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Lewis Spears

Lewis Spears

Founder & Executive Director of Kismet of Kings, a Jersey City nonprofit mentoring young men of color; former Jersey City mayoral candidate and educator.

Aug 2, 2026

5:36
Yeah, yeah.
5:37
I, I really can't relate 'cause it, essentially, um, even if there was a job that I wanted and someone else got it, and I think that they were awesome, like, I'm, I'm high-fiving them.
5:46
I'm e- I'm just as excited for them, you know what I mean? And so, uh, I genuinely want people to win.
5:52
Um, and right now it's really just about, yo, equipping myself with the knowledge, right, and just ensuring that I'm not gonna steer people in the wr- in the wrong direction, man.

14 MINS LATER

20:16
T.D. Jakes is dope.
20:17
[laughs] Yeah, man.
20:18
Th- this one dope concept that I, that, that I, that I'm walking with, right? So in general, when we think about the restaurant, right, we, when we go into any restaurant, you know, it's clean, right? It's, it's the tables are wiped down.
20:32
Uh, you know, uh, depending on where you go, it's like, you know, the ambiance is lit.
D'BianciGUEST
2:38
I don't know how to answer after that.
2:42
And I've gone through a lot in my life, right? But like this was another level to it, right? Like people have opinions about, you know, the restaurants that you visit, you know, or like what you're wearing or whatever it is that you're doing is under a microscope, right? And so there's a process that you go through where you're trying to please everybody.
3:04
But then when you realize that it's impossible, you're like, I...
3:08
I'm just going to focus on what brings me joy, what makes sense to me.
3:12
I'm going to talk about the issues that are important to me and I'm going to go full throttle with it.
3:16
Right.
3:18
What I've learned through the process, man, is that there's so many versions of folks.

19 MINS LATER

22:27
what DB said.

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