Greetings, greetings, what's another episode of Truth to Power. I know it's been a long time since you heard those words. However, nonetheless, here we are. Here we are.
Now, I wanted to talk about housekeeping. I wanted to talk about housekeeping, and I wanted to talk about it. Well, but also don't know, we start there. But also don't know, annually at the end of the year.
I have a housekeeping episode. So what's that talk about cleaning house? Getting rid of old habits or friends that did not serve meat and share is exactly better for the next year. And lo and behold, it's been a long year through hurricanes and to movies, both cells and releasing a book.
I've been off social media for half the year, which was good. I was just going to tell right there, no pharma social media for the whole year. Despite people trying to get me on social media, be back on social media, the social media for me for the whole year. And so my book was finished, I've released in a book, shooting a movie for the book, winning awards for the script that I wrote.
And it's been a year. I released two books this year. I'm on my way to releasing a third one. So it has been busy.
I've been a busy fellow, no doubt about it. Seems like I released three books a year anyway. No doubt about that. As my father would say, no doubt about it.
Anyway, I was reflecting over my friendships and things like that. And people my associates and people that I associate with. And people that I've been around, people that I've tried to be of service to, people that I've loved, people who I've thought loved me. And I had to do some reflecting.
And I'm texting every story, some something with story of times. And I've tried this year. I really did try it to be more of a softer human being. I have a real hand story of me that you cannot be a something human being as a man.
Just one word, just one word. People will take that for weeks. People will think that you have grown so. And I even asked the question on my Instagram too.
I asked the question I said, listen, how many times must I win in front of you in order for you to believe in me? And then I asked my own question and I said, you know what, no one, I had to keep on winning. But I've come to the conclusion that this whole notion of housekeeping and cleaning is willing to protect my peace. It is willing to protect my peace.
My peace of mine, my overall peace, mental health, everything, spiritual health, physical health, everything. That's what this notion of housekeeping and house cleaning is all about. And I've learned how to put things into a proper place. And I've come to listen to them.
I've come to listen to them. And I've come to peace with them. Now, people may not notice. But I give phone calls and text messages all the time about people seeking counsel.
People are always seeking counsel from me. Why? Because they seem like I can do. They seem like I can do with limited resources.
So as my resources got to grow a bit, they're going to see what I can do with more resources. And as I told people before, I haven't even spent the checkout of New Orleans Paletteys. So when knowing a food come out and there's a smash and success, the only person that's going to be surprised is the people that didn't believe in the first place. But back to housekeeping, back to housekeeping before we get all the sudden.
People coming to your life, and they don't always come with the best intentions. Not at all. Anytime I don't answer somebody, it's not always trying to come in with the best intentions. All the time.
I always do that. And I know people are saying that they don't owe people the best intentions, however, in my opinion, I owe that to people. I owe that to my grandmother. I owe that to my father.
I owe that to my mother. I owe that to my brother. I owe that to my sister. I owe that to them.
To be the best version of myself when I'm in the presence. Because I would think that they would think that they would be the best version of themselves when they're around me. Because when you start talking like you don't really care about the people that have been there for you, at that point, you're not even being strategically selfish. It has been selfish.
Now, I can understand being strategically selfish, because that way you benefit everybody. But being not being as strategically selfish, I can't understand it too much. Nor do I get it. When you're in my presence and you claim to be a friend of mine, you claim to be family of mine, then I expect for you to be the best version of yourself when you're in my presence.
I mean, in aspect, for you to do right by me, just like I'm going to do right by you. That order to me. And I feel like you want me to be. The reciprocity, the name of the game.
It's going to be some give and take, some place of minuses. And then in the day, the longest to equal is reciprocity and loyalty. I have no problem with it. Greetings.
I'm back. I'm back. I don't enter some time, but I'm back. I've been, for those who don't know, I've been filming Lo Hanging Fruit, which is based off of my number one book on Amazon.
I've got to check that out. But I really want to talk about, get into my housekeeping episode. I want to, I actually want to do things a little bit differently this time around. I really wanted to talk about some of the people that I'm thankful for.
I really did. Because sometimes in life, you move so fast, you go around, you're doing all these things. And sometimes it's easy to, when you've got people that do things so effortlessly, and things that are so, so natural to them, like having your back, which I find to be extraordinary to say at least, but people like this are very rare. And you know, first up, I really want to say, first person I want to give thanks to, Dani Chadornel, my best friend, my rider, died.
Let me tell you all something about this moment. Every project I have, everything I'm doing, if I post it, she's reposting it. If I'm in town in Houston, I always got to place the state. Any time I'm out with her, I know she got my back.
Not physically, I'm not talking about physical, I got her back and never grow up. It's not somebody else, but she got my back and never grow up too. Cause she don't like when female weight is missing my name. Female weight or missing my name, she'll be on your way.
