00:00I have to say, I was just talking to your castmates, they're like, girl, we got Penny Proud on us.
00:04They're so happy to be with you.
00:05And they are so sweet.
00:06Like, even walking on set and just being with them, like, their energy was so lovely.
00:11And sometimes I do forget what I've done for a living for a very long time because I'm a person.
00:16Like, you know, I'd be like, oh, I got to take my kids here, I got to do this, I got to do that.
00:19But to go on a set like that, especially filled with my people that I enjoy watching just as a fan
00:25and for their energy to be what it was and what it is, it's an amazing feeling.
00:29So I'm very excited to be a part of The Chi.
00:32I feel like you could speak to the fact, like, right now there's a lot of conversation that we don't have a lot of shows for young black kids,
00:38you know, to see themselves in that.
00:40Are you feeling frustrated with what's out there?
00:42Do you think the time?
00:44I'm not really frustrated.
00:45I refuse to get frustrated anymore because that messes with your energy.
00:50So you have to figure out what, if something is missing, what can you do to make it happen?
00:54So I think that's why I've ventured more behind the scenes this year and last year
00:59and just trying to, you know, be creative and not limit myself and be behind the camera as well as in the front.
01:06So you can't really, don't allow yourself to get frustrated.
01:08Just whatever you need to do to make that change, just attempt it.
01:13Every time I talk to you is a word.
01:16Girl, because, and people all the time, they be like, oh my God, you're so positive when you talk.
01:19And I'm like, look, I am a regular, everyday person that is trying to stay sane in a world that wants to drive me crazy.
01:27And I know that people listening or people that I talk to are going through the same things.
01:32No matter if we're smiling on this carpet or smiling at the grocery store, I know, ooh, it's a lot.
01:38But, so, that's why I try to just express the things that go on in my head and what I try to remind myself every day.
01:44Because I'm not perfect.
01:45I don't always have this, you know, I'm real, I tell people all the time, I could be Erykah Badu, I could be Pop.
01:52We could be Sade, we could be you pick, you pick, you pick.
01:57But I also don't, you know, I don't allow, if anybody chooses that they want me to be a certain way,
02:01I kind of give them the opposite because you're not going to play with me.
02:03I'm not easily controlled.
02:04But, I just try to let people know, like, you're not alone.
02:08It's a lot going on in this world.
02:09So, just stay positive.
02:10Thank you for that.
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