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Watch Cordae deliver an incredible freestyle and discuss his groundbreaking Kanye West collaboration in this explosive Sway in the Morning interview. The hip-hop prodigy showcases his masterful wordplay with two back-to-back freestyles that demonstrate why he's considered one of the most skilled MCs of his generation.
In this must-watch interview, Cordae opens up about his introspective album "The Crossroads," sharing personal stories about fatherhood and his evolution as an artist. He breaks down his collaborations with legendary artists including Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Anderson .Paak, while revealing his top 5 MCs list featuring hip-hop icons.
Witness Cordae's raw talent as he effortlessly switches between different rap styles, proving why he's earned his place among hip-hop's elite. From discussing his creative process to sharing insights about his upcoming tour, this interview captures an artist at the height of his powers.
Experience one of the most memorable freestyles of the year as Cordae demonstrates why he's leading the new generation of hip-hop, blending technical skill with authentic storytelling in true MC fashion.
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one of the most skilled MC's of this
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generation I said it before I'll say it
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again I'll say it in his faith it's
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worth your
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repetition thank you absolutely that's
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high praised this man been dropping bars
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for years yes sir I was on it from the
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mixtape to the last album The Crossroads
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very powerful album thank you very
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vulnerable on this album very
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introspective I have a lot of questions
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about the album we going to do that
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another time right now while I have you
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here one of my dreams uh-huh and I still
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have dreams oh no don't do that to me I
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dream all the time man for day I dream
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all the time they simple dreams I'm a
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simple man yes sir I don't need a whole
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lot I got a whole lot but one of the
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things I do need is fire bars come on I
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need fire bars I got this is the last
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freestyle of the year on Sway in the
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morning it was only appropriate ladies
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and gentlemen that I got a sniper I
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needed a sharpshooter for this I need
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yeah I needed something more than a
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hyena I needed a lion for this one
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welcome to the Valley of the hyena we
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got C Day in the building what really
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good DB a
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on
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wow oh that's a crazy beat you like that
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one after that introduction that's a
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crazy beat turn the beat up a little bit
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for me in my ear
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brother yeah yeah okay we here with it I
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guess we going to ease into it right do
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it man let's ease into it yeah hey yo
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I've been a cold [ __ ] since the
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beginning I cannot help it the cause I
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was dealt with my flaws are embellish my
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mistakes are gorgeous I didn't celebrate
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it all when I made the foress private
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Villa but I should have resorted to
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something cheaper now I'm all on the
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cakes like Aunt Jima exir ain't want me
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but I ain't want a neither now that's my
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pride I'm lying girl you really the
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Queen of funk not Shaka kind with your
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stank ass attitude bad [ __ ] bumping
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Boos and she from batting rude girl
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remember I used to clap them things
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after school popping perks class of zoo
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make me act the fool fresh as [ __ ] plus
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my raps is cool now we doing shows at
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Manchester middle finger to my ex my
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favorite hand gester so many whips I
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swear that [ __ ] upset my ancestors but
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what I make a show is reparations and
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extra now back to the story that I was
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telling before the moment I relishing
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those pray to God today this until your
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last my [ __ ] you never will know so you
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focus on your highest moments [ __ ]
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instead of your lows but if [ __ ] [ __ ]
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everyone smoke my [ __ ] we ready to go
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but um hold on on I want to be where you
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are uh ain't nothing wrong with dancing
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my whips are so outlandish
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W yeah
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yeah shy I'll [ __ ] you in my Mansion wo
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wo wo wo wo wo yeah yeah we
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got hold up man come on hold up man you
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different come on I can't treat you like
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you normal thank you brother I
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appreciate that no I won't do that come
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on look at my eyes man I've seen the
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best of the best behind the microphone
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and I could tell when they got what it
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take I put you in that category young
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man I've seen them all n came up on the
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show spit bars [ __ ] done spit bars I
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know yay is on the album yay done spit
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bars they all done spit bars I put you
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in that category TR MC's got more than
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one verse that's right of course TR MC's
