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Recording Artist and Entrepreneur Kendrick S. Bridges stops by Conversations LIVE · Cyrus Webb's tracks

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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations Live. I'm your host,
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Speaker 1: Cyrus Webb. Glad you all could join us once again
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Speaker 1: with us. Also, join us online worldwide via our podcast
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Speaker 1: at iHeartRadio and Amazon Music. We're glad you all could
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Speaker 1: be with us as well. We always are trying to
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Speaker 1: spotlight individuals that are not only pursuing their own goals
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Speaker 1: and dreams, but also reminding other people about what's possible,
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Speaker 1: and that's exactly what our next guest is doing today.
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Speaker 1: We're excited to welcome Kendrick as Bridges to our broadcast today.
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Speaker 1: You guys may know Kendrick because of his music. For
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Speaker 1: those of you, of course, who follow us on Amazon,
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Speaker 1: you know he has singles like Trippin' Over You and
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Speaker 1: You Are the One. But he also is an entrepreneur
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Speaker 1: as well. He's involved in business too. We're going to
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Speaker 1: talk to Kendrick not only about what it's been like
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Speaker 1: for him to do what he loves, but also to
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Speaker 1: be able to share that with all of you and
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Speaker 1: to see the response. If you all are not staying
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Speaker 1: connected with Kendrick, we'll let you know how to do
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Speaker 1: that too. But Kendrick, welcome to the program, man.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Matt.
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Speaker 1: Look, it's glad to have you on. First of all,
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Speaker 1: let me say congratulations to you on another big year, 2026.
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Speaker 1: You've been involved in a lot. As I mentioned to
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Speaker 1: you before you went on here, I've been following you
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Speaker 1: when it comes to the music, but also on what
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Speaker 1: you're doing in business. So, Kendra, what has it been
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Speaker 1: like for you to kind of reflect on this year
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Speaker 1: and think about all the things you've been able to do?
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Speaker 2: Man, you know, it's such a blessing. You know, I'm
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Speaker 2: very blessed to even have opportunities come to me, you know,
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Speaker 2: so I can pursue the things that I like doing.
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Speaker 2: the things that I love, you know. And, man, it's
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Speaker 2: just been, you know, a wonderful year. Man, God has
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Speaker 2: blessed me with my strength, you know, to persevere through,
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Speaker 2: you know, certain things that happen in and out of life. But,
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Speaker 2: you know, it's still such a blessing to be able to,
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Speaker 2: you know, even have a functioning business, you know. And
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Speaker 2: I was blessed to have a great business partner, you know,
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Speaker 2: and just different stuff like that, you know. So, man,
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Speaker 2: I'm very blessed.
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Speaker 1: So let's go back a little bit, Kendrick, for those
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Speaker 1: who have not been following you, and as I mentioned,
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Speaker 1: we're going to let people know how to do that.
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Speaker 1: When did you first realize that you had a gift,
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Speaker 1: and particularly with music? When did you know that music
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Speaker 1: was something that you definitely were interested in?
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Speaker 2: Man, listen, I've been involved in music all of my
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Speaker 2: life ever since I was a small child. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I grew up in a church, and my father, he
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Speaker 2: had a gospel group. So I was always around music.
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Speaker 2: You know, my niece played the piano in the church.
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Speaker 2: We had a quartet group, you know, when I was
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Speaker 2: very young and, you know, doing talent shows and different
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Speaker 2: stuff like that, you know, early on in my life. So,
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Speaker 2: you know, music kind of, you know, it kind of
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Speaker 2: chose me, you know. So, you know, I've been, like
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Speaker 2: I say, I've been blessed and God blessed me with
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Speaker 2: the gift of music and, you know, So, I mean,
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Speaker 2: it follows me throughout my life, everywhere I go. I
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Speaker 2: hear it all the time. I see it all the time,
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Speaker 2: you know. It's like a switch, man, that, you know,
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Speaker 2: I can't never set off. So, you know, and I've
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Speaker 2: been around it all of my life. I come from
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Speaker 2: a musical background, a musical family. So I've been around
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Speaker 2: it all of my life, and it kind of chose me.
