 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 5: want to send all the prayers to the family of 175 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 5: Jesse Jackson. 176 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 6: Yes, thank you so much for doing that. 177 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: Mister sweet I'm grateful for you being here and I 178 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: would love for you to talk a little bit about 179 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: your story. So you played in the NFL. Talk about 180 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: the transition from the NFL to ride share and what 181 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:57,719 Speaker 1: that was like. 182 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 6: How did you even get into that big you. 183 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 5: Know, you know, first and foremost this thanking God to 184 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 5: allow me to be here, and every step of the 185 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 5: way would not be here without him. But you know, 186 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 5: got a chance to play at the collegiate level of 187 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 5: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, go Tar Hills, and 188 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 5: I chose No Carolina because I wanted to be more 189 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 5: than just an athlete. I wanted to be the best 190 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 5: in any and everything that I did. Be the best student, 191 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 5: be the best athlete, be the best son, be the 192 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 5: best everything right, just naturally competing and that allowed me 193 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 5: to earn an opportunity to play at the next level. 194 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 5: I went out there to Arizona play with the Cardinals, 195 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 5: which had the number one overall pick in twenty nineteen. 196 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 4: Following. 197 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: One year prior to Mitchell Trubisky being the number one 198 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 5: overall quarterback coming out of North Carolina NFL's draft, so they. 199 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 4: Were both lucky to well. 200 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 5: I I was lucky to play with both of those 201 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 5: number one picks, but they were also lucky to have 202 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 5: the best the best blocking form. And after transitioning out 203 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 5: of Arizona, went down to or up to San Francisco 204 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 5: forty nine ers in twenty twenty when during the pandemic, 205 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 5: I know, it's been some time since the pandemic, and 206 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,359 Speaker 5: the following year went down to Dallas pluup the Cowboys 207 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 5: and finished my career in Atlanta. 208 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: And you from there, you turned something that most people 209 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: would say as a setback or a great cloud into 210 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: quite the silver lining. Talk about, you know, leaving the 211 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: NFL and moving over to you know, playing one single seed. 212 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: Sometimes they say faith, it just takes one little mustard seed. 213 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 6: So there's one scene a little mustard seed. 214 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I truly have to give all honor to God. 215 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 4: You know. 216 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 5: I think anytime you want to be successful, you have 217 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 5: to first identify what that is, right. 218 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,239 Speaker 4: Success looks different. 219 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 5: From me or you or anyone else that's listening, right, 220 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,599 Speaker 5: So you have to first to find what success is 221 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 5: and reverse engineer to how you're going to get to 222 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 5: that game plan. For me the NFL from growing up 223 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 5: as a little kid to even as an adult, my 224 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 5: parents my family always taught me NFL is not for long, right. 225 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 5: So you want to get your opportunity, to make the 226 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 5: most of your opportunity, but as you are reaping the benefits. 227 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 4: Of those rewards, you have to have a vision for 228 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 4: what you want to do next. Right. For me, football was. 229 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 5: I was passionate about football, but it wasn't my purpose, right, 230 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 5: and being able to use my platform at that particular 231 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 5: time and those resources to invest into the vision that 232 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 5: I always had was to help people. 233 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: Right. 234 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 5: I have two primary businesses. My first business is Transition 235 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 5: to Housing, so we provide housing for people coming back 236 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 5: home from prison. Right been very successful in the Jacksonville, 237 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,479 Speaker 5: Florida area. We're in partnership with a lot of nonprofit 238 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 5: and for profit organizations to help prevent people from going 239 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 5: into prison and also helping them transition out of prison. 240 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 5: And my second business, I'm in a rochesterair space right. 241 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 5: For those that may have heard of Uber Live things 242 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 5: of that sort, they're both my clients. We provide solutions 243 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 5: for their drivers that may or may not have the 244 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 5: financial health to purchase their own vehicle. 245 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 4: So we meet people from all walks of life. 246 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 5: That have families, that have husbands, wives, parents that they're 247 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 5: trying to take care of, and we brisk the gap 248 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 5: to purchase the vehicles for that individual so that they 249 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 5: can earn and make income every single day on Uber, Lift, gubb, 250 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 5: door Dash, you name anything in the Rochester space where 251 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 5: you're clicking a button ordering something, that somebody delivering something 252 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 5: to you, even you. 253 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 4: Those are the types of demographics that we're helped with now. 254 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: So what made you decide when you're like, Okay, the 255 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: NFL is done, I'm gonna buy this first Tesla? 