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<v Speaker 1>Good evening everyone, and welcome to s O S Radio

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<v Speaker 1>Dot Live, the One Step Ahead Radio Show. I am

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<v Speaker 1>your host, Doctor Mac, and I am back for one more.

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<v Speaker 2>Power hour this evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Buckle up and get ready because you're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>shocked who I have with me in this.

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<v Speaker 2>Studio right here.

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<v Speaker 1>Sheba joined our very own she would join us in

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<v Speaker 1>the house right now. And we are still honoring me

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<v Speaker 1>for serving twenty nine years in the childcare industry.

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<v Speaker 2>Siva.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my twenty ninth anniversary. Actually it is tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>on a Monday. Twenty nine years ago. I started my

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<v Speaker 1>childcare center and I am still growing, glowing and expanding

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<v Speaker 1>and of course, you know, giving God all the glory.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's get right.

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<v Speaker 1>To this dynamic interview because I've been waiting all week

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<v Speaker 1>for Siba.

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<v Speaker 2>Sheiba. Welcome, Welcome to One Step Ahead Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for having me. It's really an honor,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's an honor to be in your presence because

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<v Speaker 1>i've known you.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how old were you. You remember it

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<v Speaker 2>was in the eighties. Yeah, I know that I was

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<v Speaker 2>a teenager.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a teenager, and you was like my little

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<v Speaker 1>adopted daughter. We worked at a recording studio, in session,

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<v Speaker 1>recording studio.

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<v Speaker 2>And people don't believe.

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<v Speaker 1>When I say I used to run a recording studio. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and I ran a recording studio. So that's where my

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<v Speaker 1>love for music really really started was back there with you,

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<v Speaker 1>because believe it or not, she was You inspired me

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<v Speaker 1>because you always carry yourself older than you actually was

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<v Speaker 1>always professional, always a lady, never hesitated to help anybody

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<v Speaker 1>that was in that studio. I don't know if you remember.

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<v Speaker 1>We had karaoke there, We had other artists in there.

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<v Speaker 1>We were trying to do a record company. We were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do a management company. We had people coming

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<v Speaker 1>off the street recording, and I think you was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of working in the office, but you were still singing

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<v Speaker 1>and back then a recording session, yes exactly. And I

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<v Speaker 1>remember back then the song that impressed me the most.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Regina Bell.

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<v Speaker 2>That was something that that was someone you that you

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<v Speaker 2>sung her songs.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But for people who may not know you yet, how

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<v Speaker 2>how would.

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<v Speaker 1>You, okay, how would you describe yourself as an entertainer?

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<v Speaker 1>Let us know, how would you describe yourself as an entertainer? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I I am you know I'm just a regular person.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a regular person who just believes that in this industry,

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<v Speaker 1>in this business of entertainment, that I can do anything

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<v Speaker 1>I want to do. That's it. I believe that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I encourage other people to think the same way. You

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<v Speaker 1>can do anything that you want to do with your

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<v Speaker 1>mind can't conceive. And as we go about life, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>people will bump into people who will tell us that

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<v Speaker 1>we can't. When we imagine these great things and we

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<v Speaker 1>think great and we dream great and we share those

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<v Speaker 1>dreams with people, people will begin to tell you that

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<v Speaker 1>you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Do it, you know, And I never believe that. I

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<v Speaker 2>never believe that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe that I can and I just do

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't wait for permission. I just deal it.

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<v Speaker 1>I am that's the industry. I'm a person who again

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<v Speaker 1>believes I can do whatever I want to do, and

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<v Speaker 1>I deal with it.

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<v Speaker 2>So you so someone will tell you, no, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>settle for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely not. People always nobody. You often find that people

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to give you a seat at the table.

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<v Speaker 2>You will say that again, and.

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<v Speaker 1>You often find that people don't want to give you

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<v Speaker 1>a seat at the table. So I take it. I

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<v Speaker 1>just take a seat and then I show them why

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<v Speaker 1>I belong.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that. And you know, let me tell you something.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to agree with you, because my favorite scripture

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<v Speaker 1>of all times is the Lippians four and thirteen. I

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<v Speaker 1>can do all things through Christ strength and me, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with you on that. I believe I could do

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<v Speaker 1>whatever I want to do.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that. No, you know, okay, you say no,

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<v Speaker 2>but see, let me go turn this no into four.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, exactly exactly. So I'm down with you exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>You.

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<v Speaker 1>If I ask for help and you don't give it

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<v Speaker 1>to me, I'm going to do it anyway. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to do it anyway. That's who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, you were born because I got so many questions

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<v Speaker 2>for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, that's right. Just in a long time. I was

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<v Speaker 1>so excited because I know you when you were a

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<v Speaker 1>little little teenager. Okay, you were born and raised in Yark? Right,

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<v Speaker 1>How did growing up? Did growing up in the city

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<v Speaker 1>of Newark shape your passion for singing at any point?

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<v Speaker 2>Just being a person a native from Newark?

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<v Speaker 1>What shaped my passion for singing really was my mom.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't choose singing, mm hmm. She chose the forming

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<v Speaker 1>and when I was very young, she put me out

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<v Speaker 1>there and I was you know, I was homeschooled all

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<v Speaker 1>the way. I remember Scho was homeschool and we had

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<v Speaker 1>a musical curriculum, and my mother taught me everything I

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<v Speaker 1>know about singing, about music, by all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>She's the one who taught me those things.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, and teaching me those things, she put me out

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<v Speaker 1>there in the industry, you know, go out there and sing.

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<v Speaker 1>My first gig, I was about six years old, and

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<v Speaker 1>I backed out shed She sent me out there and

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<v Speaker 1>saying I was so nervous, I literally did not do it.

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<v Speaker 1>But that didn stop birds. She kept going and we

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<v Speaker 1>kept going, and before you knew it, I was fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years old. I had my first professional gig. I was

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<v Speaker 1>singing with the Queen Latifa, Oh Wow, the Blue Note

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<v Speaker 1>Boo Magic Blue Magic, Yeah, and all these big artists.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember singing Cheryl Pepsi Riley's thanks for my Child.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was only fifteen years old, but everybody thought

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<v Speaker 1>I was Cheryl Pepsi rally and you know that's not me,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you anyway. So but to answer the question or

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<v Speaker 1>to really put it into proper perspective, what how did

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<v Speaker 1>growing up in the city of Newark shape me? Because

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<v Speaker 1>it did, Oh wow, it did shape me. But not

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't not for singing. I wasn't again that was

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<v Speaker 1>my mom's singing. It became a pat it became my passion.

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<v Speaker 1>But growing up and sitting or you meet people wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>people who who do believe in blending a hand. And

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<v Speaker 1>I met some people like that growing up, you being

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<v Speaker 1>the first of them all. When we were doing the

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<v Speaker 1>work at in Session Rooky Recordings to do you supported

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<v Speaker 1>me in such a way with all of my performances.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember you giving me outfits, giving me dazzling shoes

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<v Speaker 1>to wear and things like that. You know, even though

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<v Speaker 1>I was young, I dressed up maturely, so outsall. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm did you clothes and shoes and you gave it

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<v Speaker 1>to me. I met people like Sama Davis, who is

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<v Speaker 1>in the film industry. He's doing wonderful, wonderful things over

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<v Speaker 1>in Africa right now. He started out here in North

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey as a filmmaker, but he's now doing huge

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<v Speaker 1>things in Africa right now. He set me off on

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<v Speaker 1>my journey and film. He introduced me to some amazing

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<v Speaker 1>people in the film industry and got me into got

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<v Speaker 1>me started in the film business. You know, I met J. D. Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>who was an actor who also when I needed him,

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<v Speaker 1>he was there for me. You know, I needed an actor,

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<v Speaker 1>a named actor in one of my plays, and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I got you. You know, do you remember when you

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<v Speaker 1>was doing your plays over there, Morton, You was using

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<v Speaker 1>the place at one point to rehearse. Remember the daycare?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, yes, yes, That's why I said. We have

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<v Speaker 2>a history.

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<v Speaker 1>And one thing about me and you, I know that

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<v Speaker 1>we have in common. We would do for others and

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<v Speaker 1>we would keep it moving. We won't look back expect

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<v Speaker 1>anything because when we were giving and you were given too,

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<v Speaker 1>and when we did things back then, even when you

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<v Speaker 1>was doing your play, you was giving so much exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>My one of my main golden nuggets that I like

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<v Speaker 1>to do and say and back it up is the

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<v Speaker 1>more you give, the more you receive. Some people don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand that that is such a golden principle. It is

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<v Speaker 1>such a principle to stand on with solid foundation because

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to come back as long as you're not

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<v Speaker 1>always just given. Looking and that just reminded me of

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<v Speaker 1>who you were as a young teenager at Incession Recording Studio,

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<v Speaker 1>doing your plays, doing everything you got. So basically being

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<v Speaker 1>from Newton, New Jersey, your mom shape your career more

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<v Speaker 1>so in passion with with music. But there were people

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<v Speaker 1>that you met that connection that gave you that that

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<v Speaker 1>that that that that silhouette of how to proceed in

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<v Speaker 1>an artist. And you know what I'm saying, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>so profound because what it is is it called a connection.

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<v Speaker 1>Connection in the music industry, you and I know both,

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<v Speaker 1>that is very important connection in any career.

