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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:13 - Your Parents
02:12 - Kanye West
03:41 - Your Sister
07:31 - Reuniting With Your Dad
10:55 - Forgiveness
18:15 - Music's Power to Transform Negative Energy
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Yo,
0:02
the first all the first ever God Always
0:04
cipher curated by Mike LV. That voice
0:08
you heard right here, man. This man has
0:10
been putting out music for now five over
0:13
five years. You know, I think the world
0:15
first got introduced to him with my life
0:18
is a beautiful mess with was a project
0:20
that came out back in 2020 and
0:24
>> co time and everybody's life was felt
0:28
like a beautiful mess.
0:29
>> That's right. and you were able to
0:30
encapsulate that in words and music. And
0:34
since then, you just been on a constant
0:36
ascension as I've done my research and
0:38
watch how you've been planting seeds
0:40
over the years. And to arrive on our
0:43
show and do that God Always Cipher must
0:46
have been a milestone for you as well as
0:49
it was for us. But welcome to the show
0:51
again.
0:52
>> The one and only a cleo. WE BACK, BABY.
0:56
WE BACK, BABY.
0:57
>> Back like you never love. My Haitian
0:59
brethren.
1:02
>> Fat. We back.
1:03
>> We here, baby.
1:04
>> That's right.
1:05
>> Yo, Tracy said, "My Haitian brethren."
1:09
>> Why not?
1:09
>> Why not, man? Alleso. So, you tell us
1:13
your story. This is, you know, this is
1:16
I'm really happy for you. You know,
1:18
>> your parents aren't from here initially.
1:20
>> Nah, my um my mom is Haitian and uh my
1:23
dad is to which is a country in West
1:26
Africa.
1:26
>> Yeah.
1:28
Uh they met in France and uh yeah it's a
1:30
it's a really crazy story. I was born
1:32
and raised in uh the county of Dave,
1:34
Miami
1:35
>> and uh growing up I wasn't allowed to
1:37
listen to hip-hop music.
1:38
>> Why not?
1:39
>> Uh you know they felt like it was like
1:40
devil music. So it's like
1:42
>> was that the exact words?
1:44
>> Yeah.
1:45
>> Yeah.
1:46
>> Some of it was.
1:47
>> Yeah. They was like
1:48
>> let's be real.
1:50
>> They was like you can't listen. So, like
1:51
a lot of those songs that y'all was
1:53
playing earlier, um, man, I had to like
1:56
like go back when I got older to listen
1:58
to them because I wasn't allowed to
2:00
listen to I grew up on like compa music,
2:03
soo music,
2:04
>> you know what I'm saying? And then like
2:06
I had to I had to like sneak, you know
2:08
what I'm saying, rap music.
2:09
>> And um, the the artist that really did
2:12
it for me was um was Kanye
2:15
>> when he when he dropped Graduation.
2:16
>> Uhhuh.
2:17
>> I remember it was at the same time my
2:19
dad left.
2:20
>> Mhm. So it's like
2:21
>> left where?
2:22
>> No, like he just stopped wanting to be a
2:24
dad. Like he just left.
2:26
>> And I remember I heard um
2:27
>> How old were you at that time?
2:28
>> I was 12.
2:30
>> Okay. Yeah. What a time to leave.
2:32
>> Yeah. Crazy time.
2:33
>> Yeah. Okay.
2:33
>> And I heard uh champion. It's like do
2:36
you realize that you are a champion?
2:38
Yeah. And like at the time
2:40
>> I didn't I didn't feel like a champion.
2:42
So like when I heard those words it was
2:43
just like
2:44
>> like man like I want to do that. Like
2:47
that's what I want to do. And then it
2:49
was kind of crazy like I just started
2:50
like whenever I felt down like felt
2:52
lonely, you know what I'm saying? I
2:54
would just write in my diary. Write in
2:56
my diary.
2:57
>> And I remember I was 16. I told my mom
2:59
like like I I want to be a rapper. And
3:01
she's like, "No son of mine is going to
3:03
be no thug or gangster in the street."
3:06
Like I go crazy. You know, Haitian
3:08
parents, man, they want you to be a
3:09
lawyer, doctor,
3:11
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
3:15
THE KEY the key of cholestero is you
3:17
need siblings. My sister's a
3:19
cardiologist so they let me rock as a
3:21
creative because they know they got one
3:23
that went down the lane they wanted.
3:27
>> Did you have siblings during this?
3:28
>> No, I I got siblings. My my younger
3:31
sister, she a nurse and she and she's
3:34
getting her like her doctorate in that.
3:35
And then um my older sister, she's an
3:38
actor. She's like a phenomenal actor.
3:40
She's in the music video for that song,
3:42
Giving Up You Played. And um
3:44
>> she inspired a lot of this album because
3:46
she has this uh this illness called uh
3:48
bipolar disorder.
3:50
>> Yeah. Uhhuh.
3:50
>> Um so it's like essentially what Kanye
3:53
has. You know what I'm saying? Like when
3:55
he's doing those having those manic
3:56
episodes, she has that, but it's like on
3:59
10. And um you know what I'm saying?
4:01
Like it's kind of crazy when you see a
4:04
family member like you can't recognize
4:06
because of the illness they face. So
4:07
it's like a lot of what she what she
4:10
went through I talk about in the album
4:12
too and how it like you know what I'm
4:13
saying like affected me like you know
4:16
and because my dad leaving I struggle
4:17
with like
4:18
>> you know depression and different stuff
4:20
like that cuz it's like
4:21
>> man you Miami you don't got no dad like
4:24
you know what I'm saying you're just
4:25
asking God like why are these things
4:27
happening trying to figure out
4:28
>> you know what I'm saying like what's
4:30
going on and I actually I actually
4:32
didn't see him again until like bro like
4:36
last year until last year. Did Did Was
4:39
it your music that brought y'all back
4:40
together?
4:41
>> No. Um No. So, my older sister, she was
4:45
having uh like a really bad manic
4:47
episode and she was she was about to
4:50
commit um commit suicide.
4:53
>> And uh my my younger sister like reached
4:55
out to him was like, "Yo, if you don't
4:57
come back like like Kachana's going to
4:59
die." And um yeah, so my sister my young
5:04
sister bought him a flight back. He came
5:05
back and what was crazy was like in my
5:07
heart I had made peace to like I'm never
5:09
going to see him again. Like 17 years
5:12
I'm never going to see him again.
