Damon West

He put the power back inside me.

You know, Mick, that's a big thing, man.

Because at that time, the power was inside the criminal justice system, the guards, the inmates.

They had all the power in my mind.

But he put the power back inside me.

And if the power was inside me, I don't survive prison.

I thrive in that prison.

And that's what I want your audience to take away from this thing.

The power is inside each and every one of you.

It's not what goes on in the cities you come from, the states you're from, the crazy politics and social problems this country has right now.

It's in you.

It's not what goes on in the workplace, the schools you go to, whatever you're going through right now, the power is always going to be inside you, man.

Yeah.

So the Dabo story, and here's what we got to tell them before I get to that.

It's the fact that.

I did go to prison.

I did become a coffee bean inside there.

Prison was the hardest thing I've ever been through.

It was the best training ground for me too.

I tell people all the time, I had a spiritual awakening inside the prison.