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<v Speaker 2>Networking, all of that plays a role.

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<v Speaker 1>And networking and and really and really building and massaging

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<v Speaker 1>and building relationships, you know, because you can network and

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<v Speaker 1>get this far. But when you burn bridges, then that

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a problem, becomes a problem because people don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to work with you.

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<v Speaker 2>And you need connections in this industry.

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<v Speaker 1>You just need connections. Whatever it is that you're doing,

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<v Speaker 1>you need connections. So I believe in forming relationshipships and

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<v Speaker 1>strengthening those relationships are really really relationships.

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<v Speaker 4>And not.

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<v Speaker 1>How much you have to sometimes they are with your

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<v Speaker 1>mom kind of like giving you that push in the

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<v Speaker 1>music industry. You started stage performance in your living room

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<v Speaker 1>as a child. Is that true? Because I read that

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere that is true. But more than my mom, that

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<v Speaker 1>was my grandmother who did that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, shout out to the moms we got.

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<v Speaker 1>Her mom is here with us in this studio, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, and shout out to her amazing grandmother, because

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<v Speaker 1>it takes that village sometimes to push us off. And

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<v Speaker 1>I tell my parents now, because we're still working with

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<v Speaker 1>children at the school because we are a learning center,

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<v Speaker 1>but we put emphasis on the performing arts, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>so important for the parents to see that and to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to nurture and push them when they see it

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<v Speaker 1>in their child. I want to tell you this story

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<v Speaker 1>about Pam Duncan. John Duncan started karate at one step

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<v Speaker 1>ahead with King k School of Martial Arts, right out

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<v Speaker 1>of my clap. Today John is a black belt, but

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<v Speaker 1>his mom always say, Miss Marley, he started taking karate

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<v Speaker 1>at one step ahead. Wow. So somewhere even it has

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<v Speaker 1>to be in the living room, that's where it gets

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<v Speaker 1>started at. Sometimes that's very good started. Yeah, that's very good, started,

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<v Speaker 1>you know and again. And my mother was the same way,

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<v Speaker 1>but with all of us, and I had there seven

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<v Speaker 1>of us. So when she's six. I have one sister

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<v Speaker 1>and five brothers. Oh wow. Yeah. And when my mother

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<v Speaker 1>what you do, this is what you do. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>And it all stemmed from my mother recognizing the talent

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<v Speaker 2>And like you say, you you not just a singer

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<v Speaker 1>Like you said me, we're motile talented where you're not

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<v Speaker 1>she said, okay, now microphone. She pushed me out there,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was just obedient.

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<v Speaker 1>And then it became a passion that I can't even

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<v Speaker 1>imagine life without anymore. As far as theater, I have

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just journal I'm still journal And it was not

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<v Speaker 1>without giving up any thought to it, I'm journaling. I

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<v Speaker 1>So I would read it back and go, this is

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<v Speaker 1>if somebody came about my first play, I was just journaling,

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty seven pages later there was a story. There

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<v Speaker 1>was a full story. I don't know why these stories

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<v Speaker 1>come to me. I did not consciously choose theater either.

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<v Speaker 1>I just was a writer, right right, right right. And

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<v Speaker 1>I read the story one day and I said, this

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<v Speaker 2>Me know what he thought. And he said, I think

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<v Speaker 2>you have something great here.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do it. And so we did. And that's how

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<v Speaker 1>I got into theater. I didn't know. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>anything about it. I just knew I like to write too.

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<v Speaker 1>That was my passion. And when I told my mother

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<v Speaker 1>that a writer, she was like, I promised you. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>girls stick the saying girl stick to sing, and I said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I really want to write it. I wrote this play

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<v Speaker 1>and I shared it with her, and I was singing

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<v Speaker 1>all the songs because there are songs in the play,

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<v Speaker 1>original songs and all of them that I wrote, and

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<v Speaker 1>she she just she couldn't hear it. She couldn't hear.

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<v Speaker 2>It, right, you know, stick to sing.

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<v Speaker 1>But once it was all put together, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>why I tell people, This is why I tell people. See,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody can't see your vision. They can't see your.

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<v Speaker 2>Dream until, oh, my God said one more time.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody cannot see your vision. They cannot see your dream.

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<v Speaker 1>It is your dream, and they can't see it until.

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<v Speaker 2>You show it to them. Once I showed her.

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<v Speaker 1>Once I put everything together, and she heard the script

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<v Speaker 1>and she heard the songs. She couldn't believe that. She

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't believe that it was something that came from me, original, original,

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<v Speaker 1>and that good and it blesses families. It's a family show,

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<v Speaker 1>talks it about family values and strengthening family values, and

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<v Speaker 1>of those situations. So it's an important piece. Wow wow,

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<v Speaker 1>let me take you back, well, no, let me fast

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<v Speaker 1>forward it from around the time I met you. You

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<v Speaker 1>were just sixteen, you joined the entertainment board of Essa's

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<v Speaker 1>County College and you quit gain a lot of recognition

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<v Speaker 1>down there. Tell us about that. What was that experience like?

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<v Speaker 1>And that was and you were still a very young

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<v Speaker 1>young person. Yeah, I was, And I was teased a

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<v Speaker 1>lot because I was so young. People would tease me

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. People They would who babysitting today? Who baby

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<v Speaker 1>sits she Ba today? Things like that, and but I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know. I didn't like that discourage me either, because

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<v Speaker 1>even though they were it was a little bit bullying,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, it was all right. It was all right

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<v Speaker 1>because what what's happening is I was competing a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I competed a lot at Essens County College, and I

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<v Speaker 1>would win every single competition won.

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<v Speaker 2>I never lost the competition.

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<v Speaker 1>What college? No, And so they, you know, would say

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<v Speaker 1>to me, you know, okay, stopped stop performing and become

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<v Speaker 1>a featured artist. And so that's what and that's how

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<v Speaker 1>that happened. But that was shout out to Gerald Holloway

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<v Speaker 1>who gave me those opportunities. And that's also also where

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of got into theater too, because we did

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<v Speaker 1>a production of The Wiz and I started as Evil

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<v Speaker 1>the Evil Witch, I believe it or not.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember that you probably did and that was your part. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that was your part.

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<v Speaker 1>That was my first time doing anything. So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take this pause right now, and we're gonna bring Sheeba

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<v Speaker 1>to the mic and let her sing a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>something for y'all. And as she get ready, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if she but remember we had things back then

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<v Speaker 1>when we were at Peppermin Lounge. Remember Peppermint lo.

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<v Speaker 2>That was that was the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you're doing things, sometimes your foundation is being laid.

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<v Speaker 1>You have no idea why we just living. We're just

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<v Speaker 1>going and were growing and we're getting older and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going through the motions of life. Right But who ever

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<v Speaker 1>thought in twenty twenty five that you and I would

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<v Speaker 1>be sitting here during this interview And I'm still about

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<v Speaker 1>to get blessed with your voice. So I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to take over the airways right now and let these

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<v Speaker 1>gorgeous people over here. That's committing, that's right. We want

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<v Speaker 1>to let doctor Love know that we appreciate him. I

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<v Speaker 1>see Platinum out there. We appreciate Platinum. Shout out to Platinum.

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<v Speaker 1>We want you to sing a little bit whatever your

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<v Speaker 1>heart desire, all right, because I've been talking about how

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<v Speaker 1>great you are. I want the listeners to know and

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<v Speaker 1>also how they can book you. There's so many umbrellas

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<v Speaker 1>that you're under, and we're gonna get into that a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit later.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, so we're going so so y'all get ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you I'm not gonna sing with her. Are

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<v Speaker 1>good on the sound? Yes, I hold you a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit from my show Love Overboard the Gladys Night.

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<v Speaker 5>And I have had my shade of a lot of

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<v Speaker 5>soups and.

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<v Speaker 4>Down but fate's been kind. The dolls have been few.

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<v Speaker 5>I guess you.

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<v Speaker 1>That is all because of you. You've any one.

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<v Speaker 3>Sort my life all right?

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<v Speaker 6>For worry, oh my feet, Oh.

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<v Speaker 5>You will be there?

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<v Speaker 1>What tween it? One of pain and lory because all

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<v Speaker 1>the fish things.

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<v Speaker 6>Never heaven to me, oh never happened.

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<v Speaker 2>I see them hands go about there.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, Oh my god, that's just so beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>that it's just so beautiful. She but your voice has

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<v Speaker 1>not changed. You know. It's so crazy that you would

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<v Speaker 1>say that, because right, I was a young girl sounding

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<v Speaker 1>like that, Yes, yes, sound like that. But it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a it's just a little bit more sped. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because I was young, very young, and I was not

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<v Speaker 1>as mature as I am in terms of knowing knowing

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<v Speaker 1>what it is knowing how to sing. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>could sing. I just had this natural knack for singing.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you learn technique and you learn different skills,

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<v Speaker 1>that comes with experience. And so that's what that's probably

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<v Speaker 1>and I am I have no tissue. I've always loved

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<v Speaker 1>you so much, you know, I've always love your voice.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you always kept me in the loop, even

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<v Speaker 1>though we may not always see eye to eye or

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<v Speaker 1>not not the eye, but put eyes on each other. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>You always made sure I got that memo. You've always

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<v Speaker 1>had disagreement. Never we never had disagreements, but you made sure, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm performing here. And sometimes I would travel down the

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<v Speaker 2>That voice always always, and then sometimes ill.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes telling me you just show up and I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, oh here, what was.

