1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,080 Hey y'all brother is morning evening or afternoon. 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,600 I'm just glad that you guys have decided to vibe with me. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:08,680 Yes, but one and only. 4 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:16,240 And I am thrilled to let you guys in on today's Baba today. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,400 So if you're new here, welcome, welcome, welcome. 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,120 And if you're not new to this, but true to this, 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,840 Hey, y'all, what's up with poppin? 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,880 But before I give y'all today's vibe of the day, 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,720 I want you guys to sit back, relax and enjoy the show, 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,000 whether you want to go or at home. 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,560 Just get real comfortable and enjoy listening to me. 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,080 Okay, so in honor of the holiday season, 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:54,000 such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa Christmas and other holidays that you guys may celebrate. 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,040 Today's vibe is all about traditions. 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Yes, the reason why today's vibe is all about traditions, 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,920 because like I said, it's holiday time and this is where things get a little, 17 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:08,280 I'm going to say a little, it gets exciting to me. 18 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,840 It's really, really exciting. 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,040 Learning new traditions, creating new traditions and sticking to traditions 20 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,200 that has been passed down from generation to generation to generation. 21 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,080 It excites me, especially within the black community. 22 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:28,520 Traditions are one of the many things that is important to us because it sticks to us. 23 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,280 It's something that we created or has been created, 24 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:35,920 like I said, from our generations down, down and down. 25 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,560 So, like I mentioned, by being holiday time, 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,360 this is where traditions are pulled out the most. 27 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,160 And I love seeing it on social medias from the pajamas, 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,600 which I eat for dinner, how y'all hook your trees up, 29 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,640 how y'all celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and whatever other holidays 30 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,600 that you guys may celebrate in the black community. 31 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,920 All here for it and I love the holiday time because like I said, 32 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,040 that's where you see all the creativities, 33 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:13,680 all the amazing traditions from dishes, culture, fashion, music, whatever it is. 34 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,600 I'm such a fan of it. 35 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,760 Such, I'm so like, I'll be so into it, it's just be like, 36 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,280 that's the most beautiful thing ever because traditions are the many things 37 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,680 that overall to me, it helps bring family together. 38 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,480 Family and close friends together. 39 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:38,560 Traditions are very important because it's the passing on of beliefs, 40 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,760 customs and stories from one generation to the next. 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,600 So like, storytelling is like traditions, like you telling me this, 42 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,200 you telling me that and this I'm learning this, I'm learning that. 43 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,720 There's a tradition, we tell a story every year or things like that. 44 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,360 And whatever's custom, like we customize this, like in my household, 45 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,600 we do Secret Santa and when we do Secret Santa, it's Christmas Eve night. 46 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:07,320 It's a tradition that we all wear the same pajamas. 47 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:14,640 Sometimes we, in a tradition, sometimes that like every Christmas, 48 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,560 we try to do different things with dishes. 49 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,760 We try to be a little bit more different with decorations. 50 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,840 We try to do, there's a lot of things that impacts with like, 51 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,440 Kali's harm, especially for Christmas for me, 52 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:28,960 because that's when I celebrate Christmas. 53 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,760 And whoever celebrates Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, 54 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,840 I really don't know much about it, but I love the ideas of it. 55 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,640 I love what it's about. 56 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,320 And I would love to probably one day, you know, 57 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,320 maybe dig a little deeper and see what it's about. 58 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,880 So let's get into it, even though I got into it, 59 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,240 but we're going to get really into it. 60 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,120 I already told y'all what, what are traditions. 61 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,720 So why are traditions important? 62 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:03,720 Traditions are important because they help to preserve a group history, 63 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,280 they create a sense of belonging. 64 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,760 They also provide a sense of stability in a changing environment. 65 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,600 Traditions can be a source of joy and celebration. 66 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Now that right there, that last sentence, 67 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,080 traditions can be a source of joy and celebration. 68 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,320 Yes, traditions is something that you look forward to, 69 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,960 especially by it being holiday time. 70 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,120 In honor of holiday time, I took it upon myself to talk about traditions 71 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,760 because, like I said, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, 72 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,160 and whatever holiday that you celebrate, 73 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,720 those are where the traditions come out at. 74 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:45,400 Those are the times where you're able to enjoy yourself. 75 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,280 Those are the times where you're at ease, you're at peace, 76 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,640 even if you are going through the worst times of your life. 77 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,720 The traditions that you have with your family and friends, 78 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,440 close friends, when you're around them and y'all know what time it is, 79 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,000 like, hey, you know what's time, you know what's time to do this, do that. 80 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,320 Those will be the times where whatever's going on in your life, 81 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,160 it sweeps it under the rug and it turns everything into a new light. 82 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,320 It turns everything into a negative to a positive. 83 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,760 Like, whatever you was going through, 84 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,640 it's going to easily go under the rug. 85 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,160 And that's what I love about traditions 86 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,520 because when you make traditions with your friends, 87 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,640 your close friends and your family, 88 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,520 regardless of what's going on, those traditions, 89 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,040 spending time with the ones you love, 90 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,680 it makes things go away like a snap, like a blink of an eye, 91 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,880 blink of an eye, snap of a finger, like, 92 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:45,880 it is just so crazy how a vibe didn't just switch out like that 93 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,760 because of the traditions that you guys have, 94 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,040 it brings the joy out of you. 95 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,680 It brings you joy. 96 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,520 It helps you be comfortable. 97 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,480 It helps you even experience 98 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,080 some more things you never thought you could experience 99 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,400 when it comes to traditions. 100 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:09,440 Like I said, like, within my household, we do like orange... 101 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:15,440 Christmas Eve, we do secrets and eat cool stuff, 102 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,240 you know, not cool stuff, but like, 103 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:20,000 we try to do different cultural stuff 104 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,360 and we try to do like, you know, the cookies, that's a tradition. 105 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,200 You have to do cookies, you have to do Christmas cookies. 