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The speaker reflects on their upbringing in a specific neighborhood, emphasizing the importance of community and how their uncles protected and cared for the community. They express concern about the lack of respect and support in today's society, attributing it to societal influences. They discuss the need to prioritize family, community, and generational wealth and the challenges faced by the black community. They also mention the importance of voting and the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own success. The speaker acknowledges the difficulties of helping others and highlights the importance of discerning who is receptive to help. They discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the need for continued efforts to make a difference. The speaker shares their email address and invites listeners to reach out for further discussion. up on my uncles they didn't play on the block I grew up on 64th and Justine okay so yes the block I grew up on 64th and Justine shout out I'm hoping I know a lot of you are gone on like Lavelle rest in peace one of my brother's good friends my brother Dennis rest in peace they are from 64th and Justine yes I love you guys dearly I know I'm forgetting a lot but just if you listening to this and you from 64th and Justine man I'm proud of you just for still being here just for maintaining like they my brother Lavelle they had illnesses that that hindered them from being here but if you still here you still on 64th and Justine and I see the work you guys are doing out there Devon and and everybody with the block parties and the foundations the barbershops the haircuts giving little kids cuts and everything man we we we talked about this you know we we manifested this who we are today cuz we went through the struggle we went through hell but let me tell you back to respect these kids have no respect today like I was saying when I grew up my uncles they did not play about their block their community they kept us safe they wasn't scared of the youngsters that's a big deal right now today all the elders not my people but other elders that was out they called them OG's I'm just being real healthy I'm being real here CLP we're gonna keep it real you don't like it you don't like the slang you don't like the way I speak you don't like the profanity this is not the podcast for you so go head on back the we cool back but listen my uncles did not play you came on that block hey don't come over here with no shit they checked on the elderly people hey you need water you need food you need this you need your snow removed you need salt put down it was just that you don't see that in today's world and this is all by design music etc it's not cool to help to help others oh it's not cool to to help your family members it's not cool to be there for your for your loved ones because of what everybody else is doing but you don't even know the struggles of what's going on in those households people out here people out here going hard to keep their unions and families together whether they got money or not whether they live in the hood whether they live in Peel Hill at the end of the day none of that shit is gonna matter what's gonna matter is sticking together cuz it's coming it's coming yep and that that's that's one area where we can improve at you know I mean like that family unit that family structure you know just throw each other away buy your damaged goods buy get out yeah no you right that shit wrong and it doesn't go well yeah we got to stick it out you know through the good the bad and ugly you know and there were a lot of forces you know against us back in the 60s in the 70s that that played a part in intentionally destroying yeah you know the family unit big time communities destroying our communities in general so don't get me wrong I understand I get it you know the uphill battle we behind the power curve but you know we control our own destiny you know I'm saying and you know at the at the base level taking care of yourself yes taking care of your family taking care of your community yes you know stacking your bread gaining assets building generational wealth you know educating yourself once we have all those things in order then then as a culture and like not just individually but we have to start individually and then it grows and then once we get to a point where all right we standing on something because we we we ain't got a pot to piss in or winter to throw it out of right now I'm gonna just be straight up with you culturally big picture so until we get to that point where we got a foundation to stand on yes like a lot of these other coaches out here then you know our voices our voices won't be heard it's just we're just yelling down a down an empty hallway with nobody listening you know I'm saying like we got to put our money where our mouth is we got to hold our people down we got to hold our families down and then you know that transitions into like politics to like that's a that's a big that's a big topic that you know is top of mind especially this year going into this year you know I mean like everybody's so big on voting and you know not saying that it's not important you know it's important to a to a certain extent so we'll get into that yeah we maybe maybe not this episode but I could go I could go yeah this is my hubby Forte he don't he's the businessman so he don't play around with these type of topics and as you can see they they hit home for us because we've been grinding like I said we've been grinding from day one since the day we met each other like we ain't always have it but we always stuck together and made it work no matter what type of situation we was going through because if you know anything about Marlon and I our hearts are big and anybody around us if they really really know us without agendas they'll tell you they reach back for everybody we reach back for everybody not saying that they are receptive because trust me it's hard reaching back especially for your family members because people don't be receptive and it calls I'll say this I'll put it this way generational family toxic situations hinder families from moving forward we just we don't we don't deal that way we'll reach back for you if we see you're not capable we move on that's just how we are because we have so much to do and we have so many people in our circle that that wanna shot so we can't spend all our time on you we got to keep on moving and we reach back for everybody I could stand on that real for real real oh yeah I got some I got some you know I got some some crazy crazy reach back moves I done made and just been like shot down over that has cost us yeah thousand hundreds of thousands of dollars just reaching back for people just just trying to help people out there won't even give you a phone call won't even say hey girl how you doing won't even say here goes $5 won't say here goes $10 won't even say hey girl let me take you out to dinner but you have saved their whole life you have went hard I my husband and I we have went so hard for people they don't even