00:00but the pride of self and the pride of skin tone always had it i was grateful that um
00:05you know the women in my life at an early age instilled that pride you know my mother my mother
00:12is one of those she's a double-edged sword she gave you the cinnamon and she gave you the spice
00:16at the same time she pulled no punches but you know she was someone that always made it made it
00:21a very it was her purpose to raise a man and not just to raise a man but raise a confident man an
00:28articulate man an intelligent man and a man that didn't pull any punches and one of those things
00:33was being proud of the the body that you lived in and the skin that you had so my heroes early on
00:38became chocolate brothers that that looked like me you know i had to be i mean michael jordan had
00:45to be a hero whether i liked him or not right you know wesley was i didn't even i didn't even watch
00:50new deck city dude like wesley's house i was like okay
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