The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean - ERICA BANKS in the Trap | 85 South Show Podcast

Episode Date: May 3, 2024

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What project are you listening to? I listened to all of them. I went through a whole YouTube playlist. Did you? No bullshit. I like slim waist. Do you? Yeah.

Okay. I feel like you were really talking to shit. I would. And it shows like, show your range. How you can do, you don't just got no one set style. You're kind of all over the place. I like nasty, too, because you got my boy Van Roe Fred L. Yeah.

My name is. See, I ain't any bullshit. I mean, I thought you were bullshit. No. Okay. No. Yeah, okay. Ain't I even listen to line.

Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, he went all the way. Yeah, he went all the way, bro. Yeah. I can't expect. Yeah, well then. I'm gonna make sure you'll give you one of them, too.

Okay, you know. I know that leave Dee Boy and take one for the road to be rolling up. See, this is the real rolling, just a little travel rolling tray. See, you ain't got to have a big one, you just throw it in your bag. Huh? I can make... Yeah, we'll put you something in there. You smoke joints.

It's fun. I give it that, yeah. And the bitches I talk shit every time. That's why I like it too bad. Oh, yeah. I bet this one you know. Be some of the best rolling papers in the game right here, slow burning.

Yeah, when you get on. What's that? Huh? What's that rolling. Oh, okay, okay. I know that nigga, girl, he smoked joints too. Yeah. Yeah.

You smoke on camera? Oh yeah, absolutely. I bet, so. Oh, yeah, absolutely. But this is just extra. We're just warming up right now. Okay. How we sound?

All right, bet. Okay. We changed your name. We give me a black name. A man, a real black name. It's going to be like Devante or something. Devonte is crazy. For a white dude?

Yeah. Hell yeah. I think Devonte is very crazy. Yeah. I think that shit stick. See, that what I'm talking about. So when, like, female rappers, when they rap about good pussy, they be wanting us to hear this shit, right?

It's for men. Thank you for confirming that shit, because I've been saying it. Somebody told you that you wouldn't. The motherfuck gonna try to argue me that that's not, that it wasn't for us. And I'm like, bro, it's pussy rap. You still got that weed. Yeah.

But I mean, it's a bitchy too, to say. But it's we the target audience when you're making good pussy rap, right? Right. So if I was riding around, I'm listening to this, and I pulled up beside you, and I'm in the vert. And you heard me bumping your shit. If you listen to, uh, by yourself.

Yeah. I'm listening to all the girl. That's when I listen to the girl rap by myself. Don't jump a dog, because I'm going to be like, you might pull up one day and kick me to. red light, and you might hear a little Kim blasting, what that is, not the light. Don't think ill of me, but I just like to hear her talk

that nature. When I hear women rap about shit like that, I imagine me as the nigger that they're talking to. Okay, so you, okay, so in y'all brain, it'd be y'all that you talk to. Even when the nigger had fucked up. Yeah, of course. Yeah. And when I was listening to lying that nigger, I was coming up with excuses of why

he might have lied. Because niggas only lie to certain kind of women. Exactly. Yeah. So you would try to figure out. Okay, you want to deal. They mean you be lying. Sometimes niggas lie to protect y'all, but y'all don't get that part. No, no, no, that's bullshit.

You can ask any nigger in this room. Some of these lies is to protect your feelings. How did you say something like that? Ask them. I know they believe that. That's a bad. No. Watch this.

It's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, eight and a half black men in here. It's eight and a half black men in here. Allie y'all. Now, if we're going to sit here and tell you collectively, eight out of eight, That we have to tell lies to protect y'all. We didn't have no meeting anybody. We didn't discuss this. This is just black man's survival skills.

Right. That's all you survived by telling lies. Absolutely. It's not that we survive by telling lies, but we know that y'all ain't built for the truth. That's insane. What? We knew the moment that we met you,

the type of shit, you weren't going to be able to handle. That you can't. That's insane. What's your cousin do? Huh? She said she loved up. Why about her to tell her a little business life, put my cousin on the sister. So we can get up free.

I might know somebody that knows something about that type of crime. She raw somebody. No, she needs to stay in there a little bit of me. Oh, my God. No, don't get, no, don't leave that bitch on the street. She locked her up until she learned her left. Free my cousin. She ain't been in there long enough to get her diploma and shit.

She said that shit, like. Oh, my God. Like, she ain't mean to. No, she did that's so perfect. Wow. Oh, shit. Shut up, I couldn't. Damn.

Yeah. I want to know who robbed and got that $30 million out of... LA. What? Oh, my God. Yeah, they did that late week. What is that?

They went to the guy. Broke into the money storage facility and got 30 Ms out there. They got away? And got away. Didn't even set the alarm off. This looked like some of that shit from, like, rush out of money.

These can't be regular criminals, name. No, it's not. This is international thugs shit. So they don't even know what the person looked like. They don't know if it's a person or a person's. They don't know of a fat, black, none of that shit. The person who's supposed to be looking probably

got his cut already. I ain't seen shit. Oh, my God. There wasn't nothing on camera. 30 million? Yeah, 30 million. $30 million. And that was just a small piece of what they had over there.

They just grabbed, yeah, they just grabbed something. I never even heard of a money storage facility. Oh, my God. So much shit going on in the world We don't have no clue about All right, look, before we get into this I want to do a survey with you Okay

This is the survey Say for instance I'm a nigger watching this shit right Ain't never heard no Erica Banks song Where would we start at? What'd be the first song you told? Like a nigga, this is just a regular nink What songs?

Where song? As a man. As a man would be his Be a best introduction to Erica Banks Real rap bitch Real rap bitch Yeah real rap bitch would be the song

Play that Yeah Niggas like that song A lot They be in a club like Yeah They'd be like real into it Okay bet

You ain't got no real girl That's why You know I'm trying to tell people that You can listen to that shit I'm glad I'll come up like that I don't come up like real girly But you know

I'm gonna break them off real bad See what I'm saying That's what you from DeSota, Texas. I'm from the Soda, Georgia. What? Swah to God. They got a DeSota, Georgia? Yeah, you'll never see it on shit, because we got dirt roads and shit.

Yeah, it's real country. Oh, that roads is crazy. 1800s. That's where you live in right now? No, that's where I'm from. Oh, okay, okay. They still out there? Yeah, I know his shit from the country, because when I asked where he was from, he told me a town that was bigger than his that was still small.

Still small. Okay, so that means it's not on the Met for real. No, it's like, it's super small. We probably have a thousand people out. Damn. Well, ain't got a thousand knock, you don't left. Yeah, it's nine, nine, not really. You need a lighter?

You need a lighter? Yep. Yeah, I got a lighter. It's like expensive. What this is? What? They lighter. Oh, yeah.

It's a Jeep lighter. Oh, yeah? Yeah. You ain't got one? No. Man, we got some 85 South Lighters up here. At the warehouse. What's up, my boy?

Good, good. What's going on? What's it? I like that. That's classic Texas shit. You're doing it right. Oh, yeah? You're not.

Mm-mm. All, give me another. Give me another one. What's the number two? Yeah, so we got the, we built in the Erica Bank playlist. You got a little weed right there. For real. Yeah.

On your lip gloss. Let's see. Bottom lip right here on the corner. Yeah, you got it. Yeah. The next song, ugh. The next song had to be a freestyle. I got freestyle.

Which one? I think I love them. Let me hear it. Oh, that Gucci? Yeah. You on that Gucci. You got some brothers, huh? So what?

You got brothers? I got two brothers. I knew it. You didn't. When you said Gucci, that let me... Why would I ask that next? You had to be with you. I got brothers because I like Gucci.

But they got to do with what I'm talking about. Goochie is a different type of, that's a different kind of hood. My daddy lives to Gucci. See, that's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Forget your dad was out here at 9 and 8 making babies. That's probably around my motherfucking age.

Oh, my God. See, that's hard. Yeah. I think Nitty did this beat. Oh. Drama boy, okay. Nitty did so much shit on the 3D on the movie joint. Who was the one that did this?

I can't feel my little here. I'm a piece. Thanks so much. Yeah, you need ghetto legends lighter because you're a ghetto legend. Yeah, if I whole had to Rick sneak this. You like performing this? I feel like this a good little transition. Yeah. It's fun. People like it. My boy, you don't roll the goddamn stick, dude.

I ain't know the bitch who I like that. Yeah, they liked it. I made a special request. This is fair back would have. All right, bro. Okay, who? Shit, I already had you. How's a bit? Who on the way, Clay?

Or somebody? Doesn't mean you? Y'all got some tequila? There, we got some tequila. Bring us some tequila over here. See, that's why we have the... You'll be drinking? Uh-uh.

What? You'll be drinking? No, because I don't need too bad head. Okay. I'm standing. because I have it, but you will drink. Okay. Well, that's why I won't be on to start as soon as we get us.

We got to make sure we got everybody on the right level. Yeah, Duffy. One last time you had to drink? Man, I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't. He's no good for a long time.

He never, I ain't never just said fucking let me get drunk. It's cold. There, y'all not cold? Okay. My guest is cold. It's like, it's like blowing up like. It's a, uh, yeah, she cold. Oh, my God.

Now, you're the guest. You get to have it your way. Okay. Thanks so much. There's a t-shirt. It's a cute shit. Yeah, you need to get all these on TV show and movies. They need to be on Key Valley, some shit.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They need to bring the show back. They weren't. They work. They were like, P. Valley that'd be on beach. I know the lady that produced the show. Oh, yeah?

They're working on some shit. Okay. Yeah. Say what? The other one, B, you see that, all. All the Queens men. I ain't seen that. But that was a men strip on that one, no.

Oh, Lord. Okay. I'm going to watch that one. What is called? Yeah, that's that man stripper. All the Queens men? All the Queens men. I know because they, Bree had audition for that shit.

Yeah. She was supposed to, I don't even know. Maybe they'll put it in there. My, I ain't even call her my ex, but she used to do the costume design for time of appearance, so that I don't know. Oh, okay. I can show you where to meet me. You funny.

You're hilarious. When you choose a jam, make sure you bring your face up. Yeah. It doesn't like 32 flight because of a girl's all in. Come on. If you ain't got it, then stuff, it. Niggins just be out here paying some bills But we can't get paid your bills

And he had all you had all your account information to pay the bill And then another nigga paid the bill already So when he called it wasn't no balance But no, but see he would never have my bank account information in the first place. No, not your bank account information like your account information

to pay the bill. No, he wouldn't even do that. I'd rather than just send me the money like I'd do it. We would never have that problem. Just to make sure it get paid, just send it over to me and I pay. Send me the light bill.

I was just never, the type of woman I am, I'll just never do that. A nigga ain't never text you and said, hey, send me that code that they just text your phone so I can go and knock this cable and it's in their bill out. Now, he's just going to see me the money

just straight up. It's why we got to do all that. I can do that. I'm going to pay the bills anyway. So you might as well just send me the money, you know what I'm saying? Now, if a woman is, you know, she want to do all that, that's cool. But I really just send me the money. So we don't have no confusion, you know what I'm saying?

It's no confusion. So is that the goal? What? Do you care what kind of people these men are? Do you care how they feel? If I like them, yes. If you like them? So you'll get some money from a nigga you don't like.

Yeah. Why would you do that? Why would he make me feel like? I can't do that. So you've got niggas out here that you didn't deal with that you didn't even like? I mean, yes.

I'm not the only person in the world. What does that mean? That's okay, because... Too wrong? Now, was it for a long period of time? Of course not, because I didn't really like this person. But I could tolerate this person, you know what I'm saying? As long as you see,

Is somebody's a glass? No, you get it. It's good, okay. Yeah, as long as he doing what I need him to do and he's spending money and, you know, doing things that I like. How do you, like, say it's a person you don't like? How do they get to the position that even do that? You don't like him.

They're going to talk about when? And if he's willing to spend it, then, hey, let's 40. Let's have a great time. Wow. Until you start getting up my nerves. Now, when you start getting on my nerves, it's like, all right, I already don't like you, sir. But I'm not going to deal with him dead long.

But if I start to like him Or sometimes I start out of not liking a person And then I can start to like them If I'd be around them enough, you know? That's crazy I'm just looking around with all the men in the room The niggins is just like shaking their head Spend enough time with them

You could go from not liking them to like loving them It's crazy No you can Yes you can Because you be like I'm with them so much You know what I'm starting to like you No fuck I'm not As a nigga I ain't never ever ever be around them

I started to like her card. I'm gonna tell you what it is. Are y'all serious? She's saying if this niggas spend enough money, he might be cool. You know what I'm saying? But we ain't like that because we don't spend the money. So, I mean, I get we like one.

If she suck a little dick, man, she would be like them. No, I don't like you still. Everybody's different, but. We fought with who we like. That's basically with those things. So if we don't like you, we ain't gonna fuck with you. I can't. If you, you can make me like you if you're breaking out this.

You can make me like you. No, that's what's like you. You can make her like you. Yeah. Me? No. If I like you, I like you. If I don't, I don't.

