The Questlove Show - Questlove Supreme: Jenifer Lewis Part 2

Episode Date: August 31, 2022

Speaking with QLS to promote her new book Walking In My Joy: In These Streets, actress and author Jenifer Lewis gives Team Supreme raw and uncut jewels of wisdom. Questlove calls this a top-3 all-time guest interview, and you'll see why in part 2 of this inspiring discussion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Questlove Supreme is a production of IHeart Radio. All right, y'all, welcome back to another QLS. All right, so last week you remember Jennifer Lewis came on Questlove Supreme and the accomplished actress talked about travel in the world, mental health and sex addiction. She even sang me a song on the piano, all right? Here's part two.

Jennifer gives powerful life advice. Touches on her new book, which is called Walking and My Joy in these streets, which is out now. You know, as I said before, this is probably one of the best interviews we've ever done on this podcast. So let's listen. is probably the only interview in which I didn't ask one question that I was planning on.

She took over. Hope you enjoy it. All right. Okay, I'm going to take this a little bit to the creative, because this is what I admire about you the most. How can you get, and this is, I know we're going to step. I know this answer is going to be an hour, but how can you truly, one of the things that I hope to finally rid myself, of and if I could rid myself of this it's curtains

and that is how do you rid yourself of the chip that overthinks people pleasing or other people are going to think or giving a fuck

about what other people think because I still old habits die hard and I know like the thing the one struggle I have in the last like the one thing I've not completed in my transformation is my need to pause and think about what other people think before what I think. Need for approval.

I got you, pumpkin. The reason why my mouth is agape at every answer that you're giving is because I I truly envy the fact that I don't have. have this level of freedom. Ask yourself this. This won't be an hour answer. This is a brief one because this is an easy one for me. I've never given a fuck what people think about me.

I'm like, bitch, step your ass aside. I'm coming through. Now listen, ask yourself this. Oh, if you were laying in a hospital on your deathbed, Would that person who is give, who you are giving a fuck about, who probably don't even give a fuck about you, would they come into that hospital and say to you, let me die for you, Quest.

Whoa. Now listen to the end of it. And if they're not willing to die for you, why are you living for them? Oh. God damn. Shit. I thought it was going to go off the rails.

No, that shit hit me so hard in the gut, man. What that person that you're sitting there obsessing over. Come in there and say, oh, let me die for you. No, they won't because they can't. Get into reality quest. I'll come for your ass. Don't you dare. Don't you dare.

Don't you dare. Not that one. That's an easy one. Oh, damn. Shit, what's hard. If they are not willing to die for you, why are you living for them? If they are not willing to die,

that's an affirmation. End of story. Our next question. Next question, please. Yeah, y'all got to handle it. I got to ponder it. I literally had to punt. You remember the Matthew Knows moment where I had to take time out?

Right, right, right, right. I'm having one of those the moments right now. They are not willing to die for you, Amir. Why are you living for them? I got this. Okay, here's my question. What's your question? What is joy to you?

Oh. Please, please, break, please. It's one of my favorite words. It is a brief answer also. The day I touched bliss, nobody uses that word. Who the fuck goes? goes around talking about bliss. It's a luxury.

The fucking word probably comes up once all over the universe once. Yeah. Bliss. Yeah. Listen to me. The day I touched bliss was the day I took responsibility for every choice I had made was going to make. And the choice I was making at that moment to learn, oh, that I am responsible. responsible. You can point the finger and blame all the fuck you want. And even if you're laying next to somebody at night, your headache is your own. So, stand up. Stand in your joy. When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Stick your ass in Central Park or whatever the fuck you live. You go find a tree. You sit down and hush.

Be still. Be still and know this is your life. You are the center of it. You are the master of your universe. All of those planets and stars that you see, the Milky Way, the nebulous, they're in you. How dare you not stand up and appreciate it? mighty phycus trees, jacarondas and crape mordles and agapanthas and grass itself.

