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Subscribe now to experience Jai’len Josey: The Voice Critics Didn’t See Coming! 🎤 In this exclusive Sway In The Morning feature, Jai’len brings her unique sound and undeniable talent to the stage, leaving everyone in awe. From performing her hit tracks like “New Girl” from her upcoming album *Serial Romantic* to sharing the heartfelt inspiration behind her artistry, Jai’len proves why she’s a rising star you can’t ignore.
Hear how this Atlanta-born powerhouse overcame self-doubt, embraced her one-of-a-kind vocal yodel, and worked with legendary producer Tricky Stewart (Beyoncé, Rihanna, Janet Jackson). She even opens up about the challenges of being a “serial romantic” and her mission to bring authenticity and raw emotion into her music.
Sway and the crew don’t hold back as they dive into Jai’len’s journey, her viral moments, and what it means to create music that resonates deeply. Don’t miss this unforgettable moment from Sway’s Universe—where exclusive interviews meet the best in music and culture.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Jalen Josie Performs “Under Hot Water”
06:48 - Jalen Josie Performs “I’d Rather Go Blind”
09:16 - Jalen Josie Performs “New Girl”
12:44 - Jalen Josie on Collaborating with Tricky Stewart & Upcoming Album
15:11 - Jalen Josie on Overcoming Self-Doubt & Embracing Unique Voice
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i told her earlier you're a hodgepodge
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of different sounds sonically that
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creates your own unique lane and I'm
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happy she's here to perform a Heather
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Bee's karaoke happy hour with Sway Tracy
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G please give it up for the one and only
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Jaylen Josie all right y'all let's just
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get right on into it how about that
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i go by the name of Jaylen Josie and I
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got one question for y'all tonight okay
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can you do it for me
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no answer to it right what happened
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you're the apple of my eye but I
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I ain't trying to take a bite yeah you
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made me want to wait and stay
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running back boy you got me on my knees
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please love me under hot water i'm
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trying to make you mine tonight oh give
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it all you got i want you right right
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now
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yeah tell me baby if you really want it
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say my name i love I need you boy too
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save my soul cuz I'm drowning if you
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know me baby I
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can do it for me let your love come down
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baby can you do it for me let your love
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come down down down baby can you do it
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for me let your love come down
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baby baby baby baby let your love come
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down down down down let's do this
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you're the one that makes my heart beath
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but it seems like it's ging you need to
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keep up
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[Music]
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and give me more make sure the don't
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stop
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oh no no no boy you're going to keep
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moving sit back into the ride tonight
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give it all you got i'll put you right
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now
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elo baby if you really want it
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right i love you boy i need you boy
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save my soul cuz I'm drowning if you
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know me baby I don't like to wait can
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you do it for me can't let your love
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come down
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baby can you do it for me can't let your
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love come down down down baby can you do
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it for me let your love come down
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baby baby
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let your love come down down down down
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down
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[Applause]
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y'all better give it up for better
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[Applause]
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thank you what y'all doing come on
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that's J A I L E N J O S E Y i'm from
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Atlanta Georgia you can follow me on all
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social media platforms
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you know all all the social media
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platforms and my music the song that I
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just sang for you guys is already out it
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was one of my first songs that I've ever
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written and produced um so that's also
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on Spotify and Apple Music and all the
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other good jazz and produced yes pew
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have y'all watched Cadillac Records of
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course so y'all know I rather go blind
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okay it's not really a sing along kind
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of song but if you want to sing it with
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me please please sing with me just show
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your range
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[Music]
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it's Dixie Peach Grease right here 60
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piece swag
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something told me it was all over
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okay
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when I saw you and her
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talking
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was something deep down
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in my soul said cracker
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[Music]
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when I saw you and that girl walking
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around
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i would rather I would rather go blind
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boy
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yeah
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than to see you walk away from me child
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no
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[Music]
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with a reflection in a glass that I held
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to my lips now baby
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revealed these tears at all
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my face down girl
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and I was just
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I was just I was just sitting here
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thinking
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of your kiss and your warm embrace yeah
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when a reflection and a glass that I
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held to my lips now baby
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reveal these tears that oh on my face
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and baby
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[Music]
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I be
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than to see you walk away walk away from
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me
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no no no
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and baby
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baby baby I'd rather be blind
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than I see you walk away walk away from
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me
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oo
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down girl
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baby
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baby
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baby yeahooow
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[Music]
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Jayen jaylen
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okay y'all this is my last song of the
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set no don't say that don't say that and
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this is my recent single that's coming
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well on my upcoming album entitled Siri
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romantic speak it into existence speak
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it and so this is entitled New Girl here
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we go it's a different beat it's okay i
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produced
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it to the clap
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uhhuh uhhuh
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listen
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come on baby just face me i know you
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could be mad later if you let me best
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baby
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so I use your lips to your brain baby
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amaze me oh yeah
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it's okay to be shy
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i think I like it i love the nervous
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side
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oh it's okay to be shy
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oh no don't be afraid of me baby boy you
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missing out on this ride you like it
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what you see yeah yeah so come on baby
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put the fire deep yeah going to make you
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miss the feeling yeah don't think about
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it show me that you mean it love when
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you slide on it grind on it got me
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feeling like a new girl i love when you
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slide on it grind on it got me feeling
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like a new girl the way I've been back i
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bet you going to give in and I already
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know what it is but I know it's your
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kind
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i close my Don't get around here i don't
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miss out your blessing baby come on and
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talk to me nice
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yeah I think it
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time yeah it's okay cuz you're mine
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don't be afraid of my loving giving all
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of my mind
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what you see yeah so come on baby put
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the fire deep i like it baby make you
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miss the feeling don't think about it