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Speaker 2: You know, I was like, you know, it was one
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Speaker 2: of those gifts that God gave me at birth.
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Speaker 1: So that's interesting then. So what about your own particular style?
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Speaker 1: Because I think that's one thing that people appreciate you.
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Speaker 1: We see you on Facebook in particular. You go live.
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Speaker 1: You'll be singing a bit. How did you decide on
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Speaker 1: your own style, Kendrick, and what type of music you
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Speaker 1: wanted to do?
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Speaker 2: Because I've been around it all of my life. Grew
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Speaker 2: up in a house where my mom played music all
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Speaker 2: the time. You know what I mean? She always had
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Speaker 2: it on Kixie 107 or 9.1 or even going to
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Speaker 2: blues shows when I was younger. You know, so, you know,
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Speaker 2: I kind of developed that style from, you know, the
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Speaker 2: type of music that I grew up listening to. But,
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Speaker 2: you know, I'm very diverse because I like all kinds
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Speaker 2: of music. It's not just one particular style of music
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Speaker 2: that I like, but, you know, I do prefer to
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Speaker 2: just sing soul music. But, you know, I like all
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Speaker 2: different genres of music, and I write all different types.
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Speaker 1: Of music, you know?
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Speaker 2: Right. Right.
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Speaker 1: And our audience can definitely be able to enjoy that,
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Speaker 1: not only here on Amazon, but also, of course, through
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Speaker 1: other sites as well. But the other side is, as
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Speaker 1: I mentioned in my intro, Kendrick, you not only are
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Speaker 1: making a name for yourself in music, you're making yourself
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Speaker 1: for a name in business as well. You have the
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Speaker 1: Vintage Hotspot. I've been seeing you post about that. Talk
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Speaker 1: to us about that. How did you kind of not
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Speaker 1: only be able to develop your own love of fashion yourself,
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Speaker 1: but also to be able to go into entrepreneurism and
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Speaker 1: be able to show that in different ways?
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Speaker 2: You know, it's kind of funny how that came about.
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Speaker 2: I've been in the estate business for 15 years. Me
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Speaker 2: and my partner, David Murrow, we started that business about
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Speaker 2: 15 years ago. And, you know, so I used to
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Speaker 2: always see like the older clothes. I've always been attracted
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Speaker 2: to Venice clothes anyway. And, you know, I always have
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Speaker 2: had like an online store business. sold vintage clothes and
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Speaker 2: different stuff like that. And then, you know, with me
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Speaker 2: having the estate business with my partner, David, you know,
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Speaker 2: and then I was thinking, I was like, well, you know,
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Speaker 2: this is a great opportunity right here to be able
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Speaker 2: to create some and see, you know, my online business with,
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Speaker 2: you know, the apparel. And so, you know, I was
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Speaker 2: selling out of my garage and then, you know, one
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Speaker 2: day David called me because I posted something online, and
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Speaker 2: he saw it, and he was like, hey, man, listen,
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Speaker 2: you know, we're getting ready to, you know, reinvent our
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Speaker 2: business and move to another location. He was like, why
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Speaker 2: don't you, you know, create the Vintage Hotspot there, man,
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Speaker 2: you know? And so that was an opportunity for me to,
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Speaker 2: you know, create the store and open the store and,
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Speaker 2: you know, feed the public, not just people online, but
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Speaker 2: just actually feed the public, you know... with things from
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Speaker 2: the past, you know, like Venice Clothes, and, you know,
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Speaker 2: I noticed that, you know, I started developing, you know,
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Speaker 2: a good following online, and, man, people was reaching out
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Speaker 2: from different cities and different stuff like that and wanting
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Speaker 2: to come because I was selling out of my garage, and,
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Speaker 2: you know, people was wanting to come out of state
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Speaker 2: to my house, to my garage, man, and that was
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Speaker 2: mind-blowing to me, man, and I, you know, I realized,
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Speaker 2: I was like, you know, if I must have some
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Speaker 2: very good pieces, you know, people would taking their time
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Speaker 2: to leave their state and come to my garage here
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Speaker 2: in Mississippi, man. So, you know, that was like, you know,
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Speaker 2: that was mind-blowing to me, man, and I really do
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Speaker 2: appreciate every customer that came and saw me and done
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Speaker 2: business with me, man. And so, you know, I say this,
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Speaker 2: I say that to say this, like, you know, if
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Speaker 2: you've got a dream, you know, hold on to it, man, because,
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Speaker 2: you know, be very appreciative of humble beginnings. You know
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Speaker 2: what I mean? Because you never know, you know, something
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Speaker 2: small can turn into something gigantic. You know, if you
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Speaker 2: stay consistent and you keep good people around you, man,
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Speaker 2: God will bless you and put you in certain positions
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Speaker 2: that you never thought you would be in.