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got more than one verse
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hey up in here
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sh me B this one real quick okay yeah
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hey look I'mma tell my story how they
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ain't tell it before my legacy forever
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will glow keep Berettas and POS on my
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let them Co you never will know I've
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been going harder than the [ __ ]
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for better results I'm most step black
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on both sides love my Mel ho all white
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whipped cream seat that colorism my
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cousin stay in jail I'm like damn [ __ ]
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you love the system homecoming gift was
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a 100 inch television the crossroads out
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out niggaer y' ain't [ __ ] with him
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nah [ __ ] we back in it new wh black
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tant new CRI in it just bought my 48 cuz
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everything that you have R it rapping
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like the [ __ ] rers do I'm a bad
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tenant come around my way you get robbed
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they Jack kennedies [ __ ] ass [ __ ]
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switching sides you the black Benedict I
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get sad and drink Hennessy that's a bad
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remedy and please don't come near [ __ ]
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with bad energy uh and is bad cod as
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[ __ ] but that Boi laini do c bang [ __ ]
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suicide I was just in the crib playing
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Dragon Ball Z buai when you stack your
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first 10 Mill you know you nah niggaer
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we back in it new wh black in it new CRI
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crash in it just bought my 4 AC CU
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everything that you has rent it rapping
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like the [ __ ] rent do I'm a bad in it
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hold on now hey SAR in the morning woke
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up happy as hell [ __ ] gang in the
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morning now I ain't mean that theory I
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get God the glory every time I hit the
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bank it's depository on this song 06
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dreaming told my mama story send a big
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shot like a Rober or I'm so [ __ ]
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crazy I'm so out the ordinary got these
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[ __ ] morning than scary for these
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[ __ ] [ __ ] hey hey sway yeah what the
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[ __ ] do it do a sway look a sway he from
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Oakland he don't do no joking bad little
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[ __ ] hey Grandma stroking pause though
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got a lot of balls though hey got Bank
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where Faro hey and you already
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[ __ ] know cuz we a swaying I'm
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on it let's get it morning yes
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sir
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got
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over is over over the show is over
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get wow yes sir thank
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you Ovation yes sir true MC Mastery
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thank you that was
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great it's hot in here man take that
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jacket off brother I a got mine on [ __ ]
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created that heat yeah wow man that was
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amazing
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wow yo bro let me just let me let me fan
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out a little bit here let on some MC
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[ __ ] in those two
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verses you might have heard a good 10
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different styles to me yes okay right um
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that you you feel you seen oh yeah I I
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like um I think the MC's who last the
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longest are the ones who can Master
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Styles M right and then make them their
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own yes sir you know we seen Jay do that
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uh red man is somebody I think is
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tremendously talented um I hear this on
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your album too the crossroads yeah I I I
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hear the effort and how you interpret
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your lyrics and tell your stories um I
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want to say I want to commend you on the
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crossroads this is a very um intro
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respective project yes sir right I'm a
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father sir you know and I played the
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song I want to say Shai aini yes sir y
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yep um and real hip hop lover real H
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really yeah now I'm saying like I name
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my daughter my daughter's middle name is
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aeni like that's how much I love hipop
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for Tupac's mom yeah yeah absolutely so
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that's why you did that yeah yeah
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literally wow okay yeah yeah right okay
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okay how how is how is she changed you
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though easily um time management
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schedule
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no procrastination you can't afford it
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anymore you know what I'm saying so
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that's really it just making the most
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out of my time respecting my time
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respecting other people's time I know I
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was late today but before I would have
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been two hours late versus 15 minutes so
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I say this to say um just having yeah my
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mistakes are gorgeous my mistakes are
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gorgeous you know what I'm saying but
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he's accountable for him right I didn't