256 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 6: What made you decide to take that camp So. 257 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 5: It's funny you asked that because I actually was explaining 258 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 5: as previously is that I already had a Tesla personally, 259 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 5: right and at the time I was with the Atlanta Falcons. 260 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 5: I'm living in Buckhead and for those that know anything 261 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 5: about Atlanta, you really don't need a car in that 262 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 5: particular area of town. So my first personal call, my 263 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 5: note was like six hundred and fifty dollars a month. 264 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 5: And at the time, there was an app called Turo 265 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 5: that was really popular. It's basically a rod share platform 266 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 5: you can similar to Airbnb, where you can have a 267 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 5: unique experience when you're not in your personal home right. 268 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 4: But this is strictly for rods share for cars. 269 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 5: And I put my car on the platform and three 270 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 5: days later I made five hundred dollars And only thing 271 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 5: I did was I just gave a stranger the keys 272 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 5: to my car. And for me, it was just like 273 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 5: my car note is only six fifty. I just made 274 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 5: five hundred dollars in three days. I just retired from 275 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 5: the National Football League with the Falcons, and I had 276 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: a lot of time on my hand, and I easily 277 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 5: made more than half of my car payment in seventy 278 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 5: two hours. I'm like, you know what, I'm gonna take 279 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 5: this a little bit more serious. And from dealing with 280 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 5: the headaches of actually renting the cars out to the renters, 281 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: from damages from leaving the car junkie, and just a 282 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 5: lot of different negative experiences with dealing with the actual renter, 283 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 5: I had to pivot my business to how can I 284 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 5: find a safe, sustainable, long term driver that's one of 285 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 5: you use this vehicle for business, and it's going to 286 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 5: take pride in making sure this car is always clean. 287 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 5: They're gonna treat this car as if it's their own 288 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,239 Speaker 5: and the answer for me was partnering with Uber. Right, 289 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 5: and now I have a program where I teach people 290 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 5: every single day who want to get started, wherever they 291 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 5: are in the country, wherever they are in the world, 292 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 5: and I teach them how to get started, to partner 293 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 5: with Uber and to become a supplier of Uber through 294 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,959 Speaker 5: our vip coaching program. 295 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: Okay, so you got to give some tips because maybe 296 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: somebody would want to join. But I think what's so 297 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: fascinating about this is I don't know that a lot 298 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: of people would make the leap from Okay, I rented 299 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: my car out on Touro to now how can I 300 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: develop like a fleet of vehicles and a partnership with 301 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: other ride sharing spaces? So what was your major in school? 302 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: Were you always interested in business in some way? 303 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 4: Like what? 304 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 6: Because that's not how my mind works. 305 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: My mind would work like, oh I made this extra 306 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars, now I'm gonna go buy. 307 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 6: Some ship, which is it's so sad, but it's the truth. 308 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: It's like I wish that I had the business brain 309 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: and be like, Okay, this is a short term situation. 310 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 6: You can grow more. 311 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 1: I'm like immediately going to like how could I spend this, Oh, 312 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take my parents to dinner or like, it's 313 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: not always about me, but I'm going to find a 314 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: way to spend. 315 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 6: Whatever I just there you go. No, that's not there, 316 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 6: you go. That's what I need to fix it. 317 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: So I want to help the people who are thinking 318 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: like me at home to get out of that. 319 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 4: Well. 320 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 5: You know, for me, right, it's all about balance, and 321 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 5: I was always raised to have my assets cover my liabilities. 322 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 4: Let me explain. 323 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 5: If I want to take my parents and treat them 324 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 5: for a nice dinner, and let's say it costs five 325 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 5: hundred dollars, right, I'm going to figure out a way 326 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 5: for this little bit of money that I have. What 327 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 5: can I invest in or build that will constantly regenerate, 328 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 5: regurgitate five hundred a thousand, fit whatever it is, so 329 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 5: that I'm never spending my earn money. I'm only spending 330 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 5: my invested money, right, because that is truly the gift 331 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 5: that keeps on giving. Right, And I think a lot 332 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 5: of times, especially maybe it comes from trauma, to be 333 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 5: honest with you, from just hearing about all of the 334 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 5: statistics from NFL players, from millionaires to bankrupt right, we're 335 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 5: here all the time. I mean, the life span of 336 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 5: a NFL career is only three and a half years, right, 337 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 5: three if you're lucky. And for me, I think it 338 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 5: just kind of stemmed from hearing that not for long, NFL, 339 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 5: not for long to finally get an opportunity where, you know, 340 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 5: this is my moment where I have the perfect opportunity 341 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 5: to make smart decisions. I decided to read a book 342 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 5: called Rich Da Poor Dad, and it really changed my 343 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 5: perspective on everything. And for those that may have not 344 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,479 Speaker 5: heard of the book, it challenges your thinking of instead 345 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 5: of using your time to make money, how can you 346 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 5: leverage your assets to make money? 