106 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,760 We started the tradition with the Secret Santa 107 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,720 and every year the limit is different. 108 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,200 This year's limit is $10, y'all, and I'm not gonna lie to y'all. 109 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:43,880 It was impossible for me to get a gift for $10, y'all. 110 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,440 I really had to get really creative 111 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,880 and that was the thing too, like I said, when it comes to traditions, 112 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,640 you can stick to it, the tradition, 113 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,000 but sometimes things tweak, 114 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,600 like with the Secret Santa, y'all, last year I think it was $20. 115 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,280 This year was $10, because sometimes we go up, down, 116 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,280 or we stay the same, but this year we went $10 down. 117 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,760 So, y'all, I'm like, what can I do? 118 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,040 And I try, if I go over my limit, 119 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,680 I try to go at least $1 or $2 over the limit, 120 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,120 not $5, $10, because then that's like, 121 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,000 oh, you try to thank you better than everybody. 122 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,800 Now I want to do that, but I am very creative 123 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:23,760 when it comes to the gifts. 124 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,800 I've been told that I'm a good, y'all, I give good gifts, 125 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,680 so I'm like, okay, cool. 126 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,480 So, for my Secret Santa, I'm not gonna say who it is, 127 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,680 because my family most definitely listens to the podcast. 128 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,360 So, I'm just gonna say, I'm hopefully, 129 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,400 I hope, hopefully, my Secret Santa like their gift 130 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,640 because maybe I had to get real creative 131 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,160 and I got things that they would need, 132 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,480 well, I don't even say need, things that they like, 133 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,960 and also a need too, because like, hey, who doesn't need, 134 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,840 whatever, whatever, whatever, piece of clothing, 135 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,880 I'm gonna just say that, only a piece of clothing 136 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,880 in a little accessories. 137 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,160 So, yes, so when it comes to traditions, 138 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,320 y'all, the joy of a tradition is just out of this world. 139 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,600 Like I said, regardless of what you're going through 140 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,600 or what you might be going through, 141 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,800 sometimes the traditions, around how late time 142 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:21,720 are the best times to have that moment 143 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,880 or that situation on pause and spend it with the ones you love 144 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,120 because they are the ones that are gonna make sure 145 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,200 you're good regardless, even if they don't know what's going on, 146 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,760 they're gonna turn that negative to a positive real quick 147 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,960 along with the celebration. 148 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,520 I know like around how late time, 149 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:41,000 cause also forgot about Thanksgiving too, that just passed. 150 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,600 A lot of people I know too, like Thanksgiving, 151 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,200 you know, is usually traditional to be at somebody's house. 152 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,040 Now in the black community here and there, 153 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,840 we're also burning halls and having Thanksgiving at halls 154 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,040 because the family get is so big that, you know, 155 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,040 people having babies everywhere is like, 156 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,880 okay, I can't have y'all all at my little house, 157 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,160 so now I gotta, you know, put y'all in a hall 158 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,000 because it's a lot of us. 159 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,040 And those be the times too, like I said, 160 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,520 the celebrations be the most wonderful times. 161 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:16,440 Like it's the most wonderful time of the year, holiday time. 162 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,600 Yes, but being around your family and your close friends, 163 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,440 like I said, I'm always, I'm gonna keep saying close friends 164 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,040 and family because your close friends turn into family. 165 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,640 They call them kinships in the black family. 166 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,040 You know, you got, as I say, your play cousins 167 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,200 and your fake aunties and all that, no. 168 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,280 To me, I'm like, if we know each other for so many plus years, 169 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,200 I don't know what a friend is, like, 170 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,760 you my cousin, but we not related by blood, but we not blood. 171 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,600 But at times, y'all still gotta remember too, 172 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,520 sometimes blood ain't thicker than water. 173 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,320 Sometimes water, they say is thicker than blood. 174 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,720 Yeah, sometimes we have those moments, you know? 175 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:02,000 And that, and sometimes they become a part of the tradition. 176 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,720 Sometimes they become part of the tradition and it's like, wow. 177 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,960 You got a friend, though, you're not a family friend no more. 178 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 You're a family and you know what's going, 179 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,000 you know what gets on, you know what's going on, 180 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,960 you know what's going on, you know what's going on, 181 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,760 you know what's going on, you know what's going on. 182 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,320 You know, like, I'm just like, 183 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,800 it's my thoughts are running so fast because like, 184 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,760 when I was thinking, when I was writing down this vibe 185 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,760 and the notes that I was like, bro, 186 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,680 and hearing from my friends and their traditions, 187 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,400 I'm like, whoa, like, there is some, 188 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,160 the black community, bro, when it comes to our community, 189 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,920 we are very creative, especially when it comes to traditions 190 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,120 because when it comes to celebrations, 191 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,360 this impacting joy for traditions, 192 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,760 we know how to make some stuff shake. 193 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:59,000 We know how to make some of the craziest-ass ideas 194 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,640 be so impressive, like, the pajama thing, 195 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,080 we all get creative with pajama, like, how to onesies, 196 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,040 or some people even customize their pajamas. 197 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,720 I'm like, what the hell? 198 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,720 But it's creative and they do it as a tradition. 199 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,360 And every little thing that the black community does 200 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,960 that we do in the black community, I love it. 201 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,920 I love it, the traditions. 202 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,680 Even 90 years for the holiday time, 203 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,480 say, like, for birthdays, anniversaries, 204 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,080 or a graduation, you know, 205 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,280 it would be a tradition that if you graduate from college, 206 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,240 you know, like, I'll give you a party and stuff like that. 207 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,920 That right there, that stuff excites me 208 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,280 because y'all go out and beyond, like, homes, 209 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,160 like, it's a tradition, like, you know, 210 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,160 they say the tradition, you have to go with the date. 211 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,920 I didn't have a date my junior prom, 212 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,440 and I didn't have senior prom due to COVID. 