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<v Speaker 1>And again like I'm a I'm an emotional person, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I work with kids, and I really believe and the

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<v Speaker 1>emotions and I fought back those tears because this is

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<v Speaker 1>like a reality thing that just to sit here with you, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and to be caught and to hear that voice and

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<v Speaker 1>to calling you and for you to come to the show,

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<v Speaker 1>it means the world to me. I just want you

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<v Speaker 1>to know that I get it. When you were who

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<v Speaker 1>were some of your biggest artist influence growing up, Well

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<v Speaker 1>you already know Regina Bell, Regina Bell, Vigina for a

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<v Speaker 2>Was my absolute favorite singer.

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<v Speaker 1>And part of the reason is because I mean, she

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<v Speaker 1>is who she is, and she's very, very amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>She's amazing. But when I first saw Regina Bell was

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<v Speaker 2>in the nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighties eighty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>She was on the Apollo Show, signed at the Apollo.

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<v Speaker 1>So the first time you saw her, she was show okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was singing show me the Way, uh huh,

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<v Speaker 1>and she had this short dress on. She was showing

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<v Speaker 1>her big legs, looking at her as you re mimmy

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<v Speaker 1>and me a little bit. And the sound was very similar.

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<v Speaker 1>The sound was very similar. So when I saw Regina

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<v Speaker 1>Bell on the television, I saw myself, oh Wowina Bell,

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<v Speaker 1>and I started to do her songs and when she

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<v Speaker 1>THENA nine.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter where I went, I had to sing that song.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I tell that story when I performed it

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<v Speaker 1>today because sometimes I say, before a song by Regina

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<v Speaker 1>Bell and then there was used to Houston. Wow?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>The what we Was there a particular moment in your

429
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<v Speaker 1>life when you knew that performing and writing were your

430
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<v Speaker 1>true calling?

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<v Speaker 2>Because we already know you really you love writing? Do

432
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<v Speaker 2>you do you still journal? You said you still journal?

433
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<v Speaker 2>Are you still writing? Working on anything? Right?

434
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<v Speaker 1>I write, but I write with more intent now. I

435
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<v Speaker 1>know that. Now, I know that I am at playwright.

436
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<v Speaker 1>I know that I write film works. I know that now,

437
00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:37.319
<v Speaker 1>so uh, it is more intentional now. Was there a moment? No,

438
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<v Speaker 1>not really. Again, my mother put me out there and

439
00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.079
<v Speaker 1>I was just doing it, you know, because I was.

440
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<v Speaker 1>She wanted me to, she told me to. But when

441
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<v Speaker 1>did it become a passion?

442
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<v Speaker 2>Told?

443
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<v Speaker 1>When did it become a passion? As your question? Right,

444
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<v Speaker 1>I don't know when it became a passion, but it did.

445
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<v Speaker 1>I just I just knew that after a while it

446
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<v Speaker 1>was something that I could not imagine life without performing.

447
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<v Speaker 1>And even now, no matter what I'm doing or where

448
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<v Speaker 1>I am. I'd rather be on stage. And that's funny

449
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<v Speaker 1>you say that, because I'd rather be in a classroom

450
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<v Speaker 1>than sit in the office as a director of the

451
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<v Speaker 1>business owner. I'd rather be in the classroom with my students,

452
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<v Speaker 1>close my door, attend to the ten to twenty to

453
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<v Speaker 1>thirty whoever, however many they want to give me.

454
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<v Speaker 2>That that's my passion.

455
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<v Speaker 1>And I understand when you say would you rather be,

456
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<v Speaker 1>because we're doing what we gotta do, but we always

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<v Speaker 1>have that inner passion where we know what we really

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<v Speaker 1>want to do. And you may You also said you

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<v Speaker 1>appeared in some of the TV commercials.

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<v Speaker 2>What was that like?

461
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<v Speaker 1>So I was very young when I did. I probably

462
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<v Speaker 1>was about six or seven. Wow.

463
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, commercials?

464
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<v Speaker 6>That it was?

465
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<v Speaker 1>It got milk? Was it that one got milk?

466
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<v Speaker 2>What was my commercial?

467
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<v Speaker 1>Milk? I remember the crab band Aids commercial. I know

468
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<v Speaker 1>I had a milk wine. Okay, I can't remember the script,

469
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<v Speaker 1>but here at band Aid's I was a kid with

470
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<v Speaker 1>a dog and the dog I was walking the dog

471
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<v Speaker 1>and the dog ran and kind of scraped my knees

472
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<v Speaker 1>up and I was talking about my boo boom. But

473
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<v Speaker 1>it was such a such a long time ago. I

474
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<v Speaker 1>can't really remember those socials. I don't like acting, though

475
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<v Speaker 1>you don't know. I don't enjoy It's not something that

476
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<v Speaker 1>I enjoyed. I teach acting, and so that's why I

477
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<v Speaker 1>can't relate to what you said about your students, because

478
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<v Speaker 1>what happens with the students my drama students, they make a.

479
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<v Speaker 2>Mark, they put they have a mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Students. I teach drama. Where do you teach drama? I

481
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<v Speaker 1>teach drama at Western High School. I take drama at

482
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<v Speaker 1>Weekway High School. I take drama at Eagle Academy. All

483
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<v Speaker 1>these schools are in the city of New York. Yeah,

484
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<v Speaker 1>I taught drama too. You ever thought about teaching drama

485
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<v Speaker 1>to early child education because that is one area that

486
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<v Speaker 1>has not yet tapped into my program.

487
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<v Speaker 2>Really No, we do a lot of.

488
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<v Speaker 1>Vocal vocal training production, but acting is something that you

489
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<v Speaker 1>just gave me this like brainstorm of an idea. Because

490
00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:13.240
<v Speaker 1>children start very young. You know that for a fact.

491
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<v Speaker 1>That's how young you were when you started their baby

492
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<v Speaker 1>infant commercials. What's wrong with doing acting early? That's something

493
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<v Speaker 1>I would love for you to talk to you about. Okay,

494
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<v Speaker 1>let's there's nothing wrong with that. You know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>a we have a dynamic performing arts program and you

496
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<v Speaker 1>need to.

497
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<v Speaker 2>Come check it out because they act all day long. Yes, they.

498
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<v Speaker 1>Have never worked with teaching children that young and teaching

499
00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:50.000
<v Speaker 1>drama anyway. I've taught the Abcason one, two three is

500
00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:53.240
<v Speaker 1>the children that young, but never any any drama. But

501
00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:56.799
<v Speaker 1>I would I definitely want to go back and uh,

502
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<v Speaker 1>because that just came in my spirit.

503
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<v Speaker 2>That just came in my spirit during.

504
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<v Speaker 1>Some of your moments where you can remember your memorable

505
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<v Speaker 1>moments doing one of just to say, one of your

506
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<v Speaker 1>live performances, is there anything about one live performance that

507
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<v Speaker 1>you could say change you as an artist? Yes, my

508
00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:23.640
<v Speaker 1>first play, I know on Somebody, the very first time

509
00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:26.240
<v Speaker 1>that we did this play. Uh, it was.

510
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<v Speaker 2>It was a really really.

511
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<v Speaker 1>Bizarre journey for me because again I just I just

512
00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:34.559
<v Speaker 1>started doing it. I didn't know anything about it, and

513
00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:36.279
<v Speaker 1>I told her I'm the type of person who I

514
00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.519
<v Speaker 1>believe I can do anything I want to do. So

515
00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.039
<v Speaker 1>I knew I had a script and I knew I

516
00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:44.079
<v Speaker 1>wanted to put to produce a stage play. So I

517
00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:46.440
<v Speaker 1>just commenced to do and I hire these people. I

518
00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:49.119
<v Speaker 1>had a director to you directed the director wanted to

519
00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 1>change the name of the play, wanted to change the thing,

520
00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.279
<v Speaker 1>wanted to change the little boy to a little girl.

521
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<v Speaker 1>And I said, you're gonna have to go write your

522
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<v Speaker 1>own place. And I fired that director. I had another director,

523
00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.240
<v Speaker 1>director wanted to change my theme song. You can't change

524
00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.759
<v Speaker 1>my things. And then his direction it just wasn't a

525
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<v Speaker 1>part of my vision. So I had to fire him.

526
00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:10.839
<v Speaker 2>To get fired, get fired, everybody, get.

527
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:14.160
<v Speaker 1>Fired right right, you know? And I had to. It

528
00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.880
<v Speaker 1>was necessary because they were not saying true to my vision.

529
00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:19.000
<v Speaker 1>I do not work with people who don't believe in

530
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<v Speaker 1>what I'm trying to do. I said, ooh, police, when

531
00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.640
<v Speaker 1>what time said? I don't work with people who don't

532
00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:25.440
<v Speaker 1>believe in what I'm trying to do. God, we got

533
00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:28.359
<v Speaker 1>so much in common. Yeah, and that's true. It can't

534
00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.200
<v Speaker 1>be a part of your vision. They're not for you, right.

