and I’ll say Taylor you say gang Taylor Taylor
Taylor
Taylor when I say Taylor you say gang Taylor
when I say Taylor you say gang Taylor
when I say Taylor you say gang Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor
Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor
Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor thank
Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor thank
Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor thank you so much
you so much
you so much thank you for being here these are not
thank you for being here these are not
thank you for being here these are not the eyes these are the lenses the mind
the eyes these are the lenses the mind
the eyes these are the lenses the mind lives here inside the visual cortex
lives here inside the visual cortex
lives here inside the visual cortex which is the reason that we don’t see
which is the reason that we don’t see
which is the reason that we don’t see things the way they we just see things
things the way they we just see things
things the way they we just see things the way we are you’re not some fly or
the way we are you’re not some fly or
the way we are you’re not some fly or fly trapped in a jar you are everything
fly trapped in a jar you are everything
fly trapped in a jar you are everything not just a star supervision see you on
not just a star supervision see you on
not just a star supervision see you on the other side the necessity to see
the other side the necessity to see
the other side the necessity to see yourself on the other side of your
yourself on the other side of your
yourself on the other side of your problems of any problems of all problems
problems of any problems of all problems
problems of any problems of all problems is a power that we all have that we were
is a power that we all have that we were
is a power that we all have that we were gifted with upon our creation to have
gifted with upon our creation to have
gifted with upon our creation to have the vision to see through the obstacles
the vision to see through the obstacles
the vision to see through the obstacles the brick walls pass the hindrances the
the brick walls pass the hindrances the
the brick walls pass the hindrances the obstacles through the people that would
obstacles through the people that would
obstacles through the people that would stop you with their words
when you look at me you see someone who
when you look at me you see someone who is popular a money maker relatively
is popular a money maker relatively
is popular a money maker relatively healthy hello handsome but what you
healthy hello handsome but what you
healthy hello handsome but what you don’t probably see is a little boy from
don’t probably see is a little boy from
don’t probably see is a little boy from the south side of Chicago who his mommy
the south side of Chicago who his mommy
the south side of Chicago who his mommy did love him so she broke his nose and
did love him so she broke his nose and
did love him so she broke his nose and blacked his eyes and took all the skin
blacked his eyes and took all the skin
blacked his eyes and took all the skin off the back of his right hand when he
off the back of his right hand when he
off the back of his right hand when he was six years old with the iron some
was six years old with the iron some
was six years old with the iron some people see a privileged kid that may
people see a privileged kid that may
people see a privileged kid that may have bullied in the school or bully
have bullied in the school or bully
have bullied in the school or bully someone they know or ostentation
someone they know or ostentation
someone they know or ostentation boyfriend broke their heart because we
boyfriend broke their heart because we
boyfriend broke their heart because we don’t see things the way they are we see
don’t see things the way they are we see
don’t see things the way they are we see things the way we are my mother never
things the way we are my mother never
things the way we are my mother never looked at me with loving eyes and
looked at me with loving eyes and
looked at me with loving eyes and because she did not activate certain
because she did not activate certain
because she did not activate certain parts of my brain with her gaze I
parts of my brain with her gaze I
parts of my brain with her gaze I couldn’t see the synapses firing behind
couldn’t see the synapses firing behind
couldn’t see the synapses firing behind her eyes in her real eye in her brain
her eyes in her real eye in her brain
her eyes in her real eye in her brain that would have activated certain neural
that would have activated certain neural
that would have activated certain neural patterns and some naps at synapse I so I
patterns and some naps at synapse I so I
patterns and some naps at synapse I so I developed some learning challenges
the first one very difficult for a
the first one very difficult for a little kid dyslexia dyslexia dealing
little kid dyslexia dyslexia dealing
little kid dyslexia dyslexia dealing with the miss ordering of letters in the
with the miss ordering of letters in the
with the miss ordering of letters in the lexicon the second one dysgraphia the
lexicon the second one dysgraphia the
lexicon the second one dysgraphia the inability to translate images from my
inability to translate images from my
inability to translate images from my mind through my hands onto a canvas be a
mind through my hands onto a canvas be a
mind through my hands onto a canvas be a paper or chalkboard the third
dyscalculia the inability to remember
dyscalculia the inability to remember numerical sequence anything past three
numerical sequence anything past three
numerical sequence anything past three numbers I’m lost
numbers I’m lost
numbers I’m lost so you can imagine how difficult this
