1 00:00:02,375 --> 00:00:04,436 - (suspenseful music) - (static cracks, siren wailing) 2 00:00:04,542 --> 00:00:06,748 (helicopter chuffing) 3 00:00:06,772 --> 00:00:09,000 (man on radio mumbles) 4 00:00:09,083 --> 00:00:11,125 (car horn blares) 5 00:00:13,584 --> 00:00:14,853 - [Lieutenant] I am - Lieutenant (indistinct), 6 00:00:14,959 --> 00:00:17,019 - A member of the Milwaukee - Police Department. 7 00:00:17,125 --> 00:00:18,665 I hereby declare this 8 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:20,250 assembly to be unlawful 9 00:00:20,334 --> 00:00:21,394 and hereby order 10 00:00:21,418 --> 00:00:22,500 you to disperse. 11 00:00:22,584 --> 00:00:23,394 - (crowd chanting) - (siren wailing) 12 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,876 - [Muhibb] They can tell us. 13 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:26,209 They can tell us 14 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:28,584 that we 27% more likely 15 00:00:28,667 --> 00:00:29,707 to die in Milwaukee 16 00:00:29,731 --> 00:00:30,792 in Brooklyn, New York, 17 00:00:30,876 --> 00:00:32,751 I'm never leaving. 18 00:00:32,834 --> 00:00:34,644 - [Lieutenant] If you do - not disperse immediately, 19 00:00:34,751 --> 00:00:36,334 You will be arrested. 20 00:00:36,417 --> 00:00:37,626 (siren wailing) 21 00:00:37,709 --> 00:00:39,042 - [Muhibb] They can tell us, 22 00:00:39,125 --> 00:00:41,728 - that we got the highest - incarceration rate in America. 23 00:00:41,834 --> 00:00:42,834 I believe in you. 24 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,167 (audience chanting) 25 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:46,019 - They can tell us that we - all gonna be locked up, 26 00:00:46,125 --> 00:00:47,542 We all gonna be in jail. 27 00:00:47,626 --> 00:00:49,042 I still believe in you. 28 00:00:49,125 --> 00:00:50,499 They can tell me that black 29 00:00:50,523 --> 00:00:51,918 boys who look just like me, 30 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,082 only 32% of us graduate 31 00:00:53,106 --> 00:00:54,209 from high school. 32 00:00:54,292 --> 00:00:55,542 I still believe in you 33 00:00:55,626 --> 00:00:56,874 and still believe that 34 00:00:56,898 --> 00:00:58,167 they will not break us. 35 00:00:58,250 --> 00:00:59,250 - [Man] Say it again. 36 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:01,375 (audience clapping) 37 00:01:01,459 --> 00:01:02,792 Say it again. 38 00:01:02,876 --> 00:01:04,459 (man on radio mumbles) 39 00:01:04,542 --> 00:01:05,603 - [Muhibb] Let me talk - to you for a minute. 40 00:01:05,709 --> 00:01:07,125 They will not break us. 41 00:01:07,209 --> 00:01:10,334 (audience clapping) 42 00:01:10,417 --> 00:01:11,250 - [Man] Say it again Muhibb. 43 00:01:11,334 --> 00:01:12,518 - [Muhibb] They cannot break us. 44 00:01:12,542 --> 00:01:13,375 - [Man] Say it. 45 00:01:13,459 --> 00:01:14,709 - They will not break us. 46 00:01:14,792 --> 00:01:15,852 - [Man] They will not break us. 47 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:16,792 - [Muhibb] They cannot break us. 48 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:18,083 - [Man] They cannot break us. 49 00:01:18,167 --> 00:01:20,019 - [Muhibb] There are no - trials, no tribulation 50 00:01:20,125 --> 00:01:21,478 - [Both] No pressure, 51 00:01:21,502 --> 00:01:22,876 no pain, no hurricane, 52 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,000 strong enough to stop my people. 53 00:01:25,083 --> 00:01:26,727 We always find our 54 00:01:26,751 --> 00:01:28,417 way back to God. 55 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:29,915 - [Muhibb] Behind 56 00:01:29,939 --> 00:01:31,375 every statistic, 57 00:01:31,459 --> 00:01:32,709 there's a story 58 00:01:33,792 --> 00:01:35,311 and quite frankly the 59 00:01:35,335 --> 00:01:36,876 media frustrates me. 60 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:38,125 The news frustrates me. 61 00:01:39,918 --> 00:01:41,417 On a nine o'clock nightly news, 62 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:43,292 we hear the story of black boys 63 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:44,624 who grow up on streets 64 00:01:44,648 --> 00:01:45,918 like Burleigh, Garfield, 65 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,602 Galena, Vine, Center, 66 00:01:47,626 --> 00:01:49,250 Holton and Buffum 67 00:01:49,334 --> 00:01:52,292 and they're depicted as savages. 68 00:01:52,375 --> 00:01:53,895 - (suspenseful music) - (crowd chanting) 69 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,977 They're depicted as animals 70 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:58,000 dying in the streets. 71 00:01:59,167 --> 00:02:02,584 Pretty much throw away children. 72 00:02:02,667 --> 00:02:04,000 (fire cracking) 73 00:02:04,083 --> 00:02:05,769 What the media doesn't 74 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:07,500 show you or tell you 75 00:02:07,584 --> 00:02:09,751 is what I see in a classroom. 76 00:02:09,834 --> 00:02:11,250 (suspenseful music) 77 00:02:11,334 --> 00:02:12,790 What I see in a classroom 78 00:02:12,814 --> 00:02:14,292 are little black children 79 00:02:14,375 --> 00:02:15,834 who raised their hand and say, 80 00:02:15,918 --> 00:02:18,519 - "Oh, I want to be a business - man, a business woman. 81 00:02:18,626 --> 00:02:19,790 "I wanna own the 82 00:02:19,814 --> 00:02:21,000 Fortune 500 company. 83 00:02:21,083 --> 00:02:22,834 "I wanna rule the world." 84 00:02:22,918 --> 00:02:24,042 (dramatic music) 85 00:02:24,125 --> 00:02:25,832 It's more convenient to 86 00:02:25,856 --> 00:02:27,584 deal with this statistic 87 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:29,918 and take the humanity out of it. 88 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,102 It's more convenient to 89 00:02:31,126 --> 00:02:32,250 deal with the statistic 90 00:02:32,334 --> 00:02:34,165 and not tell the real 91 00:02:34,189 --> 00:02:36,042 story that these are 92 00:02:36,125 --> 00:02:37,748 children who have hopes 93 00:02:37,772 --> 00:02:39,417 and dreams and aspirations, 94 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:41,459 just like anybody else. 95 00:02:41,542 --> 00:02:43,269 - [Kwabena] Everybody ain't 96 00:02:43,293 --> 00:02:45,042 gonna get this message today. 97 00:02:45,125 --> 00:02:46,144 Everybody ain't 98 00:02:46,168 --> 00:02:47,209 ready for it today. 99 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:49,102 - You only get out - what you put in. 100 00:02:49,209 --> 00:02:50,918 This is like we on the block. 101 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:51,709 I'ma offer you. 102 00:02:51,792 --> 00:02:52,667 I'ma use this language. 103 00:02:52,751 --> 00:02:54,459 I'm offering you a pack today. 104 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:55,811 I'm offering you 105 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:57,125 you can get some bread. 106 00:02:55,835 --> 00:02:57,209 something today, so 107 00:02:57,209 --> 00:02:59,019 - But the difference from - school to the block, 108 00:02:59,125 --> 00:03:00,876 In school they make you stay, 109 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:02,542 on the block you gotta option. 110 00:03:02,626 --> 00:03:04,334 This is the option today. 111 00:03:04,417 --> 00:03:05,311 - [Daryl] In the education - system, we can activate 112 00:03:05,417 --> 00:03:07,165 The voice of students 113 00:03:07,189 --> 00:03:08,959 by giving them 114 00:03:09,042 --> 00:03:11,477 - avenues to speak to people - who are somewhat like them. 115 00:03:11,584 --> 00:03:12,768 Come from where they come from. 116 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:14,167 Who look like them. 117 00:03:14,250 --> 00:03:16,269 - Who can kinda understand - where they're coming from. 118 00:03:16,375 --> 00:03:18,019 Many times our students 119 00:03:18,043 --> 00:03:19,709 look at the population 120 00:03:19,792 --> 00:03:21,895 - that teaches them and - say that they don't truly 121 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,498 Understand where 122 00:03:23,522 --> 00:03:25,042 I'm coming from. 123 00:03:25,125 --> 00:03:26,334 You're not from my block. 124 00:03:26,417 --> 00:03:27,792 You haven't been on my block. 125 00:03:27,876 --> 00:03:29,417 You haven't walked in my shoes 126 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:30,748 and so you'll never 127 00:03:30,772 --> 00:03:32,042 understand my story. 128 00:03:32,125 --> 00:03:33,186 - [Kwabena] 'Cause if - you stay with doing 129 00:03:33,292 --> 00:03:34,769 - What some of you may - or may not be doing 130 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:36,751 This is all you'll get. 131 00:03:38,209 --> 00:03:39,834 This is all you'll get. 132 00:03:39,918 --> 00:03:41,250 It has some pictures in it. 133 00:03:41,334 --> 00:03:43,186 - It talk about your - life a little bit 134 00:03:43,292 --> 00:03:44,707 And the only people who will 135 00:03:44,731 --> 00:03:46,167 know you is your brother. 136 00:03:46,250 --> 00:03:47,519 But my young 137 00:03:47,543 --> 00:03:48,834 brothers, young kings, 138 00:03:48,918 --> 00:03:50,749 if you do something 139 00:03:50,773 --> 00:03:52,626 different with your life 140 00:03:52,709 --> 00:03:53,811 you get the right 141 00:03:53,835 --> 00:03:54,959 show on a narrative. 142 00:03:55,042 --> 00:03:56,603 - You'll be able to give - this to a little boy. 143 00:03:56,709 --> 00:03:58,103 See I believe this, 144 00:03:58,127 --> 00:03:59,542 helped me write this. 145 00:03:59,626 --> 00:04:00,666 So when I gave y'all that, 146 00:04:00,709 --> 00:04:02,269 - I'm hoping that - you're gonna take it 147 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:03,915 And you gonna go in 148 00:04:03,939 --> 00:04:05,500 your neighborhood. 149 00:04:05,584 --> 00:04:07,061 When I was a boy, wilding 150 00:04:07,085 --> 00:04:08,584 out in high school, 151 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:10,186 - I'm so glad I got some - of y'all attention, 152 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:12,209 I could see it in your eyes, 153 00:04:12,292 --> 00:04:14,500 acting a fool on the West side, 154 00:04:14,584 --> 00:04:15,853 mad 'cause my father got 155 00:04:15,877 --> 00:04:17,167 killed when I was a boy. 156 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:18,311 - [David] So the - amount of violence 157 00:04:18,417 --> 00:04:20,227 - That a young person is - exposed to absolutely 158 00:04:20,334 --> 00:04:22,269 Has been shown to affect 159 00:04:22,293 --> 00:04:24,250 brain development. 160 00:04:24,334 --> 00:04:26,060 - You know when you look - at the cortisol levels 161 00:04:26,167 --> 00:04:28,500 That are associated with stress, 162 00:04:28,584 --> 00:04:30,145 particularly what's called 163 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:31,751 toxic stress in a community, 164 00:04:31,834 --> 00:04:33,269 - that is something that - when people live with that 165 00:04:33,375 --> 00:04:34,894 For a long time 166 00:04:34,918 --> 00:04:36,459 it makes an impact 167 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:39,000 on their whole life trajectory. 168 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:40,227 - Raise your hand If - you ever lost a friend 169 00:04:40,334 --> 00:04:43,083 Or a family member to violence. 170 00:04:44,125 --> 00:04:45,375 Hands down. 171 00:04:45,459 --> 00:04:46,834 Raise your hand, 172 00:04:48,125 --> 00:04:49,602 if you grew up in a house 173 00:04:49,626 --> 00:04:51,125 without your father. 174 00:04:51,209 --> 00:04:52,019 - Okay and I want you - to be honest (mumbles) 175 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,334 Look I'm raising my hand too. 176 00:04:53,417 --> 00:04:55,103 What you say in 177 00:04:55,127 --> 00:04:56,834 here stay in here. 178 00:04:56,918 --> 00:04:58,292 I hate to ask the question 179 00:04:58,375 --> 00:04:59,686 but raise your hand if you 180 00:04:59,710 --> 00:05:01,042 don't know your father. 181 00:05:01,125 --> 00:05:02,125 Never seen him? 182 00:05:02,167 --> 00:05:03,417 Know anything about him? 183 00:05:06,876 --> 00:05:07,874 Is he dead? 184 00:05:07,898 --> 00:05:08,918 - No. 185 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,019 - [Kwabena] He just left. - No, he in jail. 186 00:05:11,125 --> 00:05:12,125 - [Kwabena] He in jail? 187 00:05:12,167 --> 00:05:14,709 Do you talk to him at all? 188 00:05:14,792 --> 00:05:15,918 Okay. 189 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,352 - I'm gonna have you - write something for me. 190 00:05:17,459 --> 00:05:19,145 On the top of your paper write 191 00:05:19,169 --> 00:05:20,876 the phrase, "The truth is." 192 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:22,519 Now, when you write 193 00:05:22,543 --> 00:05:24,125 "The truth is", 194 00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:25,584 treat it like this. 195 00:05:25,667 --> 00:05:27,292 Do I want you to write some sad? 196 00:05:27,375 --> 00:05:29,311 - Nope, but I want you - to tell the truth. 197 00:05:29,417 --> 00:05:31,353 Answer from your heart 198 00:05:31,377 --> 00:05:33,334 and not your head. 199 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:35,209 If you stop, you stop. 200 00:05:35,292 --> 00:05:37,248 If you get stuck, keep 201 00:05:37,272 --> 00:05:39,250 writing "truth is". 202 00:05:39,334 --> 00:05:40,978 - [Daryl] I think the truth 203 00:05:41,002 --> 00:05:42,667 of a student is their truth 204 00:05:42,751 --> 00:05:44,832 and it's kind of hard to 205 00:05:44,856 --> 00:05:46,959 explain that or to define that. 206 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:49,792 It's more of a definitive truth. 207 00:05:49,876 --> 00:05:51,291 It would be ignorant 208 00:05:51,315 --> 00:05:52,751 of me to think 209 00:05:52,834 --> 00:05:53,874 that every student 210 00:05:53,898 --> 00:05:54,959 that I look at 211 00:05:55,042 --> 00:05:56,375 who comes from an inner city, 212 00:05:56,459 --> 00:05:58,186 a neighborhood or a low 213 00:05:58,210 --> 00:05:59,959 income neighborhood, 214 00:06:00,042 --> 00:06:01,498 is the same as the other 215 00:06:01,522 --> 00:06:03,000 student next to him. 216 00:06:03,083 --> 00:06:05,144 - So sometimes you have - to get them in a circle 217 00:06:05,250 --> 00:06:06,644 And just find out what 218 00:06:06,668 --> 00:06:08,083 their truth actually is. 219 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:09,334 - [Kwabena] By show of hands, 220 00:06:09,417 --> 00:06:11,626 who could have kept on writing? 221 00:06:11,709 --> 00:06:13,751 I'm glad you shed a tear 222 00:06:13,834 --> 00:06:15,478 because trust me when I 223 00:06:15,502 --> 00:06:17,167 write it I shedded a tear. 224 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,102 - Everybody take a look - at your paper for me. 225 00:06:19,209 --> 00:06:20,459 I want you to read it. 226 00:06:20,542 --> 00:06:22,125 I just want you to look at it. 227 00:06:22,209 --> 00:06:23,707 So first off let me tell 228 00:06:23,731 --> 00:06:25,250 you why you looking at it. 229 00:06:25,334 --> 00:06:26,436 - I know you some - of you emotional. 230 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:27,626 I can look at your face. 231 00:06:27,709 --> 00:06:28,895 - I'm gonna let you - share it if you want to 232 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:29,728 - But here's where I - want you to think of 233 00:06:29,834 --> 00:06:32,125 When I'm talking to you. 234 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:35,167 Do you not ever let anybody, 235 00:06:35,250 --> 00:06:37,186 - tell you what you - can and can't do. 236 00:06:37,292 --> 00:06:38,603 Life is either gonna 237 00:06:38,627 --> 00:06:39,959 break you or make you. 238 00:06:40,042 --> 00:06:41,227 - If it break you, - you gonna go back 239 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:42,749 And be like everybody 240 00:06:42,773 --> 00:06:44,209 on your block. 241 00:06:44,292 --> 00:06:46,186 - You gonna be like - everybody you know. 242 00:06:46,292 --> 00:06:48,060 - If it make you, - you gonna be like, 243 00:06:48,167 --> 00:06:49,477 - "I came from that - but look at me now." 244 00:06:49,584 --> 00:06:51,436 Only thing that gets 245 00:06:51,460 --> 00:06:53,334 in this game is death, 246 00:06:53,417 --> 00:06:56,125 prison, wheelchairs and regret. 247 00:06:57,459 --> 00:06:59,102 - Anybody wanna read - what they wrote? 248 00:06:59,209 --> 00:07:00,226 Let's see what you got my man. 249 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:00,959 What's your name? 250 00:07:01,042 --> 00:07:02,250 - [Marquell] Marquell. 251 00:07:02,334 --> 00:07:03,144 - [Kwabena] Marquell, - when did it get bad? 252 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:04,417 What happened? 253 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:06,186 - [Marquell] Me and my - mom went into it one day 254 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:07,707 And things just like 255 00:07:07,731 --> 00:07:09,167 started jumping off 256 00:07:09,250 --> 00:07:11,751 of me when I got to deal my mom 257 00:07:11,834 --> 00:07:12,834 and then, 258 00:07:14,125 --> 00:07:15,853 - when she started whooping - me more and stuff like that 259 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:17,540 And then things just started 260 00:07:17,564 --> 00:07:19,167 jumping off when I was at 14. 261 00:07:19,250 --> 00:07:20,477 - My mom started beating - me with a stitching cord. 262 00:07:20,584 --> 00:07:22,040 I had bruises on my 263 00:07:22,064 --> 00:07:23,542 back and everything. 264 00:07:23,626 --> 00:07:24,834 Called my mom a bitch. 265 00:07:24,918 --> 00:07:25,916 Told her I don't 266 00:07:25,940 --> 00:07:26,959 love her no more 267 00:07:27,042 --> 00:07:29,686 - and I just started trying to - keep my distance away from her. 268 00:07:29,792 --> 00:07:31,227 - [David] When we - talk about violence, 269 00:07:31,334 --> 00:07:32,415 Oftentimes we focus so 270 00:07:32,439 --> 00:07:33,542 heavily on gun violence 271 00:07:33,626 --> 00:07:34,957 that we neglect the 272 00:07:34,981 --> 00:07:36,334 fact that sometimes 273 00:07:36,417 --> 00:07:38,144 - the first exposure, - in fact oftentimes, 274 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:40,125 The first exposure to violence 275 00:07:40,209 --> 00:07:41,541 is interpersonal 276 00:07:41,565 --> 00:07:42,918 domestic violence, 277 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,977 intimate partner violence, 278 00:07:45,001 --> 00:07:47,000 violence in the home. 279 00:07:47,083 --> 00:07:48,792 As that being the first exposure 280 00:07:48,876 --> 00:07:50,540 it can really make an 281 00:07:50,564 --> 00:07:52,250 impact on a young person's 282 00:07:52,334 --> 00:07:54,186 learning their physical 283 00:07:54,210 --> 00:07:56,083 development and their whole, 284 00:07:56,167 --> 00:07:57,584 their life course. 285 00:07:57,667 --> 00:07:58,728 So it absolutely 286 00:07:58,752 --> 00:07:59,834 makes an impact. 287 00:07:59,918 --> 00:08:01,686 - [Kwabena] You feel - like your mom love you? 288 00:08:01,792 --> 00:08:03,123 - I don't feel like she 289 00:08:03,147 --> 00:08:04,500 don't love me no more. 290 00:08:04,584 --> 00:08:06,209 - [Kwabena] Did she ever? 291 00:08:06,292 --> 00:08:07,792 - [Marquell] At first she did. 292 00:08:07,876 --> 00:08:09,895 - [Mary] In terms of - how youth will respond 293 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,269 To trauma in the 294 00:08:11,293 --> 00:08:12,584 household varies so much 295 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:14,832 on how often the 296 00:08:14,856 --> 00:08:17,042 trauma's occurring, 297 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:20,125 how violent the situation is, 298 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:21,561 how they respond 299 00:08:21,585 --> 00:08:22,959 to that violence 300 00:08:24,250 --> 00:08:26,959 and so when that happens to us, 301 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:28,311 some people respond 302 00:08:28,335 --> 00:08:29,626 by pulling in 303 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:30,894 and some people 304 00:08:30,918 --> 00:08:32,125 become very external. 305 00:08:32,209 --> 00:08:33,728 So it's very dependent 306 00:08:33,752 --> 00:08:35,292 on that child 307 00:08:35,375 --> 00:08:36,626 and that child's reaction 308 00:08:36,709 --> 00:08:37,853 whether they're 309 00:08:37,877 --> 00:08:39,042 going to try to fight 310 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:40,853 - or whether they're - gonna try to get away 311 00:08:40,959 --> 00:08:42,542 From the experience. 312 00:08:42,626 --> 00:08:43,728 - [Kwabena] Let's see - what you got man, be loud. 313 00:08:43,834 --> 00:08:45,292 Y'all give a brother a hand. 314 00:08:45,375 --> 00:08:48,292 (crowd clapping) 315 00:08:49,375 --> 00:08:50,626 Be loud as you can. 316 00:08:50,709 --> 00:08:51,918 - [Marquell] "The truth is 317 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,936 - "that I wish I knew my - dad like everybody else. 318 00:08:53,042 --> 00:08:54,186 "The truth is, I 319 00:08:54,210 --> 00:08:55,375 wish I wasn't alive. 320 00:08:55,459 --> 00:08:57,125 "The truth is, I wanna change. 321 00:08:57,209 --> 00:08:58,290 "The truth is, life 322 00:08:58,314 --> 00:08:59,417 isn't what you make it. 323 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:00,811 "The truth is that I wanna 324 00:09:00,835 --> 00:09:02,167 be the best person ever. 325 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:03,603 - "The truth is, I wish - things was the same. 326 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,145 "The truth is, why do 327 00:09:05,169 --> 00:09:06,626 I struggle so much? 328 00:09:06,709 --> 00:09:08,125 "The truth is, why we fighting 329 00:09:08,209 --> 00:09:09,644 - "(stutters) kill - each other every day? 330 00:09:09,751 --> 00:09:11,561 "The truth is, why is 331 00:09:11,585 --> 00:09:13,417 my mom pushing me away? 332 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:15,311 - "The truth is, sometimes - that I feel alone. 333 00:09:15,417 --> 00:09:17,124 "The truth is, that I try 334 00:09:17,148 --> 00:09:18,876 to be happy but never can. 335 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:20,959 (paper rustles) 336 00:09:21,042 --> 00:09:23,895 - "The truth is that I feel - like I don't need to be here." 337 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,292 - [Kwabena] Give him a hand. 338 00:09:25,375 --> 00:09:27,292 (crowd clapping) 339 00:09:27,375 --> 00:09:28,936 - [Daryl] And so we definitely - have a piece in which 340 00:09:29,042 --> 00:09:31,375 We bring in professionals 341 00:09:31,459 --> 00:09:33,603 - who come in and who - work with the students. 342 00:09:33,709 --> 00:09:34,918 But sometimes it's best 343 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,060 - to bring in some people - from the neighborhood 344 00:09:37,167 --> 00:09:38,167 Who can definitely, 345 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:39,436 what we say is, "get on 346 00:09:39,460 --> 00:09:40,667 their level" sometimes 347 00:09:40,751 --> 00:09:43,311 - and let them understand - because sometimes they hear you 348 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:44,834 But they don't hear you 349 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:47,019 - and sometimes the people - from the neighborhood, 350 00:09:47,125 --> 00:09:48,644 - Those are the people who - they can look in their eyes 351 00:09:48,751 --> 00:09:50,082 And say, "I seen you 352 00:09:50,106 --> 00:09:51,459 from the neighborhood. 353 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:52,542 "You look like me. 354 00:09:52,584 --> 00:09:53,334 "You act like me. 355 00:09:53,417 --> 00:09:55,000 "You've been in this place 356 00:09:55,083 --> 00:09:57,561 - "and so now I can receive - from you a little bit better 357 00:09:57,667 --> 00:09:58,749 "than I can receive 358 00:09:58,773 --> 00:09:59,876 from the system." 359 00:09:59,959 --> 00:10:01,167 (Kwabena mumbles) 360 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:02,394 - "He throwing hand - signs in the air. 361 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:03,519 - "Mom is calling, - he ain't listening. 362 00:10:03,626 --> 00:10:05,352 - "Mom is calling, - he aint listening. 363 00:10:05,459 --> 00:10:07,477 - "Blocks call, he's - standing at attention. 364 00:10:07,584 --> 00:10:08,792 "Three. 365 00:10:08,876 --> 00:10:09,792 "Two. 366 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:10,626 "One." 367 00:10:10,709 --> 00:10:12,042 - [Muhibb] There's a old, 368 00:10:12,125 --> 00:10:13,876 Billy Holiday song that says, 369 00:10:13,959 --> 00:10:15,916 "God bless the child 370 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:17,918 that has his own." 371 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,602 And I'm reminded of how 372 00:10:19,626 --> 00:10:21,250 important and significant 373 00:10:21,334 --> 00:10:23,209 it is for black children. 374 00:10:23,292 --> 00:10:25,019 Especially growing up in 375 00:10:25,043 --> 00:10:26,792 Milwaukee to have their own. 376 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,603 To have their own talent, 377 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:30,375 to have their own dreams. 378 00:10:30,459 --> 00:10:32,209 When you have your own, 379 00:10:32,292 --> 00:10:33,853 you possess the power to 380 00:10:33,877 --> 00:10:35,459 close your eyes at night 381 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:37,040 and dream of something 382 00:10:37,064 --> 00:10:38,584 bigger and something greater. 383 00:10:38,667 --> 00:10:39,685 You dream of being on the stage. 384 00:10:39,709 --> 00:10:41,040 Wherever your 385 00:10:41,064 --> 00:10:42,417 dreams can take you, 386 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,540 wherever your 387 00:10:43,564 --> 00:10:44,626 talent can take you, 388 00:10:44,709 --> 00:10:46,792 it indeed is a blessing, 389 00:10:46,876 --> 00:10:48,103 just to be able 390 00:10:48,127 --> 00:10:49,375 to close your eyes 391 00:10:49,459 --> 00:10:51,125 and close your ears 392 00:10:51,209 --> 00:10:52,957 and not being able to hear 393 00:10:52,981 --> 00:10:54,751 the sound of the gunshot. 394 00:10:54,834 --> 00:10:56,249 God bless the child 395 00:10:56,273 --> 00:10:57,709 that's got his own. 396 00:10:57,792 --> 00:10:59,125 - [Fidel] Welcome to True Skool. 397 00:10:59,209 --> 00:11:00,042 - [Tiana] Thank you. 398 00:11:00,125 --> 00:11:00,751 - [Fidel] What's your name? 399 00:11:00,834 --> 00:11:01,542 - [Tiana] Tiana. 400 00:11:01,626 --> 00:11:02,292 - [Fidel] Tiana. 401 00:11:02,375 --> 00:11:03,459 My name is Fidel. 402 00:11:03,542 --> 00:11:04,602 - [Tiana] Nice to meet you. 403 00:11:04,626 --> 00:11:05,477 - So, have you ever - been here before? 404 00:11:05,584 --> 00:11:06,626 - No sir. 405 00:11:06,709 --> 00:11:08,644 - So, I'ma start out and - give you the whole tour 406 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,311 - And tell you a little bit - about the organization. 407 00:11:10,417 --> 00:11:11,603 - Okay. - All right? 408 00:11:11,709 --> 00:11:12,977 - So this is an - after-school organization 409 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:14,667 For high school students 410 00:11:14,751 --> 00:11:16,083 and we do homework help 411 00:11:16,167 --> 00:11:18,311 - and then they also have - creative media classes. 412 00:11:18,417 --> 00:11:20,144 - So let me show you - the music space. 413 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:21,894 We all collaborate 414 00:11:21,918 --> 00:11:23,584 and work together 415 00:11:23,667 --> 00:11:24,873 and make original 416 00:11:24,897 --> 00:11:26,125 artwork and music 417 00:11:26,209 --> 00:11:27,582 and it's really about 418 00:11:27,606 --> 00:11:29,000 creating a safe environment 419 00:11:29,083 --> 00:11:30,394 where young people 420 00:11:30,418 --> 00:11:31,751 can express themselves 421 00:11:31,834 --> 00:11:33,978 and explore different mediums 422 00:11:34,002 --> 00:11:36,167 of art and also design 423 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:37,375 and then we help them 424 00:11:37,459 --> 00:11:39,144 - to develop their - professional portfolio 425 00:11:39,250 --> 00:11:40,769 - So they can get paid - off of those mediums. 426 00:11:40,876 --> 00:11:41,976 That's what we really all about. 427 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,876 (Tiana exclaims) 428 00:11:42,959 --> 00:11:43,667 So what's your skill level? 429 00:11:43,751 --> 00:11:44,959 What do you do? 430 00:11:45,042 --> 00:11:46,748 - [Tiana] I write 431 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,500 music, I sing and I rap. 432 00:11:48,584 --> 00:11:50,561 - [Fidel] So the first thing - you say is most important, 433 00:11:50,667 --> 00:11:51,876 You write music. 434 00:11:51,959 --> 00:11:53,728 The students are 435 00:11:53,752 --> 00:11:55,542 not all writers. 436 00:11:55,626 --> 00:11:57,186 - Some of them like to freestyle - and things like that. 437 00:11:57,292 --> 00:11:58,603 - So (stutters) we - develop writers. 438 00:11:58,709 --> 00:12:01,375 (upbeat music) 439 00:12:12,709 --> 00:12:14,125 So what do you think so far? 440 00:12:14,209 --> 00:12:15,042 - [Tiana] I like it. 441 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,245 I like what y'all are doing. 442 00:12:16,292 --> 00:12:17,542 It's positive. 443 00:12:17,626 --> 00:12:18,936 - It's something for - young people to do 444 00:12:19,042 --> 00:12:21,334 'cause I truly feel like 445 00:12:21,417 --> 00:12:22,918 it don't be enough stuff to do 446 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,561 or a lot of teenagers 447 00:12:24,585 --> 00:12:26,167 don't know about it 448 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:27,561 and that's why everybody 449 00:12:27,585 --> 00:12:28,918 out here doing crazy stuff 450 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,727 and fighting and not 451 00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:32,500 doing positive stuff so. 452 00:12:32,584 --> 00:12:34,000 - So what brings you here 453 00:12:34,083 --> 00:12:36,352 - is you interested in - participating in the showcase? 454 00:12:36,459 --> 00:12:37,834 - [Tiana] Yes. 455 00:12:37,918 --> 00:12:39,457 - [Fidel] So are you 456 00:12:39,481 --> 00:12:41,042 ready to give me a sample? 457 00:12:41,125 --> 00:12:42,292 - [Tiana] Yeah. 458 00:12:42,375 --> 00:12:44,561 - Of your skills, your - voice, your performance? 459 00:12:44,667 --> 00:12:45,584 Are you comfortable? 460 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:46,394 - [Tiana] Yeah. - Okay. 461 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,603 - [Tiana] Def- - Okay 462 00:12:47,709 --> 00:12:49,144 - And it will, after - we just kind of 463 00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:50,000 Get a taste of it here, 464 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:51,542 we'll go into the studio 465 00:12:51,626 --> 00:12:53,542 and then we'll record something 466 00:12:53,626 --> 00:12:55,144 - and get the real - feel of the vibe. 467 00:12:55,250 --> 00:12:56,500 - [Tiana] Okay. 468 00:12:59,334 --> 00:13:02,709 ♪ Sincerely ♪ 469 00:13:02,792 --> 00:13:07,500 ♪ Lord can you hear my cry ♪ 470 00:13:07,584 --> 00:13:12,167 ♪ Lord please forgive me ♪ 471 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:14,602 ♪ I sin but just 472 00:13:14,626 --> 00:13:17,000 know that I try ♪ 473 00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:19,292 ♪ I try to do better for you ♪ 474 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:20,561 ♪ These demons they 475 00:13:20,585 --> 00:13:21,792 leaching they cruel ♪ 476 00:13:21,876 --> 00:13:24,375 ♪ I think I did all I can do ♪ 477 00:13:24,459 --> 00:13:26,709 ♪ I finally put trust in you ♪ 478 00:13:26,792 --> 00:13:27,978 ♪ My blood racing 479 00:13:28,002 --> 00:13:29,209 my eyes (mumbles) ♪ 480 00:13:29,292 --> 00:13:30,811 ♪ I'm doing wrong 481 00:13:30,835 --> 00:13:32,375 and I know it ♪ 482 00:13:32,459 --> 00:13:35,334 ♪ 2020 I'm focused ♪ 483 00:13:35,417 --> 00:13:36,167 ♪ I'm focused, yeah ♪ 484 00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:37,876 - [Fidel] That's amazing 485 00:13:37,959 --> 00:13:38,895 - (upbeat music) - (Tiana laughs) 486 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,143 - [Tiana] So what should I say? 487 00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:41,186 - [Fidel] At the - beginning of that song. 488 00:13:41,292 --> 00:13:42,269 - See if you can - (mumbles) on over here. 489 00:13:42,375 --> 00:13:43,834 (upbeat music continues) 490 00:13:43,918 --> 00:13:45,603 - [Tiana] Oh while - the beat going? 