No, because you know what's crazy, it takes a lot for me not to like you. Like, I go through a list about nine or ten things out of, like, if you hit about seven out of the ten, I can fuck with you. But just I don't like you at all. I can't see it happening. That's crazy. you got to pull your own drink because you know ever since all the shit

that came out everything got to be voluntary oh my god it's okay make sure she get whatever she like you are hilarious yeah you gotta pour your own drink make sure you say that you're drinking this shit

by yourself you're grown and you're making your own decision I'm growing and I'm like on my own decision shot there we go there we go so funny we got the audio clear on that Oh my God

Hell yeah You sure you don't want to? I'm positive Okay I'm more than positive That's insane You want to have this one You're going on something that one

Play slim weight so Justin can hear you bro That's crazy I got down Tequila I heated everything Yeah but you like clear You're drinking the Don Julio?

Whatever that shit is insane Oh for me done There's a real soda Well, most of you've been in here drinking, man. I don't know what they got going on. Got your own chaser. Oh, yeah. My dad always said stupid shit, like,

that makes me grow hair on your chest. You do. In two seconds. Yeah, I know. Did you find it? Yeah, it's pulled up now. Okay, bet. We're about there.

It's almost that time. Just viving out, listening to some Erica Banks. All right there. On the coldest podcast that was ever created by black people. Hell yeah. You smoke the hell thing, it's gone. Let me see. I just don't want it again.

Yeah. Where you from, bro? Yeah, me going on it. Houston. I always say Houston, like, the black people are. I know it's Houston, but that's just not exciting. Houston. No, Mississippi.

Oh, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Yeah, like, I used to watch it, like, I used to watch it. episode. But now it's like if I catch it, I catch it. Yeah, you're on, we're going to talk about that. Yeah, I'm on. You're on reality, TV and all kind of shit. Like, I don't know what's going on. Yeah. So you like, what you're saying, you like, slim ways. You play in two of them? You say you like singing away. I like that, or Toothet. Yeah, Tootette is a classy. It's never going to get old.

Like, ever. I can see myself at the strip club You know what I'm saying? Getting about two, three lap dance It's an ass right here A ass right here And then she's like pussy popping in the front It's some honey barbecue wings right here

Joe over there laughing just like that And then the DJ he ordered some more ones Because I'm going crazy over there Honey Barbecue wings That's how good as fuck Why I fuck with them honey barbecue wings That's how good Who taught you how to rap?

I think I think I like poetry growing up so I just like Once I realized I like poetry and Nicky Minaj I was like, I want to rap But I could always Like, write poetry Yeah

You got away with words Mm-hmm So, yeah But nobody, like, taught me how to rap Like, nobody said, like, do it like this For real? Uh-uh. I just, like, music

Would you need to listen if they tried at this point? No, absolutely not. Real, you don't got nobody in the game you, like, would take pointers from? I'd be, yeah. Future my favorite rapper Future. Drake.

That nigga cold. Yeah. That nigga cold. Yeah, I feel like he's underrated. Yeah. Yeah. Drake, Lou Wayne, Nicky Minaj. For real?

Drake probably love you. I think so. You know, he'd be in tune with everything that's going on everywhere. Yeah. He knows what the fuck going on. That nigga flood then. Real? Yeah.

Might have to readjust the huge. Oh, my bad. Yeah. That was amazing. But yeah, that's probably it. Like, it's my top five. I feel like that's solid. Who's some of like the OG rappers that you fuck with?

I don't really listen to them. I don't. I can't get into that sound. It's a whole different sound. It's not the same. Oh, yeah. But I'm not against it. Am I going to just turn down now?

Gotcha. So I mean, you already got it. How did you? 41. Okay. You still young. a grown man bitten. Grown man, bitch.

I ain't young is the last thing I'm trying to be at this point. I'm gonna fuck about that. Hey, I'm moving on that the way letting them young nigga have it. Yeah, them young nigga have that shit. Yeah, it's their turn.

Yeah. It's their turn. I'll be gone for 11. Yeah. I'm out of mood up. I ain't the nigga that show up at the club when the club turned. I'm one of them niggins

that's gonna be there early and then when they started getting packed, I'm leaving. Yeah. What? That's the grown man. That's old. You don't even go.

You don't even need to go. That's what I'm saying. When I do go, I ain't going to be in that motherfucker late. People look at me in the club, like on the security, I'll be standing up by all over. The whole guy down time. The older you get, think if something bad happened. Even if it ain't even like none treading. Just like, even if you had a flat and you called somebody and they know you an old nigger and you used to be in at the house.

I called J-O-Win, 2-30. Man, I got to blow out on. on the highway, man, come get me. Where you at? Man, I'm over here by strobe. Man, what the fuck you're doing all that? It just ain't going to sound right. Right.

I'm like Josephine. Josephine's fun. Right, and then I'm older, and my friend's older, so if they don't come, I can't even be mad at them. You got to call AAA. You got too much, man.

You got to. Hey, man, I'm going to call you a AAA and an Uber. I ain't coming, though. You can't say this shit Don't make you want some pussy Listen to this shit You see me picking my phone That's the goddamn phone down

Now put that damn phone down Man, you ain't getting none the night It's good That's the goals Turn it up just a taste See All right Now you're living, blah

You're living, bro You're living, bro They're going to have a dance to this and everything I'm a surprise I already ain't got now Proceed to play me some pimping, please. About time we get to work. Motherfuckers in here having too much fun, thinking we're on field day or something.

Jasmine. Close the door for me. You know I don't like nobody in my business. Got so much shit to talk today. There's so many updates that need to be made. First of all, we are here winning NAACP Awards and all things like that. And I've been telling y'all.

Ever since we started that the 85 South show is the number one show amongst black people who have two black parents and your granddad and your grandma black. I'm talking about a number of black folks in your family. They love this show the most. This episode right here is dedicated to black fathers who pay child support and still can't see their kid. Ain't that a bitch. Man. Oh my God. This show is dedicated to black people know the kitchen ain't clean.

until you sweep and mock. And you, Clorock. If you grew up in a black household and y'all had a set of towels that could nobody use, you understand exactly what the purpose of this show is all about. This show is dedicated

to all the black mothers who have daughters, and they do their hair, and the grease don't have no top and it's rubber bands in there. And you never got them out because you found out that she was pulling out.

putting them in there for a fucking reason. For all the black women that ever got their ear burnt with a straightening comb and your mama cussed you out. He said, stop moving. Be sure a ass deal. You still got a dark skin piece on the top of your ear. Or right here in the middle of your forehead.

And she just put a bang over it. If you ever had to wear sandals for a whole summer dedicated to you if your daddy lived walking distance from where you grew up and you still never saw this nigga I'm talking to you

if all your favorite clothes got a little hole in it from smoking weed and you don't drop ashes on it I'm talking to you That's why some people don't even buy expensive clothes. You ain't going to do them or burn them bitches up. Quit smoking shit with seeds. No, you ain't got it.

It happened. Sometimes you don't even know it's happening. It just happened. You know what that's called? The cost of doing business. Absolutely. Now, not only is the 85 South Show the number one black show in America. We're the number one black show in like 13, 14 different countries.

They fucking with it all throughout the whole continent of Africa. That's everywhere. On the left, right, up and the down, all the way over there in Madagascar. All the niggins in St. Lucian and St. Martin, they're watching this shit daily. St. Bartz. Anywhere, they got some black people that they're fucking with this shit. Oprah and watched a half of everything. I heard.

Just a half. Just a hand. It was too much cussing, and she ain't liked the weed. The weed actually didn't bother her. We kept saying bitch on one episode. It was crazy. We were feeling too good, talking to this shit. It was a pimp on the episode, though.

That's what happened when you bring a pimp around. Everybody turned into one. Jesus. They wasn't even real life bitches. They was hypothetical business. Like what if type shit, in a scenario. Yeah. I want to dedicate this episode.

so to all those relationship podcast that's giving fucked up relationship advice. Please keep that going. That's my guilty pleasure as I watch those motherfucking podcasts just to disagree with them. Really, if you've been in a relationship with somebody

ugly, you should never give relationship advice. What's your spouse looking like? If you're ugly, don't get a relationship. Exactly. Exactly. Shut your ass up. Shut your ass up. I don't think that you can even use that advice

because everybody ain't working with the same shit. Don't be listening to these motherfuckers on this podcast shit. Them niggas don't never tell you all the shit they do. It's the most shit that go with that.

Now, don't just be out here taking that sucker-ass advice. You're going to be looking crazy. Believe in bullshit. But anyway, those are the updates. I hope you caught what I was saying when I was saying it,

and I want you to know we got a very special guest in the house with us tonight. This lady right here, we all owe her for what she has contributed to the game. Yeah, that Bustin Challenge had everybody fucked up. My nigga met his wife on that hashtag. Oh, my gosh. They're getting married this summer.

I ain't going. I ain't going. I don't fuck with that. I don't know how much going to get married and it costs you $600. What type of shit is that? Don't put me in no way. Yeah. Anyway, one of the coldest in the game, she talked her shit all the way from

the Soto Texas. You know her and you love her. You didn't click on that damn hashtag and you watched that buzzer challenge. And this is the lady who's responsible for it. Ms. Erica Banks is in the trap with us today. First of all, how you doing? I'm good, how you doing? You're looking like you're having fun with it.

I am. You're looking like you get money with it. I am. You're looking like you're talking your shit out here with it. I am, I am. So what's up with it? What's going on? First of all, welcome to the trap.

Ain't it luxurious? Look around. It's so nice. It's very well put together. I looked around. I said it's nice in here. Exactly. You got the refrigerator with the cocoa puffs with the damn, you know.

And we got the wumps up there, little chef boy ID. Okay, that's for the ghetto children who watch this. Okay. Yeah. They requested that we put that up there. Okay, I actually love Raviall. growing up. That was like my favorite snack at the house as a kid. For real, because it made you feel

like you can cook. It was good, too. Yeah, you don't eat no pepper or nothing. Would you still eat it? Yeah, yeah, I got some of the house. Not the many ones, but like the reckless items. The grown people, rather than. The grown people, kid food. You got that shit at your house, for real? I swear, yeah. I only got like two cans, but yeah.

That's hard. What else at your crib? Like, if we were shooting this at your house the nigga walked in the kitchen, what's in your refrigerator right now? With a pantry, because this is where all the shit So we got ramen noodles, zebra cakes, the beef noodles, though. I like the beef, or the chicken. We got some of them back there, too.

Yeah. Right here by the couch. Look right there. These right here. This is what you got. Let me see. Yep, yep, yep, yep. We got the one in the cup already.

No, I don't like the cook ones. The cook was not good. And they'd be like the noodles be hard. Oh, shit. Yeah, it don't be good. I like the ones you put on the stove. Yeah, I don't eat those shit. You don't?

I don't eat that shit. Damn. I just, something about that shit. I used to like them until I had to spend a weekend in jail, and I've seen the motherfuck-in'all-cook them with the lukewarm water and the plaster bag. It would time you out. I ain't out a fucking cup since.

So you got all the hood snacks? I mean, like, I feel like there's typical snacks. Everybody don't got the same pantry shit. Like, no? What's the young pantry? All kinds of shit. Like what? A whole new world in that mother.

Is it unhealthy? I'm telling you, I go crazy. I go crazy. I want a grocery is like a mother- I gotta have some grocery because I feel like I ain't successful if I don't just, I'm talking about groceries, I know I ain't gonna get to eat.

How long ago she's legs? Every cup four. As soon as I get back from, off the road, I'm ordering grocery. I need all that. I need a hundred cones. I need seven to eight boxes of cereal because that's a part of me that will never

grow up, like I never get over that. Just being a nigga and walking in over options with a robe on. Hmm. Shall we do the fruit loops applejacks or the fruit loop applejack combination? I don't know. Maybe foster flake.

Maybe. Honey Nut Cheerios? I don't know. I don't know cooking crisp, all kind of cocoa pebbles and cocoa puffs. I got everything with cocoa in it. All the fruity pebbles. All the shit with little games on the back. I'm still that nigger.

Cinnamon. Cinnamon, frosty flakes and shit, chocolate frosted flakes. All that shit in my house, man. All kind of little fruit snacks and gushes and all that shit. I got everything. Yeah, you can make a piece of. from scratch, all kinds of cheeses, Swiss provolone, fresh mazrella, ground beef, ground turkey. I got hard and soft taco shells.

It's all type of exotic sauces and barbecue sauces from around the world. Three or four different brands of water. I'm living over there. Martinelli's motherfucking apple juice, Sunny D., O.J., and the purple stuff. Mount Dew Duck the Purple Coca-Cola Gingerail All that shit

Sparkling water Would you like a sparkling? There's all kinds of fruits There's a fruit section At the crib There is fruit everywhere All type of exotic pineapples and shit Everything that you can imagine

Bananas Three, four different type of pears Golden pairs Got some red pairs There too Cherries Mother fucking

blueberries just in case we decided to get freaking and make some pancakes or something all types of shit did freaking and lights a pancake you never know we may have guests over and we may do it we may do a late breakfast or early brunch we never know I'm living like that Erica Banks okay

it's thing we've got a house full oh yeah yeah I'm having never hungry ever ever all types of exotic meats for sandwiches What's your favorite sandwich? Oh, the undefeated is turkey and Swiss. Come on, man. Come on, come on, it's undefeated.

That's typical. Oh, man. Bruss it, it's undefeated. It's undefeated. It's got me through many long days. Yeah. Yeah. But that's enough about me.

