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DONNELL RAWLINGS Speaks On Performing At Madison Square Garden | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Aug 23, 2023
DONNELL RAWLINGS stopped by Sway In The morning to talk about performing at Madison Square Garden with Dave Chappelle.
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August 22nd 23rd Friday August 25th and
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26th Darnell Rollins will be performing
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at Madison Square Garden
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with Dave Chappelle not all the days I
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got one tonight
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it's his 50th birthday and I really came
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up here not to promote anything other
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than to say happy birthday okay to my
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good friend say hello to you because I
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didn't know thank you they said you was
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there so I was like go up there now
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because he'll leave
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right he's going right up here but I'm
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doing it it's the 22nd 23rd 25th 26th
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okay
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um I'm not gonna be here for the last
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two shows first show I'm just chilling I
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gotta go back to L.A so let me how do
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you do that like it's obviously for for
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what you do that's one of the biggest
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stages to be on but you obviously choose
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to do other things when when this tour
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is happening what what's the thought
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process what's the science the thought
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process in this particular case yeah it
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don't matter whose birthday is
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celebrating Jesus birthday
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my son's birthday ah
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yeah ain't no ain't nothing else
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CR come on you know and even you know it
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is so funny this way because
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I've never had to make decisions based
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on anything
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other than what was going to make me
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happy yeah in my life until I had my kid
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I do what I want when I want I ain't got
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a responsibility first time I had to
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make money decisions decisions with
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dates because what's in the best
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interest was for him yeah and I heard
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Buster on an interview was going back
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and talking about some memories and
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moments he missed with his kids because
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of this business yes
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and I understood what he was saying
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but on the other side I'm like uh
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it ain't no money yeah it ain't no money
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it ain't no money it ain't no
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opportunity it's gonna ever make me miss
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those moments in my son life and I'm
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speaking that from a guy they had a kid
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later on yeah I ain't talking about a 21
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year old I'm talking about a 55
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year old man
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21-22 oh man he'd be all right he got
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more birthdays yeah but when I'm trying
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to leave with him oh yeah I'm like it
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ain't no question I'm like I'm there and
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Dave was even like oh you think I was
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like don't even
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talk to me about it no more yeah I'm out
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yo man yeah 50 you know you can't afford
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to miss no birthdays never really could
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I chose to my daughter's birthday was
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this past weekend
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and I chose they had the hip-hop 50
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event at Yankee Stadium
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I chose to be with my daughter on her
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birthday that's nothing more hip-hop
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than that how old is your daughter 25.
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and see you could have been like she a
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grown-ass woman yeah you could have done
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that and my situation is different now
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because my son is so young
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and everything is going on now is the
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things that leave Impressions on him
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yeah I know he about 60 to 70 he gonna
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be like Daddy I don't give a [ __ ] if you
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come to my party or not
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we got [ __ ] coming you don't want to
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see this
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especially right now in this age and
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everything is important for me to be a
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part of all of that y'all I'm glad you
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brought that up because today we
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celebrating my nephew's birthday he
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turned 21 today
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yeah man
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[Applause]
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what are you doing for his 21st birthday
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I'm about to go see y'all are you coming
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to the show tonight yeah
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you and Dave are all good
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Africa and that's so funny because it's
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the only night of them yeah you have a
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taxi does Dave respond to your text
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messages you I don't want to test it you
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want to test it
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no I've tested it it didn't work for me
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let me see
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go ahead keep talking yeah yeah so
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Darnell is going to text Dave Chappelle
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and see if if it will respond if he
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responds Kalani I'm gonna teach him how
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to spell your name plus one and he gets
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into today
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[Laughter]
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I could say yeah but tell him I said
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what up I will all right Darnell Rollins
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is here man we're hanging out Kalani who
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did you bring you got people here with
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you man it's a surprise yeah it was a
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surprise
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um I got my mom right here oh Sue what
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up my sister in the building
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she was there for one of the um
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cook-offs where I beat Darnell but then
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these three snitched on and said you're
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a little light skin friend like my
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garlic noodles yeah exactly because she
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was eating them on a low too
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empty
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so how was his food Suzette Williams is
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here uh man this isn't one of the most
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reputable Elite Executives to ever come
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out of the music business the biggest
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artist in the game have benefited from
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her experience her tutelage her
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management all of the different things
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that she does suits at Williams cousin
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Kim is here
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cousin Kim come on over here and give me
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a hug cousin Kim cousin Kim is here
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she's a
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she surprised yeah I didn't expect
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okay it's a little tight
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they all be coming at me Slim why they
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do that
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y'all feel good okay
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nah but I want to say this citizens you
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know me and Darnell go back and forth
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don't say that me and Darnell go back
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and forth but he's talking he spoke
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about his his beautiful son Austin and
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their family Dynamics
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oh before I finish my story and shout
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out to Psy
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princess of the Posse right there
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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hey we got Psy up in the building
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College
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proud of her man
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good job
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my mind's telling me no
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today I swear on everything ax Heather
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this has been going on for like two days
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I really would like to see Darnell did I
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not say he said that but I said Darnell
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don't believe you because every time he
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come up here you're not here and I said
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you always traveling and working and
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then when I tell you something are you
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sick I'm like did you hear him dying or
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something
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he's like are you sick I'm like no I'm
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sick and tired but I ain't regular sick
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but all I had it you were sick so I was
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gonna hit you and say hey man if you
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sick I understand no pressure you ain't
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gonna see if I'm okay you're just gonna
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say are you coming to the show or not
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well I mean you were so rude in your
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response I didn't care that's my
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response no no my response was you full
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of [ __ ] you don't never show up
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something to that come on man I always
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ask for you I'm like and I love these