213 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:54,240 But the traditions that happens over and over and over, 214 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,240 they live on, like, I love it. 215 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,560 And like I said, I, like, I love it, 216 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,800 especially holiday time because that's where 217 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,360 all the creativity comes out, especially for the black community. 218 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,280 Shout out to my black community, as always. 219 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:14,840 I love y'all amazing ideas, and I love it. 220 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,840 Like, I love it, love it, love it, love it. 221 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,360 So let's get down to the nitty-gritty of how do traditions 222 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,480 bring people together? 223 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Because, you know, it takes a lot to get a lot of people 224 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,800 to come together, especially the black community. 225 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,440 It takes a lot out of me for me to go to certain places 226 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:33,840 and to be around certain people, 227 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,320 depending on what the event is and how long the event is. 228 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,440 And, you know, sometimes us black people, 229 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,040 we ask a thousand questions. 230 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,360 I'm that type of person. 231 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,320 Because I need to know every detail, 232 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:51,320 so I, you know, come correct and not wrong. 233 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,320 Even when it comes to dress code, good y'all, 234 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:54,040 that's another thing. 235 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,960 When it comes to traditions, like birthday parties, 236 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,360 I feel like sometimes people do the tradition with, 237 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,680 you have to have a dress code. 238 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,160 And I, trust me, y'all, I don't have no problem with it, 239 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,000 because I love fashion. 240 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,600 I'm getting really deep into, like, the creative minds 241 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,720 and things like that of, like, thrift shopping 242 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,400 and, you know, oversized cargo, things like that, fashion. 243 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,840 So I'm like, okay, the only thing that makes me upset 244 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,440 is that if I feel like I overdid it, 245 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,200 because, like, okay, this is a party, you know, 246 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,800 every year they had an AAU party for this or that, 247 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,280 or family reunion, stuff like that, 248 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,280 I don't want to be over the top, because I'll be like, 249 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,640 oh, shit, you know, so. 250 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,520 So how do traditions bring people together? 251 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:40,960 Well, let me just say this, 252 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,800 traditions bring people together 253 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,240 by allowing them to share values and experience. 254 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,640 They are also of creating a sense of unity 255 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,440 and understanding in a group, 256 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,560 and they provide a sense of connection 257 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,600 to something larger than one. 258 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,120 So traditions can also help to create 259 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,280 a sense of community and belonging. 260 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,080 So without being sad like, how do traditions 261 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,480 bring people together? 262 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,520 You can create a tradition one time 263 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:11,160 or go to something and you will like an event 264 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,400 and something like that, and you make it, you know, 265 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,880 it helps you bring people together. 266 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,680 Like, I'll say like, the breast cancer walk 267 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,120 I did with my mom and her friends and my little sister. 268 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,320 That made me want to do a breast cancer walk every year 269 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,120 or be involved with breast cancer. 270 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,520 So that's a tradition to me, like, every year 271 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,200 when October comes, it's a tradition to me 272 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,400 that I have must participate in something involving 273 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,560 breast cancer to support it in where my pink, 274 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,080 because that's a tradition that I made for myself, 275 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,280 and it also helped me get closer. 276 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,680 Well, not even close. 277 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,320 Well, yeah, I say close, it's been more time 278 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:49,960 on my sister and my mom. 279 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,880 That made people come together and like, with those annual events, 280 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,320 annual events, I've seen a lot of black women 281 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,240 participate in that event and it was very, very, very amazing 282 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,880 because, you know, these are annual events 283 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,480 that people make as traditions, like, every year 284 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,000 it's a must that they must participate 285 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,440 in a black cancer walk to honor the people they know 286 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,720 that have breast cancer or to honor themselves. 287 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,440 So that's a big one to me, like, for me, 288 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,080 I must participate in something that involves breast cancer. 289 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,560 And I must wear pink at least a couple of times 290 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,680 about a month because in honor of breast cancer. 291 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,560 Along with bringing people together, you know, 292 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,080 another thing I say is like my house is a tradition in my house 293 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:43,160 that every Sunday or whatever they brave and play, 294 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,480 people must come to the basement. 295 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:51,600 The basement is like Sundays at my house is a tradition. 296 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:57,240 Every football season, you must come here to watch the game. 297 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,000 It's been a tradition like that since I was little. 298 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,560 Like, at first things, the basement has been created. 299 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,400 Before the basement even had got an upgrade, 300 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,600 it would be a lot of people deep in like a semi... 301 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:15,240 Now I'm gonna say not so small, but like semi-large, medium, 302 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,440 small, medium-large. 303 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,040 It's so hard to explain your room, 304 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,000 but it's a tradition that every Sunday 305 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,880 that the game is a must to be over here. 306 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,840 Like, we're not going over nobody else's house, 307 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,280 everybody else's house, watch the game, 308 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,400 everybody must watch the game here. 309 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,760 And that's been a tradition since I was younger. 310 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,960 And that tradition had been living on for years 311 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,120 because as you get older, you grow and the people that come grow. 312 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,200 So, yes, that's one of the fameders as well 313 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,920 because like you bring people together, 314 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,440 like you know, you have your crew, 315 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,960 and then some of the people from their crew starts to, you know, 316 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,720 get accepted into the crew, as they say in the basement, 317 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:02,320 like gets, you know, sworn in, and then, you know, it's like, wow. 318 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,240 Okay, that brings people together. 319 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:09,720 I feel like good food, good music, a good game, 320 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,840 whatever good is going to bring us, brought people together. 321 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,280 Don't put us in a room where there's something that doesn't make... 322 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,600 It don't look good. 323 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,040 If it is, don't look good, don't sound good, I don't want to go. 324 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,520 And that's what I feel like that would bring, 325 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,480 that's what brings people together. 