so you can imagine how difficult this
so you can imagine how difficult this was in school and when you’re six years
was in school and when you’re six years
was in school and when you’re six years old and you should be at a first grade
old and you should be at a first grade
old and you should be at a first grade level and you’re not and the teacher
level and you’re not and the teacher
level and you’re not and the teacher says what’s wrong with you boy and your
says what’s wrong with you boy and your
says what’s wrong with you boy and your oxy says restaurant with you boy and the
oxy says restaurant with you boy and the
oxy says restaurant with you boy and the neighbors say what’s wrong with you boy
neighbors say what’s wrong with you boy
neighbors say what’s wrong with you boy and you have no answer it’s difficult it
and you have no answer it’s difficult it
and you have no answer it’s difficult it feels impossible at around the same age
feels impossible at around the same age
feels impossible at around the same age five or six my mother started to engage
five or six my mother started to engage
five or six my mother started to engage with me from a physical standpoint we
with me from a physical standpoint we
with me from a physical standpoint we started with spankings and moved to what
started with spankings and moved to what
started with spankings and moved to what we call whippings and then it that’s
we call whippings and then it that’s
we call whippings and then it that’s clearly quickly to hand-to-hand combat
where all I could do is try to defend
where all I could do is try to defend myself cover up as much as I could until
myself cover up as much as I could until
myself cover up as much as I could until she got tired of hitting my hands and
she got tired of hitting my hands and
she got tired of hitting my hands and say uncover so I had to take the
say uncover so I had to take the
say uncover so I had to take the brutality face on and when you’re a
brutality face on and when you’re a
brutality face on and when you’re a little kid and your face is falling all
little kid and your face is falling all
little kid and your face is falling all the time and you have to make excuses
the time and you have to make excuses
the time and you have to make excuses and say oh some boys beating me up oh
and say oh some boys beating me up oh
and say oh some boys beating me up oh that’s because some boys beat me up Oh
that’s because some boys beat me up Oh
that’s because some boys beat me up Oh some boys caught me on the way to the
some boys caught me on the way to the
some boys caught me on the way to the store and beat me up
store and beat me up
store and beat me up Oh on my way to school I got beat up
Oh on my way to school I got beat up
Oh on my way to school I got beat up though when you have a mother like I
though when you have a mother like I
though when you have a mother like I have who is very good gory
have who is very good gory
have who is very good gory and incredibly intelligent and could
and incredibly intelligent and could
and incredibly intelligent and could tell a story better than anybody
tell a story better than anybody
tell a story better than anybody it silenced the cries of a little boy on
it silenced the cries of a little boy on
it silenced the cries of a little boy on Southside Chicago with language
Southside Chicago with language
Southside Chicago with language challenges those challenges became my
challenges those challenges became my
challenges those challenges became my constant I began to see things
constant I began to see things
constant I began to see things differently I had to I was forced to I
differently I had to I was forced to I
differently I had to I was forced to I studied until I was eight years old till
studied until I was eight years old till
studied until I was eight years old till I forced myself to read from the board a
I forced myself to read from the board a
I forced myself to read from the board a second grade without stuttering from
second grade without stuttering from
second grade without stuttering from Friday to Monday morning I told myself I
Friday to Monday morning I told myself I
Friday to Monday morning I told myself I was going to not study not that I didn’t
was going to not study not that I didn’t
was going to not study not that I didn’t stomach so I’m stuttering now while
stomach so I’m stuttering now while
stomach so I’m stuttering now while developed a very rare skill called
developed a very rare skill called
developed a very rare skill called circumlocution when I was able to bypass
circumlocution when I was able to bypass
circumlocution when I was able to bypass my frontal lobe which is responsible for
my frontal lobe which is responsible for
my frontal lobe which is responsible for me tearing out words do certain gestures
me tearing out words do certain gestures
me tearing out words do certain gestures and using my breathing techniques and my
and using my breathing techniques and my
and using my breathing techniques and my xiphoid process to meet her out the
xiphoid process to meet her out the
xiphoid process to meet her out the words so that was the first thing I
words so that was the first thing I
words so that was the first thing I conquered writing was still difficult my
conquered writing was still difficult my
conquered writing was still difficult my handwriting was atrocious because of my
handwriting was atrocious because of my
handwriting was atrocious because of my dysgraphia so I would do a plus student
dysgraphia so I would do a plus student
dysgraphia so I would do a plus student effort to be a D student wasn’t easy and
effort to be a D student wasn’t easy and
effort to be a D student wasn’t easy and my father who worked all the time he
