The Lewis Spears Episode

... first off, as a, as a, a Black man to Black man-

Mm-hmm

... as a human being to a human being-

Mm-hmm

... how you feel right now, mentally?

Oh, man.

Uh, it's, it's a lot.

Uh, as, like just managing it, managing...

How you say it?

Managing.

Managing.

Managing it all, right? Uh, yeah, it's a lot trying to manage everything, man.

Um, and, and in general, I feel like the, the world is on my shoulder-

Mm-hmm

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in general.

Um, uh, not in a way that it provides pressure genu- gener- generally, um, but in a way that's like, yo, I got things to do.

But at this point, it's a, it's a lot more pressure, man.

A lot more pressure.

A lot more pressure.

Um, I, I went to a, a, a, a gathering, and this older gentleman, he grabbed me by my shoulder.

He said, "Don't embarrass us."

Hmm.

He was like, "Don't embarrass us, man." And I'm like, I just understood it, right?

Yeah, yeah.