326 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,760 Having a vibe that you can maintain, 327 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,400 let alone whoever is hosting it, and you know who's there, 328 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,840 make sure the vibe is good because that makes you want to be there. 329 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,000 That makes you want to be like, okay, this is a tradition 330 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,120 that I could do like every Sunday, I'll go here, 331 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,280 or every Saturday, or every Friday, whatever day y'all make it to, 332 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,280 or y'all hang out, see each other, whatever. 333 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,000 Like, you know, I'm trying to make my own tradition of myself, 334 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,560 like at least once or twice out of the month, 335 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,960 I got to treat myself, you know? 336 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,720 Even though it's holiday time, y'all, I know, I know, I know, I know. 337 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,200 Sometimes we need a break. 338 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,960 We need to, like I say, have that mirror of conversation. 339 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,200 And if you're new to this, I say this all the time, 340 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,800 sometimes you need to make time for you. 341 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,800 You are your number one priority. 342 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,160 Even if you do have a family or someone else to raise 343 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,560 or taking in on something very big, 344 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,480 you must have time for yourself because, 345 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,320 at the end of the day, your mental matters, 346 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,320 and I'm also big on the mental. 347 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:32,040 The mental is one of the many important things 348 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,360 because your mind is juggling every second, 349 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,760 every hour, every minute of the day. 350 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,040 It don't stop, unless something happens. 351 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,920 But that mind is going to race, race, race, race, race, 352 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:54,120 and you also have to take the initiative to do for you. 353 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,440 So, you know, even though I said this is going to be a packing 354 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,040 on the holiday time, let's take a moment to focus on 355 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,920 making traditions for ourselves. 356 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,640 Because there's like, every other, I know a lot of people say, 357 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:10,360 every Sunday is their tradition where it's their self-care routine. 358 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,560 It's a self-care routine. It's a self-care day. 359 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,760 They don't answer no phones, they don't touch no laptop, 360 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,160 they don't touch no work, they don't do nothing. 361 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,880 If they do, it's something involving they want to do. 362 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,560 If they want to relax in the house, they're going to do that. 363 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,360 If they want to go out for a drink or have brunch, 364 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,360 they're going to do that. 365 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:30,000 They are not doing anything that doesn't help them mentally and physically. 366 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:36,120 So, such as, like for me, every 15th, I try to treat myself. 367 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,640 I made that a tradition to myself. 368 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,440 Try to treat myself to something. 369 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,400 It could be so small, like a good 10 or 20 dollars. 370 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,080 I ain't going to say 10 dollars because I don't think food is 20 or 20 dollars. 371 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:52,120 Like that no more. If it is, it's probably going to sell or discount or stuff. 372 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,400 I probably got a... I probably got a whistling for a bit. 373 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,800 Most of the times, I try to give myself like over 30-40 dollar meal. 374 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,600 Dependent on where it is and where I'm at if I got paid. 375 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,280 Like, I try to give myself... 376 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,120 I try to treat myself. I try to reward myself. 377 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,320 And, you know, sometimes you got to honor yourself. 378 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:20,640 You need to make it that a tradition, like have days or have some day out of the month 379 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,040 or like every couple of months and you know, 380 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,360 treat yourself due for you because you are important. 381 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,560 Your mental is important as well as your physical. 382 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,800 But that mental maybe that's very, very, very, very important. 383 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,720 So, I want you guys to take a minute and be like, 384 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:40,320 in this state of ideas that you can do to help you, 385 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:45,520 especially when it comes to you, self-care day, meditation, 386 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:50,320 taking yourself out every once in a blue moon, having a self-care day 387 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:54,560 or staying in, relaxing, having a sleep in day. 388 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,000 Like, you know, whatever you want to do, 389 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:02,880 make that a tradition or routine for yourself so you can feel comfortable 390 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,480 and you will be better. I'm telling y'all, it's going to work. 391 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:10,320 Now, me, I've been slacking on my tradition I made for myself 392 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,120 within the beginning of the year because I've been working 393 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,480 and the semester was getting to me. 394 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,880 Now, the semester is over and I'm working. 395 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,600 Like, I got a whole bunch of kids to feed. 396 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,120 But on the meantime, in between time, 397 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:27,320 yes, I'm going to find something for me to help me 398 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,320 so I don't break the tradition. Okay? 399 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:34,920 So, let's go back to how do traditions run people together. 400 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:43,920 With just allowing people to come together and share values and experiences, 401 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,840 like, coming together, like I said, as a family and close friends, 402 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,440 those are the many things that help people come together. 403 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,600 Like I said, for me at my house, every Sunday is a tradition 404 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,760 where we have the game, the gameplay. 405 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,600 Like, everybody watch the game here. 406 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,360 Okay? It's a month. We watch the game here. 407 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,920 We provide food, drinks, whatever. 408 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,320 You must, it's a must here every Sunday. 409 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:13,160 I haven't seen a Sunday yet that we haven't watched the game here. 410 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,320 I don't watch the game like that because I'd be at work, 411 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:18,160 but you know, money must be made. 412 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,240 But I do be here after the game, you know, it's a tradition 413 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,040 that, you know, every Sunday is at my house. 414 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,720 So, you know, that's what my dad likes to do. 415 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,520 So, like, we have traditions like, you know, things like that. 416 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,520 Like, that can bring people together. 417 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,520 Or you go to this person's house, every Christmas, 418 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,280 every holiday, every quads, everything's given. 419 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,280 Or every, whatever, how they, friendsgiving. 420 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,360 Well, did you guys got one for Christmas? 421 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,520 Like, friendsmas? 422 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,440 Like, I don't know. 423 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,720 I haven't had a friendsgiving and I have not had a friendsmas. 424 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:55,880 That's what I'm saying, right? 425 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,560 Friendsmas, because, you know, Christmas, friendsma. 426 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,320 I haven't had a friends, let me just say friends Christmas. 427 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,920 And when I do have friends Christmas, it'd be my best friend. 428 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,160 Like, a group of friends, not so much. 429 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,960 This year, I'm going to try that with my friends. 430 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:11,920 Hopefully it'll go good. 431 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,560 If it do go good, we can make that our tradition, you know, 432 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,000 because that's just helping us bring each other together. 