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Speaker 1: Man, that's such a great point, man, and I totally
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Speaker 1: agree with you. And I think your life and what
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Speaker 1: you've been able to do, Kendrick, is a great example
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Speaker 1: of that, right? But you said something I want to
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Speaker 1: go back to, because especially when it comes to the
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Speaker 1: vintage hotspot, and again, we're going to let our audience know,
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Speaker 1: how to stay connected with you so they can find
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Speaker 1: out more information. Here you are, you started with something,
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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, you know, in one place, and now
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Speaker 1: you've been able to see it grow, you know, there
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Speaker 1: in Canton. And as you mentioned, you know, not only,
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Speaker 1: of course, being able to share it online, but also
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Speaker 1: have a physical place. Do you still have those wow
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Speaker 1: moments when you think about how it all started and
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Speaker 1: where you are today?
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Speaker 2: Man, you know, I reflect on that all the time.
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Speaker 2: As far as, man, I was just, you know, the
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Speaker 2: other night, man, you know, when I wind down and
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Speaker 2: get to the house, man, I just... you know, I
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Speaker 2: sit and I think, you know, and I like to
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Speaker 2: drink a little wine before bed, man, and I just
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Speaker 2: sit and just, you know, and talk to my wife
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Speaker 2: and just, you know, think about how far, you know,
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Speaker 2: we've came, you know, together, and man, yeah, man, it's always,
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Speaker 2: you know, like, wow, you know, you never know how
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Speaker 2: things are going to work out, and people always worry
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Speaker 2: about how things are going to work out, but see,
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Speaker 2: the thing is about you know, having, you know, faith,
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Speaker 2: you know, God even already worked that thing out for you. Right.
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Speaker 2: And you worry about it, but it's already worked out
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Speaker 2: for you. So the thing that you're worrying about, you
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Speaker 2: don't even have to worry about because when he puts
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Speaker 2: it together, it's always the wow factor. It's always like, man,
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Speaker 2: I never thought that it would come together this way
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Speaker 2: because in your mind, you're thinking that it's going to
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Speaker 2: work another way. But then he has such a beautiful
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Speaker 2: way of working things out for you that, you know, it's...
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Speaker 2: Your blessings, you know, arise right on time.
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Speaker 1: Exactly. I think that's it, man, and you're living proof
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Speaker 1: of that. I want to say for those who are
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Speaker 1: just tuning in, welcome. You're listening to Conversations Live. We're
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Speaker 1: excited to welcome Kendrick S. Bridges to our broadcast today.
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Speaker 1: You know him as a recording artist. He's an entrepreneur,
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Speaker 1: an individual who's been able to not only have a
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Speaker 1: dream but also turn it into reality. He has music
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Speaker 1: that's available on all the platforms, including our partner here
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Speaker 1: at Amazon, but also he has the Vintage Hotspot in
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Speaker 1: Mississippi where you're able to visit. We're going to remind
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Speaker 1: you of that as well. And, Kendrick, the other side
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Speaker 1: of this, too, and this has always been big for
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Speaker 1: me in my life, it's not enough for me to
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Speaker 1: be able to do what I love. I love the
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Speaker 1: fact that I can inspire other people. How does that
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Speaker 1: feel to know that we're talking about in business or
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Speaker 1: in music or just in your attitude how you've been
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Speaker 1: able to inspire other people and motivate them when it
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Speaker 1: comes to pursuing their own goals and dreams?
