00:00the question is always asked, so what are your secrets? You seem at peace. Well, here's a little
00:05gem in a song. Face to Face is sung in the spirit of Marvin Gaye, Isley Brothers, SOS Band, and
00:21Aaliyah.
00:21And it's all about self-reflection, I'd say accountability. And I call it my spiritual
00:28growth but also spiritual flex record. One thing I know for sure is if nobody else got me,
00:37God got me. And at the end of the day, if we're trying to get right,
00:42we got to get right with that person in the mirror first. Listen. That reminds me so much
00:49of Lauryn Hill, how you gonna win if you ain't right within. It's true. What's your internal
00:54compass like? Is it based on someone else's idea of what you're supposed to be? On their timeline
00:58versus what's natural for you? What are you trying to do? What is your why?
01:24A lot of things are tempting. Shoot. I even have like cravings and addictions when it comes to food.
01:31You know, you go in a candy store. All that stuff is so bad for you, right? But it looks
01:35pretty.
01:36It's calling you. And you know you're going to get a nice fix and a hit from it temporarily.
01:41But what are the after effects? Friends or foes. Calm like the wind in whichever way that it blows.
01:53Trust. You know. Whatever it is, I'm still gonna make it. Ouchie. On my own.
02:03The place that I was writing from was, you cannot blame anyone else. You can't point the finger.
02:11You can't fall back and lean on so, and so, and so, and so. This is about you doing the
02:17work.
02:18This is an individual sport. Now, there are people that care, but also they have lives of their own.
02:22They have issues of their own. You can't just go and don't. Leave everyone else out of the equation.
02:26Because they might not necessarily be there. So then what are you going to do?
02:31The first.
02:32Get my mind right. Dip off just me and no one else.
02:37Pack real light. Save space for me to meet myself.
02:42Ooh, it's about to be a problem.
02:52So there's a double entendre there. Saving space for me to meet myself. Yes, like you might have to
02:57do a backpacking trip, Maya. One bag, couple of outfits, some flip flops, right? We're not changing
03:05outfits. We're not taking makeup. We're not doing any of that stuff. This is not about a vacation
03:09right now and looking cute and taking selfies for the gram and all. No.
03:12The other entendre is just saving space spiritually with no distractions.
03:19Face to face. Face to face. Look in the mirror. I confronted all my fears. Had a...
03:26Face to face. And now the road look a little bit clear. Like...
03:32Face to face. And everywhere I go, I know I don't walk alone.
03:37Face to face. Ooh.
03:40The chorus is about taking that first step and actually going through the motion of an ego death.
03:46So part of you has to die for another one to emerge. And it starts with you looking at
03:51all of your bullshit. Every plant medicine retreat will tell you the same thing.
03:56No more escapism. No more turning to the cell phone. No more turning to bad habits. No more
04:01overeating. No more anything. Now what do you want? And why do you want it?
04:28I worked with 21 Savage, by the way. And he has a lot of ad-libs, whether it's 21 or
04:34On God. And that's a part of
04:35like culture, slang. On God means like, yeah, I'm a mama or that's facts. But also there's the alignment
04:43component. Every time we rise on God, meaning, is it ordained? And that's a promise with that's for sure.
04:51Success. Yes, it shows. Whoever knew that from concrete would grow a rose.
05:01Under harsh conditions, against all odds, something that was not supposed to be,
05:07something that maybe got buried and sealed. No matter what you're going through,
05:13no matter where you come from, no matter what your now is, it's a possibility for you to grow,
05:20survive in harsh conditions, but also thrive and blossom. Because look at me.
05:36We always want to keep a mission. We always want to keep a purpose. We always want to keep,
05:41you know, the goal in mind. And hopefully that goal is pure. But when you realign,
05:46it's easier to have that North Star versus someone else defining that for you.
05:51Get your mind right, dip off just you and no one else. Pack real light,
05:59save space for you to meet yourself. Ooh, it's about to be a problem. And ooh,
06:08they won't know how to solve it. The Flippin' Perspective. It's written that way so that people
06:16can sing it to themselves in the mirror face to face, right? Or receive it from someone that has
06:23actually gone through the process. And you know that they've gone through the process because
06:27that's how the song starts. Face to face. Face to face. Face to face. Face to face.
06:40Place to place. Place to place.
06:46I'ma be okay. And I'm gonna be alright. After you do the work, you go through the hard process of
06:55anything
06:56in life. You realize, you know what? That wasn't so bad after all. And even if it was,
07:01I've just proven to myself by going through this process,
07:06I'ma be alright out here. No matter what happens, I can fall back on this process again.
07:12When you don't know yourself and you don't know what you stand for, it's a possibility that you can
07:19get pulled. You can be, you know, tossed into a situation and not necessarily know how to navigate.
07:26That's what this song is about, you know? Like really figuring you out.
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