491 00:13:45,709 --> 00:13:47,292 - [Fidel] Yeah. 492 00:13:47,375 --> 00:13:50,042 (Fidel chuckles) 493 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:52,876 (Tiana mumbles) 494 00:13:52,959 --> 00:13:55,292 I seen you do the rap part. 495 00:13:56,626 --> 00:13:58,292 Or do a different rap. 496 00:14:00,709 --> 00:14:01,584 ♪ Hey yo ♪ 497 00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:03,667 ♪ Don't need a crown need pen ♪ 498 00:14:03,751 --> 00:14:05,144 - ♪ It's been a minute - been spinning ♪ 499 00:14:05,250 --> 00:14:06,751 ♪ What time we been ♪ 500 00:14:06,834 --> 00:14:08,249 ♪ I know they listen just 501 00:14:08,273 --> 00:14:09,709 hoping they comprehend ♪ 502 00:14:09,792 --> 00:14:11,498 ♪ After this song that day 503 00:14:11,522 --> 00:14:13,250 you make a dis song again ♪ 504 00:14:13,334 --> 00:14:14,584 ♪ Forgot your feelings ♪ 505 00:14:14,667 --> 00:14:15,561 - ♪ That's the most - they'll put you in ♪ 506 00:14:15,667 --> 00:14:16,959 ♪ They can't stop me ♪ 507 00:14:17,042 --> 00:14:18,977 - ♪ They hardly can even - sit in the spot with me ♪ 508 00:14:19,083 --> 00:14:20,584 ♪ Keep it one hundred ♪ 509 00:14:20,667 --> 00:14:22,102 - ♪ I'm the reason these - bitches don't stand a chance ♪ 510 00:14:22,209 --> 00:14:23,709 ♪ But don't be mad at me ♪ 511 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:24,978 ♪ I ain't tell your 512 00:14:25,002 --> 00:14:26,209 ass pick up the pen ♪ 513 00:14:26,292 --> 00:14:27,873 ♪ Blaze blah two 514 00:14:27,897 --> 00:14:29,500 nine the block ♪ 515 00:14:29,584 --> 00:14:31,124 ♪ Yummy world you 516 00:14:31,148 --> 00:14:32,709 ridin' or not ♪ 517 00:14:32,792 --> 00:14:33,790 ♪ Push the pedal, 518 00:14:33,814 --> 00:14:34,834 the gas go levels ♪ 519 00:14:34,918 --> 00:14:36,603 - ♪ I gave my whole - life to this world ♪ 520 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:38,125 ♪ Now I keep seeing the devil ♪ 521 00:14:38,209 --> 00:14:39,459 ♪ Killed or be killed ♪ 522 00:14:39,542 --> 00:14:41,477 - ♪ It's a jungle lions, - tigers and bears ♪ 523 00:14:41,584 --> 00:14:43,186 - ♪ If it's survival - for the fittest ♪ 524 00:14:43,292 --> 00:14:44,751 ♪ Bitch I'm facing my fears ♪ 525 00:14:44,834 --> 00:14:45,918 ♪ Killing my rivals ♪ 526 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,728 - ♪ Anything for me to - remain the title ♪ 527 00:14:47,834 --> 00:14:49,561 - ♪ I'm not the idol, - I'm your idol ♪ 528 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:51,042 ♪ Niggas worship my body ♪ 529 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:52,334 ♪ Not suicidal ♪ 530 00:14:52,417 --> 00:14:53,977 - ♪ But I hung the - old me with a wire ♪ 531 00:14:54,083 --> 00:14:55,334 ♪ There's no one like me ♪ 532 00:14:55,417 --> 00:14:57,144 - ♪ Is a (mumbles) that - the demon inside me ♪ 533 00:14:57,250 --> 00:14:58,751 ♪ So do not try me ♪ 534 00:14:58,834 --> 00:15:00,477 - ♪ You're gon' see your - soul outside of your body ♪ 535 00:15:00,584 --> 00:15:02,042 ♪ I'm hot like fire ♪ 536 00:15:02,125 --> 00:15:03,561 - ♪ But when I spit is from - the cold heart inside me ♪ 537 00:15:03,667 --> 00:15:06,000 ♪ My nigga ♪ 538 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:07,292 ♪ I'm still flexing on 'em ♪ 539 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:08,686 - [Fidel] Okay, - okay, okay, okay. 540 00:15:08,792 --> 00:15:09,876 Don't hurt 'em, goddamn. 541 00:15:09,959 --> 00:15:10,667 (all laughing) 542 00:15:10,751 --> 00:15:11,751 (Fidel exclaims) 543 00:15:11,834 --> 00:15:12,834 Jeez louis. 544 00:15:12,918 --> 00:15:14,853 - [Sharlen] So we - huge disparities 545 00:15:14,959 --> 00:15:17,083 That are going on in the city. 546 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:19,834 High unemployment, high poverty, 547 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:22,769 - we're one of the most - segregated cities in the country 548 00:15:22,876 --> 00:15:24,291 And it's important that 549 00:15:24,315 --> 00:15:25,751 young people understand 550 00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:27,417 that they have a drive 551 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:29,769 - and they have (stutters) - they're talented 552 00:15:29,876 --> 00:15:30,876 And they're creative 553 00:15:30,959 --> 00:15:31,936 - and they can use all - of those elements 554 00:15:32,042 --> 00:15:33,895 - In order to change - the conditions 555 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,582 That are currently 556 00:15:35,606 --> 00:15:37,209 existing in Milwaukee. 557 00:15:37,292 --> 00:15:39,060 - [Fidel] So, we will - communicate with you 558 00:15:39,167 --> 00:15:40,811 - About the details - for the showcase. 559 00:15:40,918 --> 00:15:42,811 - Yeah and I wanna talk - to whoever get this beat 560 00:15:42,918 --> 00:15:44,751 'cause I want that beat. 561 00:15:44,834 --> 00:15:45,542 - Absolutely. 562 00:15:45,626 --> 00:15:46,792 Well thank you for coming. 563 00:15:46,876 --> 00:15:48,000 - Thank you. 564 00:15:48,083 --> 00:15:49,352 - [Fidel] Thank - you for stepping up 565 00:15:49,459 --> 00:15:51,459 And not being shy. 566 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:53,144 - [Muhibb] I was born 567 00:15:53,168 --> 00:15:54,792 on 12th and Burleigh. 568 00:15:54,876 --> 00:15:55,959 In the zip code of 53206. 569 00:15:58,083 --> 00:15:59,792 The most incarcerated zip code 570 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:02,042 in the United States of America. 571 00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:03,478 The jail suit talks 572 00:16:03,502 --> 00:16:04,876 to us every day 573 00:16:04,959 --> 00:16:07,167 and the jail suit says to us, 574 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:08,918 "Little black boy wear my suit." 575 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:09,751 (Muhibb chuckles) 576 00:16:09,834 --> 00:16:11,209 And we say, "No. 577 00:16:11,292 --> 00:16:12,459 "'Cause my momma said, 578 00:16:12,542 --> 00:16:14,186 - "if I go to school and - I get a good education, 579 00:16:14,292 --> 00:16:15,292 "I could beat you." 580 00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:16,852 And the jail suit says, 581 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,375 "You can't beat me. 582 00:16:18,459 --> 00:16:19,582 "You gonna be just like 583 00:16:19,606 --> 00:16:20,751 your no good daddy. 584 00:16:20,834 --> 00:16:22,561 - "You gonna be like everybody - who looks like you, 585 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:24,394 - "who walks like you, - who talks like you, 586 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:26,603 - "who grew up in the same - neighborhood as you. 587 00:16:26,709 --> 00:16:27,751 "This is where you belong. 588 00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:28,935 "What you wanna be a doctor? 589 00:16:28,959 --> 00:16:31,060 - "No that's for the smart - people of the world 590 00:16:31,167 --> 00:16:32,334 "and everybody knows 591 00:16:32,417 --> 00:16:33,540 "that little black 592 00:16:33,564 --> 00:16:34,709 children ain't smart." 593 00:16:34,792 --> 00:16:36,834 So we put that jail suit on 594 00:16:36,918 --> 00:16:38,811 - and we say, "I'll - wear your suit. 595 00:16:38,918 --> 00:16:40,686 "'Cause after all, what 596 00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:42,500 else do I have to live for?" 597 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:44,000 But we still have dreams. 598 00:16:44,083 --> 00:16:45,667 We still want more 599 00:16:45,751 --> 00:16:46,918 (door knocks) 600 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,602 but it sure is hard to 601 00:16:48,626 --> 00:16:50,250 outrun that jail suit. 602 00:16:50,334 --> 00:16:51,584 - [Sean] Hello. 603 00:16:51,667 --> 00:16:52,186 - [Johnnie] How you doing? - I'm fine. 604 00:16:52,292 --> 00:16:53,083 - Sean Wilson. 605 00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:54,709 - Okay, Johnnie Henderson. 606 00:16:54,792 --> 00:16:55,769 - Program director here at - Next Chapter Living Center 607 00:16:55,876 --> 00:16:57,125 And one of the co-owners. 608 00:16:57,209 --> 00:16:58,709 - Okay. 609 00:16:58,792 --> 00:16:59,311 - [Johnnie] The boys they're - already expecting you today. 610 00:16:59,417 --> 00:17:00,751 - [Sean] Okay. 611 00:17:00,834 --> 00:17:02,269 - [Johnnie] So they're just - playing a video game right now 612 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,519 - And we'll have you go down - into our conference room 613 00:17:04,626 --> 00:17:05,936 - And then once you get - set up and everything 614 00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:07,584 We'll have the boys come down 615 00:17:07,667 --> 00:17:08,686 - for you to talk to them. - [Sean] Okay let's do it. 616 00:17:08,792 --> 00:17:10,751 - [Johnnie] Okay. 617 00:17:10,834 --> 00:17:11,769 - All right, good - morning you guys. 618 00:17:11,876 --> 00:17:13,853 - As I told you guys a - little bit earlier today 619 00:17:13,959 --> 00:17:16,227 - That we did have a guest - speaker that would be here. 620 00:17:16,334 --> 00:17:17,351 His name is Mr. Sean Wilson 621 00:17:17,375 --> 00:17:18,644 and I'm gonna turn 622 00:17:18,668 --> 00:17:19,959 over the floor to him. 623 00:17:20,042 --> 00:17:21,292 - Thank you Johnnie. 624 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:22,500 How you guys doing? 625 00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:23,584 - [All] Good. 626 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:24,500 - [Sean] When I look at y'all, 627 00:17:24,584 --> 00:17:26,792 I see a reflection of myself. 628 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:27,894 When I look at y'all (stutters) 629 00:17:27,918 --> 00:17:29,478 I'm speaking to a 630 00:17:29,502 --> 00:17:31,083 16, 17 year-old Sean. 631 00:17:31,876 --> 00:17:33,959 I grew up on 13th and Burleigh. 632 00:17:34,042 --> 00:17:36,019 - I started to contribute to - the violence in my community, 633 00:17:36,125 --> 00:17:38,269 To the drug, drug 634 00:17:38,293 --> 00:17:40,459 selling in my community. 635 00:17:40,542 --> 00:17:42,417 I started to steal, 636 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:43,644 I started to take 637 00:17:43,668 --> 00:17:44,834 and as a result, 638 00:17:44,918 --> 00:17:46,895 I found myself in 639 00:17:46,919 --> 00:17:48,918 prison at the age of 17. 640 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,895 - [John] You know - prosecutors deal with people, 641 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,895 - Whether they're - victims or people 642 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,436 - That have been - accused of crimes. 643 00:17:54,542 --> 00:17:56,269 Usually at one of the 644 00:17:56,293 --> 00:17:58,042 lowest times in their life. 645 00:17:58,125 --> 00:17:59,478 In Milwaukee, like 646 00:17:59,502 --> 00:18:00,876 many, many other cities 647 00:18:00,959 --> 00:18:02,626 around the country, 648 00:18:02,709 --> 00:18:05,375 our young people come to us 649 00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:07,186 from situations often 650 00:18:07,210 --> 00:18:08,959 of extreme poverty. 651 00:18:10,042 --> 00:18:11,811 - They have oftentimes - been exposed 652 00:18:11,918 --> 00:18:14,417 To really traumatic conditions. 653 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:15,500 - Let's rewind. 654 00:18:15,584 --> 00:18:17,292 At the age of 13, I went to DT. 655 00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:21,790 Fortunately, I only 656 00:18:21,814 --> 00:18:23,375 did a month in DT. 657 00:18:23,459 --> 00:18:25,477 - After that, that should - have been the wake up call. 658 00:18:25,584 --> 00:18:26,834 I bumped my head. 659 00:18:26,918 --> 00:18:27,792 Ouch! 660 00:18:27,876 --> 00:18:28,959 It hurt. 661 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:31,186 - I should've woke up - from there but I didn't. 662 00:18:31,292 --> 00:18:33,082 I went right back to 663 00:18:33,106 --> 00:18:34,918 the same community, 664 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,209 hung out with the same guys, 665 00:18:37,292 --> 00:18:39,334 who weren't writing me, 666 00:18:39,417 --> 00:18:40,394 who weren't sending 667 00:18:40,418 --> 00:18:41,418 me no canteen money, 668 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,459 when I was in DT. 669 00:18:43,542 --> 00:18:45,748 - Once that child gets 670 00:18:45,772 --> 00:18:48,000 into the age of 14, 15, 16, 671 00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:49,876 the system changes a little bit 672 00:18:49,959 --> 00:18:51,436 and now we call it 673 00:18:51,460 --> 00:18:52,959 the delinquency system 674 00:18:53,042 --> 00:18:54,936 - and oftentimes what - we're doing there 675 00:18:55,042 --> 00:18:56,623 Is now we're starting to 676 00:18:56,647 --> 00:18:58,250 change more towards prosecution 677 00:18:58,334 --> 00:18:59,894 and balancing public safety 678 00:18:59,918 --> 00:19:01,500 with the needs of the child 679 00:19:01,584 --> 00:19:02,707 and then once they 680 00:19:02,731 --> 00:19:03,876 become 17, guess what? 681 00:19:03,959 --> 00:19:05,500 They're treated as adults 682 00:19:05,584 --> 00:19:06,936 and the system takes a 683 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,334 totally different approach 684 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:09,811 towards people 685 00:19:09,835 --> 00:19:11,250 committing the offense. 686 00:19:11,334 --> 00:19:13,167 - Three years later, 687 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:15,542 here I am in DT once again. 688 00:19:17,459 --> 00:19:19,667 Facing a lot of time. 689 00:19:19,751 --> 00:19:21,686 - Facing time that can - possibly send me away 690 00:19:21,792 --> 00:19:24,042 For the rest of my life 691 00:19:24,125 --> 00:19:25,769 and I ultimately received 692 00:19:25,793 --> 00:19:27,459 17 years in prison. 693 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:29,227 - [John] There's - like a 10 year period 694 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:32,209 Where that brain is developing. 695 00:19:32,292 --> 00:19:33,561 (John stutters) 696 00:19:33,585 --> 00:19:34,876 The person is changing 697 00:19:34,959 --> 00:19:36,728 and so if you see a 698 00:19:36,752 --> 00:19:38,542 dangerous circumstance 699 00:19:38,626 --> 00:19:40,227 - that a young person - is committing, 700 00:19:40,334 --> 00:19:41,834 The ordinary person would say, 701 00:19:41,918 --> 00:19:42,895 - "Well you've gotta - punish that kid. 702 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:43,998 "You gotta remove 'em 703 00:19:44,022 --> 00:19:45,042 from the community." 704 00:19:45,125 --> 00:19:46,561 - And we have to - then balance that. 705 00:19:46,667 --> 00:19:47,876 We have to say, 706 00:19:47,959 --> 00:19:50,019 - "Yeah but this is gonna - be a different person 707 00:19:50,125 --> 00:19:51,667 "two years from now. 708 00:19:51,751 --> 00:19:53,477 - "It's gonna be a different - person 10 years from now." 709 00:19:53,584 --> 00:19:55,124 And trying to incorporate 710 00:19:55,148 --> 00:19:56,709 that kind of thinking 711 00:19:56,792 --> 00:19:57,811 - takes us in a - different direction. 712 00:19:57,918 --> 00:19:58,978 It doesn't become 713 00:19:59,002 --> 00:20:00,083 about punishment, 714 00:20:00,167 --> 00:20:01,561 it becomes about how 715 00:20:01,585 --> 00:20:03,000 do we fix this problem 716 00:20:03,083 --> 00:20:04,083 for the longterm. 717 00:20:04,167 --> 00:20:06,626 - It took me 17 years 718 00:20:06,709 --> 00:20:08,834 to come to the realization that 719 00:20:08,918 --> 00:20:10,416 this life, this 720 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,959 so-called street life, 721 00:20:12,042 --> 00:20:14,498 this hood life, being a street 722 00:20:14,522 --> 00:20:17,000 nigga, being a hood nigga, 723 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:19,083 it took me 17 years to realize 724 00:20:19,167 --> 00:20:21,125 that there's no future in that. 725 00:20:21,209 --> 00:20:22,292 At all. 726 00:20:22,375 --> 00:20:23,582 I've been home 727 00:20:23,606 --> 00:20:24,834 almost two years now 728 00:20:24,918 --> 00:20:26,584 and I'm the statewide organizer 729 00:20:26,667 --> 00:20:27,873 for criminal justice 730 00:20:27,897 --> 00:20:29,125 reform for the ACLU. 731 00:20:29,209 --> 00:20:30,520 My job title was to cut 732 00:20:30,544 --> 00:20:31,876 the prison population 733 00:20:31,959 --> 00:20:34,918 here in Wisconsin by 50%. 734 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,498 Wisconsin locks up 735 00:20:36,522 --> 00:20:38,042 more black males 736 00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:39,894 than any other state 737 00:20:39,918 --> 00:20:41,709 in this country. 738 00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:43,144 - [David] Milwaukee 739 00:20:43,168 --> 00:20:44,542 sends about 6,000, 740 00:20:44,626 --> 00:20:46,500 you know, people, black men, 741 00:20:46,584 --> 00:20:48,686 to the Prison Industrial Complex 742 00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:50,834 of the state of Wisconsin. 743 00:20:50,918 --> 00:20:52,499 You got somewhere 744 00:20:52,523 --> 00:20:54,125 between 20 and 25,000 745 00:20:54,209 --> 00:20:55,393 people locked up in the state. 746 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:56,394 The overwhelming 747 00:20:56,418 --> 00:20:57,418 majority are black. 748 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:58,811 Overwhelming majority 749 00:20:58,835 --> 00:21:00,167 come from Milwaukee. 750 00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:02,186 - [Sean] That's good - information to have 751 00:21:02,292 --> 00:21:04,061 Because it lets you know 752 00:21:04,085 --> 00:21:05,876 that you are a target 753 00:21:05,959 --> 00:21:07,209 but it also lets you know 754 00:21:07,292 --> 00:21:08,707 that I need to do 755 00:21:08,731 --> 00:21:10,167 everything in my power 756 00:21:10,250 --> 00:21:12,019 to put myself in the position 757 00:21:12,043 --> 00:21:13,834 where I'm not a statistic 758 00:21:13,918 --> 00:21:15,853 - and not only am - I not a statistic 759 00:21:15,959 --> 00:21:18,207 But I'm helping other brothers 760 00:21:18,231 --> 00:21:20,500 not become a statistic. 761 00:21:20,584 --> 00:21:23,144 - [David] In terms of young - people committing crimes 762 00:21:23,250 --> 00:21:24,540 And I really get away from 763 00:21:24,564 --> 00:21:25,876 the language of crime. 764 00:21:25,959 --> 00:21:27,749 Criminality is about 765 00:21:27,773 --> 00:21:29,584 policing people 766 00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:31,436 as well as their 767 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:33,250 relationship to resources. 768 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:35,644 All crime is really unmet 769 00:21:35,668 --> 00:21:38,000 human need at some level 770 00:21:38,083 --> 00:21:40,167 because the people are immoral. 771 00:21:40,250 --> 00:21:41,352 - It's not because of - a value judgment, 772 00:21:41,459 --> 00:21:43,248 It is not because of any 773 00:21:43,272 --> 00:21:45,083 biological difference 774 00:21:45,167 --> 00:21:47,102 - in people of color, - particularly black people 775 00:21:47,209 --> 00:21:48,500 That we can't thrive 776 00:21:48,584 --> 00:21:49,978 but it is those 777 00:21:50,002 --> 00:21:51,417 structural factors 778 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:52,894 that deny people access 779 00:21:52,918 --> 00:21:54,334 to quality housing, 780 00:21:54,417 --> 00:21:56,269 education that will lift 781 00:21:56,293 --> 00:21:58,167 us into the 21st century 782 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,478 and when there's 783 00:21:59,502 --> 00:22:00,751 concentrated disadvantage, 784 00:22:00,834 --> 00:22:03,000 people respond in survival mode. 785 00:22:03,083 --> 00:22:04,334 - [Sean] What's your story man? 786 00:22:04,417 --> 00:22:05,603 - Tell me a little bit - about yourself man. 787 00:22:05,709 --> 00:22:06,936 - [Brandon] My momma, - she started doing drugs 788 00:22:07,042 --> 00:22:08,603 - And all that 'cause - she lost her house. 789 00:22:08,709 --> 00:22:10,209 I forgot what for or whatever. 790 00:22:10,292 --> 00:22:11,519 - I guess she didn't - have enough money, 791 00:22:11,626 --> 00:22:13,561 - That's nothing to - do with the cases. 792 00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:14,644 So she started doing 793 00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:15,668 drugs and all that. 794 00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:17,061 You know, she had to 795 00:22:17,085 --> 00:22:18,417 find a way for us to live 796 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,352 - and you know, eat and - all the other stuff. 797 00:22:20,459 --> 00:22:22,144 - So we would have to - walk to the store 798 00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:24,457 Like two miles down just to 799 00:22:24,481 --> 00:22:26,709 go to the store and steal 800 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,417 and one day she got caught 801 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,144 - and (stutters) they - took me away from her 802 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,751 And I ended up in foster care. 803 00:22:33,834 --> 00:22:35,709 So I had to wait on my sister 804 00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:37,519 - and my sister took about - like two or three months 805 00:22:37,626 --> 00:22:39,270 To come get me over, 806 00:22:39,294 --> 00:22:40,959 from here in Milwaukee. 807 00:22:41,042 --> 00:22:42,728 - She came all the way down - in Dallas to come get me 808 00:22:42,834 --> 00:22:44,540 And she adopted me and 809 00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:46,292 I was staying with her 810 00:22:46,375 --> 00:22:48,019 but ended up to a point where 811 00:22:48,043 --> 00:22:49,709 it just wasn't working out. 812 00:22:49,792 --> 00:22:50,957 Like, I started being a 813 00:22:50,981 --> 00:22:52,167 little bit disobedient 814 00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:54,019 - 'cause I feel like - I was getting older 815 00:22:54,125 --> 00:22:55,853 - And like it was certain - stuff that I wanted to do 816 00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:57,792 That she told me I couldn't do. 817 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:59,209 I was like hanging around, 818 00:22:59,292 --> 00:23:00,748 you know like people who 819 00:23:00,772 --> 00:23:02,250 was doing the wrong things. 820 00:23:02,334 --> 00:23:03,603 I ended up starting 821 00:23:03,627 --> 00:23:04,918 smoking at the age of 12. 822 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,144 Stealing cars and 823 00:23:06,168 --> 00:23:07,334 stuff like that. 824 00:23:07,417 --> 00:23:10,436 - [David] Violence as it - manifests in the community again 825 00:23:10,542 --> 00:23:11,873 Is a result of an 826 00:23:11,897 --> 00:23:13,250 unmet human need. 827 00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:15,478 So density rates or where 828 00:23:15,502 --> 00:23:17,667 the shootings take place, 829 00:23:17,751 --> 00:23:18,792 if you look at the maps, 830 00:23:18,876 --> 00:23:20,395 they're immediately over 831 00:23:20,419 --> 00:23:21,959 the same type of areas 832 00:23:22,042 --> 00:23:23,644 - where there's - housing instability, 833 00:23:23,751 --> 00:23:24,915 Where there's low 834 00:23:24,939 --> 00:23:26,125 educational attainment, 835 00:23:26,209 --> 00:23:27,311 where there's high 836 00:23:27,335 --> 00:23:28,459 infant mortality, 837 00:23:28,542 --> 00:23:30,978 all of it's concentrated in 838 00:23:31,002 --> 00:23:33,459 most of the same neighborhoods. 839 00:23:34,042 --> 00:23:35,417 - Okay. 840 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:36,936 - [Brandon] Like, how I got - in here, me and my friend, 841 00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:38,498 We robbed a, we tried to 842 00:23:38,522 --> 00:23:40,000 rob Washington High School 843 00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:41,644 and that's what ended 844 00:23:41,668 --> 00:23:43,250 up, we ended up doing. 845 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:44,334 - [Sean] Yeah. 846 00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:46,352 - [Brandon] And - so that's the day 847 00:23:46,459 --> 00:23:49,060 - We ended up robbing somebody - else in the midst of it 848 00:23:49,167 --> 00:23:50,874 And we got caught and boom 849 00:23:50,898 --> 00:23:52,626 we got hit with two cases 850 00:23:52,709 --> 00:23:54,540 and now I'm (stutters) in here 851 00:23:54,564 --> 00:23:56,417 and trynna get myself out of. 852 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:57,894 - [David] If we don't address 853 00:23:57,918 --> 00:23:59,334 the structural factors 854 00:23:59,417 --> 00:24:01,436 of employment, of education, 855 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:03,500 of remedial education, 856 00:24:03,584 --> 00:24:05,894 of health, of basic 857 00:24:03,584 --> 00:24:08,250 Milwaukee's poor 858 00:24:05,918 --> 00:24:10,709 infrastructure for 859 00:24:10,709 --> 00:24:12,686 and for Milwaukee's 860 00:24:12,710 --> 00:24:14,709 marginalized residents, 861 00:24:14,792 --> 00:24:16,290 if we don't do that, then 862 00:24:16,314 --> 00:24:17,834 violence is gonna continue 863 00:24:17,918 --> 00:24:20,416 to be the social response to 864 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,959 the injustice in the society. 865 00:24:23,792 --> 00:24:25,334 - [Sean] That's what's up man. 866 00:24:25,417 --> 00:24:27,477 - I'm glad that you, you know, - took this time to talk to me, 867 00:24:27,584 --> 00:24:29,249 To tell me a little 868 00:24:29,273 --> 00:24:30,959 bit about your story. 869 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:32,977 - You a very - intelligent young man. 870 00:24:33,083 --> 00:24:34,248 Your future is 871 00:24:34,272 --> 00:24:35,459 definitely very bright 872 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:36,665 and you just gotta 873 00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:37,834 stay focused man. 874 00:24:37,918 --> 00:24:39,042 You have any more questions? 875 00:24:39,125 --> 00:24:40,334 You have any questions for me? 876 00:24:40,417 --> 00:24:41,227 - [Brandon] Should I - call you on putting me 877 00:24:41,334 --> 00:24:42,375 On the basketball team? 878 00:24:42,459 --> 00:24:43,792 Can you do that? 879 00:24:43,876 --> 00:24:45,227 - [Sean] Shit, we definitely - can figure it out. 880 00:24:45,334 --> 00:24:47,478 I know a few coaches who 881 00:24:47,502 --> 00:24:49,667 got some basketball teams. 882 00:24:49,751 --> 00:24:51,811 - 'Cause I was playing at - ALU and I'm trynna start- 883 00:24:51,918 --> 00:24:52,895 - [Sean] Definitely, - definitely give me a call 884 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,019 And I'll definitely 885 00:24:54,043 --> 00:24:55,083 put you in contact 886 00:24:55,167 --> 00:24:56,751 with a couple of coaches. 887 00:24:56,834 --> 00:24:57,834 Anything else? 888 00:24:57,876 --> 00:24:58,626 - [Brandon] No, that's it. 889 00:24:58,709 --> 00:25:00,144 - Okay. - (Sean chuckles) 890 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:01,292 Love you man. 891 00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:02,250 - [Brandon] I love you too. 892 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,167 - [Muhibb] So I looked the chief 893 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:04,083 devil dead in the eyes (mumbles) 894 00:25:04,167 --> 00:25:05,000 - [Man] What you say to him. 895 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:05,626 - [Muhibb] Bring all your plans. 896 00:25:05,709 --> 00:25:06,334 - Say it. 897 00:25:06,417 --> 00:25:07,417 - Fill 'em with dope. 898 00:25:07,459 --> 00:25:08,292 - [Man] What else? 899 00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:09,667 - Drop crack bombs on us. 900 00:25:09,751 --> 00:25:11,102 - Make the whole hood look - like a third world country 901 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:12,561 - Evict us. - (man mumbles) 902 00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:13,667 Turn our lights off. 903 00:25:13,709 --> 00:25:15,250 Turn our gas off. 904 00:25:15,334 --> 00:25:16,853 Break our windows, 905 00:25:15,334 --> 00:25:18,417 our TVs, our stoves. 906 00:25:16,877 --> 00:25:18,500 our refrigerators, 907 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:19,667 Even break our minds. 908 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:20,542 But guess what? 909 00:25:20,626 --> 00:25:22,209 You will never get to my soul. 910 00:25:22,292 --> 00:25:24,477 - You will not break us. - They will not break us. 911 00:25:24,584 --> 00:25:26,644 - You can not break us. - They can not break us. 912 00:25:26,751 --> 00:25:28,895 - You will not break us. - You will not break us. 913 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,060 - You can not break us. - You can not break us. 914 00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:32,375 - There are no trials. 915 00:25:32,459 --> 00:25:34,227 - [Both] No tribulation, - no pressure, no pain, 916 00:25:34,334 --> 00:25:35,874 No hurricane strong 917 00:25:35,898 --> 00:25:37,459 enough to stop my people. 918 00:25:37,542 --> 00:25:38,769 We will always find 919 00:25:38,793 --> 00:25:40,042 our way back to God. 920 00:25:40,125 --> 00:25:41,417 - [Man] What else? 921 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,477 - So the Milwaukee community 922 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:45,500 is a beautiful place. 923 00:25:45,584 --> 00:25:47,207 Full of beautiful people doing 924 00:25:47,231 --> 00:25:48,876 a lot of beautiful things. 925 00:25:48,959 --> 00:25:50,895 There are so many folks 926 00:25:50,919 --> 00:25:52,876 who are committed, 927 00:25:52,959 --> 00:25:54,332 be servants and make 928 00:25:54,356 --> 00:25:55,751 the best contribution 929 00:25:55,834 --> 00:25:57,665 that they can to the 930 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,542 lives of these children. 931 00:25:59,626 --> 00:26:01,436 - These are the people - who are not highlighted 932 00:26:01,542 --> 00:26:03,334 On a regular basis. 933 00:26:03,417 --> 00:26:04,811 If we are going 934 00:26:04,835 --> 00:26:06,250 to tell the story 935 00:26:06,334 --> 00:26:08,269 - of what's going on in - the Milwaukee community, 936 00:26:08,375 --> 00:26:10,144 We can't necessarily keep 937 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:11,959 telling half the truth. 938 00:26:12,042 --> 00:26:14,269 - We also have to highlight - all the beautiful things 939 00:26:14,375 --> 00:26:15,959 That are going on every day. 940 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:17,751 (upbeat music) 941 00:26:19,876 --> 00:26:21,457 - On Facebook, 942 00:26:21,481 --> 00:26:23,083 Instagram, on the news, 943 00:26:24,167 --> 00:26:25,644 as you know in the 944 00:26:25,668 --> 00:26:27,167 conversations we had, 945 00:26:27,250 --> 00:26:28,686 - at the end of the - night they show 946 00:26:28,792 --> 00:26:30,123 Black boy, brown 947 00:26:30,147 --> 00:26:31,500 boy shot and killed. 948 00:26:31,584 --> 00:26:32,894 Possibly by another 949 00:26:32,918 --> 00:26:34,250 black or brown boy. 950 00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:36,144 - Possibly these days - by police officers. 951 00:26:36,250 --> 00:26:38,227 - You know we have real - talk conversations. 952 00:26:38,334 --> 00:26:39,542 Ignorance is loud. 953 00:26:39,626 --> 00:26:40,874 They wait till you die 954 00:26:40,898 --> 00:26:42,167 and they put a shrine up 955 00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:43,977 - and people on there - saying how good you are, 956 00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:45,292 Et cetera, et cetera. 957 00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:46,728 - We brought you here - to celebrate you 958 00:26:46,834 --> 00:26:49,269 - While you are in your now - not while you in your later. 959 00:26:49,375 --> 00:26:51,000 Today is a great day for you. 960 00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:53,083 I told you, it's not punishment, 961 00:26:53,167 --> 00:26:55,125 it's a process of preparation. 962 00:26:55,209 --> 00:26:56,728 - I wanna bring these two - young men to the stage. 963 00:26:56,834 --> 00:26:58,186 - Come on show some love - man, give it up for 'em. 964 00:26:58,292 --> 00:26:59,667 (crowd cheering) 965 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,269 - These your peers you should - be more louder than that man. 966 00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:03,751 (crowd cheering) 967 00:27:03,834 --> 00:27:05,769 - [Margaret] One thing - I always encourage 968 00:27:05,876 --> 00:27:07,332 Young people to do, 969 00:27:07,356 --> 00:27:08,834 young black people to do, 970 00:27:08,918 --> 00:27:10,584 is to get engaged and involved 971 00:27:10,667 --> 00:27:11,957 in whatever's happening 972 00:27:11,981 --> 00:27:13,292 in their community. 973 00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:15,186 There's an old saying "the 974 00:27:15,210 --> 00:27:17,042 squeaky wheel gets the grease." 975 00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:18,375 And in the black community, 976 00:27:18,459 --> 00:27:19,603 we need to become 977 00:27:19,627 --> 00:27:20,792 the squeaky wheel 978 00:27:20,876 --> 00:27:22,645 and make sure that we get 979 00:27:22,669 --> 00:27:24,459 the things that we deserve. 980 00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:25,957 - We did some very, very 981 00:27:25,981 --> 00:27:27,417 personal statements, 982 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:29,000 the young men wrote. 