understand it they look at us as the bad guys because we went hard for them you have people that turn jealous envious of you because they're not mentally capable of accepting who you are and what you bring to the table and how you had how you how you sacrifice your shit to help them it's really really tough out here and and that's what I that's that was someone Marlon and I 2024 also to just be mindful of the people who really really need help who are who are receptive be mindful of who is receptive that meaning they ready for the help because just because you ready to help them don't mean that they ready to accept it even though they calling and asking you got to make sure that they are ready and guess who I learned that from that particular piece right there no other than Jada Pickett that's one thing I learned from her that I agree on anything else I don't but that when you're helping people when you're reaching out to help people you you you have a good heart and you like hey yeah I'm gonna do this I'm gonna do that girl I'm gonna put you on I'm gonna help you with with with anything from your union from getting in school from with helping you with your kids just being an ear just providing comfort for that person make sure they ready for it because they don't be ready for it they don't and it'll save you a whole lot of time and heartache and in the state in the state that the world is in now there's no room for error people take this life for granted we don't you know that's facts man it's nothing but facts you know MLK his birthday you know this is this is our opportunity to reflect on on his dream his vision you know for a more perfect Union you know and then just kind of reflecting on where we are today and then who we can become in the next hundred years yeah I'm saying so and that ties into you know that ties into COP changing lives podcast you know our foundation and what we're about we're about you know moving in lockstep with the culture with the world with the country you know moving moving each other forward and you know doing what we can to make a difference you know so yep and we laid all this out on the line just to help you guys understand that moving a culture forward is not always easy you're going to come into some glitches you're going to come into some setbacks but think of those ones who really need you really need your support that's what I do people come in my life and they go I've learned from them they have learned from me but I just don't you know surrender to them my energy don't surrender to them I keep going because there's somebody else in line who need my help that's me and I also wonder too with this where we just went with this episode MLK episode just we we laid all this out so you guys like I said can see what we go through on a day-to-day basis why you guys some of you guys think it's all peaches and cream like we just woke up like this I tell people all the time I didn't just wake up like this I put in hard work for my union and I'm still putting in work but I bring all this up for the black culture to say do we after after this listening to this episode is was MLK sacrifice in vain his work in vain yeah yeah like where do we go it's never too late though it's never too late to get out and make a difference you probably think I don't have money where I don't have the resources it's a lot you can do without money and with money and the resources hit me up Oh our email address changing lives podcast 35 at gmail.com common spelling ch a n g i n g l i v s podcast pod cast 35 at gmail.com we want to hear from y'all so hit us up we're also on Instagram at changing lives podcast calm calm nice the changing lives podcast so yeah what is it hashtag or at I'm the media changing lives podcast that so look us up the changing lives podcast you'll find us and we'll plug our we'll plug our information here on the podcast and so you guys have it in send us some emails reach out to some topics you guys want us to elaborate on or get to for future episodes and and we're here and I just want to say do your best in life and do your best we're talking about future and and and coming together because we're going to need it this coming election is is is amongst us like we need to get together help out when you can move your culture forward you know show empathy to your family members help your family members let's move this culture forward we can do it we are setting the the platform with so many others who are using their platform to get the word out that's another thing I want to touch bases on is Marlon I Marlon and I we created this platform because we felt the need we felt we are ready my husband has been grinding from day one I have been grinding from day one and we are here to share we could have tucked our tails and went on oh we made it and and you know we don't care but we do care because we have family members that feel in the struggle and I feel like I hear I did a lot of human beings oh I'm a good person oh I'm I did this I did that for me you don't have to tell people that you show people that people feel that already they should be telling you that if you don't hear that from people that you're a good person that oh thank you for moving the culture forward thank you for doing this thank you for doing that Blase Skippy that means you got work to do on yourself and that goes for anybody like pay attention to what I'm saying like that goes for anybody it's always enough room for change it's never too late you can start today start today with understanding others around you and be good stewards be good stewards of your family your children you know lead by example be accountable yep and I know it's hard I know it's so hard because people take advantage of you you've been hurt I've been hurt my husband has been hurt but we think about the people who are like us that don't have the resources and that can't they cannot advocate for themselves so that hurt turns into motivation for us we're never gonna stop no matter what people no matter what stones people throw at us no matter what people say about us I'm holding his hand I'm gonna stick beside him I need some snaps for that I don't care what is going on I'm gonna stick beside him I'm here I'm gonna stick beside you no matter what flaws you have no matter what people say about you no matter how people look at you how people view you I always felt like it's good in everybody you just gotta reach down and get it and if you can't you move on to the next move on to the next it's okay to move on to the next if people can't see your worth if people don't know you for how you love if people if you've loved people and your and and that shit was shot down if if you can't go hard for your family move on but don't give up don't give up don't give up until you actually feel that in your soul that is to no hope I mean no ego driven no anything our culture needs us especially you adults that's listening to this podcast right now what once we're done once this episode is done once you get done listening jot down sad things you've done for the culture just even even if you're not black you're