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But he had a specific day he wanted.

And we were already booked with our first guest out.

And he got angry at me.

Yeah.

And...

You know, and that stuff happens every day.

Back then, you build up a thick callus on your heart because you get attacked every day by somebody for something.

Okay, that I don't believe.

White executive, you say, I want to do two numbers with Bobby Brown.

And they'll say, the model?

And you realize your struggle is going straight uphill.

It's going to be hard, you know.

My dad wanted me to be a preacher so bad, Conan, that he would bring me, holding my hand, into the pulpit on a Sunday morning and sit me down next to his guest pastor or assistant pastor.

And so my life was watching the congregation and watching my dad from the back.

As a matter of fact, in Coming to America, when I told John Landis about my background, John Landis, the director of Coming to America, he created these shots.

when the preacher's on stage at the Black Awareness Pageant, he created these shots that were really me describing to him my experience watching people, yes, Lord, that's what I saw.

I saw that lady.

I saw my dad from the back, you know?

Yeah.

You know, it's like, but this I like.