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even know you were late so see I talk
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too much I need to shut that up sometime
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you snitched on yourself yeah I know my
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goodness that's couple of songs I want
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to ask you about I know we only got a
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few time time time but I I wrote this
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[ __ ] down so I'm going to get it off um
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nothing's compared yeah nothing's
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promised I yeah nothing promised right
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the lyrics um y'all don't understand how
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crazy it gets where's this from from the
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life thing I done seen the craziest [ __ ]
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yeah I'm still a baby but I'm a I'm F to
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have a baby baby and [ __ ] I thank God my
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baby mother ain't crazy as [ __ ] at least
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for the time being
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yeah that was an ill ass line thank you
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bro appreciate that yeah but that's a
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real ass line yeah now 100 right but uh
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I'm assuming that you have the type of
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relationship where y'all communicate
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where you don't have to take that line
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too seriously how how did the mom
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receive that line you know I just try to
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be as vulnerable as transparent and as
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relatable as possible and I know it's a
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lot of people that can you know relate
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to that in some sort of way you know
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what I'm saying um yeah n so I just try
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to be as vulnerable as relatable as
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possible and put things out there that I
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know like is going to connect with
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people Hearts like my whole goal with
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this album when I spit you a verse from
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this album it had to be either it touch
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your heart it touch your soul like this
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is my like tester of like whether a
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verse is good or not when I spit it our
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capella is it hard okay you get what I'm
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saying yeah and it either has to touch
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your soul or just make you have the sank
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face or both you know what I'm saying
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and so uh nothing's promise shout out to
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yay and his team for clearing the sample
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on that one you know cuz that sample's
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um heard him say and um yeah that's one
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of my favorites of the song of the album
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so I'm glad you pointed that one out
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that's a great song oh man man I could
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point a lot of them out young nav is
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Young nav is stepping on me right now he
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he's he's eager to ask you a question
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he's one of our citizens from Iowa they
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flew in first flight to come be a part
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of the show today and that's his mom
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star go ahead young na you got a good
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question for young like what was one of
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biggest like who was one of the biggest
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people you made a song with cuz I seen
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you made a song with Lil Wayne like who
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was other big people you made songs with
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um on this album I mean you might have
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heard of a few it's uh Wayne Uh yay
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formerly known as Kanye West um and I
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mean those two I mean you know respect
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to everybody I mean I got Joey bad on
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the album amazing one of the dopest MC's
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ever got Anderson pack my brother so I
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got a lot of dope you know all friends
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too that's what makes it a little easier
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when you making music with your friends
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yeah and um yeah that's it really that's
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a good question young nav give young nav
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a big round of applause all right okay
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Wayne man when when you and Wayne work
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together is it in person no I send them
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I send them the stuff we do like work
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together and kick it in person but when
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it's records I just send it to him and
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let him do what he does uhhuh lying okay
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right headline Mufasa headline for sure
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muasa for sure I'm curious to your like
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when I was always kept a hot five MC's
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in my pocket not your top five okay but
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your hot like I would have feral Minds
10:33
from my era you know what do you mean by
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hot five there people that I go to okay
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mine okay my hot five MC's definitely
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got Wayne on there all day is it early
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Wayne all Wayne all Wayne from like cuz
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Wayne is like Hip Hop's Michael Jackson
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in the sense of like there's only like
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four artists period that were child
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Superstars but became more successful
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and better as an adult that's very hard
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to do by the way
10:59
very hard who are those artists you
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think LL or Wayne Beyonce okay Wayne