983 00:27:29,083 --> 00:27:30,603 - So one of the main - things they said is, 984 00:27:30,709 --> 00:27:31,791 "Adults are talking to 985 00:27:31,815 --> 00:27:32,918 us and not with us." 986 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,459 So with that being said, 987 00:27:34,542 --> 00:27:36,311 - I wanted to give two - of them an opportunity 988 00:27:36,417 --> 00:27:37,644 - To share what they - got in the class. 989 00:27:37,751 --> 00:27:38,853 - Y'all show them - some love please. 990 00:27:38,959 --> 00:27:42,500 (crowd clapping) 991 00:27:42,584 --> 00:27:43,624 - [Marquell] The truth is, 992 00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:45,561 - I never really met my - dad until the age of 10. 993 00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:48,060 - The truth is, I never really - wanted it to be alive. 994 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,019 - The truth is, I go through - so much, (stutters) 995 00:27:50,125 --> 00:27:51,832 I think that I'm the only one 996 00:27:51,856 --> 00:27:53,584 that's going through so much. 997 00:27:53,667 --> 00:27:55,103 The truth is that I 998 00:27:55,127 --> 00:27:56,584 don't know where to start 999 00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:58,334 but I don't know how to start. 1000 00:27:58,417 --> 00:28:00,019 - Truth is, I wish I - will never die young. 1001 00:28:00,125 --> 00:28:01,977 - The truth is, I'm - not gonna die young. 1002 00:28:02,083 --> 00:28:03,209 - There you go. 1003 00:28:03,292 --> 00:28:04,895 - The truth is, I am - not going to die young. 1004 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,125 (all applauding) 1005 00:28:06,209 --> 00:28:07,477 - [Mary] Milwaukee is - gonna have a tough time 1006 00:28:07,584 --> 00:28:09,144 - And continue to - have a tough time 1007 00:28:09,250 --> 00:28:10,707 Until we're really willing 1008 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:12,209 to look at the realities 1009 00:28:12,292 --> 00:28:13,959 of what's going on in our city. 1010 00:28:14,042 --> 00:28:15,936 We know there are 1011 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,876 pockets in our city where 1012 00:28:17,959 --> 00:28:20,186 gun violence is so real 1013 00:28:20,210 --> 00:28:22,459 that kids get used to it. 1014 00:28:22,542 --> 00:28:23,417 That's not okay. 1015 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,500 (crowd clapping) 1016 00:28:25,584 --> 00:28:28,083 (all chanting) 1017 00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:30,394 - [Kwabena] I am great. - [All] I am great. 1018 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,102 - [Kwabena] I am mighty. - [All] I am mighty. 1019 00:28:32,209 --> 00:28:33,417 - [Kwabena] I am- 1020 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:35,019 - [David] You have a lot - of community healers. 1021 00:28:35,125 --> 00:28:37,853 - I mean some of the best examples - we see on ninth and ring. 1022 00:28:37,959 --> 00:28:39,459 With the, "We got this garden." 1023 00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:41,436 - You see this with the, "I - will not die young" campaign. 1024 00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,459 You see it with spoken word. 1025 00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:45,167 Nobody told someone, 1026 00:28:45,250 --> 00:28:46,582 "Hey, you know that's a good 1027 00:28:46,606 --> 00:28:47,959 form of trauma therapy." 1028 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:50,500 It was the innate knowledge 1029 00:28:50,584 --> 00:28:51,707 that if I don't get 1030 00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:52,876 this out somehow 1031 00:28:52,959 --> 00:28:54,165 in a pro-social way, 1032 00:28:54,189 --> 00:28:55,417 in a positive way, 1033 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:56,769 - it's gonna come out - in a negative way. 1034 00:28:56,876 --> 00:28:58,228 So I would rather take 1035 00:28:58,252 --> 00:28:59,626 my frustrations out 1036 00:28:59,709 --> 00:29:01,561 on the pad with a 1037 00:29:01,585 --> 00:29:03,459 pen, than explode. 1038 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:04,311 - Look at this. - (Marquell mumbles) 1039 00:29:04,417 --> 00:29:05,417 This is your (stutters) 1040 00:29:05,459 --> 00:29:06,584 How many pages? 1041 00:29:06,667 --> 00:29:07,936 - I don't know yet - 'cause I, you know, 1042 00:29:08,042 --> 00:29:10,060 - I just been writing - around, writing and stuff. 1043 00:29:10,167 --> 00:29:10,918 Yeah. 1044 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000 - What's behind this? 1045 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,584 What kicked this off? 1046 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:14,959 You got quite a bit. 1047 00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:16,748 - I mean because like, how 1048 00:29:16,772 --> 00:29:18,500 you's created your story 1049 00:29:18,584 --> 00:29:20,040 and telling them about 1050 00:29:20,064 --> 00:29:21,542 how you grew up and stuff. 1051 00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,125 I mean like, like you said, 1052 00:29:23,209 --> 00:29:24,375 "If you never tell your story 1053 00:29:24,459 --> 00:29:25,603 - "there ain't nobody - gonna never know 1054 00:29:25,709 --> 00:29:26,936 "what good that you 1055 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,209 did in the community 1056 00:29:28,292 --> 00:29:30,227 - "or what you did in the - community and stuff like that." 1057 00:29:30,334 --> 00:29:32,019 - So, I mean I got a - chance to tell my story 1058 00:29:32,125 --> 00:29:33,584 So I wanna tell it now. 1059 00:29:33,667 --> 00:29:34,500 - You glowing. 1060 00:29:34,584 --> 00:29:36,167 Like I remember you got a, 1061 00:29:36,250 --> 00:29:37,853 - when I came in you - got this feel to you 1062 00:29:37,959 --> 00:29:39,019 Like you moving in the 1063 00:29:39,043 --> 00:29:40,125 direction you wanna go 1064 00:29:40,209 --> 00:29:40,959 as a flow. 1065 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:42,042 Right? 1066 00:29:42,125 --> 00:29:43,959 You gon' have some of these. 1067 00:29:44,042 --> 00:29:44,792 Aight? 1068 00:29:44,876 --> 00:29:46,375 You heard some of the men today. 1069 00:29:46,459 --> 00:29:47,626 You gon' have some of these 1070 00:29:47,709 --> 00:29:49,311 - but those some of - these gonna help you. 1071 00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:50,167 You know what I mean? 1072 00:29:50,250 --> 00:29:51,459 So don't worry about it. 1073 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:52,792 It's fine to focus. 1074 00:29:52,876 --> 00:29:54,542 I think you got a gift. 1075 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,561 - What is it gon' look - like five years from now? 1076 00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:57,936 - Five years from now, 1077 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,250 for me it looking like 1078 00:29:59,334 --> 00:30:00,936 that I'm an author, you 1079 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,584 know, publishing my own books 1080 00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:04,936 - and probably might be on - my second one already. 1081 00:30:05,042 --> 00:30:06,103 - [Kwabena] Everybody 1082 00:30:06,127 --> 00:30:07,209 you see who made it 1083 00:30:07,292 --> 00:30:08,623 all of us had to make a 1084 00:30:08,647 --> 00:30:10,000 keen decision in life. 1085 00:30:10,083 --> 00:30:12,060 - We can either go - that way or that way. 1086 00:30:12,167 --> 00:30:13,292 You gotta make a decision 1087 00:30:13,375 --> 00:30:14,352 - and you made a - decision to be here. 1088 00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:15,790 - What I would say to 1089 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,167 young black people, 1090 00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:18,959 especially young black males, 1091 00:30:19,042 --> 00:30:20,500 is they need to follow the model 1092 00:30:20,584 --> 00:30:22,876 of those who came before them. 1093 00:30:22,959 --> 00:30:24,165 The key thing is to 1094 00:30:24,189 --> 00:30:25,417 get an education. 1095 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,125 Once you get an education, 1096 00:30:27,209 --> 00:30:28,457 nobody can ever take 1097 00:30:28,481 --> 00:30:29,751 that away from you 1098 00:30:29,834 --> 00:30:31,728 and it's not so much that 1099 00:30:31,752 --> 00:30:33,667 you learn one plus one is two 1100 00:30:33,751 --> 00:30:35,686 - but you learn how to - function in the world 1101 00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:37,667 When you have a good education 1102 00:30:37,751 --> 00:30:39,582 and how to, you know 1103 00:30:39,606 --> 00:30:41,459 build layers of success. 1104 00:30:41,542 --> 00:30:43,375 You also get to meet people 1105 00:30:43,459 --> 00:30:45,645 who can become lifelong 1106 00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:47,876 friends or supporters of yours. 1107 00:30:50,250 --> 00:30:51,542 - [Johnnie] Hey Brandon, 1108 00:30:51,626 --> 00:30:53,166 can you come upstairs 1109 00:30:53,190 --> 00:30:54,751 for a moment with me? 1110 00:30:59,751 --> 00:31:00,811 - Okay, so I just wanted to - talk to you a little bit 1111 00:31:00,918 --> 00:31:02,020 About your progress 1112 00:31:02,044 --> 00:31:03,167 for this past week 1113 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:04,290 and your progress 1114 00:31:04,314 --> 00:31:05,375 since you've been here 1115 00:31:05,459 --> 00:31:06,792 at Next Chapter Living Center. 1116 00:31:06,876 --> 00:31:08,375 So, you've been here, 1117 00:31:08,459 --> 00:31:09,686 - you know you've been here - a little over a month. 1118 00:31:09,792 --> 00:31:11,728 - Started out, you know, - a little rocky, you know 1119 00:31:11,834 --> 00:31:13,728 - And over the past few - weeks you've actually 1120 00:31:13,834 --> 00:31:15,561 - Been making some pretty - good choices, you know. 1121 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:17,728 - We talked about a - little bit on yesterday. 1122 00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:19,042 We've been taking you out, 1123 00:31:19,125 --> 00:31:20,853 - showing you a few - community resources 1124 00:31:20,959 --> 00:31:22,374 Like what to do once you 1125 00:31:22,398 --> 00:31:23,834 finally get on your own 1126 00:31:23,918 --> 00:31:24,978 and how to maneuver 1127 00:31:25,002 --> 00:31:26,083 through that process. 1128 00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:27,561 Still I wanna show 1129 00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:29,000 you places like, 1130 00:31:29,083 --> 00:31:31,019 different maybe shelters, 1131 00:31:31,043 --> 00:31:33,000 resource centers, 1132 00:31:33,083 --> 00:31:34,417 continue to allow you to go like 1133 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:35,769 - to New Hope Youth - and Family Services 1134 00:31:35,876 --> 00:31:37,311 To find out the services 1135 00:31:37,335 --> 00:31:38,792 they can offer you, 1136 00:31:38,876 --> 00:31:40,561 - going to places - like Zero to 100, 1137 00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:41,918 Meeting different mentors 1138 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,519 - and people in the - community as well. 1139 00:31:43,626 --> 00:31:46,500 (all chattering) 1140 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:52,060 - [Kweku] There's an - old saying that said 1141 00:31:52,167 --> 00:31:54,019 - That, "A woman - can't raise a man" 1142 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,436 But I always say this, "A 1143 00:31:55,460 --> 00:31:56,792 man can't raise a man." 1144 00:31:56,876 --> 00:31:58,186 It takes multiple 1145 00:31:58,210 --> 00:31:59,542 men to raise a man. 1146 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,417 - Chin down, eyes up, okay? 1147 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:02,250 Keep your eyes out. 1148 00:32:02,334 --> 00:32:03,083 You can see me? 1149 00:32:03,167 --> 00:32:03,918 Okay. 1150 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,250 Life is your own journey. 1151 00:32:05,334 --> 00:32:06,561 - Everybody has their own - journey in life, right? 1152 00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:07,603 - But depending on who - you hang around with 1153 00:32:07,709 --> 00:32:08,959 And what you're doing in life, 1154 00:32:09,042 --> 00:32:11,060 - depends on how you - perform in life, right? 1155 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:12,686 - So if you have bad - training partners, 1156 00:32:12,792 --> 00:32:14,519 - You gon' have a bad fight, - you be a bad fighter. 1157 00:32:14,626 --> 00:32:15,751 All right? 1158 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:16,895 - So make sure in - life that you have 1159 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,667 Really good training partners. 1160 00:32:18,751 --> 00:32:20,728 - People you hang out - with, people you talk to, 1161 00:32:20,834 --> 00:32:21,728 - Make sure they're - really good people, 1162 00:32:21,834 --> 00:32:22,626 People that you wanna be around 1163 00:32:22,709 --> 00:32:23,792 because that's gonna make, 1164 00:32:23,876 --> 00:32:25,167 that's gonna control who you are 1165 00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:27,019 - when you wanna get ready to - be able to perform, all right? 1166 00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:28,728 - [Kweku] Because my - dad as great as he was, 1167 00:32:28,834 --> 00:32:29,834 He had many flaws. 1168 00:32:29,918 --> 00:32:31,603 - So if he was the only - person to teach me, 1169 00:32:31,709 --> 00:32:33,209 I would also have his good ways 1170 00:32:33,292 --> 00:32:34,542 but also his flaws. 1171 00:32:34,626 --> 00:32:35,770 But now that I have 1172 00:32:35,794 --> 00:32:36,959 multiple men in my life, 1173 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:38,144 I can pull the good 1174 00:32:38,168 --> 00:32:39,292 from all of them 1175 00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:40,728 - and even the negative - that I can see, 1176 00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:42,061 I can say, "Hey, this is 1177 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,334 what I don't wanna do." 1178 00:32:43,417 --> 00:32:45,125 (upbeat music) 1179 00:32:59,209 --> 00:33:00,436 - [David] Oftentimes - when people talk about 1180 00:33:00,542 --> 00:33:01,834 The strengths of a community, 1181 00:33:01,918 --> 00:33:03,561 they talk about people's 1182 00:33:03,585 --> 00:33:05,250 ability to withstand oppression. 1183 00:33:05,334 --> 00:33:06,311 Having someone's 1184 00:33:06,335 --> 00:33:07,335 boot on the neck 1185 00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:08,790 and how you can 1186 00:33:08,814 --> 00:33:10,209 endure despite that. 1187 00:33:10,292 --> 00:33:12,040 We need to move from resilience 1188 00:33:12,064 --> 00:33:13,834 to thriving communities. 1189 00:33:13,918 --> 00:33:15,957 We need to move from the 1190 00:33:15,981 --> 00:33:18,042 ability to survive in spite of 1191 00:33:20,209 --> 00:33:22,311 - to the ability to - advocate for the community 1192 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:23,853 That you live in 1193 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,334 and that we've come 1194 00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:28,250 to be a part of generationally. 1195 00:33:28,334 --> 00:33:30,334 - Everybody say kumbaya. 1196 00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,083 - [All] Kumbaya. 1197 00:33:32,167 --> 00:33:32,918 - [Woman] Kumbaya. 1198 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,083 - [All] Kumbaya. 1199 00:33:34,167 --> 00:33:34,977 - [Man] Thank you - everybody for coming out 1200 00:33:35,083 --> 00:33:36,334 To Heal The Hood this year. 1201 00:33:36,417 --> 00:33:38,102 - Give yourself a round of - applause for being here. 1202 00:33:38,209 --> 00:33:41,209 (all applauding) 1203 00:33:41,292 --> 00:33:41,959 - [Marquell] So, 1204 00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:42,876 tell me about this. 1205 00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:44,059 Like, what's this all about man? 1206 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:45,876 - Man this is our seventh year 1207 00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:47,811 - Heal The Hood block - party and resource fair 1208 00:33:47,918 --> 00:33:49,228 And it's amazing to 1209 00:33:49,252 --> 00:33:50,584 see how far it's come. 1210 00:33:50,667 --> 00:33:51,876 You know, in seven years. 1211 00:33:51,959 --> 00:33:53,394 - Like the first one we - did, we might have had, 1212 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:54,876 You know, three, four vendors. 1213 00:33:54,959 --> 00:33:56,853 - Now we got you know, - close to 30, 40, 1214 00:33:56,959 --> 00:33:57,792 You know what I'm saying? 1215 00:33:57,876 --> 00:33:58,894 So it's all about progression 1216 00:33:58,918 --> 00:34:00,311 - and it's all about - serving the people man. 1217 00:34:00,417 --> 00:34:02,686 - Yeah I see everybody - getting together, you know 1218 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:03,977 - And no beefing going on. - None of that. 1219 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:05,292 - We all playing basketball, 1220 00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:06,603 - eating and stuff. - [Ajamou] Yep. 1221 00:34:06,709 --> 00:34:07,811 - [Marquell] And them - just all getting along 1222 00:34:07,918 --> 00:34:09,227 - And I like that though - because well you know, 1223 00:34:09,334 --> 00:34:10,853 - Most people die, left - and right and stuff. 1224 00:34:10,959 --> 00:34:13,811 - You never know when it's the - last person breath or whatever 1225 00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:15,519 - Or when it's just their - last day or whatever. 1226 00:34:15,626 --> 00:34:16,334 - That's the truth. 1227 00:34:16,417 --> 00:34:17,626 That's the truth. 1228 00:34:17,709 --> 00:34:19,394 - [Derek] People in - 53206 are not weak 1229 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:21,125 And they're not helpless. 1230 00:34:21,209 --> 00:34:22,709 They can do things. 1231 00:34:22,792 --> 00:34:24,042 They want to do things. 1232 00:34:24,125 --> 00:34:26,459 They're trying to do things 1233 00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:28,103 and I think we can build 1234 00:34:28,127 --> 00:34:29,709 that confidence back 1235 00:34:29,792 --> 00:34:31,292 in that community. 1236 00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:32,873 If we encourage people 1237 00:34:32,897 --> 00:34:34,417 to come together 1238 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:36,332 and formulate strategies 1239 00:34:36,356 --> 00:34:38,209 and to say to them, 1240 00:34:38,292 --> 00:34:40,040 "There's nothing wrong 1241 00:34:40,064 --> 00:34:41,834 with the people in 53206." 1242 00:34:41,918 --> 00:34:42,998 - [Ajamou] That's the truth 1243 00:34:43,042 --> 00:34:43,853 - and that's what we - try to represent 1244 00:34:43,959 --> 00:34:45,125 At Heal The Hood, 1245 00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:46,436 - because like you said, - somebody asked the other day, 1246 00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:47,060 - "Why do we do it - to this capacity?" 1247 00:34:47,167 --> 00:34:48,584 How we do it 1248 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:49,811 - and "Why not just have something - nice and small and quiet?" 1249 00:34:49,918 --> 00:34:51,626 I'm like, "A gunshot is loud." 1250 00:34:51,709 --> 00:34:52,459 You know what saying? 1251 00:34:52,542 --> 00:34:53,667 Violence is loud. 1252 00:34:53,751 --> 00:34:54,561 - So we come to the hood - to be even louder. 1253 00:34:54,667 --> 00:34:55,852 Positivity gotta be even louder 1254 00:34:55,876 --> 00:34:57,334 than the nonsense out here man. 1255 00:34:57,417 --> 00:34:58,978 So I choose to serve my people 1256 00:34:59,002 --> 00:35:00,584 the best way I know how. 1257 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:01,936 - I know that I can't - change the world 1258 00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:03,644 - But I will change - the world around me 1259 00:35:03,751 --> 00:35:05,186 - And so we just do - what we do man. 1260 00:35:05,292 --> 00:35:06,626 I love it. 1261 00:35:06,709 --> 00:35:07,895 - [Marquell] I like that. - (Ajamou mumbles) 1262 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:08,977 - I like that, you know. - [Ajamou] Yes sir. 1263 00:35:09,083 --> 00:35:10,519 - [Ajamou] And we - all got a story man. 1264 00:35:10,626 --> 00:35:11,436 - I used to rip around these - streets like (mumbles) 1265 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:11,959 You know what I'm saying? 1266 00:35:12,042 --> 00:35:13,125 Like 1267 00:35:13,209 --> 00:35:14,019 - and some days I - still be wanting to- 1268 00:35:14,125 --> 00:35:14,876 You know what I'm saying? 1269 00:35:14,959 --> 00:35:16,000 Get out here. 1270 00:35:16,083 --> 00:35:17,144 - 'Cause it's so easy - to get into trouble. 1271 00:35:17,250 --> 00:35:18,394 - It's so easy to do - what we've always done. 1272 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,227 - It's the same thinking - at the system level 1273 00:35:20,334 --> 00:35:22,584 That it is at the block level. 1274 00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:24,603 - Yes, it would be - easier to pay my bills 1275 00:35:24,709 --> 00:35:26,250 If I just went and got a job 1276 00:35:26,334 --> 00:35:27,644 but the money is faster 1277 00:35:27,668 --> 00:35:29,000 right here on the block 1278 00:35:29,083 --> 00:35:30,394 and so yes, things will 1279 00:35:30,418 --> 00:35:31,751 ultimately (stutters) 1280 00:35:31,834 --> 00:35:33,977 - be better if we - invested in communities 1281 00:35:34,083 --> 00:35:35,417 And invested in peoples 1282 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,394 - but the payout is - so much quicker 1283 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:38,665 By locking folks up 1284 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:39,876 and sending them away. 1285 00:35:39,959 --> 00:35:40,959 (upbeat music) 1286 00:35:41,042 --> 00:35:42,144 - [Ajamou] But it - kind of hustling 1287 00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:43,769 - Versus working a - righteous endeavor, 1288 00:35:43,876 --> 00:35:44,853 - Working Heal The Hood, working - my job, working my movement. 1289 00:35:44,959 --> 00:35:46,853 - It's easy to get back - into the streets. 1290 00:35:46,959 --> 00:35:48,209 Make a couple of phone calls 1291 00:35:48,292 --> 00:35:49,477 - and get back out here with - the baggies and scales 1292 00:35:49,584 --> 00:35:51,644 - But I told myself, what - has that given my son? 1293 00:35:51,751 --> 00:35:52,810 What has that given my people? 1294 00:35:52,834 --> 00:35:54,269 - It's a million young - brothers out here 1295 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:55,977 - Talking about how they - got the two for the 15. 1296 00:35:56,083 --> 00:35:56,876 I don't have time for that. 1297 00:35:56,959 --> 00:35:58,167 I can't be one of them. 1298 00:35:58,250 --> 00:35:59,477 - You understanding - what I'm saying? 1299 00:35:59,584 --> 00:36:01,186 - So as much as I would - love that quick money 1300 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:02,603 - And all of this and the - other that comes with it, 1301 00:36:02,709 --> 00:36:04,436 - I understand there's - a whole world out here 1302 00:36:04,542 --> 00:36:05,876 And I can't see the world, 1303 00:36:05,959 --> 00:36:07,853 - if I'm on the corner talking - about I got the two for the 15. 1304 00:36:07,959 --> 00:36:08,792 That ain't gon' cut it man. 1305 00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:10,083 So I salute you brother, 1306 00:36:10,167 --> 00:36:10,977 - keep doing what - you're doing family. 1307 00:36:11,083 --> 00:36:12,334 - [Marquell] All right. 1308 00:36:12,417 --> 00:36:13,227 - Keep doing what you - doing little brother. 1309 00:36:13,334 --> 00:36:14,584 However we can support man, 1310 00:36:14,667 --> 00:36:15,311 - we're here for you. - All right, period. 1311 00:36:15,417 --> 00:36:16,250 - Period, period. 1312 00:36:16,334 --> 00:36:17,500 - Good talking to you bro. 1313 00:36:17,584 --> 00:36:18,895 - Love my brother, - growing up Milwaukee. 1314 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,477 - [David] One thing that - can be said about Milwaukee 1315 00:36:20,584 --> 00:36:22,061 Is that the people here 1316 00:36:22,085 --> 00:36:23,584 are strong, resilient 1317 00:36:23,667 --> 00:36:25,624 and able to push back but 1318 00:36:25,648 --> 00:36:27,626 also able to turn inward 1319 00:36:27,709 --> 00:36:29,060 - and find healing - amongst ourselves 1320 00:36:29,167 --> 00:36:30,561 And then give a 1321 00:36:30,585 --> 00:36:32,000 solution that would help 1322 00:36:32,083 --> 00:36:32,918 all of the residents. 1323 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,542 - [Fidel] When she calls- 1324 00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:35,853 - [Sheldon] Oh we finna do - a FaceTime or something? 1325 00:36:35,959 --> 00:36:36,895 - [Fidel] We gonna do a - FaceTime when she calls. 1326 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,061 We'll just have 1327 00:36:38,085 --> 00:36:39,167 her spit some bars. 1328 00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:42,227 - To the beat? - You gotta hear her. 1329 00:36:42,334 --> 00:36:43,334 - To the beat? 1330 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:44,603 - She's doing to the beat? - I'ma do a- 1331 00:36:44,709 --> 00:36:45,102 - I'ma have her do acapella. - Oh okay. 1332 00:36:45,209 --> 00:36:46,042 She got- 1333 00:36:46,125 --> 00:36:47,167 She can do acapella 1334 00:36:47,250 --> 00:36:48,311 - and you would definitely - get the, get that smoke. 1335 00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:49,417 She's good. 1336 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,311 Let me call her and I 1337 00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:54,167 can get her on the line. 1338 00:36:56,083 --> 00:36:57,083 Hey Tiana. 1339 00:36:57,876 --> 00:36:59,500 - [Tiana] Hey. 1340 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:01,042 - [Fidel] So, 1341 00:37:01,125 --> 00:37:02,519 it's unfortunate that you 1342 00:37:02,543 --> 00:37:03,959 couldn't be here today 1343 00:37:04,042 --> 00:37:06,374 but we still have our sound 1344 00:37:06,398 --> 00:37:08,751 engineer, Sheldon, here. 1345 00:37:08,834 --> 00:37:10,083 So what we want to do 1346 00:37:10,167 --> 00:37:11,228 is sort of introduce 1347 00:37:11,252 --> 00:37:12,334 you to what I heard 1348 00:37:12,417 --> 00:37:14,102 - the last time you - came to the studio. 1349 00:37:14,209 --> 00:37:15,936 - You might've planned to - be here for the whole week 1350 00:37:16,042 --> 00:37:17,936 - And now we got people here - and everything like that 1351 00:37:18,042 --> 00:37:20,019 But we still want to make 1352 00:37:20,043 --> 00:37:22,042 great use of the time 1353 00:37:22,125 --> 00:37:23,375 and I still want you to know 1354 00:37:23,459 --> 00:37:24,978 that a lot of people showed 1355 00:37:25,002 --> 00:37:26,542 up here on your behalf. 1356 00:37:26,626 --> 00:37:29,250 Like for you, specifically 1357 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:30,686 and you were supposed to 1358 00:37:30,710 --> 00:37:32,083 be the first one here. 1359 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,209 At like three o'clock. 1360 00:37:36,459 --> 00:37:37,209 Am I on mute? 1361 00:37:37,292 --> 00:37:37,918 Hello? 1362 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Is anybody there? 1363 00:37:39,042 --> 00:37:39,751 Hello? 1364 00:37:39,834 --> 00:37:40,626 Hello? 1365 00:37:40,709 --> 00:37:42,102 - Yeah. - (Tiana laughs) 1366 00:37:42,209 --> 00:37:43,209 My bad. 1367 00:37:43,876 --> 00:37:44,709 - [Fidel] It's okay. 1368 00:37:44,792 --> 00:37:45,626 It's okay to say "My bad". 1369 00:37:45,709 --> 00:37:46,334 It's okay to say "I apologize". 1370 00:37:46,417 --> 00:37:47,167 It's okay. 1371 00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:48,042 You know what I mean? 1372 00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:49,834 Things happen. 1373 00:37:49,918 --> 00:37:51,375 We just have to communicate. 1374 00:37:51,459 --> 00:37:52,209 - [Tiana] Got you. 1375 00:37:52,292 --> 00:37:53,792 - All right, great. 1376 00:37:53,876 --> 00:37:56,019 - So now listen, I want - Sheldon to be able to hear 1377 00:37:56,125 --> 00:37:57,292 Everything that I heard. 1378 00:37:59,250 --> 00:38:00,477 - Whenever you're ready, - go ahead and start. 1379 00:38:00,584 --> 00:38:01,769 - I'ma bring the phone - over here by Sheldon 1380 00:38:01,876 --> 00:38:02,895 So we can, so he can 1381 00:38:02,919 --> 00:38:03,959 hear you as well. 1382 00:38:04,042 --> 00:38:05,417 Get in your zone. 1383 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,125 (Tiana laughs) 1384 00:38:07,209 --> 00:38:09,792 (Tiana mumbles) 1385 00:38:09,876 --> 00:38:11,186 - She going somewhere - private and quiet 1386 00:38:11,292 --> 00:38:12,459 Where she can really... 1387 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:15,167 Oh outside. 1388 00:38:15,250 --> 00:38:16,250 This is great. 1389 00:38:17,417 --> 00:38:18,584 You could be in that car, 1390 00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:20,061 you could have drove 1391 00:38:20,085 --> 00:38:21,500 the True Skool, damn it. 1392 00:38:23,918 --> 00:38:24,709 - We ready? 1393 00:38:24,792 --> 00:38:25,542 - [Fidel] We ready. 1394 00:38:25,626 --> 00:38:26,500 You ready? 1395 00:38:26,584 --> 00:38:27,375 - Yeah. 1396 00:38:27,459 --> 00:38:29,000 - Okay, great. 1397 00:38:29,083 --> 00:38:30,250 - [Tiana] Okay. 1398 00:38:30,334 --> 00:38:32,311 - ♪ Heavenly father I'm - stuck in my ways ♪ 1399 00:38:32,417 --> 00:38:33,540 ♪ Yes I feel guilty 1400 00:38:33,564 --> 00:38:34,709 for choices I made ♪ 1401 00:38:34,792 --> 00:38:36,250 ♪ I'm only human- ♪ 1402 00:38:36,334 --> 00:38:37,334 Move away from my car. 1403 00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:38,417 Why'd you bang my car? 1404 00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:43,250 Like. 1405 00:38:49,125 --> 00:38:51,083 (Tiana exclaims) 1406 00:38:51,167 --> 00:38:52,167 Okay. 1407 00:38:53,626 --> 00:38:55,603 - ♪ Heavenly father I'm - stuck in my ways ♪ 1408 00:38:55,709 --> 00:38:56,853 ♪ Yes I feel guilty 1409 00:38:56,877 --> 00:38:58,042 for choices I made ♪ 1410 00:38:58,125 --> 00:38:59,165 ♪ I'm only human so 1411 00:38:59,189 --> 00:39:00,250 needless to say ♪ 1412 00:39:00,334 --> 00:39:02,603 - ♪ I make mistakes almost - every day, day to day ♪ 1413 00:39:02,709 --> 00:39:04,811 - ♪ Why you had to give me the - parents that you gave me ♪ 1414 00:39:04,918 --> 00:39:07,144 - ♪ That's all on my momma but - the thing she do is shady ♪ 1415 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:09,269 - ♪ Why I got molested by the - people who had raised me ♪ 1416 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:11,102 - ♪ Why my daddy never - there to save me ♪ 1417 00:39:11,209 --> 00:39:13,769 - ♪ Why I had cold nights sleeping - in the park I was the baby ♪ 1418 00:39:13,876 --> 00:39:16,227 - ♪ My sister fucked a nigga - that I fucked was (mumbles) ♪ 1419 00:39:16,334 --> 00:39:18,227 - ♪ Every night I get up - on my knees and pray ♪ 1420 00:39:18,334 --> 00:39:19,477 - ♪ And I'm back in - church on Sunday ♪ 1421 00:39:19,584 --> 00:39:21,042 ♪ And I'm still the same ♪ 1422 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:24,542 ♪ Sincerely ♪ 1423 00:39:24,626 --> 00:39:27,167 ♪ Lord can you hear my cry ♪ 1424 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:29,060 - You hear where - it's going right? 1425 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:33,667 ♪ Lord please forgive me ♪ 1426 00:39:33,751 --> 00:39:36,751 ♪ I'm focused, yeah ♪ 1427 00:39:39,083 --> 00:39:40,165 - [Tiana] Yeah, he 1428 00:39:40,189 --> 00:39:41,292 just threw me off so. 1429 00:39:41,375 --> 00:39:42,042 - No, it was good. 1430 00:39:42,125 --> 00:39:43,125 That's good stuff. 1431 00:39:43,167 --> 00:39:44,209 - That was good. 1432 00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:45,476 - [Fidel] That was good stuff. 1433 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:46,500 So now- 1434 00:39:47,334 --> 00:39:48,375 - [Tiana] No. 1435 00:39:50,167 --> 00:39:51,083 - Where is you parked at? 1436 00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:52,415 - [Tiana] Like- 1437 00:39:52,439 --> 00:39:53,709 (Tiana giggles) 1438 00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:55,250 (man mumbles) 1439 00:39:55,334 --> 00:39:56,209 Boy you- 1440 00:39:56,292 --> 00:39:59,167 (man mumbles) 1441 00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:01,250 Get away from my window. 1442 00:40:02,209 --> 00:40:03,417 Get away from my window. 