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“generation is fighting a lot against rejection and that’s why you’re seeing a lot of men lashing out and a lot of women are fearful they’re giving out their numbers just because they like Men today can’t take rejection They don’t want the backlash that come from them turning you down and saying: no I can’t I don’t want to give you my number but now they got to be free for that like you might act out because of the fact that she told you no That’s true It’s really a real thing And I remember like and it was a real fear And I remember like this a little bit about when I made up my mind Let’s say I saw a girl and I told my friend about it I said: man she’s fine I’m going to holler at her you know so i so i will make it i will make up my mind okay i’m gonna wait till i get my haircut okay then i’m a highlighter okay then you know how you know how it is in school
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“That’s why I talked on my podcast where I said I said the best thing you can do sometimes is sit with your pain Like to really sit with it and like really deal with it and know that I’m in pain and that I’m hurting i gotta do something about it like don’t deny it don’t even if you lie to everybody else when you lay down tonight try to be real with yourself like I’m not happy here It’s pain But to get directly to your question mental health is of the utmost importance I think it’s the number one thing in our community Because you talk about economic development how we need to support black business which we do but it’s not going to matter if your mental health is messed up You know it’s not going to matter if we’re not getting to dealing with this trauma
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“Well what it was about Malcolm X is that at that point I was looking for answers So I had to find a reason to live In a way I was looking for a hero but they have their own issues and the things they’re dealing with but as black men we have our own things that we don’t and only another black man to help me with that you know And so Malcolm X became for me like a rubric for manhood and more importantly a rubric for black manhood you know i saw him i saw a man that wasn’t afraid to shoot the power of a man who stood up a man without discipline to focus he had everything that I didn’t see none of the men around me had And that’s what made me more discipline that’s what made me more focused That’s what made me not get into the streets even though everything was around me and it was tempting money And you see the fast money you see the women all that” – ENDS The FamilyContinue ReadingContinue Reading

“All you gotta do is show up the battle already been won in any situation That’s why most people don’t go to interviews Most people don’t go to business meetings whatever it is because they feel defeated but they don’t know when you show up you already won this Even if it’s not this one it’s going to be the next one
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“Instantly You be like that’s what it was I’m trying to figure this thing out all over the place Then one moment I got it It might take you years and you’re like I can’t come up with the answer And then it just lands on you You’re like wow So that’s why I say keep at it because it’s going to happen no matter It’s going to happen no matter for you And I think it’s a beautiful thing for us to know that we already got it.” – ENDS The Family PodcastContinue ReadingContinue Reading