5:13
>> And then um bro I found out we was
5:16
pregnant and then literally comes he
5:19
comes back like when we like just find
5:21
out like
5:22
>> he's been so it's kind of crazy like I'm
5:24
about to be a dad and then my dad comes
5:26
back
5:27
>> and it's just like yo God what's going
5:28
on? Like
5:29
>> wow
5:29
>> man I don't I don't understand your
5:31
timing.
5:31
>> Uhhuh. And then I realized as I was
5:33
going into fatherhood, like a lot of my
5:35
motivation was like, man, I'mma be a
5:37
better dad than him. I'm I'm like
5:39
operating out of like like anger and
5:42
pain. Like I'mma show him. And it's just
5:44
like
5:45
>> God was kind of showing me it's like,
5:46
man, you can't you can't raise a kid
5:48
operating out of pain because that can
5:50
only take you too far, man. You got to
5:52
you got to operate out of love. Like,
5:53
you know what I'm saying? Like the love
5:54
of God. So I was like, I thought I had
5:56
healed already, but there was still more
5:58
God was showing me I needed to heal
5:59
from. Mhm.
6:01
>> So it's just kind of crazy. So
6:02
>> at what point at what project were you
6:04
on when all it this this was
6:07
>> this this was last year.
6:08
>> Last year.
6:09
>> Yeah. This this like this is very
6:10
recent.
6:11
>> This is like my god.
6:12
>> Yeah.
6:13
>> Really?
6:14
>> This is very very recent. It's still
6:16
fresh and like he's back and um I mean I
6:20
don't see him too often even though he's
6:21
he's back but it's like if it's like my
6:24
son's like like Christmas or not
6:26
Christmas like Thanksgiving like I'll
6:28
invite him over. like I like I still
6:30
allow him to be in like my son's life
6:33
cuz I feel like me blocking that is you
6:35
know what I'm saying that's that's only
6:37
going to do you know what I'm saying me
6:38
harm so try trying to be gracious it's
6:40
hard
6:41
>> no but but you know your story is
6:43
likened to a lot of people you know who
6:46
fathers have um you know for whatever
6:49
reasons you know when I became a father
6:51
u I didn't grow up with a father my
6:53
father in my household
6:55
>> but and I never had anger about it or
6:57
anything I just felt like He gave me
6:59
enough of what I needed to do what I
7:01
needed to do. But after having a child,
7:03
I actually start feeling empathy
7:05
>> for him because I can only imagine what
7:08
it must be like to separate yourself
7:09
from your own child, whatever your
7:11
reasons are.
7:12
>> So for you to receive your father
7:15
>> takes a gigantic heart, you know what I
7:17
mean? And that's what you know when you
7:19
talk about forgiveness and and some of
7:21
these virtues that you even find in
7:23
scripture, right? What was it that y'all
7:26
said when he first reunited with you?
7:29
>> Yeah, that was crazy.
7:31
So, that song Giving Up is funny. I
7:33
wrote that the day I I met my father
7:36
again for the first time.
7:37
>> Wow.
7:37
>> Which is insane. So,
7:39
>> um I remember um my sister picked him up
7:43
and my mom was in town from Haiti
7:45
because of the whole thing that was
7:46
going my sister.
7:48
>> So, it's me, my sisters, whatever. We we
7:50
pull up to my grandma's crib and then
7:53
he's there and on the drive my wife is
7:57
like
7:58
you good and I was like yeah I'm good
8:00
and she's like um like you know we don't
8:04
have to go if you don't want to like I I
8:06
understand. I'm like no no we good we
8:08
good. So growing up when I see my dad,
8:11
he was always this like large figure,
8:13
like larger than life, like super
8:15
charismatic, like just just seemed like
8:18
a giant. So then when I seen him for the
8:21
first time, bro, he looked so small,
8:24
like
8:25
>> so frail, so his eyes was like like like
8:30
red and like orange and like discolored.
8:33
>> Like he looked sick. Mhm.
8:35
>> Like he had kind of like a like a like a
8:37
hunch like you know what I'm saying?
8:39
Like just looked like
8:41
>> just so tiny like and he you see like
8:43
the shame on his face like
8:46
>> and I'm just like bro this is crazy.
8:48
Like I'm over here like
8:51
>> I'm like I'm like towering over him like
8:53
you know what I mean? and just like in
8:54
stature and just like
8:57
you know and it's like dang like kind of
9:00
hit me like man like like I was going
9:03
through it but man he was probably going
9:05
through his fighting his own battle like
9:07
his own demons on his own. So like the
9:09
empathy you talk about like I I started
9:11
to have that and then we was at the
9:13
dinner table and and then um he just
9:16
kind of like apologized to to all of us
9:18
for like
9:19
>> wow
9:19
>> being gone for so long and stuff like
9:21
that and
9:23
>> yeah that's beautiful man because y'all
9:26
allowed him
9:27
>> y'all received him.
9:29
>> Uh you have to forgive yourself and you
9:34
forgave him. I got a chance to
9:36
experience that with my father before he
9:38
passed.
9:39
>> Right. And I'm happy I was able to do
9:41
that, you know, the last time I when I
9:44
went to find him.
9:46
>> Um,
9:47
>> you know, and then a year later he he
9:49
ended up passing away. But the
9:51
conversation we had was such a healing
9:53
conversation, you know, and I'm glad
9:55
that you guys had a chance to he have
9:57
that moment,
9:58
>> especially at the precipice of you
10:01
becoming a father.
10:02
>> Yeah.
10:02
>> Right. You you you you you needed to
10:05
have that conversation, right?
10:07
>> Yeah, I definitely did.
10:08
>> How you feel about it now?
10:10
>> I feel good. It's, you know, it's still,
10:12
you know, you trying to figure out
10:14
boundaries, figure out, you know, how
10:16
what's it going to look like? So, I'm in
10:17
Miami. He's in like Boon. It's like an
10:19
hour away.
10:20
>> Yeah. So it's like we don't see each
10:22
other too regularly but like anytime
10:23
there's an occasion like you know we do
10:26
our best to like invite him and you know
10:28
have him play you know with um
10:31
>> you know the kid like the grant my my
10:33
son and then his
10:35
my sister has a kid too.
10:37
>> Crazy thing about uh my sister's kid is
10:41
>> he was born on my dad's birthday.
10:44
>> Oh wow. SO, IT WAS JUST KIND of
10:46
>> It was just kind of like
10:49
>> two grandsons around the same age, and
10:50
it's just kind of like,
10:52
>> man, this is this is crazy.