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obviously Michaelson Stevie W those the
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biggest four I can think of just off the
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rip as in Usher Yeah of course but all
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of them were child Superstars but became
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even again more successful and better as
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adults and um so I got Wayne is one um
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self-explanatory obviously I have yay
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mhm I have HOV mhm I have n
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mhm in that fifth
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spot
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my that fifth spot gets really tricky
11:39
okay because I got three and and this is
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in no order obviously but sometimes is M
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we are at Shade 45 m in M I got you hold
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on you got Kendrick that's
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right yeah and Big L my personal I love
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big L Big L God bless how did you get
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into Big L like where were you when you
12:03
got into Big L that that's something in
12:05
the car okay you know what I'm saying
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like in the car listening to it like
12:10
what like I'm like yeah in the car like
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yeah big L's one of them ones and then I
12:15
heard it in the car and I went back on
12:17
YouTube and like went crazy but I mean
12:19
you know what's funny I seen this
12:20
interview I think it was Vince Staples
12:21
they was like when do you fall in love
12:23
with hip hop he said what type of
12:24
question you know respectfully like
12:25
that's for white people like black folks
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is like what are you talking it's just
12:29
there just wake up is so I say that's to
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say that's how I find the Big L because
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it was just he was just there that's
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good you know what I like too man I I
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see you you working with the yays you
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know um you're working with the Wayne
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who all intents and purposes old school
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now no I wouldn't say that they're
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Eternal gold don't get old okay all
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right I'm on swing in the morning gold
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don't get old that's a good point man
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I'm not gonna debate that yeah but you
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know he's he's from you know there was
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we I I think I think the point I'm
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trying to get to is I when you first
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came out yes sir where the music
13:04
business was and there was the Divide
13:06
between older artists and younger
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artists feel like right that divide has
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dissipated in my opinion when I see
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people like you working with the Kanye
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the Wayne of the world having a
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relationships with the LL Co Jays and
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and those sort of things would you agree
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with that that that bridge that Gap that
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generation gap I feel like we worked on
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shrinking that and people are starting
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to see the importance of working with
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people from different eras definitely n
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for sure um I I don't have like a uh
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just a correct so I'm not like out here
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capping I don't have a relationship with
13:39
LJ but I met him before it's love one of
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them one of them ones it goes without
13:43
saying there nothing I can say I mean
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the [ __ ] came up with the phrase goat
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you know what I'm saying so I say this
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to say but I did me meet him it was a
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bunch of Love hella cool he shouted me
13:53
out on one his interviews too shout out
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to LL for that but um so I say this to
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say to answer your question definitely I
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see more of a combining Thing versus uh
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again when I came in it was just like
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polarized yeah it was like opposite and
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versus now it's like the Gap is closed
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for sure yeah you got a lot to do with
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that and I appreciate you for that you
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know whether you glad you said it oh I
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got to say that man all right man we got
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cord day bro we we we unfortunately we
14:20
got to wrap it up okay uh but the new
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album is the crossroads there's so many
14:25
tracks on this and this is a great time
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to listen to this project at this time
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of the year very introspective yes sir
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uh the music is incredible to me um and
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I love the progression I've seen you
14:36
making your albums U from that first
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mixtape I heard to now absolutely man
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are you taking this on the road
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absolutely uh the tour is February the
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5th to like March 19th so it's all all
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American tour we going all across
14:51
America then we going to Europe then you
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know world domination there you go world
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domination man I got to see you perform
14:56
it Live Tracy you want to say something
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before I wrap I mean Cai is absolutely
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incredible bro you're so impressive you
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have so much ambition but you also have
15:06
humility if I could squeeze in a
15:07
question really quickly because it was
15:09
coming to my head no worries I was
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wondering um if you just write just to
15:13
write sometimes because as introspective
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as you are and as much as your music is
15:18
not only cathartic for you but cathartic
15:20
for The Listener thank you I just be
15:22
wondering okay do you ever just write
15:24
for the journal or does every thought
15:26
idea feeling expression do you save it
15:30
for a
15:32
song you know that's a great question I
15:34
write all the time and what I've learned