Oh, come on, Jesus, grass. What about grass? Ah, shan, no, no. We don't even look at it. We just take it for granted. And yet, who, and yet, there are more stars. in the universe, then there are grains of sand.

And that includes every beach on this planet. Take that shit in. I don't even know if it's true, but somebody told me that shit with that. And I have a line. You're absolutely right.

I have a line in my new book. Okay. And it says Let me enjoy this moment. Let me laugh as loud as I want because I believe just might be true but it's not going to hurt me to imagine this.

My laughter, the energy from my laughter may reach a nebula and hold my consciousness to it to create its life. Don't fuck with me, y'all. Don't fuck with me. I'm thinking about nebulous for the next generation. We don't know if human beings would just unite. We could have pushed back Katrina.

You take that in. There's your metaphor. for how powerful you are. I believe in mankind. These are not dark times with the bullshit that's going on. These are awakening times. So wake the fuck up before this bitch becomes a Nazi state. You're going to just ride out no matter what we, what happens here. You know, one of these people considering like I'm going to go somewhere. Let me tell you something. Okay. It's something. It's ours. We built it.

Let me tell you something. If that, motherfucker is elected. Mm-hmm. I will personally fly to D.C. Watch the words. No, listen to me. I'm not, I ain't watching shit. Listen to me. I don't watch shit.

All right. Listen to me. Okay. I will personally fly to Washington, D.C. And I will climb that fence and take that thing. I'm fucking right. Listen to me. Listen to me.

Listen to me carefully. I will take that bullet for the next generation. If me going down will make you motherfuckers rise, I'll take that bullet. You understand? Because, darling, I've lived. My little nephew came running over to me because we were sitting around talking about death

at the beginning of COVID, because everybody contemplated their death during that time because we didn't know about it at the beginning. My little nephew watched over. He said, you're not you're not afraid to die I said no baby I'm not he said why

I said because I've lived don't fuck with me yeah am I scared listen to me am I scared no you are not yes to me yeah but no I'm scared but I'm on afraid see to be scared it's okay

we're human these motherfuckers are shooting our children in the back yeah I'm scared These motherfuckers have gone crazy. Yeah, I'm scared. But am I afraid? Am I afraid? Shoot me, bitch.

You live with it. That's freedom. That's freedom right there. And the truth is, you want to know the real freedom? Not even me can stop me. That's how powerful the gift is. Shoot me, bitch. I'm going to live forever.

Oh, you will. I'm going to live forever. In that. Let me tell you in that. You remember the Matrix, they dodged the bullets, yes? Yes. Well, I can kick my leg up still, but I can't bend back like I used to. But guess what? What?

What, what, what? There is nothing on this planet. That's why Trump can't do nothing with Obama. Love is the greatest way. happen. Don't ever forget that. That's why I feel sorry for him in many ways because Obama led with love. You can't destroy that. I don't get fuck what you do. Go on take Frederick Douglas and Dr. King out of your goddamn books. Those people will live forever. You can't erase love, you dumb son of a bitches. You cannot love. You can't, baby. I wish to be

Mitch would. Let me tell you what happened to me. I couldn't believe it. I'm pulling up. White woman, white woman, Karen, God bless her. I never thought I would experience it. She told me, she asked me to back up. She pushed her hand. I went, okay, so I backed up. She did it again. Back up, bitch. And she didn't say that, but I felt that. But I backed up anyway. And then she got out of a car and I went, is this happening? And I sat there. I said to myself, don't do it, Jenny. Jenny, don't do it. Don't do it, Jenny.

Didn't work. I got out of that fucking car. Hey, stop me. But watch out, y'all. I went over to her. I said, what's wrong, babe? She said, I need you to back up. I live south of the boulevard.