347 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 4: Right? 348 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 5: But outside of the assets, how can you create enough 349 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 5: value for other people other than yourself? 350 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 4: Right? 351 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 5: And whatever that answer is, whether it may be being 352 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 5: a good mechanic, maybe it may be being good with kids, 353 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 5: maybe you can open up your own dia, whatever it is, 354 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 5: whatever value or solution of the problems you can solve 355 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 5: for other people. Right, you attach your price associated with 356 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 5: and if you become really, really, really good, you never 357 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 5: have to worry about money ever. 358 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 4: Again. 359 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, that is I have that book too. 360 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: I started looking around, like I have that book did 361 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: I read it the whole thing? I don't think I did. 362 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: So I was looking around on my shelf, like where 363 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: is the book? Maybe I need to break it back down. 364 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: But I wonder for the folks who are not you know, 365 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: yet in your program, who may be skeptical of especially 366 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: if you think now about right sharing platforms, it seems 367 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: like they're oversaturated. Is this still a lane that you 368 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: recommend people try to get into? Is it oversaturated? Is 369 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: that a figment of our imagination? Is it just oversaturated 370 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: in certain markets? 371 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 4: It is not oversaturated. I want you to imagine the 372 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 4: same way that you would look for in Airbnb. Right. 373 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 4: I believe you're based. 374 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 6: In Seattle, Seattle. 375 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 4: Right. So let's say I'm I'm from Jacksonville, Florida. Right. 376 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 4: But if I was to travel to Seattle today, right, 377 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 4: I'm going to search on Airbnb for apartments, homes, or 378 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 4: places to stay on in Seattle. Right. Notice what I said. 379 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 5: There's tons of hotels, there's tons of different other private 380 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 5: rental companies in Seattle, but I trust Airbnb. Right now, 381 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 5: let's look at how Airbnb works. Airbnb is the largest 382 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 5: hotel franchise in the world, and they own zero property right. 383 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 5: So people trust the platform, right. And because people trust 384 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 5: the platform, they promote the investors' properties. 385 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 6: Right. 386 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 4: So if you if you wanted to. 387 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 5: How to rent a property and listen to Airbnb, you 388 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 5: will have to buy the property and Airbnb is going 389 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 5: to promote it within their large network. 390 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 6: Right. 391 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 4: Same thing works exactly like Uber. Right. 392 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 5: So if I'm traveling to let's use Seattle. Again, I 393 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 5: don't know other than you. I don't know anybody in Seattle, right, 394 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 5: but you're busy, you're doing your show. So when i 395 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 5: land to the airport, the first thing I'm going to 396 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 5: do is I'm going to call an Uber from the 397 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 5: airport to my hotel or to my destination. 398 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 4: Right. 399 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 5: They're going to connect me with essentially a stranger that 400 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 5: I never met before. But I trust that Uber is 401 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: going to screen this driver. I trust that Uber is 402 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 5: going to connect me and get me to my destination safely. 403 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 2: Right. 404 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 4: And the same process works where. 405 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 5: Uber doesn't actually own the car, they just own the platform, 406 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 5: and Airbnb Uber they take a percentage of each transaction. 407 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 5: This is how these billion dollar companies can scale at 408 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 5: ease without actually owning the asset. 409 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: When you think about what like some folks may say, okay, 410 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: well this works for you and you have these partnerships 411 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: and their clients of yours. But you're a former NFL 412 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: player and you have greater access than Joe Blow or, 413 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: as they said in the especially in the twenty eight 414 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: and twenty twelve elections, Joe the Plumber, Like, can Joe 415 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: the Plumber have that same access? 416 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: Like? 417 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: What makes this an accessible business model for you know, 418 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: an every day person? 419 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,199 Speaker 4: Absolutely so to your example, we work with. 420 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 5: Joe the Plumber type of clients all day, every day, 421 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 5: and inside of our VIP culting program. You don't need 422 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 5: any experience, you don't need a car, and we help 423 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 5: you leverage your current financial situation based on your cash 424 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 5: or your credit. If you've got good credit back credit, 425 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 5: it doesn't matter. 