my father who worked all the time he
my father who worked all the time he didn’t see that the D evolution of his
didn’t see that the D evolution of his
didn’t see that the D evolution of his son from a Scholastic standpoint was
son from a Scholastic standpoint was
son from a Scholastic standpoint was from his wife because he was in love and
from his wife because he was in love and
from his wife because he was in love and he couldn’t see that his wife was
he couldn’t see that his wife was
he couldn’t see that his wife was destroying his son because we don’t see
destroying his son because we don’t see
destroying his son because we don’t see things the way they we just see
things the way they we just see
things the way they we just see the way we are so my father who would
the way we are so my father who would
the way we are so my father who would have been my protector became what is
have been my protector became what is
have been my protector became what is known in the clinical world as the
known in the clinical world as the
known in the clinical world as the unprotected parent so I grew disdain for
unprotected parent so I grew disdain for
unprotected parent so I grew disdain for him maybe even more than I did my mother
but there’s a certain vision that you
but there’s a certain vision that you can have that you can choose not to look
can have that you can choose not to look
can have that you can choose not to look at yourself through the eyes of your
at yourself through the eyes of your
at yourself through the eyes of your abuser your attacker your oppressor you
abuser your attacker your oppressor you
abuser your attacker your oppressor you can choose to turn these off and turn
can choose to turn these off and turn
can choose to turn these off and turn this on open eyes and a closed mind
equals a soul that’s blind you can be
equals a soul that’s blind you can be vision impaired but see more than a
vision impaired but see more than a
vision impaired but see more than a person who’s had the gift of sight the
person who’s had the gift of sight the
person who’s had the gift of sight the entire life so I began to see myself as
entire life so I began to see myself as
entire life so I began to see myself as beautiful every time something broke
beautiful every time something broke
beautiful every time something broke inside of me I collected it every time I
inside of me I collected it every time I
inside of me I collected it every time I cried out for mercy and those cries
cried out for mercy and those cries
cried out for mercy and those cries weren’t an answer something to me broke
weren’t an answer something to me broke
weren’t an answer something to me broke but I saved it I gathered it I swept it
but I saved it I gathered it I swept it
but I saved it I gathered it I swept it up I stapled it I glued it all back
up I stapled it I glued it all back
up I stapled it I glued it all back together and sadly and the first time I
together and sadly and the first time I
together and sadly and the first time I heard that I was beautiful I told it to
heard that I was beautiful I told it to
heard that I was beautiful I told it to myself and when I did that another world
myself and when I did that another world
myself and when I did that another world opened up and I’d had another condition
opened up and I’d had another condition
opened up and I’d had another condition called synesthesia synesthesia is when
called synesthesia synesthesia is when
called synesthesia synesthesia is when two or more senses meld together to make
two or more senses meld together to make
two or more senses meld together to make one new sense so this is pretty much how
one new sense so this is pretty much how
one new sense so this is pretty much how I see everything that I think except
I see everything that I think except
I see everything that I think except there are like a billion images in their
there are like a billion images in their
there are like a billion images in their letters if I learn a new language or
letters if I learn a new language or
letters if I learn a new language or come in contact with new language that
come in contact with new language that
come in contact with new language that language implements itself into this art
language implements itself into this art
language implements itself into this art and that’s how I make music the melody I
and that’s how I make music the melody I
and that’s how I make music the melody I just sang I made it up on the plane this
just sang I made it up on the plane this
just sang I made it up on the plane this morning
morning
morning and I can do five of them here if I
and I can do five of them here if I
and I can do five of them here if I needed to because everything that I come
needed to because everything that I come
needed to because everything that I come in contact when my mind has a sound it
in contact when my mind has a sound it
in contact when my mind has a sound it has a melody to it so I actually can see
has a melody to it so I actually can see
has a melody to it so I actually can see sounds so the things that were my
sounds so the things that were my
sounds so the things that were my inhibitors became my gifts because I
inhibitors became my gifts because I
inhibitors became my gifts because I told myself I was beautiful so that
told myself I was beautiful so that
told myself I was beautiful so that meant everything that I had had value
meant everything that I had had value
meant everything that I had had value everything about me had value and if it
everything about me had value and if it
everything about me had value and if it has value it can be a resource and I can
has value it can be a resource and I can
has value it can be a resource and I can become resourceful with resources and I
become resourceful with resources and I
