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Big Homie Sho Talks Sway Family Connect &Freestyles Over "Jimmy Crooks" Beats | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Feb 19, 2023
Big Homie Sho's rise to fame reached a new level when he connected with the family at Sway In The Morning - as the cousin of hip hop sensation, Sway Calloway! Faizon Love and DJ Greg Street gave him their seal of approval which helped boost his credentials even higher. He showed off some serious skills by laying down an impressive freestyle over Drake and 21 Savage's "Jimmy Crooks" beat - definitely not one to miss out on!
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Save for a fire
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Just met this young man not that long ago. Not for real. Not for real
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Not for real. How did we meet? Hey, man. How did y'all meet
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Greg Street. Greg Street. Greg Street put the call in and said, hey, man, I want you to check this young man out
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And once my family found out that I was coming on here, they reached out to me and said
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you know y'all family, right? And I was like, what? and they gave me the rundown to it
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I ain't even mentioned it until I got up here and I showed him. He's like, nah, you dead on, like for real
0:35
That's crazy. So it's meant to be. First of all, Greg Street. What can I say about Greg Street
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Shit, I can't even find the words. Greg Street, to me, is an architect of what it is we do here on radio
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Whenever you hear hip-hop on radio, any type of culture on radio, Greg Street has been doing it longer than most people you think have been doing it for a long time
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And he did it in a spot, in a place, in the part of the country that didn't always get the recognition it deserved
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Greg Street came up in the South, whether it was in the Texas area, whether it was in the Georgia area
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any area of that part of the country that wasn't on the extremities
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What I mean by that, the West or the East Coast, where most of the industry pretty much resided
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It was harder for artists or harder for DJ to come into prominence
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He has been doing what he does today for decades, and he has done it the same way, constantly evolving and breaking artists that you never heard of
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That's what we came into business to do to really bring opportunity and attention to artists who otherwise they don't get it
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When Greg Street texts me or calls me, he's one of those people, Tracy G, I respond to within 10 seconds. Immediately
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Immediately. Yep. That's my brother. That's my counterpart. We've been doing this
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Guys like Greg Street, who's been doing this for a long time, should be celebrated in bigger ways than they have
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When we see all of the hip-hop content that's coming out celebrating Hip-Hop 50, this man has been on the airwaves 30 years plus
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Wow. So over half the age that hip-hop is, Greg Street's been representing hip-hop, rap music, community, culture for that long
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And he's an awesome angler. He knows how to fish. I see how y'all are friends
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When he told me about Big Homie Show, big round of applause for Big Homie Show
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Thank you, man. I'm not going to front. I wasn't familiar. It's all good
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You get to know me. Don't know. Everybody that don't know me will get to know me
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I ain't got no problem with that. But Greg sent me some stuff. I was like, oh, he could really rap
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Yeah, man. I'm pretty good out here. And then Faison is a good friend of mine
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Yeah, man. Faison, that's like my OG, like my big brother. You know what I'm saying
3:02
So just being around him, it motivated me and inspired me. He's like, nah, I played him some music
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He's like, nah, you really need to do this for real. And, I mean, every step of the way, he watching right now
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He got me this morning to make sure I give it. Everything I do, he makes sure I get my mind right for it
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Now, you got two juggernauts stamping you. Faison Love, who is just somebody who's always stood on his morals
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never been in his occupation. At all. Stand-up dude, keeps it 100, doesn't hold back his tongue
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So if he finds you to be dope and then Greg Street thinks you're dope
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I automatically think you're dope. I appreciate that. Big homie Shaw. Where did it all start, though
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You represent northern Louisiana? North Louisiana, man. Okay. You know what I'm saying
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That's where our ties come from, actually. Okay. You keep bringing that up
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Let's talk about it. Is this blood ties? Backwood Louisiana, for real
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You know what I'm saying? Like real, real country. Spearsville, Louisiana. Burnish, Louisiana
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Formalville, Louisiana. You know, all those areas. Rust and Grammar. I went to Grammar State
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All of those are north Louisiana. It's like everything in north Louisiana is like 10 feet, 10 minutes apart
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Okay. So that's why we all be related because, I mean, the towns are, like, right there by each other
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So from there, I moved to Dallas, Texas, and that's why me and my manager and my partner, C-Dog
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C-Dog. What up, C-Dog? He used to be at K-104 as well and a big show promoter in the city
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and he gave me early looks, you know what I'm saying, in my career. And from there, I built this what you see today, actually