I can't. I said, okay. I did not hold on. I said, hold on, baby. I said, guess what? Hold on a minute. Hold on. Fuck that bitch up. I said, hold on, baby. I said, guess what? She said, what? I said, we're too beautiful to do this. I said, look at you. You're gorgeous. And so am I. I had on my robe and a mask. But I said, look at how beautiful you are. I said, girl, we don't need to do this. We're fabulous for two seconds.

A smile came on her face like, really? I am beautiful. But she couldn't hold it because she hadn't practiced walking in her joy. So you got to have it in you to balance it when the bullshit presents itself. Ooh, I know that. I got some of that. That bitch skid rubber. But see, because you got to love me.

But because for those two seconds, She became human. I learned. Jenny, this is how you must face it. You must face it with love, darling. Don't fight them. You're 65. Your titty's almost down to your navel.

No. I'm kidding. I'm so cute. That was a joke. That was like, that is not good. Yeah, that's great. You know I look good.

You know I look good, honey. You know I know I'm cute. My mama, I look good like my mom. My mom was so pretty. but, you know, I never, I got to tell you, I never paid attention to my looks. You know, you'll see me on the red carpet, but I'm very casual.

And I say this with great humility. I got so much fucking telling. I don't get fuck how I love. I'm coming in the room, bitch. I know who I am. Although, can I just say, your look matters. Not to throw back to the book, though, but I appreciate the part where you talk about

why the afro was so important and every hairstyle that you kind of showcased on blackish, because listen. But didn't I say that shit? Yes, you said that shit. Black hair is the only thing on this planet that defies gravity. Good God. Yes.

Look at my fucking hair. Look at my hair. Fuck out of here with that. And these are antennas to God. These are antennas. Look at your hair. It's an antenna for God's sake. It's curly like an antenna.

You need your needs. natural hair so that you can hear and live and feel the wisdom of the ages. Yeah. You think Mandela ain't talking to me? You think Gandhi and, and who else did I? All the ancestors. All of them. All of them.

This is not the first time I heard that. I told you all, I tug on sojournist skirt when I have to get up sometime and don't want to. I like that. You got a tug on their skirts. Don't pull them too hard. They did enough for us. Just a little tug. Just a little something.

Just like, I don't need much. Just just a little bit. Ms. Truth. Miss Truth. I need you this morning, if you will. Just help me get out of this bed. And she ain't never told me no. Hala, shanana.

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This week on the Sports Slice podcast, it's all about the NFL draft, and we've got a special guest. The director of the NFL's East West Shrine Bowl, Eric Galco, joins the Sports Slice podcast to break down what really matters when evaluating draft prospects.

From hidden traits teams look for to the biggest mistakes franchises make, to the players flying under the radar, this is the insight you won't hear anywhere else. If you want to understand the draft like an insider, you don't want to miss this episode. Listen to the Sports Slice podcast

on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, for wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slice of Life 12 and TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl.

You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that, trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield. And in this new season of the girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck.

I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe.

On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Most show hosts that are interviewers often dream of that segment in their interview in which they ask the question that will really penetrate and break their guests into tears. You know, like the Barbara Walters. Yes, yes. Of course. Of course. I think this is the first show in history in which the interviewer, like, I've received.

see absolutely everything you said, but I'm still so fucked up about why are you living for other people. I'm still fucked up from what you told me 20 minutes ago that I'm sitting here literally like, they won't die for you. Why are you living for them? Right. But I'm sitting here like, no, you're not going to cry right now, man. You're not going to cry on your own goddamn show. Like you do whatever you want to. You is an involved black man. I know. I know. But I'm just like this, this is an anomaly where the host. is literally just flat

you know maybe it's maybe it's the day maybe it's line you know it's also Lionsgate it's it's August 11th okay yes I'm very much into Pleiadian culture and what's 11 okay I'm sorry tonight tonight as of this recording it's a full moon

oh okay okay yeah that's I mean and especially in this age that were in what they call Lionsgate is where the start the way that the stars align in August this is where this kind of from from the eighth of of August probably until the 13th this week is where most people will try to manifest or or bring their abundance in or they work on getting rid of old habits. So I'm again working on the ladder of

of getting rid of old habits, you know. And so I'm one that simplifies that. I just, you know what I do? What do you do? I give the moon a little sugar every night. I send a kiss up there. I said, how you doing, babe? you all right