433 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,200 Because we also decided on a new Secret Santa, 434 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,840 and I mean, it was $30. 435 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,280 So, I had a little league with that Secret Santa, 436 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,520 like, I had, you know, I could be creative, 437 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,240 but we also told each other, you know, 438 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,880 send a list of five things that y'all like, 439 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,080 so we can get a hint, like, so we could probably buy all five, 440 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,480 probably four, three, two, one, 441 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,960 because, like, at least one of the options 442 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,480 that we all gave was expensive. 443 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,840 Like, I've seen about polo, tees, um... 444 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,360 Uh, being, some being you know, 445 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,280 depending on if you want to design it, you know, 446 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,920 like, I've seen a whole bunch of ideas, y'all, 447 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:55,480 that we was giving off each other, like, dang. 448 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,880 But, like I said, like, that was one of the traditions 449 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,320 that we made for ourselves was to do Secret Santa. 450 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,760 And if it goes right this first year around, 451 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,320 every year, we'll do it, and then, hey, 452 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,160 that helped us bring each other more closer. 453 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,200 We shared a value with each other, like, okay, 454 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,520 me and my friend Nia, if y'all don't know, 455 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,400 Nia, y'all need to listen to Bob, 456 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,680 but I would not end beyond. 457 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,240 Just shut up, shut up tonight, 458 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,280 because that was her idea to do Secret Santa. 459 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,880 And I was just kind of like, okay, I'm with it, 460 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,120 but within our friend group, it's a lot of dudes. 461 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,160 So we're like, okay, we got to get a girl with me to mount, 462 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,160 you know, not too high, not too low, so 30 was our limit. 463 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,200 And then, you know, we're gonna meet up with each other, 464 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,520 you know, have some nice food, some drinks, 465 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,080 give each other gifts, and have a nice time, 466 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,120 because like, we're finally, the semester's finally over. 467 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:50,960 Okay, shout out to Morgan State University 468 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,800 for making sure that I was good, 469 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,760 making sure the rest of the fellow bears was good, 470 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,240 because whoo, this was a semester. 471 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,560 And I thank God I persevered through this, 472 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,040 and my close friends also that are fellow bears, 473 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,120 because baby, it was something. 474 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,880 So it's time to act the fool, act the clown. 475 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,080 But, yeah, so we came up with that idea, 476 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:17,640 and that value to the idea was like, okay, 477 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,000 we can make this a tradition, 478 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,760 because it's already a national tradition that people have, 479 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,160 so let's make it our own with our friend group. 480 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,080 And it allowed us to share how we feel we wanna do, 481 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:31,240 and we understand our creativity, 482 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,520 because we also say like, be creative, you know, 483 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,320 if you gotta make it, draw it, whatever, do it. 484 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:40,680 Me, as long as though it's, as long as it's creative, 485 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,200 you know, like traditions are really, can help you 486 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,000 create a sense of creativity. 487 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,760 Like, I love that with a tradition, 488 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,120 because you can create anything, like friends giving, 489 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:56,040 and friends Christmas, that's a tradition that's now, 490 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,480 people are holding up to, especially in the black community, 491 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,640 that I have not experienced yet. 492 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,280 Hopefully, for my fingers that I will, next year, 493 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,080 the year after that year after that with my friends, 494 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,400 because, like, I look at it every day, 495 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,760 like, we're almost out of college, 496 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,560 some with their first, some with their second degree, 497 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,240 like, we're almost done, like, 498 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,400 ah, and we're gonna start making our own traditions 499 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:26,240 or following the traditions that our family had, 500 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,120 or that our partner's family had, 501 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,000 they combined, you know, I look forward to it, 502 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,440 I'm a little scared, because I'm not playing 503 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,000 when it comes to my traditions, okay? 504 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,080 But, y'all know what I'm saying, 505 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:45,760 and if you're new here, buckle up and get ready for this. 506 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,520 Every topic that I talk about, 507 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,400 I always weigh out the good and the bad. 508 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,280 And yes, when it comes to traditions, 509 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,240 there are pros and there are cons, 510 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,960 so let's get into it. 511 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,400 Traditions are a great way to create a feeling 512 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,720 of sharing identity and purpose, 513 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,880 as they provide a sense of continuing 514 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,800 instability in a society, okay? 515 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,200 That's good, and Danny, it's, you know, 516 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,080 okay, it's getting what's supposed to get. 517 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,920 However, they can diverse as different groups 518 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:26,000 can disagree on the importance or meaning of certain traditions. 519 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,440 Traditions can also be, like, 520 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:34,480 resent as they can create a sense of... 521 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,720 Ugh, cool, y'all, like, it can create a sense of, like, 522 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,320 a upborn, because sometimes, let me say this, 523 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:42,640 like I said, we talk about the good, 524 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,840 now talk about the bad, sometimes, tradition. 525 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,840 Sometimes you can live up to a tradition 526 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,840 and then sometimes as you get older, 527 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,520 you know, like I said, when, like, me and Mahalika, 528 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,600 my friends, we're getting older 529 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,000 and we're doing traditions now with ourselves. 530 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,560 Imagine when we have our own family, 531 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,360 the traditions may break because of the lifestyle 532 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,160 that we're doing, the lifestyle that we're creating. 533 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,800 We created for ourselves, the lifestyle 534 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,680 that we work so hard and cause for. 535 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,320 So I said, it's like, I have friends 536 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,680 that want to be engineers. 537 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,760 I have friends that want to be teachers. 538 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,160 I have friends that wants to be, 539 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,480 I, you know, work with computers, I have a teacher. 540 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,440 I have, I teach, I have friends that are in the same major 541 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,400 as me in social work. 542 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:29,440 I have nursing majors. 