10:54
>> Yeah.
10:54
>> Can I can I ask you a question about um
10:57
forgiveness, especially
10:59
>> with men and their fathers? Because as
11:01
Sway mentioned, we hear this sometimes,
11:04
you know,
11:05
>> and I'm wondering,
11:08
did his why matter to you? Like, you
11:11
know, why why did you leave? Because
11:14
obviously when fathers or when parents
11:17
leave, it causes some type of trauma. We
11:20
don't know what, but you mentioned
11:21
depression, you mentioned your sister,
11:23
it causes something.
11:25
>> And why did you do this? Like Sway said,
11:28
you know, people are fighting their own
11:29
demons, and I definitely believe that.
11:31
But on your road to forgiveness and as
11:33
you forgive a person, at some point, is
11:35
it important for you or was it important
11:37
for you to find out why exactly did you
11:40
do this? because maybe you're trying not
11:42
to make that same mistake as a parent
11:44
now. Um maybe you may have that
11:46
crossroad. Did you find out his why?
11:49
>> So I I haven't shared this on like the
11:50
air before. Um so it's like
11:54
so like the day my my dad left I
11:56
remember like yesterday like my mom is
11:59
at the door with her hands crossed and
12:02
uh my dad kind of like walks up to me
12:03
with like a suitcase and he's like you
12:05
I'm going to be gone for two weeks. I'll
12:07
be right back. And then my mom's kind of
12:09
like shaking hand. And I was like,
12:10
"Okay." So he leaves, two weeks pass, 2
12:13
months, 4 months, 2 years,
12:17
>> 8 years, 10, 14, 17 years.
12:21
>> And uh I remember when my mom was kind
12:24
of like breaking it down for me. She was
12:26
like, "So my dad is like, you ever seen
12:30
the pursuit of happiness?"
12:32
>> Like uh like you know how Will Smith
12:33
like he got all these crazy ideas and it
12:35
just but like nothing pans out. Yeah.
12:38
He's that, but it just it don't it just
12:40
it's never panned out.
12:42
>> So, he like all the he's like I'm like
12:44
these get-rich quick schemes like like
12:46
even Will Smith's dad in the Fresh
12:48
Prince. Yeah.
12:48
>> Like that's that's like my dad like
12:51
>> ah like like overpromises doesn't like
12:54
nothing to show for it.
12:56
>> So he's that kind of person like I'm
12:58
trying to get rich blah blah blah. So my
13:00
mom at the time she was like a
13:02
successful
13:04
>> she was a successful lawyer like
13:06
immigration lawyer. Mhm.
13:07
>> So then like so she had bread. So like
13:10
before he left like I grew up very
13:12
affluent because of my mom and um so
13:16
then when he had this idea where he met
13:19
this guy who was like selling like
13:21
diamonds wholesale.
13:23
So he was like, "Oh, I'm I'mma get these
13:25
diamonds and then like I'mma sell them
13:27
for like more." So he he took he he
13:32
cleared out my bank account. He cleared
13:33
out my my sister's bank account that my
13:35
mom has set for us. And then he took uh
13:38
money from my mom's account, went and
13:42
like bought these wholesale diamonds.
13:45
Like I think it was like 200 racks he
13:47
spent. And then when he went to go
13:50
resell them, they was fake.
13:54
>> They was fake.
13:57
>> So yeah. So then my mom is hitting him
14:01
like, "Yo, like what's going on? What's
14:02
going on? what's going on? And he's
14:03
like, "Ah, I got to whoopde whoop."
14:06
Like, he just like finessing, not
14:07
telling truth. Oh, I got to go do this.
14:09
And he's just like, "Yo, what's going
14:10
on? What's going on?" Mind you, my mom
14:12
had already divorced him cuz she was
14:14
like, "After all these get-rich schemes
14:16
for all these years, if you do this one
14:18
more time, we're done."
14:19
>> Yeah.
14:19
>> And he's like, "No, this one's going to
14:21
work." So, so it was kind of one of
14:23
those things where he's kind of like in
14:24
this rabbit hole of just like, "Ah, like
14:27
I got to make up for this." And he's
14:28
just kind of like putting himself in
14:31
more debt, more debt, more these crazy
14:33
situations to the point where like years
14:36
pass and then now he like
14:39
>> he's messing with the wrong people and
14:42
they take away his like his passport,
14:45
his like all that stuff.
14:46
>> Got it.
14:47
>> You know what I'm saying? But it it
14:48
already been like
14:50
>> like six, eight years. You know what I'm
14:52
saying? It's like
14:54
>> at any point you could have turned
14:56
around be like, "Yo, I messed up, man."
14:57
like,
14:58
>> yeah,
14:58
>> just being honest like, yo, I messed up.
15:00
>> But it's like that pride as like
15:03
>> that pride as a I don't I don't even
15:05
want to call it man pride, but that like
15:07
that African pride of like I gotta I
15:10
gotta make something like the American
15:12
dream. I got to be rich. I gotta to to
15:14
prove myself to
15:16
>> who to himself. You know what I'm
15:17
saying? Cuz
15:18
>> you know his dad left him, you know what
15:20
I mean, as a kid. So he trying to,
15:22
>> you know, so it's this whole this whole
15:24
cycle and I talk about it in the album
15:25
like
15:26
>> I say promise you promise God I will
15:28
never repeat the cycle and it's I think
15:30
a lot of time people feel like yo
15:31
success is how much money I have in my
15:34
bank account. No,
15:35
>> you were successful when you had three
15:38
kids that adored you. You know what I'm
15:39
saying? You were successful when
15:41
>> you had a wife that loved you. It it
15:43
don't matter if we
15:44
>> you know what I'm saying? If we lived in
15:46
a shack or whatever. It's just like,
15:47
bro, we was happy.
15:49
>> We didn't care about the bread. But then
15:50
after he left, you know, things got sour
15:54
with my mom because her partner
15:56
committed fraud. So we went from
16:00
like silver spoons to food stamps. Like
16:01
our whole life flipped. Like when my dad
16:03
left, the whole life flipped.
16:04
>> Uhhuh.
