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Trevor Jackson Performs Live In the Garage Series | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
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Right.
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This is such a special individual and
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his name is Trevor Jackson.
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Trevor Jackson.
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Give it up for Trevor Jackson, man.
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[Applause]
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Am I underdressed at my own event?
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Always. Always. I be telling you it's
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not enough.
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Trippers, man.
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Oh, but Trev came with the ill boots. He
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got on Spurs. Ghost Spurs.
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Ghost Bur.
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Damn, man. You look great, bro. We ain't
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got to jump right into it, man. I got to
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admire you, man.
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He look like opera. Like Arch.
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Oh, his brother right there. Look at
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that, man. Mom here.
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Yeah, mom.
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Where's your mom?
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Right here.
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Oh, there you go. Hey,
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VIP right there. Hey, mom. How you
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doing,
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man?
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She's legendary.
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Legend.
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Okay, man. Okay, we we we going to leave
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you. Go ahead. Do your thing.
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Just happy to see this dude, man. We had
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the best conversation.
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Absolutely.
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The last interview we did, I don't even
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call this interviews.
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Hanging out.
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He was just hanging out. Had the best
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conversation and
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we communicated with your mom. We said
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we were going to do this and here you
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are.
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Let's go.
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Real people. Let's do it.
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Happy holidays.
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Stage is yours, Trevor. Stage is yours.
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Let's get it. Let's get it. What up,
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y'all? What up, y'all? Saw my new album.
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I love you. Goodbye.
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Let's get it.
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Another morning you're not calling. I
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still don't have answers.
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My body's eroding from all the emotions
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and I feel like cancer.
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You say you're protecting yourself, but
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why does it feel so selfish?
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You're hot, then you're cold. You stop,
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then you go. It's unhealthy.
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You know that I
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would walk a million miles to see
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your face, but you're pushing me away.
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You can't love me with one foot in and
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one foot out.
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You can't love me. You can't love me
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with one foot in and one foot out.
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You can love me. You can love me with
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one foot in and one foot out. I know you
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can hold me, but can you hold me down?
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When [ __ ] hits the fan or there's a
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change in your plan, next thing you know
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you're trying to skip town.
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I can tell that something's off.
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That girl's going, going, gone. Are we
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for the long haul or just a moment? Do
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you love me? You need to know
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one foot in one foot out. You can love
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me. You can love me. With one foot in,
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one foot out. You can love me. You can
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love me.
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One foot in one foot.
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Hey. Oh yeah. One foot in one foot.
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Oh,
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one foot in and one foot out. You made
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all my folks this the life you chose.
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And now you trying to leave somebody.
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Catch a B toe. If you love, let it go.
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But it's hard when you need somebody. So
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if you
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if you're really on the fence,
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you just got to be honest.
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Cuz I'm sick of all this nonsense.
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One foot in, one foot out.
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One foot in, one foot out. How can you
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love me?
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Now one put in, one foot out. I can't do
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this. I'm nervous.
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All is confusing. You're delusing the
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French driving me insane.
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You got one foot in one foot out. Well,
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I've been told down. You keep running
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away. Yeah. Catch your body by the toe.
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If you love, let it go. But it's hard
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when you need somebody.
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Wow. Wow.
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Thank you.
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Wow. Wow. Wow.
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All right. All right. All right.
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Let's keep it rolling. My in ears gave
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out on me. So, we're going to do this
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dry. Let's try this out.
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One ear in, one ear out.
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One ear in and one ear out. I'm paying
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attention.
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I can't hear [ __ ] I can't hear [ __ ]
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That was too quick. Well done.
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This is called Friend of a Friend.
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Check it out. I'm sure we've all told
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this story. Male and female. You know,
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you like, "That's my girlfriend. That's
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my bro." No, we know who it is. We know
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who it is. Let's go. She ain't nothing
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but a friend of a friend of a friend. We
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going through this again and again and
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again. So, go ahead and talk your [ __ ]
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Say you down with me. We've been through
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this before. I know how it's going to
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be.
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And I'm afraid
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Friend of
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matter
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[Music]
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nowadays you never even need her. She
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ain't nothing but swear to God I'll
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never do you wrong. Oh my mama I'm about
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to prove you wrong baby. Oh my sister
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I'm here with open arms. She my sister
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you must have read it wrong baby. Yeah
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we sh the club. There was only it was
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acting like it's just me and her. It was
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all of us asking why I never brought it
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up. Cuz you follow up. You ain't
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listening to me. She ain't nothing but a
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friend
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and again and again. So go ahead and
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talk you down with me. Don't do this
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before. I know you going to be. She
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ain't nothing. friend. I'm a friend of
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a friend.
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No matter what I say, probably won't
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believe. Probably won't believe it. You
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never never even need a reason. It's
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true. If I told you once and I told you
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twice, but you always fighting. I go
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above and beyond for you cuz you see me
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trying. If I my heart in my chest and I
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put it in your hands, you probably
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complain that it's messy. Why is nothing
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ever good enough? Will you leave me
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girl? I'm pulling up. I put that ice on
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your wrist. I put that car in your name.