become resourceful with resources and I could build my own self I could make it
could build my own self I could make it
could build my own self I could make it the person that I want it to be I could
the person that I want it to be I could
the person that I want it to be I could make someone that was brave and strong
make someone that was brave and strong
make someone that was brave and strong and courageous and outgoing imagine when
and courageous and outgoing imagine when
and courageous and outgoing imagine when you are unconfident you stumble you trip
you are unconfident you stumble you trip
you are unconfident you stumble you trip a lot so you’re called clumsy you’re
a lot so you’re called clumsy you’re
a lot so you’re called clumsy you’re uncertain how to move things in your
uncertain how to move things in your
uncertain how to move things in your general vicinity they call you slow but
general vicinity they call you slow but
general vicinity they call you slow but those metered steps and those
those metered steps and those
those metered steps and those intentional movements served me well in
intentional movements served me well in
intentional movements served me well in doing what I do for a living now which
doing what I do for a living now which
doing what I do for a living now which is writing and creating music and those
is writing and creating music and those
is writing and creating music and those broken parts me learning how to put
broken parts me learning how to put
broken parts me learning how to put those broken parts together allow me to
those broken parts together allow me to
those broken parts together allow me to have superior problem-solving skills
have superior problem-solving skills
have superior problem-solving skills which is creativity and now I work with
which is creativity and now I work with
which is creativity and now I work with something most creative people in the
something most creative people in the
something most creative people in the world
world
world Kanye West Beyonce
Kanye West Beyonce
Kanye West Beyonce John Legend I don’t ravine with Khalifa
John Legend I don’t ravine with Khalifa
John Legend I don’t ravine with Khalifa Taylor guy amber rose and we get
Taylor guy amber rose and we get
Taylor guy amber rose and we get together to find solutions to the broken
together to find solutions to the broken
together to find solutions to the broken things we see in our world with our
things we see in our world with our
things we see in our world with our supervision
supervision
supervision I saw another meet on the outside the
I saw another meet on the outside the
I saw another meet on the outside the other side of my issues and my problems
other side of my issues and my problems
other side of my issues and my problems I saw a giant where a dwarf would have
I saw a giant where a dwarf would have
I saw a giant where a dwarf would have existed super vision I turned on my
existed super vision I turned on my
existed super vision I turned on my superpower the only one I had I
superpower the only one I had I
superpower the only one I had I activated it this one we all have some
activated it this one we all have some
activated it this one we all have some people can jump out the gymnasium that
people can jump out the gymnasium that
people can jump out the gymnasium that wasn’t me I didn’t have that power but I
wasn’t me I didn’t have that power but I
wasn’t me I didn’t have that power but I had super vision and now I supervise
had super vision and now I supervise
had super vision and now I supervise others and with that vision me and my
others and with that vision me and my
others and with that vision me and my friends that I just mentioned we go
friends that I just mentioned we go
friends that I just mentioned we go around the world looking for people who
around the world looking for people who
around the world looking for people who are resourceful who have been broken and
are resourceful who have been broken and
are resourceful who have been broken and learned to fix the broken parts and turn
learned to fix the broken parts and turn
learned to fix the broken parts and turn into something magnanimous something
into something magnanimous something
into something magnanimous something beautiful something useful and there’s
beautiful something useful and there’s
beautiful something useful and there’s some companies that we have found and as
some companies that we have found and as
some companies that we have found and as others we were looking for we are
others we were looking for we are
others we were looking for we are certain that there’s millions the body
certain that there’s millions the body
certain that there’s millions the body believes everything you say see those
believes everything you say see those
believes everything you say see those broken parts as beautiful as valuable as
broken parts as beautiful as valuable as
broken parts as beautiful as valuable as a resource because those of us who have
a resource because those of us who have
a resource because those of us who have been broken we have the ability the
been broken we have the ability the
been broken we have the ability the uncanny ability to fix things and
uncanny ability to fix things and
uncanny ability to fix things and resurrect and write things we don’t see
resurrect and write things we don’t see
resurrect and write things we don’t see things the way they we just see things
things the way they we just see things
things the way they we just see things the way we are you’re not some firefly
the way we are you’re not some firefly
the way we are you’re not some firefly in a jar
in a jar
you are everything not just good music
you are everything not just good music [Applause]
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