16:05
>> So it was just kind of like it was just
16:06
like a serious dominoes of like effects
16:09
and stuff like that. And it was just
16:10
like a big question was like, "Yo, God,
16:13
why do I feel alone? Like why why is
16:15
this happening to me?" And I talk about
16:16
that in this album, Still Lonely. Like
16:19
>> God, don't leave me. I'm dying. I'm down
16:20
on bended knee. Like, where are you? And
16:22
um I used to ask that question so many
16:24
times like, "God, why are all these bad
16:26
things happening to me?" And as I was
16:29
doing music, it was kind of like my
16:30
diary, just kind of like freestyle, kind
16:32
of rapping. Uh when I was 18, I had this
16:34
best friend, his name was Darius. And we
16:37
was on the track team together. We did
16:38
everything together, talk about girls
16:40
together, stay up 4 in the morning,
16:42
chill, all stuff. And he's like, "Bro,
16:43
you so cold. Like,
16:45
>> you got to do this music thing." And I'm
16:46
like, "Nah, man. I'm Haitian. I got to
16:48
be a lawyer." like
16:51
I got to do that stuff. My mom won't
16:53
approve of that. And uh he's like, "No,
16:56
like you you're so talented." I remember
16:58
he just bothered me about it. And I'd be
16:59
like, "No, I'm straight." And then he I
17:02
remember he was like, "Man, like bro,
17:03
like your music could really help people
17:05
with the stuff you've been through.
17:06
Like, share it."
17:08
>> And I was like, "All right, I'll think
17:09
about it." And then literally a couple
17:10
days later, he died in a car accident.
17:12
>> What?
17:13
>> Oh my god.
17:14
>> And I was just like,
17:15
>> man, God, like this is crazy. And I'm
17:18
like I'm like down. I'm like you know
17:21
what like I'mma do it. Like I'mma I'mma
17:23
do this music thing. I'mma try. And
17:26
>> from there God just kind of like opened
17:28
it opened the floodgates. And then
17:30
>> just kind of seeing a lot of people from
17:32
like the pain I went through like come
17:33
closer to God or like find God
17:36
>> through the music. And it's not like I'm
17:37
preaching in my music. I'm just sharing
17:39
what happened in my life. I'm just I'm
17:41
just telling my story.
17:42
>> And then people just get connected to my
17:44
diary and and you know
17:46
>> want to know Jesus, want to know God or
17:48
just want to like,
17:49
>> you know, try and turn their life around
17:51
and do better. And that's,
17:53
>> you know what I'm saying? Like this
17:54
music thing has always just been like my
17:56
diary. It's not like I'm not trying to
17:58
>> be rich or whatever. It'd be cool if I
17:59
could take care of my family off of it,
18:01
but it's more so like
18:02
>> I just want to share my story and impact
18:04
people. You know what I mean? Like
18:06
>> and you and you're doing that a cleo,
18:08
man. Ladies and gentlemen, meet a
18:10
cessle. Like, give that a round of
18:12
applause. Man,
18:14
>> that's inspiring.
18:16
>> Um, you know, one of the things I think
18:17
that's most amazing about music is its
18:20
ability to take negative and and convert
18:22
it. It's an energy machine. It converts
18:24
negative into positive. And you find
18:26
that by, you know, taking your
18:27
experience, your negative experiences,
18:28
and putting them into music and suddenly
18:29
they become positive for other people.
18:31
So, that's powerful, man. Props to you.
18:33
>> Thank you, man.
18:34
>> Well, you listened to the song Lonely
18:35
Have to be. I I was going to ask you,
18:37
but now I know because you talk about
18:39
not having um lights or a burning stove.
18:42
You know, growing up without that and
18:43
and when the lights go off, you could
18:45
have all the attention in the world, but
18:46
when the lights go off and Jay period,
18:48
anybody who's been in the spotlight to
18:51
some extent may be able to relate that
18:53
when no matter who knows you, what
18:55
you've accomplished, when those lights
18:56
go off, you can still feel lonely.
18:59
>> Yeah.
18:59
>> Right. And that's when you talk to God.
19:02
>> Yep. Yep.
19:02
>> Right.
19:03
>> Yeah. 100%.
19:04
Alleso is here, man. Let's get to know.
19:07
Let's play the lonely track there, uh,
19:09
Torch, and then we going to come back.
19:10
We got people on the phone lines. You
19:12
want to get to know this young man.
19:14
Powerful story. 8887423345.
19:29
>> It could get lonely.
19:32
We could get lonely
19:36
at the top.
19:42
It could get lonely.
19:46
It could get lonely
19:49
at the top.
19:58
Holy Spirit, humble me from the stars.
20:01
I'm a mess. Need some rest. Torn apart.
20:04
Don't want to lose my way. Don't leave
20:06
me alone. No way.
20:10
>> Lights can deceive you. Bright on. Can't
20:12
see you. When the lights off, I feel
20:14
alone. Turn the lights on. I'm coming
20:16
home. Fight hard to believe it. Oh Lord,
20:18
don't leave me. When the lights off, I
20:20
feel alone. Turn the lights on cuz you
20:22
can get lonely
20:26
day.
20:27
>> Got a day with destiny for the prince
20:29
family tree. So I can fit my baby,
20:32
please. Yeah. Got a shamp.
20:42
I put some ice on my wrist just to hide
20:45
the pain. I almost lost my way. God help
20:48
me run my race.
20:52
We could get lonely
20:55
at the top.
21:02
It could get lonely.
21:05
It could get lonely.
21:16
Brand new whip. I t it on my windows
21:19
just so no one else can see my tears
21:21
flow. Keep my spirits high and keep my
21:24
fears low. Oh, somebody praying for my
21:27
sins though. My folks died on me. Bust
21:30
down my
21:32
lie on me. I keep mine on me. I keep on
21:36
smiling, acting like none of it bother
21:38
me. Only the Lord know what's going on
21:40
inside of me. If I can be honest, God, I
21:43
got so many problems. I don't want
21:45
nobody around me. I don't want nobody
21:47
around me. Pray that I find me some
21:49
balance. Cuz I don't know nobody honest
21:51
and I ain't got no one around me. I
21:53
don't got nobody around me. So lonely.
21:58
It could get lonely
22:02
at the time.
22:08
It could get lonely.
22:11
It could get lonely.
22:27
Alleso,
22:28
let me tell you how you spell it.
22:30
Alleso, tell them how to spell your name
22:32
and what what's the meaning behind your
22:33
name?
22:34
>> Yeah. So, Alleso is a K L E S O. That's
22:38
a K L E S O. And that's my birth name.
22:41
And it means who is greater than God?
22:43
>> So, it's like a question like
22:44
>> and what language
22:45
>> it's Kabier. So it's uh Toggle. My dad
22:48
named me that Cleleso. Um Eso is God.