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You know, with my relationship with Faison, we went and did some things
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and he just called me one night. He's like, nah, you ready, for real. Even after what me and Faison was doing, he saw it and said, nah, let me
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But what kind of things were you all doing? I know Faison would bring you out on stage. He would bring me out on shows
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I mean, just bring. First of all, when you have somebody who's really in the business for real
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because it's one thing to do this and then have somebody who's actually in the entertainment business
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You need to see somebody that's actually in the entertainment business to really understand
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how it works. So until I really met people like that, I really was just kind of, it's almost like
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college, you know what I'm saying? So just being around people like that, being around the Greg Streets, being around the
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C-Dogs, you know what I'm saying? Being around the Skip Cheathams, the G-O's, you know what I'm saying
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Did you say Skip? You know what I'm saying? They will teach you from just being around them really how the music industry works
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how the entertainment industry works. So before then, I was just working, you know, but after I got with Faison and other people around him, it changed everything
5:49
Right, because it sounds like in the beginning you saw yourself just as an artist. Right. And with their mentorship, you're like, nah, let me be a businessman
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Is there a standout lesson that you can share with us that you learned about the industry that's really helped
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Oh, man, that never burn a bridge. Never burn a bridge. Because, I mean, just like I said, a lot of the people that I deal with, I mean, they have 15-year relationships, 10-year relationships
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most of the people in the entertainment industry they just move up
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you know so like for instance let say just throwing a name out there let say T Ferris T Ferris used to manage Mike Jones well now he Megan Thee Stallion manager So a lot of times people just move on or move up You know he might be just a radio personality today
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but he'll be a program director in five years. So you don't want to burn a bridge because that person, you know
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will end up being somebody that you're going to have to do some business with in the future. I love my cousin right here
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Let's talk about it, man. How are we related? So Demetrius Shelton Yes
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Went to school with your sister Okay And they found out that you all were Calloways
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Oh shit And he contacted your sister And your sister flew down
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And y'all went to the She went to the family cemeteries and everything
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And they told me These are the things that they told me
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And I didn't even want I was like well I'm going to say it off air Because I want to make sure I'm right Right
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So when I told him he's like I flew my sister down there. I was like, you know
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Yeah, no, this is, oh, geez. Wow. So you're also related to E-40
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That's the same bloodline. That's the same bloodline. That's the same bloodline. Wow. That's crazy
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Let me see if I could call her. We're going to play a song. I'm going to come back and talk with you
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That's cool. Okay, big homie show here. Yeah, let's play it back again
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Let's run it back. Run it back, man. Let me hear it once again. Nah, for real. Nah, for real
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Nah, for real. Let's run it back. Big Homie show It's called Nah For Real
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Nah For Real New single out now Get that fumble too That goes hard
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Yes sir Big Homie Came out with In 2017 Was the name of your project Right
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That's right That's right You did that independently That's right Okay And then it was
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Quick Trip What was the song That really Quick Trip Trapping out the Uber Trapping out the Uber
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Trapping out the Uber Did you really trap out the Uber For sure Man listen
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Wait what does that mean You was selling I mean you know Hey
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You know, I trapped out of the oomph. A little extra came with your ride. Oh, hey
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That's another thing you learn from being in the industry. You just, you know, you don't really speak too much on what you've done
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because they'll run it back on you. But that was 2016. Yeah, you know. Not too far goes away
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Tell thug that right now. See what I'm saying? Smart, bro. You just shut that down
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Gotta be smart. Nah, for real. You just shut that down. You know what I'm saying
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I have to be calling you up. Yo, try. No, for real
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Call me radio op. She ain't here right now. She called me radio op. She in the back. She in the kitchen
8:46
But trapping out of the Uber, I do know folks who've done that
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guarantee you, if I say anybody who drive an Uber that's trapped out of the Uber
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call up right now. Oh, man. I mean, it's smart. You know what I'm saying
9:01
If you really think about it. How so? Because, I mean, you're not driving
9:05
They're not really paying them no attention. You know what I'm saying? you do what you need to do and get back in the car and you go back where you go
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I mean, it just makes sense. When has an Uber driver ever said, okay, let me check everything you got
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before you get in the car? You know what I'm saying? So, hey, you know, he gets stopped