I want to thank you for balancing us out you're doing all right and when I go to the toilet let me tell you what I do when I'm sitting on the toilet sometimes

I will project myself to the moon and I look down on myself I look down on the United States I say where is the United States oh there it is. Where's California? Oh, there it is. Where's Los Angeles? Oh, there it is.

There it is. There it is. And then I start to laugh. Huh? And I say, there I am. Oh, there you are, Jenny. Look at you. Look at you laughing. You're okay. See, you gotta make friends with fucking Saturn.

That bitch up there spinning us the prettiest bitch out there. Say hello sometimes. say hello to a tree. Thank her for a fucking shave. That's her life too. These bitches stand in the seasons vulnerable with no leaves, ice and snow coming down on it. And then that bitch buds. The reason she takes in the winter is because she knows that spring is coming. So she stands there. And winter's alone. Thank you very. much. You see, it's the seasons. I know about the seasons because depression is seasonal. Right. I know about joy because I'm aware to incorporate color into my life. I wish I could show y'all my home. I see the green. I see the beautiful green. A number of colors on my wall. Happy. Ain't nothing sad on my wall. somebody tried to sell me an African mask with the bitch hat I said bitch I want that shit in my house

I need people smile I want that sad bitch over there get that sad bitch off my wall shit put a bitch up there with some tea I got in here with that you don't get to sit up and watch sad ass movies you're a curious this is what okay this is all making sense

It's in the seven days after us. Okay. It's all, it's really 25th, right? 25th, okay. January 20th. Both she and I are January 20th. Yeah. Okay, here's the deal.

My ex, and I guess this is the first time I'm acknowledged. Yes, the look on Fonte's face right now in Y is space. No, even though Grace and I are very amicable. Yeah, we, okay. Oh, cool. How are they on? I'm 51. All right.

New weekend day. You want to date? Let's go. Let's go. Right now. No, don't kill him. I don't think he's ready. That's like, ah.

She did say she did say she can still get the lead. Are y'all recording from New York? Yes. Yeah. I mean, Ellen. I'm currently recording in New York right now. Okay. Quest, I'm going to call you when I get there.

We're going to go out on a date. Okay. He be in LA soon, too. Y'all leave him alone. I'm going to get him in New York. Y'all leave us alone. Oh, okay. I'm hearing from this.

Let me get my point out. Okay. I'm so here for this. So the one thing, Fonte's face right now, the one thing that she would always do, that, you know, and I've been very, uh, extremely clairvoyant on, you know, just on what our relationship was. but I did, I was like, okay, why, do you feel it's necessary to talk to all the trees

on the property and the plants and everything? No, no, no, no. Don't be, don't go crazy and fuck around. No, no, no, no. But I mean, she can talk to every tree. But, you know, I, I was like, okay, okay, well, we'll acknowledge. Leave alone. Leave alone.

Let her talk to as many fucking trees that she won't. But to hear you say that, I was like, All right. No, you can't talk to every motherfucking tree. You can't be crazy. And I'm not putting her down. No, no, no. She doesn't talk to every tree.

Oh, okay. That's the metaphor. Her level of joy and life appreciation. Her old thing was like in gratitude. Like she will say, oh, I love that color of red. I love that. I love that. And I love that.

And I love, like she was always in a constant state of gratitude and joy. But there was a point where like, you know, I'd look at at, we, we have a large tree in, and in our apartment. I was just like, well, no, I don't know if I'm going to talk to the tree that way she speaks of it. But I just. Let's see if the tree lives. But she, yeah, I mean, now that you've doubled down on it, now I have a different

relationship with the tree inside my house. So. Well, here's the thing. Whatever you look and whatever you're looking, whatever you're, looking at is what and who you are. Who's ever in front of you, that's who you are. There's a reflection of yourself, whether there's a tree or a fucking ant. Okay.