22:52
Akala who is so who is greater than God.
22:56
Yeah. Wow.
22:57
>> I love that man. I want to go to the
22:59
phone lines too. People started calling
23:02
um as they heard your story. A lot of
23:03
people meeting him for the first time. I
23:05
met him at the Holy Smoke Tour in
23:06
Nashville. My man John Keith invited me
23:09
and Mike LV and I got a chance to
23:11
experience something totally different.
23:13
And it's interesting that when I walked
23:14
into the show, this man was actually on
23:16
stage and uh because you performed I
23:19
feel like a little early
23:21
>> and you and I caught your show and I was
23:23
like, "What is this?" Like, you know,
23:26
people were bouncing and this is like a
23:28
Christian what they call a Christian rap
23:31
crowd, right?
23:32
>> Yeah.
23:32
>> But it was the best experience I ever
23:35
had, man. It was lit.
23:36
>> You was jumping up and down. What was
23:37
your man? You know my vertical.
23:40
You know my vertical. jumping like John
23:42
Mor.
23:43
>> I was up there.
23:44
>> Oh, not that high. Don't gas.
23:45
>> I was dunking. I used to dunk. It was
23:47
nothing.
23:48
>> Duncan wasn't nothing. Um, but uh we're
23:51
going to open up the phone lines.
23:52
8887423345.
23:54
Clifton and Cali. What up, Clifton?
23:56
>> Clifton.
23:56
>> Hey, Clifton.
23:57
>> Hey, hey, hey. Hello, everybody. Hello.
24:01
>> Hey, hey, hey, man.
24:03
>> Hey, I just wanted to call in. I'm
24:05
sitting up here chilling before I go to
24:08
work today listening to this young man's
24:09
story. Man, it's a blessing to, you
24:11
know, hear, you know, to hear your
24:13
story, you know, and um I heard y'all
24:15
Christian, the Christian rap y had on
24:18
the cipher. Oh, that was fire.
24:21
>> And now to come back and hear you doing
24:23
your project like this, man, and just
24:25
listening to you, listening to your
24:27
story, you know, this it's a fresh a
24:29
fresh breath of um um air right now.
24:33
>> Thank you, man. That's love, man. That's
24:34
love.
24:35
>> Well, you know, he got his new EP is
24:37
available now.
24:38
>> Yes, sir. Lonely is available now. And
24:40
then Still Lonely dropping December 5th.
24:42
Man,
24:42
>> make sure you check that out. Clifton
24:44
this songs we're playing is from the the
24:46
Lonely EP. You're a citizen. Cliff in
24:48
the morning.
24:49
>> Veno in Boston. Veno. Veno.
24:51
>> Veno. Vo. Glass of Veno.
24:53
>> Good morning team. Good morning team.
24:55
Good morning. Sway. Heather B. Tracy.
24:57
Love you guys. Been listen for the
24:59
longest. Thank you for once again
25:02
>> doing what you guys are doing now.
25:04
Bringing to us this this masterpiece of
25:06
a talent right there. Thank you. This is
25:08
my Haitian brethren. Saket love you,
25:11
brother. I heard you the first
25:14
heard you doing that freestyle a few
25:16
months ago. I know you killed that
25:18
freestyle. Now the project's coming up.
25:20
I'm proud of you, man. But I got one
25:22
question for you, my bre.
25:24
>> Yes, sir.
25:25
>> How do you feel about the national
25:27
soccer team
25:28
>> doing what they did a couple days ago?
25:30
>> That's what I'm talking about.
25:31
>> That's what I'm talking about.
25:32
>> Can we talk about that for a second?
25:34
Because we shook the world.
25:36
We just shook the world 20, baby. We
25:39
shook the world.
25:45
>> Hey, hey, tell them open up Haiti.
25:48
>> Tell the politicians. Tell
25:50
>> tell them open up Haiti, man.
25:51
>> Well, you know, this is interesting.
25:53
This is the World Cup. Haiti has made
25:55
the World Cup the first time since 1974.
25:59
>> And then, ironically, uh, the there's
26:02
been a ban put on Haiti. And so which
26:05
would probably prevent patients from
26:08
visiting the US to actually watch this
26:10
happen.
26:10
>> That's crazy.
26:11
>> What are your thoughts on that? And what
26:13
kind of
26:14
>> Yeah.
26:19
>> NAH. WOW.
26:20
>> IT'S IT'S CRAZY. So my my mom currently
26:23
lives in Haiti right now.
26:24
>> Okay.
26:25
>> So for her to even get to So she's
26:28
supposed to be coming for Thanksgiving.
26:29
She got to she got to find safe passage
26:32
from the capital all the way to Cape
26:35
Haitian. Uh from Cape Haitian try and
26:38
take a helicopter to the DR and then
26:41
from the DR catch a flight,
26:43
>> you know, to Miami. So it's like so how
26:46
how she did it the first time she she
26:47
she uh she was in like a napcom bus and
26:51
she got to dress like she like down bad
26:54
so no one mess with her.
26:55
>> It's like it's like so crazy how crazy
26:57
the country is right now. But
27:00
>> yeah, man. We got to open it up. We got
27:01
We got to get Haiti right, man. It's
27:02
such a beautiful country with beautiful,
27:04
talented people.
27:05
>> Beautiful food, too.
27:07
>> Come on. The best.
27:08
>> Oh, can I ask one last question?
27:11
>> Yeah.
27:12
>> Okay, so
27:14
>> I have to ask this question, man. Is
27:16
there going to be any Haitian Creole in
27:18
any of your projects coming up?
27:20
>> Not Not this one. Not this one. But I
27:23
was talking to my man Glee. He's a
27:24
producer I work with. I want to talk to
27:26
Rodney. I'm signed to Rodney Jerkens. I
27:28
want to talk to him about doing some
27:30
kind of big like Caribbean like you know
27:34
national record for the country
27:36
>> to like really set it off like I'm
27:38
friends with some other Haitian artists
27:39
like see how we can make that work you
27:41
know I'm saying to do something for the
27:42
country on this album no on this album
27:44
no but I know I got to I know I got to
27:46
>> Hey Vo we appreciate you my brethren
27:49
>> yeah Veno that's beautiful man you're
27:50
cool
27:51
>> how do how do you say goodbye it's not
27:52
ovois so how do you say
27:55
my
27:58
All right,
27:59
>> my brother. You're a super citizen, man.