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I'll put your ass in the plane. I'll put
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the rocks on your neck. Grab a gas. I
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just want to see you flex. We having a
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champagne shower. So don't worry about
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her.
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She's
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just a friend.
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Please understand.
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We've been through this before. This is
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how it's going to be.
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afraid of a friend
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saying you won't believe there were days
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you never even
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that's all she is she's just a friend
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[Music]
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she's just a friend
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I said she's just a
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[Music]
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I won't tell you again.
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[Music]
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She ain't nothing but a friend of a
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friend of a friend. We going to do this
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again and again and again. So go ahead
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and talk your [ __ ] and say you done with
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me. We've been through this before. I
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know just how it's going to be. She
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ain't nothing but friend of a friend of
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a friend. Oh,
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so go ahead and talk your [ __ ] and say
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you done with me.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Okay, guys. This next song is called
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Strong Enough. This is one of my
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favorites on the album. Uh, I'm I'm
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super inspired by R&B artists, you know
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what I mean? Casey, Jojo, Boys to Men.
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Um, so this is kind of like that vibe. I
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wanted to honor them with this. So,
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let's get into it. It's hard being an
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R&B artist, man, and keeping a
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relationship. It's not easy.
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You gotta write about it.
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You gotta write about it.
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Should make a breakup album about it.
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Hey, I think so. I think so. I think I
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should do that. It's a good idea.
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Let's go. Let's go.
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[Music]
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I know you've been put through the
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ringer,
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but I'm proud of us and how much we've
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grown.
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You said that you should never date a
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singer. Would you hear me singing like
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to see you couldn't leave me alone. I
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know what the comments do to your mind.
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You shouldn't read them. I'm ready to do
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with your time. Like support me. I need
9:22
it. You know what you signed up for. And
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we came with the territory. And now you
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can't take no. Same old story. And I
9:30
don't like the ending. I thought we were
9:32
drunk.
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If we lost count, then we start hanging
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back.
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Long enough. Now I just sit around and
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think about me and you out on tour. All
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them days I had to spend without you.
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Staying up past four, waiting for my car
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to come through. Your first thought easy
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must be with so far. Screaming, "Give me
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give me more." That might have been the
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case before. And girl, that's why I
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don't blame you. Cuz I know I lost your
10:04
trust. But how can we get past this if
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you always bringing [ __ ] up? Loving me
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ain't always easy, but you never before
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you met me. Now you're missing. I'm
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sick. Cuz God is my witness.
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Thought that we was drunk.
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If we don't shout, we
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back in.
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Yeah.
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Think about me and you, baby. Thought we
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were strong.
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If we lost, we
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back
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[Music]
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long enough.
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Think about me and you.
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Didn't bring the guitar today, guys.
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Typically, that's what I'm saying.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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Listen, we fight. We went to couples
11:12
therapy. We tried everything. But the
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one thing we didn't do is hold on.
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I swear to God I wanted this too. I just
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made it worse.
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Sit around and think about me and you.
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This can't be true. We could have made
11:37
it last. Girl, this past
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I know I said I wouldn't cry. What you
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looking for? I hope you find it. Guess
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we ran out of time. I love you too.
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Goodbye.
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Wow. Wow.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Not yet.
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Think about it. Think about it.
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Hey,
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you want me to come up?
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Yeah. Yeah. Please. Please.
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Think about it. Think about it.
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Thank you, man. Thank you, Trevor. They
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didn't never believed in me, Trevor. But
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you believe in I believe in you.
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You did.
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Yes.
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Oh, damn, man. Yo, I wanted the whole
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cursor. Damn it. Damn.
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Tracker Jackson. Yo,
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let's come up. Let's have everybody come
12:31
up, man. Hey,
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thank you guys. Thank you.
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This man is amazing
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for real.
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On the mic and off the mic.
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Big facts.
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I love his family.
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Yes.
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His brother supports him. I got a big
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brother, too.
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His mom right there with him.
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His honesty in his music. You got to
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hear this album. This series of albums
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he's doing.
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Level of talent.
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Extremely incredible. This is I think I
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saw you on Lion King in New York.
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He was this big.
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And now look at us. We're best friends,
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man. Look at that [ __ ] We're in a
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group. We're actually starting a group.
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He didn't want to tell you guys, but
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I'll tell you. We're starting a group.
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You want to do it now?
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Oh, do it now. Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead. Go,
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bro.
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Um, it's called Smooth and Sexy.
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Oh, okay.
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He's smooth.
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Well, I'm sexy.
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There's no other way around. My bad. I'm
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smooth. He's sexy.
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Thank you, guys.
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And uh yeah, we're dropping R&B. I'll be
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ready for that.
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Brother, thank you very much.
13:27
What kind of reception have you got on
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the project so far?
