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Like I w I was thinking like have fun on that day, but I do want to make it meaningful and impactful, like giving back to the kids and doing stuff with the community also, you know what I mean?

Like I w I was thinking like have fun on that day, but I do want to make it meaningful and impactful, like giving back to the kids and doing stuff with the community also, you know what I mean?

It was important because how I grew up, we were just bombarded with how we were going to get some food, or if mama had some money, or what kind of clothes we were going to wear. And we went years and decades without even having an awareness about voting. And as I got older,

It was important because how I grew up, we were just bombarded with how we were going to get some food, or if mama had some money, or what kind of clothes we were going to wear. And we went years and decades without even having an awareness about voting. And as I got older,

I kind of just had like an epiphany or some sort to, you know, it took me back to I was looking at movies and, you know, my life experience. I was like Martin Luther King and John Lewis. You know what I mean? Like people that walk that walk. And if Martin Luther King was living, you know, my birthday, January 15th. And if he, you know, and I'm probably sure we would have met. Yeah. For sure.

I kind of just had like an epiphany or some sort to, you know, it took me back to I was looking at movies and, you know, my life experience. I was like Martin Luther King and John Lewis. You know what I mean? Like people that walk that walk. And if Martin Luther King was living, you know, my birthday, January 15th. And if he, you know, and I'm probably sure we would have met. Yeah. For sure.

You know what I mean? And I could just see him saying, you know, if he was alive, like, you got to do this. You feel what I'm saying? Look at all I did, you know what I mean, for this moment. And I just, you know, I felt the importance of it, you know, because in our culture, we be complaining about so much. We do. Pony messing with us. Mm-hmm. You know what I mean?

You know what I mean? And I could just see him saying, you know, if he was alive, like, you got to do this. You feel what I'm saying? Look at all I did, you know what I mean, for this moment. And I just, you know, I felt the importance of it, you know, because in our culture, we be complaining about so much. We do. Pony messing with us. Mm-hmm. You know what I mean?

The street light might be out, potholes in the street. You feel what I'm saying? No cameras in the neighborhoods to protect and see us and our, you know, well-being. You know, we have these complaints and then we don't do nothing about it. You know what I mean? So voting is very important. And in our culture, too, you know, is some people that like my manager ran for

The street light might be out, potholes in the street. You feel what I'm saying? No cameras in the neighborhoods to protect and see us and our, you know, well-being. You know, we have these complaints and then we don't do nothing about it. You know what I mean? So voting is very important. And in our culture, too, you know, is some people that like my manager ran for

a position in Georgia on council. Right. And and I was telling people vote for her. They didn't even know what she do. So we're so we have to understand, too, that voting for like the president, that's one thing. But if you want real, real change around you, you dig what I'm saying, you have to vote locally.

a position in Georgia on council. Right. And and I was telling people vote for her. They didn't even know what she do. So we're so we have to understand, too, that voting for like the president, that's one thing. But if you want real, real change around you, you dig what I'm saying, you have to vote locally.

Like it's so many of us right now, like that's from the hood. You know what I mean? And I speak to them because our voices can be heard now because felons can vote. You feel what I'm saying? It's okay to be a part of something that you now have children in. You feel what I'm saying? We look at voting and all that politics stuff, we put that in the same bracket as police.

Like it's so many of us right now, like that's from the hood. You know what I mean? And I speak to them because our voices can be heard now because felons can vote. You feel what I'm saying? It's okay to be a part of something that you now have children in. You feel what I'm saying? We look at voting and all that politics stuff, we put that in the same bracket as police.

Like we steer away from it or, hey man, ain't with all that police. You feel what I'm saying? So when you look at it like that, you actually ignoring the fact that I have a child coming up in the same environment, in the same world. You know what I mean? I want to be able to have the best things for this child possible. So find like minded people, you feel what I'm saying?

Like we steer away from it or, hey man, ain't with all that police. You feel what I'm saying? So when you look at it like that, you actually ignoring the fact that I have a child coming up in the same environment, in the same world. You know what I mean? I want to be able to have the best things for this child possible. So find like minded people, you feel what I'm saying?

And make your voice heard as a young black man. It don't even really matter what color you are, but mostly us are, you know, resistant on that. You know what I mean? And if I could say something to them is like, it's OK to be a part of what your children's future look like.

And make your voice heard as a young black man. It don't even really matter what color you are, but mostly us are, you know, resistant on that. You know what I mean? And if I could say something to them is like, it's OK to be a part of what your children's future look like.

I have a son.

I have a son.