28:01
That's way in the morning.
28:02
>> We appreciate you. We got a class here
28:04
uh with us right now. You mentioned
28:06
Rodney Jerkens, the Aliens Alive.
28:07
>> Yes, sir.
28:08
>> That's the name of his faith-based label
28:10
uh Jay Period. And Rodney Jerkens
28:14
impact.
28:14
>> The Dark Child.
28:16
>> Yeah, the Dark Child. His impact on this
28:18
genre has been incredible. When I went
28:20
to the Holy Smoke Festival,
28:23
>> Rodney Jerkkins was there and I and I
28:25
made a commitment to him. I said,
28:27
"Whatever it is you doing, we are
28:29
aligned and let us know. Bring them
28:31
artists up to this platform right now
28:33
that Jay Period is on it. Wait till this
28:35
next mixtape." He does.
28:37
>> Bro,
28:38
>> you should get with Mike LV and y'all
28:40
should curate together like collaborate
28:43
on a faith-based mixtape.
28:44
>> I would love that. You know, DJ Mosski
28:46
works with Kirk Franklin on a Sunday. He
28:48
and I he and I have been talking about
28:50
doing something like that. You should
28:51
come rock with us.
28:52
>> 100%. I'm down.
28:53
>> Word up.
28:53
>> I'm down.
28:54
>> Okay. Uh Tracy G talk. Come on, Tracy.
28:57
>> I got to got to Alleso. Wow. You don't
29:01
feel or look like what you have been
29:03
through, my guy. And I'm so grateful
29:06
that you shared your testimony. And it's
29:08
bananas when you also like defined the
29:11
meaning behind your name. Um, no one
29:14
greater, more superior than God. Because
29:18
with the absence of your father, I
29:20
thought to myself, it might have been so
29:22
beneficial for Eleso to refer to God as
29:25
his father, the supreme father, even
29:28
when you're dealing with the absence of
29:30
your biological father. And for anyone
29:33
listening who may be going through this
29:35
right now, like this is their chapter. I
29:38
know we have one of our younger citizens
29:40
who often ask questions about his dad
29:43
who isn't in his life often right now.
29:46
talk about the benefit of speaking to
29:49
God as your father for those who do not
29:53
have a father in human form.
29:56
Yeah. So, it's kind of crazy that you
29:59
asked me that question cuz it's like
30:01
there was this song that was kind of
30:02
popular back in the day and I heard it
30:05
one time. It's called Good Good Father.
30:07
It's like a Christian song.
30:09
>> And I was like, man, this song sucks.
30:11
Like cuz when I when I think of God as a
30:14
father, I think of someone who failed
30:16
me, you know. So it's like I I used to
30:20
hate that song. Like man, I can't sing
30:22
this song. This song sucks. And then um
30:24
I started really kind of like praying
30:26
and looking to God. And it's like yeah,
30:28
like it's like my earthly father failed
30:30
me, but my heavenly father has always
30:32
been there for me. Even if I didn't feel
30:34
it, even if I didn't see it, even if I
30:35
felt lonely, I was never alone.
30:38
>> You know what I'm saying? So it's like
30:39
man like
30:42
like we as humans like we're broken
30:45
people. You know what I'm saying? Like
30:47
like my dad let me down in a tremendous
30:49
way. Like at some point in my life even
30:51
though I'm trying my best at some point
30:54
I'm going to let my son down, you know,
30:56
to some degree, you know what I mean?
30:57
Not like not like how my dad did me, but
30:59
>> to some degree. And like we're just
31:01
broken and frail people. Like we're
31:02
going to mess up. But it's like
31:04
understanding God like he don't make
31:06
mistakes. You know what I'm saying? like
31:08
like he going to be there for you even
31:09
if you don't feel like he's there for
31:10
you. It's kind of like the sun like when
31:12
the sun go down like the sun is still
31:14
there you just can't see it but it's
31:15
there you know
31:16
>> same kind of same kind of thing.
31:18
>> Wow is here man. Give this man a round
31:20
of applause under the current EPS only.
31:24
>> We big on words around here and I'm
31:25
going to disagree with what you said. He
31:29
will not let your son down. He may
31:31
misunderstand you
31:32
>> but you won't let him down.
31:34
>> You're right. You're right. Mhm.
31:35
>> We give it our we we you know I I I
31:39
always tell my daughter, you know, I I I
31:42
do the best I can.
31:43
>> Yeah.
31:44
>> You know, this is what I have to offer.
31:47
>> Yeah. You you you're older than her.
31:49
She's not always going to understand how
31:50
he thinks. He's going to say things to
31:52
her that she's just she may disagree
31:55
with. She may not like. It's in her best
31:58
interest. She may not understand that at
31:59
the time
32:00
>> and she may not like him for a little
32:02
while. I don't like Sway and I got to be
32:04
here with him every single day.
32:06
>> That's why I'm glad that's why I'm glad
32:08
you're not my guard.
32:10
>> But you know what I mean? Like we he's
32:13
parents. You guys are parents. So I
32:15
don't have to explain everything to you
32:16
right now. But it's it's not it won't be
32:18
a let down thing.
32:19
>> Yeah.
32:20
>> It won't it won't be that for you. Can
32:22
can you put the spotlight on some of the
32:24
correspondents that are in the in the
32:27
faith-based community that have been
32:29
working hard with their platforms
32:31
interviewing? You know, you guys come
32:33
here, but there are people you've been
32:34
interviewing with for a couple of years
32:36
now. Okay.
32:37
>> That have really put the spotlight and
32:39
some I met at Holy Smoke as well. Can
32:41
you speak to some of them?
32:42
>> Yeah. I like some people I really walk
32:43
uh rock with is Trenetter.
32:45
>> So, Tren Transer, he's on Atlanta doing
32:47
his thing. He's on Sirius as well.
32:49
>> Yeah. And uh
32:50
>> we sat I talked on this show and um I'm
32:53
proud of them.
32:54
>> You know, we have our channel here at
32:55
SiriusXM, right? Okay.
32:57
>> And then there's the Fix.
32:59
>> They going crazy too. Um Track Stars.
33:02
>> Uh they be doing their thing, man. I
33:04
feel like I'm missing some people.
33:05
>> Oh, what's my man Ran?
33:06
>> Oh, Ron. Yeah. Yeah, man.
33:09
>> Yeah,
33:09
>> he's he's killing He used to be a
33:11
rapper, too.