1443 00:40:06,083 --> 00:40:07,165 I don't know, I don't 1444 00:40:07,189 --> 00:40:08,292 know who that is. 1445 00:40:08,375 --> 00:40:09,834 I don't know nothing about that. 1446 00:40:09,918 --> 00:40:11,459 Get away from my window. 1447 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:12,998 - [Man] Only thing I 1448 00:40:13,022 --> 00:40:14,500 need is bars and wires. 1449 00:40:14,584 --> 00:40:15,417 - Bars and wires? 1450 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:16,667 Let me, let me talk to him. 1451 00:40:16,751 --> 00:40:18,250 Let me talk to him. 1452 00:40:18,334 --> 00:40:20,959 Put me on the phone with him. 1453 00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:22,250 She gon' snap. 1454 00:40:26,417 --> 00:40:29,250 You going back in the house? 1455 00:40:29,334 --> 00:40:30,167 Just go back in the house. 1456 00:40:30,250 --> 00:40:31,042 Yo, it's okay. 1457 00:40:31,125 --> 00:40:32,269 - [Tiana] Let me - call y'all back. 1458 00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:33,209 - Don't, go back in the house. 1459 00:40:33,292 --> 00:40:34,292 Don't get nobody beat up. 1460 00:40:34,334 --> 00:40:35,209 Uh-oh. 1461 00:40:35,292 --> 00:40:36,584 That wasn't it. 1462 00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:37,895 - I wanted to like at least - walk her back in the house. 1463 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:38,811 - She like, "I'm getting - his ass beat right now." 1464 00:40:38,918 --> 00:40:40,792 (table thuds) 1465 00:40:40,876 --> 00:40:41,792 (phone rings) 1466 00:40:41,876 --> 00:40:42,751 - [Woman] All right, it's her. 1467 00:40:42,834 --> 00:40:44,209 - [Fidel] Tiana. 1468 00:40:44,292 --> 00:40:45,292 We good? 1469 00:40:46,626 --> 00:40:48,292 We back? 1470 00:40:48,375 --> 00:40:49,375 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1471 00:40:49,417 --> 00:40:50,186 - Everything okay? - [Tiana] Yes. 1472 00:40:50,292 --> 00:40:50,834 - She's smiling. 1473 00:40:50,918 --> 00:40:51,626 That's great. 1474 00:40:51,709 --> 00:40:52,709 All right. 1475 00:40:54,042 --> 00:40:55,792 All right, you safe. 1476 00:40:55,876 --> 00:40:56,584 (Tiana laughs) 1477 00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:58,375 So we will communicate with you 1478 00:40:58,459 --> 00:41:00,144 - probably next week to - try to set up something 1479 00:41:00,250 --> 00:41:02,834 To get the ball rolling 1480 00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:04,375 and get you recording something, 1481 00:41:04,459 --> 00:41:05,645 in order to get 1482 00:41:05,669 --> 00:41:06,876 ready to perform it. 1483 00:41:06,959 --> 00:41:10,250 Did you alleviate that problem? 1484 00:41:10,334 --> 00:41:11,334 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1485 00:41:11,375 --> 00:41:12,042 - All right. 1486 00:41:12,125 --> 00:41:12,959 - [Tiana] People crazy. 1487 00:41:13,042 --> 00:41:14,876 - Absolutely, people crazy. 1488 00:41:14,959 --> 00:41:16,436 - (Tiana laughs) - The world is crazy. 1489 00:41:16,542 --> 00:41:17,936 - So family, even if you 1490 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,375 buried a whole hood alive. 1491 00:41:19,459 --> 00:41:20,644 - [Man] Come on, - I ain't hear you. 1492 00:41:20,751 --> 00:41:22,853 - You see you could bury - the whole hood alive. 1493 00:41:22,959 --> 00:41:24,250 - [Man] Under what? 1494 00:41:24,334 --> 00:41:25,436 - Bury our spirits. - [Man] Come on, (mumbles) 1495 00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:26,561 - Under (mumbles) dreams - under platinum chains, 1496 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:27,707 Under cars, under clothes. 1497 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,020 Bury our spirits 1498 00:41:29,044 --> 00:41:30,334 under foolish music, 1499 00:41:30,417 --> 00:41:32,102 - under blood money, - under tennis shoes. 1500 00:41:32,209 --> 00:41:33,915 Turn my woman against 1501 00:41:33,939 --> 00:41:35,667 me and me against her. 1502 00:41:35,751 --> 00:41:37,020 Make her every word, 1503 00:41:37,044 --> 00:41:38,334 her every thought, 1504 00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:41,042 her every action, her every poem 1505 00:41:41,125 --> 00:41:42,626 be about my ugliness. 1506 00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:43,834 - What happens? 1507 00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:44,936 - About our nothingness. - What happens? 1508 00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:46,334 - And even still, 1509 00:41:46,417 --> 00:41:47,415 I will always find 1510 00:41:47,439 --> 00:41:48,459 my way back to her 1511 00:41:48,542 --> 00:41:49,978 and she will always 1512 00:41:50,002 --> 00:41:51,459 find a way back to me. 1513 00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,292 There is nothing they can do. 1514 00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:55,334 They tried to bury us 1515 00:41:55,417 --> 00:41:57,311 - but they didn't - know we were seeds 1516 00:41:57,417 --> 00:41:59,334 'cause we grew anyway. 1517 00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:01,373 That is what's going on 1518 00:42:01,397 --> 00:42:03,375 in the city of Milwaukee. 1519 00:42:03,459 --> 00:42:05,145 We have families going through 1520 00:42:05,169 --> 00:42:06,876 trials and tribulation. 1521 00:42:06,959 --> 00:42:08,561 We have children going through 1522 00:42:08,585 --> 00:42:10,209 trials and tribulations 1523 00:42:10,292 --> 00:42:12,125 but I have a firm belief 1524 00:42:12,209 --> 00:42:13,457 that regardless of what 1525 00:42:13,481 --> 00:42:14,751 we go through in life, 1526 00:42:14,834 --> 00:42:17,292 ultimately, there is hope. 1527 00:42:17,375 --> 00:42:18,957 Ultimately, they 1528 00:42:18,981 --> 00:42:20,584 tried to bury us 1529 00:42:20,667 --> 00:42:22,334 but we grew anyway. 1530 00:42:22,417 --> 00:42:23,876 - So my name is Connie. 1531 00:42:23,959 --> 00:42:25,292 - [Tiana] Hi my name's Tiana. 1532 00:42:25,375 --> 00:42:26,394 - Tiana. - [Tiana] Yes. 1533 00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:27,500 - Okay. 1534 00:42:27,542 --> 00:42:28,936 Tell me, so you 1535 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:30,375 were in foster care 1536 00:42:30,459 --> 00:42:31,667 or you were in a group home? 1537 00:42:31,751 --> 00:42:33,167 - I was in a group home. 1538 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:34,603 - So how did you end - up in the group home? 1539 00:42:34,709 --> 00:42:36,709 How did that happen? 1540 00:42:36,792 --> 00:42:38,792 - [Tiana] Well when I was 13, 1541 00:42:38,876 --> 00:42:41,477 - I was like running away from - home and stuff like that 1542 00:42:41,584 --> 00:42:43,311 And I got pregnant 1543 00:42:43,335 --> 00:42:45,083 with my son at the time 1544 00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:46,374 and me and my mom 1545 00:42:46,398 --> 00:42:47,626 was like, you know, 1546 00:42:47,709 --> 00:42:49,417 like getting into it a lot 1547 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:50,852 and I ain't feel like 1548 00:42:50,876 --> 00:42:52,250 she was like doing 1549 00:42:52,334 --> 00:42:54,250 what a parent should do. 1550 00:42:54,334 --> 00:42:55,334 So I was leaving 1551 00:42:57,042 --> 00:42:58,686 - and she really couldn't - gain no control on me so. 1552 00:42:58,792 --> 00:43:00,519 - So you, how many group 1553 00:43:00,543 --> 00:43:02,292 homes where you're in total? 1554 00:43:02,375 --> 00:43:03,626 - Like four. 1555 00:43:03,709 --> 00:43:04,895 - And if you liked the - first one, what happened? 1556 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,584 Why did you have to leave? 1557 00:43:07,667 --> 00:43:09,209 - Well like, you know like, 1558 00:43:09,292 --> 00:43:11,186 - I don't get along - with a lot of girls. 1559 00:43:11,292 --> 00:43:12,125 - Okay. 1560 00:43:12,209 --> 00:43:13,792 - For reasons I never know. 1561 00:43:13,876 --> 00:43:15,165 Like, cause I don't 1562 00:43:15,189 --> 00:43:16,500 really do nothing 1563 00:43:16,584 --> 00:43:18,417 but make jokes and be cool. 1564 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:19,957 So, you know but everybody 1565 00:43:19,981 --> 00:43:21,459 got their reasons 1566 00:43:21,542 --> 00:43:23,290 and you know, like 1567 00:43:23,314 --> 00:43:25,083 into (mumbles) 1568 00:43:25,167 --> 00:43:26,542 I fight a lot. 1569 00:43:26,626 --> 00:43:28,936 - So, you know, cause I don't - take no mess from nobody. 1570 00:43:29,042 --> 00:43:29,751 - You don't take no mess? 1571 00:43:29,834 --> 00:43:31,042 - No. 1572 00:43:31,125 --> 00:43:32,352 - So you got into it - with a couple of girls 1573 00:43:32,459 --> 00:43:34,186 - And the situation - happened, you had to leave? 1574 00:43:34,292 --> 00:43:35,000 - Yeah. 1575 00:43:35,083 --> 00:43:35,918 - Okay. 1576 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,834 When you aged out what happened? 1577 00:43:37,918 --> 00:43:39,686 - I moved into my - first apartment. 1578 00:43:39,792 --> 00:43:41,060 - Oh, so you had - your own apartment? 1579 00:43:41,167 --> 00:43:42,000 - Yeah. 1580 00:43:42,083 --> 00:43:43,185 - So you, are you still there? 1581 00:43:43,209 --> 00:43:44,417 - No. 1582 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:45,853 - So what is your - situation like now? 1583 00:43:45,959 --> 00:43:48,417 - You know I just go to work, 1584 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:50,334 saving up so I can move back out 1585 00:43:50,417 --> 00:43:52,145 to my own place and 1586 00:43:52,169 --> 00:43:53,918 just doing my music. 1587 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,644 - What kind of 1588 00:43:55,668 --> 00:43:57,334 music do you like? 1589 00:43:57,417 --> 00:43:58,707 - I really like real 1590 00:43:58,731 --> 00:44:00,042 life, all kind of music. 1591 00:44:00,125 --> 00:44:01,311 Like, I'm diverse when 1592 00:44:01,335 --> 00:44:02,542 it comes to music. 1593 00:44:02,626 --> 00:44:04,459 - [Fidel] Glad you made it. 1594 00:44:04,542 --> 00:44:05,853 - [Tiana] Thank you. - [Fidel] Finally. 1595 00:44:05,959 --> 00:44:06,686 - [Tiana] Glad to be- - We've been waiting for you. 1596 00:44:06,792 --> 00:44:07,959 (Tiana exclaims) 1597 00:44:08,042 --> 00:44:09,561 - [Tiana] When you're an - artist you gotta kinda 1598 00:44:09,667 --> 00:44:11,352 - Accept everything - 'cause you never know 1599 00:44:11,459 --> 00:44:12,709 Who you got to work with, 1600 00:44:12,792 --> 00:44:14,436 - you never know who you - gotta come in contact with. 1601 00:44:14,542 --> 00:44:16,332 So I think it's good to like 1602 00:44:16,356 --> 00:44:18,167 you know all the genres. 1603 00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:19,125 ♪ I got big dreams ♪ 1604 00:44:19,209 --> 00:44:19,918 ♪ Ain't never giving up ♪ 1605 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,083 ♪ Love or hate me ♪ 1606 00:44:21,167 --> 00:44:21,959 ♪ I never give up ♪ 1607 00:44:22,042 --> 00:44:23,417 ♪ I stay humble ♪ 1608 00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:24,740 ♪ 'Cause I got it out the mud ♪ 1609 00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:25,584 ♪ Moral of the stories is ♪ 1610 00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:26,751 ♪ My son is enough ♪ 1611 00:44:26,834 --> 00:44:27,918 ♪ I got big dreams ♪ 1612 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,059 ♪ I ain't never giving up ♪ 1613 00:44:29,083 --> 00:44:30,125 ♪ Love or hate me ♪ 1614 00:44:30,209 --> 00:44:31,334 ♪ I never give a fuck ♪ 1615 00:44:31,417 --> 00:44:32,542 ♪ I stay humble ♪ 1616 00:44:32,626 --> 00:44:33,352 - [Connie] So tell - me a little bit 1617 00:44:33,459 --> 00:44:34,000 About your little man. 1618 00:44:34,083 --> 00:44:34,834 How old is he? 1619 00:44:34,918 --> 00:44:35,751 - Oh, he four. 1620 00:44:35,834 --> 00:44:37,060 - He's four? - Yeah. 1621 00:44:37,167 --> 00:44:38,500 - And where is he at? 1622 00:44:38,584 --> 00:44:40,207 - He staying with, I call 1623 00:44:40,231 --> 00:44:41,876 'em like his godparents. 1624 00:44:41,959 --> 00:44:43,459 - Okay. 1625 00:44:43,542 --> 00:44:46,000 So are they foster parents? 1626 00:44:46,083 --> 00:44:47,292 - Yeah. 1627 00:44:47,375 --> 00:44:48,894 - [Connie] Where's 1628 00:44:48,918 --> 00:44:50,459 his biological dad? 1629 00:44:50,542 --> 00:44:51,709 - [Tiana] In prison. 1630 00:44:51,792 --> 00:44:53,519 - [Connie] Now - why is he in jail? 1631 00:44:53,626 --> 00:44:56,542 - For a couple different things. 1632 00:44:56,626 --> 00:44:57,626 - Like... 1633 00:44:58,626 --> 00:45:00,519 - You know, street, - you know, street dude. 1634 00:45:00,626 --> 00:45:01,542 - Oh that's what he is? 1635 00:45:01,626 --> 00:45:02,626 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1636 00:45:02,709 --> 00:45:04,561 - So when you had him, 1637 00:45:04,585 --> 00:45:06,459 where were you at? 1638 00:45:06,542 --> 00:45:07,459 The group home? 1639 00:45:07,542 --> 00:45:08,250 - Mm-hmm. 1640 00:45:08,334 --> 00:45:09,459 - Okay. 1641 00:45:09,542 --> 00:45:10,436 - So when he was - born, what happened? 1642 00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:12,000 He was with me. 1643 00:45:12,083 --> 00:45:13,477 - He was with you - at the group home? 1644 00:45:13,584 --> 00:45:14,876 - Yeah. 1645 00:45:14,959 --> 00:45:15,686 - 'Cause it was a group home - that had moms with babies? 1646 00:45:15,792 --> 00:45:16,918 - Yeah. 1647 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,040 - And then how did he 1648 00:45:18,064 --> 00:45:19,125 get taken from you? 1649 00:45:19,209 --> 00:45:20,977 - [Tiana] 'Cause they - came and arrested me. 1650 00:45:21,083 --> 00:45:23,019 - [Connie] So you had - him for a whole year 1651 00:45:23,125 --> 00:45:25,394 - And then after, when he got - ready to turn almost two, 1652 00:45:25,500 --> 00:45:27,000 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1653 00:45:27,083 --> 00:45:27,977 - [Connie] that's when he - got moved to a foster home. 1654 00:45:28,083 --> 00:45:29,292 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1655 00:45:29,375 --> 00:45:30,227 - ♪ Hoping that the - Lord forgive me ♪ 1656 00:45:30,334 --> 00:45:31,542 ♪ Some things I don't mean ♪ 1657 00:45:31,626 --> 00:45:32,519 - ♪ Don't speak about - the seen and unseen ♪ 1658 00:45:32,626 --> 00:45:33,626 ♪ I hate the police ♪ 1659 00:45:33,709 --> 00:45:34,561 - ♪ But shit while - I'm on that topic ♪ 1660 00:45:34,667 --> 00:45:35,959 ♪ Fuck the police ♪ 1661 00:45:36,042 --> 00:45:36,728 - ♪ You bitches gotta - pay for my respect ♪ 1662 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:37,709 ♪ I need a whole g's ♪ 1663 00:45:37,792 --> 00:45:38,667 ♪ Been fighting with the world ♪ 1664 00:45:38,751 --> 00:45:40,125 ♪ Till I finally had it in me ♪ 1665 00:45:40,209 --> 00:45:41,436 - ♪ If you wanna know - if I'm about it ♪ 1666 00:45:41,542 --> 00:45:42,626 ♪ Then try me and see ♪ 1667 00:45:42,709 --> 00:45:44,060 - ♪ We cut from two - different cloth ♪ 1668 00:45:44,167 --> 00:45:45,352 - ♪ Nigga I'm going through - the shit 15 years ♪ 1669 00:45:45,459 --> 00:45:46,459 ♪ Thank the Lord ♪ 1670 00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:47,417 ♪ Then give it to me ♪ 1671 00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:48,209 ♪ I thank the Lord ♪ 1672 00:45:48,292 --> 00:45:49,542 ♪ Then give it to me ♪ 1673 00:45:49,626 --> 00:45:51,477 - [Connie] So you got - arrested at what age? 1674 00:45:51,584 --> 00:45:52,626 - [Tiana] 15. 1675 00:45:52,709 --> 00:45:54,542 - What'd you do? 1676 00:45:54,626 --> 00:45:57,292 - [Tiana] Strong armed robbery. 1677 00:45:57,375 --> 00:45:58,375 - Tiana. 1678 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,000 Okay, so you have a felony? 1679 00:46:01,083 --> 00:46:02,542 - Yeah. 1680 00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:04,125 - Is that the only felony? 1681 00:46:04,209 --> 00:46:05,542 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1682 00:46:05,626 --> 00:46:08,186 - I just fight a lot, it wasn't - like as bad as it sounds. 1683 00:46:08,292 --> 00:46:09,561 I just beat up a girl, 1684 00:46:09,585 --> 00:46:10,876 buried her in the snow 1685 00:46:10,959 --> 00:46:12,686 - and stuff like that - and just took her money 1686 00:46:12,792 --> 00:46:14,667 But that's because you know 1687 00:46:14,751 --> 00:46:16,644 - her and her little - family tried to jump me 1688 00:46:16,751 --> 00:46:18,352 - And she thought she was - gonna get away with it. 1689 00:46:18,459 --> 00:46:19,666 So you know, I had 1690 00:46:19,690 --> 00:46:20,918 to retaliate but... 1691 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:22,417 - You beat her pretty bad? 1692 00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:23,334 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1693 00:46:23,417 --> 00:46:24,667 - So, (stutters) can, I mean, 1694 00:46:24,751 --> 00:46:26,019 - does she have scars, - they're permanent scar? 1695 00:46:26,125 --> 00:46:27,626 - Yeah she was at the hospital. 1696 00:46:27,709 --> 00:46:29,500 - Oh so beat it that bad. 1697 00:46:29,584 --> 00:46:30,707 Okay and you didn't 1698 00:46:30,731 --> 00:46:31,876 serve any time? 1699 00:46:31,959 --> 00:46:34,060 - [Tiana] Well, I was in - there for like 10 days. 1700 00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:35,792 They was trynna give me 15 years 1701 00:46:35,876 --> 00:46:38,083 but I just had my baby so, 1702 00:46:39,292 --> 00:46:40,436 - he was like, "This - your first case. 1703 00:46:40,542 --> 00:46:41,769 "You kinda gon' get 1704 00:46:41,793 --> 00:46:43,042 you a slap on the hand" 1705 00:46:43,125 --> 00:46:44,144 They put me on 1706 00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:45,209 probation for a year 1707 00:46:45,292 --> 00:46:47,352 - and just told me I like had - to pay her the money back 1708 00:46:47,459 --> 00:46:48,811 - And stuff like that, you - know what I'm saying? 1709 00:46:48,918 --> 00:46:50,394 - Are you still - paying restitution? 1710 00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:51,540 - [Tiana] No, I ain't 1711 00:46:51,564 --> 00:46:52,626 given her nothing. 1712 00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:54,042 No. 1713 00:46:54,125 --> 00:46:55,626 - But you're gonna pay her back? 1714 00:46:55,709 --> 00:46:57,584 - No, never in my life. 1715 00:46:58,667 --> 00:46:59,769 - [Fidel] Do the - song that you did 1716 00:46:59,876 --> 00:47:01,686 - When you first walked - up here the first day. 1717 00:47:01,792 --> 00:47:03,102 - You was talking about - the foster home. 1718 00:47:03,209 --> 00:47:04,667 When you sang it, it was like 1719 00:47:04,751 --> 00:47:06,145 that was real 1720 00:47:06,169 --> 00:47:07,584 different level stuff. 1721 00:47:07,667 --> 00:47:08,667 This is good. 1722 00:47:08,751 --> 00:47:10,209 I'm just saying, 1723 00:47:10,292 --> 00:47:11,603 I want Sheldon to hear 1724 00:47:11,627 --> 00:47:12,959 the other one on this one. 1725 00:47:14,834 --> 00:47:15,959 ♪ Hey yo ♪ 1726 00:47:16,042 --> 00:47:17,060 - ♪ Don't need a - crown, need a pen ♪ 1727 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,186 ♪ It's been a minute 1728 00:47:18,210 --> 00:47:19,250 been spinning ♪ 1729 00:47:19,334 --> 00:47:20,853 - [Connie] So how far, did 1730 00:47:20,877 --> 00:47:22,417 you graduate from high school? 1731 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:23,334 - [Tiana] No. 1732 00:47:23,417 --> 00:47:24,250 - [Connie] You didn't, okay no. 1733 00:47:24,334 --> 00:47:25,500 What's your goal for that? 1734 00:47:25,584 --> 00:47:26,977 - [Tiana] I don't - really wanna go back. 1735 00:47:27,083 --> 00:47:27,918 - [Connie] You do wanna go back? 1736 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:29,125 - [Tiana] No I don't. 1737 00:47:29,209 --> 00:47:29,977 - But you gonna go - back and get your GED. 1738 00:47:30,083 --> 00:47:31,000 - Yeah. 1739 00:47:31,083 --> 00:47:31,751 - Okay. 1740 00:47:31,834 --> 00:47:32,959 'Cause you wanna do that 1741 00:47:33,042 --> 00:47:34,561 - 'cause you know the - longer you wait sometime 1742 00:47:34,667 --> 00:47:35,686 - You don't do it. - [Tiana] You throw it off. 1743 00:47:35,792 --> 00:47:37,144 - Yeah. - You do. 1744 00:47:37,250 --> 00:47:39,186 - And to be able to get - out of the factory 1745 00:47:39,292 --> 00:47:40,290 And do something 1746 00:47:40,314 --> 00:47:41,334 like you wanna do, 1747 00:47:41,417 --> 00:47:42,728 - with getting jobs, - they always ask you, 1748 00:47:42,834 --> 00:47:44,374 Do you have a high 1749 00:47:44,398 --> 00:47:45,959 school diploma or a GED? 1750 00:47:46,042 --> 00:47:47,644 - And considering it's - gonna take some time 1751 00:47:47,751 --> 00:47:49,417 For the music industry 1752 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:50,709 and get moving with that 1753 00:47:50,792 --> 00:47:52,686 - 'cause that's what you - sound like you wanna do. 1754 00:47:52,792 --> 00:47:53,792 - Yeah. 1755 00:47:53,876 --> 00:47:55,811 - So and then sometimes - it's good to journal. 1756 00:47:55,918 --> 00:47:58,375 Have you ever journaled? 1757 00:47:58,459 --> 00:47:59,874 - Well I write a lot like 1758 00:47:59,898 --> 00:48:01,334 songs and stuff like that so. 1759 00:48:01,417 --> 00:48:02,561 - I guess that's my- - (Connie stutters) 1760 00:48:02,667 --> 00:48:04,060 - So your songs talk - about your life? 1761 00:48:04,167 --> 00:48:04,876 - Yeah. 1762 00:48:04,959 --> 00:48:05,626 - Okay. 1763 00:48:05,709 --> 00:48:06,626 Then that's good. 1764 00:48:06,709 --> 00:48:07,959 - [Tiana] Yeah. 1765 00:48:08,042 --> 00:48:08,853 - [Connie] But it's good, - 'cause writing period, 1766 00:48:08,959 --> 00:48:10,125 Is good because it helps you, 1767 00:48:10,209 --> 00:48:11,541 sounds like it helps 1768 00:48:11,565 --> 00:48:12,918 you to deal with things. 1769 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,144 - [Fidel] All right if you - having fun, make some noise. 1770 00:48:15,250 --> 00:48:16,334 (crowd cheering) 1771 00:48:16,417 --> 00:48:17,518 If you're enjoying yourself, 1772 00:48:17,542 --> 00:48:18,728 - we appreciate - everybody who came out. 1773 00:48:18,834 --> 00:48:20,227 - That's what it's - all about Milwaukee. 1774 00:48:20,334 --> 00:48:22,519 - Once again, big shout out - to all of our partners 1775 00:48:22,626 --> 00:48:25,000 And our whole team of interns 1776 00:48:25,083 --> 00:48:27,394 - and our staff that helped - us put this together. 1777 00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:28,582 Make sure you holler at 1778 00:48:28,606 --> 00:48:29,709 the True Skool table. 1779 00:48:29,792 --> 00:48:31,019 - We'll see if this - wild card happen. 1780 00:48:31,125 --> 00:48:32,375 How y'all doing Milwaukee? 1781 00:48:32,459 --> 00:48:33,209 (crowd exclaims) 1782 00:48:33,292 --> 00:48:34,000 Y'all good? 1783 00:48:34,083 --> 00:48:35,584 All right. 1784 00:48:35,667 --> 00:48:37,019 - Now this next performer I'm - bringing up to the stage. 1785 00:48:37,125 --> 00:48:38,123 She goes by the 1786 00:48:38,147 --> 00:48:39,167 name of Tiana Gee 1787 00:48:39,250 --> 00:48:40,457 and she's a special 1788 00:48:40,481 --> 00:48:41,709 guest here today 1789 00:48:41,792 --> 00:48:43,728 - and this is part of a - very special project. 1790 00:48:43,834 --> 00:48:45,561 - I need y'all to give her - a warm round of applause. 1791 00:48:45,667 --> 00:48:46,375 Go Milwaukee. 1792 00:48:46,459 --> 00:48:47,500 (crowd cheering) 1793 00:48:47,584 --> 00:48:48,334 Yeah. 1794 00:48:48,417 --> 00:48:49,792 Bring up Tiana Gee. 1795 00:48:49,876 --> 00:48:51,394 - ♪ My sister fuck a nigga - that I fucked (mumbles) ♪ 1796 00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:53,269 - ♪ Every night I get up - on my knees and pray ♪ 1797 00:48:53,375 --> 00:48:54,352 - ♪ And I'm back in - church on Sunday ♪ 1798 00:48:54,459 --> 00:48:55,542 ♪ And I'm still the same ♪ 1799 00:48:55,626 --> 00:48:58,792 ♪ Sincerely ♪ 1800 00:48:58,876 --> 00:49:02,792 ♪ Lord can you hear my cry ♪ 1801 00:49:02,876 --> 00:49:06,292 ♪ Lord please forgive me ♪ 1802 00:49:06,375 --> 00:49:07,644 - [Connie] Do you - have relationships 1803 00:49:07,751 --> 00:49:10,394 - With your mom and your - sisters or your mom and dad? 1804 00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:11,334 - No. 1805 00:49:11,417 --> 00:49:12,792 Well I have a relationship, 1806 00:49:12,876 --> 00:49:14,311 I have a really good 1807 00:49:14,335 --> 00:49:15,792 relationship with my dad now. 1808 00:49:15,876 --> 00:49:17,811 - We see each other - mostly every day. 1809 00:49:17,918 --> 00:49:19,686 - Talk to each other - mostly every day. 1810 00:49:19,792 --> 00:49:21,019 We've been doing a lot of 1811 00:49:21,043 --> 00:49:22,292 stuff as family together. 1812 00:49:22,375 --> 00:49:23,167 So. 1813 00:49:23,250 --> 00:49:24,292 - Okay. 1814 00:49:24,375 --> 00:49:25,728 - Yeah, he really - stepped up a lot lately. 1815 00:49:25,834 --> 00:49:27,918 ♪ I try to do better for you ♪ 1816 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,936 - ♪ These demons, they - leaching, they cruel ♪ 1817 00:49:30,042 --> 00:49:31,918 ♪ I think I did all I can do ♪ 1818 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:33,959 ♪ I finally put trust in you ♪ 1819 00:49:34,042 --> 00:49:35,061 ♪ My blood's racing 1820 00:49:35,085 --> 00:49:36,125 my eyes (mumbles) ♪ 1821 00:49:36,209 --> 00:49:37,436 ♪ I'm doing wrong 1822 00:49:37,460 --> 00:49:38,709 and I know it ♪ 1823 00:49:38,792 --> 00:49:41,334 ♪ 2020 I'm focused ♪ 1824 00:49:41,417 --> 00:49:45,000 ♪ I'm focused, yeah ♪ 1825 00:49:45,083 --> 00:49:48,167 (lighthearted music) 1826 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:49,834 - [Fidel] Y'all give it up. 1827 00:49:49,918 --> 00:49:51,167 Give it up for Tiana Gee. 1828 00:49:53,417 --> 00:49:54,311 - [Sharlen] One thing that - I remember about Tiana 1829 00:49:54,417 --> 00:49:55,709 Is just her drive 1830 00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:57,165 and who she was 1831 00:49:57,189 --> 00:49:58,584 as a young person. 1832 00:50:00,042 --> 00:50:02,144 Just very driven, very 1833 00:50:00,042 --> 00:50:04,292 her circumstances 1834 00:50:02,168 --> 00:50:04,375 determined despite 1835 00:50:04,375 --> 00:50:06,603 - and I think, when we look - at a lot of the issues 1836 00:50:06,709 --> 00:50:08,292 That are going on in this city, 1837 00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:10,019 - Tiana is one of - many young people 1838 00:50:10,125 --> 00:50:12,751 That are impacted by a lot of, 1839 00:50:13,834 --> 00:50:15,500 I would say probably trauma, 1840 00:50:15,584 --> 00:50:17,624 a lot of situations that happen 1841 00:50:17,648 --> 00:50:19,709 to communities in Milwaukee 1842 00:50:19,792 --> 00:50:20,832 and (stutters) and 1843 00:50:20,856 --> 00:50:21,918 that impact families 1844 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,457 and so Tiana kind of was 1845 00:50:23,481 --> 00:50:24,959 just a by-product of that 1846 00:50:25,042 --> 00:50:27,876 but that didn't stop her. 1847 00:50:27,959 --> 00:50:29,124 - Hey it was funny 1848 00:50:29,148 --> 00:50:30,334 'cause you was like, 1849 00:50:30,417 --> 00:50:31,918 I was like, "You the first act? 1850 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,375 "No." 1851 00:50:33,459 --> 00:50:34,561 - then the next minute, - "Hurry up I'm finna go on." 1852 00:50:34,667 --> 00:50:36,000 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1853 00:50:36,083 --> 00:50:37,728 - 'Cause see, 'cause at - first he kept saying like, 1854 00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:39,811 - "Hold on I'm trynna see where - I can squeeze you in there." 1855 00:50:39,918 --> 00:50:41,209 So we like, "Okay" 1856 00:50:41,292 --> 00:50:43,144 - and then a girl was - up there, so I'm like, 1857 00:50:43,250 --> 00:50:44,853 - That's when you said, - is "I'm the first act" 1858 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:45,686 - But the girl was - already up there. 1859 00:50:45,792 --> 00:50:47,250 So I'm like, "no" cause I ain't. 1860 00:50:47,334 --> 00:50:48,351 'Cause the girl was up there. 1861 00:50:48,375 --> 00:50:49,876 - Oh okay. 1862 00:50:49,959 --> 00:50:50,936 - So he kept saying he - was trynna figure it out. 1863 00:50:51,042 --> 00:50:51,811 - 10 minutes later - he was, "Oh well, 1864 00:50:51,918 --> 00:50:53,584 "like get ready it's time." 1865 00:50:53,667 --> 00:50:54,876 (Tiana's dad mumbles) 1866 00:50:54,959 --> 00:50:56,416 - It's good I told 1867 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:57,918 him to get out 1868 00:50:58,000 --> 00:50:59,769 - but at least I got - it on film, right? 1869 00:50:59,876 --> 00:51:01,083 - Right. 1870 00:51:01,167 --> 00:51:01,936 - [Sharlen] One of the - things that young people need 1871 00:51:02,042 --> 00:51:04,834 Is that support and I remember 1872 00:51:04,918 --> 00:51:06,541 being able to provide 1873 00:51:06,565 --> 00:51:08,209 that sort of just support 1874 00:51:08,292 --> 00:51:09,582 for Tiana because so 1875 00:51:09,606 --> 00:51:10,918 many of our young people 1876 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:11,977 just need that sort 1877 00:51:12,001 --> 00:51:13,001 of hand holding. 1878 00:51:13,083 --> 00:51:14,623 They need somebody that they 1879 00:51:14,647 --> 00:51:16,209 know that care and love them. 1880 00:51:16,292 --> 00:51:18,977 - [Fidel] You cussed enough - for everybody for the record. 1881 00:51:19,083 --> 00:51:20,977 - Thank you for adding a couple - of extra motherfuckers. 1882 00:51:21,083 --> 00:51:22,584 (Tiana laughs) 1883 00:51:22,667 --> 00:51:23,977 - 'Cause we got a couple of - ignorant people in the crowd 1884 00:51:24,083 --> 00:51:24,895 - And that's the only thing - that gon' hear anyway 1885 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,209 And that's aight. 1886 00:51:26,292 --> 00:51:26,811 - Couple other people that's - all they wanna hear, 1887 00:51:26,918 --> 00:51:27,834 That's aight. 1888 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:28,895 - But you did a great job. - Thank you. 1889 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:29,918 - How you feel up there? 1890 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:30,644 - It felt good. - It felt good? 1891 00:51:30,751 --> 00:51:31,667 - Yeah. 1892 00:51:31,751 --> 00:51:32,936 - And you killed - it and you left. 1893 00:51:33,042 --> 00:51:33,834 - [Both] Yeah. 1894 00:51:33,918 --> 00:51:34,709 - You killed and you left. 1895 00:51:34,792 --> 00:51:35,852 - I know, you know, like really 1896 00:51:35,876 --> 00:51:37,036 there was the closing speech? 1897 00:51:37,083 --> 00:51:37,834 - [Fidel] Yeah. 1898 00:51:37,918 --> 00:51:39,334 - So I was just like, you know- 1899 00:51:39,417 --> 00:51:41,477 - Next time, you know, introduce - yourself, one last time. 1900 00:51:41,584 --> 00:51:43,040 You should be like you know, 1901 00:51:43,064 --> 00:51:44,542 "Check for me in the future." 1902 00:51:44,626 --> 00:51:45,500 (Fidel exclaims) 1903 00:51:45,584 --> 00:51:46,125 But you did awesome though. 1904 00:51:46,209 --> 00:51:47,375 - Thank you. 1905 00:51:47,459 --> 00:51:48,936 - I Appreciate it. - Thank you. 1906 00:51:49,042 --> 00:51:50,227 - And I'm glad you got a - chance to do some of you like 1907 00:51:50,334 --> 00:51:51,519 - Most important to you. - Thanks for the opportunity. 1908 00:51:51,626 --> 00:51:52,144 - That material right - there is the one. 1909 00:51:52,250 --> 00:51:53,459 That's the one. 1910 00:51:53,542 --> 00:51:54,477 - Yeah, that is my song. - Not the other one. 1911 00:51:54,584 --> 00:51:55,292 That one. 1912 00:51:55,375 --> 00:51:56,083 That's the one. 1913 00:51:56,167 --> 00:51:56,876 (lock buzzes) 1914 00:51:56,959 --> 00:51:59,584 (door squeaks) 1915 00:52:01,959 --> 00:52:02,959 - [Johnnie] All right. 1916 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:03,834 Here you go. 1917 00:52:03,918 --> 00:52:06,375 I think you need these for this. 1918 00:52:09,876 --> 00:52:12,500 How you doing with 10 and two? 1919 00:52:13,751 --> 00:52:14,791 Are your hands in 1920 00:52:14,815 --> 00:52:15,876 the right place? 1921 00:52:15,959 --> 00:52:16,667 - [Brandon] No. 1922 00:52:16,751 --> 00:52:18,751 - [Johnnie] I'ma say 40. 1923 00:52:19,792 --> 00:52:23,167 - [Brandon] (mumbles) 25. 1924 00:52:25,417 --> 00:52:26,959 That's my momma. 1925 00:52:27,042 --> 00:52:27,936 - (car honks) - (Johnnie stutters) 1926 00:52:28,042 --> 00:52:28,895 - What was that? - My momma. 1927 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,227 - Your mother? - Mm-hmm. 1928 00:52:30,334 --> 00:52:32,582 All right, well, we had 1929 00:52:32,606 --> 00:52:34,876 time you could have went in. 1930 00:52:34,959 --> 00:52:36,334 Did a U-turn and said hi. 1931 00:52:42,459 --> 00:52:45,083 (man mumbles faintly) 1932 00:52:45,167 --> 00:52:46,751 (door squeaks) 1933 00:52:46,834 --> 00:52:48,042 - [Ron] Hey how's it going? 1934 00:52:48,125 --> 00:52:48,769 - [Johnnie] All - right, pretty good. 1935 00:52:48,876 --> 00:52:49,792 - [Ron] What's up? 1936 00:52:49,876 --> 00:52:50,667 What's your name man? 1937 00:52:50,751 --> 00:52:52,042 - [Brandon] Brandon. 1938 00:52:52,125 --> 00:52:52,977 - I'm Ron, right. - (Brandon mumbles) 1939 00:52:53,083 --> 00:52:53,792 Nice to meet you brother. 