426 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 4: Right. 427 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 5: We implement a strategy that we call leverage right, and 428 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 5: we're leveraging our clients financial situation to qualify to the 429 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 5: banks or lenders to get them approved for X amount 430 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 5: of cars to replace the monthly living expenses. For example, 431 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 5: if Joe the Plumber lives in Texas and his current 432 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 5: expenses are five thousand dollars a month. Right, our guarantee 433 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 5: in our program is to help Joe the plumber in 434 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 5: Texas replace his five thousand dollars a month living expenses 435 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 5: through having at least two cars. 436 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 4: Okay, you can expect each car. 437 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 5: To generate you anywhere between twenty five hundred to three 438 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 5: thousand dollars a month simply because the national average they 439 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 5: are charging close to one hundred dollars a day. If 440 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 5: you look at Hurts Avers and Enterprise anywhere in this country. 441 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 5: Even if you see a car for seventy nine ninety 442 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 5: nine after taxes, fees, any other miscellaneous feed, you may 443 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 5: not be at one hundred, but you get real close 444 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 5: to one hundred dollar mark. So we for just generalization, 445 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 5: we use one hundred dollars a day mark. And what 446 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 5: we teach in our program is how can we solve 447 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 5: our uber drivers problems right and attach it inside of 448 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 5: an all inclusive offer. Let me explain what types of 449 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 5: problems does the uber driver face. Well, the first thing 450 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 5: is they have to worry about milage, right, if they're 451 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 5: renting a car or if it's their own car. They 452 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 5: have to worry about knowledge. Right, they don't want to 453 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 5: put too much wear and tear, So we provide an 454 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 5: unlimited milage all inclusive experience that they don't have to 455 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 5: worry about. We also provide free unlimited car washes, right, 456 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 5: that's something that the competition is not doing, okay. And 457 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 5: we also provide unlimited vehicle slots. What that means is 458 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 5: anything on Joe the Plumber's lot they have access to. Right, 459 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 5: whether it's the blue Tesla, black Tesla, red Chevy, gray shirt, 460 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 5: it doesn't matter. 461 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 4: You create an all inclusive environment. 462 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 5: And the last two things that we teach people in 463 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 5: our program is to provide twenty four seven road side 464 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 5: support and also twenty four to seven concierge. Try to 465 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 5: call hurts avers at three and themore and see they as. 466 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 6: They say they got it, but they ain't got it. 467 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 6: They ain't got it. They they don't have it. 468 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: So let me ask you this because this is also 469 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: we do a lot of more politics than culture on 470 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: this show. We've talked about Tesla a few times and 471 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: things have changed since when you first started doing this 472 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: yourself and probably driving your own Tesla. 473 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 6: Do you are you experiencing any blowback from. 474 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: Like having this kind of deal or this partnership with Tesla, 475 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: Given who the face of the company is now, Eli mush. 476 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 5: Sure I will say from the perspective of providing the 477 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 5: solutions to the people that actually need the ubers. 478 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 4: For the record, I. 479 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 5: Have more vehicles outside of just Tesla. But back to 480 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 5: your original question, for those that have just landed at 481 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 5: atl Airport or what's the abbreviation for Seattle's airport c 482 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 5: A s c A. Right, for those who just landed SAA, 483 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 5: they've been traveling all day the time, they're hungry, you know, 484 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 5: they may have you know, not gotten enough sleep to night, 485 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 5: but whatever it is, right, our job is to make 486 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 5: sure that that family, that that individual gets from SCA, 487 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 5: from ATL, from m I wherever it is to their 488 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 5: destination safety. 489 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 4: Right. 490 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: So there is a section on the uber categories that 491 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 5: you can select which types of cars you do prefer 492 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 5: to be picked up in. For example, if you only 493 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 5: want to be driven around in an uber black type 494 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 5: of vehicle, which is like a premium Tahoe or Escalate 495 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 5: all black, it's going to cost you a little bit more. 496 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 5: But if that's what you prefer, I just want. 497 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: You to know Seattle cheats the airport that you can 498 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: get a black car and they send you a gray 499 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: SUV And I'm like, this is not a black car, 500 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: like by any of all intensive purposes, not a black car. 501 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: But I'm asking more like less about Uber as a 502 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: platform because we could all cancel, Like, Okay, Testa's coming, 503 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: I'm not getting this car. 504 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 6: I'll get a new ride. 505 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: But for you, you're a black man in America with 506 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: Tesla's in your fleet, is there has there been any issue? 507 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 6: Has has there been for you? A second guessing like, Ah, 508 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 6: should I keep these? 