If it's a, I fuck what it is. I, you know, I just got back from Safari. Eight, eight fucking lioness coming toward me with them fucking claws and paws. I went, God, damn. But it was me. It was me coming. See, we see, what you know, the beautiful thing about life is you have to be ready to adhere to the music of the symphony that is being played. This, like I said, this ain't no fucking rehearsal, y'all.

This is Miles. This is Mozart. It is the music that is the answer. The music is the pumping of the heart. While we, when we hear, we got to move because that's what's pumping in us. Don't get it twisted. Allow people to be who they are. You have to answer the call and say,

is that a reflection of me? If it's not, uh, maybe you got more summers left. than me. I don't let no drama in my life no more. There's enough of it outside of my home. Somebody walk in my home and don't say this is beautiful. You earned it. I say I got to go. Because I don't want to be with that person. You be nice. Be present and be nice. And if there's drama, you show got to go. I just fired my entire team. I was going to say now that this is going to be completely a life advice episode.

How, and that's one thing that I had to do. I fired more people in the last year. And competence. And I hate, I hate. I do too. And again, old, old, old, Amir is setting off and I hate confrontation.

Mm-hmm. I hate not manning up. But yeah, I've run this organization. And again, I was in the thin line of, hey, I'm everyone's friend.

people to like me, but I also have to be their boss. How do you spring clean your life? You have to pay attention and journal in the morning and at night. What did that kid do today? It's the assistant doing their job. I shouldn't have to go over there and tell you to write that email, bitch, do your fucking job. All this money, I'm paying your ass. The millennials, I love the millennials. They're my heart and soul. But they came up with technology. They don't know anything about social skills and matters. They don't know nothing about manners. You cannot have them. You need young people to work for you because you don't have the energy you used to have. You have to be very selective. I have a new assistant. You met her, Cecily. She's lovely. She's smart. My last assistant

wanted to lounge. It was like a therapy session. I'm like, nigga, I ain't got time to shrink you. What is wrong with you? I'm going to sit up here and shrink you motherfuckers all day. The chef, my little chef hats. I was not to say you need to put that on a t-shirt because I know everybody wants them shrinking. Yeah. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

My chef would come in here. That bitch would start drum. I'm like, bitch, cook and leave. The fuck out of air. No. The chef. And then here comes. the fucking assistant.

Wait a minute. Here comes the fucking assistant. And, oh, he got in a fight with his lover. Bitch. Is that who I should write the check to? Right. That part. That part.

Wait a minute. Here comes the housekeeper. I said, baby, can you get that brass sink? It's only one in the little powder room. I go into that bitch ain't this shit. but put a little comment on that motherfucker. I'm like, girl, get your ass out of here. If I done this shit, wait a minute, if I had done that shit

when I was a little girl, my mother would have threw my ass out the house. Get your ass out of here. I come from another generation. We don't play. You clean this shit up because what you don't know that I know if it's your house is dirty, then so are you. Now, back that ass up. You listen to me.

You listen to me. This is something my therapist used to tell me. Oh, that bitch. But anyway. Oh, no. No, I hate that bitch. I've been with an 80 years. No, you know I'm kidding.

Oh, you still with her. Okay, cool. Then you... Girl, shut the fuck up. I love her. You kidding, that bitch held the torch. Yeah. That's the one.

Listen, that's the one that wasn't scared. That's why I stayed with that. Yeah, when you finished, I wanted you to ask about how you find your good therapist. Because you had a point you was making. No, that's... Who's holding that point because it was a good one. All right.