535
00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:35.559
<v Speaker 1>So what ended up happening is, after months of trying

536
00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:38.119
<v Speaker 1>to put this show up, I came in one day

537
00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:41.759
<v Speaker 1>and I told my cat, listen, I'm directing my own place.

538
00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't know nothing about directing, but I'm gonna direct

539
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<v Speaker 1>my own play.

540
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.720
<v Speaker 2>Now.

541
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<v Speaker 1>You want to know what happened?

542
00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.680
<v Speaker 2>A thunderous applause.

543
00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.119
<v Speaker 1>They were so excited that I decided to direct my

544
00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:54.680
<v Speaker 1>own show. And what happened is they got behind me

545
00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:57.799
<v Speaker 1>and they supported me and we just did it. We

546
00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:02.440
<v Speaker 1>did it, and when I tell you, it was masterpiece is.

547
00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:05.240
<v Speaker 1>And we got to the day of the show. The

548
00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.880
<v Speaker 1>day of the show, Marlene, there was a gentleman who

549
00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.720
<v Speaker 1>was playing the reverend. He was actually related to bat

550
00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:12.400
<v Speaker 1>In the Bell was her cousin. Yes, he but he

551
00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.559
<v Speaker 1>didn't wanted to learn his lines. So we're at tech

552
00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:19.400
<v Speaker 1>rehearsal at Soapacked when Soapac had just opened up beautiful.

553
00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:22.200
<v Speaker 1>So I spent a whole lot of money and he

554
00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:24.680
<v Speaker 1>came up there not knowing his lines. And I didn't

555
00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:27.279
<v Speaker 1>even realize. We had the microphones on and I said, sir,

556
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<v Speaker 1>this isn't working out, and I fired him to everybody

557
00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:34.880
<v Speaker 1>got right. And so now the cast is nervous because

558
00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:37.079
<v Speaker 1>it's like, okay, she's tripping right now. But what they

559
00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:39.720
<v Speaker 1>didn't know is I had an understudy for everybody. Nobody

560
00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.759
<v Speaker 1>when I understudy, I called him and I said, you're

561
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<v Speaker 1>up go upstairs and practice with your cast. They don't

562
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<v Speaker 1>want to practice with him, right, I didn't have time

563
00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.240
<v Speaker 1>to deal with that because props weren't there, so I

564
00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.480
<v Speaker 1>had to get some props. Right. Everything was going crazy

565
00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.200
<v Speaker 1>my first day and it got to the point where

566
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<v Speaker 1>I just started crying. And one of the producers at

567
00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:01.480
<v Speaker 1>SOAPAC came to me, one of the stage managers, and

568
00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.960
<v Speaker 1>he said, why are you crying?

569
00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:06.440
<v Speaker 2>I said, because the props are here. The lead man

570
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<v Speaker 2>his suit.

571
00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:09.960
<v Speaker 1>Isn't here at the show it's about to start, and

572
00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:13.119
<v Speaker 1>I'm just not ready. And he said, listen to me,

573
00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:16.839
<v Speaker 1>that curtains going to open a fifteen minutes to a

574
00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:20.920
<v Speaker 1>sold out audience. Don't worry about those props, don't worry

575
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:25.559
<v Speaker 1>about that suit, Go run your show. And that changed

576
00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:28.680
<v Speaker 1>me forever. See that it changed me forever, I don't know.

577
00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.920
<v Speaker 1>And that gave me so much courage, the way that

578
00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.759
<v Speaker 1>he was talking to me, and he said the show

579
00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.920
<v Speaker 1>must go on, because that's essentially what he was saying.

580
00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:39.359
<v Speaker 1>I did exactly what he said, and it was magic.

581
00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.559
<v Speaker 1>It was magic. It was magic. After that, people were

582
00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:46.279
<v Speaker 1>waiting in the lobby, still teary eyed, steer her crying

583
00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:48.319
<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, why are y'all crying? What's going on?

584
00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:50.480
<v Speaker 1>They're like, oh, because the show so good. One guy say,

585
00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:53.559
<v Speaker 1>I'm crying because I know you. I'm crying because your

586
00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:56.599
<v Speaker 1>show saved my marriage. I'm about to go talk to

587
00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.920
<v Speaker 1>my husband. I'm going home. You know things like that,

588
00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:02.680
<v Speaker 1>thingsut that. You got to bring that back up. Yes,

589
00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:05.640
<v Speaker 1>I know. Somebody is a tremendous piece of work. It

590
00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.359
<v Speaker 1>really is impactful, it's meaningful, it's powerful, and it inspires

591
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<v Speaker 1>p Well.

592
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<v Speaker 2>I do acting too, I do.

593
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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you got a great face.

594
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<v Speaker 2>That's funny because I remember when the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember I was sharing before we went on live that

596
00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:30.799
<v Speaker 1>we had a show and nothing work musically, the mic

597
00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:35.759
<v Speaker 1>didn't work, nothing. We had no music, no sound, nothing.

598
00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.359
<v Speaker 1>It's just like it was like a big sabotage in

599
00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:41.240
<v Speaker 1>my mind, like who would do this? These are kids, right,

600
00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.839
<v Speaker 1>And I had someone to say let them go. Actually

601
00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.359
<v Speaker 1>was the children that showed me that they were ready

602
00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:53.279
<v Speaker 1>without the music, because they performed a whole hour. They

603
00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:57.079
<v Speaker 1>did that whole show without music because they were so

604
00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:01.279
<v Speaker 1>well rehearsed they didn't need no music. And there are

605
00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:04.200
<v Speaker 1>moments like that, and there will probably be even more moments.

606
00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:07.359
<v Speaker 1>But you know how we improvise, We move on, and

607
00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:11.440
<v Speaker 1>it's always a ram in the bush. There's always an

608
00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.319
<v Speaker 1>angel that God would sin to just push you when

609
00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.640
<v Speaker 1>the devil is trying to do so much.

610
00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:20.559
<v Speaker 2>To change us. You understand that, and I know your faith.

611
00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.240
<v Speaker 1>I know that because you always, even when you was

612
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.680
<v Speaker 1>a little girl, you always reminded me of me. You

613
00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:30.119
<v Speaker 1>know you always, even though you like Willi Houston and

614
00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:33.000
<v Speaker 1>Regina Bell and all of them, you was always like

615
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<v Speaker 1>me because we always share. Even now during this interview,

616
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<v Speaker 1>we're still sharing the same thoughts, we still have those

617
00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:42.400
<v Speaker 1>same energy vibes that we know. You can't tell me no.

618
00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.920
<v Speaker 2>I never accept no.

619
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<v Speaker 1>I will get on the plane and fly to Alaska

620
00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:51.160
<v Speaker 1>with some snow and sell it to the Eskimo, right, Okay,

621
00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.759
<v Speaker 1>tell me.

622
00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.599
<v Speaker 2>I can't tell me.

623
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<v Speaker 1>So that's what you have to do these days. You

624
00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:03.680
<v Speaker 1>have to stay focused. You're part of your vision. Everybody's

625
00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.640
<v Speaker 1>not gonna be a part of your vision. Everybody's not

626
00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.319
<v Speaker 1>gonna go with you.

627
00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:08.639
<v Speaker 2>And like you said, you fire, you fight, you fight,

628
00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.800
<v Speaker 2>those are the ones you fire.

629
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<v Speaker 1>Okay. But one thing I will say about me and you,

630
00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:16.719
<v Speaker 1>we know how to lead and we know how to

631
00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:19.760
<v Speaker 1>step back and follow right. And I always say I

632
00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:25.960
<v Speaker 1>always say to that Marlene it is great only good followers. Wow,

633
00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:29.280
<v Speaker 1>make good leaders a good leader. If you weren't a

634
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<v Speaker 1>good follow Oh my god, say it again. Good followers

635
00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:37.039
<v Speaker 1>make good leaders. Can be a great follower if you're

636
00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:39.320
<v Speaker 1>a leader. If you were not, you can't. And you

637
00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:42.880
<v Speaker 1>know what to add to that. Sheevera always say, I

638
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:48.760
<v Speaker 1>love being at the podium, I love the mic. I

639
00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:51.800
<v Speaker 1>love the mic. But I also can stand behind the

640
00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:55.039
<v Speaker 1>scenes and be the one pulling the curtains, opening up

641
00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:57.039
<v Speaker 1>the curtains and stuff like that. I can do that too.

642
00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.840
<v Speaker 1>You also was active and in film although you don't

643
00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.400
<v Speaker 1>like much acting. How does writing performance for the screen

644
00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.840
<v Speaker 1>different from working on stage.

645
00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.239
<v Speaker 2>As a major difference?

646
00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:13.079
<v Speaker 1>And when you're teaching these techniques to the actors, right,

647
00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.000
<v Speaker 1>because that's what I do.

648
00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.039
<v Speaker 2>I teach you actors how to act.

649
00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:17.199
<v Speaker 1>I teach them how to be on stage as well

650
00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:21.559
<v Speaker 1>as in film. In theater, you have to use what

651
00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:25.280
<v Speaker 1>we call your theater voice, right. You have to project,

652
00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:28.000
<v Speaker 1>you have to be loud, and you can't be too

653
00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:31.920
<v Speaker 1>big in theater. The difference in film is you don't

654
00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.599
<v Speaker 1>want to act like that. You can't act like that

655
00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:38.079
<v Speaker 1>in film because if I'm talking but saying the Lord film.