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So what's going on. Man, I'm just trying to catch up, man. It's been so much going on. He's been a long time. And I was looking up some YouTube shit. Yeah, I was looking you up on there. And it's like, you're just done, you're in another stratosphere with this shit. You got about 200 million now. Yeah, you know. spent some time like I'm working. Towed their ass up on TikTok.

Did you ever expect the Busset Challenge to be like it was? That's a moment in history now. I didn't. I really didn't. You know, I didn't like the song at first. What? What? No, because.

You know, usually those are the ones. Yeah, I just felt like I could do a lot better. I was like, it's real simple. It's real straight. to the point. I was like, yeah, I'm gonna scrap it. They were they won on social media. I mean, yeah, I learned that bad.

So I was like, okay, so this is what they like. Yeah. But I didn't really like it. I'm not liking it. I love it now. Of course. That motherfucker did. Do you numbers?

Did Nellie fuck with it? Did he embrace that love? He did. We mad. Like, he played on his sex when he performed now. And, you know, even like a couple of weekends ago. Yeah, he was in Houston. And he played bus at the end of his head.

But yeah, he always been cool. Yeah. He always been real cool. That nigga is cool. Shout out the Nelly. Yeah, shout out to Nelly. Oh, shit. You got a lot of hits, though, at this point.

So now that you got the fan base and all that, have you had another song just take off like that? Out of nowhere, one that you didn't expect? The last song that did a little bit was Ain't Got Time. Ain't Got Time was maybe like a year ago. And the first day, it was out there charted on Apple Music at like number five. The Swoop is killing me. You like the Swo?

You fucking them up with the Swo. I love it. swoop. It's my favorite hairstyle. Oh, okay. You brought the motherfucking swoop back. Oh, my God. I was listening to you talking about then. The weed was like running motherfucking swoop. I feel like everything you say, you're telling me a cigarette. Like, oh, look at the swoop. Hey, hey, look me in my eye and fuck the swoop. You is crazy. Let me see. Oh, she got to go back and you. You ain't got to fix the swoop straight. That's cute. Okay, baby.

That's what the dude was going for? Yeah. Where are you getting dressed with, like, come in here, like, you know what? I'm a swoop on these niggins. I'm going to kill me. These niggins don't even get, but have my attention. Oh, my God. No, like, I had my hair like this yesterday.

So it was already done like this because I just liked the hairstyle. Did you ask for the swoop? Yeah. I was, like, swoop it to the side. Shut the fuck up. Yeah, and she swooped it to the side. So your hairstyle. probably like, girl, you're in these damn swoops.

Yeah. She probably already didn't know to do that shit. Yeah. I'm glad you liked the swoop, though. Does she ask you, like, big swoop or a little swoop? Yeah, she said big swoop or a little swoop. I say big. Big last longer.

Like, when you like... Oh, it's a different. So what's the length on the little swoop? Where does that start, like, right past the forehand? Yeah, it'll go like above your eyebrow probably. But if you had the little swoop before. No, I don't like it above my eyebrow Oh, yeah

I like it like What is it just feel like a hat in the way? Yeah, and it feel weird like... Can you still see? Can I see? I can see you right here, yeah. But I'm saying that like a view. Maybe you're trying to run game on us.

Maybe you ain't got but one eyelash and you don't want us to see it. I really do got two eyelashes. You sure? Yes. I'm trying to trick us now because we got good cameras. We'll zoom in and see if there's another one on the...

It's right here, I swear, look. Blink. She ain't going to... You got this shit now. You got to take her goddamn word because she ain't going to move that swoop. You got to stay where it's safe.

Who your style is? Go on shout out because we'll get her on here too. Oh, my. I invented the swoop. Oh, my God. I'm responsible for the swoop. You didn't seem my work.

Oh, my God. Her name, Kira. Shout out the Kira. Kira did her shit today. Yeah, that shit looked good. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm putting behind her in here. Maybe.

So, now, we've got to talk about your other career, too, now. What's my other career? Let's talk about it. You be on TV and shit? I do. Every Tuesday. Every Tuesday, y'all. How did this come about?

I just got a call. You know, sometimes you just get a call, and somebody just interested, and they were interested at the time. I was like, hell yeah, I never been on TV before. Why the fuck not? What was the experience like since you've never done it before? It started out fun. Started out.

Yeah, but then it became a job, you know? Everything became a job at some point. So it was just like, okay, Today I'm just going to work. But, I mean, it was like, film my life was kind of fun. Like, filming my release parties. I had a cooking event. I had some video shoes.

So it's cool, like, to just show the world, like, what I do in my everyday life. Yeah. That's what's up, man. You'll be watching it? I need to start if you don't. I try to stay away from the TV. I understand that. I understand it.

I'm a, like, I'm a victim. I like the clips now. Yeah. Show me what, show me the highlights. I look at the whole show. Yeah. I look at it all. Sometimes I had to go back and watch the whole show.

But it's not as it. You know, I'll go watch some shit on there because you on there and there. Yeah. Like if I see it pop up, all right, right, right. Where Eric are doing this week? Yeah, there you go. I'm late to the board, but it's still. I am late to the board.

I'm not the loop. I'm out of the loop. Eric is a funny. You got to catch me. You know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying. She's on that wild.

Man. No, it wasn't episode Where she was supposed to go and make amends With another castmate, right? But they decided to go to some bang cage So they all looking at their phone Like, what the hell, Erica is? Where Eric?

So they hit up on the phone They're like, hey, you know, we're supposed to be over here And she was like, yeah, I ain't fucking with y'all There's no goddamn bang cage And we're supposed to be making amends With nobody's shit and go low Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Like, that don't even make sense.

Yeah, I feel you. I'm not going... You guys, he's thomping. They're like, men and a nigga beef in there. He's like, hey, bro, we're going to talk this shit out. We're going to go to the shoe range and talk this shit up.

Like what? I like that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I feel there. I don't think I would have went to no bad in case. He's motherfucked mad at me. Like, what is that sound like? What does that sound like to?

You know what I'm saying? That's the TV shit, though. Exactly, exactly. We never, we never thought. We never, oh, my God. We never thought. We never thought. We never thought that it would, we never, we never thought that it would,

we never, we never, we never, we never thought. thought that. I was like, I don't blow you. I don't know. I don't know how you, but we, we never, we never thought. Erica, we're so sorry. We would, we would never put you in a position like that. We were just going to get some shots. You guys saying your stuff. And we were just going to scale it back, hit a few balls. Everybody's friends now, right? Nobody's upset anymore. We never thought. Good damn well We're gonna go down Oh my God Before you there They got big bats and shit Yeah

Like what No Hell no Fuck no What the fuck Me by the motherfucking pillows We have a pillow fight In this motherfucker

Oh my god But yeah You feel what I'm saying But you're on that beefing You have a little bee? I'm never beefing I'm not I'm too old for that

I don't even like that word He's on their argument I was on the argument But, you know, at the end of the day, everybody had to do a job. So I'm on their argument. You arguing? I'm working.

So you got to watch it. You don't even watch the show. I'm asking. I don't know. That man, he don't watch it. You know what? I fuck with you. Because you'd be tapped.

You know what I'm saying? He was full of shit. Man, whatever. Yeah. That's how he do y'all. That's how he do his piquet. I told you him. I told you I didn't watch it.

Yeah. You were real. You can't. He was able to tell. about how you think I brought him? I know that nigga watch it. But you know, that's crazy. I listen to the music.

Oh, you full of shit. Oh, shit. Now he wouldn't use the music. But he didn't exist the music though. He named a couple songs. I was like, okay, how do you know them songs? He was like, I listened to him. I said, okay, he was really listening for real.

He said, yeah. So I said, okay. A nigga could never do enough. Oh, please. Never do enough. Please. Niggas don't do enough. Why not?

What's a, I'm about to say, what is enough? What is enough? Niggas just don't do enough. What is enough? I feel like everybody has their own definition of enough. Yeah, we'll take yours. My definition of enough where I'm not complaining,

a scene where or a situation where I'm not... Show me a scenario where a woman is not complaining. What? It's situations where women do not have to complain about nothing, and they're satisfied and their men is enough Because they're like, okay, I'm satisfied. I'm never, like, spazzing out. He is enough.

I don't have to, like, look any further. Then he'd get up and go home to his wife. What the fuck? Well, that mean he'd be doing it. Why the fuck don't we ever meet these men that they be talking about? We know all the niggas in the world. They are out there. We got a whole underground network of niggas, and we've never come in contact with these niggas, y'all talking about.

What do you mean? We're up to the relationship. Like, you know, you've had one, obviously. Right? Or you still got one? No, I've had relationships. I'm saying, like, with a guy like that, that you didn't have to complain with. Yeah, but it was temporary.

Where is this nigga? Why don't even was so great that? No, no, wait a minute. Where is he? Because that's what you've been looking for. You think there's a lot of them? You're going to call that man in the podcast. You ain't about to find two of them.

You found the one you was talking about. No, I never found him. If I found him, I'd be with him. See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. These women go out here. find the exact nigger that they want and don't want him. So why would you put pressure on yourself to change?

That is not what I said. That's not what I said. I did I say. Don't you be out here. You can't be this nigger. She don't want him. The niggas she won't. You said it with temple with her.

I mean, you know, everything don't last long, you know. We just weren't. He said, you know what? I'm too good of a man for this shit. I'm out here. I'm out here doing everything. I'm doing all this shit you ran. You still treat me like shit.

You still texting that nigger. You still follow his motherfucking Instagram. It's funny because I had a, I had an ex like they knew it was, it was insane. Everything you just did. It was just like intense. You have flashbacks. They said that nigger Lowe, you know. Oh, my God.

But I don't know anybody want to talk about this shit. That shit is painful, bro. Yeah. But you see the facts. Even, even they know. three niggas who the nigger they like. That's the nigger they want, and they don't want him. That's what I mean really think

that's insane. You just sat there and said you wanted a situation where you wasn't complaining. He said, have you ever had that? You said, sure, temporarily. So then once you didn't say the rest, then let me know that you fucked it up. Because I would like to think if you were in a situation where you're not

complaining, you want some shit like that for life. You're supposed to shut the fuck up and just enjoy that. I mean, you know, life happens. I don't know. How many times you think you're going to find these people who are going to fit these standards and qualifications? Maybe too many times in my life.

No. No. No. What? Two more times in my entire lifetime? Mm-hmm. That's like not crazy. You were born in the late 90s.

You might get one or two more chances. Yeah, I feel like I got like one of my one two. All right. Yeah. I got faith in it. He gonna see this shit? He's watching it. He probably, I mean, I don't know.

He might, he might not. It depends on what type of nigga is. You know what I'm saying? How you feel about relationships in the industry, though? Like, you being a star by yourself, you feel like a relationship would be too demanding to get to where you're trying to go? Absolutely.

Right now, absolutely. Of course. I mean, it sounds great. The thought is beautiful. You know, at a later time, I'm definitely interested in doing it. But at the time, like right now, probably not. Yeah. Yeah.

But I'm always, you know, an open book. You're like open to finding somebody and just saying fuck it. I'm not saying fuck it. I'm saying like I'm open to, you know, dating, like I'm dating. I feel like it's cool to date. Dating is fun. What's a good date? I'm just about to ask that.

What's a good date? What's a good date? For me? Yeah, yeah, because you make her, you pick her up. She show up with her goddamn chain with her whole name, Mom. I used to fuck out. Where do you take her? I mean, a nice restaurant, of course.

I can pick the restaurant. He don't even have to pick the restaurant. That's good shit. Because I know what I like. That's good shit. He ain't got to be named one of the niggas that got the date I already playing. No, but I would appreciate that. But you just said he ain't got to.

I mean, you don't have to, but it's appreciated. You know, but I pick the place. If he don't know, that's fine. You know, and then, you know, I'm really simple. I just want to eat. I want to have drinks, and I just want to have a good time. By the time we done eating, because I'm going to order so much, I'm going to be full in the red lay down. Oh, so you're going to eat your food.

Yes. You heard what she said. You heard what she said. down. She's gonna be ready to eat and lay down. God damn it. She's gonna be ready to eat and lay down. Oh my God. Hey man. Hey, they do sound fun when you put it like that. You know? Because it ain't, they got way, you can't even order enough shit that ain't that I'm gonna be like, that's too much shit. Go ahead. Get something out. That's the problem. Niggins is taking these women places

and they ain't getting them full enough to lay down. I would hate that. I don't hate that. I'd be, I'd be meaning these shots. Oh, we hate that. You were up, take them somewhere and get them full so they'd be ready to lay down. They get their plate and then they sit there and take the shit home

and put it in the house fry. That's why women don't never eat all their food. You're giving up the game, Erica. I just thought about something. That's why a lot of these women go places and they'd be trying to get that shit to go. Because they don't want to lay that. Because they don't be ready to lay down.

Dirty bitch. So fellas, you can just start gauging about how much food she eat. Feed up first. See if she get full. Fuck the rest of that day. She's going to be ready to lay down. So what's a good restaurant to take the motherfuck or two? Where they're going to want to lay down.

Like, they're going to get full of nothing. They're going to eat the food so they can get full of nothing. Just lay down. Obviously, Papa Doles and, what, Dan Taylor? No, that shit. They don't get, yeah. They don't want to lay the arm they leave out. Now, Dantanas will have a red lay down.