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It's been cool, man. I think uh my
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favorite part is a lot of the men being
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like, "Yo, I never knew how I felt about
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stuff until like my dad literally was
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talking today. My uncle, he was like,
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your uncle was talking to me and he's
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like, I like Trevor's new album, but I I
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I don't want to be crying. I just be
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want to listen to my nephew, but every
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time I listen, he's like he's like, "I'm
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not even in the middle of a breakup, but
13:46
it like reminds me of a time how I
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felt." And he was like, "So I would be
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like hurt." But he was like, "It's so
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good." But I just appreciate that I'm
13:52
creating that space and people can just
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press play, you know, instead of having
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to say, "You press play." Be like,
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"You're trying to explain to yourself,
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press play."
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Hell yeah.
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Use that.
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And you know, Trev, just a word of
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advice, don't ever underestimate the sex
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route.
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You know, you mean the sex.
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What does that mean exactly?
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You got it. At any point you want to
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take your clothes off
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and take your shirt off
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and just catch panties and stuff and
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see.
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Well, you have to come to the concert.
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You ain't never been to a show.
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Otherwise, you wouldn't be saying that.
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Nah,
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cuz I do that every show.
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Every But not here. You too.
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This isn't my show. This is your show.
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This was your show.
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You got to come to my You got to come to
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my show.
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So, ladies, when's the next show? Tell
14:30
I'm going on uh I'm actually going on
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tour in April.
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Y'all heard me here first. All right. On
14:37
the calendar. We certainly on the
14:38
calendar.
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I don't want to do too much, you know.
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I'm just saying.
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No, no. Do the most. Do the most. We
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here for it.
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Get covered up.
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One one of them married and another is
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in the partnership. Can you believe
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this?
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We And ain't nobody blind.
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Our eyes, man.
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We about potential on this way in the
14:56
morning show. I'm trying to maximize his
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potential. Take it off.
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Really? We just
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No, his mom is right here. I mean, my
15:06
god.
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Thank you, mom.
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My god.
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I'm
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sorry. I'm sorry.
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I told you we were going to keep it
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clean. I'm healing.
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I'm healing.
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I did want to mention though um you have
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so much range.
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Thank you. Thank you.
15:20
It is so beautiful to like see the full
15:22
spectrum of blackness in your artistry.
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Like you are somebody that can hold
15:26
space obviously in theater, you know
15:28
what I mean? In pop, in church, R&B, all
15:31
different styles. And there's just so
15:34
much confidence that you exude. And you
15:36
were talking about how it's difficult
15:37
being an R&B artist when you're in a
15:39
relationship. So, I don't want to talk
15:41
about your relationship with people, but
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I'm curious about your relationship with
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confidence
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like what is contributing to this
15:46
confidence that we're experiencing, but
15:48
then also like what takes away from it
15:51
or attempts to behind the scenes?
15:54
Uh, what contributes to the confidence I
15:55
think is um what I like to do often
15:58
times when I like get weirded out about
15:59
something is I just zoom out. Have you
16:01
ever been on a plane and you look at
16:02
people like, "Oh, look at the little
16:03
people. Look at the little car. Look at
16:04
the little, you know, I mean, look at
16:05
the little problems." So, that's how I
16:07
look at it when I get nervous or
16:08
anything like kind like I'm on a a rock
16:10
in the middle of space.
16:11
That's right.
16:12
We don't really know anything that's
16:13
really going on and I have fun when I'm
16:15
doing the things I'm doing and I want to
16:17
kind of share that. You know, I feel
16:18
like confidence comes when you're
16:19
enjoying yourself. Uh and I think
16:21
confidence can come from the wrong
16:23
place, you know, if it's not that.
16:25
Okay.
16:25
Right. So, I feel like
16:26
like counterfeit confidence.
16:28
Yeah. I think it if it's not something
16:31
that's a part of you, you know, I feel
16:33
like people just put it on. But I think
16:34
when it's something that you love that
16:35
just exudes from you, you know, when
16:37
you're speaking, it's something you're
16:39
amazing at. It's like I'm sure he's not
16:40
in the middle like, "Man, I'm the
16:41
greatest talker, conversationalist, I'm
16:43
the greatest," you know.
16:44
Well, actually,
16:46
well, ah, my bad. My bad.
16:49
Yeah. Yeah. Trevor, come back to the
16:51
show.
16:53
Uh, but yeah, I think that helps in my
16:55
faith in God and my family. I have a
16:56
very amazing support system, but also um
16:58
you can't be ashamed of honesty. And I
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feel like the more and more that I'm
17:01
real and the more and more I'm honest, I
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I know that there's going to be at least
17:05
one person here that understands what
17:06
I'm talking about and that's enough. If
17:07
I've reached one, that's enough. Um, and
17:10
then what uh with the other side of your
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question was what?
17:12
Yeah. What kind of attacks your
17:14
confidence behind the scenes?
17:15
Me, me, me, me. That's it. I'm I'm my
17:18
only problem.
17:18
I don't have no other problems but me.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Yeah. Honestly,
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Jackson, I love you.
17:25
Goodbye.
17:25
Goodbye. The greatest breakup album of
17:29
all time. Citizens, let's stand up. This
17:32
was our last garage series of 2025.