Somebody remember if you don't, if we weren't supposed to stay. Let me tell you about my therapist. Yeah. My therapist, I raged in a session once and I was screaming so loud. Oh, my God. Remembering it gives me chills.

And when I got to the door to leave, I looked at her and I had the tears going out like, I'm really, really, really, really. Sorry. I didn't mean rage so much she looked at me

she said Jennifer I see you two times a week that's two hours the rest of the time you gotta live with yourself I went

God damn live with myself what a fucking what I paid attention. That jumped out. I live with myself. Isn't that something? Now, let's see now. Hmm, what is that self? Well, I'll be damned. I don't think I know. See, this was early therapy.

So I wrote, y'all, and I wrote, and I wrote, and I wrote, and I lived on purpose, I experienced, I listened. That was a big one for me. I didn't listen to nobody. I'm like, bitch, I know what I'm doing. And then I'd be at the bottom of Grand Canyon. I almost fell off that motherfucker, the Grand Canyon. I sure did. Honey, I went out on that bluff and a wind came up. I thought I could go out there because I saw another man out there.

What unbeknownst to me, he had his arm around a rock. And he was taking pictures. I didn't have no rock. Baby, when that breeze came up, I slid a flat. You know, you got to go flat. Because the bend can't blow you if you're down. Baby, my friends were over there talking. They didn't even know the shit had happened.

I crawled. I crawled back to safety. Crawled. Wow. I was nearly drowned in the Pacific Ocean. When that third wave came and smacked the shit out of me and I'd have no air in my lungs, I heard a voice. And I was drowning and I was in shock.

was actually pulled to shore and given whatever's called CPR and pumped water out of me. About 10 gallons of water came out of me. What? But our voice came to me as I was being tossed around in that big wave. There was a hurricane off the Baja, Mexico. And the waves were tall as the Alps that day. And like a damn fool, I went out there on a boogie board. Dumbass.

So I heard a big voice come inside of me because I knew it was over. I knew I was dead. I had no air. And it said, thank you, God. I had a great time. And I did. And I was ready to go.

That was a huge moment for me. I didn't mind dying because I was having such a good time. And if you got to go, bitch, go with a smile on your face. face. I was fucking about something on my bike the other day. You know, I cycle. I was, you know, I said, get it out, Jenny, you're on your bike. Just get it out.

And I started huffing and puffing about some shit. And then I stopped, you see. I shana now, watch this one. I said to myself, here's what happened. Let me give it to you. A big truck went by. And it did, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. It

reminded me of the North Ridge earthquake. See? So when that happened, I realized that it could have been an earthquake and I could have died on that bike. There's your five minutes. And I said to myself, you're going to go down like this. Is that how you're going to go down, Jenny? Huffing and puffing about some bullshit. After all the work you've done, what if it was five minutes? Stilly, girl. Now let's get a smile on your face and pump this hill. But you can't do that if you haven't practiced balance. You have to understand. Some shit's coming, y'all. The phone's going to ring. Somebody going to be dead.

Bada, Bada, Bada. It's coming. It's called life. As a line from the untouchables with Kevin Costner and Sean Conner. When Sean Conner has been stabbed down near to death. Ooh, well, shot. He looks at Kevin Costner and says, because he can catch his killer.

He knows, John Conner knows Kevin Costner can go and take care of this man who has shot him. And he looks at Kevin Costner with blood coming out of his mouth. And he says, what are you prepared to do? What are you prepared for? So if you haven't prepared and you still using the same fucking ingredients that made you depressing, Instead of some sugar, why don't you put just a little cayenne on it? Instead of salt, why don't you put just a little kelp on it? Change the recipe.