656
00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:44.119
<v Speaker 1>It looks crazy that loud, right, But you have to

657
00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.920
<v Speaker 1>do that on on on stage right, because the furthest

658
00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:51.719
<v Speaker 1>audience member has to hear what you're saying. They have

659
00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:56.880
<v Speaker 1>to film all the time. Sometimes you make up in

660
00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:59.400
<v Speaker 1>theater too, But what if the mic isn't working right,

661
00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.360
<v Speaker 1>You still have to be able to be heard by

662
00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:05.960
<v Speaker 1>the furthest audience. So absolutely not unless the character called

663
00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.880
<v Speaker 1>for that. But otherwise, and even then you still have

664
00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:11.800
<v Speaker 1>to be big and timid. When with the film, however,

665
00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.679
<v Speaker 1>it's the opposite. You want to use your inside always.

666
00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:17.199
<v Speaker 1>You want to talk like this, and you want to

667
00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:21.400
<v Speaker 1>give the the character as much character as you can,

668
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.039
<v Speaker 1>and it has.

669
00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:24.079
<v Speaker 2>To be pleasant. It can be unpleasant.

670
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:29.639
<v Speaker 1>You have to be able to emote without even talking sometimes,

671
00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:33.280
<v Speaker 1>so sometimes I'll tell my actors look at TV, turn

672
00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:38.199
<v Speaker 1>down the volume and watch the film without the sound.

673
00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.719
<v Speaker 2>Without the sound, Okay, you.

674
00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:47.119
<v Speaker 1>Can see how actors act without even talking. Oh wow, language, wowye. Contact.

675
00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:50.760
<v Speaker 1>All these things matter and film I'm gonna do that

676
00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:54.360
<v Speaker 1>as well as theater. But in theater, whereas you do this,

677
00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:57.760
<v Speaker 1>some subtle moving film is subtle. In theater it has

678
00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.920
<v Speaker 1>to be more like this. You know, you can't do

679
00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:04.599
<v Speaker 1>that because again the furthest order, the audience member has

680
00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:08.000
<v Speaker 1>to see this. So instead of here like it would

681
00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:11.320
<v Speaker 1>be a film, it's this, you know what I mean, dramatic,

682
00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:16.679
<v Speaker 1>the trauma, the drama, drama. That's one of the major

683
00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:20.159
<v Speaker 1>differences in theater and film. And it's easier in film

684
00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:23.239
<v Speaker 1>because you can stop and start over and theater is live.

685
00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:27.599
<v Speaker 2>You your one chance to get it right. But if

686
00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:30.280
<v Speaker 2>you forget your lines, you can just make up stuff exactly.

687
00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.079
<v Speaker 1>And one of the things I tell my actors is

688
00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.920
<v Speaker 1>commit to your mistakes. Commit to your mistakes because guess what,

689
00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.440
<v Speaker 1>they don't know the script.

690
00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.599
<v Speaker 2>Uh huh.

691
00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:40.760
<v Speaker 1>So whatever you do, you believe, believe it. So commit

692
00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:47.960
<v Speaker 1>to your mistakes and commit all right, And and that's

693
00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.000
<v Speaker 1>that's very interesting. I mean just the few seconds you

694
00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:54.559
<v Speaker 1>just talked, that's a lot. That's a lot, and that's

695
00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:56.920
<v Speaker 1>a lot for and I would just love for you

696
00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.559
<v Speaker 1>to just come just do a test round with some

697
00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:02.079
<v Speaker 1>five of course, yeah, we can do it.

698
00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.800
<v Speaker 2>I will do that.

699
00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:06.639
<v Speaker 1>They have a major talent show coming up this May

700
00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.440
<v Speaker 1>and we didn't work on it, but you would have

701
00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:11.239
<v Speaker 1>been so proud of those kids that you had to

702
00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:14.840
<v Speaker 1>came to their tribute to Broadway. They did the Webs,

703
00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:18.400
<v Speaker 1>they did Beauty and the Beast, they did the Temptations,

704
00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:22.840
<v Speaker 1>they did Michael Jackson. And I'm telling you something. My

705
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:26.880
<v Speaker 1>productions is not a little tea pot. Sure you know,

706
00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:29.480
<v Speaker 1>here's my hand. My kids don't roll like that. That

707
00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:33.920
<v Speaker 1>are in the performing artists. They're actually singing and performing.

708
00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:36.800
<v Speaker 1>She will they have to make up artists. Well, you

709
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.960
<v Speaker 1>said Michael Jackson, and you said the Temptations, So y'all

710
00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.360
<v Speaker 1>know it's.

711
00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:44.880
<v Speaker 2>Not you gotta come.

712
00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:50.960
<v Speaker 1>You gotta come into one of the rehearsals. A producer

713
00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:54.480
<v Speaker 1>by the name of Terrell from the group Fire. He

714
00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:57.760
<v Speaker 1>comes in four days a week and work on their vocals.

715
00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:59.880
<v Speaker 1>You know, I really would want you to check that out.

716
00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.320
<v Speaker 1>It's it's a very good cause to remember. There are

717
00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:05.880
<v Speaker 1>several locations where we could definitely have you come to

718
00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:11.679
<v Speaker 1>look at my kids. You really are And while I'm there,

719
00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:15.880
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to not say congratulations on twenty nine years.

720
00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:18.920
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, thank you, thank you for your service because

721
00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:24.119
<v Speaker 1>you are you are teaching, and you're you're you're helping

722
00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:26.440
<v Speaker 1>this world to be a better place. When your work,

723
00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:29.719
<v Speaker 1>the work that you do with these children, so thank you,

724
00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:34.320
<v Speaker 1>thank you, thank you. She but and that's that's the vision,

725
00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:39.000
<v Speaker 1>my vision. You just said it, because the foundation for

726
00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:44.280
<v Speaker 1>them now is helping the world later as they grow up.

727
00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:47.280
<v Speaker 1>They're getting some memories that they may not get or

728
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:49.320
<v Speaker 1>may not have gotten if it wasn't for one step ahead,

729
00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:51.360
<v Speaker 1>or may not have this opportunity to do the things.

730
00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:53.880
<v Speaker 1>One thing I do with those kids. But I stay

731
00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:56.599
<v Speaker 1>focused on what I have to do for them. Okay,

732
00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:59.079
<v Speaker 1>I don't we will, I don't wobble. I will not

733
00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:01.920
<v Speaker 1>fall down when it comes to dealing with those children,

734
00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:05.360
<v Speaker 1>not just so much with the performing arts, but academics

735
00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:08.159
<v Speaker 1>and with the spiritual side, because I do believe that

736
00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:11.079
<v Speaker 1>they can do all things through Christ who strengthen them.

737
00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:12.239
<v Speaker 2>And that's what I teach them.

738
00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.360
<v Speaker 1>That's what I teach them. That is so good, teaching

739
00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:19.639
<v Speaker 1>them that at that early age. Are you let me

740
00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:22.320
<v Speaker 1>ask you this, So, what are you currently doing now?

741
00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.360
<v Speaker 1>You're working on any because you have your own original

742
00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:28.679
<v Speaker 1>songs as well, Okay that I do know you. Are

743
00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:31.920
<v Speaker 1>you doing any collaborations? Are are there any projects? I know?

744
00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:35.480
<v Speaker 1>You're still traveling with the band, You're still doing your

745
00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.679
<v Speaker 1>own solo things.

746
00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:39.639
<v Speaker 2>You all over the place. You know, you don't stop.

747
00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:43.119
<v Speaker 2>You don't because you just had to show Friday, right,

748
00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.920
<v Speaker 2>So what's what's going on now?

749
00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:48.360
<v Speaker 1>So the one thing that we're working on is Love Overboard,

750
00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:51.440
<v Speaker 1>the Gladys Night tribute show. We are definitely developing that.

751
00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.559
<v Speaker 1>I want to I want to take Love Overboard. I

752
00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:56.039
<v Speaker 1>want I want to see Gladys Knight on Broadway. That's

753
00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:58.519
<v Speaker 1>what I want to. Yes, you got to see the

754
00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:01.960
<v Speaker 1>turn on bah Way. You have have, Michael Jackson. We've

755
00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:05.760
<v Speaker 1>had the temptations. We need Gladys on Broadway. And I

756
00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:08.679
<v Speaker 1>want to be the one to tell that story because

757
00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.000
<v Speaker 1>I know when you say tell that story, do you

758
00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.519
<v Speaker 1>want to be the one to perform for be Gladys

759
00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.519
<v Speaker 1>or you want the actually Gladys on stage or do

760
00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.760
<v Speaker 1>you want to play that role?

761
00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Right now?

762
00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:19.039
<v Speaker 1>I do play the role, and I can see myself

763
00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.079
<v Speaker 1>doing that. But I don't have a problem with taking

764
00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:22.559
<v Speaker 1>the back seat and allowing someone else to do it

765
00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.960
<v Speaker 1>as long as I write the script and I can

766
00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.840
<v Speaker 1>guess wow.

767
00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:27.679
<v Speaker 2>But Love Overboard is my show.

768
00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:30.800
<v Speaker 1>I created it. It is the Gladys Knight story, and

769
00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.559
<v Speaker 1>I would love to see it on Broadway.