1940 00:52:53,876 --> 00:52:54,292 (Johnnie mumbles) 1941 00:52:54,375 --> 00:52:55,209 - Okay. 1942 00:52:55,292 --> 00:52:56,751 - So he's the owner of Sphinx 1943 00:52:56,834 --> 00:52:57,936 - and I've known Ron - probably for the 20 years 1944 00:52:58,042 --> 00:52:59,561 - Me and his brother went - to high school together. 1945 00:52:59,667 --> 00:53:00,792 We were good friends. 1946 00:53:00,876 --> 00:53:02,227 - Yeah, I was cutting - him in the house. 1947 00:53:02,334 --> 00:53:03,227 - He says you been cutting all - the basketball players bald. 1948 00:53:03,334 --> 00:53:04,499 - Oh yeah, humble man. 1949 00:53:04,523 --> 00:53:05,709 - Not bald. 1950 00:53:05,792 --> 00:53:06,542 (all laughing) 1951 00:53:06,626 --> 00:53:07,292 I said back in the day. 1952 00:53:07,375 --> 00:53:08,584 - Early in the 90's. 1953 00:53:08,667 --> 00:53:09,186 - I was probably your - age cutting hair. 1954 00:53:09,292 --> 00:53:10,292 - Oh really? 1955 00:53:10,959 --> 00:53:12,083 - Real life. 1956 00:53:12,167 --> 00:53:13,561 - I been cutting hair for - (stutters) 25 years. 1957 00:53:13,667 --> 00:53:14,500 - 25 years? 1958 00:53:14,584 --> 00:53:15,959 - 25 years. 1959 00:53:16,042 --> 00:53:17,957 - Okay, well I want 25 years 1960 00:53:17,981 --> 00:53:19,918 experience into this tapered 1961 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,334 and this line. 1962 00:53:21,417 --> 00:53:22,895 - You go me on IG, you got - an Instagram page, right? 1963 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:24,417 - Yeah. 1964 00:53:24,500 --> 00:53:26,019 - Yeah, lemme get your - Instagram page real quick. 1965 00:53:26,125 --> 00:53:27,000 - Okay. 1966 00:53:27,083 --> 00:53:29,000 (machine buzzing) 1967 00:53:29,083 --> 00:53:29,792 - [Johnnie] Oh, so Brandon, 1968 00:53:29,876 --> 00:53:31,250 did I ever tell you 1969 00:53:31,334 --> 00:53:33,853 - that I stopped living with my - mom when I was 15 years old? 1970 00:53:33,959 --> 00:53:35,644 - Stopped living with - my mom, wasn't there. 1971 00:53:35,751 --> 00:53:37,436 She got evicted and she ended 1972 00:53:37,460 --> 00:53:39,167 up moving inside a shelter. 1973 00:53:39,250 --> 00:53:40,895 - So I ended up staying - with my uncle. 1974 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:42,477 Back when I was in high school 1975 00:53:42,501 --> 00:53:44,000 there was times where Ron, 1976 00:53:44,083 --> 00:53:46,102 - his mom would, you know, - pick me up for school, 1977 00:53:46,209 --> 00:53:47,228 Give me a ride to 1978 00:53:47,252 --> 00:53:48,292 school sometimes, 1979 00:53:48,375 --> 00:53:50,167 give me a ride home. 1980 00:53:51,250 --> 00:53:52,311 - And Brandon, so - that was your mom 1981 00:53:52,417 --> 00:53:53,936 - We saw on 35th and - Center you said? 1982 00:53:54,042 --> 00:53:55,417 Does she have a cell phone? 1983 00:53:55,500 --> 00:53:56,334 - Yes. 1984 00:53:56,417 --> 00:53:57,667 - Do you think you wanna call 1985 00:53:57,751 --> 00:53:59,352 - and see where she - was on her way to? 1986 00:53:59,459 --> 00:54:00,936 - 'Cause I wonder if - she really recognized 1987 00:54:01,042 --> 00:54:02,959 That that was you or not. 1988 00:54:03,042 --> 00:54:04,042 Blowing at her. 1989 00:54:05,042 --> 00:54:06,709 (machine buzzing) 1990 00:54:06,792 --> 00:54:08,834 (phone beeps) 1991 00:54:08,918 --> 00:54:10,125 - [Lydia] Hello. 1992 00:54:10,209 --> 00:54:11,249 - Ma, this is Brandon. 1993 00:54:11,273 --> 00:54:12,334 - [Lydia] Hello. 1994 00:54:12,417 --> 00:54:14,417 That was you driving right? 1995 00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:16,083 - Yeah. 1996 00:54:16,167 --> 00:54:17,751 - [Lydia] Hey, how you doing? 1997 00:54:17,834 --> 00:54:18,542 - I'm good. 1998 00:54:18,626 --> 00:54:19,459 - [Lydia] Did you see? 1999 00:54:19,542 --> 00:54:20,209 Do you like me hair and stuff? 2000 00:54:20,292 --> 00:54:20,959 (Brandon mumbles) 2001 00:54:21,042 --> 00:54:22,667 - Where you at? 2002 00:54:22,751 --> 00:54:24,000 - [Lydia] On the bus. 2003 00:54:24,083 --> 00:54:26,626 - On the bus, where you going? 2004 00:54:26,709 --> 00:54:28,582 - [Lydia] To Dollar 2005 00:54:28,606 --> 00:54:30,500 General on the East side. 2006 00:54:30,584 --> 00:54:32,374 - I say what you doing 2007 00:54:32,398 --> 00:54:34,209 there besides going there? 2008 00:54:34,292 --> 00:54:35,375 - [Lydia] Gon' go home. 2009 00:54:35,459 --> 00:54:36,959 Clean my room up. 2010 00:54:37,042 --> 00:54:39,083 Oh yeah, I forgot I gotta go 2011 00:54:39,167 --> 00:54:40,709 to Social Security building 2012 00:54:40,792 --> 00:54:41,998 and see if I can 2013 00:54:42,022 --> 00:54:43,250 do, get my own check 2014 00:54:43,334 --> 00:54:44,415 because (mumbles) took 2015 00:54:44,439 --> 00:54:45,542 herself off of my payee 2016 00:54:45,626 --> 00:54:46,792 thank God. 2017 00:54:46,876 --> 00:54:48,083 I'm sick of her. 2018 00:54:48,167 --> 00:54:49,417 Yeah, so what was you doing? 2019 00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:51,709 That was a driving school? 2020 00:54:51,792 --> 00:54:54,292 - No, I'm with Mr.Johnnie. 2021 00:54:54,375 --> 00:54:56,019 - [Lydia] Oh, he was - letting you drive? 2022 00:54:56,125 --> 00:54:57,459 - Yeah. 2023 00:54:57,542 --> 00:54:59,292 - [Lydia] Oh, that's nice. 2024 00:54:59,375 --> 00:55:00,686 Brandon, the police is 2025 00:55:00,710 --> 00:55:02,042 calling me about Mariah. 2026 00:55:02,125 --> 00:55:03,167 I'll call you back okay? 2027 00:55:03,250 --> 00:55:04,667 - All right. 2028 00:55:04,751 --> 00:55:06,918 - [Lydia] All right. 2029 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,227 - [Rick Sr.] So, what - I want you to do, 2030 00:55:08,334 --> 00:55:10,083 I'ma ask you the question today 2031 00:55:10,167 --> 00:55:12,167 and I want a show of hands. 2032 00:55:12,250 --> 00:55:13,727 Do you have expectations 2033 00:55:13,751 --> 00:55:15,250 of yourself? 2034 00:55:15,334 --> 00:55:16,792 - [Derek] It's real important 2035 00:55:16,876 --> 00:55:18,603 that teachers have the highest 2036 00:55:18,627 --> 00:55:20,375 expectation for students 2037 00:55:20,459 --> 00:55:22,332 but once we set a higher 2038 00:55:22,356 --> 00:55:24,250 expectation for our students 2039 00:55:24,334 --> 00:55:26,626 in terms of their performance, 2040 00:55:26,709 --> 00:55:27,915 then it's important 2041 00:55:27,939 --> 00:55:29,167 that we provide support. 2042 00:55:29,250 --> 00:55:30,352 - [Rick Sr.] I'ma go - back to when I used to, 2043 00:55:30,459 --> 00:55:32,311 - When I started my group - in my phrase was always 2044 00:55:32,417 --> 00:55:33,584 "rise and grind" 2045 00:55:33,667 --> 00:55:35,352 - and I'm trying to - teach all of us 2046 00:55:35,459 --> 00:55:37,626 When you rise, you grind 2047 00:55:37,709 --> 00:55:39,227 - because unfortunately - there's a lot of people 2048 00:55:39,334 --> 00:55:40,751 That came rise anymore. 2049 00:55:40,834 --> 00:55:42,977 - I don't want you to just - stop and stand still. 2050 00:55:43,083 --> 00:55:44,269 I want you to go reach 2051 00:55:44,293 --> 00:55:45,500 your expectations 2052 00:55:45,584 --> 00:55:46,417 but y'all this is serious. 2053 00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:48,667 We at the finish line. 2054 00:55:48,751 --> 00:55:50,499 We have one and a half weeks 2055 00:55:50,523 --> 00:55:52,292 before our finals are coming. 2056 00:55:52,375 --> 00:55:54,209 Some of us behind the eight ball 2057 00:55:54,292 --> 00:55:55,792 but still wanna play games 2058 00:55:55,876 --> 00:55:57,728 - and it's nobody else's - fault right now. 2059 00:55:57,834 --> 00:55:59,728 - It ain't momma's fault, - it ain't daddy's fault, 2060 00:55:59,834 --> 00:56:01,125 It ain't your life- 2061 00:56:01,209 --> 00:56:03,311 - It's right now to pick - up that baton and finish. 2062 00:56:03,417 --> 00:56:04,915 - [Derek] If you set a 2063 00:56:04,939 --> 00:56:06,459 high goal or a high target 2064 00:56:06,542 --> 00:56:08,626 for students to obtain 2065 00:56:08,709 --> 00:56:09,749 but you don't 2066 00:56:09,773 --> 00:56:10,834 provide the support, 2067 00:56:10,918 --> 00:56:12,957 emotional support, the 2068 00:56:12,981 --> 00:56:15,042 skills, without that support 2069 00:56:15,125 --> 00:56:16,853 then the kids tend 2070 00:56:16,877 --> 00:56:18,626 to feel alienated. 2071 00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:20,936 - They say, "Well you're - expecting this out of me 2072 00:56:21,042 --> 00:56:22,186 "but where do I 2073 00:56:22,210 --> 00:56:23,375 get the resources? 2074 00:56:23,459 --> 00:56:25,125 "Where do I get the support, 2075 00:56:25,209 --> 00:56:26,500 "so that I can be successful?" 2076 00:56:26,584 --> 00:56:28,227 - [Rick Sr.] In - this week and a half 2077 00:56:28,334 --> 00:56:30,167 You gon' go to your teachers. 2078 00:56:30,250 --> 00:56:31,727 You gon' find out what 2079 00:56:31,751 --> 00:56:33,250 you need to do to finish. 2080 00:56:33,334 --> 00:56:34,167 - [Marquell] Hi Ms. Jacobs. 2081 00:56:34,250 --> 00:56:35,167 I'm coming to you to see like 2082 00:56:35,250 --> 00:56:36,500 how can I bring my grade up 2083 00:56:36,584 --> 00:56:39,417 from a D to either a C or a B. 2084 00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:41,167 - Okay. 2085 00:56:41,250 --> 00:56:43,352 It's not looking like you're 2086 00:56:43,376 --> 00:56:45,500 gonna pass this semester 2087 00:56:45,584 --> 00:56:47,209 (Ms. Jacobs inhales deeply) 2088 00:56:47,292 --> 00:56:49,876 and it's because since February, 2089 00:56:50,918 --> 00:56:53,167 you haven't done a thing 2090 00:56:53,250 --> 00:56:54,290 and you have not 2091 00:56:54,314 --> 00:56:55,375 been here in class. 2092 00:56:55,459 --> 00:56:57,334 Starting in the semester, 2093 00:56:57,417 --> 00:56:58,769 - in the beginning - of the semester, 2094 00:56:58,876 --> 00:57:00,436 - You have every single - thing turned in. 2095 00:57:00,542 --> 00:57:01,853 I'm talking about every 2096 00:57:01,877 --> 00:57:03,209 single assignment. 2097 00:57:03,292 --> 00:57:05,918 Drops off February 20th. 2098 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,000 Faces the earth. 2099 00:57:07,083 --> 00:57:07,959 No Marquell. 2100 00:57:08,042 --> 00:57:09,667 You're not in class. 2101 00:57:09,751 --> 00:57:11,292 When you do come to class, 2102 00:57:11,375 --> 00:57:13,042 you leave to go to either group 2103 00:57:13,125 --> 00:57:15,709 or to be an ambassador or late 2104 00:57:15,792 --> 00:57:17,082 or your behavior 2105 00:57:17,106 --> 00:57:18,417 sometimes gets you put out 2106 00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:19,751 and this is the result. 2107 00:57:19,834 --> 00:57:20,874 So it's looking 2108 00:57:20,898 --> 00:57:21,959 like a little bit 2109 00:57:22,042 --> 00:57:23,500 of a downward spiral for you 2110 00:57:23,584 --> 00:57:24,686 and I don't really 2111 00:57:24,710 --> 00:57:25,834 want that for you. 2112 00:57:25,918 --> 00:57:28,334 Last semester, did you pass? 2113 00:57:29,334 --> 00:57:30,167 No. 2114 00:57:30,250 --> 00:57:32,083 Why is that? 2115 00:57:32,167 --> 00:57:33,144 - [Marquell] Well - to be honest really, 2116 00:57:33,250 --> 00:57:34,167 Just my fault basically 2117 00:57:34,250 --> 00:57:36,417 'cause I wasn't really focusing. 2118 00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:37,644 I was goofing off, 2119 00:57:37,668 --> 00:57:38,834 playing around 2120 00:57:38,918 --> 00:57:40,207 and trynna be a class 2121 00:57:40,231 --> 00:57:41,542 clown and stuff like that 2122 00:57:41,626 --> 00:57:43,792 and really knowing that, 2123 00:57:43,876 --> 00:57:45,499 that weeks has gone 2124 00:57:45,523 --> 00:57:47,167 by fast as ever 2125 00:57:47,250 --> 00:57:49,667 just docking down by day by day. 2126 00:57:49,751 --> 00:57:51,895 - And what's really getting - on my nerves right now 2127 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,311 Is the fact that you're 2128 00:57:53,335 --> 00:57:54,667 coming in two weeks, 2129 00:57:54,751 --> 00:57:56,375 a week and a half before exams 2130 00:57:56,459 --> 00:57:58,103 and is just now asking, 2131 00:57:58,127 --> 00:57:59,792 what can you do? 2132 00:58:01,542 --> 00:58:03,790 This work has been on Google 2133 00:58:03,814 --> 00:58:06,083 Classrooms since August. 2134 00:58:06,167 --> 00:58:07,603 - Thank you Ms. Jacobs. - No problem. 2135 00:58:07,709 --> 00:58:08,768 - And I'm finna get to class. 2136 00:58:08,792 --> 00:58:10,415 - [Rick Sr.] We gonna 2137 00:58:10,439 --> 00:58:12,083 take this as motivation 2138 00:58:12,167 --> 00:58:13,561 - because I know a lot - of us are sitting there 2139 00:58:13,667 --> 00:58:14,853 - Are seeing who don't - wanna come up here 2140 00:58:14,959 --> 00:58:16,167 And tell their story 2141 00:58:16,250 --> 00:58:18,144 - is going through the - same type of things, 2142 00:58:18,250 --> 00:58:19,834 The same similar situations. 2143 00:58:19,918 --> 00:58:21,792 So use this as motivation. 2144 00:58:21,876 --> 00:58:22,999 When I said set your 2145 00:58:23,023 --> 00:58:24,167 expectations high, 2146 00:58:24,250 --> 00:58:26,918 set 'em high, go for 'em. 2147 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,918 It always goes through this. 2148 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,000 Okay, so here we go. 2149 00:58:31,042 --> 00:58:32,290 - [Woman] Freshman 2150 00:58:32,314 --> 00:58:33,584 year, it was fun, like, 2151 00:58:33,667 --> 00:58:35,769 - that was the best - freshman year ever like. 2152 00:58:35,876 --> 00:58:37,042 (woman laughs) 2153 00:58:37,125 --> 00:58:38,832 Then, something happened 2154 00:58:38,856 --> 00:58:40,584 to me over the summer. 2155 00:58:43,459 --> 00:58:45,334 I was raped or whatever 2156 00:58:45,417 --> 00:58:47,959 and, then school year started 2157 00:58:50,417 --> 00:58:52,667 and I was just out of it like, 2158 00:58:52,751 --> 00:58:55,250 I was here but I wasn't here. 2159 00:58:55,334 --> 00:58:57,250 It was just a struggle. 2160 00:58:57,334 --> 00:58:58,457 All the way up to now 2161 00:58:58,481 --> 00:58:59,626 it still is a struggle. 2162 00:58:59,709 --> 00:59:01,728 - You know, I get into it - with my daddy all the time. 2163 00:59:01,834 --> 00:59:04,000 My daddy think I'm a hoe. 2164 00:59:04,083 --> 00:59:05,665 Still not caring about school, 2165 00:59:05,689 --> 00:59:07,292 trying to commit suicide. 2166 00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:08,459 You know. 2167 00:59:08,542 --> 00:59:09,769 All that stuff, going 2168 00:59:09,793 --> 00:59:11,042 to the hospital. 2169 00:59:11,125 --> 00:59:12,876 OD'd and all that stuff. 2170 00:59:12,959 --> 00:59:14,227 - I was in the - foster care for like, 2171 00:59:14,334 --> 00:59:16,060 - I don't know how - long (stutters) just, 2172 00:59:16,167 --> 00:59:17,769 - Probably like a month, - maybe three months, 2173 00:59:17,876 --> 00:59:19,082 Maybe three months 2174 00:59:19,106 --> 00:59:20,334 or two, I don't know 2175 00:59:20,417 --> 00:59:22,436 - but, like me and my mom - was never on good terms. 2176 00:59:22,542 --> 00:59:25,125 It was always arguing. 2177 00:59:25,209 --> 00:59:26,876 (Marquell sighs) 2178 00:59:26,959 --> 00:59:29,667 Momma used to sell drugs. 2179 00:59:29,751 --> 00:59:31,626 My dad was never in my life. 2180 00:59:31,709 --> 00:59:33,394 - Then helping my little - brothers and sisters 2181 00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:35,667 With their homework and stuff. 2182 00:59:35,751 --> 00:59:37,250 Taking them like baths and stuff 2183 00:59:37,334 --> 00:59:38,518 because my mom was never here. 2184 00:59:38,542 --> 00:59:39,977 - She was always at - a (mumbles) and me, 2185 00:59:40,083 --> 00:59:41,561 - Going out where - friends and everything. 2186 00:59:41,667 --> 00:59:43,082 I got into an argument 2187 00:59:43,106 --> 00:59:44,542 with her yesterday. 2188 00:59:44,626 --> 00:59:46,102 - She said she was - gonna put me out. 2189 00:59:46,209 --> 00:59:47,459 So I told her, "Okay, 2190 00:59:47,542 --> 00:59:49,394 - "I'ma just call the - social worker tomorrow 2191 00:59:49,500 --> 00:59:50,780 "and make your dream come true." 2192 00:59:50,834 --> 00:59:52,083 So- 2193 00:59:52,167 --> 00:59:53,561 - [Marco] You know, - it's always been that 2194 00:59:53,667 --> 00:59:54,998 The black male has been 2195 00:59:55,022 --> 00:59:56,375 absent of the household 2196 00:59:56,459 --> 00:59:57,876 then now what do we do 2197 00:59:57,959 --> 00:59:59,478 when there's no black 2198 00:59:59,502 --> 01:00:01,042 mother in the household 2199 01:00:01,125 --> 01:00:02,811 - and kids are truly - fending for themselves? 2200 01:00:02,918 --> 01:00:04,812 And I think that we're seeing 2201 01:00:04,836 --> 01:00:06,751 a lot more of that these days, 2202 01:00:06,834 --> 01:00:07,626 unfortunately. 2203 01:00:07,709 --> 01:00:08,852 - [Woman] My daddy left here, 2204 01:00:08,876 --> 01:00:11,125 this last year in November. 2205 01:00:11,209 --> 01:00:13,000 I was in the house by myself. 2206 01:00:13,083 --> 01:00:14,751 I basically had my own house. 2207 01:00:14,834 --> 01:00:15,894 I was paying bills, 2208 01:00:15,918 --> 01:00:17,000 working a job, 2209 01:00:17,083 --> 01:00:19,167 not being at school. 2210 01:00:19,250 --> 01:00:21,269 - At work from seven - o'clock in the morning 2211 01:00:21,375 --> 01:00:23,500 To one o'clock in the morning. 2212 01:00:23,584 --> 01:00:24,686 I used to be out 2213 01:00:24,710 --> 01:00:25,834 here in the streets 2214 01:00:25,918 --> 01:00:29,209 with my friends and didn't care. 2215 01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:30,352 - Hey, I don't got - nothing to live for 2216 01:00:30,459 --> 01:00:32,209 With my momma gone. 2217 01:00:34,542 --> 01:00:35,540 Until this one time, 2218 01:00:35,564 --> 01:00:36,584 I was in the hospital 2219 01:00:36,667 --> 01:00:38,249 for two weeks, I 2220 01:00:38,273 --> 01:00:39,876 almost killed myself. 2221 01:00:41,792 --> 01:00:43,165 - [Rick Sr.] And so I 2222 01:00:43,189 --> 01:00:44,584 guess what I'm finna ask 2223 01:00:44,667 --> 01:00:45,792 everybody in here, 2224 01:00:45,876 --> 01:00:47,101 start being there for somebody. 2225 01:00:47,125 --> 01:00:48,584 When y'all hear these stories, 2226 01:00:48,667 --> 01:00:51,459 hey a kind word goes a long way. 2227 01:00:52,375 --> 01:00:53,667 Everybody understand? 2228 01:00:53,751 --> 01:00:54,417 - [All] Yes. 2229 01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:55,375 - Good, better, best. 2230 01:00:55,459 --> 01:00:56,518 - [All] Good, better, best. 2231 01:00:56,542 --> 01:00:57,417 - I shall not rest. 2232 01:00:57,500 --> 01:00:58,542 - [All] I shall not rest. 2233 01:00:58,626 --> 01:00:59,352 - [Rick Sr.] Till - my good is better. 2234 01:00:59,459 --> 01:01:00,709 - [All] Till my good is better. 2235 01:01:00,792 --> 01:01:01,603 - [Rick Sr.] And - my better is best. 2236 01:01:01,709 --> 01:01:02,852 - [All] And my better is best. 2237 01:01:02,876 --> 01:01:03,519 - [Rick Sr.] Everybody - be great today 2238 01:01:03,626 --> 01:01:04,667 And we must finish. 2239 01:01:04,751 --> 01:01:05,894 - [Muhibb] They can't hurt us. 2240 01:01:05,918 --> 01:01:06,561 - They can't hold us down. - [Man] Come on. 2241 01:01:06,667 --> 01:01:07,918 You gotta go there. 2242 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:08,977 - They can't stop water - from seeking it's level. 2243 01:01:09,083 --> 01:01:10,375 It's this water, it's is in us. 2244 01:01:10,459 --> 01:01:12,811 - They will never be able to - stop us from seeking the truth. 2245 01:01:12,918 --> 01:01:13,959 It is impossible. 2246 01:01:14,042 --> 01:01:15,500 We are not afraid of your might. 2247 01:01:15,584 --> 01:01:16,751 - [Man] What we do? 2248 01:01:16,834 --> 01:01:18,019 - We're not afraid - of your intelligence. 2249 01:01:18,125 --> 01:01:19,226 We've read the story of Pharaoh. 2250 01:01:19,250 --> 01:01:20,936 We know it's prophesied 2251 01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:22,667 that, they fall, not us. 2252 01:01:22,751 --> 01:01:24,227 - What they gon' do - when we don't wanna be 2253 01:01:24,334 --> 01:01:25,584 A part of their world no more? 2254 01:01:25,667 --> 01:01:26,876 (audience applauding) 2255 01:01:26,959 --> 01:01:27,603 - Come on, give - it up, give it up. 2256 01:01:27,709 --> 01:01:28,918 - What they gonna do 2257 01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:29,811 - when we don't wanna - get high no more? 2258 01:01:29,918 --> 01:01:30,751 Don't wanna get drunk no more. 2259 01:01:30,834 --> 01:01:32,751 Not hypnotized by music no more. 2260 01:01:32,834 --> 01:01:34,000 What they gon' do 2261 01:01:34,083 --> 01:01:35,186 - when we don't wanna - be criminals no more? 2262 01:01:35,292 --> 01:01:36,500 We'll be burning their dough. 2263 01:01:36,584 --> 01:01:37,417 Burn their money. 2264 01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:38,792 Burn their guns as a offering 2265 01:01:38,876 --> 01:01:40,145 to the most high God 2266 01:01:40,169 --> 01:01:41,459 to regain his respect, 2267 01:01:41,542 --> 01:01:42,584 what they to do? 2268 01:01:42,667 --> 01:01:44,457 I wish all the 2269 01:01:44,481 --> 01:01:46,292 children on Burleigh, 2270 01:01:46,375 --> 01:01:47,478 all the children on the 2271 01:01:47,502 --> 01:01:48,626 North side of Milwaukee 2272 01:01:48,709 --> 01:01:51,667 knew that there will come a time 2273 01:01:51,751 --> 01:01:53,291 where them struggling 2274 01:01:53,315 --> 01:01:54,876 with obituaries 2275 01:01:57,292 --> 01:02:00,083 or hearing gunshots at night 2276 01:02:00,167 --> 01:02:02,709 or seeing the yellow tape 2277 01:02:02,792 --> 01:02:04,686 and bodies of their 2278 01:02:04,710 --> 01:02:06,626 friends, won't last forever. 2279 01:02:06,709 --> 01:02:08,291 It will eventually be 2280 01:02:08,315 --> 01:02:09,918 replaced with a new spirit. 2281 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:11,727 A new spirit of them 2282 01:02:11,751 --> 01:02:13,500 striving to go to school 2283 01:02:13,584 --> 01:02:15,457 and become educated and 2284 01:02:15,481 --> 01:02:17,375 be different people. 2285 01:02:17,459 --> 01:02:18,582 Walking across the 2286 01:02:18,606 --> 01:02:19,751 stage, graduating 2287 01:02:19,834 --> 01:02:21,999 and not us lining up 2288 01:02:22,023 --> 01:02:24,209 for funeral processions. 2289 01:02:24,292 --> 01:02:25,292 If I had a dream, 2290 01:02:25,375 --> 01:02:27,227 I wish every black 2291 01:02:27,251 --> 01:02:29,125 child would know that. 2292 01:02:31,417 --> 01:02:34,584 (controller rattles) 2293 01:02:37,834 --> 01:02:38,542 (mouth clicks) 2294 01:02:38,626 --> 01:02:40,000 - What the fuck? 2295 01:02:42,959 --> 01:02:44,125 Here's Johnny. 2296 01:02:47,584 --> 01:02:48,959 (door clicks) 2297 01:02:49,042 --> 01:02:49,709 Oh hey mum. 2298 01:02:49,792 --> 01:02:51,000 - [Lydia] Hey darling. 2299 01:02:51,083 --> 01:02:52,083 Hi. 2300 01:03:02,250 --> 01:03:03,394 - [Brandon] Come on. - How you been? 2301 01:03:03,500 --> 01:03:04,811 - [Brandon] I'm - all right, come on. 2302 01:03:04,918 --> 01:03:06,102 - (Lydia mumbles) - What you say? 2303 01:03:06,209 --> 01:03:07,417 - [Lydia] You sleep up here? 2304 01:03:07,500 --> 01:03:08,811 - [Brandon] No I 2305 01:03:08,835 --> 01:03:10,167 sleep downstairs. 2306 01:03:11,334 --> 01:03:12,375 You know what I wanna do? 2307 01:03:12,459 --> 01:03:13,167 - [Lydia] What? 2308 01:03:13,250 --> 01:03:14,250 - [Brandon] Leave here. 2309 01:03:14,334 --> 01:03:15,709 - [Lydia] You wanna leave here? 2310 01:03:15,792 --> 01:03:17,728 - You mean, you mean this - place or leave the state? 2311 01:03:17,834 --> 01:03:19,000 - [Brandon] This place. 2312 01:03:19,083 --> 01:03:20,584 - I know. 2313 01:03:20,667 --> 01:03:21,667 - We gotta go. 2314 01:03:21,709 --> 01:03:22,709 - Yeah. 2315 01:03:22,792 --> 01:03:24,061 Where do you think that 2316 01:03:24,085 --> 01:03:25,375 you might wanna move? 2317 01:03:25,459 --> 01:03:27,209 To, just have to just (stutters) 2318 01:03:27,292 --> 01:03:28,542 like go on vacation sometimes 2319 01:03:28,626 --> 01:03:30,040 and just explore a 2320 01:03:30,064 --> 01:03:31,500 couple of places? 2321 01:03:31,584 --> 01:03:33,519 - Anywhere but here. - Anywhere but here. 2322 01:03:33,626 --> 01:03:34,459 I like Texas. 2323 01:03:34,542 --> 01:03:36,584 I really do but it's hot. 2324 01:03:36,667 --> 01:03:37,918 - I like Vegas. 2325 01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:38,751 - You like Vegas. 2326 01:03:38,834 --> 01:03:39,959 How do you know? 2327 01:03:40,042 --> 01:03:41,477 - Yeah, that's - definitely an option. 2328 01:03:41,584 --> 01:03:43,584 I don't wanna stay here. 2329 01:03:44,667 --> 01:03:45,667 No. 2330 01:03:45,751 --> 01:03:47,083 I mean we've been through some, 2331 01:03:47,167 --> 01:03:49,227 - a lot of trials and - tribulations in Milwaukee 2332 01:03:49,334 --> 01:03:50,667 And you know it's getting bad. 2333 01:03:50,751 --> 01:03:52,792 - Everybody's moving anyway. 2334 01:03:52,876 --> 01:03:54,042 - Yeah. 2335 01:03:54,125 --> 01:03:55,603 - It's getting bad but - there's still hope, 2336 01:03:55,709 --> 01:03:56,749 You know, it's all 2337 01:03:56,773 --> 01:03:57,834 about what you do 2338 01:03:57,918 --> 01:04:00,312 but I'm just, I've had it, I 2339 01:04:00,336 --> 01:04:02,751 need a geographical change. 2340 01:04:04,959 --> 01:04:06,519 - [Brandon] I don't - think there's no hope. 2341 01:04:06,626 --> 01:04:07,936 - If you're living - here there's no hope. 2342 01:04:08,042 --> 01:04:09,060 - You don't think there's - any hope living here? 2343 01:04:09,167 --> 01:04:10,709 - [Brandon] No. 2344 01:04:10,792 --> 01:04:12,686 - [Marco] The issues that - young black men are facing 2345 01:04:12,792 --> 01:04:14,728 - Or a few issues that - young black men are facing 2346 01:04:14,834 --> 01:04:15,834 Growing up in Milwaukee, 2347 01:04:15,876 --> 01:04:17,915 I would say is a 2348 01:04:17,939 --> 01:04:20,000 sense of hopelessness. 2349 01:04:20,083 --> 01:04:21,394 A lot of our young men, 2350 01:04:21,418 --> 01:04:22,751 young people of color 2351 01:04:22,834 --> 01:04:24,707 don't come from a good 2352 01:04:24,731 --> 01:04:26,626 foundation of stability 2353 01:04:26,709 --> 01:04:28,791 nor have the resources and 2354 01:04:28,815 --> 01:04:30,918 the individuals around them 2355 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:32,769 to help guide them through 2356 01:04:32,793 --> 01:04:34,584 those trials and tribulations 2357 01:04:34,667 --> 01:04:35,918 that I guess you could say 2358 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,060 - that they'll face as - they are growing up 2359 01:04:37,167 --> 01:04:38,895 - Throw their adolescents - and their teens. 2360 01:04:39,042 --> 01:04:39,876 (Lydia sighs) 2361 01:04:39,959 --> 01:04:41,125 - It kinda depends on- 2362 01:04:41,209 --> 01:04:42,876 - [Brandon] People leave here, 2363 01:04:42,959 --> 01:04:44,353 make their money 2364 01:04:44,377 --> 01:04:45,792 and then come back. 2365 01:04:45,876 --> 01:04:47,626 - [Lydia] Yeah, I know. 2366 01:04:47,709 --> 01:04:49,770 Oh, you mean hope as far 2367 01:04:49,794 --> 01:04:51,876 as the career and the jobs, 2368 01:04:53,584 --> 01:04:54,519 - economical wise - Yeah. 2369 01:04:54,626 --> 01:04:56,542 Because we're a low income city. 2370 01:04:56,626 --> 01:04:57,792 - [Lydia] Yeah we are 2371 01:04:57,876 --> 01:04:59,061 but you know that's what 2372 01:04:59,085 --> 01:05:00,292 school is all about. 2373 01:05:00,375 --> 01:05:01,542 You know what I'm saying? 2374 01:05:01,626 --> 01:05:03,019 - [Marco] With that - also mentions stability. 2375 01:05:03,125 --> 01:05:04,977 - You know, I think that - one of the key factors 2376 01:05:05,083 --> 01:05:06,751 For a young person's success 2377 01:05:06,834 --> 01:05:08,686 - is for them to be able to - come from an environment 2378 01:05:08,792 --> 01:05:09,811 Or have a environment 2379 01:05:09,835 --> 01:05:10,876 that is conducive 2380 01:05:10,959 --> 01:05:12,709 to growing up, you know 2381 01:05:12,792 --> 01:05:14,895 - and then also an - environment that accounts 2382 01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,207 For the challenges that 2383 01:05:17,231 --> 01:05:19,459 they'll face as young of color. 2384 01:05:19,542 --> 01:05:20,603 - [Dia] So how are - you doing here? 2385 01:05:20,709 --> 01:05:21,792 - [Brandon] I'm good. 2386 01:05:21,876 --> 01:05:22,542 - [Dia] Staying out the way? 2387 01:05:22,626 --> 01:05:23,417 - [Brandon] Yeah. 2388 01:05:23,500 --> 01:05:24,250 Trying to. 2389 01:05:24,334 --> 01:05:25,125 - You trying to. 2390 01:05:25,209 --> 01:05:27,584 - What you mean by trying? 2391 01:05:27,667 --> 01:05:29,060 - [Brandon] They - be testing me here. 2392 01:05:29,167 --> 01:05:29,959 - They be testing you. 2393 01:05:30,042 --> 01:05:30,959 Who's they? 2394 01:05:31,042 --> 01:05:32,167 - [Brandon] The kids. 2395 01:05:32,250 --> 01:05:33,292 - Oh yeah (mumbles) 2396 01:05:33,375 --> 01:05:35,000 - That's what y'all all do. 2397 01:05:35,083 --> 01:05:36,167 (Dia laughs) 2398 01:05:36,250 --> 01:05:38,352 - [Brandon] No like, - they be testing me like, 2399 01:05:38,459 --> 01:05:40,603 - There's this (stutters) - the boy downstairs, 2400 01:05:40,709 --> 01:05:42,417 He'd be stealing my studs. 2401 01:05:42,500 --> 01:05:44,227 - [Dia] But besides - that you cool? 2402 01:05:44,334 --> 01:05:45,042 - [Brandon] Yeah. 2403 01:05:45,125 --> 01:05:48,417 - [Dia] That (mumbles) 2404 01:05:49,334 --> 01:05:50,667 (car engine revs) 2405 01:05:50,751 --> 01:05:53,477 - And then it's like this ain't - my first, second, third time 2406 01:05:53,584 --> 01:05:54,643 Putting my parents in the song. 2407 01:05:54,667 --> 01:05:57,709 So it's like, you trynna be, 2408 01:05:57,792 --> 01:05:58,792 be telling for what? 2409 01:05:58,834 --> 01:06:01,000 (car engine revs) 2410 01:06:01,083 --> 01:06:02,603 - [Kierra] The whole song - wasn't about him though. 2411 01:06:02,709 --> 01:06:04,540 You just, you put little parts 2412 01:06:04,564 --> 01:06:06,417 of the situation in a song. 2413 01:06:06,500 --> 01:06:07,853 - [Tiana] I mean if - I'ma make this song, 2414 01:06:07,959 --> 01:06:09,334 I'ma make it real. 2415 01:06:09,417 --> 01:06:10,936 - I'ma be a hundred - percent honest. 2416 01:06:11,042 --> 01:06:12,292 You know what I'm saying? 2417 01:06:12,375 --> 01:06:14,352 - I'ma only state facts - and it is what it is. 2418 01:06:14,459 --> 01:06:16,083 And then I feel like, 2419 01:06:16,167 --> 01:06:17,415 well since music is 2420 01:06:17,439 --> 01:06:18,709 my passion anyway 2421 01:06:18,792 --> 01:06:20,209 you, I are got to express that. 2422 01:06:20,292 --> 01:06:21,478 That hurt like, they 2423 01:06:21,502 --> 01:06:22,709 really hurting me. 2424 01:06:22,792 --> 01:06:24,228 So I feel like I make 2425 01:06:24,252 --> 01:06:25,709 the song personal 2426 01:06:25,792 --> 01:06:27,102 - and you know, most - of my personal songs 2427 01:06:27,209 --> 01:06:29,186 - It always do be about - like my mom or dad. 2428 01:06:29,292 --> 01:06:30,292 So I'm like... 2429 01:06:30,334 --> 01:06:31,000 - [Kierra] Yeah. 2430 01:06:31,083 --> 01:06:32,334 ♪ Music speak for me ♪ 2431 01:06:32,417 --> 01:06:33,269 - ♪ So people they - can't ignore me ♪ 2432 01:06:33,375 --> 01:06:34,584 ♪ Been tolerating bullshit ♪ 2433 01:06:34,667 --> 01:06:35,644 - ♪ From people who - don't care for me ♪ 2434 01:06:35,751 --> 01:06:37,436 - ♪ But fuck it I - had enough of 'em ♪ 2435 01:06:37,542 --> 01:06:38,853 - ♪ Cut 'em which means - I'm done with them ♪ 2436 01:06:38,959 --> 01:06:39,977 - ♪ Love 'em, but do - not fuck with 'em ♪ 2437 01:06:40,083 --> 01:06:41,165 ♪ Love 'em, but cannot 2438 01:06:41,189 --> 01:06:42,292 trust 'em none ♪ 2439 01:06:42,375 --> 01:06:43,102 - ♪ Fuck it if I got - the good heart ♪ 2440 01:06:43,209 --> 01:06:44,876 ♪ That don't mean use me ♪ 2441 01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:45,834 ♪ There's only one in me ♪ 2442 01:06:45,918 --> 01:06:47,792 ♪ You gotta respect my honesty ♪ 2443 01:06:47,876 --> 01:06:48,918 ♪ Need no apology ♪ 2444 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:50,644 - ♪ When I die please - don't cry over me ♪ 2445 01:06:50,751 --> 01:06:51,876 ♪ Just look over me ♪ 2446 01:06:51,959 --> 01:06:53,394 - ♪ Remember you - chose them over me ♪ 2447 01:06:53,500 --> 01:06:54,751 ♪ Tiana focus on your dreams ♪ 2448 01:06:54,834 --> 01:06:56,083 ♪ And where you headed to ♪ 2449 01:06:56,167 --> 01:06:57,811 - ♪ I'm trying but - right now I'm done ♪ 2450 01:06:57,918 --> 01:06:58,709 ♪ Nobody there there but you ♪ 2451 01:06:58,792 --> 01:07:00,042 ♪ I'm all you need ♪ 2452 01:07:00,125 --> 01:07:01,811 - ♪ Say fuck it and - let them leave ♪ 2453 01:07:01,918 --> 01:07:04,019 - ♪ Yeah I agree but that - time was taken from me ♪ 2454 01:07:04,125 --> 01:07:06,102 - ♪ And now we see how she - playing like the victim ♪ 2455 01:07:06,209 --> 01:07:07,334 ♪ And she know what's up ♪ 2456 01:07:07,417 --> 01:07:08,709 ♪ I don't wish you luck ♪ 2457 01:07:08,792 --> 01:07:09,895 - ♪ I wish you hell and - hope your karma come ♪ 2458 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:11,167 ♪ Blood is what we were ♪ 2459 01:07:11,250 --> 01:07:12,769 - ♪ So bloody how I - left you suck it up ♪ 2460 01:07:12,876 --> 01:07:14,186 - ♪ If we ain't had enough, - just let me know ♪ 2461 01:07:14,292 --> 01:07:16,060 - ♪ So we could - catch these words ♪ 2462 01:07:16,167 --> 01:07:17,626 (both exclaiming) 2463 01:07:17,709 --> 01:07:18,709 - Say yeah. 2464 01:07:18,792 --> 01:07:21,792 (both laughing) 2465 01:07:21,876 --> 01:07:23,060 - [Kierra] What made you - want to start singing 2466 01:07:23,167 --> 01:07:24,834 And rapping and stuff like what? 2467 01:07:24,918 --> 01:07:26,207 - [Tiana] Well honestly, 2468 01:07:26,231 --> 01:07:27,542 when I make songs, 2469 01:07:27,626 --> 01:07:29,060 - I can help somebody - get out of a situation. 