Change the recipe, baby. But you can't do it if you don't do the groundwork because it won't fill you up. You'll be filled with the same thoughts day after day after day after day. And the last thing I want to say is help somebody. you go help somebody even if it's helping an old woman across the street you know why it's going to make you feel good it'll make you feel good just to do a little good deed every day because it don't cost nothing of course that old woman may stab the shit out even stab the shit out she may shoot you know what look I wish I could tell you about the book the book is so good

get about Digmatized, but all dick. Well, you know, Digmatize. I can't talk about this. Dictimized is about the con artist. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

So I, you know, I tell it all. You do. You do. And you told, I didn't even know you was the one that told TMZ. I was like, fucking brilliant. Fuck this nigga. I called the next day to get his picture on the air. Because I knew if I was in as much pain as I was.

Yes. With all the work I've done, I knew what other women would be suffering. And I knew that. son of a bitch was still loose. He's in jail now, you know, I got him eight years. Eight motherfucking years. Thank you for your service. Wait, listen, y'all, I kept a private eye on that motherfucker for five years.

That shit is expensive. Wow. God damn straight. What else I'm going to do with my money but try to help somebody with it? Can I ask you, though? Now listen to me. What? Do you still at this stage in your life? Do you still believe in love?

I believe love is seasonal as far as partners go and that sort of thing. Look at her. Look at me. I'm looking at you. I believe in love. I believe in love of. You know, I got to tell you some.

Let me be honest. I live alone. My nephew lives with me down in the lower level, what the drag queen was. I have a beautiful little cute dog that has me by the nose. I have loved four men in my life. I was engaged to all four of them, but I didn't get married because I didn't want anybody to think

that they were in control of me. I'm too much of an alpha. I just am you? Don't try. What the fuck? Negot. What? Me?

Nog get the fuck out of here with that. I'm going to do it until God says that's enough. So girls, sit your ass down. And I can go sit down too, because my karma is instant. God, maybe they'll suck the air out of my lungs. If I turn this around to the dark side. I have this joke where God is up in heaven and she looks down. She calls, she sees me and then she calls one of a cronies over.

And she says, you see that one? And the crony says, wait, the one right there. She says, no, the one with the mouth. And then God says to her sister girl, she says, we better get her on our side or we're going to lose to this thing. Y'all hear me talking? I hear you. My life is dedicated to the next generation that they have rights to the American dream that I did. I have lived the American dream.

I have lived the spectrum. I told one journalist, I've had my day in the sun. Now I am the son. Call me arrogant. Call me anything you want. No, that's true. That's true. But I ain't doing nothing but trying to lead with love.

I really truly am. Like I told you, my shit stinks. I'm far from perfect. But damn, it feels good to feel this good. It really does. I get a little scared of my joy sometimes. because not a lot of people have it. So you feel like, damn, Danny.

Got to take it. Press motherfuckers. But that's why I try to help them to because I know what they're struggling against. They see it. Before we close. And I actually like the fact that we did an entire episode of Quest Love Supreme where we absolutely positively talked about nothing professional. Good.

Good. And, you know, and for our listeners, I will hope that you appreciated this as much as we did. But I felt the way the episode was going, these are gems and pearls of wisdom that I wouldn't get by just asking what's your favorite movie or, you know, your creative process. But I do want to at least close with one professional question. And, you know, I come from a generation in which I guess probably one of the most monumental shows on television, the, the infamacy word on NBC. Ah, okay. I never thought that that show could be topped by a country. and I was gladly

proven wrong because, you know, the way that you guys in these eight years on Blackish have conquered almost every I mean, you've conquered

almost every taboo subject that I don't think any other, including good time, like, you know, it's unprecedented now that it's over. And I know that you can't stop. Are there any professional endeavors or an itch that you want to scratch that you have yet to do?

Not really. No, not really. I mean, yeah, it told me Tim's to read your entire resume. I'm going to tell you why. You know, Kenya Barris offered me my own show. Mm-hmm. I'm beyond, which I don't want to work that hard. I want to travel and enjoy myself.

Thank you for that honesty, too. Oh, oh, no, honey. They fade off to me when I was 40, I would have been, oh, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, no, no, no, no. I know the work it takes to be the star of a show, Although I know Lawrence, I loved working with him. And he and I would have been brilliant on a show called Oldish But. And I'm glad you guys got married at the end.