That bitch, take up food home. I didn't have food home. I said, you've got to have a fry or something. Oh, my God. I don't want to reheat no fried food, but I do like Marcells. Y'all been to Marcells? Mm-mm. Marseals is really good.

It's seafood. I don't even know a part of town or so. See what I'm saying? You don't like seafood? What kind of food you like? I just, the only seafood I eat is catfish and shrimp. Oh, okay, see, no. I'm straight on the seafood.

Oh, my God. Yeah, I'm good on this. I hate that, yeah. No, don't. That's so good. I meant you good. I love to tell. I damn, I ate the shielder for a one I had.

Okay, that's not good. I believe you did. I didn't know you was. It was fried, shit. No, I'm going to say. You'll put no fucking crust on nothing that you ain't going to eat, dog. Well, no, I feel what you're saying, because they put, like, they fry it too. So you think it's part of the shit.

I'm chewing them up. That shit started cracking. He ate the shit wrong. That's what I didn't get out there trying to shit. Don't even know how to eat it. Oh my God. Don't even know what the fuck.

That's what I'm talking about. You don't try nothing that you don't want me to eat. Because you go eat anything in it. Yeah, I'm thinking of that whole fucking thing. You look, I ain't bite that bit like a taco. Some told me to eat the center for us like I normally do. Damn. I'm going to keep you wrapped up in prayer, though, my brother.

Appreciate that. So it's really just get a full enough where you should be ready to lay down. Yeah. I fucks with that. And you should have came on here earlier. We should have really used your point. you. Yeah, I mean, I feel like for most women, you know, most women

are simple women, you know, some women or different, but me personally, yeah, I just want to eat, get some of the drink, get full, and be ready. But do you niggas know that before they take you out with you being Erica Banks? Do they know she's simple? She ain't going to want all this shit. We ain't got to go nowhere they got caviar on the menu.

No, they don't typically know what to think, you know, but they've never approached me wrong. You know, it's always been the right way. You know, so You get a lot of male groupies at your show? Male groupies?

Yeah. Not really. More so girls. Like groupies. Yeah. I won't even say groupies. I don't even like their way. They just be like with whatever. And I'd be like, okay. Oh shit. Oh, shit.

Are y'all hearing this shit or it's just me? I'm not going to hear this shit. Oh, my God. All right, bad. Life's crazy. Damn. Yeah. It is crazy.

Yeah. You might need a podcast, Erica. You think so? I think so. My mama told me that. I was like, I don't know, Mom. You got a very common voice, and you make some good points. Do you think?

I believe that, too. I can agree with you there. You know, even until they get fooled on so they can make down. Oh, yeah, you got to put that in your phone. Put that in your notes so y'all can not. I don't even have to participate in this shit. Okay, cool. I have to unbitted.

Yeah. So whenever, you know. That's how y'all do that. Yeah, my dating days is behind me. Are you done dating? Yeah, I'm done with that. Then me you're never going to find anybody. I'm just saying.

I already found him. That's why he's saying that. He already found him. I'm doing one date. Oh, okay, okay. What shit? She's working too. Okay.

She did. I'm going to get me. I don't know. If it don't work out, I ain't doing no more goddamn dating. That's it. If you're already like me, I'm not fucking with you. At this age, the fuck I'm out here trying to prove to you. I'm worried.

Girl, you've been watching me for years. What's what you're talking about? No, I'm not doing shit. See what you're living like over there? Where are you working at? See if I can help this situation. Go on quit that because you're wasting it. That's it.

I hate to tell you, but I hate to tell you, but you're not going to do it the way you're trying to do it if you want to do it like that. Trust me, because I've seen this movie before. Go on quit that, and you still are going to be straight. I'm not saying to do all that, all the rig of my row. It's over with it. My knee hurt.

I got one more left, family. I got one more left, family. My knee hurt. We'll get this shit, one more try. You got one more? I got one more, huh? Yeah, you're at the age, well, you, this girl last one. Yeah, my last relationship.

That's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah. Choose wisely. Thirdly six. Okay. Yeah, you got by one more? One more. She's wise.

Why I'm over? What, you've been waiting all this time? Hey, we all have. Fuck it. I ain't been waiting. We ain't gonna get on it, but... Yes, we are. This is what the plan for me before.

We can talk about. Oh, Erica's shit ain't yours, too. Erica, I guess. Yeah, exactly, but you, we heard trauma in your voice, and then you looked off. Oh, my God. And then he looked off. He didn't look off.

You looked off. He looked off. You was gazing and shit. Hey. You talk, black man. You heard. Yeah, no, we're gonna keep it cool. See, be scared to open up.

It's cool to keep it cool. He don't know who watching this show. His wife might be sitting out there watching this shit. She might just live in one of those bullshit places. You ever have a fine motherfucker live somewhere crazy? Like, why the fuck you live there? Fuck out of there. They ain't gonna call to see the name.

Yeah, why the fuck you live here? Please move out there, stupid-ass place you live. Anytime you want to come that law. I'm gonna on Delta, too. Ain't nobody gonna get you on the fucking on Delta. It'll be someone at the show

I'd be like, you live here? Did you come here to the show? You live somewhere shittier than here? You told me. Oh. Br, I don't know whether

that pay all her fucking bills and that little shit that had time to move to the day, bro. Both. Pay off. That's just how fucked up with me.

Sometimes you meet them, they'd be so fan. You'd be like, if she had some money, she'd really be fine. And wouldn't be studying me. If I leave you here, you're going to perish. Hey. I could bring you back, but. I'm thinking about one in specific, bro. I wanted to ask Charlotte, what the fuck you still doing here, mate?

She don't know her potential. You know, you're taking care of your mama or something? What the fuck is going on? Did she see? Like, baby, God, damn. Get the fuck out of there. Get the fuck out of there. I ain't going to even call the city because they buy my tickets.

Don't. I'm not. Don't, but I know a lot of places like that. They town fucked up. I know. That's the best part about the comedy shit, though, man. Really enjoy that. Where you could just still hit them little underground hole in the walls

where you can sell a thousand tickets. That shit is so fun, bro. It's fun. Absolutely. Because you end up in places that's like, you end up in places that be right outside of major cities, but they'd be the coolest little town, and the whole fucking town come. Yeah, it'd be some shit you would have never heard of or never went to if it wasn't for.

I'm talking about people don't even buy the ticket to the show to the day of when they see you in the city, because they don't think you coming for real. Yeah. Man. He ain't coming here. That job fucked up the city of you. They said you were, I'm gonna go get my hair cut. I'm coming.

I'm gonna come up with you in my car. My god got the kids in the car. I'm saying, what's up to the kid? That's them the best show, man. With somebody, Auntie cooked and you can smell the food, why are you on stage? Man, that should be... I missed them.

Oh, my God, yes. I was in a spot, like that you, the Auntie were cooking in the fucking, in the little side. little side room, she was the one selling the food. Yeah. That's just how I heard it was. The last little city that I got to do like that, that was fun as fuck, was, uh,

wide awake Wilson, North Carolina. That's the name of it? It's, it's called Wilson. Oh. But it's wide awake. That's the nickname for this city. Never been to it. Yeah, you'd probably never go.

Shit hard, though. A lot of real niggas out there. Yeah, never been to it. Yeah, I fuck with it. You got some little. little favorite little hood spots like that that you go get do shows at and shit or you're staying away from it you know you're a start I mean the closest thing to that would have been this club called cab south in Dallas and they just close today and I'm so saddened yes oh see

we were supposed to talk about this shit for a reason shout them out what was your fondest memory down there um I started going at when I was like 18 because I could just go to the strip club it was the first strip club I ever went to So it's a strip club. Yeah, it's a strip club. Damn, they don't close the strip club. They ain't closing that. But you know there'd be too much going on over there.

It's always like a lot going on over there. So maybe that's why they closed it, but it was a vibe. It was like my little hoods, about a how in the wild strip club. But I love a run-down strip club, like a whole-in-a-wale, like a, you know, like a homie feel. I like commercial strip clubs too, but I like a small strip club. Because they like, that's like a therapy lounge for black men. Oh, Lord. Okay.

Sometimes we just go in there. Niggins have made real-life decisions in their strip club, bro. Hell you. Like when you had them real deep moments and you'd be thinking and you're like, I needed to come here and get my life together. Is it where it be? Yes. Oh, Lord.

It helped you make decisions? Yes. It's one of the few places a nigger can go in there. I don't even know what it. It's like, when you want a black man go in the strip club, it's like that you can really feel your soul. Okay. Like, okay. We're not seeing some selfish niggas turn into good friends at their strip club.

I'm talking about the nigger who the most selfish nigga y'all ever hung out. Hey man, I got the next one. You're like, this nigger ain't never for shit. Right. Mm-hmm. Niggas be sitting there smoking, looking at them asses. And then you had that moment of clarity. Niggas, I'm gonna go back to school.

Yeah. Nah, them people fuck with me, bro. Them people fuck with me, dog. Strip club, that gets lie right. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, hell, yeah. I didn't know it did that for y'all.

Yeah, that shit. It's like, it's cleansing. It's therapy. Okay. Because them strippers don't judge, niggas. Of course not. No, it's a judge-free zone. It is.

And that's, even when they sell it in the dream of, like, hey, I'm nice. And it's still that she'd be like therapeutic. It's like a band-aid from being out there in the world where everybody telling you ain't shit. Even if she's faking it, she's doing her job. And they've been saving a lot of lives, too. Right. Right.

I was hearing about that. Yeah. Yeah. So for you to say it and confirm it, I know it's the real thing. That's crazy. Do you ever hear some of your songs when you're in the strip club? Like the DJ just turn it on when they see you? Or you have walked in and heard it playing?

Oh, yeah. I love the Shrew Club. So which one of your songs you like to hit, like you like to see strippers? It would have to be too there because that's my favorite song. I told you. Yeah. I told you. You said you liked it because what?

Why you say you liked it? No, I ain't going to. Okay, okay. That nigg was going through something. Oh, my God. I just, I have some vivid memories. Okay, okay. See?

I'm glad to hear that. And guess what it was at? What I was in? Lord have mercy. Full circle. Hey, man, welcome back to the 85 South show. We're in here with Eric and Banks. She got Justin all in his feelings.

This nigga's sitting back gazing off. What my boy got going on. Take a shot and come back to life in a minute, bro. Okay. Have you one, my boy? I'm going to have. Now, see, if I wouldn't have brought him, we wouldn't have had the reference to the show, none of that. This is a group session right here.

Yeah. I fuck with the show. I actually, since I'm here, I have it being recorded at the house right now. For real? Damn, I promise, I'm not bullshit. Because I don't like commercials, so I like this. Okay. Because the good shit come up and then they want to take a nigga three, four minutes.

You got to sit there. I don't know about all state and, uh, um, I don't know. Miracle Wilk, bitch. Put it back on the motherfuckers. Yeah, I want to see that. Now, listen, the women are taking over hip-hop right now. They're taking over the whole rap game. They're dropping disc records, and they're beefing online and everything.

Man, when did the ladies take over the rap game? It's been there. You know, the girls are running for a minute. That's what I'm saying. You know, I've really been no dude who's dropping music like this. It's been a drought over there. The girls been doing it. Where have you been?

I ain't been nowhere. Oh. I ain't been nowhere. I'm asking you. I'm trying to get some insider information. What you mean? What I got? Did y'all have a meeting or something?

And y'all just like, does y'all get on a group chat? Was it? No, you know, we just wake up and life just be happening. Life just be happening. It started with these beats, bro. I'm telling you, it started. A while ago, yes, with these beats. Like that Kaya song, don't trust no niggas.

That beat so goddamn hard. It's hard for a hard for. I'm not to want to hear that shit. I don't even like the word. I like the beat. You like the first? No, about the first 16 seconds. I start the bitch over again.

Okay. Because if I heard you listen to cut out of way that. Boom, boom, boom. I start the over again. That shit. It's just the way that goddamn beat drop. They should have gave that. I don't know who made that, but they're supposed to get that to a nigga.

What he won't tell you is he can rap that whole song. No, I don't know. You rap? He won't. He can wrap that one, though. You think? He knows that shit. Man, I don't know that goddamn.

That nigga know. You don't know that song. I don't know. I know the song, but I don't know the song. Nah, you know the song. I don't know it. I don't know it. I don't know the shit. He's funny. I know what everybody else will know. Because they play the shit.

I know the hook. I know the verse, too. Oh, well, I don't know. I was it. Yeah. I can't route that business. We're not here saying this shit for ever. Don't trust no nigger. Yeah, that's a shit. Yeah. That's still a thing.

You can't trust no women either shit. I mean, you can't trust a woman before you can trust a man. I am. Yep To do what? Just in general. Oh. Yeah.

Well, I don't suggest that you be out here Trust in any fucking body. Trust yourself. I'm telling you. Trust yourself. Trust your motherfuck and self. I'm telling you put... You out here putting trust in people

who don't even fucking like you. Yeah. So. I don't suggest you do that. Yeah, at all. So why you think? It's easier to trust a woman than it is. The obvious, men are liars.