770
00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:34.559
<v Speaker 2>And what came up, what made you come up with

771
00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.320
<v Speaker 2>love overboard.

772
00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.639
<v Speaker 1>Love Overboard is just I don't know, I just love

773
00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:42.480
<v Speaker 1>the way it sounds love. She has a song called

774
00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:46.000
<v Speaker 1>love Overboard. Okay, it does, but I like that because,

775
00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.559
<v Speaker 1>you know, because I just I am love I am

776
00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:52.480
<v Speaker 1>and so just the one love and love overboard. It

777
00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.800
<v Speaker 1>just sounds like a whole lot of love.

778
00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:57.599
<v Speaker 2>And that's what the show Love Overboard makes you feel.

779
00:41:57.880 --> 00:42:00.320
<v Speaker 1>When I when I tell you, when I'm I'm up

780
00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:03.880
<v Speaker 1>there performing as Gladys Knight, the audience, the whole room

781
00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.480
<v Speaker 1>is full, you love.

782
00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.440
<v Speaker 2>You just feel the.

783
00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.760
<v Speaker 1>Love, and it's just like a it's like a domino

784
00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:11.559
<v Speaker 1>effect just going across the whole entire room. Even to

785
00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:14.920
<v Speaker 1>me while I'm singing it, I'm full. I get full

786
00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:19.000
<v Speaker 1>doing that show. And so I just I don't know

787
00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:21.199
<v Speaker 1>why I chose the name of Love Overboard, but that's

788
00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.639
<v Speaker 1>part of it. I would love and it's work. But

789
00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:27.039
<v Speaker 1>the reason I decided to do what a gladys Ary

790
00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:29.960
<v Speaker 1>tribute show is because someone had approached me to do it.

791
00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:32.360
<v Speaker 1>I never thought to do it. Someone approached me to

792
00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:33.480
<v Speaker 1>do it, and we were going to go and ask

793
00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:37.840
<v Speaker 1>producers together, but we had a lot of creative differences

794
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:40.320
<v Speaker 1>and so it just didn't work out. But by the

795
00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:42.599
<v Speaker 1>time we realized that I had already cast the show

796
00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.199
<v Speaker 1>and this person was just dragging her feet, dragging our feet.

797
00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.079
<v Speaker 1>And I had this one boy who played one of

798
00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:51.280
<v Speaker 1>the pips. He said to me, you know, when I

799
00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.440
<v Speaker 1>saw the call for this and I realized that this

800
00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:56.159
<v Speaker 1>was a Gladys Knight tribute show, I felt like God

801
00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.400
<v Speaker 1>had answered one of my prayers because when I was

802
00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:00.800
<v Speaker 1>a little boy, I always always want to be a pip.

803
00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:02.079
<v Speaker 1>So you did a cast?

804
00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:04.519
<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, said I always wanted to be.

805
00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:08.840
<v Speaker 1>And I always wanted to be a pip. So when

806
00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:10.880
<v Speaker 1>I got this call, I felt like God was answering

807
00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:14.599
<v Speaker 1>my prayer. And so I was like, I'm not gonna

808
00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:17.119
<v Speaker 1>disappoint this man. This young man is gonna be a

809
00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:19.119
<v Speaker 1>pip because that's what he wants to do. And when

810
00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:23.400
<v Speaker 1>this collaboration wasn't happening, it just wasn't happening, I just

811
00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:25.719
<v Speaker 1>took it over. I took her over because that's what

812
00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:29.000
<v Speaker 1>I do. I said, you're not going to help me,

813
00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:31.719
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna get done it. And you know that's see,

814
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:34.199
<v Speaker 1>that's why I love you so much, because you remind

815
00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:38.760
<v Speaker 1>me of me especially in your work ethics and your

816
00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:42.840
<v Speaker 1>your training of thoughts. You're not gonna stop me, No,

817
00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:46.239
<v Speaker 1>you you just because you don't want to see it

818
00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:49.159
<v Speaker 1>go or you don't want to see it successful.

819
00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.880
<v Speaker 2>You're just you right.

820
00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.880
<v Speaker 1>There's so many people God has given us with favor,

821
00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:56.559
<v Speaker 1>and you have favor on your life. I have faivor

822
00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:58.719
<v Speaker 1>on my life. So what's gonna get done? Because there

823
00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.360
<v Speaker 1>were a lot of people that thought gay it was

824
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:03.599
<v Speaker 1>not gonna open. You know, it started in twenty twenty.

825
00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:06.000
<v Speaker 1>It's only been really open by a year and a

826
00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:10.039
<v Speaker 1>half now, but guess what it opened. And that's where

827
00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:14.280
<v Speaker 1>I learned dealing down there with all those men who's

828
00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:17.119
<v Speaker 1>telling me no, no, no, it can't be done. And

829
00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:19.280
<v Speaker 1>I kept saying, watch me. Even when I had to

830
00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:24.440
<v Speaker 1>walk in that room by myself and negotiate my least,

831
00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:27.000
<v Speaker 1>I knew that I had got with me, you know,

832
00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:29.320
<v Speaker 1>So I would walk in there because I know what

833
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.840
<v Speaker 1>I wanted.

834
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:32.559
<v Speaker 2>I know about the industry. I'm not gonna tell you

835
00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.519
<v Speaker 2>how to run.

836
00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:38.400
<v Speaker 1>A post office or Verizon, IBM, AT and T, none

837
00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:40.199
<v Speaker 1>of those. But I will tell you how to run

838
00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:43.119
<v Speaker 1>a childcare s, you know. And that's what I told

839
00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.679
<v Speaker 1>them and I got everything that I wanted and it's

840
00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.599
<v Speaker 1>up and running because I decided to say yes, you're

841
00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:52.320
<v Speaker 1>not gonna tell me no. So you said no, I'm

842
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:54.039
<v Speaker 1>not gonna go to somebody else. And this is what

843
00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:57.079
<v Speaker 1>I tell my staff, and they will quote this to you.

844
00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:01.920
<v Speaker 1>Miss Marlene said, if age don't work, there's twenty six

845
00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:05.599
<v Speaker 1>letters in the alphabet, go to being. If you got

846
00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:09.800
<v Speaker 1>to use all twenty six and n be successful. But

847
00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:14.199
<v Speaker 1>don't let one option stop you for going on with

848
00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:18.079
<v Speaker 1>your vision. And I said, every show, look at you,

849
00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:22.079
<v Speaker 1>how you journal, how you put it down. You did

850
00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:25.280
<v Speaker 1>not leave those thoughts on your pillow. You took them

851
00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:26.920
<v Speaker 1>and you implement, and you put it on paper and

852
00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.880
<v Speaker 1>you put it to work.

853
00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:29.519
<v Speaker 2>And that's what a lot of people do.

854
00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:33.400
<v Speaker 1>They don't implement their visions, they don't implement their dreams.

855
00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:38.199
<v Speaker 1>They get stagnated. They take others opinions. And sometimes that's

856
00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:41.079
<v Speaker 1>the worst thing you can do. It's solicit other people's

857
00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:44.400
<v Speaker 1>opinion when you already know what God told you exactly

858
00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:47.719
<v Speaker 1>and to exactly. Just be obedient. And one of the

859
00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:50.159
<v Speaker 1>things that I think writers do, since you're talking about

860
00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:53.239
<v Speaker 1>writing and what our journal is what I learned writing

861
00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:56.039
<v Speaker 1>that way is the key to writing, and the key

862
00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:58.920
<v Speaker 1>to writing for all your writers out there, came remember

863
00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:01.800
<v Speaker 1>is head on, all your writers out there, the key

864
00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:05.840
<v Speaker 1>to writing is simply to write. Just write. Don't worry

865
00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:10.000
<v Speaker 1>about formatting, don't worry about the subject verb agreement, don't

866
00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:13.039
<v Speaker 1>worry about sentence fragments, don't worry about any of that.

867
00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:16.360
<v Speaker 1>Just write, write, tell your story. If you keep focusing

868
00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:20.239
<v Speaker 1>on the proper grammar, you're not going to get the

869
00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:23.199
<v Speaker 1>story out. And your story needs to be heard, So

870
00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:26.880
<v Speaker 1>just write right right, and then once your story is

871
00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:29.760
<v Speaker 1>on paper complete, then you go back and worry about

872
00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:31.960
<v Speaker 1>all that stuff or hire an editor to do best

873
00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.440
<v Speaker 1>stuff for you.

874
00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:35.119
<v Speaker 2>But just write. The key to writing is to write.

875
00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:37.519
<v Speaker 1>And that's for all you writers out of there that

876
00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:41.039
<v Speaker 1>got journals under your bed and your trunk and your

877
00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:43.440
<v Speaker 1>pillow and your draw to start getting it out and

878
00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:47.559
<v Speaker 1>continue to write. Don't let your dream die, you know, don't.