2470 01:07:29,167 --> 01:07:30,667 If it's a situation you in 2471 01:07:30,751 --> 01:07:32,436 - and you feel like don't - nobody understand, you know, 2472 01:07:32,542 --> 01:07:33,822 Really where you're coming from. 2473 01:07:33,876 --> 01:07:34,999 I wanna be like that 2474 01:07:35,023 --> 01:07:36,167 voice and reasoning 2475 01:07:36,250 --> 01:07:37,727 like, that type of thing 2476 01:07:37,751 --> 01:07:39,250 so I be like, yeah. 2477 01:07:39,334 --> 01:07:41,082 If I could just make 2478 01:07:41,106 --> 01:07:42,876 music all day, every day, 2479 01:07:42,959 --> 01:07:44,769 - make money off of it and - it can inspire people 2480 01:07:44,876 --> 01:07:46,125 And help people and you know, 2481 01:07:46,209 --> 01:07:47,415 people can relate to 2482 01:07:47,439 --> 01:07:48,667 it like, you know. 2483 01:07:48,751 --> 01:07:50,874 I feel like music is 2484 01:07:50,898 --> 01:07:53,042 like, it's therapeutic. 2485 01:07:53,125 --> 01:07:54,769 - I know for myself like - when you can relate 2486 01:07:54,876 --> 01:07:55,918 To what somebody's saying 2487 01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:57,584 or when somebody can make a song 2488 01:07:57,667 --> 01:07:59,103 and you just feel it in your 2489 01:07:59,127 --> 01:08:00,584 soul that's, it's deep like, 2490 01:08:00,667 --> 01:08:02,853 - so I be like, yeah, if - I could make people feel 2491 01:08:02,959 --> 01:08:05,040 Like all the time with my 2492 01:08:05,064 --> 01:08:07,167 music, I love it like, so. 2493 01:08:07,250 --> 01:08:08,667 Feel the breeze? 2494 01:08:09,792 --> 01:08:11,375 (Tiana exhales sharply) 2495 01:08:11,459 --> 01:08:14,500 He like, "I'm just chilling." 2496 01:08:14,584 --> 01:08:15,876 - [Kierra] Yeah. 2497 01:08:15,959 --> 01:08:16,876 Say, "We felt that one. 2498 01:08:16,959 --> 01:08:19,751 "We liked it that one." 2499 01:08:19,834 --> 01:08:21,125 - [Sean] Brandon, what's up man? 2500 01:08:21,209 --> 01:08:22,000 - What's up? 2501 01:08:22,083 --> 01:08:23,083 - How you doing? 2502 01:08:23,125 --> 01:08:24,167 - I'm all right, yourself? 2503 01:08:24,250 --> 01:08:25,876 - Good to see you man. 2504 01:08:25,959 --> 01:08:28,751 Introduce you to the AAU coach. 2505 01:08:30,375 --> 01:08:32,082 He coach a lot of young guys 2506 01:08:32,106 --> 01:08:33,834 in the city of Milwaukee. 2507 01:08:33,918 --> 01:08:34,918 - How you doing? 2508 01:08:34,959 --> 01:08:35,667 How you doing? 2509 01:08:35,751 --> 01:08:36,459 - What's up man. 2510 01:08:36,542 --> 01:08:37,709 This is Brandon. 2511 01:08:37,792 --> 01:08:39,186 - It's who I was - telling you about. 2512 01:08:39,292 --> 01:08:40,957 - As you see our 2513 01:08:40,981 --> 01:08:42,667 program is T.S.A. 2514 01:08:42,751 --> 01:08:44,186 Which it stands for 2515 01:08:44,210 --> 01:08:45,667 Talented Student Athletes. 2516 01:08:45,751 --> 01:08:47,644 - We were formerly - known as The Magic. 2517 01:08:47,751 --> 01:08:49,269 - I mean, 'cause we - were doing things 2518 01:08:49,375 --> 01:08:50,603 That people thought 2519 01:08:50,627 --> 01:08:51,876 that couldn't happen 2520 01:08:51,959 --> 01:08:53,519 with some inner city 2521 01:08:53,543 --> 01:08:55,125 kids, that nobody wanted. 2522 01:08:55,209 --> 01:08:56,478 So we were with the 2523 01:08:56,502 --> 01:08:57,792 name Magic first. 2524 01:08:57,876 --> 01:08:59,603 Then we became, all my 2525 01:08:59,627 --> 01:09:01,375 younger boys became older 2526 01:09:01,459 --> 01:09:03,186 to where we found out about 2527 01:09:03,210 --> 01:09:04,959 the politics of the game 2528 01:09:05,042 --> 01:09:06,415 to where it's all 2529 01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:07,834 about education, 2530 01:09:08,959 --> 01:09:11,167 getting them grades up first 2531 01:09:11,250 --> 01:09:12,373 'cause I don't care 2532 01:09:12,397 --> 01:09:13,542 how talented you are, 2533 01:09:13,626 --> 01:09:14,645 if you can't get 2534 01:09:14,669 --> 01:09:15,709 those books in order 2535 01:09:15,792 --> 01:09:17,167 you can't play the game. 2536 01:09:17,250 --> 01:09:18,957 I'm the same neighborhood 2537 01:09:18,981 --> 01:09:20,709 kid of 15th and Burleigh 2538 01:09:20,792 --> 01:09:22,334 that ran the streets. 2539 01:09:22,417 --> 01:09:24,227 Did Lord knows what and 2540 01:09:24,251 --> 01:09:26,083 he can contest to this 2541 01:09:26,167 --> 01:09:27,895 - there's nothing - that you wanna do 2542 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:29,500 That I haven't done already. 2543 01:09:29,584 --> 01:09:31,478 I still got the big old 2544 01:09:31,502 --> 01:09:33,417 car, big rims, big trucks. 2545 01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:34,959 I still got that. 2546 01:09:35,042 --> 01:09:36,918 Now I got it the legal way. 2547 01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:39,751 I do things by using what I do 2548 01:09:39,834 --> 01:09:40,936 in a positive way 2549 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:42,083 to get what I want 2550 01:09:42,167 --> 01:09:43,374 rather than I did out 2551 01:09:43,398 --> 01:09:44,626 there in the streets 2552 01:09:44,709 --> 01:09:47,103 and that's why it's best for 2553 01:09:47,127 --> 01:09:49,542 kids to find their passion. 2554 01:09:49,626 --> 01:09:51,645 (all chattering) 2555 01:09:51,669 --> 01:09:53,709 (ball dribbling) 2556 01:09:53,792 --> 01:09:54,542 Get to here. 2557 01:09:54,626 --> 01:09:55,542 (Coach Rose mumbles) 2558 01:09:55,626 --> 01:09:56,417 Now (mumbles) 2559 01:09:56,500 --> 01:09:57,125 Yeah, yeah. 2560 01:09:57,209 --> 01:09:58,334 Now do your thing. 2561 01:09:58,417 --> 01:09:59,584 Yeah. 2562 01:09:59,667 --> 01:10:01,417 It's a simple cross. 2563 01:10:01,500 --> 01:10:03,083 Come on, last one. 2564 01:10:04,167 --> 01:10:05,167 Here. 2565 01:10:06,042 --> 01:10:07,083 Yeah. 2566 01:10:07,167 --> 01:10:09,125 (dribbling continues) 2567 01:10:09,209 --> 01:10:10,353 That's how you 2568 01:10:10,377 --> 01:10:11,542 get to the bucket. 2569 01:10:11,626 --> 01:10:13,042 You good man. 2570 01:10:13,125 --> 01:10:14,603 - Whenever you wanna come back - in the gym, just let me know. 2571 01:10:14,709 --> 01:10:16,042 Sean hook us up 2572 01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:18,332 and you're able to 2573 01:10:18,356 --> 01:10:19,584 come in anytime man. 2574 01:10:19,667 --> 01:10:20,417 All right. 2575 01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:22,000 They call me (mumbles) 2576 01:10:22,083 --> 01:10:23,019 - I have somebody there with you - to work with you, all right? 2577 01:10:23,125 --> 01:10:24,125 (Brandon mumbles) 2578 01:10:24,167 --> 01:10:25,417 All the time man. 2579 01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:26,334 All right Sean man. 2580 01:10:26,417 --> 01:10:27,209 Get out of here. 2581 01:10:27,292 --> 01:10:29,542 I appreciate everybody man. 2582 01:10:29,626 --> 01:10:31,353 (athletes chattering) 2583 01:10:31,377 --> 01:10:33,125 (shoes squeaking) 2584 01:10:33,209 --> 01:10:34,728 - [Sean] And it's like 2585 01:10:34,752 --> 01:10:36,292 I told you, you know, 2586 01:10:36,375 --> 01:10:37,540 it's so many people 2587 01:10:37,564 --> 01:10:38,751 man, that care man, 2588 01:10:38,834 --> 01:10:40,957 that care about, you 2589 01:10:40,981 --> 01:10:43,125 know, the next generation. 2590 01:10:43,209 --> 01:10:44,541 So there is people who 2591 01:10:44,565 --> 01:10:45,918 care man, you know. 2592 01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:47,250 Like I told you the first time 2593 01:10:47,334 --> 01:10:49,519 - during the first meeting - man, we love you. 2594 01:10:49,626 --> 01:10:51,250 You know, we want you to excel. 2595 01:10:51,334 --> 01:10:52,876 We want you to be your best. 2596 01:10:52,959 --> 01:10:54,311 - We want you to follow - your dreams, your passion 2597 01:10:54,417 --> 01:10:55,957 And we want you to 2598 01:10:55,981 --> 01:10:57,542 steer away from anything 2599 01:10:57,626 --> 01:10:58,624 that's preventing 2600 01:10:58,648 --> 01:10:59,667 you from doing that. 2601 01:10:59,751 --> 01:11:01,061 So, I know you said that 2602 01:11:01,085 --> 01:11:02,417 you didn't like school 2603 01:11:02,500 --> 01:11:04,019 - because of the drama - surrounding the school 2604 01:11:04,125 --> 01:11:06,227 - But keep in mind that - the only reason you there 2605 01:11:06,334 --> 01:11:07,500 Is to get your education. 2606 01:11:07,584 --> 01:11:08,394 - Right. - You know. 2607 01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:09,602 When you wake up in the morning, 2608 01:11:09,626 --> 01:11:11,334 you get yourself ready. 2609 01:11:11,417 --> 01:11:12,853 When you in the classroom, 2610 01:11:12,877 --> 01:11:14,334 it's your grades. 2611 01:11:14,417 --> 01:11:16,186 - When you do the work, - it's you doing the work, 2612 01:11:16,292 --> 01:11:17,459 Nobody else. 2613 01:11:17,542 --> 01:11:18,707 So your focus is 2614 01:11:18,731 --> 01:11:19,918 on doing the work 2615 01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:21,667 doing what you need to do 2616 01:11:21,751 --> 01:11:22,978 to pass to the next grade 2617 01:11:23,002 --> 01:11:24,250 and ultimately graduate 2618 01:11:24,334 --> 01:11:25,250 and go to college 2619 01:11:25,334 --> 01:11:26,584 but I appreciate you. 2620 01:11:26,667 --> 01:11:27,811 - [Kweku] So when we - start talking about 2621 01:11:27,918 --> 01:11:29,291 How do we infuse sports, 2622 01:11:29,315 --> 01:11:30,709 athletic activities, 2623 01:11:30,792 --> 01:11:32,269 - things of that nature to - help people feel better, 2624 01:11:32,375 --> 01:11:34,352 - It's what builds up - your self confidence. 2625 01:11:34,459 --> 01:11:35,728 It teaches you how 2626 01:11:35,752 --> 01:11:37,042 to deal with losses. 2627 01:11:37,125 --> 01:11:39,311 - It teaches you all of those - things that we had to deal 2628 01:11:39,417 --> 01:11:41,000 With in life at an early age 2629 01:11:41,083 --> 01:11:43,000 and once that's infused in you, 2630 01:11:43,083 --> 01:11:43,918 great things can happen. 2631 01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:45,167 There's no secret 2632 01:11:45,250 --> 01:11:46,623 that you always see a 2633 01:11:46,647 --> 01:11:48,042 higher graduation rate 2634 01:11:48,125 --> 01:11:50,394 - with those who are involved - in extracurricular activities. 2635 01:11:50,500 --> 01:11:51,751 It's no secret 2636 01:11:51,834 --> 01:11:53,144 - that you start to see - less behavioral problems 2637 01:11:53,250 --> 01:11:55,352 - With those involved in - extracurricular activities. 2638 01:11:55,459 --> 01:11:56,292 Why is that? 2639 01:11:56,375 --> 01:11:57,876 Because you're so busy. 2640 01:11:57,959 --> 01:12:00,102 - It takes away the time - for you to do other things 2641 01:12:00,209 --> 01:12:01,709 That's not productive. 2642 01:12:01,792 --> 01:12:02,936 - [Coach Shane] Notice - that y'all know right now 2643 01:12:03,042 --> 01:12:04,394 - Like normally I'd be - all cool and collective 2644 01:12:04,500 --> 01:12:06,125 But I'm on fire right now. 2645 01:12:06,209 --> 01:12:08,167 - [Team] Be ready! 2646 01:12:08,250 --> 01:12:08,959 - [Man] What? 2647 01:12:09,042 --> 01:12:10,626 - [Team] Be ready! 2648 01:12:10,709 --> 01:12:11,417 - [Man] What? 2649 01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:12,209 Let's go. 2650 01:12:12,292 --> 01:12:14,000 - [Team] Be ready! 2651 01:12:14,083 --> 01:12:16,667 (team chanting) 2652 01:12:17,918 --> 01:12:19,144 - [Coach Shane] - Probably y'all know man, 2653 01:12:19,250 --> 01:12:20,667 When y'all come out here dawg, 2654 01:12:20,751 --> 01:12:22,083 y'all come and play hard. 2655 01:12:22,167 --> 01:12:24,436 - Y'all play to the whistle - and y'all get in 'em. 2656 01:12:24,542 --> 01:12:25,167 Okay? 2657 01:12:25,250 --> 01:12:26,751 - [All] Yes coach. 2658 01:12:26,834 --> 01:12:28,352 - [Coach Shane] Make sure - that they remember who you is 2659 01:12:28,459 --> 01:12:30,375 Because they already nitpicking. 2660 01:12:30,459 --> 01:12:31,959 They already nitpicking. 2661 01:12:32,042 --> 01:12:33,519 I hate people that nitpick 2662 01:12:33,543 --> 01:12:35,042 at stuff for no reason. 2663 01:12:35,125 --> 01:12:36,209 So as you come out here 2664 01:12:36,292 --> 01:12:37,332 and you make sure 2665 01:12:37,356 --> 01:12:38,417 you know who you are. 2666 01:12:38,500 --> 01:12:39,500 Do you understand that? 2667 01:12:39,542 --> 01:12:41,042 - [All] Yes coach. 2668 01:12:41,125 --> 01:12:42,686 - Make sure you come out - here with a lot of passion, 2669 01:12:42,792 --> 01:12:44,873 Enthusiasm and make 2670 01:12:44,897 --> 01:12:47,000 sure we get this damn W. 2671 01:12:47,083 --> 01:12:48,083 Do you understand that? 2672 01:12:48,167 --> 01:12:50,125 - [All] Yes coach. 2673 01:12:50,209 --> 01:12:51,895 - [Coach Shane] I hope y'all - already to play a ball game. 2674 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:53,334 Let's get their ass out the way. 2675 01:12:53,417 --> 01:12:56,834 (all applauding) 2676 01:12:56,918 --> 01:13:00,334 (applauding intensifies) 2677 01:13:01,751 --> 01:13:04,000 (crowd chattering) 2678 01:13:04,083 --> 01:13:05,834 - [Muhibb] what they gon' do? 2679 01:13:05,918 --> 01:13:06,918 They gon' put us in jail? 2680 01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:07,977 Too late we was 2681 01:13:08,001 --> 01:13:09,001 already born in it. 2682 01:13:09,083 --> 01:13:11,167 What they gon' do? 2683 01:13:11,250 --> 01:13:12,584 They gon' kill us? 2684 01:13:12,667 --> 01:13:14,227 - That'll only give - our children a reason 2685 01:13:14,334 --> 01:13:17,060 - To put our pictures underneath - their pillows at night. 2686 01:13:17,167 --> 01:13:19,352 - Praying hard that the - fairy godmother of justice, 2687 01:13:19,459 --> 01:13:21,227 - Instead of giving them - money for a tooth, 2688 01:13:21,334 --> 01:13:22,584 Give 'em the same courage, 2689 01:13:22,667 --> 01:13:23,853 - same (mumbles) - (man mumbles) 2690 01:13:23,959 --> 01:13:25,603 - Same determination - to be soldiers, 2691 01:13:25,709 --> 01:13:27,269 - Just like their mommas - and their daddies 2692 01:13:27,375 --> 01:13:28,626 When they grow up. 2693 01:13:28,709 --> 01:13:30,102 - There is nothing you can - do, we laughing at you. 2694 01:13:30,209 --> 01:13:31,709 - [Man] All over. 2695 01:13:31,792 --> 01:13:32,769 - Underneath all our pain. - [Man] Come on, give it up. 2696 01:13:32,876 --> 01:13:33,686 - Give it up. - We're laughing at you. 2697 01:13:33,792 --> 01:13:34,334 - [Man] Come on, come on. 2698 01:13:34,417 --> 01:13:35,667 Give it up. 2699 01:13:35,751 --> 01:13:36,686 - Underneath all these tears, - [Man] Come on. 2700 01:13:36,792 --> 01:13:38,250 - we're laughing at you. 2701 01:13:38,334 --> 01:13:39,811 - On Burleigh laughing at you. - [Man] Where else? 2702 01:13:39,918 --> 01:13:41,166 Garfield, Galena, Vine 2703 01:13:41,190 --> 01:13:42,459 we laughing at you. 2704 01:13:42,542 --> 01:13:44,227 - (mumbles) we laughing at you. - [Man] Take it home. 2705 01:13:44,334 --> 01:13:45,394 All poor people, all 2706 01:13:45,418 --> 01:13:46,500 oppressed people, 2707 01:13:46,584 --> 01:13:49,019 - all freedom loving people, - all righteous people 2708 01:13:49,125 --> 01:13:50,042 Are laughing at you. 2709 01:13:50,125 --> 01:13:52,918 Family, they will not break us. 2710 01:13:53,751 --> 01:13:54,959 They can not break us. 2711 01:13:55,042 --> 01:13:56,936 - Black children have - to begin to connect 2712 01:13:57,042 --> 01:13:59,123 With the idea that regardless 2713 01:13:59,147 --> 01:14:01,250 of what we go through 2714 01:14:02,834 --> 01:14:05,125 it's an unbreakable spirit. 2715 01:14:05,209 --> 01:14:06,709 That's a part of their DNA. 2716 01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:08,373 It's an breakable 2717 01:14:08,397 --> 01:14:10,000 part of who they are 2718 01:14:11,209 --> 01:14:12,853 - and then when they begin - to connect with that, 2719 01:14:12,959 --> 01:14:14,059 Then they'll begin to understand 2720 01:14:14,083 --> 01:14:15,227 they have a duty 2721 01:14:15,251 --> 01:14:16,417 and responsibility 2722 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:19,083 not to just stop because 2723 01:14:19,167 --> 01:14:21,144 - they're enduring struggles - in their neighborhood. 2724 01:14:21,250 --> 01:14:22,834 Not to just stop because 2725 01:14:22,918 --> 01:14:25,144 - they're enduring - struggles in their family. 2726 01:14:25,250 --> 01:14:26,915 We have always made 2727 01:14:26,939 --> 01:14:28,626 a way out of no way 2728 01:14:28,709 --> 01:14:30,603 and they have to continue 2729 01:14:30,627 --> 01:14:32,542 on that tradition for us. 2730 01:14:32,626 --> 01:14:34,769 - [News anchor] 6:39 this - morning and (mumbles) 2731 01:14:34,876 --> 01:14:36,436 - Police investigating a - double death investigation 2732 01:14:36,542 --> 01:14:37,751 On the cities of (mumbles) 2733 01:14:37,834 --> 01:14:40,542 (mumbles) with the update. 2734 01:14:40,626 --> 01:14:42,769 - [News anchor] Hey - and good morning I have 2735 01:14:42,876 --> 01:14:44,853 - The medical examiner - telling us the victims, 2736 01:14:44,959 --> 01:14:46,728 Two adult autopsies are 2737 01:14:46,752 --> 01:14:48,542 scheduled for later today. 2738 01:14:48,626 --> 01:14:50,686 - Police called here through - reports of a shooting 2739 01:14:50,792 --> 01:14:52,250 Just set for two o'clock 2740 01:14:52,334 --> 01:14:54,269 - that was in an alley - about a half a city block 2741 01:14:54,375 --> 01:14:55,852 Between 10th and 11th and 2742 01:14:55,876 --> 01:14:57,375 between Capital and Haven 2743 01:14:57,459 --> 01:14:58,250 and while we were here, 2744 01:14:58,334 --> 01:14:59,209 we saw detectives checking out 2745 01:14:59,292 --> 01:15:01,167 this van behind this (mumbles) 2746 01:15:01,250 --> 01:15:03,227 - Police have cleared - the alley scene where 2747 01:15:03,334 --> 01:15:05,584 The two victims were recovered. 2748 01:15:05,667 --> 01:15:07,832 Police responded to 2749 01:15:07,856 --> 01:15:10,042 a shooting (mumbles) 2750 01:15:10,125 --> 01:15:12,125 (bus squeaks) 2751 01:15:12,209 --> 01:15:14,667 (somber music) 2752 01:15:17,125 --> 01:15:19,500 (engine revs) 2753 01:15:23,209 --> 01:15:25,686 (bell rings) 2754 01:15:25,710 --> 01:15:28,209 (students chattering) 2755 01:15:28,751 --> 01:15:29,751 - I'm tired bro. 2756 01:15:30,959 --> 01:15:32,228 Honestly I am tired don't 2757 01:15:32,252 --> 01:15:33,542 even need to lie to you. 2758 01:15:33,626 --> 01:15:35,561 (chattering continues) 2759 01:15:35,585 --> 01:15:37,542 What's up boy? 2760 01:15:37,626 --> 01:15:38,832 - [Man] This is can 2761 01:15:38,856 --> 01:15:40,083 happen to any man. 2762 01:15:40,167 --> 01:15:42,250 (mumbles) 2763 01:15:42,334 --> 01:15:43,790 You got the second lined 2764 01:15:43,814 --> 01:15:45,292 up over number two. 2765 01:15:45,375 --> 01:15:47,500 Apex in the tackle 2766 01:15:47,584 --> 01:15:49,751 and the second while receiving. 2767 01:15:49,834 --> 01:15:52,042 Watch the hole right here. 2768 01:15:53,375 --> 01:15:54,292 - [Rick Sr.] How you doing man. 2769 01:15:54,375 --> 01:15:55,626 How's your day going? 2770 01:15:55,709 --> 01:15:56,626 - [Marquell] Good. 2771 01:15:56,709 --> 01:15:57,876 - [Rick Sr.] You good? 2772 01:15:57,959 --> 01:15:58,769 - [Marquell] Just wanna - come to talk to you 2773 01:15:58,876 --> 01:16:00,375 About a little stuff, you know. 2774 01:16:00,459 --> 01:16:01,769 - [Rick Sr.] Oh, what's - up, what's going on? 2775 01:16:01,876 --> 01:16:03,394 - [Marquell] We never got a - little chance to talk and stuff. 2776 01:16:03,500 --> 01:16:04,560 - How's your school year going 2777 01:16:04,584 --> 01:16:06,083 since the new school year? 2778 01:16:06,167 --> 01:16:07,375 - I was, it's going good. 2779 01:16:07,459 --> 01:16:08,436 I had a 3.0, then 2780 01:16:08,460 --> 01:16:09,460 it went to a 2.8 2781 01:16:09,542 --> 01:16:11,626 and then it went to a 2.4. 2782 01:16:11,709 --> 01:16:12,542 - Aint that reversed? 2783 01:16:12,626 --> 01:16:14,167 That's the wrong way, you know. 2784 01:16:14,250 --> 01:16:16,375 How was your summer? 2785 01:16:16,459 --> 01:16:17,751 - [Marquell] It was- 2786 01:16:17,834 --> 01:16:20,060 - [Rick Sr.] (mumbles) moms, - I guess is what I should ask. 2787 01:16:20,167 --> 01:16:21,436 - [Marquell] I was just- - (blows raspberry) 2788 01:16:21,542 --> 01:16:22,626 It was just, everywhere. 2789 01:16:22,709 --> 01:16:25,417 - You got to (mumbles) 2790 01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:27,186 - [Marquell] - Everywhere it was just 2791 01:16:27,292 --> 01:16:28,334 Me arguing with her, 2792 01:16:28,417 --> 01:16:30,375 her arguing with me. 2793 01:16:30,459 --> 01:16:31,790 We getting into with 2794 01:16:31,814 --> 01:16:33,167 her, putting me out. 2795 01:16:33,250 --> 01:16:35,375 Me trynna go stay with my dad. 2796 01:16:35,459 --> 01:16:36,769 Me staying with my sister 2797 01:16:36,793 --> 01:16:38,125 and stuff like that. 2798 01:16:38,209 --> 01:16:39,751 If I wanted my relationship 2799 01:16:39,834 --> 01:16:41,686 - with my mom (stutters) - peaches and cream, 2800 01:16:41,792 --> 01:16:43,603 - It'd be like her - understanding where 2801 01:16:43,709 --> 01:16:45,519 A teenager coming 2802 01:16:45,543 --> 01:16:47,375 from her understanding 2803 01:16:47,459 --> 01:16:49,792 that my dad wouldn't like, 2804 01:16:49,876 --> 01:16:51,561 - wasn't real there - Not really there. 2805 01:16:51,667 --> 01:16:52,936 - And wasn't like 2806 01:16:52,960 --> 01:16:54,250 really trynna be there 2807 01:16:54,334 --> 01:16:55,584 in my life right now. 2808 01:16:55,667 --> 01:16:57,644 - Like I'm older now and I - know who my real daddy. 2809 01:16:57,751 --> 01:16:58,853 She don't understand 2810 01:16:58,877 --> 01:17:00,000 that I was like, 2811 01:17:00,083 --> 01:17:01,186 usually I used to cry 2812 01:17:01,210 --> 01:17:02,334 about the situation 2813 01:17:02,417 --> 01:17:03,250 and stuff like that 2814 01:17:03,334 --> 01:17:04,393 but like me crying about it 2815 01:17:04,417 --> 01:17:05,500 it ain't gonna help at all. 2816 01:17:05,584 --> 01:17:06,626 - Okay look. 2817 01:17:06,709 --> 01:17:09,375 Put yourself in her shoes. 2818 01:17:09,459 --> 01:17:10,790 She leaves four days, 2819 01:17:10,814 --> 01:17:12,167 your her first son right? 2820 01:17:12,250 --> 01:17:13,000 - Mm-hmm. 2821 01:17:13,083 --> 01:17:14,083 How would you feel? 2822 01:17:16,209 --> 01:17:17,375 You wouldn't be mad? 2823 01:17:17,459 --> 01:17:19,000 Everyday with peaches and cream? 2824 01:17:19,083 --> 01:17:20,811 - Everything would - be joyful, happy, 2825 01:17:20,918 --> 01:17:22,459 You in heaven right? 2826 01:17:22,542 --> 01:17:23,686 - You wouldn't be mad? - I mean I'd kinda be mad. 2827 01:17:23,792 --> 01:17:25,209 - You, kinda? 2828 01:17:25,292 --> 01:17:26,894 Boy, if that was my son 2829 01:17:26,918 --> 01:17:28,542 I would have beaten his- 2830 01:17:28,626 --> 01:17:29,626 he gone for four days, 2831 01:17:29,667 --> 01:17:30,918 and you don't know where he is. 2832 01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:31,728 - He not texting me, - he not calling me 2833 01:17:31,834 --> 01:17:33,000 You not know nothing. 2834 01:17:33,083 --> 01:17:34,269 - People get mad and - they say stupid stuff. 2835 01:17:34,375 --> 01:17:36,375 She probably don't mean it. 2836 01:17:36,459 --> 01:17:37,459 Right? 2837 01:17:37,500 --> 01:17:39,500 Ask her, talk to her. 2838 01:17:39,584 --> 01:17:41,186 She probably, she really 2839 01:17:41,210 --> 01:17:42,834 don't mean it, most likely. 2840 01:17:42,918 --> 01:17:44,042 If she didn't love you, 2841 01:17:44,125 --> 01:17:45,811 - she would've kicked - you out already. 2842 01:17:45,918 --> 01:17:47,436 - [Kweku] See words - is just the beginning 2843 01:17:47,542 --> 01:17:49,895 - Of our apology, actions - now are the secondary part 2844 01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:51,728 - And the one that really - moves the needle. 2845 01:17:51,834 --> 01:17:53,811 - So if somebody wants to - reestablish a relationship 2846 01:17:53,918 --> 01:17:55,125 They have to understand, 2847 01:17:55,209 --> 01:17:56,853 - you have to start - back at ground zero 2848 01:17:56,959 --> 01:17:58,459 And you have to move very slowly 2849 01:17:58,542 --> 01:18:00,811 - and as you start to gain - their trust a little bit 2850 01:18:00,918 --> 01:18:02,145 It becomes a snowball 2851 01:18:02,169 --> 01:18:03,417 in a positive effect 2852 01:18:03,500 --> 01:18:04,751 but it's gotta take time. 2853 01:18:04,834 --> 01:18:06,292 You can't expect them 2854 01:18:06,375 --> 01:18:08,227 - to move at a pace quicker - than what they want. 2855 01:18:08,334 --> 01:18:09,561 You have to understand the 2856 01:18:09,585 --> 01:18:10,834 hesitancy that they have 2857 01:18:10,918 --> 01:18:12,061 and be compassionate 2858 01:18:12,085 --> 01:18:13,250 towards that. 2859 01:18:13,334 --> 01:18:14,915 - [Brillyon] Try to 2860 01:18:14,939 --> 01:18:16,542 build a relationship. 2861 01:18:16,626 --> 01:18:18,415 Not one person could 2862 01:18:18,439 --> 01:18:20,250 just do it by yourself. 2863 01:18:20,334 --> 01:18:21,542 (Marquell mumbles) 2864 01:18:21,626 --> 01:18:22,269 - She acts like she can. - [Brillyon] It's 50-50. 2865 01:18:22,375 --> 01:18:23,167 No, it's a 50-50. 2866 01:18:23,250 --> 01:18:24,250 (Brillyon mumbles) 2867 01:18:24,292 --> 01:18:25,167 You was gone for four days 2868 01:18:25,250 --> 01:18:27,500 how was that trynna fix her? 2869 01:18:27,584 --> 01:18:28,643 - [Marquell] Me leaving would be 2870 01:18:28,667 --> 01:18:30,082 a better decision 2871 01:18:30,106 --> 01:18:31,542 for me and stuff 2872 01:18:31,626 --> 01:18:33,918 there's a group home somewhere. 2873 01:18:34,042 --> 01:18:35,209 (Brillyon mumbles) 2874 01:18:35,292 --> 01:18:36,227 - 'Cause when you - old, when you grown 2875 01:18:36,334 --> 01:18:37,209 They're gon' kick you out. 2876 01:18:37,292 --> 01:18:38,500 (child screaming in distant) 2877 01:18:38,584 --> 01:18:39,603 - [Man] Don't worry - about it (mumbles) 2878 01:18:39,709 --> 01:18:41,436 - Okay I just had - my head (mumbles) 2879 01:18:41,542 --> 01:18:42,918 - [Brillyon] No. 2880 01:18:44,459 --> 01:18:46,290 I'ma need you to stop acting 2881 01:18:46,314 --> 01:18:48,167 like that towards your mother. 2882 01:18:48,250 --> 01:18:49,876 - [Rick Sr.] Let me ask you, 2883 01:18:49,959 --> 01:18:51,561 - what's the real reason - your arguing all the time? 2884 01:18:51,667 --> 01:18:53,667 Why y'all bumping heads? 2885 01:18:54,667 --> 01:18:56,394 - Mainly- - In your opinion. 2886 01:18:56,500 --> 01:18:57,644 - In my opinion. - Yeah. 2887 01:18:57,751 --> 01:18:59,811 - The main reason is - that she be always like, 2888 01:18:59,918 --> 01:19:01,061 She have some type of 2889 01:19:01,085 --> 01:19:02,250 aggressive towards me 2890 01:19:02,334 --> 01:19:04,311 - when she asks me to do - something or whatever 2891 01:19:04,417 --> 01:19:05,811 - And I'm like, "All - right, I'm finna do it." 2892 01:19:05,918 --> 01:19:06,936 - And then she be like, "No, - do it now, do it now." 2893 01:19:07,042 --> 01:19:08,123 I'm like, "Okay I'm 2894 01:19:08,147 --> 01:19:09,250 finna do it right now. 2895 01:19:09,334 --> 01:19:10,853 - "Like, why are you just - getting all aggressive?" 2896 01:19:10,959 --> 01:19:12,936 - Okay, so why you just get - aggressive back with her? 2897 01:19:13,042 --> 01:19:14,250 'Cause that's how you do? 2898 01:19:14,334 --> 01:19:15,709 Instead of arguing with moms 2899 01:19:15,792 --> 01:19:17,895 - 'cause you know how y'all - relationship could be. 2900 01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:19,125 Right? 2901 01:19:19,209 --> 01:19:20,603 - It could be good, it - could be great one day 2902 01:19:20,709 --> 01:19:22,144 - And then one moment - the button push. 2903 01:19:22,250 --> 01:19:24,417 So you just do your part. 2904 01:19:24,500 --> 01:19:26,042 You only control who? 2905 01:19:26,125 --> 01:19:27,042 - On myself. 2906 01:19:27,125 --> 01:19:28,834 - So that's what you gotta do. 2907 01:19:28,918 --> 01:19:30,853 - You already know how the - situation already is, right? 2908 01:19:30,959 --> 01:19:32,125 - Mm-hmm. 2909 01:19:32,209 --> 01:19:33,541 So, always have 2910 01:19:33,565 --> 01:19:34,918 control Marquell. 2911 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:36,540 So that's what you gotta 2912 01:19:36,564 --> 01:19:38,125 work on with mom for real. 2913 01:19:38,209 --> 01:19:39,667 It's control. 2914 01:19:39,751 --> 01:19:41,603 - So when she knows that - you're controlling, 2915 01:19:41,709 --> 01:19:42,853 - You're doing what - you're supposed to do, 2916 01:19:42,959 --> 01:19:44,584 She's gonna let up. 2917 01:19:44,667 --> 01:19:45,667 I know you don't see it 2918 01:19:45,751 --> 01:19:46,832 'cause you're always 2919 01:19:46,856 --> 01:19:47,959 arguing back with her. 2920 01:19:48,042 --> 01:19:49,644 - So one day you just - go in and just say, 2921 01:19:49,751 --> 01:19:51,918 "Hey, okay, I'ma do it." 2922 01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:53,250 If she say, "Do it now." 2923 01:19:53,334 --> 01:19:54,542 You don't have to respond. 2924 01:19:54,626 --> 01:19:55,626 Just do it. 2925 01:19:55,667 --> 01:19:57,500 - Now that you think about it, 2926 01:19:57,584 --> 01:19:59,083 what you, how do you feel 2927 01:19:59,167 --> 01:20:01,686 - that now that you think - about it, that what you did? 2928 01:20:01,792 --> 01:20:03,519 - You don't feel any guilt? - I kinda feel ashamed. 2929 01:20:03,626 --> 01:20:05,209 - You don't feel ashamed? 2930 01:20:05,292 --> 01:20:07,167 - I kinda feel ashamed, kinda 2931 01:20:07,250 --> 01:20:08,895 - because I didn't let her - know where I was going. 2932 01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:09,876 That's about it. 2933 01:20:09,959 --> 01:20:11,519 - (Brandon mumbles) - Okay 2934 01:20:11,626 --> 01:20:12,811 - But you could've - text her saying, 2935 01:20:12,918 --> 01:20:14,228 "I'm okay you don't 2936 01:20:14,252 --> 01:20:15,584 have to worry about me." 2937 01:20:15,667 --> 01:20:16,542 Right? 2938 01:20:16,626 --> 01:20:17,876 (Marquell chuckles) 2939 01:20:17,959 --> 01:20:20,332 No 'cause you was acting 2940 01:20:20,356 --> 01:20:22,751 like a jackass towards her. 2941 01:20:23,667 --> 01:20:24,644 - Not really. - Yes really. 2942 01:20:24,751 --> 01:20:25,477 - You quite an attitude - with her about her 2943 01:20:25,584 --> 01:20:27,876 When she checked up on you man. 2944 01:20:29,167 --> 01:20:30,436 - Well, I guess I'ma 2945 01:20:30,460 --> 01:20:31,751 just and work things out 2946 01:20:31,834 --> 01:20:34,959 and I guess I'ma talk to her. 2947 01:20:35,042 --> 01:20:37,667 - What do you mean I guess? 2948 01:20:37,751 --> 01:20:39,477 - I'm not finna just - jump right into it. 2949 01:20:39,584 --> 01:20:40,853 - "Oh yes, I'm gonna help." - [Brillyon] I mean 2950 01:20:40,959 --> 01:20:42,436 - But you should though. - Yes I'm gonna do everything. 2951 01:20:42,542 --> 01:20:43,834 - You should though. 2952 01:20:43,918 --> 01:20:46,603 - If you wanna fix this - relationship, you should bro. 2953 01:20:46,709 --> 01:20:48,519 - [Rick Sr.] Who's 2954 01:20:48,543 --> 01:20:50,375 in Marquell's way? 2955 01:20:50,459 --> 01:20:52,895 - [Marquell] I don't know. - [Rick Sr.] Marquell. 2956 01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:54,292 Well we started with ma', 2957 01:20:54,375 --> 01:20:55,751 you go back and forth with ma'. 2958 01:20:55,834 --> 01:20:57,500 You said on the football field, 2959 01:20:57,584 --> 01:20:58,728 you can't control... 2960 01:20:58,752 --> 01:20:59,918 - My anger. 2961 01:21:01,167 --> 01:21:03,060 - [Rick Sr.] So it - comes back to who? 2962 01:21:03,167 --> 01:21:04,667 - My anger and myself. 2963 01:21:04,751 --> 01:21:05,728 - [Rick Sr.] And - once you, I told you, 2964 01:21:05,834 --> 01:21:07,165 Once you put your 2965 01:21:07,189 --> 01:21:08,542 mind to it, Marquell, 2966 01:21:08,626 --> 01:21:10,375 the world is yours. 2967 01:21:10,459 --> 01:21:12,375 You're a great kid. 2968 01:21:12,459 --> 01:21:14,751 I tell you that all the time 2969 01:21:14,834 --> 01:21:17,060 - and I know that's the - thing that you really want. 2970 01:21:17,167 --> 01:21:18,707 Just that relationship 2971 01:21:18,731 --> 01:21:20,292 with your mom. 2972 01:21:21,626 --> 01:21:23,876 That's what we gon' build on. 2973 01:21:25,042 --> 01:21:26,290 Ain't nothing wrong 2974 01:21:26,314 --> 01:21:27,584 with shedding tears. 2975 01:21:27,667 --> 01:21:29,000 Let it go. 2976 01:21:29,083 --> 01:21:30,519 Don't hold it in 2977 01:21:30,543 --> 01:21:32,000 just let it out. 2978 01:21:32,083 --> 01:21:33,728 - I still gon' have - the same things. 2979 01:21:33,834 --> 01:21:35,667 Still gon' have the same way. 2980 01:21:35,751 --> 01:21:37,477 - Still gon' have the - same grudge against me. 2981 01:21:37,584 --> 01:21:39,542 Still no point of me trying? 