Oh, yeah. Oh, I love him. But listen, with his schedule and mine and COVID, COVID was the thing that really stopped it. But I was not willing to work that hard anymore. Even the new series I'm on, I love that for you. I am the third lead. And I like that. Just let a nigger come in and say one line and take the shit over and go home.

Yes. That sounds like freedom. Leave me to fuck alone. I don't need two lines, bitch, to steal the whole goddamn joke. Just let a bitch come in and go home and send a car bitch. Anyway, so. I'm just saying these are definitions of freedom. People are you all listening?

It is. It is freedom. Let me tell you something. And I love my freedom. I love eating when I want to eat. As much as I want to eat or as little I want to eat. Without somebody saying, you're going to eat all that. Motherfucker.

You know, I'm standing on a ship between with the, hold on a minute. With the moon coming up on my left, I'm standing at the bow of the ship. The moon is rising on my left and the sun is setting on my right. and I'm standing there in the arms of God on my way to Comodo Island to hang out with the motherfuckers over there, the prehistoric motherfif. I love myself.

I love you. You think I'm going to have somebody come out of the presidential suite and say to me through the French doors that he had difficulty opening. you ready to go eat oh my not happening fuck out of that shit I'm sorry girl

I have I've worked myself out of the game and that's all right with me I'm 65 I don't need all that honey with that sex addiction I've had enough sex to get me through 18 lifetime oh you're through oh no I ain't through oh no all right come on you

you already know she ain't hardly through you I wanted to hear say it. Wait a minute. I would tell you this. Yes. That motherfucker better come in here and look and sound like Obama. If he's coming, I don't want nothing less. Fuck you.

Get out. Manifested. Yeah. Your mouth to God's ears. Yeah. A whole bunch of Obama's for all of us. I got to tell y'all. I got to tell y'all something.

I love life. I love people. I love making them laugh. I've been making them laugh since I was five years old. We're going to be all right. If we stand as the people, do you understand? We have to love each other and be kind to each other. We are so fragile.

We are fragile creatures. We are, but we are so powerful. Be kind to your bodies. look at what you're putting inside of it. See it as a temple. It is yours. So are you got? All you got.

Take care of it. So you can enjoy. And maybe one day you'll be in the Himalayans. And one day maybe you'll be at Petra. Huh. Go on and live and live well. Leave people alone. Stop trying to change people.

All that dumb shit. When you find you like this morning, I had an interview. and that we couldn't get on the Zoom. And it was them, SMBC, that's important. I don't like to be late. And I was just getting ready to just go off. Like, what the, you know?

But guess what? I said, be still. We're all right. They'll wait. You can't, the party can't start for you until you get there. And if you're in a hurry, you will be rude.

So don't be in a hurry. Leave a little. Give a little extra time so you don't run people off the road and shit. Pay attention. Write down shit like I'm going to drive safe today. I'm going to be careful that I don't hit a car that's got children in it because I'm mad at somebody or because I'm drunk. You watch your step in this world, this beautiful planet.

And you had a black president act like it. Two turns. Mike, motherfucking drop. Jennifer Lewis, ladies and gentlemen, this was... Thank you so much. Kent Locke. This was my personal top three episodes of Questlove Supreme. I've spoken the least of all these episodes.

I asked no questions on my interview list. Like, I need this episode. I thank you. This was beyond my expectations. Yes, an honor. So just know that we're going to have to have you. you back on the show eventually. Talk about her career.

Because I would like to actually hear of your canon and your journey. Because this is also a resume like yours is unprecedented. And, you know, I want to celebrate that. No, thank you very much. My pleasure. And on behalf of Fantigolo and Laia and Sugar Steve and unpaid Bill, you guys missed a monster this episode. We will see you on the next go-round of Questlove Supreme.

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