Women are liars. Yeah, it's true. But men are liars to a higher degree, you know, and I just can't seem to stop ever. The funny part as a man hearing a woman say that men are liars. See, men are most of the time we are not lying. That's not true. It's hilarious.

The shit that they think we line. about that's the shit we tell them the truth about they put thought into their line which make it worse that makes y'all me shit if you're gonna do it you gotta nah that means this shit is premeditated you was thinking of the lie before you even had some shit to do

you go out your way to get a lie together that's that's some sick shit you call and involved three other motherfuckers who ain't probably lie today and put them in the shit when they get together is practice how they're going to put the lie together

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AXS.com Get your tickets today AXS.com Let me ask you a question Go ahead What's the best live man ever told you? The best laugh?

The best laugh I'm talking about This motherfucking line so good You might use this one You got them self The best lie The best lie a nigga ever told you That's what I want to know

I'm talking my nigga had you Believe in this shit all the way He got your ass on that one And you didn't fire it out And later on Yeah please get that Oh my God The best lie of nigger

I would have to really sit and think about that No I would really have to see to think about that Just what's the best lie of woman ever told you Like what? Like what? It was a miscarriage This bitch don't went to see the hit man

See, that's where your drama comes from I was shouldn't ask you I knew it was gonna get dark That shit too dark, bro Damn, I don't even want to rebuttal that You ain't got another one What's the second best name? Don't make it dark Shit, you know, I'm gonna be honest with

Oh, boy. My ex going to be in Florida with his homeboy at the same time we're going but we ain't going to see each other. Oh. And y'all seen each other? Oh, she's been playing the whole trip.

She got you with the old trip. She ain't get shit. Mm-hmm. Because you got to be a damn food to bleed some shit like that. Right. Yeah. Oh, my God.

But it was a good lie. It was a good try. Oh, okay. Like, you're trying to let me know ahead of time, McCabe, you know. Oh, okay. Yeah, like, nah. I think the best lie bitch ever told me is one time I ended up driving the bitch and her side nigga to the crib. No.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't remember the details. It was so long ago in my journey. But, yeah, it happens. How did you find out about this shit, bro? I want to know this. How did I find out about it? Yeah, that he was just, I was.

Because it was a drunk laugh That ain't gonna never hold up The story just started falling apart Yeah It felt It seemed random at first Just like a happenstance chance Like

I know this nigga And I bet So yeah All right cool And then when I'm putting the play together I'm like Got me again Got me again

got me again that's a dirty bitch no it's we never some of that shit you just charged in the game and not the people it's just part of the game yeah

what you mean I didn't see it all I didn't seen it all and I didn't done someone what was some shit you still ain't told me the best last nigga ever told you though I mean

Because niggas just lie about everything. I don't think... I don't think it was a best lie. Oh. Because I always know when it's a memorable lie. Yeah, give up that. One of the most rememberable lies. Original, too.

Oh, my God, y'all. Oh, my God. I don't even want a shirt. I don't want a shirt. Oh, okay. Yeah. Just understanding, no, niggas be lying. And that's the bottom line.

All right. Even y'all. What's the best lie you told? The best lie I told. She probably don't want to share it because she still used it. Yeah. I don't want to show my eyes. I don't want to show my dad.

The best lie, you keep that motherfucker. You know what I can't. Yeah. You probably J used it. I probably did. You know what I said? He knows what's going on. Damn.

Yeah. Because I don't have been lied to. Do y'all still lie at your child big age? No, there ain't no need a lie for what. Okay. That's how I was saying. They were just told you. Y'all think we'd be lying, but we don't.

Right, we don't think that for no reason. Chee it. Other niggins, like that that told you that line that you won't share with us. He'll fuck it up for the net nigga. You'll think he's lying and he tells the truth. Who? The man who told the best lie?

He'll never get caught. It'd take years. It'd take years for that niggas. She won't even share that motherfucker. I mean, no. Did you know he was lying when he was lying, or did you find out later on? Did you have to do with a lozzy?

I felt like he was lying, but I didn't know he was lying, line, so I just believed it, and then later I found out he was lying. Okay. Yeah. But, I mean, you know, niggas gonna be niggas. That's what y'all do, so. Y'all's gonna be y'all.

That's what y'all. You sound hurt. You sound hurt. Why was you, he made everybody hurt. That's what y'all do. Y'all going to be y'all. This is not therapy. Y'all going to be y'all.

You hurt, Eric. Oh my God, I'm not hurt. Go. Every nigga you meet from here on now, just assume he tells him the truth. Hell no. Don't investigate. That's the biggest problem. Just take it for face value.

So what if a nigger is really being 100 with you and? She ain't going to like that shit either. I don't know that. They ain't going to like that shit either. Yeah, like, it's energy. I'm an energy person. I'm going to know that. You're an energy person.

I'm just being saying, too. I'm an energy person. I am for real. That's a real thing. But you just got lying energy when you're a nigger. Yeah. You can tell what nigger just spit me. Am I lying to you right now?

Yes. Yes. Yeah, I like the way you reading this shit. Oh, you don't believe this. Oh, my God. Really get elaborate. You still ain't gonna shout no lie. No.

Not yours, not theirs. No. Okay, what about one you heard that, you know, I know I know one of your home girls are hit you up before I said, girl, you ain't gonna believe this lie this nigger just told me. Uh, I mean, me and my home girls really don't be gossiping about, you know. I find that hard to fucking believe. No, no, no.

Everybody don't gossip about their situations and what they be doing. Well, fellas, I suggest that you keep telling me. Not with certain niggas. Certain niggas don't get talked about sometimes. You know, certain niggas, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I, okay. You feel what I'm saying right there? Okay, yeah.

This shit wouldn't even be interesting if motherfucker told the truth all the time. Hell not. I never tell the truth. Keep lying. That shit be exciting sometimes, especially like, the only thing I don't like about... I never tell the truth. I'm a real lie.

No. Just don't tell lies that sounds like lies. Make up some shit. At least put some thought into the lies you tell. Blow my mind with some new shit. Don't tell me these old ad lies. I fell asleep. My phone died.

Such and such. But like, man, fuck all them kind of lies. Come on with some new shit. We in the future. What's your... That's the AI for some lies. What would be your lie instead of I fell asleep if you know you was out doing some other shit.

If I'm not asleep? Yeah, like, what's your... Not even yours. You're looking for some new lies. Don't help them. That's what it's like. Yeah, don't help them. Oh, I don't have a lot of go by it.

I was saying what lies I'd be telling it then. I was trying to get it out of you, but you're sharp. You're sharp. I was trying to get it out of you. Yeah, you're crazy. Yeah, I'll be telling my whole look. I mean, you can. give us one shit.

Then I can't use it. I'm always void. She ain't got no throw away lies to give you. I don't. I don't lie. Because I don't got that many because I don't be lying. For real. That's a lie. Not too much. You just said, never tell the truth. And tell up that shit. Never tell the truth.

Exactly. You let her talk long enough to lie going to come out. That's what I'm saying. Fuck all that. I'm trying to get it out or she won't share it. Oh, my God. She propagated. The truth's going to get you fucked up every time. It is. Y'all said that in the beginning, ain't that what y'all was saying?

What? Y'all was saying, y'all don't be telling people the truth. Like, y'all think I would tell women you, too. No, we didn't say that. That's what you heard. No, no, no, no. She said... You said, you said, you said, you said, you said... You said, you said, you said... You said, that's what you said... Yeah, sometimes. He said, sometimes. He said, most of the time. You got like a lie, a crush a motherfucker's spirit.

Like, the truth will crush somebody's spirit. Because she thinking you're talking about, lying about where you're at, what you're doing and being faithful. What kind of, yeah, what kind of lies you be having to tell? That's... Motivational lies. Oh, like even when your girl's telling you some bullshit and you know it ain't going to work,

you got to steal support and you've got a lot to and be like, hell yeah, baby, you can do anything you want to do. Knowing this some bullshit. And I'm going to be right there with you in support. And then you know that you can tell by the energy she got. She don't believe in this shit either. You're like, yep, she'll be through fucking with this shit in two weeks. But you just, but these are, but you can't be like, that shit's dumb.

Don't do that dumb-ass shit. Because you're trying to be a better nigga. So you just be like, man, whatever you need. Look, if you want to go out here and cut all the grass and grow some corn back here, corn don't even grow out here. But if this is your dream, I'm going to fucking help you. We're trying to have a whole farm. We got a, we got a yard from fence to fence to fence.

We're finding to plant vegetables, and we're going to eat all the food. All the food we eat. We're going to grow it. Even if you don't believe in the bullshit, you got to. to let her know that you support it. Okay. That I understand. Like when your girl go get a crazy-ass hairstyle,

every man, whoever been in relationship, know that about once every three months, your girl going to do some crazy shit, and she's going to have some shit you don't like, and you're just going to have to act like you like it because she like it. These are the type of lies that make niggas good niggas. Okay.

That was kind of a cool. Probably you ought to tell the truth we're done, though, so they won't do it again. Right. Yeah, that was kind of like the cool. You got to tell the truth where that one, though. No, you don't. Because I don't want her to do it again.

She's going to do it anyway. All right. She's going to do it. My girl got a fucked-up house now. We don't go nowhere. You ain't going to like every last one of them, bro. I'm telling you. Is you going to be paying for that?

I do pay for that. Yeah. I pay for everything. And then after about three, four times, let's her doing the shit. Your way, she's going to just mix it up. Come home with some crazy shit. And then you're going to be like, what the, ooh.

But I like simple shit. I like. You like solid work with the vein. I don't know what's the name of it. They don't like simple shit. That's too boring. They got to mix it up and do a whole new flip on the shit. You ain't going to like all of them, bro.

You're right. I like that simple shit. Them the lies you tell to keep that shit going. I dig it, though. When she'd be like... So can you feel... When she'd be like, you're still mad? And they'd be like, nah, I'm tripping off that shit.

Nigger, he's lying in. Yeah, yeah. That nigga really want to test some shit up. He don't know nothing else. You seen the hour old. That was some shit before. She pulled up. What?

Yeah. No. So can you feel like if a nigger or anybody lying to you, let's say if you ask somebody, you like this outfit? And then they'd be like, yeah. But they really don't, and you feel that shit. People be lying when you ask them that anyway. I'm not going to know if it's about an outfit.

Certain shit, I don't know. When people say certain shit, I'm gonna leave them. They let you know they and they ain't fucking with it. Hey, man, how did this look? That shit look good on you. Oh yeah. I wouldn't wear it. No, they don't even have to say that.

You don't even have to say that. No, you did your thing. Oh, yeah. You're right. I mean, you've been wearing bullshit. Yeah. That's you. What made you think today is better?

Yeah, that's you. What? No, you did your motherfucking thing, bro. I see you, my name? Yeah, that's all there, yeah. That's, that's, that's, I mean, that shit, right on part for you. Yeah, I dig. It's on your level of bullshit.

I dig it. We've seen it happen to all the greats. Mm-mm. Absolutely. So I was asking you earlier, do you ever go back and watch any other episodes? Because are you like me, do you record the shit when you ain't at home? If I'm at home, and I catch it, I catch it. But I don't like record it and go back and watch it and sit through and just go through the episodes.

Because I mean, I know what's going on, you know? But if I'm at home and I ain't doing shit, I could get me and my home girls to watch it. So they don't chop it up too much differently for what y'all? Um, we filmed for like hours, but then, you know, the episodes are. But then, you know, the episodes be like an hour, and it's like 15, not even 15 minutes. Maybe, like, two minutes per scene. So they really chop it up a lot.

Like, a lot of shit we don't even use for real, but that's the, like, the job part of it, you know? And it's, like, work. But, yeah. You be cooking this shit? You'll be cooking. What's your specialty? Bake chicken.

Ooh. Yeah. With whatever size. Let me hear that recipe. I love you the recipe. Because I'm going to give you mine. I bake it. I use.

I fuck with baked chicken. I like that shit. You know. Bell peppers. I got too. Red pepper, seasoned salt, a little black pepper, a little chicken broth. And then I like the gravy, so I use, like, cream of mushroom. Yeah.

And I, like, cook it in the skillet, then, like, put it over in the pan and baking, and that should be good as fuck. I dig. I eat it with mashed potatoes and cabbage and cabbage. I like green beans and rice. Green beans and rice is good, too. Yeah, I like. Rice be real good with some gravy. I know, I can tell.

You be cooking. Yeah, sure. Do I'm a rudabaker-eating. Oh, okay. A rudabaker and turnips and all that shit. What are y'all find this, man? Okay, you said. I just told you, I'm from a place where they ain't got about 800 people.

And they got dirt roads. Some motherfuckers who watch this shit, gonna have to pause this. Look up what a goddamn rudderbaker is. You know what the rudderbaker is? Okay, cool. You don't know what a rudderbaker is? I grew up with my great-grandmother. I'm the gay mother.

They're gonna be like, nigga what the fuck is, what kind of cause of rudabaker? It is the South, what, let me see. Don't even worry about it. Let them Google it if they want to know. I can't even spit it. It's R-U-T-A-B-A-G-A. Wow.

I think I spelled that shit right. You're just making it worse. I mean, I think I spelled the shit, right? Somebody going to forever call you Routabager, niggins. You don't know how petty my fans are. What? People who watch this show tonight you just, Rudebaker.