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It look legit. You know, keep it moving. It just makes sense
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It was just a smart play. How long did you hypothetically? Let's see, we go again
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What would make a person stop? Right. Meeting people like you would make people stop
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You know what I'm saying? Once you get opportunity, man Opportunity of a lifetime
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You got to recognize it and understand What that can do for you Just like you understand what this can do for you
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You got to be able to understand what that can do for you as well You know what I'm saying? Choices
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You know, you do what you need to do Till you create or you meet opportunity
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You know what I mean? What are the things that you have to quit doing When you start getting the opportunity
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That's still leading you in the direction of your goal? You got to change your mentality You know what I'm saying
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Like, I tell people the more successful you become, you're going to start to feel like you soft
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because you can't react the way you used to. You know what I'm saying? Like, you can't be hot-headed or, you know what I'm saying
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Like, you got to really take control of what you're really trying to do
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and really taking in. So you're going to have to stop a lot of stuff that you used to do when you didn't have nothing to lose
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You know what I'm saying? So that would be the thing for me. Who was the artist that recognized your music that really, you know
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surprised you that they knew who you were? Man, artists that recognize my music that I was surprised and knew who I was
10:41
Right now, just in conversation, you know, for various reasons, I'd probably say Mac-10
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Mac-10. Yeah. Mac-10! Yeah, yeah, yeah. What up, Mac-10? For various reasons, you know what I'm saying
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But yeah, you know, just to hear people that are pioneers that say, nah, you dope, like you got something
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It really means something because without those stamps of approval, you're kind of hoping
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You know what I mean? But when certain people say, no, you dope, you got something, it just gives you that confidence that you need to keep going
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Big homie show rappers in Louisiana. You know, often people say that the rap game is very bloated with artists, right
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There's just an abundance. what are some methods that you take to ensure that your individuality comes through on every track
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Some people don't listen to their peers during their work mode. What are some things that you work on
11:39
I actually don't have a lot of people in when I do my recording
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What I do is I like to get the production and I like to create the song
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and pretty much have an idea before I actually get to the studio
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so when I get to the studio C-Dog can advise for this
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and my engineer keys can as well when I get to the studio I knock out like
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four songs an hour because I've been practicing these songs before I get to the studio
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so all I need you to do is load up the beat I don't bring a whole lot of people in the studio
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because I don't need a whole lot of I would have said this I would have said that that way you actually get my creativity
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out of the record because I've been riding and listening to it and okay I'm going to say this I'm going to change that
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So by the time I get to the studio, I done practiced it so many times that I'm ready
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So when we load up the track, I'm going to run through it one time, I'm going to back it up, I'm going to run the ad-libs
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he's going to place the hook on to the next record. I don't believe that, man. Okay
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Is that true, C-Daw? Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. This is my cousin man I can tell when we on one I can see our eyebrows do a flinch thing He can help it It a family that just like that So if I said Scram Jones throw a beat on you can rock over it
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Tell him to do it. An original beat that he made. Yeah, I've been waiting. I've been waiting
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I can't sleep. I ain't been able to sleep. Let's do it. Let's do it. For some reason, my witch call is going in and out there, for real
13:06
There you go. I can hear it now. I'm ready. Look. It's one of them, look
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Man, I've been doing this for so long I won't stop till I'm on the cover of Rolling Stone
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And at the top of the billboard I'm pulling up in some shit that you can't afford
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Now you can call me Lord or you can call me God You disrespect, I'll swing on you like A-Rod
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Red eye charger, hood scoop like a hot rod I'm all in your 's ear like an alpine
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I keep a while of money, I keep a heap of dope I be so hot that I don't walk, , I just float
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I'm the great black hope, the north side's pride These other rappers , they just got their tubes tied
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I won't be denied, I end boys' careers The diamonds in DL certified by D-Bills
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No more VVS's, F1's in the necklace Catch me shooting out 360, I'm driving reckless
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Now wipe me the eye, cause I'm my own Jerry Jones just hit me on my phone,
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He told me welcome to the neighborhood I hit the booth and get the mic out as a chimney wood
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It feel good, man, I make it look easy Sway in the morning, man