2982 01:21:39,626 --> 01:21:41,227 - [Rick Sr.] Well - let me tell you this, 2983 01:21:41,334 --> 01:21:42,499 As long as you on 2984 01:21:42,523 --> 01:21:43,709 grudge against yourself, 2985 01:21:43,792 --> 01:21:45,000 like I said, 2986 01:21:45,083 --> 01:21:46,895 - you can't control what - other people's thoughts are 2987 01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:48,959 Only what Marquell's is. 2988 01:21:50,250 --> 01:21:51,352 You see that pain, 2989 01:21:51,376 --> 01:21:52,500 that pain for mom 2990 01:21:52,584 --> 01:21:54,000 but you gotta work on that. 2991 01:21:54,083 --> 01:21:57,125 (Marquell sniffs) 2992 01:21:57,209 --> 01:21:59,375 (Rick Sr. mumbles) 2993 01:21:59,459 --> 01:22:00,334 Come on. 2994 01:22:00,417 --> 01:22:01,417 Stay strong. 2995 01:22:05,125 --> 01:22:05,876 - How you been man? 2996 01:22:05,959 --> 01:22:06,709 - I've been aight. 2997 01:22:06,792 --> 01:22:07,792 You've been all right? 2998 01:22:07,834 --> 01:22:08,542 - Yeah. 2999 01:22:08,626 --> 01:22:11,167 - What's been going on lately? 3000 01:22:12,417 --> 01:22:13,853 - I moved out of the - group home to like, 3001 01:22:13,959 --> 01:22:15,918 Another group home and stuff. 3002 01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:16,834 - [Woman] So that's everything 3003 01:22:16,918 --> 01:22:18,375 from the front desk binder 3004 01:22:18,459 --> 01:22:19,626 and the van binder. 3005 01:22:19,709 --> 01:22:21,227 - All of his information - right there. 3006 01:22:21,334 --> 01:22:22,584 - Okay. 3007 01:22:22,667 --> 01:22:23,790 So he was discharged 3008 01:22:23,814 --> 01:22:24,959 on December the 6th. 3009 01:22:25,042 --> 01:22:26,686 - He was doing you - know really good 3010 01:22:26,792 --> 01:22:28,000 Since he came in June. 3011 01:22:28,083 --> 01:22:29,332 He had made a lot 3012 01:22:29,356 --> 01:22:30,626 of good strides 3013 01:22:30,709 --> 01:22:32,353 and he had met some of his 3014 01:22:32,377 --> 01:22:34,042 goals while he was here 3015 01:22:34,125 --> 01:22:35,876 but I know it seems like during 3016 01:22:35,959 --> 01:22:37,542 the month of November he started 3017 01:22:37,626 --> 01:22:39,352 - to just have a lot - of incident reports 3018 01:22:39,459 --> 01:22:41,290 For just pretty much what, 3019 01:22:41,314 --> 01:22:43,167 being defiant with staff. 3020 01:22:43,250 --> 01:22:44,459 - [Woman] Yes. 3021 01:22:44,542 --> 01:22:46,519 - Challenging the staff. - Challenging the staff. 3022 01:22:46,626 --> 01:22:48,334 Oh and I did share with him 3023 01:22:48,417 --> 01:22:49,790 that if he wanted 3024 01:22:49,814 --> 01:22:51,209 to reach out to us 3025 01:22:51,292 --> 01:22:53,019 - or especially even - me that he could 3026 01:22:53,125 --> 01:22:54,834 You know call me at any time. 3027 01:22:54,918 --> 01:22:56,207 Yeah and I know he was 3028 01:22:56,231 --> 01:22:57,542 very kind of remorseful 3029 01:22:57,626 --> 01:22:59,186 - and that last night - before he had to go 3030 01:22:59,292 --> 01:23:00,686 - It seems like he - just didn't believe 3031 01:23:00,792 --> 01:23:02,373 That we were really going to 3032 01:23:02,397 --> 01:23:04,000 go through with our removal. 3033 01:23:04,083 --> 01:23:05,542 He thought he was going to get, 3034 01:23:05,626 --> 01:23:07,042 you know, more and more chances. 3035 01:23:07,125 --> 01:23:08,665 - [Sean] Okay, why you 3036 01:23:08,689 --> 01:23:10,250 move out the last one? 3037 01:23:10,334 --> 01:23:11,561 - The one they got - me going to now 3038 01:23:11,667 --> 01:23:12,728 It's more towards like 3039 01:23:12,752 --> 01:23:13,834 an independent living, 3040 01:23:13,918 --> 01:23:14,918 - Okay. 3041 01:23:14,959 --> 01:23:16,311 - Group home versus - the other one. 3042 01:23:16,417 --> 01:23:18,102 - It was just for like, - all boys sort of. 3043 01:23:18,209 --> 01:23:19,250 - Yeah. 3044 01:23:19,334 --> 01:23:20,125 - Well yeah. 3045 01:23:20,209 --> 01:23:22,167 - How you liking this one? 3046 01:23:22,250 --> 01:23:23,459 - [Brandon] It's all right. 3047 01:23:23,542 --> 01:23:24,540 - [Sean] It's okay? 3048 01:23:24,564 --> 01:23:25,584 (Brandon mumbles) 3049 01:23:25,667 --> 01:23:26,852 - I can manage and deal with it, 3050 01:23:26,876 --> 01:23:28,125 you know what I'm saying? 3051 01:23:28,209 --> 01:23:30,751 - [Sean] How you manage it? 3052 01:23:30,834 --> 01:23:31,834 - [Brandon] You know, 3053 01:23:31,918 --> 01:23:32,728 - just trynna keep in - touch with people 3054 01:23:32,834 --> 01:23:33,834 Like my momma, 3055 01:23:33,918 --> 01:23:34,918 - [Sean] Okay. 3056 01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:36,144 - [Brandon] and like my - other family members, 3057 01:23:36,250 --> 01:23:37,853 - You know, when I got - (mumbles) reasons, 3058 01:23:37,959 --> 01:23:38,977 - [Sean] Yeah. - [Brandon] I call up on them. 3059 01:23:39,083 --> 01:23:40,603 - [Sean] What school - you going to now? 3060 01:23:40,709 --> 01:23:42,082 - I'm at Lad Lake Synergy 3061 01:23:42,106 --> 01:23:43,500 it's an alternative School. 3062 01:23:43,584 --> 01:23:45,895 - [Sean] That's the one you - was at last time we met? 3063 01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:47,644 - [Brandon] No, I - was at Bradley Tech. 3064 01:23:47,751 --> 01:23:48,834 - [Sean] What happened, 3065 01:23:48,918 --> 01:23:50,060 - why you don't go - to Bradley no more? 3066 01:23:50,167 --> 01:23:51,042 - [Brandon] I got kicked out. 3067 01:23:51,125 --> 01:23:51,918 - [Sean] What? 3068 01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:52,667 - [Brandon] Yeah. 3069 01:23:52,751 --> 01:23:54,250 - [Sean] For what man? 3070 01:23:54,334 --> 01:23:55,561 - [Brandon] I ripped this - girl's eyebrows off her face. 3071 01:23:55,667 --> 01:23:56,375 - [Sean] What? 3072 01:23:56,459 --> 01:23:57,876 (both laughing) 3073 01:23:57,959 --> 01:23:59,209 - [Brandon] With a lighter? 3074 01:23:59,292 --> 01:24:01,876 That's why (mumbles) 3075 01:24:01,959 --> 01:24:03,292 - [Sean] You did what? 3076 01:24:03,375 --> 01:24:04,375 - I took a lighter, 3077 01:24:04,417 --> 01:24:05,667 - [Sean] Yeah. 3078 01:24:05,751 --> 01:24:07,186 - And a blow torch and - I was trynna you know, 3079 01:24:07,292 --> 01:24:08,542 Create a flame out of it. 3080 01:24:08,626 --> 01:24:09,751 - Yeah. 3081 01:24:09,834 --> 01:24:10,895 - But she was - standing next to me 3082 01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:12,769 - And you know I - wasn't aware of that, 3083 01:24:12,876 --> 01:24:15,436 - You know, I was just in the - spirit of moment type stuff 3084 01:24:15,542 --> 01:24:16,834 And I did this 3085 01:24:16,918 --> 01:24:18,311 - but it was like big enough - to catch flame like, 3086 01:24:18,417 --> 01:24:20,292 Like the size of this. 3087 01:24:20,375 --> 01:24:21,542 - So it wasn't intentional? 3088 01:24:21,626 --> 01:24:22,626 - No, it was on accident. 3089 01:24:22,709 --> 01:24:23,728 - [Lydia] They were 3090 01:24:23,752 --> 01:24:24,792 actually a little, 3091 01:24:24,876 --> 01:24:26,686 - I guess a little - empathetic to the situation 3092 01:24:26,792 --> 01:24:29,186 - Because he could have been - expelled from MPS period. 3093 01:24:29,292 --> 01:24:30,542 - Yeah. 3094 01:24:30,626 --> 01:24:32,415 - But instead he got, I 3095 01:24:32,439 --> 01:24:34,250 guess, expelled into a, 3096 01:24:34,334 --> 01:24:35,728 - what do you call it? - Alternative school. 3097 01:24:35,834 --> 01:24:37,519 - Alternative school - that's still a part of MPS. 3098 01:24:37,626 --> 01:24:39,250 - I'm glad that you know, 3099 01:24:39,334 --> 01:24:41,102 - us communicating with - each other, you know, 3100 01:24:41,209 --> 01:24:42,500 It's having an impact on you. 3101 01:24:42,584 --> 01:24:44,186 You allowing my story 3102 01:24:44,210 --> 01:24:45,834 and what I went through 3103 01:24:45,918 --> 01:24:47,459 have an impact on you. 3104 01:24:47,542 --> 01:24:49,311 Oh I want you, as you find 3105 01:24:49,335 --> 01:24:51,125 yourself in this new school 3106 01:24:51,209 --> 01:24:52,644 - and as you continue - to transition 3107 01:24:52,751 --> 01:24:54,125 Through this new group home, 3108 01:24:54,209 --> 01:24:55,832 I want you to have these 3109 01:24:55,856 --> 01:24:57,500 checkpoints along the way. 3110 01:24:57,584 --> 01:24:59,811 - I want you to question every - decision that you make. 3111 01:24:59,918 --> 01:25:01,375 I want you to ask yourself, 3112 01:25:01,459 --> 01:25:03,436 - how is this going to affect - me first and foremost? 3113 01:25:03,542 --> 01:25:05,375 Is it gonna be beneficial to me? 3114 01:25:05,459 --> 01:25:07,352 - [Muhibb] So even if you - dried the whole hood up. 3115 01:25:07,459 --> 01:25:08,709 - [Man] Say it again. 3116 01:25:08,792 --> 01:25:09,977 - Or if you dried - all the center up 3117 01:25:10,083 --> 01:25:11,584 Make it look like a desert. 3118 01:25:11,667 --> 01:25:12,749 Leave us with no 3119 01:25:12,773 --> 01:25:13,876 money, no opportunity, 3120 01:25:13,959 --> 01:25:15,792 no home, no chances, no mothers, 3121 01:25:15,876 --> 01:25:17,876 no fathers, make dope dealing 3122 01:25:17,959 --> 01:25:19,292 the only way of life. 3123 01:25:19,375 --> 01:25:21,311 - Have us robbin' each - other over your scraps. 3124 01:25:21,417 --> 01:25:22,626 - [Man] What else? 3125 01:25:22,709 --> 01:25:23,519 - Killing each other - over your crumbs. 3126 01:25:23,626 --> 01:25:24,459 - [Man] Come on, go down. 3127 01:25:24,542 --> 01:25:25,667 - Make 18 a good age to die. 3128 01:25:25,751 --> 01:25:27,644 - Put our faces on - t-shirts memorialized. 3129 01:25:27,751 --> 01:25:29,000 Gives us the worst everything. 3130 01:25:29,083 --> 01:25:29,834 - What? 3131 01:25:29,918 --> 01:25:31,459 - Worst education, worst food, 3132 01:25:31,542 --> 01:25:33,394 - worst clothing, worst jobs - and after all of that, 3133 01:25:33,500 --> 01:25:34,853 - We will still look - you dead in your eye 3134 01:25:34,959 --> 01:25:36,000 And ask you, 3135 01:25:36,083 --> 01:25:37,584 - [Both] Is that all you got? 3136 01:25:37,667 --> 01:25:38,709 (audience cheering) 3137 01:25:38,792 --> 01:25:40,040 - [Muhibb] I used to get 3138 01:25:40,064 --> 01:25:41,334 the worst of everything. 3139 01:25:41,417 --> 01:25:42,624 We'll be in classroom and 3140 01:25:42,648 --> 01:25:43,876 they talk about the pain, 3141 01:25:43,959 --> 01:25:45,082 the pain of not having 3142 01:25:45,106 --> 01:25:46,250 a father in their life, 3143 01:25:46,334 --> 01:25:48,436 - the pain of not having - their mother in their life 3144 01:25:48,542 --> 01:25:50,083 Or their mother being on drugs. 3145 01:25:50,167 --> 01:25:51,394 The pain of 3146 01:25:51,418 --> 01:25:52,667 witnessing homicides, 3147 01:25:52,751 --> 01:25:53,728 - their best friends - getting killed, 3148 01:25:53,834 --> 01:25:55,290 Walking around with 3149 01:25:55,314 --> 01:25:56,792 rest in peace t-shirts 3150 01:25:56,876 --> 01:25:58,478 and many times that pain 3151 01:25:58,502 --> 01:26:00,125 might be self-inflicted 3152 01:26:00,209 --> 01:26:02,123 and it might be inflicted 3153 01:26:02,147 --> 01:26:04,083 upon them by their family. 3154 01:26:04,167 --> 01:26:05,228 Maybe the solutions 3155 01:26:05,252 --> 01:26:06,334 to their pain 3156 01:26:06,417 --> 01:26:08,186 - is not really coming - to pass because 3157 01:26:08,292 --> 01:26:10,061 It's a whole lot of 3158 01:26:10,085 --> 01:26:11,876 us that make money 3159 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:13,394 off of our children being 3160 01:26:13,418 --> 01:26:14,834 the way that they are. 3161 01:26:14,918 --> 01:26:17,250 (woman humming melodically) 3162 01:26:17,334 --> 01:26:19,477 - Hey. - [Tiana] Nice to meet you. 3163 01:26:19,584 --> 01:26:20,811 - Nice to meet you. - [Tiana] My name is Tiana. 3164 01:26:20,918 --> 01:26:22,417 - [Man] How you doing? 3165 01:26:22,500 --> 01:26:23,584 So we gon' get on today? 3166 01:26:23,667 --> 01:26:25,250 (humming continues) 3167 01:26:25,334 --> 01:26:27,103 - [Tiana] I wanna 3168 01:26:27,127 --> 01:26:28,918 record this song. 3169 01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:30,334 It's called "Pain". 3170 01:26:30,417 --> 01:26:32,667 ♪ Pain ♪ 3171 01:26:32,751 --> 01:26:34,020 ♪ Tired of going 3172 01:26:34,044 --> 01:26:35,334 through all this pain ♪ 3173 01:26:35,417 --> 01:26:38,209 ♪ What'd you know about pain ♪ 3174 01:26:38,292 --> 01:26:39,728 ♪ Tired of going 3175 01:26:39,752 --> 01:26:41,209 through all this pain ♪ 3176 01:26:41,292 --> 01:26:42,853 - ♪ Look lately I've - been at my lowest ♪ 3177 01:26:42,959 --> 01:26:44,042 ♪ I've been losing focus ♪ 3178 01:26:44,125 --> 01:26:45,167 ♪ It's fuck everybody ♪ 3179 01:26:45,250 --> 01:26:46,603 - ♪ 'Cause everybody - don't do me bogus ♪ 3180 01:26:46,709 --> 01:26:47,959 ♪ Can't trust nobody ♪ 3181 01:26:48,042 --> 01:26:49,227 - ♪ These demons covered - in sheep clothing ♪ 3182 01:26:49,334 --> 01:26:50,977 - ♪ And lord please don't - have mercy on them ♪ 3183 01:26:51,083 --> 01:26:52,000 ♪ When Karma's approaching ♪ 3184 01:26:52,083 --> 01:26:53,143 - [Rick Sr. Jr.] To let go. 3185 01:26:53,167 --> 01:26:54,977 - To truly let go and - go through the process 3186 01:26:55,083 --> 01:26:56,269 Instead of trying 3187 01:26:56,293 --> 01:26:57,500 to jump around it. 3188 01:26:57,584 --> 01:26:59,250 'Cause the more you go around it 3189 01:26:59,334 --> 01:27:00,436 the more it's gon' 3190 01:27:00,460 --> 01:27:01,584 plague your life 3191 01:27:01,667 --> 01:27:03,603 - and then the deeper - roots is gonna grow. 3192 01:27:03,709 --> 01:27:05,394 - 'Cause it's - basically like a seed 3193 01:27:05,500 --> 01:27:07,936 - And if that seed continues - to keep growing roots 3194 01:27:08,042 --> 01:27:09,352 - It's gonna continue - to keep coming out 3195 01:27:09,459 --> 01:27:11,000 At every stage of your life. 3196 01:27:11,083 --> 01:27:12,083 ♪ Karma's approaching ♪ 3197 01:27:12,125 --> 01:27:13,500 ♪ My thoughts keep me woken ♪ 3198 01:27:13,584 --> 01:27:14,834 ♪ My music, my freedom ♪ 3199 01:27:14,918 --> 01:27:16,125 ♪ I'm mentally broken ♪ 3200 01:27:16,209 --> 01:27:17,417 ♪ My soul is the reason ♪ 3201 01:27:17,500 --> 01:27:19,352 - I feel like, I'm - a disappointment 3202 01:27:22,042 --> 01:27:24,459 To people or like my family. 3203 01:27:26,459 --> 01:27:28,394 I feel like I'm a 3204 01:27:28,418 --> 01:27:30,375 disappointment to my mom. 3205 01:27:30,459 --> 01:27:32,459 On what the things I do. 3206 01:27:36,083 --> 01:27:37,894 I try to express my 3207 01:27:37,918 --> 01:27:39,751 feelings to people. 3208 01:27:39,834 --> 01:27:41,644 I only talk to one 3209 01:27:41,668 --> 01:27:43,500 person about my feelings 3210 01:27:43,584 --> 01:27:45,500 and it hurts sometimes. 3211 01:27:46,959 --> 01:27:48,540 I try to not be hurt 3212 01:27:48,564 --> 01:27:50,167 but I don't know. 3213 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:54,103 - [Rick Sr. Jr.] I've 3214 01:27:54,127 --> 01:27:55,417 had the same feeling. 3215 01:27:55,500 --> 01:27:57,792 Regardless of what someone, 3216 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:01,185 whether they're expressing that 3217 01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:02,459 that you're a disappointment 3218 01:28:02,542 --> 01:28:03,728 or whether you feel that 3219 01:28:03,752 --> 01:28:04,959 you're a disappointment, 3220 01:28:05,042 --> 01:28:06,894 I think the healing is 3221 01:28:06,918 --> 01:28:08,792 going to come in realizing 3222 01:28:08,876 --> 01:28:10,145 all the things that 3223 01:28:10,169 --> 01:28:11,459 you are and not 3224 01:28:11,542 --> 01:28:12,790 looking at all the things 3225 01:28:12,814 --> 01:28:14,083 that you feel you're not. 3226 01:28:14,167 --> 01:28:16,477 - ♪ I don't love that much to let - nobody had they way with me ♪ 3227 01:28:16,584 --> 01:28:17,876 ♪ I'm (mumbles) ♪ 3228 01:28:17,959 --> 01:28:18,811 - ♪ Aint gon' trust - fucked up nigga ♪ 3229 01:28:18,918 --> 01:28:20,125 ♪ If they not changing me ♪ 3230 01:28:20,209 --> 01:28:21,436 - I Just been on - my own for so long 3231 01:28:21,542 --> 01:28:23,332 I just don't see the 3232 01:28:23,356 --> 01:28:25,167 need in gettin' happy 3233 01:28:26,918 --> 01:28:28,311 - 'cause I'd rather just - stay like I am like, 3234 01:28:28,417 --> 01:28:30,248 Any piece of happiness 3235 01:28:30,272 --> 01:28:32,125 that I have I lose. 3236 01:28:32,209 --> 01:28:33,811 That's why I don't allow 3237 01:28:33,835 --> 01:28:35,459 myself to get happy. 3238 01:28:35,542 --> 01:28:37,519 I think I just run to the 3239 01:28:37,543 --> 01:28:39,542 wrong people for love. 3240 01:28:40,709 --> 01:28:42,165 I give all the toxic 3241 01:28:42,189 --> 01:28:43,667 people everything I have 3242 01:28:43,751 --> 01:28:44,751 and I like- 3243 01:28:46,125 --> 01:28:47,915 - [Rick Sr. Jr.] What 3244 01:28:47,939 --> 01:28:49,751 if I told you that 3245 01:28:49,834 --> 01:28:50,936 the placement and being 3246 01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:52,083 put back together, 3247 01:28:52,167 --> 01:28:53,959 you have to be broken. 3248 01:28:56,500 --> 01:28:58,042 - Why me? 3249 01:28:58,125 --> 01:28:59,000 - Why any of us? 3250 01:28:59,083 --> 01:29:00,542 We all feel broken in some area 3251 01:29:00,626 --> 01:29:02,249 in some way, shape 3252 01:29:02,273 --> 01:29:03,918 or form in our lives 3253 01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:06,584 but we get to make those choices 3254 01:29:07,792 --> 01:29:09,436 to put it, like put 3255 01:29:09,460 --> 01:29:11,125 it back together. 3256 01:29:11,209 --> 01:29:12,125 ♪ They not changing me ♪ 3257 01:29:12,209 --> 01:29:13,542 ♪ I damn cried so much ♪ 3258 01:29:13,626 --> 01:29:14,977 - ♪ Where I don't felt I - couldn't cry no more ♪ 3259 01:29:15,083 --> 01:29:16,167 ♪ Lost my baby brother ♪ 3260 01:29:16,250 --> 01:29:17,436 - ♪ Made me really - rethink life some more ♪ 3261 01:29:17,542 --> 01:29:18,977 - ♪ Like if he stayed - on life support ♪ 3262 01:29:19,083 --> 01:29:20,227 - ♪ Like did he have - the right support ♪ 3263 01:29:20,334 --> 01:29:21,519 - ♪ Like is the people - in my corner ♪ 3264 01:29:21,626 --> 01:29:22,728 ♪ Really gon' be 3265 01:29:22,752 --> 01:29:23,876 the right support ♪ 3266 01:29:23,959 --> 01:29:26,375 - [Boy] Shots rang out. 3267 01:29:26,459 --> 01:29:28,000 I got pulled it to the house. 3268 01:29:28,083 --> 01:29:29,417 I looked through the window 3269 01:29:29,500 --> 01:29:31,436 - and I just see a - body on the ground 3270 01:29:31,542 --> 01:29:33,332 And the dude was 3271 01:29:33,356 --> 01:29:35,167 standing over him. 3272 01:29:35,250 --> 01:29:36,582 You could hear him say 3273 01:29:36,606 --> 01:29:37,959 like, "I love you." 3274 01:29:38,042 --> 01:29:39,792 Dude, he didn't care about that, 3275 01:29:39,876 --> 01:29:42,250 he said, "I don't give a fuck." 3276 01:29:42,334 --> 01:29:43,415 Shot him three more 3277 01:29:43,439 --> 01:29:44,542 times in the head. 3278 01:29:48,667 --> 01:29:50,144 - [Rick Sr. Jr.] - It's not your fault 3279 01:29:50,250 --> 01:29:52,207 And I know that you probably 3280 01:29:52,231 --> 01:29:54,209 heard that from someone else 3281 01:29:54,292 --> 01:29:55,394 but there are certain 3282 01:29:55,418 --> 01:29:56,542 things in this life 3283 01:29:56,626 --> 01:29:57,834 that we can not control. 3284 01:29:57,918 --> 01:29:59,167 ♪ Give me sometime ♪ 3285 01:29:59,250 --> 01:30:00,102 - ♪ They sometime they - want to be you ♪ 3286 01:30:00,209 --> 01:30:01,083 ♪ I had to separate myself ♪ 3287 01:30:01,167 --> 01:30:02,292 ♪ Our mottoes wasn't equal ♪ 3288 01:30:02,375 --> 01:30:03,626 ♪ And I still pray for them ♪ 3289 01:30:03,709 --> 01:30:05,186 - ♪ 'Cause they need it - more than I need it ♪ 3290 01:30:05,292 --> 01:30:07,644 - ♪ And I'm for certain I'ma make - it before the next season ♪ 3291 01:30:07,751 --> 01:30:10,186 - ♪ And you can doubt me - now next year you gon be ♪ 3292 01:30:10,292 --> 01:30:11,707 - My dad shot 3293 01:30:11,731 --> 01:30:13,167 himself in the head. 3294 01:30:17,125 --> 01:30:18,727 He just decided to give 3295 01:30:18,751 --> 01:30:20,375 up, you know, just leave us 3296 01:30:20,459 --> 01:30:21,582 and this is a husband, 3297 01:30:21,606 --> 01:30:22,751 this is a father. 3298 01:30:22,834 --> 01:30:24,250 You know what I'm saying, 3299 01:30:24,334 --> 01:30:26,061 this ain't just anybody 3300 01:30:26,085 --> 01:30:27,834 like, we depended on him. 3301 01:30:27,918 --> 01:30:29,520 - [Rick Sr. Jr.] You can 3302 01:30:29,544 --> 01:30:31,167 forgive each and every day 3303 01:30:31,250 --> 01:30:33,165 and until you truly 3304 01:30:33,189 --> 01:30:35,125 deep down believe it, 3305 01:30:35,209 --> 01:30:36,959 then you'll let it go 3306 01:30:37,042 --> 01:30:38,352 - and that comes in - forgiving yourself 3307 01:30:38,459 --> 01:30:39,436 Too for feeling the 3308 01:30:39,460 --> 01:30:40,460 way that you feel. 3309 01:30:40,542 --> 01:30:42,519 You need to forgive him 3310 01:30:42,543 --> 01:30:44,542 and forgive yourself. 3311 01:30:44,626 --> 01:30:46,207 ♪ Tried of going 3312 01:30:46,231 --> 01:30:47,834 through all this pain ♪ 3313 01:30:47,918 --> 01:30:49,603 - Last summer, that was back 3314 01:30:49,627 --> 01:30:51,334 when I was doing dumb stuff 3315 01:30:51,417 --> 01:30:53,311 (mumbles) selling weed, 3316 01:30:53,335 --> 01:30:55,250 selling literally, 3317 01:30:55,334 --> 01:30:56,769 I ain't even lying, selling 3318 01:30:56,793 --> 01:30:58,250 crack cocaine, all that. 3319 01:30:58,334 --> 01:31:00,250 I found that I was having a baby 3320 01:31:00,334 --> 01:31:01,584 then it really got real. 3321 01:31:03,626 --> 01:31:04,626 Then, 3322 01:31:05,918 --> 01:31:07,209 it's like, bro, 3323 01:31:07,292 --> 01:31:08,895 - I wanted to run away - from everything. 3324 01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:10,417 Every single thing bro. 3325 01:31:10,500 --> 01:31:13,292 Like I just wanted to run away. 3326 01:31:13,375 --> 01:31:14,540 I was separating 3327 01:31:14,564 --> 01:31:15,751 myself from my family, 3328 01:31:15,834 --> 01:31:17,334 snapping on my momma. 3329 01:31:17,417 --> 01:31:19,000 (man sobs) 3330 01:31:19,083 --> 01:31:21,834 I was snapping on my momma bro. 3331 01:31:21,918 --> 01:31:24,834 (sobbing continues) 3332 01:31:24,918 --> 01:31:26,603 - ♪ And I'ma make it - before the next season ♪ 3333 01:31:26,709 --> 01:31:27,918 ♪ And you can doubt me now ♪ 3334 01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:29,269 - ♪ Next year you - gon' be a believer ♪ 3335 01:31:29,375 --> 01:31:30,603 - ♪ And lord forgive - me for my sins ♪ 3336 01:31:30,709 --> 01:31:31,792 ♪ And crucify my demons ♪ 3337 01:31:31,876 --> 01:31:32,751 ♪ Trynna fight back tears ♪ 3338 01:31:32,834 --> 01:31:34,334 ♪ But this pain and I ain't ♪ 3339 01:31:34,417 --> 01:31:36,145 - The biggest strengths are 3340 01:31:36,169 --> 01:31:37,918 found in our weaknesses. 3341 01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:39,792 Plain and simple. 3342 01:31:39,876 --> 01:31:41,082 So in that moment 3343 01:31:41,106 --> 01:31:42,334 or in these moments 3344 01:31:42,417 --> 01:31:43,540 or where you think 3345 01:31:43,564 --> 01:31:44,709 you feel weak, 3346 01:31:44,792 --> 01:31:46,477 - you are actually the - strongest person. 3347 01:31:46,584 --> 01:31:49,375 (woman humming) 3348 01:31:51,542 --> 01:31:52,936 - [Rick Sr.] Y'all 3349 01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:54,375 give me strength. 3350 01:31:54,459 --> 01:31:55,334 Y'all give me strength. 3351 01:31:55,417 --> 01:31:56,876 Rick I ain't going nowhere. 3352 01:31:56,959 --> 01:31:58,792 You ain't pushing me far enough. 3353 01:31:58,876 --> 01:32:01,000 I ain't drowned, I ain't going. 3354 01:32:01,083 --> 01:32:02,936 I'm letting you know 3355 01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:04,834 that now I ain't going. 3356 01:32:04,918 --> 01:32:06,644 - Y'all know I'm here, - I'm gonna be here 3357 01:32:06,751 --> 01:32:08,374 But see my strength, 3358 01:32:08,398 --> 01:32:10,042 I'm so blessed. 3359 01:32:10,125 --> 01:32:11,584 That's my strength. 3360 01:32:12,709 --> 01:32:15,019 I couldn't go through 3361 01:32:15,043 --> 01:32:17,375 what he go through. 3362 01:32:17,459 --> 01:32:18,751 That's my dude. 3363 01:32:19,876 --> 01:32:21,540 ♪ Tried of going 3364 01:32:21,564 --> 01:32:23,250 through all this pain ♪ 3365 01:32:23,334 --> 01:32:25,918 (woman humming) 3366 01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:34,500 - [Rick Jr.] Let it all out. 3367 01:32:34,584 --> 01:32:35,667 Just let it out. 3368 01:32:35,751 --> 01:32:36,935 ♪ Till I heal from this pain ♪ 3369 01:32:36,959 --> 01:32:38,125 ♪ When I'm constantly hurt ♪ 3370 01:32:38,209 --> 01:32:39,227 - ♪ That's why I - hope for the best ♪ 3371 01:32:39,334 --> 01:32:40,584 ♪ But I prepare for the worst ♪ 3372 01:32:40,667 --> 01:32:42,060 - ♪ Seem like my - whole life in hell ♪ 3373 01:32:42,167 --> 01:32:43,394 - ♪ I tend to go - through the most ♪ 3374 01:32:43,500 --> 01:32:44,561 - ♪ I've been trapped - up in the dark ♪ 3375 01:32:44,667 --> 01:32:46,292 ♪ And I don't know where to go ♪ 3376 01:32:46,375 --> 01:32:48,459 ♪ What'd you know about pain ♪ 3377 01:32:48,542 --> 01:32:50,561 - Y'all got people here 3378 01:32:50,585 --> 01:32:52,626 for y'all just let us in. 3379 01:32:52,709 --> 01:32:53,751 - I wish I had this. 3380 01:32:53,834 --> 01:32:55,040 I wish I was able to 3381 01:32:55,064 --> 01:32:56,292 release these things 3382 01:32:56,375 --> 01:32:58,167 when I was your age. 3383 01:32:58,250 --> 01:33:00,125 I'm just now learning this. 3384 01:33:00,209 --> 01:33:01,435 That's why I wanna give it back 3385 01:33:01,459 --> 01:33:03,686 - because I want everybody - to feel how I feel 3386 01:33:03,792 --> 01:33:05,457 Even when I'm going 3387 01:33:05,481 --> 01:33:07,167 through something myself. 3388 01:33:07,250 --> 01:33:08,459 'Cause we always gon' go, 3389 01:33:08,542 --> 01:33:09,665 we either in something, 3390 01:33:09,689 --> 01:33:10,834 we go into something 3391 01:33:10,918 --> 01:33:12,186 or we coming out of 3392 01:33:12,210 --> 01:33:13,500 something always. 3393 01:33:13,584 --> 01:33:15,375 That's life's cycle 3394 01:33:15,459 --> 01:33:16,540 but it's how you 3395 01:33:16,564 --> 01:33:17,667 respond to that. 3396 01:33:17,751 --> 01:33:18,811 - ♪ I've been trapped - up in the dark ♪ 3397 01:33:18,918 --> 01:33:20,375 ♪ And don't know where to go ♪ 3398 01:33:20,459 --> 01:33:22,834 ♪ What'd you know about pain ♪ 3399 01:33:22,918 --> 01:33:24,207 ♪ Tired of going 3400 01:33:24,231 --> 01:33:25,542 through all this pain ♪ 3401 01:33:25,626 --> 01:33:28,292 ♪ What'd you know about pain ♪ 3402 01:33:28,375 --> 01:33:30,124 ♪ Tired of going 3403 01:33:30,148 --> 01:33:31,918 through all this pain ♪ 3404 01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:33,102 - [Marco] I think - that the best way 3405 01:33:33,209 --> 01:33:35,082 That we build confidence 3406 01:33:35,106 --> 01:33:37,000 is to provide them 3407 01:33:37,083 --> 01:33:38,667 with the sense of value. 3408 01:33:38,751 --> 01:33:41,124 You know, young, black 3409 01:33:41,148 --> 01:33:43,542 men, more specifically, 3410 01:33:44,626 --> 01:33:46,269 - don't have a high - sense of value. 3411 01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:47,728 - If you wanna just - give us a little bit 3412 01:33:47,834 --> 01:33:49,227 - Or give me a little - bit of something 3413 01:33:49,334 --> 01:33:51,083 Who do you think who is Brandon? 3414 01:33:51,167 --> 01:33:52,957 Just tell me a just a 3415 01:33:52,981 --> 01:33:54,792 little bit about you. 3416 01:33:54,876 --> 01:33:57,209 - Brandon is just, you know, 3417 01:33:57,292 --> 01:33:58,790 transitioning into 3418 01:33:58,814 --> 01:34:00,334 every day manhood, 3419 01:34:01,751 --> 01:34:02,959 you know what I'm saying? 3420 01:34:03,042 --> 01:34:04,728 Being that I'm 16 and 3421 01:34:04,752 --> 01:34:06,459 only have two years left 3422 01:34:06,542 --> 01:34:08,918 to be you know, legally grown. 3423 01:34:09,792 --> 01:34:10,894 Figuring out a lot of things 3424 01:34:10,918 --> 01:34:12,645 and you know, just kinda 3425 01:34:12,669 --> 01:34:14,417 catching on to the world 3426 01:34:14,500 --> 01:34:16,334 and what I wanna do. 3427 01:34:18,375 --> 01:34:19,709 I don't know. 3428 01:34:19,792 --> 01:34:21,103 It's just like I got 3429 01:34:21,127 --> 01:34:22,459 options, a lot of options 3430 01:34:22,542 --> 01:34:24,019 and I gotta try to balance 3431 01:34:24,043 --> 01:34:25,542 them all out at one time. 3432 01:34:25,626 --> 01:34:27,020 So it'd be, you know, 3433 01:34:27,044 --> 01:34:28,459 kind of stressing me out. 3434 01:34:28,542 --> 01:34:30,269 - [Mr. Ward] Sometimes you 3435 01:34:30,293 --> 01:34:32,042 wanna do things Brandon's way 3436 01:34:32,125 --> 01:34:33,540 and the purpose of me 3437 01:34:33,564 --> 01:34:35,000 being an instructor 3438 01:34:35,083 --> 01:34:36,227 being your teacher is 3439 01:34:36,251 --> 01:34:37,417 to give you guidance 3440 01:34:37,500 --> 01:34:39,417 and you have to take structure. 3441 01:34:39,500 --> 01:34:41,584 If you don't take structure 3442 01:34:41,667 --> 01:34:42,978 and listen and get the 3443 01:34:43,002 --> 01:34:44,334 wisdom and knowledge 3444 01:34:44,417 --> 01:34:45,978 from somebody that is 3445 01:34:46,002 --> 01:34:47,584 able to give it to you, 3446 01:34:47,667 --> 01:34:48,686 it's going to hurt 3447 01:34:48,710 --> 01:34:49,751 you in your future 3448 01:34:49,834 --> 01:34:51,082 but I believe in 3449 01:34:51,106 --> 01:34:52,375 you and that's why 3450 01:34:52,459 --> 01:34:53,874 I wanna give you this 3451 01:34:53,898 --> 01:34:55,334 personal assignment of growth 3452 01:34:55,417 --> 01:34:56,667 and this is something next time 3453 01:34:56,751 --> 01:34:58,459 I want you to look back on 3454 01:34:58,542 --> 01:34:59,894 and say this is 3455 01:34:59,918 --> 01:35:01,292 where I was at then 3456 01:35:01,375 --> 01:35:04,542 and this is where I'm at now. 3457 01:35:04,626 --> 01:35:06,436 - [Marco] To instilled into 3458 01:35:06,460 --> 01:35:08,292 them that they are worthy. 3459 01:35:08,375 --> 01:35:10,728 - You know, that, you know, - despite their circumstances 3460 01:35:10,834 --> 01:35:12,186 That, you know, 3461 01:35:12,210 --> 01:35:13,584 there's value that 3462 01:35:13,667 --> 01:35:15,103 A, we see in them as people, 3463 01:35:15,127 --> 01:35:16,584 you know, successful, 3464 01:35:16,667 --> 01:35:17,959 you know, people of color 3465 01:35:18,042 --> 01:35:19,853 - but then also we have - to get them to a point 3466 01:35:19,959 --> 01:35:21,561 - Where they see the - value in themselves 3467 01:35:21,667 --> 01:35:23,811 - And part of that is just - deconstructing the myths 3468 01:35:23,918 --> 01:35:25,228 That they've embraced 3469 01:35:25,252 --> 01:35:26,584 and inherited, you know 3470 01:35:26,667 --> 01:35:27,867 throughout most of their lives 3471 01:35:27,918 --> 01:35:29,811 - and so I think that - once we do that 3472 01:35:29,918 --> 01:35:32,561 - And we can really be - intentional about doing that, 3473 01:35:32,667 --> 01:35:34,311 - I think that young - people will start 3474 01:35:34,417 --> 01:35:35,707 To see that value that 3475 01:35:35,731 --> 01:35:37,042 we see in them as well. 3476 01:35:37,125 --> 01:35:38,436 - [Mr. Wards] Are you - willing to do the assignment 3477 01:35:38,542 --> 01:35:40,519 - And do it to your fullest - and the best of your ability? 3478 01:35:40,626 --> 01:35:42,334 I need to know this. 3479 01:35:42,417 --> 01:35:43,834 - [Brandon] Yeah I'm willing. 3480 01:35:43,918 --> 01:35:44,709 I will try. 3481 01:35:44,792 --> 01:35:46,209 - [Mr. Wards] I need commitment 3482 01:35:46,292 --> 01:35:47,936 'cause commitment is you 3483 01:35:47,960 --> 01:35:49,626 have to do it you know, 3484 01:35:49,709 --> 01:35:51,436 - even going to school, - it's a daily routine, 3485 01:35:51,542 --> 01:35:52,834 A daily chore to get up 3486 01:35:52,918 --> 01:35:54,728 but that's how you are 3487 01:35:54,752 --> 01:35:56,584 gonna be prosperous 3488 01:35:56,667 --> 01:35:57,876 if you stay committed 3489 01:35:57,959 --> 01:36:00,375 'cause if you do it half way 3490 01:36:01,542 --> 01:36:03,394 - that's what you're gonna - get a halfway result 3491 01:36:03,500 --> 01:36:05,311 - And I see, I've been working - with a lot of students 3492 01:36:05,417 --> 01:36:07,227 For a long time, they want 3493 01:36:07,251 --> 01:36:09,083 the big goal right away 3494 01:36:09,167 --> 01:36:10,584 and then they get frustrated. 3495 01:36:10,667 --> 01:36:13,060 - So that's why I wanna give - you small measurable steps 3496 01:36:13,167 --> 01:36:15,167 To complete that goal. 3497 01:36:15,250 --> 01:36:18,250 (people chattering) 3498 01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:30,186 - [Chad] You're gonna - have a good time. 3499 01:36:30,292 --> 01:36:31,644 - We have some amazing - things this year. 3500 01:36:31,751 --> 01:36:34,102 - It's different from last - year and the years prior. 3501 01:36:34,209 --> 01:36:35,500 I want y'all to make sure 3502 01:36:35,584 --> 01:36:37,519 - you take advantage of - everything that's going on. 3503 01:36:37,626 --> 01:36:39,292 All the opportunities here. 3504 01:36:39,375 --> 01:36:41,373 The goal that Rico say every 3505 01:36:41,397 --> 01:36:43,417 year is, "Not to come to us 3506 01:36:43,500 --> 01:36:44,792 "but to network with yourself", 3507 01:36:44,876 --> 01:36:46,707 because your partner 3508 01:36:46,731 --> 01:36:48,584 in production 3509 01:36:48,667 --> 01:36:50,102 - or your partner in crime - in the music industry 3510 01:36:50,209 --> 01:36:51,394 - Might be sitting - right next to you 3511 01:36:51,500 --> 01:36:52,667 Or right across from me. 3512 01:36:52,751 --> 01:36:53,644 - Give yourselves a - round of applause. 