If you're not worth speaking on, then you haven't adequately done your job.

I know what it's like to be so distracted by your surroundings and in the moment that it's seemingly impossible to not get caught up in 'em. I know what it's like to feel so much smaller than the activities of your environment that you can't see how not to succumb to 'em. I know what it's like to not be able to focus in class due to real life hunger pangs. I know what it's like to be disruptive just to pass the time and take your mind off what's lacking at home. I know what it's like to be laughed at by your teacher when you tell them what you hope to be in life.

We must keep ourselves busy with finding ways to generate wealth for generations to come and work to pass down things to our children for them to pass down to their children.

We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.

We cannot continue to get caught up in having material abundance and yet be fundamentally and spiritually broke.

You see somewhere along the way, we've allowed the pursuit of fame and things to blind us to the issues that prevent us from moving upward.

I don't think there's anything wrong with sitting down with people as long as you understand that there are needs to be met and purposes to be served.