Shannon Sharp

Right.

You know, so we were all proud of him, even though we weren't, you know, close in proximity.

It was still a close near family.

You had a song called Can I Live that's dedicated to your mom.

When she heard that song for the very first time, what was her reaction?

Man, tears.

She still can't listen to it.

You know what I mean?

Like, it's still one of those things.

If you watch the music video, it's like that was the only time I could convince her to kind of, I was like, Mom, you got to be in this scene with me or something.

And just the whole set was just full of tears.

I mean, like when you think of that, just the power of a woman, you know, sacrificing so much, especially at such a young age, when everyone around you is telling you, you shouldn't have this job.

Like you're a kid, what are you doing?

And then for her to be me, man, I was like, I'll be forever in debt to my mother.

So she did, well, she wasn't thinking about it, but they tried to convince her because she was so young to terminate the pregnancy.

Yeah, especially back then.

Yeah.

You know, it had to be, you know.

Child out of wedlock.

Yeah.