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Speaker 2: Man, you know, that's really a touchy subject for me because,
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Speaker 2: you know, I mean, you know, it's not easy being
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Speaker 2: an entrepreneur. And then, you know, it's a lot of
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Speaker 2: years that you're going to go through, you know, hard
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Speaker 2: times and, you know, trying times. But if you believe
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Speaker 2: in something within yourself and then you have a community
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Speaker 2: of people that show you love and appreciate the things
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Speaker 2: that you do and they believe in you too, then,
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Speaker 2: you know, you'll get through it. You know what I'm saying?
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Speaker 2: You'll find yourself, you know, experiencing inspiring others without you
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Speaker 2: even realizing that you're inspiring others. So, you know, always,
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Speaker 2: you know, you know, be attentive and be, you know, grounding,
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Speaker 2: you know, because people are always watching you, even if
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Speaker 2: they don't, you know, support you or tell you, they're
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Speaker 2: always watching. And, you know, you are inspiring a person to,
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Speaker 2: without you even knowing it, just by them watching you.
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Speaker 2: And because a lot of people don't have the courage
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Speaker 2: to do certain things that they want to do, they
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Speaker 2: might have a dream, but, you know, they're afraid of
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Speaker 2: what people might think or what, you know, how society
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Speaker 2: might view them. But through watching you, you give them
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Speaker 2: the encouragement that they need. You know what I mean? So,
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Speaker 2: you know, you have to be that light, man. Even
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Speaker 2: when things look dim, even when things look dark, you
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Speaker 2: just have to pray and find your way because... you know,
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Speaker 2: it was many times that I wanted to quit. It's
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Speaker 2: still many times that I have trying times, but I,
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Speaker 2: you know, I, I try to persevere and push through,
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Speaker 2: push through that thing because I have so many people that,
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Speaker 2: that love what I do. I have so many people
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Speaker 2: that come up to me and tell me, you know,
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Speaker 2: I'm such a blessing to them. And that's what keeps
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Speaker 2: me going. You know what I mean? And, you know,
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Speaker 2: for a stranger to walk up to you and tell
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Speaker 2: you that, you know, uh, uh, you're the reason that
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Speaker 2: they got through something. Or, you know, your song helped them.
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Speaker 2: Or you have such a wonderful story. You have, you know,
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Speaker 2: I love the way that, you know, you curated everything.
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Speaker 2: You know, that means a lot because, you know, when
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Speaker 2: you build it from the ground up with your own
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Speaker 2: hands and then somebody tells you how much they appreciate
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Speaker 2: what you built, man, that's a beautiful thing. Exactly.
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Speaker 1: You repost a lot of things on your Facebook page, Kendrick.
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Speaker 1: There's something when I was preparing for this conversation with you,
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Speaker 1: something that you shared on September the 3rd I wanted
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Speaker 1: to read and for us to talk about. You re-shared
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Speaker 1: something that said, I'm obsessed with where I want to
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Speaker 1: be in life, and I'm delusional enough to believe I
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Speaker 1: can do it. How important has it been for you,
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Speaker 1: no matter if you don't get the support, how important
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Speaker 1: has it been for you to never– doubt yourself and
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Speaker 1: always believe that you can, even when things don't look possible.
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Speaker 2: It's very important. It's very important to believe in self.
