That's the thing. There's so many stuff, there's so much stuff to worry about. Y'know, the more you know The more you don't know and shit You know like a lot of people be telling me, "Dave, you know you just gotta relax, the racism thing" "Be bugging you too much" I'll be thinking about it. But sometimes shit will happen.. y'know a lot of Black people can relate to this Have you ever had something happen that was so racist, that you didn't even get mad? You were just like, "God damn" "That was race... that was racist!" I mean it was so blatant, you was just like, "Wow!!" Like it was almost, like it didn't even happen to you. It was like a fucking movie That was a... Like you was watching Mississippi burning. "Wow..." That happened to me. I was in Mississippi I was in Mississippi doing a show, and I go to a restaurant To order some food and uh I said to the guy I say I would like to have.. And before I even finish my sentence he says "The chicken!!" What the fuck?! I could not believe it. Could not believe that shit. This man was absolutely right! I said, "How did he know?" That I was gonna get some chicken I asked him, "How did you know that?" "How did you know I was gonna get some chicken?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "C'mon buddy, c'mon buddy" "Now ev'rybody knew, soon as you walked thru the God damn door" "You were gonna get some chicken" "It is no secret down here, that blacks and chicken" "Are quite fond of one another" Then I finally understood what he was saying, and I got upset I wasn't even mad, I was just upset. I wasn't ready to hear that shit All these years I thought I liked chicken because it was
delicious... Turns out, I'm genetically Predisposed to liking chicken! This shit is wack! I got no say in the matter I got ruined chicken for me, now I'm scared to eat it in public. I don't want to I don't want someone to see me and say something. You know what I mean you be eating some chicken *Chewing* "Look at him!" "He loves it" "Just like it said in the Encyclopedia" Look how happy he looks *Chewing* Sometimes this world is too much to deal with. That show business be crazy That's where the cultures really
collide. Show business bring a lot of races together Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't Here's one thing that happens that's funny. Y'know sometimes I'll be on a business call, right? You know like With the lawyers or something. You know my lawyers be white, and uh Like we'll be on a call, right? And they'll be like, "Okay Dave, we're going to close the deal. Is that fine with you?" I'll be like, "Yeah that's good for me" "Great, great! You have a good weekend, Dave!" I'll be like, "Alright you too man. Peace!" "Uhh, alright. Bye bye!" They don't know what to say, right? So sometimes Sometimes I'll make up shit, that's not even slang Just to see how they handle it and shit It'll be the same business call "Alright, we're going to close the deal. Is that fine with you, Dave?" "Yeah, sounds good to me." "Great!" "You have a good weekend, Dave!" "Alright buddy" "Zip it up and zip it out!" He'll be like "Uhhh" "Alright... Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah!" "Bye bye!" Sometimes you know, sometimes racism works out In Black people's favor. Yea, it doesn't happen often. It happens very rarely But when it happens, it is fucking Sweet I'm serious This one time, racism saved my life man I was I was on a plane... I was
coming, I was coming from overseas And uh I don't know how this guy got a machine gun on the plane but he stood up Man he said, "Everybody! Get on the fucking ground! Nobody look at my face!" I started freaking out. Because he was Chinese. I was like, "Why is he talking like that?" There was screaming and crying. I was the only brother on the plane, well I thought I was the only brother I looked over There was one other black dude, he was from Nigeria I looked over at him. He was looking right at my face man He didn't say two words to me, he just looked at me, he was like He didn't need to talk. I knew just what he was talking about, I looked right back at him I was like... Some white dudes on the front of the plane seen us they were like "Oh my God!" "I think those Black guys, are going to try to save us" Uhhh ummmm We were just communicating, that we understood the situation We were both seeing the same thing. What we understood was simple Terrorists don't take black hostages That's the truth. I have yet to see one of us on the news Reading the hostage letters "Uhhh, um. They is treating us good. Uhhh" "We all chillin' and shit" "I'd like to give a shoutout to Ray Ray and Big Steve, and uhh. Send some Newports! You are not going to see it Terrorists are smart, they know what they're doing there y'know They terrorists! They know, Black people are bad bargaining chips They call the White House. "Hello, we have got five Black..." "Hello?"
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