3513 01:36:53,751 --> 01:36:54,644 - We gonna get - started in a second. 3514 01:36:54,751 --> 01:36:57,876 (audience applauding) 3515 01:36:59,751 --> 01:37:01,459 - [Rico] What's up everybody? 3516 01:37:01,542 --> 01:37:03,500 (audience exclaims) 3517 01:37:03,584 --> 01:37:04,584 How y'all doing? 3518 01:37:04,626 --> 01:37:05,751 (audience mumbles) 3519 01:37:05,834 --> 01:37:07,936 - Welcome to the "We - Love Music" conference. 3520 01:37:08,042 --> 01:37:09,584 This is our fourth year. 3521 01:37:09,667 --> 01:37:10,918 I wanna stress to you all 3522 01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:12,352 - the importance of - this conference. 3523 01:37:12,459 --> 01:37:14,459 If your hunger is to be great, 3524 01:37:14,542 --> 01:37:16,603 if your hunger is to perfect 3525 01:37:16,627 --> 01:37:18,709 your gift and your ability 3526 01:37:18,792 --> 01:37:20,227 - then this is where - you come for that. 3527 01:37:20,334 --> 01:37:21,494 If you wanna be around people 3528 01:37:21,542 --> 01:37:23,042 who believe what you believe 3529 01:37:23,125 --> 01:37:25,584 who want the same thing as you 3530 01:37:25,667 --> 01:37:27,459 then you're in the right place. 3531 01:37:27,542 --> 01:37:28,709 You sitting next to somebody 3532 01:37:28,792 --> 01:37:30,144 who can absolutely 3533 01:37:30,168 --> 01:37:31,542 relate to you. 3534 01:37:32,918 --> 01:37:34,374 - So talk to me about what 3535 01:37:34,398 --> 01:37:35,876 you're trynna do with music. 3536 01:37:35,959 --> 01:37:37,249 - My goal in music 3537 01:37:37,273 --> 01:37:38,584 is to be a star. 3538 01:37:38,667 --> 01:37:39,667 - A star. 3539 01:37:39,751 --> 01:37:41,250 - I sing and I rap. 3540 01:37:41,334 --> 01:37:42,667 So I do both. 3541 01:37:42,751 --> 01:37:44,728 - I heard some of your - stuff and I was impressed. 3542 01:37:44,834 --> 01:37:47,103 I just wanna know what do 3543 01:37:47,127 --> 01:37:49,417 you think a star is to you? 3544 01:37:49,500 --> 01:37:50,709 - Somebody who make music 3545 01:37:50,792 --> 01:37:52,623 and it touch a lot of 3546 01:37:52,647 --> 01:37:54,500 people around the world. 3547 01:37:55,667 --> 01:37:56,876 - [Chad] Got you. 3548 01:37:56,959 --> 01:37:58,394 - One thing I always tell - people is never settle, 3549 01:37:58,500 --> 01:37:59,918 Never compromise who you are 3550 01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:01,209 because at the end of the day 3551 01:38:01,292 --> 01:38:02,834 you can't go backwards. 3552 01:38:02,918 --> 01:38:03,936 - [Tiana] Right. - You can always move forward. 3553 01:38:04,042 --> 01:38:05,269 - You can always - miss opportunities 3554 01:38:05,375 --> 01:38:06,603 - But opportunities are - gonna continue to come 3555 01:38:06,709 --> 01:38:08,000 But you can't go backwards 3556 01:38:08,083 --> 01:38:09,519 - because you settled - for an opportunity. 3557 01:38:09,626 --> 01:38:10,810 You understand what I'm saying? 3558 01:38:10,834 --> 01:38:12,061 Your best ability as 3559 01:38:12,085 --> 01:38:13,334 an artist or a creator 3560 01:38:13,417 --> 01:38:14,292 is your availability. 3561 01:38:14,375 --> 01:38:15,542 As long as you're available 3562 01:38:15,626 --> 01:38:16,959 opportunities present itself. 3563 01:38:17,042 --> 01:38:18,394 - If an opportunity presents - itself in L.A., you in Milwaukee 3564 01:38:18,500 --> 01:38:19,500 It does you no good. 3565 01:38:19,542 --> 01:38:20,709 - [Tiana] Right. 3566 01:38:20,792 --> 01:38:22,436 - So it's basically - being in the right place 3567 01:38:22,542 --> 01:38:23,748 At the right time with 3568 01:38:23,772 --> 01:38:25,000 the right preparation 3569 01:38:25,083 --> 01:38:26,363 'cause you gotta be prepared for 3570 01:38:26,417 --> 01:38:27,477 - the opportunity when - it presents itself. 3571 01:38:27,584 --> 01:38:28,751 - As in or it is, 3572 01:38:28,834 --> 01:38:30,290 how do you get 3573 01:38:30,314 --> 01:38:31,792 into the industry? 3574 01:38:31,876 --> 01:38:32,977 - [Chad] Well the - goal is basically 3575 01:38:33,083 --> 01:38:34,561 - You start with - building a fan base. 3576 01:38:34,667 --> 01:38:36,209 Obviously you have good music. 3577 01:38:36,292 --> 01:38:37,352 - So it's the goal - is just the base, 3578 01:38:37,459 --> 01:38:38,686 - Build a fan base - around the music 3579 01:38:38,792 --> 01:38:40,042 That you already have 3580 01:38:40,125 --> 01:38:41,478 and get it fan by fan, 3581 01:38:41,502 --> 01:38:42,876 follower by follower, 3582 01:38:44,709 --> 01:38:46,626 it's a grind, it's a marathon. 3583 01:38:46,709 --> 01:38:48,102 - Like Nipsey said, "A - marathon continues", 3584 01:38:48,209 --> 01:38:49,186 - It's a marathon, - it's not a sprint. 3585 01:38:49,292 --> 01:38:50,603 So what you do is 3586 01:38:50,627 --> 01:38:51,959 you go city to city, 3587 01:38:52,042 --> 01:38:53,582 fan by fan, little 3588 01:38:53,606 --> 01:38:55,167 hole in the wall places 3589 01:38:55,250 --> 01:38:57,603 - to theaters, which you're - moving now to stadiums. 3590 01:38:57,709 --> 01:39:00,000 - So I write my own content 3591 01:39:00,083 --> 01:39:01,769 but how can I start 3592 01:39:01,793 --> 01:39:03,500 writing for other artists? 3593 01:39:03,584 --> 01:39:04,728 - [Chad] Well the - key is to make sure 3594 01:39:04,834 --> 01:39:05,978 That you demo everything 3595 01:39:06,002 --> 01:39:07,167 out to the fullest. 3596 01:39:07,250 --> 01:39:09,083 Demo as if it's your record 3597 01:39:09,167 --> 01:39:10,353 and then start submitting 3598 01:39:10,377 --> 01:39:11,584 to other artists 3599 01:39:11,667 --> 01:39:13,144 - and as you perform - around the country, 3600 01:39:13,250 --> 01:39:14,269 - You bump into artists and - as you bump it to artist 3601 01:39:14,375 --> 01:39:16,311 - Say, "I might have - a record for you?" 3602 01:39:16,417 --> 01:39:17,686 - Or "Maybe we should get - in and do some work." 3603 01:39:17,792 --> 01:39:19,083 You wanna tap in with the artist 3604 01:39:19,167 --> 01:39:20,375 or the artist team directly 3605 01:39:20,459 --> 01:39:22,394 - as opposed to tapping - in with an ANR. 3606 01:39:22,500 --> 01:39:23,709 It was a pleasure meeting you. 3607 01:39:23,792 --> 01:39:24,728 - Good talking to you darling. - (Tiana mumbles) 3608 01:39:24,834 --> 01:39:25,709 Good luck with everything. 3609 01:39:25,792 --> 01:39:27,686 - [Tiana] Thank you. - Yeah. 3610 01:39:27,792 --> 01:39:29,250 - [Marco] Hey how's it going? 3611 01:39:29,334 --> 01:39:30,144 - [Brandon] Good. - [Marco] Marco Morrison. 3612 01:39:30,250 --> 01:39:31,375 - [Brandon] Brandon Haney. 3613 01:39:31,459 --> 01:39:32,269 - [Marco] All - right, good to meet. 3614 01:39:32,375 --> 01:39:33,042 - [Brandon] Nice to meet you. 3615 01:39:33,125 --> 01:39:33,792 - [Marco] Have a seat. 3616 01:39:33,876 --> 01:39:35,375 Thank you for, you know, 3617 01:39:35,459 --> 01:39:37,394 - obviously taking out the - time to come in and meet me. 3618 01:39:37,500 --> 01:39:39,853 - You know, obviously I've - heard some things about you 3619 01:39:39,959 --> 01:39:41,040 And you know, upon 3620 01:39:41,064 --> 01:39:42,167 hearing about, 3621 01:39:42,250 --> 01:39:43,834 you know, you and your story, 3622 01:39:43,918 --> 01:39:45,977 - I was definitely interested - in you know, in meeting you 3623 01:39:46,083 --> 01:39:48,102 - And my understanding is - you had an assignment 3624 01:39:48,209 --> 01:39:50,060 - That you were - challenged with doing 3625 01:39:50,167 --> 01:39:51,417 By one of your teachers 3626 01:39:51,500 --> 01:39:52,540 and so if you can 3627 01:39:52,564 --> 01:39:53,626 just share with me 3628 01:39:53,709 --> 01:39:55,728 - some results of that assignment - that you're working on. 3629 01:39:55,834 --> 01:39:56,876 - [Brandon] Yeah. 3630 01:39:56,959 --> 01:39:58,124 My past has been 3631 01:39:58,148 --> 01:39:59,334 like really tough 3632 01:39:59,417 --> 01:40:01,290 but I didn't let that 3633 01:40:01,314 --> 01:40:03,209 like break me, you know. 3634 01:40:05,167 --> 01:40:06,915 Experiences made me 3635 01:40:06,939 --> 01:40:08,709 who I am as a person. 3636 01:40:10,167 --> 01:40:11,876 It made me smarter. 3637 01:40:11,959 --> 01:40:13,167 It made me think more. 3638 01:40:13,250 --> 01:40:14,269 It made me watch 3639 01:40:14,293 --> 01:40:15,334 who I hang around. 3640 01:40:15,417 --> 01:40:16,834 - You know, you get it, you know 3641 01:40:16,918 --> 01:40:18,291 and a lot of times, 3642 01:40:18,315 --> 01:40:19,709 especially for men of color, 3643 01:40:19,792 --> 01:40:22,626 our growth is usually predicated 3644 01:40:24,792 --> 01:40:25,769 on having to go 3645 01:40:25,793 --> 01:40:26,793 through hardships. 3646 01:40:26,876 --> 01:40:27,853 - I've gone through - a lot of, you know, 3647 01:40:27,959 --> 01:40:30,083 Hardships as a kid, you know. 3648 01:40:30,167 --> 01:40:31,811 - Not having food, - living in a house 3649 01:40:31,918 --> 01:40:33,334 Without lights, you know. 3650 01:40:33,417 --> 01:40:34,792 I was a kid that most people 3651 01:40:34,876 --> 01:40:37,477 - and even people in my family - thought wouldn't make it. 3652 01:40:37,584 --> 01:40:38,686 Is there anybody 3653 01:40:38,710 --> 01:40:39,834 that you place blame 3654 01:40:39,918 --> 01:40:41,603 for when it comes 3655 01:40:41,627 --> 01:40:43,334 to those things? 3656 01:40:43,417 --> 01:40:44,876 - God. 3657 01:40:44,959 --> 01:40:46,561 That's the only 3658 01:40:46,585 --> 01:40:48,209 person that I blame. 3659 01:40:48,292 --> 01:40:49,540 'Cause without him 3660 01:40:49,564 --> 01:40:50,834 there would be no life. 3661 01:40:50,918 --> 01:40:53,500 No pain, no struggle. 3662 01:40:53,584 --> 01:40:55,645 So I wouldn't blame it 3663 01:40:55,669 --> 01:40:57,751 on anybody particularly 3664 01:40:57,834 --> 01:41:00,125 here in this world but him. 3665 01:41:03,584 --> 01:41:05,311 I just feel like I could be 3666 01:41:05,335 --> 01:41:07,083 better than who I am now. 3667 01:41:09,334 --> 01:41:10,686 I feel like I can grow 3668 01:41:10,710 --> 01:41:12,083 and develop my skill set, 3669 01:41:14,626 --> 01:41:16,332 you know enough to be 3670 01:41:16,356 --> 01:41:18,083 successful in life. 3671 01:41:18,167 --> 01:41:19,394 - And so what separates 3672 01:41:19,418 --> 01:41:20,667 you from everybody else 3673 01:41:20,751 --> 01:41:21,936 is what you invest 3674 01:41:21,960 --> 01:41:23,167 in to you, you know? 3675 01:41:23,250 --> 01:41:25,352 - And so, making sure that - you go on to school, 3676 01:41:25,459 --> 01:41:27,936 - Making sure that you're - getting the grades, you know, 3677 01:41:28,042 --> 01:41:30,603 - If you got a job, making - sure that when you go to work 3678 01:41:30,709 --> 01:41:32,311 - You're the best - employee that they have. 3679 01:41:32,417 --> 01:41:33,250 - Right. 3680 01:41:33,334 --> 01:41:34,518 - Coming from my circumstances 3681 01:41:34,542 --> 01:41:36,352 - I always thought - about, you know, 3682 01:41:36,459 --> 01:41:37,626 What would it have been like 3683 01:41:37,709 --> 01:41:39,769 - if I had somebody - that was in my corner. 3684 01:41:39,876 --> 01:41:41,542 With that being said, 3685 01:41:43,125 --> 01:41:44,667 I'm gonna give you a job. 3686 01:41:44,751 --> 01:41:45,459 - Really? 3687 01:41:45,542 --> 01:41:46,769 - [Marco] Yeah. - Oh. 3688 01:41:46,876 --> 01:41:47,811 - I'll give you a job, - I'll give you a job. 3689 01:41:47,918 --> 01:41:50,542 I see that we need each other. 3690 01:41:51,542 --> 01:41:52,834 - Yeah. 3691 01:41:52,918 --> 01:41:54,209 - That's what I see. 3692 01:41:54,292 --> 01:41:55,977 - I think that as much - as you might need me 3693 01:41:56,083 --> 01:41:57,686 - I think that I need - you all the same 3694 01:41:57,792 --> 01:41:59,123 Because we have 3695 01:41:59,147 --> 01:42:00,500 too much in common 3696 01:42:01,959 --> 01:42:03,834 and the fact that, you know, 3697 01:42:03,918 --> 01:42:05,770 I am evolving continuously 3698 01:42:05,794 --> 01:42:07,667 into the man that I am, 3699 01:42:07,751 --> 01:42:08,832 my goal is for you 3700 01:42:08,856 --> 01:42:09,959 to be better than me. 3701 01:42:10,042 --> 01:42:11,686 - Hey brother, I'ma say - thank you for your time. 3702 01:42:11,792 --> 01:42:12,542 I appreciate it. 3703 01:42:12,626 --> 01:42:13,459 - I appreciate it. 3704 01:42:13,542 --> 01:42:14,186 - All right. - Yeah. 3705 01:42:14,292 --> 01:42:14,959 - Guys listen to me. 3706 01:42:15,042 --> 01:42:16,125 There are no whips. 3707 01:42:16,209 --> 01:42:17,042 - [Man] What. 3708 01:42:17,125 --> 01:42:18,769 - No chains. - [Man] Come on. 3709 01:42:18,876 --> 01:42:20,060 - No water hose. - [Man] Come on. 3710 01:42:20,167 --> 01:42:21,311 - No jail time. - [Man] Come on, give it up. 3711 01:42:21,417 --> 01:42:22,561 - No death. - [Man] Come on. 3712 01:42:22,667 --> 01:42:23,853 - No depression. - What. 3713 01:42:23,959 --> 01:42:25,352 - No problems. - [Man] Yes. 3714 01:42:25,459 --> 01:42:27,082 - No nothing, no 3715 01:42:27,106 --> 01:42:28,751 trials, no tribulation, 3716 01:42:28,834 --> 01:42:30,353 no pressure, no 3717 01:42:30,377 --> 01:42:31,918 pain, no hurricane, 3718 01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:34,375 strong enough to stop my people? 3719 01:42:34,459 --> 01:42:36,959 How do we change the narrative? 3720 01:42:37,042 --> 01:42:38,311 First and foremost, we 3721 01:42:38,335 --> 01:42:39,626 have to be more diligent 3722 01:42:39,709 --> 01:42:40,811 about telling black 3723 01:42:40,835 --> 01:42:41,959 children the truth 3724 01:42:42,042 --> 01:42:43,748 and the truth is there 3725 01:42:43,772 --> 01:42:45,500 are more black males 3726 01:42:46,959 --> 01:42:48,417 that are in college. 3727 01:42:48,500 --> 01:42:50,603 I think the statistic was 3728 01:42:50,627 --> 01:42:52,751 1.3 million in college 3729 01:42:52,834 --> 01:42:54,749 and 840,000 that's 3730 01:42:54,773 --> 01:42:56,709 locked up in prison. 3731 01:42:56,792 --> 01:42:58,042 If we gonna give the statistics 3732 01:42:58,125 --> 01:42:59,477 - we have to give - all the statistics 3733 01:42:59,584 --> 01:43:00,792 And not just some of them. 3734 01:43:00,876 --> 01:43:02,542 Second thing we have to do, 3735 01:43:02,626 --> 01:43:04,227 - is we have to look - them dead in the eye 3736 01:43:04,334 --> 01:43:06,417 And we have to tell them that, 3737 01:43:06,500 --> 01:43:08,144 "little black child you are 3738 01:43:08,168 --> 01:43:09,834 the author of your own story. 3739 01:43:09,918 --> 01:43:11,332 "You hold the pen, 3740 01:43:11,356 --> 01:43:12,792 the pages are blank 3741 01:43:12,876 --> 01:43:13,915 "and whatever you 3742 01:43:13,939 --> 01:43:15,000 write shall be. 3743 01:43:15,083 --> 01:43:16,334 "So what will you write about?" 3744 01:43:16,417 --> 01:43:17,250 - Burns. 3745 01:43:17,334 --> 01:43:18,393 - [Daryl] Marquell, what it do? 3746 01:43:18,417 --> 01:43:19,959 Got the nice little jacket on. 3747 01:43:20,042 --> 01:43:20,959 Looking good. 3748 01:43:21,042 --> 01:43:21,751 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 3749 01:43:21,834 --> 01:43:23,000 - How was the game? 3750 01:43:23,083 --> 01:43:24,227 - The game was - pretty impressive. 3751 01:43:24,334 --> 01:43:25,751 Pretty impressive, pretty good. 3752 01:43:25,834 --> 01:43:27,000 - I know the game was good. 3753 01:43:27,083 --> 01:43:28,644 - What position they - got you at right now? 3754 01:43:28,751 --> 01:43:30,332 - Raw receiver, (mumbles) got, 3755 01:43:30,356 --> 01:43:31,959 finally got me on defense. 3756 01:43:32,042 --> 01:43:33,102 - [Daryl] I see you. - Now I'm middle linebacker. 3757 01:43:33,209 --> 01:43:34,853 - I see you play a - little bit of defense. 3758 01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:36,083 - Yeah, also I was- 3759 01:43:36,167 --> 01:43:37,603 - Thought you a little - soft for defense. 3760 01:43:37,709 --> 01:43:39,519 - Defense's for people - that's pretty hard. 3761 01:43:39,626 --> 01:43:41,269 - I'm really hard, - I'm really hard. 3762 01:43:41,375 --> 01:43:42,936 - I like it. - All right, cool. 3763 01:43:43,042 --> 01:43:44,209 How was a weekend? 3764 01:43:44,292 --> 01:43:45,561 - Weekend was pretty - a little bit of rough 3765 01:43:45,667 --> 01:43:46,936 - But you know, I - tried to keep my, 3766 01:43:47,042 --> 01:43:48,500 I was keeping my head high 3767 01:43:48,584 --> 01:43:51,102 - and you know, praying for - better days and stuff like that. 3768 01:43:51,209 --> 01:43:52,000 - [Daryl] Okay, okay. 3769 01:43:52,083 --> 01:43:53,667 So you saying it was rough. 3770 01:43:53,751 --> 01:43:55,270 What does rough mean like, 3771 01:43:55,294 --> 01:43:56,834 issues in the neighborhood? 3772 01:43:56,918 --> 01:43:58,459 Something with the family? 3773 01:43:58,542 --> 01:43:59,542 What makes it rough? 3774 01:44:01,751 --> 01:44:02,751 - Issues with the family 3775 01:44:02,792 --> 01:44:04,417 and like me personally, myself, 3776 01:44:04,500 --> 01:44:05,334 you know, working on myself, 3777 01:44:05,417 --> 01:44:07,042 getting myself better first 3778 01:44:07,125 --> 01:44:08,626 because I can't help nobody else 3779 01:44:08,709 --> 01:44:09,959 and I can't do, you know, 3780 01:44:10,042 --> 01:44:11,144 - help the community, - help everybody else 3781 01:44:11,250 --> 01:44:12,417 If I can't help myself first. 3782 01:44:12,500 --> 01:44:13,542 - Right. 3783 01:44:13,626 --> 01:44:14,811 - You ever heard - about what they says 3784 01:44:14,918 --> 01:44:16,061 Like, "putting your own 3785 01:44:16,085 --> 01:44:17,250 oxygen mask on first"? 3786 01:44:17,334 --> 01:44:18,876 You know what that means? 3787 01:44:18,959 --> 01:44:20,895 - Putting yours first on - then helping somebody else's? 3788 01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:22,519 - Yeah like how could - you help somebody else 3789 01:44:22,626 --> 01:44:24,311 - If you can't help - yourself first? 3790 01:44:24,417 --> 01:44:25,918 And it's not selfish 3791 01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:27,977 - because I know in the - hood we always talk about, 3792 01:44:28,083 --> 01:44:28,834 You know, like you gotta do this 3793 01:44:28,918 --> 01:44:30,603 - and you gotta do - that or whatever 3794 01:44:30,709 --> 01:44:33,102 - You gotta help your brother - help your family or whatever 3795 01:44:33,209 --> 01:44:35,083 But how can you help your family 3796 01:44:35,167 --> 01:44:36,334 if you don't got a job, 3797 01:44:36,417 --> 01:44:38,269 - if you don't got an - education yourself, you know? 3798 01:44:38,375 --> 01:44:39,311 - How can you tell you a little - brother how to grow up? 3799 01:44:39,417 --> 01:44:40,727 So that's where 3800 01:44:40,751 --> 01:44:42,083 that term come from, 3801 01:44:42,167 --> 01:44:44,060 - "putting your own - oxygen mask on first", 3802 01:44:44,167 --> 01:44:45,936 - Giving yourself - your own life blood 3803 01:44:46,042 --> 01:44:47,082 So that you can help 3804 01:44:47,106 --> 01:44:48,167 other people, so. 3805 01:44:48,250 --> 01:44:50,144 - All right man, well it's - good to see you bro. 3806 01:44:50,250 --> 01:44:51,417 (Marquell mumbles) 3807 01:44:51,500 --> 01:44:52,144 - Have a good day. - (Marquell mumbles) 3808 01:44:52,250 --> 01:44:52,918 All right, all right. 3809 01:44:53,000 --> 01:44:53,751 Good, I'm proud of you. 3810 01:44:53,834 --> 01:44:54,667 - All right. 3811 01:44:54,751 --> 01:44:55,417 - [Daryl] That look good. 3812 01:44:55,500 --> 01:44:56,083 (Marquell laughs) 3813 01:44:56,167 --> 01:44:57,167 Real good. 3814 01:44:57,250 --> 01:44:58,042 - Hello guys. 3815 01:44:58,125 --> 01:44:59,667 My name is Marquell Jenkins. 3816 01:44:59,751 --> 01:45:01,561 - So yeah man, it's - my senior year now 3817 01:45:01,667 --> 01:45:02,707 And I don't even 3818 01:45:02,731 --> 01:45:03,792 know what to do now. 3819 01:45:03,876 --> 01:45:05,520 Like, I don't even know 3820 01:45:05,544 --> 01:45:07,209 what's next for Marquell. 3821 01:45:07,292 --> 01:45:08,707 I just wanna, you know, 3822 01:45:08,731 --> 01:45:10,167 what's next for me? 3823 01:45:10,250 --> 01:45:11,352 Well, a little bit 3824 01:45:11,376 --> 01:45:12,500 what's next for me is, 3825 01:45:12,584 --> 01:45:14,167 you know, writing my own book. 3826 01:45:14,250 --> 01:45:15,478 Like I've been, you 3827 01:45:15,502 --> 01:45:16,751 know, I've been, 3828 01:45:16,834 --> 01:45:18,165 I took a very long, 3829 01:45:18,189 --> 01:45:19,542 you know, break of it 3830 01:45:19,626 --> 01:45:21,269 - because of the family issues - that I was going through 3831 01:45:21,375 --> 01:45:22,706 But the journey has 3832 01:45:22,730 --> 01:45:24,083 just only began. 3833 01:45:24,167 --> 01:45:26,165 So I'ma, you know, get those 3834 01:45:26,189 --> 01:45:28,209 to a part and you know, 3835 01:45:28,292 --> 01:45:29,873 get that family bond 3836 01:45:29,897 --> 01:45:31,500 going again and you know, 3837 01:45:31,584 --> 01:45:33,227 - trynna have the best - connection with my mom 3838 01:45:33,334 --> 01:45:34,665 As possible and you know, 3839 01:45:34,689 --> 01:45:36,042 interact with my brothers 3840 01:45:36,125 --> 01:45:38,125 and sisters more often 3841 01:45:39,459 --> 01:45:40,936 but I got, you know, self 3842 01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:42,459 love and work on myself 3843 01:45:42,542 --> 01:45:43,644 first before I can 3844 01:45:43,668 --> 01:45:44,792 help anybody else. 3845 01:45:44,876 --> 01:45:47,102 - Even though I'm this - outstanding man that I am 3846 01:45:47,209 --> 01:45:49,834 And you know, this young talent, 3847 01:45:49,918 --> 01:45:52,209 intelligent young man, I am, 3848 01:45:52,292 --> 01:45:53,542 I gotta help myself first. 3849 01:45:53,626 --> 01:45:55,249 So yeah man, this is the 3850 01:45:55,273 --> 01:45:56,918 end of this vlog today 3851 01:45:57,000 --> 01:45:59,060 - but I'ma keep you guys - updated and posted 3852 01:45:59,167 --> 01:46:01,040 But you know, just pray for 3853 01:46:01,064 --> 01:46:02,959 me, wish to have better days. 3854 01:46:03,042 --> 01:46:05,125 Love, peace and hair grease. 3855 01:46:05,209 --> 01:46:06,790 - [Muhibb] We hope and we 3856 01:46:06,814 --> 01:46:08,417 pray that you write a story 3857 01:46:08,500 --> 01:46:10,644 that says all 196,940,400 3858 01:46:10,668 --> 01:46:12,834 square miles of this earth 3859 01:46:15,083 --> 01:46:16,269 belongs to you and 3860 01:46:16,293 --> 01:46:17,500 you are not relegated 3861 01:46:20,500 --> 01:46:22,103 to dying on the block 3862 01:46:22,127 --> 01:46:23,751 that's 1/8th mile long 3863 01:46:23,834 --> 01:46:26,626 in an alley of insignificance. 3864 01:46:26,709 --> 01:46:28,499 We hope you write a 3865 01:46:28,523 --> 01:46:30,334 story that suggests 3866 01:46:30,417 --> 01:46:31,478 that you could go 3867 01:46:31,502 --> 01:46:32,584 wherever you want. 3868 01:46:32,667 --> 01:46:33,915 You can do whatever 3869 01:46:33,939 --> 01:46:35,209 you wanna do. 3870 01:46:35,292 --> 01:46:36,373 The sky's the limit, 3871 01:46:36,397 --> 01:46:37,500 truly for you. 3872 01:46:37,584 --> 01:46:39,311 - So what's next for 3873 01:46:39,335 --> 01:46:41,083 me in my journey is, 3874 01:46:41,167 --> 01:46:43,102 I'll be moving to Phoenix, 3875 01:46:43,126 --> 01:46:45,083 Arizona for a couple months 3876 01:46:45,167 --> 01:46:46,186 just to really 3877 01:46:46,210 --> 01:46:47,250 figure out, you know, 3878 01:46:47,334 --> 01:46:48,665 what I'm doing and just 3879 01:46:48,689 --> 01:46:50,042 to be in a new environment 3880 01:46:50,125 --> 01:46:51,500 and to really better myself 3881 01:46:51,584 --> 01:46:53,457 'cause Milwaukee is like 3882 01:46:53,481 --> 01:46:55,375 a huge destruction for me. 3883 01:46:55,459 --> 01:46:57,977 - I like having fun and kicking - it with all my friends 3884 01:46:58,083 --> 01:47:00,709 And then I transition to Chicago 3885 01:47:00,792 --> 01:47:02,228 where I will stay 3886 01:47:02,252 --> 01:47:03,709 probably for you know, 3887 01:47:03,792 --> 01:47:05,144 a longer period of time 3888 01:47:05,168 --> 01:47:06,542 and just work on my music 3889 01:47:06,626 --> 01:47:08,645 and branding myself 3890 01:47:08,669 --> 01:47:10,709 and you know, 3891 01:47:10,792 --> 01:47:12,040 just figuring out 3892 01:47:12,064 --> 01:47:13,334 my life from there. 3893 01:47:13,417 --> 01:47:15,332 What I have learned this 3894 01:47:15,356 --> 01:47:17,292 far in my journey is, 3895 01:47:18,417 --> 01:47:20,040 you know, number 3896 01:47:20,064 --> 01:47:21,709 one to be myself. 3897 01:47:21,792 --> 01:47:23,082 Number two, to never 3898 01:47:23,106 --> 01:47:24,417 give up and you know, 3899 01:47:27,667 --> 01:47:30,918 just do the best that you can 3900 01:47:31,000 --> 01:47:32,500 and you know, to reset myself 3901 01:47:34,542 --> 01:47:35,644 'cause people just 3902 01:47:35,668 --> 01:47:36,792 give me a lot of BS 3903 01:47:36,876 --> 01:47:39,020 but yeah, 2020 I feel shall 3904 01:47:39,044 --> 01:47:41,209 be a great year for me. 3905 01:47:42,584 --> 01:47:43,894 I feel like a lot of good 3906 01:47:43,918 --> 01:47:45,250 things are gonna happen. 3907 01:47:45,334 --> 01:47:47,125 So, that's really all. 3908 01:47:49,125 --> 01:47:50,667 - [Muhibb] We can't continue 3909 01:47:50,751 --> 01:47:53,082 to accept the role that 3910 01:47:53,106 --> 01:47:55,459 this society gives to us, 3911 01:47:55,542 --> 01:47:56,873 saying that, "We can 3912 01:47:56,897 --> 01:47:58,250 only be the thugs, 3913 01:47:58,334 --> 01:47:59,500 "We can only be the hustlers, 3914 01:47:59,584 --> 01:48:01,584 "We can only be the criminals." 3915 01:48:01,667 --> 01:48:03,042 No. 3916 01:48:03,125 --> 01:48:04,644 The time is now for 3917 01:48:04,668 --> 01:48:06,209 us to play a new role. 3918 01:48:06,292 --> 01:48:07,936 A role of being a father, 3919 01:48:07,960 --> 01:48:09,626 a role of being a mother, 3920 01:48:09,709 --> 01:48:10,894 a role of being a 3921 01:48:10,918 --> 01:48:12,125 doctor or a lawyer, 3922 01:48:12,209 --> 01:48:14,207 or a president or anything 3923 01:48:14,231 --> 01:48:16,250 that we aspire to be. 3924 01:48:16,334 --> 01:48:18,584 - So what's next for Brandon? 3925 01:48:20,542 --> 01:48:21,915 To be honest, I 3926 01:48:21,939 --> 01:48:23,334 really don't know 3927 01:48:23,417 --> 01:48:25,311 - but I feel like - it's a lot of things 3928 01:48:25,417 --> 01:48:27,042 That I got to work on. 3929 01:48:27,125 --> 01:48:28,727 Especially being 3930 01:48:28,751 --> 01:48:30,375 with my character. 3931 01:48:30,459 --> 01:48:31,666 I feel like I gotta 3932 01:48:31,690 --> 01:48:32,918 work on my personality. 3933 01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:34,102 I feel like I gotta 3934 01:48:34,126 --> 01:48:35,250 work on my traits. 3935 01:48:35,334 --> 01:48:36,519 - I just feel like - I got to do better 3936 01:48:36,626 --> 01:48:38,374 And strive more as 3937 01:48:38,398 --> 01:48:40,167 a person, you know, 3938 01:48:40,250 --> 01:48:41,394 so I can get to where 3939 01:48:41,418 --> 01:48:42,584 I wanna be in life 3940 01:48:42,667 --> 01:48:44,334 because where I'm at now, 3941 01:48:44,417 --> 01:48:45,751 it's not looking too hot, 3942 01:48:45,834 --> 01:48:47,500 you know, my situation 3943 01:48:47,584 --> 01:48:49,374 but I feel like better 3944 01:48:49,398 --> 01:48:51,209 days are coming. 3945 01:48:51,292 --> 01:48:52,915 I'm not like a (stutters) a 3946 01:48:52,939 --> 01:48:54,584 hundred percent sure of that 3947 01:48:54,667 --> 01:48:57,227 - but people, you know, always - say, "keep your head up 3948 01:48:57,334 --> 01:48:59,478 "and keep going and don't 3949 01:48:59,502 --> 01:49:01,667 let things bring you down." 3950 01:49:03,375 --> 01:49:05,519 - So, you know, I hold - people to those standards 3951 01:49:05,626 --> 01:49:08,020 And them words hoping 3952 01:49:08,044 --> 01:49:10,459 that things will change. 3953 01:49:11,417 --> 01:49:12,876 Yeah. 3954 01:49:12,959 --> 01:49:14,686 So as for what's next, I 3955 01:49:14,710 --> 01:49:16,459 guess we will have to see. 3956 01:49:16,542 --> 01:49:17,707 - [Muhibb] The way we 3957 01:49:17,731 --> 01:49:18,918 change the narrative 3958 01:49:19,000 --> 01:49:21,459 is by writing our own stories 3959 01:49:21,542 --> 01:49:22,665 and part of writing 3960 01:49:22,689 --> 01:49:23,834 our own stories 3961 01:49:23,918 --> 01:49:25,332 is writing our way 3962 01:49:25,356 --> 01:49:26,792 out of the mess 3963 01:49:26,876 --> 01:49:28,082 that we currently 3964 01:49:28,106 --> 01:49:29,334 find ourselves in. 3965 01:49:29,417 --> 01:49:31,667 (upbeat music) 3966 01:49:31,751 --> 01:49:33,375 We will always, listen to me. 3967 01:49:33,459 --> 01:49:35,083 - [Man] Get at their heart. 3968 01:49:35,167 --> 01:49:37,584 - We will always, listen to me. 3969 01:49:37,667 --> 01:49:38,876 - [Man] Get at it. 3970 01:49:38,959 --> 01:49:40,124 - We will always, find 3971 01:49:40,148 --> 01:49:41,334 our way back to truth. 3972 01:49:41,417 --> 01:49:42,250 - [Man] What else? 3973 01:49:42,334 --> 01:49:43,751 - Find our way back to love. 3974 01:49:43,834 --> 01:49:44,626 - [Man] What else? 3975 01:49:44,709 --> 01:49:46,334 - Find our way back to freedom. 3976 01:49:46,417 --> 01:49:48,667 The people will always 3977 01:49:48,751 --> 01:49:50,918 find our way back to God. 3978 01:49:52,626 --> 01:49:55,834 (audience applauding) 3979 01:49:57,542 --> 01:49:59,352 - ♪ Well this is motivation - music all in your ear to ♪ 3980 01:49:59,459 --> 01:50:01,584 ♪ Rise ♪ 3981 01:50:01,667 --> 01:50:05,876 ♪ Milwaukee home ♪ 3982 01:50:05,959 --> 01:50:07,209 ♪ We 'bout to rise ♪ 3983 01:50:07,292 --> 01:50:08,144 - ♪ Shake dust off - dust off your feet ♪ 3984 01:50:08,250 --> 01:50:09,584 ♪ Milwaukee get ready to eat ♪ 3985 01:50:09,667 --> 01:50:10,876 ♪ We 'bout eat ♪ 3986 01:50:10,959 --> 01:50:12,394 - ♪ They think we can't - do this right here ♪ 3987 01:50:12,500 --> 01:50:13,311 - ♪ Well this is motivation - music all in your ear to ♪ 3988 01:50:13,417 --> 01:50:15,959 ♪ Rise ♪ 3989 01:50:16,042 --> 01:50:19,876 ♪ Milwaukee home ♪ 3990 01:50:19,959 --> 01:50:21,042 ♪ We 'bout to rise ♪ 3991 01:50:21,125 --> 01:50:22,417 ♪ Shake dust off your feet ♪ 3992 01:50:22,500 --> 01:50:23,700 ♪ Milwaukee get ready to eat ♪ 3993 01:50:23,751 --> 01:50:25,000 ♪ We 'bout to eat ♪ 3994 01:50:25,083 --> 01:50:26,477 - ♪ They think we can't - do this right here ♪ 3995 01:50:26,584 --> 01:50:28,895 - ♪ Well this motivation - music all in your ear to ♪ 3996 01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:30,292 ♪ Put in that work ♪ 3997 01:50:30,375 --> 01:50:31,811 - ♪ Get off your butt - and go put in work ♪ 3998 01:50:31,918 --> 01:50:32,936 ♪ Rise from the 3999 01:50:32,960 --> 01:50:34,000 dirt, you can do it ♪ 4000 01:50:34,083 --> 01:50:35,709 ♪ Through pain and hurt ♪ 4001 01:50:35,792 --> 01:50:37,334 ♪ I know you scared ♪ 4002 01:50:37,417 --> 01:50:39,042 ♪ Go and take courage ♪ 4003 01:50:39,125 --> 01:50:41,042 ♪ Don't look for no handouts ♪ 4004 01:50:41,125 --> 01:50:42,375 ♪ Go and you earn it ♪ 4005 01:50:42,459 --> 01:50:43,834 ♪ We got something beautiful ♪ 4006 01:50:43,918 --> 01:50:44,936 - ♪ But on the inside - you gotta believe it ♪ 4007 01:50:45,042 --> 01:50:47,186 - ♪ Even though we look - like dirt in the field ♪ 4008 01:50:47,292 --> 01:50:48,519 - ♪ Gotta have visionary - eyes and go see it ♪ 4009 01:50:48,626 --> 01:50:51,209 ♪ You see this, I see that ♪ 4010 01:50:51,292 --> 01:50:52,876 ♪ You see red, I see black ♪ 4011 01:50:52,959 --> 01:50:54,417 ♪ Green, white, blue, yellow ♪ 4012 01:50:54,500 --> 01:50:56,436 - ♪ It's your choice you - don't even gotta settle ♪ 4013 01:50:56,542 --> 01:50:57,334 ♪ We weak and despised ♪ 4014 01:50:57,417 --> 01:50:58,751 ♪ All in they eyes ♪ 4015 01:50:58,834 --> 01:51:00,102 - ♪ Well that's the perfect - situation from God ♪ 4016 01:51:00,209 --> 01:51:02,417 ♪ Get up and build your muscle ♪ 4017 01:51:02,500 --> 01:51:03,709 ♪ Have faith and hustle ♪ 4018 01:51:03,792 --> 01:51:05,250 ♪ He uses the foolish things ♪ 4019 01:51:05,334 --> 01:51:06,853 - ♪ Foolish things to - confound the wise ♪ 4020 01:51:06,959 --> 01:51:07,834 ♪ May live in the ghetto ♪ 4021 01:51:07,918 --> 01:51:09,167 ♪ But you aint gotta settle ♪ 4022 01:51:09,250 --> 01:51:10,728 - ♪ To the lifestyle and - believe it's lies ♪ 4023 01:51:10,834 --> 01:51:12,334 ♪ Shake dust off your feet ♪ 4024 01:51:12,417 --> 01:51:14,125 ♪ Sister get ready to eat ♪ 4025 01:51:14,209 --> 01:51:15,227 - ♪ Oh you think you can't - do this right here ♪ 4026 01:51:15,334 --> 01:51:16,728 ♪ Well this motivation 4027 01:51:16,752 --> 01:51:18,167 music all in your ear ♪ 4028 01:51:18,250 --> 01:51:19,375 ♪ Shake dust off your feet ♪ 4029 01:51:19,459 --> 01:51:21,083 ♪ Brother get ready to eat ♪ 4030 01:51:21,167 --> 01:51:22,728 - ♪ Why you think you can't - do this right here ♪ 4031 01:51:22,834 --> 01:51:24,686 - ♪ Well this motivation - music all in your ear to ♪ 4032 01:51:24,792 --> 01:51:27,083 ♪ Rise ♪ 4033 01:51:27,167 --> 01:51:31,000 ♪ Milwaukee home ♪ 4034 01:51:31,083 --> 01:51:32,167 ♪ We 'bout to rise ♪ 4035 01:51:32,250 --> 01:51:33,417 ♪ Shake dust off your feet ♪ 4036 01:51:33,500 --> 01:51:34,700 ♪ Milwaukee get ready to eat ♪ 4037 01:51:34,751 --> 01:51:35,626 ♪ We 'bout to eat ♪ 4038 01:51:35,709 --> 01:51:39,042 ♪ They think we can't do this ♪