509 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: Do I need to get? 510 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 6: What are the other ones? Rivian? What are they called? 511 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 4: Do I need to get? So let's talk about it, right. 512 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 5: The answer is though I haven't received any backlash to 513 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 5: the extent that because I am a black man and 514 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 5: because of who the faces of that particular company, I 515 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 5: haven't experienced any downside of that. However, I would like 516 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 5: to mention and also promote for our young and upcoming 517 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 5: black entrepreneurs. Right, we need more ownership in this country. 518 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 5: We need more ownership in our mentalities. We need more 519 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 5: creativity in our mentalities when it comes to provided solutions 520 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 5: for others, right, particularly the car industry. Right to my knowledge, 521 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 5: and I could be wrong, but I don't know of 522 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 5: a black owned car manufacturing company that is heavily promoted 523 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 5: or heavily distributed, particularly in the United States, I personally 524 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 5: don't maybe there is, if there, If there is, I 525 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 5: would love to sit down and have a conversation to 526 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 5: where we can have some black owned car manufacturer vehicles 527 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 5: in our fleet. I would love to do that, but 528 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 5: the reality is, and today's climbing tween twenty six to 529 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 5: your point, right, we need more ownership in our own 530 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 5: communities and definitely would love, would prefer actually to have 531 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 5: a fleet of all black owned vehicles. But I can't 532 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 5: do that because it doesn't exist. And if it doesn't exist, 533 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 5: I'm not aware of it, right, So forgive me for 534 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 5: my ignorance. If it is, I'm using this as an opportunity, please, 535 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 5: let's reach out, let's connect. I would trade in all 536 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 5: of my vehicles, just have and promote our black phone brand. 537 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: But you might have to do this business that might 538 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: have to be that might have to be your next 539 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: your next iteration, because I don't know of one either. 540 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: And even you know, when I was talking about Reverend 541 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: Jackson earlier in the show, all the stuff that he 542 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: did with the automotive industry was just designed to ensure 543 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: that black folks could own the dealership of a car, 544 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: the car manufacturer, like we have people owning Chevy dealerships 545 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: and christ Or dealerships, and you know, it was just 546 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: to own the dealerships. 547 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:29,959 Speaker 6: That was his way for parody for us. 548 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: It wasn't to become the actual car manufacturer and to 549 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: be execs in the existing car manufacturers. 550 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 6: To your point, So, I don't know, I think this 551 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 6: is very fascinating. 552 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: I want to try to get into program, see if 553 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: I can hang and get some of my basic living 554 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: expenses covered from doing this. 555 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 6: Not is that how you pronounce it? Okay, Rivian and 556 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 6: will sweet okay. 557 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: So for people who are interested in doing this, in 558 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: going through your program and pursuing this in other ways, 559 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: this is a new year, it's a new climate, and 560 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: people need to get really creative about how they make 561 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: ends meet to make sure that they keep the lights on, 562 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: because this is it's crazy time. 563 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, I know, I know, and I you know, it 564 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 5: just goes back to what I was saying earlier, is 565 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 5: that I really believe that everybody is truly gifted with 566 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 5: some type of talent. 567 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 4: I mean, it could be a. 568 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 5: Talent that you don't even recognize or realize that you have. 569 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 5: But I believe everybody on this earth that God created 570 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 5: you have something that you will call to do right. 571 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 5: And it's and it's on us to not only discover 572 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 5: but also to share that gift with the world right. 573 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 5: And I think once we can realize our greatness from 574 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 5: within from the Creator, I think. 575 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 4: Everything changes for you. 576 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 5: Think once you realize that you are one of one, 577 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 5: that nobody else on this planet Earth is like you. 578 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 5: Nobody else on this planet Earth has the gift like you, 579 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 5: right or how the way that you can do it 580 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 5: or interpret it in the way that you do it right. 581 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 6: I love. 582 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 5: Being a black man in this country. I think we've 583 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 5: had many challenges for many many years until even to 584 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 5: this day. But just growing up down in Jacksonville, Florida, 585 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 5: just having my parents teaching me that I got to 586 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 5: work twice as hard, be twice as smart, be twice 587 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 5: as good right just to have the same opportunity as. 588 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 4: Other counterparts in this country. 