I've seen worse. That sounds like an old nigger name anyway. Ruda baby, yeah. That's, I mean, cool. Down to Mr. Rudebakers the other day. Sound like, nigga, they sell snacks and fix lawnboys and wash machines and shit. You know, Routabagher say, they're letting some people go this week. He's going to lay down Rudebaker post to pick me up tomorrow and go fishing.

They pulled them over down. That's about Rudebaker house. I had him stretched out, full all this stuff. Yeah, you know, they found them people over there behind Rudebaker's house. That sounds like one of them old me and your grandma can't stand. Oh, Ruta Baker full of shit. All he do is lying still. That motherfucker ain't going to do nothing.

Oh, lying-ass Rutherbaker. Freaky motherfucker. The goddamn freak, that's what he is. We don't took Rudebaker from a plant, eating plant, to a motherfucking old nigger name. Mm-hmm. That's one of them names You don't want nobody to know that's your first name Roolabagher Simmons

So that ain't the nickname, that the first name A nigger first name Oh my God I'm thinking that's the nigger nickname They put this on this nigger birth certificate Rue de bagel, what's the last name? Erica Banks, what's next?

I always say what's not But What's not? Yeah, but everything I got a tour coming up What's the name of it? I got a project coming up. I actually don't know the name of it.

Oh, shit. Yeah, it's me and two other girls. Okay. I'm excited. But I don't know the name of it. But we probably at the end of putting it together, so it's supposed to be coming up soon. So I'm excited about that. I'm getting ready to drop another project, jump another single.

I've been dropping freestyles lately, and they've been eating that up. Yeah, yeah. It's time for another project, so I'm excited. I'm loving these freestyles where it just be a fucking microphone and some niggas. outside, all that shit. I mean, that's the new thing, you know. I like that shit. Yeah.

That shit taken off, man. I feel like it's the, it's the internet version of like a mixtape type run. Yeah, it is, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Especially that now that the platforms is getting built up, so people are actually getting views and it's actually working. You know what I'm saying? Loving that.

Yeah. Like I said, the women then took over the game. They dropped a hit after hit. Yep. Oh. I don't know what's next, bro. The rap game is. In shambles right now.

We're going to have to buy a joke from the women, otherwise. Shit, we're going to be in the club, listening to all this shit. Your favorite rapper's not making music right now. What's going on? I don't know. They're taking a break. I don't know. You're your favorite rapper?

Me? You rap? Hell yeah. Let me hear you something. What you want to hear? Surprise me. Both of y'all do a freestyle. How about it?

I fuck shit up. She was like, who's like, I do that shit. Like, this is me. For free? Oh, it's called Freestyle. But the style ain't free. But the style. The style will never be free.

This is the sauce. See, he's picking up what I'm putting down. You feel me? This is a motherfucker sitting there watching and trying to see if you even going to use that beat again. That's what I'm saying. They want to know. They want that shit.

You're right. You're right. But you know, nicks be lying, though. They'll be reusing me. Nikes will be lying. But I think. That's one of the best places to tell your lies, though, in the rap. Because when I rap, I don't be keeping it real.

Hell yeah. What? I don't want to hear that real life shit all the time. I get real colorful and shit when I'm rapping, because I got to make you feel like you're a comic book with this shit. I don't know anybody I want to hear about no reality. Reality is raw. Okay.

This ain't 79. Broken glass everywhere. No, no. Don't nobody want to hear about the struggle on my God damn. I'm fake balling, selling dope. I'm a pimp, all that. You faithful, all that. Why would you try to sell that to people?

Man, everybody are doing it. Because that's what people want to hear. Lies? Yes. It's a song. Colorful lies. The best time. Oh, my God.

Motherfugals out here living real life every day. Entertainment is supposed to be the escape. I feel that. You don't want to be entertained by somebody doing the exact same shit as you. I'm struggling every day. Trying to make a, nigger, me too. I want to hear that shit on, man. I want to hear that shit.

Put that other shit on, man. What motherfuck were dancing, too? I don't want to hear all that goddamn hard life struggle shit, man. Come on, man. My bitch and a little bit, my dick ain't hard. Come on, man. I want to hear all that goddamn real life shit, bro. Turn me up in the headphone, Nick.

Let me hear some other shit. Oh, my God. Yeah. It's called, like, it's music for different moves. some money. But do y'all catch like rappers reusing their freestyle? Yeah, yeah, you better? That's the money.

I said, do they catch them? Like, you know how we catch up with me. Ain't nobody hiding it. But she said, like, using the flow again. That's your shit. You created it. But on camera, though, I know that. So you should be able to use it again. You can. You can do what I want to do.

You can do whatever. But somebody else's going to do it. They're going to come right behind you. I like that part. Sample that. Send that motherfuck to them get out of my face. No, they can't be in the video. This shit too hard. I'm going to hit by myself. Niggis, it's me.

You don't want to fuck with me? No, I'm going to sing you the money. Just leave me the fuck alone. That's fucked up. Yeah, no, it ain't, but sometimes I'm going to be doing too much. I want to be in the video. Doing what? This, you do you hear the song?

You don't have a part. Oh, my God. I don't need you for them when big. Take the money. My, nigga, I want to be in the video. I want to ride in the car with you when they come on. I want to do some of that balling and shit y'all are doing. Y'all on there, you and Snoop Dogg's dog, and I had the music.

I want some of that rap weed. Give me some of them motherfucking goodies with all that shit, some cromhardt, all that shit. And tell Snoot to call me nephew when the music are. And come get me. I'd be ready to go about 8 o'clock in the morning. Yeah, they'd be doing too much. Oh, my God.

That's how your friends be? No. No. My friend's coolest folk. They're good? I know some of the coolest people in the world. Do you? Absolutely.

And I want to... You're absolutely right. Oh, okay. Even the lame-ass people I know coolest fuck. I know, like, 12 cool-ass lame motherfuckers. Yeah, that'd be real cool. Yeah, I know all kinds of people. I know some people who think it's cool to be lame.

Like, they'll never try to be cool. but they cool with the lame shit that they do. But that's what they is. Yeah, I've got a strange ability to connect with people. Yeah, I can, like, see their soul in the shit. You can see they sold? Yeah. With your eyes?

No, it's not even lies. It's like, even if I'm on bullshit, God's still using me for something else. Right. Yeah. So it's not like he want me to not interact with these people based on whatever the fuck they're going to. through. Sometimes he put people around you so you can learn from them. Right. Yeah.

And then you can show them some shit too. Like when you get around broken people, you're supposed to show them love. Right. So they'll know what that shit feel like. Because that's a lot of people don't even know how to recognize it. It's deep. It's deep. Yeah, but see, that's my mission in life and shit God had told me to do it. So I'm doing it. Okay.

On a mission. Yeah. So really, I'm just the plug. You can sense that shit? You're an energy person. You know what I'm talking about. Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. You just make me sound crazy early. No, I didn't.

You're an energy person. I'm just saying you to plug. Right. You get it? Plug, energy. Yeah. Yeah. I got you.

I don't think she bleed, though. She don't. She think I'm lying. She said that already. I would not lie. All right. Well, Erica, I hate to tell you this, but niggies ain't never going to stop lying. I know.

Right. But this is the thing, though, pick somebody who, like, you like hearing their lies. When their lies is entertaining, keep them around. I don't like hearing their lives. Because they let you know that they care about you. Because, like I said, they're telling original lies. You know how hard it is to come up with a good one. You don't even want to share them.

See, that's how you know. See? You got some lies that you just want to eat. Like, if you ain't being lied, too, you won't even hear it. You think? You won't share it. Well, no. If you're not lying to the motherfucker,

won't nobody hear them lies. I am. See, but when they play the clip, they're going to make it seem like we're defending lying. All we're saying is there are some lies that can help you. I don't condone it at all because I'm under. That's what I'm telling you. Well, that's a lie.

The last time I'm telling a lie. Earlier today. What kind of lie? A lie in general. Because I might, it might have been a lie to spell somebody to feel like a load of this thing. He did? Yeah.

Oh, see. He said he wasn't hurt, and clearly he hurt. So he got out about that. Yeah. That nigga going through it on the inside. He don't know how they express it. Yeah. Oh, my God.

Hey, that was a lie. That was a lie? No, it ain't. I'm older than him. I see where he hiding it at. Don't no nigga just gaze off? Yeah. That's a nigga in here.

What you think he was thinking about? No, niggas don't just gaze the fuck off. Well, and your eyes had that glutt, like, they glazed. When a nigga look to somewhere that ain't even there, that's how you know a nigga going through some shit. Oh, my God. Hey, it's life. And then they say shit like that.

You see, that's, those are the little band-aids that you put on it. Oh, that's life. Just how it is. Look, we're talking about Erica, and her lives here. Then he switched the subject. They're going to know him. Oh, my God. These are all trauma responses.

Hey, look. You can learn how to identify him. No, I know, but, you know, like you said, it's life. It's life. You know. She's sitting over here because she's still sitting on lies. She ain't going to shout. Why are you going to know my lies so big?

So you can use them. No, I don't lie. That's what I'm telling you. I might want to know what I hear. I'm like, man. He's so used to abuse. He's not used to being around women who won't lie to him. So he wants you to tell him a laugh so he can feel.

That's his abandonment issues Erica please tell this man a lot Eric might be a habitual liar That why she won't shut that shit No I'm not He's trying to provoke you to do it He is, he won't be to tell him You know what that's called?

He's about that manipulation That's not He's a masochist He enjoys being abused Oh my God Is that what it's called? Yeah, masochism Is that a real word?

That's the real word He's a masochist I don't enjoy being abused Yes he does You see how he's asking for He's demanding it at this point He's trying to provoke you into abusing him Not abusing him

It's a lying to him Exactly that's the form of It's verbal abuse You think lying is verbal abuse? I think it's mental abuse Yeah but how does it get there Verbal Because you keep doing it

Exactly You see She skipped it right over there It's a swoop It went right through the swoop It's not the swoop It's not it is I told you this was therapy.

Is that what this is? It's a therapeutic relaxation podcast to let people know that Erica Banks is here to talk that shit with us at the 85 South Show. Still making them hits. Still got them doing the bus. It's wide open challenge. Still on TV, arguing.

Still doing her motherfucking thing. Still wearing a chain with her name on it and shit. Oh, my God. Still swooping on these bitches. All that, this is what this is, this afflicts. Oh, my God, well, all of that is definitely going on. Yeah. And I wish you drank so you could take a shot, but you don't.

But, like, for what, though? For the enjoyment. So you see how you're trying to abuse me? See? So what's the word for a motherfucker who... That's what I'm saying? I'm telling you the truth, I don't drink. You don't believe it.

It's the last. You don't like the truth. Yeah, I don't believe it. All right. Don't, does it make you feel bad to drink and I'm not? It don't like me feel. You think I'm feeling left out? Yeah.

I'm not, though. You sure? I'm telling you, I'll fuck around and take a shot with you. Next thing you know, I'm in my feelings like this, nigga. Why would you be in your feelings? Because the liquor might take me somewhere I ain't been. What if I get to think about some shit? Next thing you know, I'm the nigga gazing on.

Oh, my God. I'm good, though. You are? I'm good. enough to walk around and be around people and shit but when you by yourself when you by yourself that shit be hurting

oh my god you do not know that man life just the fuck I do I know that nigga real name I know his first Miller and last name he said he ain't good that nigga sister follow me on Instagram I know how to get

a dress with his people if I need to like this ain't just a nigga I work with this nigga and been to my house and kicked it and watched motherfucking judge Judy four houses ago that nigga picked my son up every damn day from school

and my son godfather for real I really we didn't went and bought guns and everything this is my real partner I ain't hurt

I'm healing I'm going through that shit but that's how I know you know what I just you know I just wanted to the line so I can see if I still detect that shit good

You can't. You can't. You can't. You're crazy. Man, please. I don't believe nothing anyway. She already told you the best lie, and you ain't even catch it.

What, that she don't lie? That she can't tell you. She could, but she don't want to be the motherfucking gazing, no. That lie going to trigger some other shit. Then she's going to start drinking some more. That's why she wouldn't tell the lie that she was told her. She'll fuck around and be the swung on one of her.

Hey, look, well Y'all don't know that thing. Hey, look. But it's adding up, though. And what does it add up to be? I don't know, but you giggled every time Lowe's hit a spot. What's what?

The truth? You laugh at the truth. Bam. What did you say that was the truth that I laughed at? Everything. What? No. Okay.

You know crazy. All right. I take everything serious. That's the problem. None of this shit is. serious. That's when you're going to you're fucking around and take

life too serious. That shit will stress you out. If you let it. But that's what happened when you start taking shit serious that you'll be stressed out. None of this shit is real. Anything might happen at any given moment.

That's just life in general. That's how life goes and shit. So we just got to enjoy the moments. That's why we're sitting here just at so who's your favorite rapper in top five? Who gives a fuck? How are you acting when people talk to you for real? Can you interact with niggas when they're going through it?

You didn't know you was going to come here and he was going to be heartbroken? I didn't. But look at you, just your presence. You helping this man express himself. Because if it would just be in a nigger here, he would like, man, fuck that shit. Turn up, drink the liquor. Like that blunt. You get what I'm saying?