543 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,480 I have lawyers, like, it's a lot. 544 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,400 And, you know, I want y'all to think, 545 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,600 like, I've said a lot of careers, 546 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,800 and that's a lot of time, 547 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,680 and a lot of money that we really make here. 548 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,720 So at times we might not even have time 549 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:50,400 to all link together because of our lifestyle. 550 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,040 And hopefully, them traditions will not break. 551 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,000 However, like within the family, 552 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,640 sometimes when you get older, 553 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,400 those traditions, you have breaks. 554 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,680 Like, y'all, I lied to you, 555 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,320 and it's so crazy that I did that, you know, 556 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,560 today's opportunity is traditions 557 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,480 because if y'all don't know Soulful, 558 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,040 that's one of the biggest, I feel like, 559 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:14,600 one of the biggest movies that everybody 560 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,640 in the black community should know about, 561 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,600 because they had a tradition every Sunday 562 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,440 that they had family dinner. 563 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,800 Like, they had Sunday dinner at Big Mama's house. 564 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,360 When Big Mama passed, the traditions started to fade 565 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,280 because people had things going on. 566 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,120 They had to take, I forgot his name, 567 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,760 the little boy to lie. 568 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,680 But he lied, but his lie was true at the same time. 569 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,480 If y'all didn't watch it, y'all need to watch it, 570 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,320 but I'm gonna give y'all a summary. 571 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,040 So basically, you know, every Sunday, 572 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,400 Big Mama had Sunday dinner. 573 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,800 It was traditional. 574 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,320 It was traditional, and they had, 575 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,200 however she was getting sick. 576 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,360 So, like, the tradition was somewhat fading away, 577 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,440 and by that somewhat fading away, 578 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,280 that made more conflict within the family. 579 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,120 Like, everybody going at this one, 580 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,080 everybody going at that, and everybody doing things 581 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,960 like out of the woodworks, you know? 582 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,400 So, as she got sick, you know, Big Mama was telling him, 583 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:12,600 like, you gotta keep the family together. 584 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,840 You gotta keep the family together. 585 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,400 And that's what I think also is a big impact 586 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,800 with traditions is that within the Black family, 587 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,080 having that grandmother, the grandmother, 588 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:27,240 the great grandmother, keeping the family together 589 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,160 was one that I feel like is a tradition, period. 590 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,400 Like, they had to hear Hancho, a big show, 591 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:33,400 everything that's put together, 592 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,120 because they're the ones that create the traditions, 593 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,600 because they're the ones passing it down from... 594 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,120 They gotta pass down from their family, 595 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,680 and it's coming down to their families, 596 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,800 and family, family, and family. 597 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,200 So, overall, like, you know, when she passed, 598 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:49,880 the little boy, y'all, I forgot his name, 599 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,920 I literally was just watching that movie, like, 600 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,520 three or two hours ago, 601 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,440 before my favorite movie, Meet the Browns, came on, okay? 602 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,200 So, you know, it was a tradition for them 603 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,120 to eat Sunday dinner, and Big Mama's out. 604 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,800 Big Mama passed, they was acting the fool, 605 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,880 little boy had to step in, he had to lie, 606 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,960 say that Big Mama had money here, which she did. 607 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,160 They had an uncle, uncle Pete, 608 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,560 he never came out of the house, 609 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,240 he never came out of his room or nothing. 610 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,640 But that one day, you know, at the Big Mama passed, 611 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,880 they had dinner, they somewhat was getting along, 612 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,720 but that's when all the dirty laundry 613 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,840 was coming out of the table as well. 614 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,680 The long story short, a fire broke out, 615 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,680 because the little boy had a towel over the pot, 616 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,120 you know, fire and everything, and they had the blue towel, 617 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:42,640 da-da-da-da, and then, you know, like I said, 618 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,280 uncle Pete, but if ever he don't come out of nothing. 619 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,080 So, he saw this fire and everything, 620 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,480 his TV, he always had a TV, he brought a TV downstairs, 621 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,920 and it fell on the floor, and money fell out. 622 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,960 So, the little boy had, in order for him to get the tradition back together, 623 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,360 he had to lie and say, Big Mama had money stashed up, 624 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,800 which she did, but nobody knew about. 625 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,240 So, it was like, he made a lie, 626 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,120 but his lie was really not a lie, because like, 627 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,760 Big Mama had it, but Big Mama ain't down to buy it, you know? 628 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,040 So, with that being said, like, you're like, 629 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,880 you could see how a really good tradition, 630 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,880 like, if y'all didn't watch the movie, 631 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,600 y'all just got a picture, like, 632 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,720 how can a good-ass tradition like that 633 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:34,160 get fucked up from people, you know, not sticking to it, 634 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:39,120 or not having that person, the head, which was Big Mama, 635 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,440 to continue? 636 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,560 And that was all, and I said, 637 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:47,320 I wish I had that in my life, because I think I were made 638 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,800 my family more closer, 639 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,440 especially like, even on your mom or your dad's side. 640 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,520 Either side, I felt like I probably would say my dad's, 641 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,720 because like, it's more than, you know, excuse me, like, 642 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,800 my parents, they experienced that, you know, Big Mama, 643 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,960 or your great-grandma mama, whatever you prefer. 644 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,920 They kept everybody in check, they kept everybody in line, 645 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,480 like, they ain't played that shit. 646 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,080 So, you try to mess up a tradition, 647 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,560 or you try to get out of line, stop a line there on your ass, 648 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,040 like, or ass. 649 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,000 Today, with all the traditions, it's like, 650 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,160 yes, some of them are passed down, like, the pro is, 651 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,400 some of us are still sticking to them, we're still going strong, 652 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,280 and then it's like, on the other side, some of us sticking to them, 653 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,080 and then we're slacking, like, it's like, we have ass in it. 654 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,600 And it's like, okay, we doing it, but we not doing it, 655 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,600 what we used to like, you know, it's like saying, 656 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,080 like, this is traditional, you fucking out tradition. 657 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,840 I'm not a type of person. 