589 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 5: So I definitely think, you know, for me, I've always 590 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 5: had a chip on my shoulder to even my selection 591 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 5: in universities where I wanted to be elite on and 592 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 5: off the field, be elite in and out of business. Right, 593 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 5: Black is beautiful. I think we still have a long 594 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 5: ways to go, uh to where to get where we 595 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 5: want to be. And you know, I definitely want to 596 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 5: shout out the motherland of Africa, if if, if you 597 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 5: let me, because I just recently discovered I'm one hundred 598 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 5: percent West African in Ghana and Nigeria. And you know, 599 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 5: at the same tone of this message, I will say, 600 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 5: go where you celebrated, not tolerated. Uh that's a that's 601 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 5: a whole other conversation. But you know, black is beautiful. 602 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 5: And I got a chance to discover my roots over there, 603 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 5: actually gained my citizenship while I was there, and you know, 604 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 5: so grateful to. 605 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 4: See the history of not just America, but from his 606 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 4: originality of his roots. 607 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 5: Right where I got a chance to uh do the cake, 608 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:02,479 Speaker 5: the castle of the slave ships, the Cape Coast slave ships, 609 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 5: slave castles, where I got a chance to experience where 610 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 5: my ancestor where our ancestors were uh mistreated, killed, raped, 611 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 5: chopped up and fed to the shark. I mean, it 612 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 5: was just unbelievable to hear about and actually see the 613 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 5: visual dungeons underground where uh they used to feed us 614 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 5: like animals or worse than. So I still believe there's 615 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 5: a lot of work left to do inside the United States, 616 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 5: uh really everywhere, but I think it starts with us 617 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 5: to realize that, hey, we are worthy of, you know, 618 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 5: being celebrated, not just tolerated, and we should not accept 619 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 5: anything less for greatness because God created us to be 620 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 5: nothing but great. 621 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: Absolutely, folks who want to learn more from you, what's 622 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: the best way for them to follow you to learn 623 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 1: more about the program? Okay, well you are your journey 624 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: to Ghana's citizenship. There are a lot of folks who 625 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: are working on doing that too. 626 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 5: Yes, yeah, so please if you guys are on Instagram, 627 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 5: please follow us. My last name sweet sw e E 628 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 5: T nine zero four, which is the area code of Jacksonville, Florida. 629 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: And so if you would like to stay the root 630 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,399 Speaker 1: for the Seahawks though in the Super Bowl to see 631 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: y'all know. 632 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 4: Like that. 633 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, shout out. 634 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 4: To the Seahawks. 635 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 5: Man, shout out for the Seahawks. But that's that's my 636 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 5: Instagram handle, Sweet none zero four. If you would love 637 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,840 Speaker 5: to learn more information about our program or how we 638 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 5: can add value to you or your family, click the 639 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 5: link in that bio and again, thank you so much 640 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 5: for having us. And again I would love to help you, 641 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 5: help support you anyway in the Seattle area where we 642 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 5: can get you some drivers that will pay you every 643 00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 5: single day. 644 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm ready, let's go. Thank you, will sweet. I'm so sorry, 645 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,800 Speaker 1: y'all said Street. But that's just because he's front of people. 646 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,359 Speaker 1: So he's on the streets, beating the block, making sure 647 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 1: that we get our ins met and we end up 648 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: a little better. 649 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 6: I don't know how. 650 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: I'm literally looking right at your last name and I'm 651 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 1: still saying Street. Just charge it to my hand on 652 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 1: my heart. We appreciate you. Thank you for joining us today. 653 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: Thank you absolutely talk soon. 654 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 6: Uh, y'all. 655 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: I am on a mission this year, and I invite 656 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: you to join me to get my finances all the 657 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,800 Speaker 1: way right as someone who is you know, as a 658 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: had student loan debt, you know, credit card debt, all 659 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,840 Speaker 1: the things. I just think that I'm too old to 660 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: be irresponsible. So I invite you all to join me 661 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: on the journey. And in the spirit of Reverend Jesse 662 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,240 Speaker 1: Lewis Jackson Senior, we got to keep hope alive. Remember 663 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: that when he says I am somebody, repeat that back 664 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: to your neighbor and make sure that you treat your 665 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: neighbor with the dignity, respect, and love that. 666 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 6: Reverend would have required. 667 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: Today, I thought it was so important that we learned 668 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: from a great business mind. We figure out how we 669 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,919 Speaker 1: start from step one, just getting one foot in front 670 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: of the other. That is how we will make it 671 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: to the finish line and hopefully to the promised land. 672 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: So until next time, welcome home, I will see you soon. 673 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm Angela RAI Take care. Native Lampard is a production 674 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 1: of iHeartRadio and partnership with Reason Choice Media. For more 675 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 676 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite shows.