Big Sean
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488 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard Jun 2025
Big Sean’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You know, a thousand years from now, there may be some descendants that look like us, you know, or like, you know, you'll be like, oh, you know, I look like my dad's dad. You do? Yeah.
I've never met him. He unfortunately passed when I was super little and I never even met him. But he's a part of me too. And I think that's also why it's important to work on yourself and to heal certain traumatic experiences because with all this information we pass on, you also pass on The good and the bad, you know what I mean? Well said.
So, you know, you heal things health-wise and you heal things traumatic-wise, you know, or trauma-wise. And, you know, it's really important to work on yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually because you pass on all of that as well.
Oh, so many things. So many. Like, worry, one thing. I used to worry so much, create all of these scenarios in my head. And I think that's like a double-edged sword. When you have an imagination and you're creative, you create, right? So you can create good, you can create bad. But one of the experiences that life has taught me is to never worry. No matter what, you're going to be fine.
I think one of my biggest fears used to be like, what if I lose everything, right? And what if I have to go back to... Growing up in Detroit in the hood, blah, blah, blah. And then it's just like, well, I was happy there too. I shouldn't be scared to lose any of this stuff because this stuff is conditional. And it's like, I'm going to be good wherever I'm at.
I remember when I talked to Sad Guru, I was like, where's your favorite place in the world? He's like, wherever I'm at. And I was like, damn, you know? So it kind of goes back to that, that like, that's one of the things I don't want to pass on to them. It's like, you never have to worry, you know? You know, you could be fueled. You could let something inspire you to be greater.
You could let something light a fire under you, but like, don't ever worry because you have what it takes to get to wherever you got to get to, you know?
You imprint that in a young child by building up his confidence. And that's one of the things I love about my boy. It's like he's so confident. That's something that I want to keep feeding him. Even on the song I wrote about him on my album, I said, I see my inner child in him is still the remnants. Will he lose it to the world as an imminent?
Or is it something that me and his mom have instilled in him? And the confidence you lose, you could build again. It's like, yeah. And like, I just want to water that. I think that when I was a kid, my mom and my dad came up in like a civil rights moment in the country. Like my mom had to drink from like a different water fountain. You know, my family has been through a lot.
My mom's great aunt, who was like an old woman, my mom would go visit her in North Carolina, was born a slave. So that just goes to show you how close that lineage is too, right? It's like, it kind of feels like it's so far away, but it's not. She was an old woman and my mom was a baby, but my mom is alive now. So the connection of that is like few and far between.
My point being is that my mom and my dad did the best that they could, but they came from an era where they had to really be Don't be too loud. Be controlled. Don't get out of line. My mom would be like, when you get pulled over, make sure your hat is off and they see your face and you be respectful.
And I think there was a lot to that, but it was coming from a little bit of a fear-based place sometimes. And that's something that I've recognized. And that's something that my mom has helped me recognize, too, through all of the knowledge she's given me and my dad. But, like, one of the things I want to pass on to him is that, like, be confident in who you are because you have what it takes.
You could already tell he has a great heart. He has a great spirit. He loves trying to make people laugh, you know. Not even at two years old, he was like... Before, like one year old, like telling, you know, trying to like make you smile. And it's just like, just want to keep watering that confidence in him, you know?
Yeah, strategizing.
Right.
Absolutely.
Right.
Strategy is intentionality in action. Right. Yeah.
Well, I think you recognize, like you said, is this strategy to me is the key to getting... It's one of the keys to move from where you are to where you have to be because you identify where you desire to be because you identify so much. And you get to research. You get to plot and plan. Nothing... that is really amazing in life doesn't come without a plan. You know what I mean?
There are a lot of spontaneous things. And I do believe in the energy of spontaneity. But strategizing to me is so important. And there's so many ways to do it. You could study someone. From afar, that's kind of one of the beauties of the Internet is like you can kind of study and know someone you really respect.
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