33:11
>> Yeah, he had bars, man. He did it he did
33:14
his thing, man.
33:15
>> So, him he's he's going hard. And then
33:17
there's like a lot of these uh like
33:19
Christian blogs that have been really
33:21
like helping me out like CHH today
33:24
>> um Proper Excel or Rapzilla. They was
33:27
the first
33:28
>> uh blog to ever like write up any artic
33:31
that's crazy.
33:35
>> So just like there's a lot of uh and I'm
33:37
I'm sure I'm missing a ton of people,
33:39
but there's a lot of people in this
33:40
space that you know help. Oh, Christ XL.
33:44
uh they've been going crazy just kind of
33:45
like putting a spotlight on different
33:47
things. But yeah, it's like an
33:48
ecosystem. Like I just want I want it to
33:51
feel like you know how Atlanta like back
33:53
in the day with like Outcasts and all
33:55
them came together to like
33:56
>> push each other and push. That's kind of
33:58
like what I'm trying to build in like
34:00
Miami with all like
34:01
>> other Christian artists, you know, kind
34:03
of come together and just like
34:05
>> like push people like push each other to
34:07
like make a splash and you know what I'm
34:09
saying? Like
34:10
>> would would you work u with artists who
34:13
might be of a different denomination or
34:16
different faith? It might be a Muslim
34:18
artist or
34:19
>> It depends. So it's like I I would it
34:22
just like are we talking about something
34:23
positive? You know what I mean? Like
34:25
that's kind of my thing. Like there's a
34:27
lot of artists that like that I rock
34:29
with that like they're not Christian.
34:31
You know, some may be Muslim, some may
34:33
be different things. They're not
34:34
Christian.
34:35
>> But it's like we respect each other. You
34:37
know what I'm saying? like I respect
34:39
them, they respect me. And it's like if
34:41
there was a topic where it's like, you
34:44
know, like say there's a a Muslim rapper
34:48
was like, "Let's talk about what's going
34:49
on in Haiti and how we could bring light
34:52
>> and positivity." I would be I would be
34:54
down to collab on something like that.
34:55
Like, you know what I mean?
34:57
>> So, it depends on the topic.
34:58
>> It depends on the topic.
35:00
>> You know what I'm saying? And like,
35:01
>> you know, like I'm not going to hop on a
35:03
record and talk about like, you know
35:04
what I'm saying? Girls twerking and
35:06
doing like that's not me. You know what
35:07
I'm saying? Like, so it's just like what
35:09
what are we talking about? You know what
35:11
I'm saying? Like, does it make sense? Is
35:13
the song even good?
35:14
>> You know what I mean? So, I'm I'm very
35:16
picky, you know what I'm saying? With
35:18
the art stuff. But
35:19
>> yeah, I'm I'm open to it.
35:21
>> You you you you don't you never talked
35:23
about jumping out the range and putting
35:26
ice on your wrist and popping bottles
35:29
and knowing killers before.
35:33
>> Can't have a range.
35:34
>> I'm just saying she can't pop no
35:36
bottles. These are things he's talked
35:38
about. So
35:39
>> know some killers
35:42
in in context.
35:43
>> Oh, okay.
35:44
>> It's all in context, you know, because
35:46
I'm you I'm still from Miami.
35:47
>> Yeah.
35:48
>> You know, so I'm like,
35:50
>> you know, like I'm still there, but it's
35:52
like
35:53
>> just because I'm part of the my
35:55
environment. I'm not a product of my
35:56
environment. So it's like,
35:58
>> you know, it's like the whole thing
36:00
about the range, it's not really like
36:01
jumping out like a Range Rover. It's
36:03
more like jumping out that system, that
36:05
mindset of like
36:07
>> this is the environment I'm in. Like
36:08
jump out that range, like jump out that
36:10
mindset, okay?
36:11
>> Like so every Tuesday I work with like
36:14
juveniles in the detention center. Like
36:15
I go to the jails, I speak to the kids
36:18
and a lot of kids are like they they're
36:20
like mini me like you know what I'm
36:21
saying? Dad's not around, all these
36:23
different things. And it's like
36:24
>> they have this mindset of just like man
36:26
I'm just a product of my environment
36:28
like I'm a crash out. Some of them got
36:30
like gun charges, assault charges, Grand
36:33
Theft Auto, like mur like attempted
36:35
murder charges. And it's like, man, like
36:37
you're you're so much more than your
36:39
environment. You're so much more than
36:40
like where you come from. You know what
36:42
I'm saying? Like I'm there's nothing
36:44
special about me, but it's just I just
36:46
said, man, I just want to live right and
36:48
use the gifts that God gave me. Like you
36:50
could do that, too.
36:51
>> Yeah.
36:51
>> So, it's like that range song is like
36:53
jumping jumping out of that.
36:55
>> And then
36:55
>> what about knowing killers? You know,
36:57
I'm from Miami, so you know, I know, you
36:59
know what I'm saying? Like,
37:01
>> you know, I know people that's on that
37:02
kind of timing and like,
37:04
>> you know, I got love for them, too.
37:05
Like, you know what I'm saying? Some of
37:06
them is like
37:07
>> some of them is like, you know, like
37:10
people, you know, I grew with or like
37:12
friends of mine. You know what I'm
37:12
saying? That's like I'm not on that
37:14
timing, but it's like, you know, you
37:15
still got love for like people.
37:17
>> You love them,
37:17
>> you know?
37:18
>> Yeah.
37:19
>> I know. I get it, man. I just had to,
37:20
you know, when you said that, it just
37:22
brought up that lit those lyrics. I was
37:24
like, "Oh, nice. I'm about to start
37:26
Nether, you know, you know,
37:28
>> starting.
37:29
>> All right. Alleso is here. Man, you
37:31
know, interesting enough, I I normally
37:34
people when who who are in a Christian
37:35
or the faith-based community come on, we
37:37
we talk about the the the the
37:40
>> the backlash that you can get,
37:41
especially from the faith-based
37:43
faith-based community.
37:45
>> Yeah.
37:46
>> I'm not asking about that no more.
37:48
>> Yeah.
37:49
>> Yeah.
37:50
>> This
37:51
>> It's dead.
37:51
>> It's dead.
37:52
>> It's dead.
37:53
>> It's dead, bro.
37:54
>> It's dead. We ain't got to talk about
37:55
none of that. Not even Well, you can if
37:58
you like, but I don't need to ask that
38:00
no more.