Anything could have happened. Well, I'm glad. That's the beautiful thing. You are out here saving lives, dog. Don't even know it. I appreciate it. I'm trying to do that every now, then. Yeah, so next time you're in the studio

and you're talking that shit, just think of it's some niggas like us out here. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Just like you. Just like us. You got some shit you're going to drop coming up? Absolutely.

How soon can we expect a new Erica Banks project? If you need us in the video to pull up just a single? Just a single? And avert or something? Let me know. Okay. Like, you can have the niggas you want in the video, then we just pull up.

up and then actually be the niggas y'all like in the video. You know how it's like y'all got the video niggins for the image and then the type of niggins y'all be fucking with in real life. Yeah, we'll pull up. Like, get your ass in this car. Yeah. You out here twerking and shit. Put you, give me the goddamn car.

Yeah. Ain't nobody asked you to do all that shit. Yeah. You know, play the jealous boyfriend or something like that. I mean, be outside the club. Nick, I'm with her. I'm with her. Oh, my God.

Hold on, nigga. Hold on, oh, my God. Then you stopped me from taking my husband. Hey, go get her. Oh, fuck. I see that shit, bro. I gotta call you for this. Man.

I'm gonna call you. Come on make sure I call you in advance so you can come to your shit. That ain't no holly would lie of you. No, that's for real. I wouldn't even lie. Now, that's, look, let me put the same together. Look, you and the nigger that you like, right,

y'all coming down the steps, holding a hand. I whip up in the burke. Hop out with the motherfucking, yeah, I mean. I'm, like, I don't know you. Then he split. He think I'm about the chase. But I'm just gonna like, babe, why you got me how you're doing this shit?

You got me out of doing this shit again. Hey, I'm telling you. Hey, Eric, I'm telling you. Hey. Do you hear this shit? Then you get in the car, I'm driving the vert, but you rapping the whole shit, talking big shit. But we beefed out because

I just caught you with the nigger. Yeah. So I'm just riding. Like, we ain't, you just do the whole video spotlight on you. I'm just the niggum. You hear this shit, bro? What?

She said twice. I'm mad like, I don't know. you like she don't have been through this shit before. There she goes. I'm telling you, it's gonna come out. You said what you said, let him talk, man. Oh, my God. Now you're picking up on the shit.

Now you're picking up on the shit. So you ain't never had to act like you on a nigger before because he was doing too much while you were doing your own things? Yeah, I have. I appreciate it. Wow. You know. They make a nigga talk loud than a motherfucker.

What? Niggas call your motherfucking old middle name out. Eric on the cold bank! You know you. What if it's an old lady middle name? Oh, no. Erica Annette Banks. Annette.

Annette is crazy. Erica Warnita, you don't get your ass? I would have been so mad at my mom. You don't want to be? Real shit. You don't like Erica Warnedle? Warned. I'm talking shit, no.

In 9 and 8, it shouldn't be no more Wadneedle's born. Oh, my God. You're from the hood? I'm from DeSoto. I'm just saying it's a hood and DeSoto? No. So the Soto is not the hood in Texas, because it's damn short. Tell us about the Soto, Texas.

No, it's a suburb. It's cute. It's cute. Yeah. Oh, okay. It's small. It's a lot of black people, though. That's hard.

Yeah, or it's became a lot of black people over, like, the years. That's where I went to school at. That's where I grew up at. My mom's still stay there. For real? Mm-hmm. Real DeSoto shit. Yeah.

You're crazy. But, yeah. It's a real nice area. You ain't been there? Have you been to Texas? I've been to a lot of places in Texas, but I haven't been to DeSoto, but I will. Okay. What's the close to?

It's close to downtown Dallas. It's close to downtown Dallas. Oh, okay. Yeah, see, that's close by. I probably have been and didn't even know it. You probably do. You probably passed through there. Because I haven't been to Dallas a whole lot of times

performing out there at the improv and at Arlington and shit. You been to Arlington? Hell yeah. That's crazy. My dad is going to Arlington. For real? He probably came to the show.

He probably was out there. He probably was out there. Yeah, he'd be having roles with him, so he probably did. He had him old women. Hose with him. He had a hose with them? Old holes with him?

Yeah. That was a... Oh, my God. Shut out of all the old niggily. Shut out of my daddy. You said, that's like, you hate no parks. Don't be hating on parks. No, I'm just saying.

I know he wouldn't go nowhere by himself, so if you would ever see him as a word, he didn't get up. He got to step out. Yeah, he's too old for that. I told him that time. He's not, though. He's too old for that. He needs to settle down to get married. For what?

What's too old? Once you pass... Once you pass 45. You need to start getting serious, I feel like. What if you, what if you're 45 and you realize, hey, this is the life? No. I don't already try to understand. I'm happy or this way.

That's sad. It's not sad. That means that. Everybody ain't built for that. Right. And we have, as a society, we got to embrace that, though. Everybody ain't built to just do that shit. Some people need to have the freedom to be with everybody if they want to.

No, absolutely not. Everybody not built for one person. That's sad and it's very... No, you just have to be with somebody who understand that you're not built for that. You should know self-control. Yeah, if you just can't, you know what I'm saying? At a certain age, it's like, okay.

Amen. Some people don't never want to be in no one-on-one situation. Some people want to be with somebody who understand that they might want to be with somebody else. Well, I don't understand it, so that's not for me. Well, you can't knock it. Yeah, I'm knocking it. You can knock it for you.

you, but it exists. I mean, yeah, so a person who was in today just would not be for me. Yeah, but guess what? That's not the end of the world. Somebody liked that shit. Just not me. You've got to find your kind of freak.

That's going to match your pattern. Exactly, and it just ain't that kind. And that's what people will be afraid of to keep it moving. Somebody going to accept all your shit. They will gladly take the shit that you bring in as opposed to the shit they've been dealing with. They'd be like, that's all you got. You ain't got no more shit.

How fucking is. I got the perfect. amount of space for this little bullshit that you bring it. Because this motherfucker I'm dealing with now, I got a whole house full of shit and I want some of this shit out of it. Yeah, you bring your little boy's shit. I can deal with that.

That's the type of crazy you are. You get a little mad and you're going to talk for an hour or two. I can fuck with that. I love that. I love that anyway. Oh, you'd be expressing yourself and you talk about your... Get your ass in here. Girl, you mean to tell me you listen and shut the fuck up. Come on. Hey, bag the whole

truck up. I don't load this shit by myself. We're dumb. It's so dumb. Erica went just staring this fucking sprite because she's like, this is not me. This is not me. I'm just saying.

So you don't, so you don't. That's the truth. Just find somebody with the right amount of bullshit that you deal with. That when you went to God damn, you were like, hell no, let's go out. But it's not always time, you know. No, you can just listen to her music until she ain't on this.

I will, and I apologize later. You ain't on this. See, look, look, look, she don't even give a fuck when she, what she say? She just want to insult your ass while y'all arguing. You just got it. You don't listen to the music?

She's telling them in the song. She's not going to listen. I said that in the song? Basically. As a nigger, that's what I heard. That's what you got. Yeah. What's the whole thing?

She had all of them. Oh, my God. You already say, she got a whole song about the niggas be lying. Lying that niggins? They'll be lying. You know what?

I'm going to listen to it because that was she told it lied. Oh, my God. What that nigger did. I'm gonna go listen to it. And if you put two and two together. She did some shit too though. No, I did not.

She did. I didn't do nothing. She did. I swear to my soul. I wouldn't not do that, for real. I don't do people bad. I'm really a nice person. Right.

For real. Ain't I? I don't know. What? I don't know. You're nice right here. Yeah. Yeah.

You might be a hell right. No, absolutely not. You sure? I'm positive. They might be like, oh, here come Erica, don't say nothing. No, they do not. People do that. Don't get her and start.

Let her start the conversation. I'm not even like that. I'm real, soft-spoken, layback, you know. No, you're not. You can't make us believe that shit. Yes, I am. All right. Yeah, until you're not.

I mean, everybody has like a breaking point or like a, you know. Yeah. But I'm saying, right. But I'm saying regularly on an everyday basis, like just every day, I'm nice, I'm so nice. I believe you that. Yeah. And then sometimes the demon comes out. Yep.

And, you know, people just shouldn't press my buttons, you know. What are your buttons? Everybody can get mad. What are my buttons? What are your buttons? So people don't press them. Everyone got a lot of others. Well, the dry line that we've always speaking about for the past hour just.

Who was this man? He got you in a fucking turmoil. No, y'all asking me questions that I'm answering. Yeah, but you led that off with that. That's like the number one thing. Like, who wants to do with that as an adult? Okay. All right.

So, Dad, we'll let it slap. Complaining as a man. Because why are you complaining? As a man, why would you ever complain about anything? Yeah, why would you ever endorse your opinion about anything in the world? You should let me be the one man. The world is perfect and you have no right to. to say shit about nothing.

So it's like, you know... Especially if you were Erica Banks. Everything's just right. You ain't got nothing to complain about. You can't say shit about a motherfucking thing. It has to make sense if you do complain. But like... You may as though.

You can't, bro. Just don't. Just don't. Okay, all right. Just don't. Just don't complain. You know, I just don't want to make sure. You shut the fuck up.

I just be on to make sure. Like that's better when you were there. Yes, it is. Nothing can go wrong. Nothing. You can't complain about shit. Nothing. What would you complain about?

She said it don't sound right. So, in other words, you don't want a nigga to open up to you about it. Like, if so on your feelings, but don't complain. Feels a difference. So what's the difference? Expressing your feelings is telling me how you feel. Complaining is like nagging. Or like, complain.

Just don't fucking complain. It's the same. You just need to do the complaining. All right, all right, all right. The tone could be irritant. Okay, let's say I want to kind of like, hey, babe, you know what I'm saying? Tell me if I'm complaining or if I'm expressing myself. Okay.

Hey, babe, you know what I'm saying? You got to express yourself to complain. I'm going to watch TV with you or whatever, but you're always on your phone. You're always talking to your home girls or whatever. We don't get to spend no quality time. You know, I work everything. You know why? Because you're telling her something she did.

That's a complaint. No, no. I was going to say that would be you just expressing how you felt about something. Right. You know what I'm saying? So what's a complaint? Until you say that shit, three more times. And now you're going to be like, okay, cool.

Hey, you're doing the shit again? You're doing it again. You're always fucking complaining. Give me another one. Give me another way. I mean, shit. Because I'm trying to think of some shit where, you know, well, you can't just say a nigga complaining, but I don't complain about shit. So it's kind of hard.

Of course you think that you're not going to see her and say you'd be complaining. I express myself. I don't complain. Okay. That's the same. That's why I'm trying to find out from you if I'm complaining or if I'm expressing. What you just said, don't you was just, yeah, you was expressing or different. Okay, okay, cool.

Yeah, you was expressing as well. So what is, is it the tone? So what if I could have come in and be like, God, damn, babe, every time I be on the fuck or lay your, you on the phone. Okay, now that sounds like complaining. I think it's the way you say. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You just got to say it different.

Because how it comes off is how the person is going to take it. You want examples for some shit. She said, you should just never do. You shouldn't complain about nothing. Can't have no complaints. At all, as a man. Because she's going to be good. The long list of shit.

You can't have as a man. I know if it's good for him if he can't tell you. Because I'm a great person. I'd be down. You see that? We won't even handle, like, you got to do something to fuck up the energy. I'm not going to ever fuck up the energy. You are perfect.

Yeah, I know. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, I'm not perfect. But. You got to do something. do something to fuck her up. I'm not a vibe fuck her up. Because Erica ain't going to fuck it up. She ain't going to fuck it up. If you get

fucked up, yes, we did it. And you ain't got nothing to complain about why you with her. If the vibe get fucked up while you were Erica, you did. You did it because she don't fuck up the vows. I'd be chilling. She'd be chilling. A great time. She can go out her way to make sure you ain't going to complain about you. As long as

she's chilling and you ain't complaining, the vibe should be straight. Yeah, so the minute you complain is like. You know what this sounds like Erica? Would. Manipulation. No, no, no. But, you know, I went to public school and I drunk chocolate milk with my spaghetti. I did, too.

All the way fucked up. Oh, my God. So wrong with y'all. I know. Mm-mm. I know. Oh, guys, you still, what was it? What was it?

You said, not complaining. And what was the other? What was the frivol? Don't lie. Yeah, don't lie. Don't complain. Um, and don't press me. I hate being pressed.

Oh, you know what that means. What? Don't ask her shit. Yeah, exactly. Hey, babe. No, don't press me. Who that is you just said? Good night, Bay, I love you too.

Don't ask me who the fuck I'm talking to in here on this phone. If it's understood, I'm never going to ask you. Well, it depends on the situation. So if you hear me being like, hey, Schottager came in the room, I hit you back. If I heard you say that? Yes. I would be like, why would you not say that before I came in?

I didn't want to hear that. Because he ain't know you coming in the room Yeah, but no, that's a respect thing Why would you say that And let me hear that No, we gotta argue That's what we gotta argue by now What the fuck?

You don't agree with that? Uh-uh Okay, well something's wrong You see? Yeah Why you ask for this shit? I just did, I just asked for the truth I just wanted to know

He asked for the truth I'm gonna get it out of one way or the other because she's not She's slowly They are built for this You cannot defeat this later What's your son? Scorpio.