879
00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:50.519
<v Speaker 1>Because one thing I used to say to doctor love

880
00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:55.039
<v Speaker 1>I am my writers. Look at the mind. The mind

881
00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:58.079
<v Speaker 1>is so beautiful, and if you see something awesome, you're like,

882
00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:02.239
<v Speaker 1>who thought? It's being full? It's beautiful and full. You

883
00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:06.440
<v Speaker 1>know who's who thought? Because writers are dynamic people. Can

884
00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:09.360
<v Speaker 1>you imagine what's going on in their mind? That's why

885
00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:12.320
<v Speaker 1>you gotta get it down. I get it. That's why

886
00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:13.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying it. It's full, you know. And people don't

887
00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:16.280
<v Speaker 1>understand when I say that my mind is full, Like

888
00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:18.679
<v Speaker 1>I don't have a lot of movie for nonsense. I don't,

889
00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:21.000
<v Speaker 1>but you never was about nonsense there, But there are,

890
00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:25.280
<v Speaker 1>there are communities of people, There are these things that

891
00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:27.360
<v Speaker 1>live in my head that might sound crazy, but it's not.

892
00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:29.400
<v Speaker 1>It's not. I'm trying to get this out. This is

893
00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:31.480
<v Speaker 1>a story. I created a whole world card I know

894
00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:33.840
<v Speaker 1>on somebody in my head. I'm dealing with this right now.

895
00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:35.920
<v Speaker 1>I have time for your drama, nonsen. I don't have

896
00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:39.159
<v Speaker 1>time for nance. But but you you sort of put

897
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:42.679
<v Speaker 1>me in mind of your mom, because mom is no nonsense.

898
00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:45.159
<v Speaker 2>And even when you were a young teenager, you.

899
00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:48.800
<v Speaker 1>Was very mature, and even to this day I know

900
00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:51.960
<v Speaker 1>dealing with you, you're not for the nonsense, not at all.

901
00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:55.760
<v Speaker 1>And you've always been straightforward. And that's why our friendship

902
00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:58.599
<v Speaker 1>and you as my adopted god daughter, I'm your second mom.

903
00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:03.119
<v Speaker 1>All that has worked because real recognize real. Okay, real

904
00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:07.199
<v Speaker 1>recognize real, and when you're in a relationship, whether it's

905
00:48:07.239 --> 00:48:11.000
<v Speaker 1>personal or friendship, if you be who you are, it

906
00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:12.440
<v Speaker 1>will last a lifetime.

907
00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:16.400
<v Speaker 2>But if you have that mask on and you're perpetrate,

908
00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:21.079
<v Speaker 2>you can't do that. This motive is his an agenda.

909
00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:23.280
<v Speaker 2>You can't you can't. You can't hide it.

910
00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:25.920
<v Speaker 1>You cannot hide it. You may go for three months

911
00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:28.119
<v Speaker 1>or a year, but you're real, it's gonna come out

912
00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:30.760
<v Speaker 1>because you're gonna get so tired of living behind that mask.

913
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:33.360
<v Speaker 2>So that's why I like to be me. I like

914
00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:33.840
<v Speaker 2>to be me.

915
00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:37.039
<v Speaker 1>And one thing I've always said to everybody, and I

916
00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:39.559
<v Speaker 1>mainly say this to my parents. I deal with so

917
00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:42.280
<v Speaker 1>many people on a daily basis, from the staff to

918
00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:45.320
<v Speaker 1>the children to the parents. When you start telling this one,

919
00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.559
<v Speaker 1>this one, and this one that and it's none of

920
00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:49.599
<v Speaker 1>that is true. You got to remember.

921
00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:52.159
<v Speaker 2>Who you said what too. And if you don't remember,

922
00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:53.000
<v Speaker 2>now you're a liar.

923
00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:56.079
<v Speaker 1>So what I do is I focus on remembering the

924
00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:58.960
<v Speaker 1>truth and telling the truth because guess what sheiva. If

925
00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:00.960
<v Speaker 1>I tell the truth on my it's going to be

926
00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:06.559
<v Speaker 1>the truth one exactly, you know. So it's important to

927
00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:10.880
<v Speaker 1>have your mindset to a point where you see things

928
00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:13.199
<v Speaker 1>in mind, you see it in time, and I think

929
00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:16.199
<v Speaker 1>that's what writers do. They see it and they put

930
00:49:16.239 --> 00:49:18.960
<v Speaker 1>it on paper and eventually they see it actually come

931
00:49:19.039 --> 00:49:21.760
<v Speaker 1>to life. And I think that is so beautiful. Just

932
00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:25.239
<v Speaker 1>like architectures, the way they create these buildings. They got

933
00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:27.239
<v Speaker 1>to see it. That's why I say, when you get

934
00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:28.679
<v Speaker 1>it up here, no one can take it from you.

935
00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:31.760
<v Speaker 1>First of all, the mind is so beautiful, you know.

936
00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:35.840
<v Speaker 1>But talking a little bit about behind the scenes, walk

937
00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:40.559
<v Speaker 1>us through your creative process. Okay, are you the type

938
00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:45.679
<v Speaker 1>who writes late and night or are you the type

939
00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:49.199
<v Speaker 1>where ideas come to you in the middle of the

940
00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:53.239
<v Speaker 1>day or is it just when you're quiet moments or

941
00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:56.519
<v Speaker 1>is it just spur of the moments moments. The ideas

942
00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:59.199
<v Speaker 1>come to me whenever, and as they do, I'll stop

943
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.199
<v Speaker 1>and put it in my note or I'll stop and

944
00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:04.239
<v Speaker 1>just say it on my voice nose, if I hand

945
00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:08.880
<v Speaker 1>type it, whatever it is. But writing again, the stories

946
00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:11.400
<v Speaker 1>they come to me when they come. I don't know

947
00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.000
<v Speaker 1>when they're going to come to me, but when they do,

948
00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.199
<v Speaker 1>I start journaling.

949
00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:16.159
<v Speaker 2>I just start writing.

950
00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:21.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm not the onless, you know what I do write

951
00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:27.679
<v Speaker 1>things to do? I do things to do, list no

952
00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:30.440
<v Speaker 1>kind of like do it daily. I've gotten a little

953
00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:32.480
<v Speaker 1>more tech kind of like put it in my list

954
00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:33.159
<v Speaker 1>on my phone.

955
00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:33.519
<v Speaker 2>Right.

956
00:50:34.519 --> 00:50:37.079
<v Speaker 1>And one thing I like about that if I put

957
00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:39.360
<v Speaker 1>fifteen things that I have to do, it only do three.

958
00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:42.159
<v Speaker 1>I feel like I accomplished something, even though it's still

959
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:44.639
<v Speaker 1>a lot left. Right. I carry that over the next day,

960
00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:48.920
<v Speaker 1>but I could see the accomplishment. I could see my agenda,

961
00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:52.800
<v Speaker 1>my things to do list getting done. At one point,

962
00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:57.760
<v Speaker 1>I try to do spoken words, you know, I try.

963
00:50:58.440 --> 00:50:59.159
<v Speaker 2>I'm stick with.

964
00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:06.360
<v Speaker 1>Child care, and Mom told you stick with there's something

965
00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:10.000
<v Speaker 1>else that you have created. I had the pleasure of

966
00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:14.239
<v Speaker 1>being there on yesterday, and there's no way I could

967
00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:18.639
<v Speaker 1>come on this show and talk about where I was

968
00:51:18.840 --> 00:51:24.400
<v Speaker 1>yesterday without actually going there myself. And I had the

969
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:30.400
<v Speaker 1>pleasure for all these years of meeting your daughter. And

970
00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:32.760
<v Speaker 1>you know what, she made my day because she kept saying,

971
00:51:32.800 --> 00:51:34.559
<v Speaker 1>she madyet feel like I was rich and famous and

972
00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:38.480
<v Speaker 1>just a millionaires. She was like, ah, I know you,

973
00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:40.679
<v Speaker 1>I know that name.

974
00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:44.159
<v Speaker 2>I've heard Marlee. I've heard it for years.

975
00:51:44.800 --> 00:51:49.079
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, why, she said, my mother, and she said,

976
00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:51.519
<v Speaker 1>I finally get to put the face to the name.

977
00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.119
<v Speaker 2>So I went to your restaurant.

978
00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:56.719
<v Speaker 1>Now tell us about this restaurant because I got a

979
00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:58.440
<v Speaker 1>review when you finished.

980
00:51:58.440 --> 00:52:00.840
<v Speaker 2>I have my review because I ordered off to the menu.

981
00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:05.320
<v Speaker 1>Okay, and miss as you know how I can give reviews. Okay,

982
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:11.280
<v Speaker 1>So let's go. The name of the name of the

983
00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:15.480
<v Speaker 1>restaurant is More Flavor Restaurant and Catering, and More Flavor

984
00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:17.840
<v Speaker 1>is really a play on my daughter's name. Her name

985
00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:21.079
<v Speaker 1>is Mariah and people call her Mo, so that's why

986
00:52:21.239 --> 00:52:25.400
<v Speaker 1>you know the flavor and then of course more Flavor.

987
00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:29.719
<v Speaker 1>That means we're located at seventy three Clinton Place in Newark,

988
00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:33.639
<v Speaker 1>New Jersey. A wonderful, wonderful community to be in because

989
00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:37.119
<v Speaker 1>the people they really really support us and each other

990
00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:40.760
<v Speaker 1>and in that location, so we we we have a wonderful,

991
00:52:41.119 --> 00:52:44.519
<v Speaker 1>wonderful location. And the food. Her slogan, as you can see,

992
00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:48.199
<v Speaker 1>is it's all good. And that is because it's all good.