15:36
is every verse is equity every so I
15:38
write Just For the Love of music for the
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love of writing but I've learned every
15:42
verse every song that you write is
15:43
equity because let's say you got this
15:45
song that may not fit this album but
15:46
it's a song you can give to another
15:48
artist for them to sing you know what
15:49
I'm saying or you can give it for them
15:51
for them to use on their album or like
15:54
for a snc you know what I'm saying so I
15:55
might have this verse that cuz one like
15:58
this song I got called mad as [ __ ] I can
16:00
curse right okay I got a song called mad
16:02
as [ __ ] I got like seven different seven
16:04
different second verses for that uhhuh
16:07
and one of those vers you can say like
16:08
dang I just wasted six verses but one of
16:10
those verses I use for a guest feature
16:12
you know what I'm saying so I say this
16:13
to say from a business perspective
16:15
staying in that studio is very conducive
16:18
it's like you're just stacking up Equity
16:19
you know what I'm saying building stocks
16:21
but also just from a love thing more
16:23
than anything I just have to get it out
16:25
of me you know what I'm saying it's just
16:27
like I got to write down my thoughts
16:28
like I'm not not really the best with my
16:30
words verbally but I can write them
16:33
things down you know what I'm saying
16:34
with the best of them and so it's um
16:36
it's just one of my my gifts from God
16:38
and I I I I try my best to live in that
16:40
absolutely we love receiving those gifts
16:43
man smart young oh I'm sorry go ahead
16:45
young na you got another question
16:46
bullying you for the mic come on man
16:49
ball don't be ball hogging the mic man I
16:50
like um like I like rapping and things
16:52
in that category so like if it's any
16:54
advice you could give me what would it
16:55
be um put
16:59
the
17:00
um the love must come this going to all
17:02
sound like cliche but it's just the
17:04
God's honest truth they say it's cliche
17:05
for a reason right but make sure your
17:08
product is good whatever that product
17:10
that you're trying to sell whether it's
17:11
a clothing brand whether it's music
17:13
whatever that you're trying to sell put
17:15
all your time energy and effort into
17:17
perfecting that worry about the
17:18
marketing promotion social media all
17:21
that later because once you have a good
17:22
product because you can have the best
17:24
team in the world you can have the best
17:26
managers in the world you can have the
17:27
best in the world but if the music ain't
17:30
hitting then it's not going to connect
17:32
like you want it to so yeah exactly you
17:34
cooked and so I say this to say I would
17:36
just hyperfocus on the music and right
17:38
now I would also if I was you I learn
17:40
how to make beats bro I would learn how
17:42
to make beats too as you like writing so
17:44
you don't got to like wait on no
17:45
producer to send you beats you can be a
17:47
oneman band machine you know what I'm
17:48
saying and get all the publishing all
17:51
right now if you want to let them hear a
17:52
little bit of your bars our capella ooh
17:55
no pressure man uh yeah sure okay true
17:58
story by the way okay no Capa in his
18:00
RS
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um it was 7:15 first day of school I
18:06
walked in nice fit thinking I was cool I
18:08
went in class first hour math I walked
18:11
in took a whip someone needs a bath but
18:13
then I remembered that I was fast so I
18:15
ran like you syo out of that class now I
18:18
get home and I'm trying to watch TV but
18:20
then remember that the living room needs
18:21
me I'm only so young put it in the
18:23
basket hoping by 16 I'm not inside a
18:25
casket I shoot I score I dribble the
18:27
ball but most times I feel like like I'm
18:28
shooting over a break wall they laugh
18:30
they crack jokes they try to make fun of
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me but nobody to tell me what I am going
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to be but sometimes it make me feel a
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certain way just remember my favorite
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radio is s Callaway bars bars bars you
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heard that bars how old are you bro I'm
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11 going on 12 oh yeah you got bars you
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got confident the sky is the limit yes
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sir and storytelling skills it's not
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just punchlines yeah no no and you got
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the Charisma the confidence you got it
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bro you got it man I'm glad you had the
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you was the closer yeah of this you know
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what I'm saying cuz I want have to
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follow that up I knew what we were doing
19:03
bro yes sir did you a solid man all
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right all right yo wonderful that was
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hard though y'all clap it up for
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him that takes some yeah than yo young
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nav you all right man thank you for
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joining us today brother you made the
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show something special man couldn't have
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been like it is without you man does
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does he got social media we're not doing
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that right at 11: no he got one oh jeez
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okay what's your social media young nav
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it TS von1 123 v o n
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t von1 123 okay all right man damn it's
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Von cord thank you brother n thank you
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appreciate N I appreciate you you're a
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real one man you're solid one man we'll
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do more in La yes sir let's do that okay
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all right can I hang out with y'all man
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easy we here okay I'm a cool hang guys I
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play for my own food come on you
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self-sufficient yeah that's it I could
19:54
get us in clubs too come on let's go for
19:56
sure I got a little juice big juice for
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sure thank you man uh appreciate you
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cord n thank you you when I say I say
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you're a real one because I I I
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definitely know that you're asset to
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this community thank you're definitely
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something that the community can't do
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without no thank you and this is a long
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run you going to be here we'll be doing
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this 10 years from now absolutely okay
20:18
yes sir all right I already see that I
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know how intelligent you are how you
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curated and navigated your career and
20:24
even that analogy about business and
20:26
assets and stocks um being compared to
20:30
versus is true that's all Equity right
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yes sir okay give it up for we got a lot
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of that the crossroad shout out to the
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LA leakers man that freestyle was fired
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we got one too yes sir you're in yes sir
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that's right okay
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