white Hispanic whatever jot down sad things you've done in the last year to move to actually move your culture forward that will tell you if you're a good person or not or who you are that's a good vector check like it yeah it just allows you to check you know your situation like check the work that you put in you know like you said we all have good in us and we all you know we can we can push ourselves to be the greatest the best version of ourselves and sometimes we fall short you know sometimes we fall short life happens things happen yeah you know I mean but the blueprints are altered yeah the beauty the beauty of it picket fences kick down but you can always rebuild right that was kind of what I was about to get to you know as long as you get up the next day as long as you can get up tomorrow you can start over that's you know you got a friend like you know you fell short cuz I mean I fall I fall off the wagon every now and again yeah no I mean we all do you know but the beauty of it is you know as long as you were able to wake up the next day and start fresh you know the birds chirping the sun's shining the wind's blowing you know like and then and then the beauty of it with me is I got a I got a strong woman on my side that's that's gonna help me you know get back up on that saddle get up on that saddle you know we need to we need to continue to ride out hey you know so yeah smooches to that for real for real point I'm trying to make is you know you write those things down you know and it allows you to check yourself it don't it don't necessarily mean you a good or a bad person because all right I had I had a few things I mean I have five or I have any but it just allows you to internalize your situation you know and then it's up to you like how you want to move forward from there you know so you got you got your grade you got your score so now what you gonna do with it absolutely absolutely I don't care if you got a dollar in in in your bank account you still worthy of this world this universe you're worthy of love you can help in some type of way and I'm um let's wrap this up CLP MLK day the important yes thank you Martin we love you dr. King we love you we love your family we always grateful we're blessed and we're gonna keep Karen's mission going I'm gonna wrap it up and I hope you guys took something from from this episode today and that's love and that's pay it forth thank you thank you but hey before we before we cut out though like because we normally always do like a little sidebar sports type situation or we haven't really named it yet and we over to y'all's feedback to like what because I know like Letitia because she's being the psychology in the mind you know and she and her segments in a future project that she that may come to fruition I'm speaking it to existence right yeah right maybe maybe for changing lives this is like these last few minutes when we wrap it up is is trending topics is a common phrase maybe it's tea time or tea talk you know like what's the tea you know that's like a talk that's like a phrase and pop culture the tea you know but until we figure that out wait I was thinking CLP toast CLP toast to introduce our sports segment because we're heavy on sports around here and I think we're neglecting our sports topics and everything so maybe yeah maybe maybe a CLP toast you know so this is a CLP toast our you know and we don't see CLP CLP toast okay we knew here y'all get it so yeah that's I think we're gonna implement that to our ending segment and some topics like Super Bowl all that we don't get into that shit like rapidly right away okay guys so yeah we're gonna go into CLP toast and we usually when we're podcasting we usually have our little drink or whatever our mode is champagne and everybody knows I'm a lemon drop girl Marlon is a Jenin's tonic guy he needs a little lion twist yeah so yeah let's get into our sports world. Bill Belichick. Yeah he just retired. I am I was moved I man I woke up out of my sleep at 6 usually I'm way up before that if you know me I'm up at I'm up I don't go to sleep at all but one, shout out to Gates. Stephen A. I watch we watched first take at 7 on out here on the west coast get up greenie all them and I woke up out of my sleep like something gonna go down today I was really looking for Stephen A cuz he went on a rant he was in his New York he was in his New York he was in his New York mode last night so I was like oh six I missed it I said let me get up let me get up and I'm looking at Marcus Spears right now and I love those dudes Marcus Spears Ryan Clark if I'm Dominique I'll get up yeah Stephen A Smith. Dan Orlovsky. Dan is our favorite Dan Orlovsky. Molly all of you guys Kimberly Martin we love all of you guys I'm a fan and you guys are a part of our household yep all right babe go ahead. Bill yeah like 24 years you know he did his thing he did his thing out there and in Massachusetts you know like six championships mad wins you know did his thing with with Tom Brady and and the Kraft family like it's yeah it's a it's a bittersweet I mean it was time it was time because these last few years been rough for the Patriots organization and the fan base and the players you know because they hadn't been seeing that level of success that they were so used to seeing every you know all good things must come to an end that's just one of them you know I think it was really graceful the way they went out like it was you know they they they spent it to where it's all right they mutually agreed to part ways and you know which is fair because he was in a game for so long and they had a lot of respect for each other and this it was just a classy move it was the right thing to do like how they how they presented it in the media I do think an interesting topic conversation with surrounding this is his exit will be Tom Brady and how he you know how it said that he pushed Tom Brady out you know and after he pushed him out because you know he had a script he had a schedule and time no longer fit into that that that schedule so he did what he did to get him out Tom went on to do what he did and look at the fate of the cowboys not the Cowboys shout to the Cowboys let me tell you I love that I am a big supporter of that I think the industry sports industry is really really hard on him that's because he belongs to a team that puts you in that type of perspective but the fans oh yeah don't we got a problem but you know I think that I think that's gonna be an interesting type of conversation like you know how his faith was was was solidified after Tom Brady left and what what came of Tom's legacy when he left and we when he went on to do what he did without you know the Patriots and Belichick so it's an interesting talk so let us know what y'all think hit us up changing lives podcast 35 at gmail.com hit us up on so great I mean and so good today that we can use we were able to be in this position Marlon and I my family to you know have this platform to help us and to you know use our voices to move our culture forward and thank you guys for listening we appreciate you smooches until next time it's a wrap we out