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Give me that Jimmy Cruz, man Hold on, man Hold on, hold on
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Hold on, give me another one, man Give me another one, man
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Give me another one, man Let's go Turn that up, turn that up
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Big homie Sway in the morning It's an honor and a pleasure to be here
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You know what I'm saying? It's a pleasure to have you, big homie, show Look here Show the all the entertainment
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I like it Watch this shit You in the valley of the hyenas class Hyenas
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Yeah, look I'm back like I never left And if your sense is coming
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I'm the most deaf With the last breath that I breathe I say I'm the greatest
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Trying to put out Glock down But I'm going through phases They be amazed that I'm exactly who I say I am
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Throw up my set before I dip Salute the killer camp They say the feds taking pictures, well I don't give a damn
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I just pray that God protect me, and my blick don't jam Made to swear if I die today I'll be a hologram
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Trap doing numbers, follow me if you want Instagrams I don't give a about what's trending on no Instagram
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Finna write a cookbook, I'ma call it Green Eggs and Grams I pray to God, now here I am
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Now my name is being mentioned with the legends Like Nipsey speaking to you from the heavens, I want victory
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And they can keep them bullshit awards that don't mean shit to me All my soldiers move on the court like a street symphony
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Don't sin for me Cause I'm willing to doubt what I believe in Make your top five go high when the big homie bends
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Sign me for a chain in the watch Send me my dividends People cheer for me like the night they elected Obama in
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Said I wouldn't make it I said yes I can I watched that Kanye interview
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And I followed the plan I invested in myself I ain't gotta count nobody masters
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Cause Sway had the answers all along Pay attention mother Top five Dallas, Texas
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Top five Dallas, Texas. Now, for real. Several generations of greatness, I see
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Now, for real, man. You top five Dallas, Texas? No, top five Dallas, Texas
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Now, I saw that. I saw that Willie Russell. Top five Dallas
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You looked over Dallas and said Houston. Nah, we here, my . Okay
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Nah, we here, bro. We here? Nah, we here. Yo, I love this big homie show
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Get that man a round of applause, man. He came all the way out here. Ready
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He came ready. I enjoyed that. Nah, for real. Hey, and you come up here, Scram Jones here, bring two verses
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Bring the one you practiced for weeks. and then bring another one
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so Scrab Jones will put an original beat underneath. You sound great on this music
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I hope y'all collaborate. For sure. Thank you, man. Nice little contrast
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that's going on there right there. That was hard. Yo, this is
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we didn't go too in depth in it, but I'm going to research
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and it's a pleasure to meet you. Man, thank you, man. Greg Street didn't even tell me that part
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, man. It's an honor to be here for real. Yeah, man. We got to do our family reunion
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When 40 found out that we were all in the same bloodline
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we both were like, we got to do a big-ass family reunion. Right, all right. I'll be there
17:30
We have so many. You're invited. I'll be there. You're. We have a lot of entertainers in this family
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And we have a lot of educators in this family. Right. My mom was a principal, actually
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Okay. So we got educators on my side, you know. And then when we, with my sister, G-Life, we call her G-Life
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has been doing the genealogy. We found out we had educators in the family from the 1800s, right
18:00
You're schooling me right now. Yeah, so I got a whole lot of information. But we had educators
18:06
And there are people who share my same government name from my past
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from our generation's past. So we got a link that I think is important for black folks to know where we come from
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and how we are all connected to each other. This was so crazy
18:20
No Greg Street. We never would have that. That's crazy. That's what it is
18:29
That's the bridge, right? That's how genealogy works. And C-Dog got a mansion
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That ain't got nothing to do with nothing. But I just want to find out that I know that
18:41
It ain't got nothing to do with that. But C-Dog got a mansion. You know Cuzzle, you got a mansion
18:46
Nah, not yet. I'm working on it. Okay, cool. What city you live in? Okay
18:52
That was Texas. Yo, this is definitely my family right here, David
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He ain't saying nothing. He said a whole lot and ain't saying nothing at the same time
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It's easy. We don't know when he was trapping out the Uber. Stop it All right We going to continue this conversation You got to come back later in the year For sure Okay And let do this again No for sure All right I appreciate it What should people be on the lookout for
19:15
Man, I got the Famous Animal Freestyle out right now. I got the Fumble Freestyle out right now
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I mean, not the Freestyle. I got the song Fumble featuring Papa Hussein out right now
19:25
Famous Animal. Let me see. Man, just a lot more dope-ass music, a lot more content
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I want to get some shout-outs. Get some shout-outs. We're going to try my sister again real quick