993
00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:54.159
<v Speaker 1>It's all good. Mariah is a real chef. She paid

994
00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:57.360
<v Speaker 1>her own way through culinary school. I don't know what

995
00:52:57.440 --> 00:53:00.239
<v Speaker 1>she got the money room, and she did to the

996
00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:03.519
<v Speaker 1>tune of about twenty seven thousand dollars. She paid for

997
00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:06.000
<v Speaker 1>her paid her own way through culinary school.

998
00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:07.639
<v Speaker 2>When she came to check. I had no idea this

999
00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:08.599
<v Speaker 2>was a passion of hers.

1000
00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:12.320
<v Speaker 1>My daughter was a star athlete. She's a basketball player, okay,

1001
00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:14.440
<v Speaker 1>and that's what I knew. But when I told her,

1002
00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:16.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, she was living with me, and I said, baby,

1003
00:53:16.039 --> 00:53:18.360
<v Speaker 1>you gotta go figure it out now, right in your

1004
00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:20.559
<v Speaker 1>late twenties, it's time to figure out what it is

1005
00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:23.559
<v Speaker 1>that you want to do. And that was a hard

1006
00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:25.519
<v Speaker 1>thing to do because I showed her a bit of self.

1007
00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Love and I kind of kicked her out and she

1008
00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:28.800
<v Speaker 2>at her.

1009
00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:31.360
<v Speaker 1>She did not she did not receive that well, because

1010
00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:33.000
<v Speaker 1>my daughter is she's not a daddy's girl.

1011
00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:34.039
<v Speaker 2>She's a mama's girl.

1012
00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:37.159
<v Speaker 1>Okay. She is very close and very very attached to me,

1013
00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:39.280
<v Speaker 1>and so when I did that, she felt like it

1014
00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:42.400
<v Speaker 1>was a betrayal. But she went out there and she

1015
00:53:42.519 --> 00:53:45.039
<v Speaker 1>made her way. And here we are today in her

1016
00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:46.400
<v Speaker 1>very own restaurant, Most Flavor.

1017
00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:49.280
<v Speaker 2>And let me tell yall something. It is more Flavor.

1018
00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:52.400
<v Speaker 1>It is definitely as she said, it's seventy three Clinton Place.

1019
00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:55.079
<v Speaker 1>When she said Clinton Place, I knew exactly where it

1020
00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:57.519
<v Speaker 1>was because I went to Clinton Place Junior High School,

1021
00:53:57.800 --> 00:54:01.159
<v Speaker 1>so I know exactly where it was. And I went

1022
00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:04.159
<v Speaker 1>there so because I knew you was coming. I said,

1023
00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:06.639
<v Speaker 1>I can't talk about this restaurant and I will take

1024
00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:08.920
<v Speaker 1>my greenie, but they just go get something to eat.

1025
00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:14.000
<v Speaker 2>And I ordered a lot. I ordered the catfish.

1026
00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:18.760
<v Speaker 1>I ordered the or the mac and cheese, the macaroni

1027
00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:23.679
<v Speaker 1>and cheese. I ordered the pot roads, I ordered the cabbage.

1028
00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:27.159
<v Speaker 1>I had dessert. I had tea, I had the macaroni salad.

1029
00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:31.239
<v Speaker 1>I had ordered everything. So thought it was something that

1030
00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.800
<v Speaker 1>I had so much food.

1031
00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:36.960
<v Speaker 2>I had cakes. I had cakes.

1032
00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:40.480
<v Speaker 1>And let me tell you something. I keep it real,

1033
00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:44.039
<v Speaker 1>you know, and I would be like, see, y'all need

1034
00:54:44.039 --> 00:54:47.800
<v Speaker 1>to go back and maybe work on it. This didn't

1035
00:54:47.800 --> 00:54:51.559
<v Speaker 1>taste good. I can't say that. Oh good, I can't

1036
00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:54.559
<v Speaker 1>say that. I cannot say that, and I mean it

1037
00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:56.800
<v Speaker 1>from the bottom of heart. Y'all need to go to

1038
00:54:56.880 --> 00:54:59.559
<v Speaker 1>seventy three Clinton Place and check this sister out.

1039
00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:02.400
<v Speaker 2>Check out Sheba. She was just brought me a home.

1040
00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:03.480
<v Speaker 2>I can't show you nothing.

1041
00:55:03.320 --> 00:55:06.119
<v Speaker 1>But it's out there in the office, a homemade people

1042
00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:08.000
<v Speaker 1>take the poet. She brought it just for me, and

1043
00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:11.079
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna either before Thanksgiving. But let me tell y'all something.

1044
00:55:11.800 --> 00:55:14.800
<v Speaker 2>Go there. They have great hours. They're clothes on Mondays.

1045
00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:16.840
<v Speaker 2>They're open eight.

1046
00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:22.199
<v Speaker 1>To six on Tuesday, Saturday, nine to six on Sundays,

1047
00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:23.639
<v Speaker 1>and they clothes on Monday.

1048
00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:26.840
<v Speaker 2>The food is absolutely and let me have that.

1049
00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:28.599
<v Speaker 1>And it's made with love. You know. We have a

1050
00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:31.559
<v Speaker 1>lot of love and that's our customer service. That's what

1051
00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:33.800
<v Speaker 1>we do when we treat people with the love that

1052
00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:41.920
<v Speaker 1>they deserve. This the pie, you know, And I'm going

1053
00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:45.960
<v Speaker 1>to enjoy this tonight when I get home and relax,

1054
00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:47.239
<v Speaker 1>I can watch some football.

1055
00:55:47.239 --> 00:55:49.440
<v Speaker 2>I hope that Dallas Cowboys will winning right about now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but Sheba, I want you to sing

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<v Speaker 1>again for us. Sing again.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna close it out with you singing. We got

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes. Yes, let's do. I want to hear, y'all

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear. You never know, you never know who's share.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't forget to check out Most Flavor Restaurant and

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<v Speaker 1>catering again.

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<v Speaker 2>That seventy three Clinton Place. That's how catering restaurant.

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<v Speaker 1>That food is delicious, from the catfish to the whities,

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<v Speaker 1>to the macaroni cheese, to the collar greens, to the cabbage,

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<v Speaker 1>to the stream beers to they Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>They were so good. Please go there.

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<v Speaker 1>I went there so that I could tell y'all go there,

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<v Speaker 1>support each other, support my friends, support my daughter, support

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<v Speaker 1>my sister.

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<v Speaker 2>And let me tell you something else.

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<v Speaker 1>It's absolutely beautiful inside. It was clean, it was smell good.

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<v Speaker 1>It was welcome, and the customer service was through the roof.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, you are welcome. I loved it. I love you, Marlene.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you too, just like.

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<v Speaker 1>Two three minutes. Okay, well we'll give minute, okay, go aha, alcapella, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I I will do all the time. Hold together. In

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<v Speaker 1>the worst condition forever we knew it would be one

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<v Speaker 1>of and hazard grow into this no.

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<v Speaker 2>Job.

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<v Speaker 1>We both mad sure peace of heaven. Would we stand

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<v Speaker 1>in it? Test for its strength was made able.

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<v Speaker 3>Faith in roll and gone will be, and all.

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<v Speaker 1>To make an even stroll.

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<v Speaker 4>True will never die, long after the love is lost

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<v Speaker 4>and shine.

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<v Speaker 1>And after it's all died and borne and the nooness

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<v Speaker 1>all where's off? Will still be love it? Oh my goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my goodness. We have been raised with Sheba real quick,

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<v Speaker 1>she but raptified questions right now your face to place, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh j and Roe, you would love to play again

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<v Speaker 1>night to your coffee when writing fresh maid lemon tea honey,

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<v Speaker 1>your go to so and before performance, okay, one word

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<v Speaker 1>that describe your journey so far? Aw and who you love?

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<v Speaker 1>I love you and I love you and you guys

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<v Speaker 1>know what ye'ah. I have been watching the One Step

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<v Speaker 1>Ahead radio show hosted by me, doctor Marlen Mack. I

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<v Speaker 1>am just so full. I'm trying not to cry because

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<v Speaker 1>this is my girl right here. When she call I'm

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<v Speaker 1>running when I call, she running. And this is somebody

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't see every day. But you just have

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<v Speaker 1>that friend that you know is there for you. That's Sheba.

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<v Speaker 1>You interested in meeting her and hearing her perform. More importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>go check out that restaurant. I'm telling you it's dining

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<v Speaker 1>and you can sit there and you can eat there

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<v Speaker 1>as well. And the food was piping hot, understand, just

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<v Speaker 1>like this young lady right here, who's piping hot. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>if one step ahead, allow you to go for it,

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<v Speaker 1>but life want to take you back. Remember it's one

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<v Speaker 1>step ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>Just keep on.

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<v Speaker 1>Going, keep on moving, don't give up. And remember we'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back here next Sunday. We're gonna close out my

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<v Speaker 1>twenty ninth anniversary twenty nine years and we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>a big party in here next week. She was celebrated

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nine years and I just thank God for the journey.

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<v Speaker 1>So stay tuned, come back, Thank you for listening. Checking

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<v Speaker 1>in the One Step Ahead radio show on Sosradio dot Live.

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<v Speaker 1>I am your host about the side off. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you next Sunday at five point thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Looping Looping

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<v Speaker 1>Tect