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show me that you mean it
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it
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got me feeling like a new girl i love
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when you slide on it
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it got me feeling like a new girl give
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it up for Jaylen Chelsea man come on
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thank you have a seat with us serial
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Romantic that's the name of the project
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that'll be coming out soon and I'm I'm
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curious for you being a serial romantic
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and then you have the single New Girl
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like what are some of the things that a
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person can do to appeal to your romantic
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side what kind of things have happened
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in your past that worked
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i just love genuine people i I am
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attracted to a genuine heart and I feel
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like serial romantic is sometimes like
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you can take it like oh she's just out
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here you know being a serial dater but
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it's more so in the thought that I like
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to give my heart out so many times in
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hopes that you know a genuine person
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will do right by my heart because you
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know I feel like I'm a genuine person
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I'm going give you 100% you know when I
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when we first start dating I feel that
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but you know that's that's truly what it
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is if you can be genuine with me then
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I'll be genuine back and and and that's
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truly what being a serial romantic is
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all about okay all right being genuine
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that's classy a lot of us are genuine no
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you're not no I'm genuine all right
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George we all genuine men Men are mostly
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genuine we mostly most men are mostly
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genuine men are mostly genuine break
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that sentence down men are most We go in
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with good intention we go in with good
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intention no we go in with good
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intention right
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you go in hungry we paying for the You
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go in hungry you look for a meal you get
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the meal and then you wonder what the
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next chick cooking next door nah we
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never do the dishes we go in hungry we
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look for a meal we sit down at the table
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and we get yelled at about things we
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never did the person before oh wow that
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sounds personal that sounds personal i'm
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sorry i'm waiting for that that sounds
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personal where you ate your last meal at
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cuz right
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preach was that a Did I break it all
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right let me ask you this because you
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worked with the the the Thank Whatever
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i would vote for it though uh your your
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music you know when I listen to it I
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hear kind of like a garage sound a UK
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druming bass i know the executive
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producer Tricky Stewart is working with
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you who's worked with Beyonce um Janet
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Jackson u Rihanna that whole and now
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he's worked with you
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how did that happen and what is the
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grace of God yeah come on look he's he's
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like a um like a I don't want to call
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him grandpa because I feel like he'll or
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he'll like he's like my like a
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grandfather to me i lost my grandfather
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so I'll say that but he's not old so I
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can't say that he's like another father
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figure or he's like a like a a cousin or
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something like that he definitely did
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his thing with like giving me so much
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insight and like love and he he sees my
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artistry as well and that was a really
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crazy like way of like you know him just
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trusting me being a new artist and
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whatnot and just wanting to take a you
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know leap out on me and you know
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executive congratulations if you may not
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know who he is if you Google him you
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then you will be extremely happy for her
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that she's working with this iconic
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producer
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yes absolutely
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miss Jaylen I can guarantee that
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everyone is going to nose dive into your
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vortex as soon as they exit the building
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and one of the projects that they'll be
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introduced to is Southern Delicacy that
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you put out in 2023 and when I think
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about the word delicacy I think about an
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acquired taste you know it doesn't
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necessarily mean that it's meant for
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everyone but those who get it get it and
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after experiencing you just a few
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minutes ago we can all tell how polished
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you are you are a master at your craft
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but still even still I know that because
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we are human in your journey there are
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people who didn't get it right the
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delicacy wasn't for them can you share
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with us just a little bit about the
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hurdles because although her resume is
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really impressive y'all she's been able
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to write and be do the vocals for
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different campaigns for Sephora for oil
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of Olay she's been recognized by BET
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everything that Sway has shared wait a
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minute it's different it's different bro
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but still there are those that going to
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be like "Damn I missed the boat
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something happened with my discernment
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maybe my ears needed to be clean that
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time how the hell did I miss this and
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I'm sure that impacted you share with us
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at least like one standout challenge and
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how you got to the other side a standout
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challenge
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well I think a standout challenge was me
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believing in my own self i think I
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sometimes I think we're our own you know
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haters at a point in time and uh growing
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up I used to have this yodel well I
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still have this like little little thing
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in my in my voice where it's like it's
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like a little flip or something like
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that and at first I did not like it and
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didn't know what it was and I had went
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viral for a video a while back and like
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people was like "Oh dang she got this
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yodel." And I don't know if they were
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like I couldn't decipher if it was a if
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it was great comments or or or good
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comments or like they were trying to dig
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at me and I took it personally and I
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started disliking how I sounded i was
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trying to like change my voice and this
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that and the third and I just couldn't I
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you know you can't really change what
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you know God gives you so I had to grow
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with it and I realized like honestly I
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realized it maybe like a couple years
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ago that this is something that I need
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to work with this is like one of my
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strong suits like the thing that is you
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know I I guess like a flaw in my eyes
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probably not going to be a flaw in other
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people's eyes and I would be hurting
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myself if I just continued to you know
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carry on in a way of thinking that it's
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a flaw when in actuality it's you know
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it's perfect it's a gift thank you i
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love it well thank you for joining us
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today i hope you had a good time come on
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Torch help her up Torch come on man put
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the bottle down
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so
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