658 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,840 I don't like that, because like, if it's a tradition, 659 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,520 like, if something's stuck, it's going to be passed down 660 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,600 to generation to generation to generation. 661 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,120 Because if you have kids, I know I'm going to have some kids 662 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,280 in the future, I want to keep them traditions alive, 663 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,080 because those traditions help me. 664 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,960 The same thing with my future partner. 665 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,160 If they have traditions, you know, to help them kept them alive, 666 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,760 okay, we're going to do them traditions. 667 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,360 And then, like I said, we might even have to mix our traditions 668 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,240 together, longest the traditions are there. 669 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,280 That's what matters to me, like, keeping a process going 670 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,760 and keeping things going and making sure you keep things 671 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,400 from how you grew up, even though if you add a little twist, 672 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,840 a little spice, a little sauce on it, cool, 673 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,160 but long as you're keeping the tradition in the family. 674 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,000 Because I just like, I feel like, like I said, 675 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,160 so if it was a prime example of traditions 676 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:41,120 and how it could be so big to slightly go left, 677 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,440 and it has to take something to get people back together. 678 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,880 And I don't want that to happen, but you know, 679 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,120 you can't control what God does or whatever you believe in, 680 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,680 because it was best. 681 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:57,080 But so far, fingers crossed, not going good. 682 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,840 Things hasn't gone good when it comes to my immediate family 683 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,120 with our tradition. 684 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,560 And even though we have our maokunao, 685 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:09,120 we're adding him in traditions and making it even more creative. 686 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,760 You know, so I like that, so big pops on that one. 687 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,800 But yeah, y'all have not seen so full. 688 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:16,840 I mean, y'all are going to watch it. 689 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,720 If you have, and if you have watched it, 690 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,280 y'all know that's a good point. 691 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,920 Y'all know I made a good point because it was just so funny, 692 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,560 like how the world, like how things were going. 693 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,880 Like I literally was watching it, 694 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,640 like towards the end of the break, 695 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,880 the part like, ask the big mama die and everything. 696 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,960 Like I seen that part of how like he tried to get everybody together, 697 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,720 got everybody together to make sure that they don't miss Sunday dinner. 698 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,200 They did it, but it's like, 699 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,200 you shouldn't have to bribe nobody to come. 700 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,520 And sometimes that's the thing too, when it comes to tradition, 701 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:50,640 that's a con. 702 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,280 I should not have to be bribein' you to come 703 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,640 to something that you supposed to come to every year. 704 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:57,960 You know, don't do that. 705 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,240 Or we do every, you know, every day of that week. 706 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,600 Don't do that. Don't break the tradition. 707 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,200 Because if you don't have a legit reason, don't do that. 708 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,360 If you have a reason like, you know, you had a wrong day 709 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,600 or you don't have, you know, blah, blah, blah. 710 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,520 Okay, cool. But if you wanna go and you try and be sneaky, 711 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,400 let me know, don't do that. 712 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,160 So yeah, it's gonna come to traditions on 713 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,720 is pros and cons. 714 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,200 And I always wanna look on the positive side. 715 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,440 Don't like to come up because like it gets ugly. 716 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,320 And I feel like traditions are things that 717 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,120 you can do generations after generations. 718 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,120 Like there's something that must be kept in the family 719 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,960 and it must go on like Thanksgiving. 720 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,080 Like I said, you know, 721 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,920 you people always have things to give out. 722 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,480 You know, it goes down in the black community, 723 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:43,960 you gotta rent halls. 724 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,280 Because every five minutes, you know, 725 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:48,680 the family getting bigger and bigger 726 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,080 or somebody getting added in the family, you know? 727 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,400 And it was just so funny that one of my professors is like, 728 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,640 did she think it was a baby boomer? 729 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,520 Because everybody having babies at the right. 730 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:58,840 And I see it because every year, 731 00:36:58,880 --> 00:36:59,800 every year I tell her, 732 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:01,640 oh, somebody in the family having a baby. 733 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,920 So I'm like, yeah, I think it's baby boomer scenes as well. 734 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,160 But I love it. I love babies, you know, the more the merrier. 735 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,160 And that also helps us with our tradition too, 736 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,120 you know, now the new generation can see it. 737 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,000 And I love when the new generation, you know, 738 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,080 the babies when they get to toddlers, you know, up there, 739 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,640 like when they see it and they get into it, 740 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,520 it's like, it's so, it's like, it makes it more fun. 741 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,640 I think when you create your own little family 742 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,000 and you do the traditions like you did when you was a kid 743 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,280 and stuff like that, it makes it more fun. 744 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,360 It makes the holiday time more interesting 745 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,280 and so full of joy, 746 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,240 especially when you, you know, you have your own little family 747 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,720 or you have like your own little nieces and nephews 748 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,520 and God children and stuff like that. 749 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,520 Like, they're all like, well, I'm being a mom. 750 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,760 I would like, oh my God, look at the all the family. 751 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,400 Like, when I was younger, it was a tradition 752 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,720 that I must take pictures with Santa. 753 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:57,920 It was a must. 754 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,680 And it kind of started slipping when my brother came 755 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:04,120 because he hated it, like he hated it. 756 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,120 So I was like, okay, cut that back. 757 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:11,120 My sister, she didn't want to take it at all. 758 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,480 So she was like, no, so yeah, that tradition was gone. 759 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,280 But for me, it was, it was a must. 760 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:17,160 It was a must. 761 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,160 And I feel like too, with my kids, I'm gonna do that. 762 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,960 When I have kids in the future, every year is a must 763 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,560 that we take pictures with Santa. 764 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,920 Like, we're gonna take it, they're gonna take their own, 765 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,080 but we're gonna take pictures too. 766 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:29,640 So like, when it comes to holiday time, y'all, 767 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,720 I love to think of the positive 768 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,720 and do the positive when it comes to tradition. 