38:01
>> I I see what's in front of us, right?
38:03
And I see what's here and now. You know,
38:05
we when we did the the the God um
38:08
>> Hold on. When we did the Did you see
38:10
that? The God always cipher. It was like
38:13
no longer are we going to say the
38:14
Christian rapper can't rap.
38:15
>> Facts.
38:16
>> And y'all proved it, you know, and I
38:18
know you probably got a lot of reaction
38:20
from doing that cipher.
38:21
>> A lot, man. It's crazy,
38:22
>> man. Yeah, man. and in in every spectrum
38:25
of society. And and you had your friends
38:28
with you, man. You had a group of merry
38:30
men
38:31
>> who all like to spit bars, man. They and
38:33
they protected you and you were in a
38:35
safe space because you had all your
38:37
collaborators with you, right?
38:39
>> Yeah.
38:39
>> Uh but now you standing on your own.
38:41
>> Yeah.
38:42
>> You sitting at that chair all by
38:44
yourself. Get ready for this one. Torch,
38:46
>> this one right here, Cleo, don't have
38:49
five or six other MC's surrounding them.
38:51
You don't have Mike Kelv with some
38:53
planned out uh production and beat to
38:56
make you look good. You don't have all
38:58
that. All right. He's not on THE PULPIT,
39:00
BUT HE'S IN THE VALLEY OF THE HYENAS.
39:04
>> YO, we got J Period is here to drop a
39:06
beat on them. J Period, you ready?
39:10
>> I'm ready.
39:11
>> Let's do it.
39:12
>> Yeah.
39:12
>> ASO sway in the morning.
39:15
>> Shade 45.
39:16
>> Yeah. YEAH.
39:18
>> 95. DOING. THAT'S what we doing right
39:20
here, man.
39:21
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sway. Sway in the
39:24
morning. We here, man.
39:24
>> Talk to us.
39:26
>> Uh yeah. Uh yeah. Okay. I like this. Uh
39:31
>> welcome to hip hop.
39:32
>> We here, baby.
39:34
>> Yeah. Uh uh. Okay. Let me catch it real
39:36
quick.
39:37
>> Take your time. Obsess 45. Tracy G has a
39:40
beat. DJJ period on the ones and two.
39:42
>> Let's get it. Uh man. Uh. I cried tears
39:45
when my father left. Heavy heart
39:47
feeling. I got nothing left. Growing up
39:50
was all fun and games. Till my dad
39:52
walked out, I called it window panes. I
39:54
told my mom be strong. You know, like
39:56
Ketta sister crying on the couch holding
39:58
his sweater. Now I got to play father to
40:00
a juvenile. Man, I was only 13. I'm
40:02
going sing now. Ah, I look to God for
40:05
some advice. I heard nothing for 40 days
40:08
and 40 nights. I'm plagued by his love.
40:10
I can't let go. But this hatred in my
40:12
heart won't stop though. He had us all
40:14
fooled. How'd he do it? I should have
40:16
called him Agama Magnico because he left
40:19
my life without a trace. It's sad but
40:22
his own son forgot his face. Uh uh yeah.
40:25
Let me go back in there. Yeah.
40:26
>> Take your time aow
40:31
bag.
40:32
>> Hold on. Keep
40:34
>> man. Who going to hold me up? Who going
40:36
to treat me right? If I do that time is
40:38
you down the ride. If I'm out of town,
40:40
you know I'm out to grind. You know I'm
40:42
crazy about my destiny is do or die. If
40:45
I don't make it back because of suicide.
40:47
The thoughts that's in my head could
40:48
lead you to cry. Man, I'm skeptic about
40:50
demand. You know I'm terrified. You know
40:52
Luigi and them feds got us picking
40:53
sides. Uh got us picking sides, but the
40:57
side I want to be was right by his side,
41:00
man. Yo, the side I want to be was right
41:03
by his side.
41:04
>> We got a class up in here. He digging in
41:07
his bag right now. Tracy G, YOU WANT HIM
41:09
TO KEEP GOING, TRACY? YOU WANT HIM TO
41:11
KEEP GOING?
41:13
>> I LIKE IT.
41:15
OKAY. YEAH. In the morning, we off the
41:18
top with it.
41:19
>> Come on, man.
41:20
>> Hey. Uh. Yeah. Uh. Uh. We on the west
41:23
coast. Maybe not the best coast. Came
41:25
from Miami and you know I had to spray
41:27
them. Spray them. Pray for my brothers
41:29
who's out there. Lay them. Uh. I'm
41:31
trying to say something. Trying to go
41:32
super sane something. Everybody trying
41:34
to say something. I'm on serious. I'm
41:36
preaching to people who don't got places
41:38
to be, places to go. Hating on a brother
41:41
cuz I'm rapping slow mo when I do it.
41:44
Hating on to it, man. I'm like taxes.
41:46
I'm into it. Back to the flow. Back to
41:49
the grind. Got a pocket full of green,
41:50
but I'm not on the scene in the
41:52
spotlight, but you know I rhyme tight.
41:55
Everybody hating cuz I might just be the
41:57
next one. I'm talking Biggie, Kendrick,
41:59
Kanye. You know I'm trying to stay for a
42:01
long, long time. People trying to play
42:03
with my mind. Thinking about God every
42:05
day so I shine. Uh I'm just back when I
42:08
do it. Heather B said I'm the next one
42:11
to it. Yeah. And when I come on the
42:13
raps, people hating on me cuz I'm just
42:15
like that. Just like that. From the pack
42:17
of hyenas. People know me cuz I scream
42:20
like China.
42:22
Right with the homies. People want to
42:24
hate on me. So I'm like Ooly. Can't be
42:27
lonely. Can't be sway. What we do in my
42:30
head?
42:31
>> I shine, you shine. A shine.
42:36
>> I shine. You shine. That's bless. Yo,
42:43
>> day period. What you think, man?
42:44
>> Man, listen. He held it down.
42:46
>> All right.
42:47
>> Thank you, man.
42:48
>> That was great, man.
42:49
>> Appreciate that.
42:50
>> Welcome to hip hop. Alleso.
42:53
Come on.
42:55
Yes. Yes. You got it, man. Citizens,
42:57
make sure you support us, man. What's
42:58
your uh social media, bro,
43:00
>> man? Alleso on everything. A K L E S Oo
43:03
Aleso. You know what I'm saying?
43:05
>> There you go. And if you can relate and
43:07
you love what you just heard from this
43:09
man, please support
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