Scorpio, okay. What's yours? Libra. Yeah. And guess what? Mary had a little lamb. I'm about to say, does that really be matter? It matters.

Why? It's real. But come and tell you why that shit don't matter. No, because I ate, just like my dad, and he's a Sagittarius, so it has nothing to do with my son. Just like the nigga who raised me. It ain't got shit to do it. Yeah, but still, he's a different sign than I am. So when Wendy asked me like, what's your sign?

I'd be like, Scorpio, they be like, oh, okay, that means me. Oh, okay, that means you like this and you like that. I'm like, no, I'm like, my daddy. However that nigga is. It's different size. Like, y'all got different personalities that you don't know about. I guess. You got to, like, breathe deeper.

So it's a thing. Like, yeah, we all have different choices. Do you fuck with Scorpio's, like? I've never talked to Scorpio in general. I don't think can't know what you miss. You don't know what you miss. Really? But we ain't going to get on there.

Yeah, you do. You ain't missed shit. I ain't miss nothing. Everybody always tried to make a scene like that they're going to make a bit. You ain't missing shit. No. I ain't told me with Arias either. See, we good.

Yeah, I ain't ever had no bad ties with Aries and Scorpio's. Okay, good. But we don't complain, though. I'm going to complain. Oh, Mr. President, he complains. Are you complaining? I complained.

You motherfucking right. Oh, no. I went to the school and complained. I learned from a white lady how to complain. Oh. Absolutely. Don't get me started. Oh, my God.

Yeah. Yeah, just, I'm gonna complain. If you don't get me exactly what I asked for or what I'm demanding, I'm gonna complain. Don't give me your version of it. Don't try to fix it and make it, give me exactly what I need. And that's it. I don't want shit else.

Happy camper. She said, don't press me. Don't press on. That's crazy. Don't ask about shit. Ask her more than what? It's not even. Or what you ask.

You can ask me about some shit, but don't ask me about some shit like too many times, you know. That's number one. So take my lie, motherfucker, and don't ask me no more. I ain't say, take my lie. You know, but whatever I tell you, just go with it. Like, don't. Just go with it.

This sounds like some shit of pimple say, Erica. No. You abused men, and I all appreciate it. Hey, girl, I told you were going to come out. This is not. You're abusive, Erica. No, I'm straight to the point. That's the same thing.

I'm not going to press you about nothing. Yes, you are. He just told you he going to get off the phone. You said, we've been arguing. That's pressing like a boss. On the other line of nothing. If I like the person who is. What if I were talking to my mom?

All right, man, I get back with you. She was telling me that she was short on her car note and she know I'm embarrassed to talk about that in front of my girl, so I'm going to call you later. You're going to call who later? My mama. What if I'm talking to my mama? And I tell Erica coming in the room,

she knows I'm embarrassed to let her know that my mama's short on her car note. That's cool. But you said we're going to argue. Like Alois just said, you ain't asked me who on the phone or none of that shit. You just want to know why. Why the hell ain't say that before you walked in?

I mean, my first thought is not gonna be, oh, he gonna phone his mama. I knew it. You know, that's not my mind. See, that's not my man for nothing. What? No. Any woman's gonna automatically be like,

what's that? What are you doing? They're not gonna be like, who's that? I'm like, why you don't phone? It's not pressing. It's not pressing. No, it's not pressing. It's respect.

You don't ever tell your woman. Your mama short on her car note. Because the next time she get mad, you don't want to hear that. that shit again, not the nigger who mama's short on her car, no time asking me anything. You mean to tell me the whole family's broke, Boofoo? You don't want to hear that shit.

Oh my good. So that's why. You got to hit this bitch in the head with a skateboard. You're holding that she's right. No, don't do that. No, you're going to jail. Yeah, don't do that. Don't do that.

All of this. That's the same decision. Don't even hang up when Eric will walk in the room. Don't put it on speakerphone and be like, yeah, a bad half. What were you saying? Yeah.

Yeah, what was you saying? That's what they want. So do it. Fuck it. Women don't ask for much. They don't. Just for everything. Just for everything.

Not much. That ain't a lot. I mean, if you spent less time complaining and giving her shit, you would be fine. All right, what the fuck. That's all when they stand. That's it.

It's not, you know what I'm saying? As soon as we understand that shit, the better the world of it. As men, we just got to be better at being providers, and just give them whatever the fuck they ask them for. Don't ask them for shit. Don't express yourself or complain. Shut the fuck up. Whatever she gives you is enough, and life is good once you get. Hey.

So glad we got this. I needed you here. I'm telling you. I'm so glad you. I told y'all I had some shit to tag out. And now we all know what it is. So just, you know, we learned a lot of things today. Eric, what took you so long?

I'm 41 now. You could have been, came here and let me know that that was the key to happenness. Well, I didn't know you was looking for the key. Man, the key is always needed. You know what I'm saying? The key is always need. You had to tell me.

No, the key is always. But I gave you some gems. I got some real good gems, y'all. Unbelievable. Dee Boy, did you know this shit? She already told you this? You put them up on gang. Yeah, I know everything.

You put them up on game. Yeah. He's sitting there like, bro, what the fuck? They didn't lunch. They didn't lunch on. She didn't talk to me. Oh, my God. Damn.

Mm-hmm. Well, I know this is your first time coming through here, but it definitely don't need to be the last. This is my second time. Through here. Oh, through here? This is the new shit. Oh, this is my first time?

Yeah. Yeah. You came to the old trip. I did. I knew this shit was far. We can't tell you. Oh, man, I'm telling me. We'll wait to his own with it, you know.

No, this is what I'm saying. You saw the progression. Right, right, right, right. That's why we wanted you to come back. Well, I'm glad you had me. I'm glad you coming back. You believed in the shit when it was early in the game. Yeah, I did.

But you didn't, last time you came, you didn't give me the keys like that. I didn't have the keys at this time. I had to go get them. Yeah, it was like three years ago. I had to go get them. I am. You know where you moved mountains. I try to.

I do what I can. I feel like he in a better place. He is. He came here and healed a little bit. Yeah, I did. Yeah, that's good. I ain't going to even do what I was going to do with that little. Yeah, don't even do that.

Don't even do that. Don't even do that, see what I'm saying? You saved us thousands. We was going to have to send him somewhere. See, don't even send him nowhere. He's good. Well, drop the social media and let them know all that. What can they find you?

Y'all can find me on Instagram at Real Erica Banks, on Twitter at Real Erica Banks. TikTok, Erica Banks, and all of my music is under Erica Banks. What's that? You already know we had to get you some. I didn't know you had me some. We had to get you something.

You know what I'm saying? What's your guy? No, just a little something. It can fit. You know, I'm a little deep. I think you can. I think you can. What size?

Oh, these don't feel real tight. That's what you wanted, eh? Mm-hmm. These don't feel old, oh, yeah. Yeah. You don't squeeze me right on love. Yeah, we got you. We got you.

Well, I should appreciate the love. All of that. And all the great energy. And look, congratulations on all your success, man. Thank you. Thank you. For real, for real, for real. Thank you.

Proud of you, man. And those niggas appreciate your flow style, because it's, it ain't of that girl or shit. You know, we can enjoy that shit, too. So, you know. I'm glad you all you would listen to my music and really just be like, you know, like into it. Hell yeah. Now I know what you're talking about on there. I know the formula in the sauce.

Yeah, yeah. I can set the little occasion to go on and throw some of that on now. Okay. Hell yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, we're setting that up, putting that in rotation all summer. Okay, everywhere. Jumping out big bodies. Yeah.

You're stupid. With that shit playing. With that shit playing? With that shit playing. You heard what she said. Oh, my God. Yeah. Crazy, y'all. All that.

And then I'm going to get with Justin. We're going to put us a playlist together with just all-girl rappers and then drop that for the fans. Okay, cool. Then we're going to be all at the carwash with this shit. Okay. Well, let me know. Let's do it.

We ain't got to sneak and listen to that shit no more. We don't. Because now that you can confirm that some of that shit is for us as men, we're fucking with it. All the coochie rap getting played all summer. Make sure y'all turn it up. Yes. I don't let.

When y'all driving. I might. Turn hardcore on when I lead this, motherfucker. All the fellas who watched the whole episode, drop your favorite pussy rap song in the comments, and we're going to do a poll. I'm talking about the song of a female rapper, New Generation, whoever your favorite one is,

drop it in the comments, do that for me. And, yeah, we're going to put the Erica Banks playlist together. All freaking music, all the freaky shit at the top. She's talking about some more shit, but we're going to pull out the top ten freaky is Erica Banks song. Put your favorite one that we're going to wrap down. And put her.

bars in the quote. Whatever you heard her rap about. The one that made you like it. Yeah, quoted in the comments. Because, you know, it'd be, it's sometimes it takes a specific bar to just make a digger like, man, start that shit over with, shout it, right. Yeah. So, you know. That's why, y'all got to find y'all

some more something which y'all like, y'all found about two. No, no. Lowe said four by himself. I said two. He really did. Yeah, I see how she didn't want to give me my credit as a black man. I would be discredited forever as a nigger. Oh, my God. Low said by phone.

I know I said, too. Wow, now we see who the corporate is. I said two, so that's six. Wow. And she really gave us two between both of us. Just because we ain't picked the shit, she said that she wanted. We know what the fuck we wanted to do. I think I picked her favorite song, though.

No, you did. Two things are my favorite song. I think I picked a favorite song. But you're just getting that nigger extra credit because y'all on the couch. What? Whatever, bro. Whatever. Whatever.

I told you, my favorite song is the Busset. Period. The whole world enjoyed that. Looking what that did for the culture. You can get on social media right now and look that up and still see 12 good booters right there at the top of the hashtag. Oh, my God. Everybody did the Busset Challenge.

It was little women doing it. They were sitting their little shit up under the chair and shit, getting it from the bottom up so it looked like you was looking up at the boot. You know, the little women up on that show. Yeah, they were doing the Bustin Challenge. And the Twins, they still. on top of each other and did it. Everybody did that shit.

Old ladies were coming out in the road. Next thing, you know, the bitches was fine with oil all on their chest. I'm like, how should go from her old-ass lady to being fine? Oh, my God. That was that Eric Bainting? Yeah, that's what they do.

Come on, man. What's the next challenge? Can we get some... Can we do one for the titties? Can we get a big titty challenge? Oh, my God. For the niggies who like... I mean, the ass was cool.

It's different. Can we get a... Yeah, so you'll be different to pop around. Suck it. And then, like, have them lift up the left titty or something. They might take people Instagram page if they do that. Oh, here we go. Yeah, they might take their page there.

They can do it on Twitter. They can do it on Twitter. They can do it on Twitter. It's more on my way to scale a rabbit. Okay. I thought it was cat. Well, I'm from it rabbit. Okay, for real?

Where are you from? This soda. Georgia. Yes. But we say rabbit. We say cat. For real. Some people say it's a cool.

And it's very different, right. Oh, my Lord. Y'all look. I don't know what type of shit y'all on this damn couch. I'm glad they ain't sitting over there. Y'all just take shit too far. Mm-mm-mm.

Yeah, this is the new trap, no, Eric. Sending us some of shit to put on the wall. It's cute. What you got for? I like it. Now, I get you a big picture of me. Just a real big poster, you got to put it in its own spot or something.

We got you, we'll find you a spot on the wall. Oh, man. Under my own spot, though. Hold up. Somebody give me the Sharpie, man. What's that? The Sharpie got to sign the table. Oh, yeah.

You can't leave until you sign the table. I can't let you. you out of here. It's a new table? Mm-mm. You see all the legends assigned the table. Pick you a spot. Okay.

Yeah, we've got to get you to sign the table. Okay. And now you know where the new trap is. This is cute. It worked for real? It did. We need to charge it. Not broken. No, it's not broken. It just need to be charged. It hasn't been charged

in a while. But it works fine. Very entertaining. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Look, like I said, we definitely appreciate you coming through here talking some shit with us. I'm sure. Much love and success to everything you got going forward.

And I'm looking forward to the new challenge. Me too. Yeah. It's supposed to be some ass. Fuck the world off. One more time. Grab the sharpie right there, Justin. And you give them two phones.

Did you do that expensive light of you? I put it right here. No, it's right here. I lie. Yeah, I gave you a lighter. Yeah, you can find you a spot somewhere inside the table. Actually, it's from right here. Appreciate my player partner for sitting in with me today as I talk to Ms. Erica Banks.

I think this episode has been very therapeutic for my boy, Justice. Whatever he is going through deep down in his spirit, she has woken it up. And I don't know where he's going to go from here. I know he ain't going to sleep tonight A lot of things that he's going to want to think about And clear the air on Oh, good So, Erica, is there any closing remarks

You would like to leave Justin with Now that you know What state that he's in And you killed him with the swoop, by the way Yes, I get him with the swoop for sure Was successful And it held up the whole episode Oh my God

My closing remarks to you Would just be, you know Leave her girl alone Yeah Leave her girl alone Yeah And you know shit Life goes on

You know Life happens Life happens Life happens Yeah Well there you have it Folks 85 South show

Erica Banks We out this bitch Magnificine work Erica You are magnificent You are great Let's take a photograph Guys Come on we're gonna take it at

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