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Speaker 2: And you like, like, you know, the quote said that
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Speaker 2: you have to, you have to be man downright delusional,
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Speaker 2: downright crazy, obsessed, you know, over your dream because nobody
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Speaker 2: is going to put forth the effort and the belief
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Speaker 2: and the know-how and the grind, you know, in it
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Speaker 2: like you. You know what I mean? You can have
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Speaker 2: a dream, but, you know, nobody's going to believe in
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Speaker 2: your dream the way you do. People will be with
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Speaker 2: you to a certain extent, and then once one thing
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Speaker 2: goes wrong, they out of here. Yeah. You know what
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Speaker 2: I mean? You know what I'm saying? Right. So, you know,
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Speaker 2: if you believe it, you know what I'm saying, you
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Speaker 2: can achieve it. You know what I mean? And I
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Speaker 2: stand on that, you know, and I know that's such
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Speaker 2: a cliche, but Man, listen, that is so true. You
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Speaker 2: have to believe in what you're doing in order to
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Speaker 2: bring it into fruition. You know what I mean? So,
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Speaker 2: you know, believe in yourself. No matter what happens, no
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Speaker 2: matter who come and go in your life, God gave
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Speaker 2: you that vision. He didn't give it to them. God
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Speaker 2: gave it to you. And so, therefore, people are not
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Speaker 2: going to be able to see what you see. You
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Speaker 2: know what I'm saying? Because it's not meant for them
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Speaker 2: to see it. He gave that vision to you. He
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Speaker 2: gave that dream to you. You know where you want
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Speaker 2: to be in life. You know where you're trying to go.
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Speaker 2: You know how many steps it's going to take to
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Speaker 2: go up the ladder to get to where you need
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Speaker 2: to go. You know what I mean? So do what
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Speaker 2: you got to do. Protect your dream. Always stay away
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Speaker 2: from small-minded people because they will never understand a big brain.
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Speaker 2: They will never. You know what I mean? Just love
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Speaker 2: what you do. Protect your dream. Believe in yourself. And
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Speaker 2: just go for it. That's all you have to do.
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Speaker 2: You have to jump. I heard Steve Harvey say something
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Speaker 2: one time that I was listening to him. He said that,
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Speaker 2: you know, you have to be able to jump off
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Speaker 2: the cliff. You see everybody else jumping off the cliff, gliding,
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Speaker 2: and you're standing there. And you're wondering which way they
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Speaker 2: went when they jumped. Standing there, you know, being stagnated,
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Speaker 2: knowing that you want to take that chance, take that leap,
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Speaker 2: but you're afraid to. The moment that you get comfortable
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Speaker 2: with being uncomfortable, that's where the blessing is.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I totally agree, man. I totally agree, man. You're
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Speaker 1: definitely showing people by example what's possible. Again, everyone, Kendrick S.
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Speaker 1: Bridges has been our guest. He's a recording artist, entrepreneur,
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Speaker 1: someone who's been able to dream big and see those
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Speaker 1: dreams become a reality. Kendrick, man, congratulations to you again
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Speaker 1: on everything that's been happening this year, everything that's led
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Speaker 1: up to this year for sure.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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Speaker 1: How can our audience, I know the music's available through
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Speaker 1: the streaming platforms, our friends here at Amazon, but also
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Speaker 1: the other places, too. How can they stay connected with you?
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Speaker 2: Listen, you can find me on Facebook, Kendrick S. Bridges.
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Speaker 2: You can find me on Instagram, Kendrick S. Bridges, Kendrick
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Speaker 2: Bridges Music, Music Recording. You can follow my Instagram page
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Speaker 2: at TheVintageHotSpot. You can follow my TikTok page. vintage and
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Speaker 2: blues music. So, you know, and I'm on all streaming platforms,
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Speaker 2: you know, Apple music, Spotify, uh, Amazon, you know, I'm everywhere.
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Speaker 2: So you can even Google me, Google me and everything
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Speaker 2: will pop up on what you want to know about me,
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Speaker 2: the story and et cetera.
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Speaker 1: All right, man. Well, look, looking forward to our next
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Speaker 1: chat together, man. Thanks again for stopping by. I really
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Speaker 1: appreciate it.
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Speaker 2: Definitely. Thank you, Cyrus. I really mean it. And I
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Speaker 2: really do appreciate it, man. Uh, for you to even
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Speaker 2: take the time out to even recognize me, man. Thank
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Speaker 2: you so much, and God bless you as well. Thank you, man.
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Speaker 1: God bless you, too. And we thank your audience for
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Speaker 1: tuning in to another great segment of Conversations Live. Until
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Speaker 1: next time, I'm your host, Cyrus Webling. As always, enjoy
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Speaker 1: your day, enjoy your life, enjoy your world. Thank you
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Speaker 1: go make today amazing. Take care.