But I did a tour. It's like let's do a tour where only charge a dollar
And we let people know like not doing the singles
We not doing the hits. We not even doing the new album
We doing a selection of classics. You know what I'm saying?
The stuff that kinda like got us here
This year just happens to be the 5 year anniversary of the warm-up
Some of these songs I never performances until this tour
It was a time when I was super insecure about like
Doing these songs
Because nobody knew them outside the Internet you know what I mean?
And it's just funny now to come back 5 years later
And realize that that was all that meant nothing
And these shows always remind me every night
It'll be like oh shit they get it
Like they were living by this. And they still do
These kids are the Internet like they living breathing fucking version of the Internet
It's all in the dream. Wrist band. Let's go
This tour and a lot of the things that I do a lot of the decisions I made is
Come from a mentality of like I know what it's like to be y'all
You know what I mean? And I know what I would wanna see
And on the other hand it's made from a selfish artist standpoint
Like yo I just wanna preform these songs
You know what I mean? So it's just as much for me as it is for them
It's in terms of nostalgia hell yeah
As I'm preforming them I'm literally remembering on stage where I was when I wrote them
What I was thinking
What I was going through
It brings up all those old feelings like
What made me even write those songs in the first place
And make this project in the first place
Sold out shit. Sold out? Yeah it said 4,000 people sold out and we were like really close
Fucked up
You connect with different people at different shows
Some people grab your eye instantly
Because they just. Their energy and their passion and like
How much the song means to them
I always look at those people
I always try to like hone in on those people. Rap with those people like
Look directly at them for a whole verse if that's what their energy brings and calls for
No running. No pushing. We're gonna it organized and as peaceful as possible
You guys are J.Cole fans so you guys are peaceful
You can't judge another person
It's easier said then done
I read this book it's called How the Mire Works
And I couldn't make it all the way through I probably made it half way through
Cuz it was real I felt like I was in over my head
In terms of like how smart it was
But it was all about like how the mind works and
The mind works in patterns
Like you see a tree because you see a pattern of leaves
And bark and you know your mind says oh those patterns equal tree
If the mind really works like that in patterns stereotypes would be natural
You know what I mean? I would think
But I can meet somebody that's like Puerto Rican 19
Have genuine interactions with this type of person
And to the point where I know them
My patterns and my stereotypes about this type of person
Are a little more informed they're still not all the way accurate
But it's like a little more well informed than like a bunch of people in this world
Who have never had real interactions with 19 year old Puerto Ricans
Or like young black males or black people period
Minorities period or gays
The problem is most peoples opinions of these people who they never met
Is all like given the information is given by television
And fucking stereotypes are like they already exist in the media
Which are near fucking accurate and are always like cookie cutter versions
Or like super biased versions or like really racist versions or whatever
Which develop untrue patterns in people's minds
Like I guess that's what a stereotype really is
At its core. So I guess it's natural to go back to what we were talking about earlier
It's natural for your brain to work like that
But it's still fucked up because the stereotypes are not true
And they're like really one-sided biased representations of people or whatever
It's awkward like yo
You can do like alright y'all goodnight
Not even goodnight like aright man
Amen
How are y'all feeling? Y'all feeling good?
You ready?
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