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She life. Okay, so Greg Street for sure. Greg Street, first of all, we appreciate you, Greg Street
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for all you do for this culture. Indeed. You are ready, your juggernaut. Salute to you, King
19:50
Yeah. Greg Street, Kevin Perry, Tammy Honesty, Kobe Cole, Faison Love. Hold up
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Kobe Cole, we want to say salute to Kobe Cole. You are ready, your juggernaut
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Yourself, you are an architect. You're one of the reasons why we were in Philadelphia on Power 99
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Love. All right, go ahead, man. Faison Love, Terry. And Helen Little, too
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Let me salute Helen Little. Go ahead. Go ahead. G.O. Cook, Big Bink, Ken Smith, Skip Cheatham, Hollywood Bay Bay
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Shout out to Skip Cheatham. The program is Skip Cheatham? Yeah. Oh, my gosh
20:23
Hollywood Bay Bay. Hollywood Bay Bay. That's my family. I hit them yesterday
20:28
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He knew that she was coming up the whole nine. Yeah, yeah
20:32
Yeah, Hollywood Bay Bay. Call me on a FaceTime. Yeah, Lando Booman, One Eye, Big V, Jigga JT, Gray Digger, Puka Urban South, DJ Jack Frost, Kane, Rod D, Prophet, Melton Mack
20:43
Wow. That's it. I needed to say that because those are the people who have supported me
20:48
And before it was Shea 4-5, you know what I'm saying? Before it was some people take the risk in the middle of the club prime time and play your record
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You know what I'm saying? You got those program directors that'll take a meeting with you because they see what you're doing
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You got those radio personalities who oftentimes put their job on the line because they don't know who the you is
21:08
They really don't. You know what I'm saying? So I just wanted to take the moment while I'm on a platform like this to just appreciate those people for rocking with me on this journey
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And shout out to you for taking the time to really put your appreciation and your humility on display
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by thinking of all of these people in advance. Citizens, what you'll see later
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is that big homie show wrote everyone's name down. Yeah, before he did the shout-out
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Yeah, I love that. Hold on, G-Life, I'm going to call you from another phone on that other line
21:38
Is that okay? Yeah, on the 909. Yeah, the other line. DB about to call you now from a strange number
21:45
Is that okay? Yeah. Okay, just my big sister, I'd ask permission
21:50
All right, give me one second. It's coming now. Who are some of the other entertainers that you said are in your bloodline
21:56
We have some jazz musicians. We have, you know, other rappers in our family
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We have producers. I think I brought one up on the show. As a matter of fact, Deli, he did do one of our cyphers in L.A
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He was the producer. He supplied the beats. Very fire. Yeah. That's crazy
22:17
I'm trying to get my family members in any time I can. We up. So when they do see me at the family reunion, they ain't going to look at me funny
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But I got to make this happen, and then we're going to conclude the show. But Big Homie Show is here
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Give a big round of applause. Dallas, you are up. Northern Louisiana, you are up
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And I got your bigger cousin, G-Life, on the phone with us right now, show
22:43
How you doing? Nice to meet you, family. Blessings, talented one. Over there just killing it
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Tell him what you told me when you saw me in the lobby show
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So I saw him in the lobby. I said, man, I got something crazy to tell you. He said, what's that
23:02
I said, man, I come to find out I think we family. So he said, how's that
23:06
He said, run it to me. So I said, you a Callaway
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I said, my cousin Demetria Shelton went to school with your sister
23:14
I said, and she flew down that they found out later, and she flew to Louisiana
23:20
And she visited the cemetery of the family. You went with Karis Jones
23:25
My grandmother was a Jones. Oh, my God. So y'all family in Bernese, Louisiana, that's how we related
23:33
Breathe, G. Breathe. This is like a television series. For real. It tripped me out, too
23:39
I almost, like I told him, I said, I didn't want to mention it in old air because I wanted to make sure I knew what I was talking about
23:45
Wait a minute. Well, first of all, let's shout out Claiborne Parrish
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Let's shout out that judge Demetri Shelton That's right Let's shout out my cousin brother
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Let's shout out the family In Claiborne Parish Over in Homer, over in Bernice
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Over in Hainfield All of it Yeah that's family It's done I'm going to leave it right there
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I'm going to leave it right there I appreciate you I appreciate and love on you
24:17
This is God's praise. It really is. Thank you. Thank you. It's time to organize the reunion, G
24:24
We got the resources. Let's make it happen. Done. All right? And then Big Homie Show going to perform
24:30
Hold on. One thing. Yes? Darius says, Sway's grandma, George of Oakland
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and my grandma Vilma first cousin. He on my live right now. He's listening to you
24:40
Is that his grandma Vilma Gully? That's right. Yo. Hey, Darius. Yo, G really does this
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It says Velma Gully on his message Hallelujah And rest in power to our grandmother Georgia
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Rest in power to our grandmother Georgia Standing on the wall Hallelujah
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G, I'll hit you later I knew you would appreciate this Oh my god, my heart
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You know what? I'm just going to run outside and give God praise
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Y'all have a blessed day You as well Thank you Don't trap in the Uber
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All right, J. Be home. Be home. Can I say this? Can I say this
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Sway, sway, sway in the morning. There you go. I just wanted to say that. Come on, man. Come on, man
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I just wanted to say that. All right
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