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two women right here but I'm like enough
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is enough now what do you mean
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I look at it like this
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interest in love you feel my voice like
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when I leave it's like there's not many
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people I would sway doesn't ask a lot of
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people nobody
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themselves and they do it even when I'm
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sitting here
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they don't pay me no attention
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to demonstrate a break real quick let's
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just real quick Sway in the Morning
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shave four or five HB Tracy
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now you can't say that okay Darnell
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Brothers is here hanging out do I know
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you got a show tonight I got a show
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tonight just the pressure I'll be on I
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got a show tonight
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it doesn't matter
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what you mean it doesn't matter because
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nobody gonna be funnier than me anyway
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and why you keep asking me about these
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corny ass comedians you told me not to
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use the word Courtney now you use it no
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I don't see this is this is how it goes
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this is what happens when I'm not here
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you know this is staged
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this is stage this is kind of how you
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are though bro yeah what do they call it
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what is it called brakes pull up a break
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when I was on the show
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and I guarantee you you don't even know
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I'm on the show I can't help you bro I
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feel like the commercial that's not true
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I'm the DJ I don't have braces when
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Giggs was leaving out in the hallway he
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hugged me and said you took over his
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interview
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yeah
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uh-oh
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y'all should have told me to come over
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here
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I told him I was going away y'all know I
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can't shut the [ __ ] up
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I wanted Daniel and gigs just sitting
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there no no that's that's that was fire
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and it was incredible in the way like
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they broke it down how he they can both
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relate to the same stories you know what
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I mean you said five heartbeats I was a
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fan that was like yeah and the same
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reasons he likes that movie is the same
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reason I like it the same reason exactly
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yeah and he knew everything he was like
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he told a joke he gave him three times
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uh-huh and then he started stomping his
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ass what you got left like what are some
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of the things you got left to do as a
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community that's it I look at it like
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this
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could I make more money yeah could I
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have more Fame here but whatever what
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I've accomplished from a person with no
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college background yeah only the
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military to see a dream make it a
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reality
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be successful with it
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is it like for me to look at my schedule
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as a stand-up I don't profess to be a
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actor I do it whenever I get a chance I
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don't feed myself of it for me to look
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at my calendar and see
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my schedule is booked for a year and a
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half
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as a stand-up comic only thing you want
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to do is be to put your name on the
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Marquee and earn a living yeah the other
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[ __ ] is extra oh he was in Social movie
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I don't give a [ __ ]
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he was in his TV show so what can he
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feed himself
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is he is he his own boss and do he call
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his own shots and that's where I met
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I've I've read I've met
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the ultimate level of success
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only I could put on it now is a little
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spice it's a little spot a little bit
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more money a little bit more this but
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being able to
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uh Do Your Own Thing
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work for yourself
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that's it that's it that's the dream I
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love that for you man Daniel Rollins man
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well I would add to that what I was
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gonna say before sway um started
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introducing everybody in the room I
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think what Donald is super humble about
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I mean he speaks about his son but I
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think what he's also doing behind the
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scenes
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um every year he does Donnell land and
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it's so beautiful to see
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grandmothers mothers and children out
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they're swimming they're they're
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canoeing they're playing kick for like
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it's just a beautiful thing to see
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family and friends he invites everybody
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to come out at the end of the year for
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the holidays he has well he he I call it
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Danza instead of Kwanzaa but I call it
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Danza for Darnell and we at the time of
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our life had the time in my life but the
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community the building and and to me I
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keep telling him yo sometimes I just
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come just to see your son because I I
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can only imagine what this little guy is
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thinking
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um to see all his cousins and family and
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different people around that his dad is
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doing it's beautiful Darnell and I'm so
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glad that you humble about that part of
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your life but you're gonna change
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generations to come because Austin is
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gonna say I gotta do Donell land yeah
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yeah you know what I mean it's gonna
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keep getting passed on and not many
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people understand how powerful that is
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so all the laughing all the joking y'all
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know we gonna do that anyway but that's
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[ __ ] is so real and I'm proud of you man
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it's incredible I really appreciate that
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Heather but I don't give a [ __ ] at the
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same time
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cause you're gonna [ __ ] on me later oh
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absolutely you're gonna get with your
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punk ass chilly nut I'm husband you know
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what make some turkey wings or something
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I appreciate it
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and the only reason he on your side
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because he could cook he'd know I could
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cook but you live with him and you get
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him to side with you and his attitude
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change why did this come out why are you
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talking about horse he's not here to
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defend himself I'ma tell you why
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[Music]
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recently
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but what I got to do with horse I'm like
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anybody could get it
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myself
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give it up for Darnell Rollins man hey
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man I really just wanted to see you man
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thanks for coming by brother thank you
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[ __ ]
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I love you all man love you too man
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[Applause]
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Labor Day what are you doing what are we
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doing let's do something let's figure it
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out you coming to my house again with
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and you're going he's still he stole my
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apron from my house then took a picture
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of it naked underneath I posted it and
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that's what I'm saying horrible that was
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a visualization
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but I didn't do no jumping jacks so I
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kept it I kept it PG yeah thank you all
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right uh listen to Kalani to my nephew I
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want to say I love you man [ __ ] his
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birthday
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it's a hard life man
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just protect your pieces
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yeah that one right there you go protect
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your piece
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all right hey Sue he spit bars this
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morning and killed it yeah I wish we had
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that yeah Daniel how can people reach
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you real quick man we appreciate it
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everything is a blue check that's me
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foreign
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foreign
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