769 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:38,160 I don't want to slip and slack because I feel like 770 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,320 if you slacken on the traditions, it's just like, 771 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:43,920 it's gonna turn to a constant point 772 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,720 where you don't want to do it no more or like, it gets, 773 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,320 I don't want to say played out, but it's like, 774 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,160 people start to forget what it was 775 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,920 and then they, oh, they try to do it again 776 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,280 and it just fucks up. 777 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,840 You know, so I always say like, you know, 778 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,440 I keep traditions alive. 779 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,920 I don't want to break it because it's like, 780 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,080 that's what helped me. 781 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,120 Like I mentioned earlier, like sometimes I do be having 782 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,800 a rough time during the holiday season 783 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,200 because I don't have my grandparents. 784 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:14,760 So, oh, my aunt, they're just past God rest their soul, 785 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,520 you know, sometimes for traditions, like every, 786 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,960 some Christmas, I would go down there. 787 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,520 And I was younger, they spent Christmas, 788 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,640 my grandparents were Christmas with me, 789 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,960 but then when they passed, you know, things were different 790 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,440 then my siblings came along, you know, 791 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,760 sometimes it is hard when you lose people. 792 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,440 It is like, you have to still make the best out of it. 793 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:39,000 And also keep hope alive, keep their memories alive with them 794 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,840 because, you know, even though they're not here physically, 795 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,280 they're still here because you're keeping it alive. 796 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,960 So, I leave, before I leave y'all off, 797 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,840 I just want y'all to know to keep traditions alive, 798 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:53,960 especially when it comes to the Black community, 799 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,600 like when it comes to the Black community, 800 00:39:55,640 --> 00:40:00,000 we have traditions, like our traditions of like 801 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,200 having a large family gathering to celebrate special 802 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,240 occasions, such as like birthdays, weddings, 803 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,400 and with the holiday time, we go all out. 804 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,560 When I did my research, some, it said funerals. 805 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:17,200 Now, yes, I would say yes because that's to celebrate 806 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,560 a homecoming, homegoing for a person. 807 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:25,680 But y'all, with that tradition as a Black person, 808 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:31,080 I can't do funerals, I can't, but, you know, 809 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:35,680 it's tradition in the Black community to celebrate 810 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:40,360 that person homegoing, how they were here when they were alive. 811 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,800 So, you have to go out. 812 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,440 I won't say would have banged, but take them, you know, 813 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:48,040 celebrate them the way that they were celebrated here. 814 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:53,560 So, before, so, I'm gonna say before we leave, 815 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,520 like, I'm about to let y'all go because I know y'all probably like, 816 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,160 okay, you got me excited. 817 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,160 But I'm gonna say, like, all right, okay, whatever. 818 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:08,160 But like I said, I, like, I, I have this platform to help somebody. 819 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,160 I just hope that my platform helps. 820 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,800 If it don't help a lot of people, it helps somebody. 821 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,280 If my platform don't help a lot of people, 822 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,760 I just hope my platform helps somebody. 823 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,840 And I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, 824 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,240 keep on, keep on posting every Wednesday 825 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,960 because this is a tradition. 826 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,440 I've been like, you know, when you stick to something, 827 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,160 it gets traditional, it gets a routine. 828 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,760 Routines, I feel like, I feel like a traditional type thing. 829 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:36,120 It depends on what it is and what it is, but I'm gonna get into it. 830 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,680 But, um, yeah, as I said, I'm gonna keep posting 831 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:43,800 until somebody notice me. 832 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,720 And when I say somebody notice me, meaning like, 833 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,440 uh, what's about the famous to notice me? 834 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,080 You know, be like, they want me to interview them, 835 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,640 type stuff like that, putting it out there, manifestin' that. 836 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,760 Okay? 837 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,760 And with that being said, I want to leave y'all guys out 838 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,080 on this snow when it comes to traditions, 839 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,200 especially in the black community, don't break them. 840 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:07,000 If you feel like it's getting boring, tweak it up. 841 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,120 If you feel like people slacking, 842 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,320 get in their ass and tell them, get their shit together, 843 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,480 so they won't mess this up. 844 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,280 And I want y'all to, oh, I just want y'all to, 845 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,080 like, if you feel like something ain't right, 846 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,320 feel like the tradition's going left or something like that, 847 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,880 bring up some food. 848 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,920 And if they don't, and they don't know what it is, play it. 849 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,600 And after that, I'm telling y'all, they're gonna be crying, 850 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:27,880 they're gonna be like, they're gonna appreciate 851 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,240 the traditions that y'all have, okay? 852 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,720 Because when I watch it, I almost tear it up. 853 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:32,600 Now, like, you know what? 854 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,800 I'm sticking real hard to my traditions 855 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,440 because I'm getting older, 856 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,360 everybody getting older, 857 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,840 and we need to stick to what we know, 858 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,040 because soon we will be having our own little families 859 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,320 that we have to bring together as one. 860 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,960 So when they get older, having families 861 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,880 passing on, passing on, passing on, basically, 862 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,600 keep the traditions going, okay? 863 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,160 Keep the legacy alive, okay? 864 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,160 So with that being said, y'all, keep traditions alive, 865 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,800 keep the legacy alive. 866 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,600 If you feel like something's slipping, 867 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,360 take a soulful, play it, they don't know what it is, 868 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,200 but just keep traditions alive, 869 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:10,400 especially within the Black community, 870 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,720 because we are all that we had. 871 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,560 Close families, close family members, 872 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,920 and close friends are what we had. 873 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,080 That's all we got. 874 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,160 So make the best out of it. 875 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,840 Please enjoy this holiday time. 876 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,960 We're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa. 877 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,800 I wish you guys nothing but a happy holiday. 878 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,000 I wish you guys nothing but peace and blessings 879 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,840 and also good wealth and good health. 880 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:42,600 And you guys will most definitely hear from me next week. 881 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,080 Always there. 882 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,920 And also, please be safe out here as well. 883 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,920 Bye!