Roy Wood Jr.

But nobody would believe it if you told them.

And then also the general public.

The lie is more comforting.

So I don't want to accept the truth because then that means I have to unpack everything I've ever believed and then reprocess.

It's too much work.

So you haven't been surprised by the last six years?

Not particularly.

But then I also had a father that took me around to every Democratic primary.

Like, I remember I can take it back to 84.

My pops had me backstage with Jesse Jackson.

And he was like debating Michael Dukakis, like just...

I've seen it all, I've met these people and some of the politicians, Democrats as well, not always good people off camera, off stage.

Some of those people over the years, you have to remember my father, he covered a lot of politics and a lot of civil rights leaders and a lot of people who were relevant to the black cause.

If those people came through Birmingham, they came to the crib.

So I haven't seen him in middle school, but I can reconstitute it now as an adult and understand what the vibes were.

You know, like not everybody was.

I'm not going to say they weren't noble, but I think that there is definitely.

Well, what can I get out of it?

First ism.

You're too young.