But this lady has been there with me through a thick and thin, through it all man. And you know, she's one of those people that you can't clean house on, she's one of those rare gems that you just don't buy and every day. I want to shout out my brother. Another person that's there for me, calls me, check up on me, have a good conversation.
Even though we are both hello busy people and very productive people, he takes the time to check up on your boy from time to time whenever you can. And if you heard us on the show, then you know how close our relationship is. You can kind of sense that and the way that we talk to each other, how we greet each other on the show and things like that. Next up, now this one, this one very shy some people because we argue all the time.
As a matter of fact, when I had it on the show, when I had it on Truth the Power, I think there's not episode where we didn't argue. However, I'm going to say this and I'm going to say this as loudly and as proud as I can. I met this woman in 2014. 2014, we've been arguing ever since.
All right, however, there's no doubts. When it comes down to having my back, there's no doubt that Kiana Simmons is gonna be the person that's gon' ride with your boy. One of the people that's gon' ride with your boy. Okay?
That's another person. Listen, projects, post them, repost them. Whenever she can, she's a very unproductive individual as well as I'd like to surround myself around productive individuals. Very thoughtful, kind, always got my back.
Even though we argue, we argue about the size of the moon. We gon' argue, we gon' argue. We gon' have our differences. But when it's all sitting down, when it's smoke clears, she gon' have my back.
And you're betting, let me tell you something else. You're betting I mess with you. You're betting I mess with me. She gon' take greater offense to that.
And these people I'm talking about, man, not all of them are relatives with the exception of my brother. They are family. You understand? Family.
And I know this episode, making some people upset and thinking, well, you know, I've been a guitarist. Why haven't you mentioned me? Because something within your character or something that you said or something that you did, either really offended me. To the point that I'm questioning your authenticity as my friend, as somebody that's in my life.
Cause you probably be right on the border of being cleaned out the house. But something you did probably really offended me or saw some character flaws within you. That didn't like this show. And like the brother, Jason Black, said it.
Everybody made an instance in 2021. Man, I'm making out with us in 2022. So I like to do some housekeeping. I like to do some house cleaning.
Some people have to go up on their black list. Some people started with some great momentum, but some people have to go on their black list. Hell, some of y'all might go back on a black list. Or some of y'all might go on a black list.
We don't know. But for the most part, if you're being mentioned tonight, you're pretty much safe in my life. And I'm not trying to stay or put on this thing. Like I'm just the greatest person ever to know, but I'm on my way.
I'm on my way. You can see the trajectory. I'm on my way. And a lot of people know that.
I am on my way. And I'm making new acquaintances this year too. They have been there for me. They have supported me.
We're not in the game. I'd rather show my mission more people. But I just wanted to mention that triangle of people that are pretty much my go-to people. When it seems like things are falling apart.
It seems like things won't go exactly my way because I want things to go exactly my way. But those are people that hold me down. They really and truly do. They hold me down.
And I'm kind of doing this episode day by day. Probably 10 minutes at a time. All together you may get a whole hour audio, but I just wanted to make that known and make these people known in my life that I do appreciate you. That I do love you truly.
The truth is definition of love. That could possibly be out there. I know I'm somewhat pessimistic when it comes to the work, but I want you guys to know that. And I know that when you listen to this episode, it's going to touch you.
It's going to make you feel some type of weight, but it's just want to let you guys know that I love you. Thank you for having my bank. And when I finally do pop, you get anything you want. No questions, I just...
If I'm moving along with this episode, you know man? I'm a very resourceful individual. I am. I know people in high places.
I know a little bit of everybody. Now, people are going to underestimate you. And you know, I've been estimated this entire year, for whatever reason, by people. Had two top five books on Amazon.
Three in the calendar year. Three within the calendar year. And I'm working on my fourth one. Well, that doesn't just be the first one of the new calendar year, because it's like a fourth quarter, I went over the cases.
But we're going to children's book called Shana Staro. I'm actually done with them just getting everything formatted and things like they edited and everything else. They'll be available on Amazon. I'm looking for that to be a best-seller as well.
But people will doubt you. People say, I'm the handy compliments to you. But you gotta keep going. You gotta keep going.
You just got to. Now, throughout the year, people have sold their ass. People have downright disrespected. Just about everything that I stand for.
And the crazy thing is, they thought I was going to stand for it. And I'm not. I will cut you out my life without giving it a second thought. And as a matter of fact, they had to be done this year.
Wait, the family member that, you know, that was close with last year, had to be done. It just had to be done. Now, I stand, some people got predictaments. Some people feel itself.
They can talk crazy to you. And you have to accept it. Some people start to think that you need them when you don't. Now, like I said, feeling a low-hanging fruit with no small taste.
It has been no small taste. It's like any buying a film industry. You ask them about filming them or trying to do something great. No small taste that you want to put on.
So you tend to be in your own world to a certain degree. You start to look at things a little bit differently. And sometimes, you just want to stay to yourself. You don't want me to harm, but don't feel intentions by staying to yourself, but you need that space so you can grow.
And some people tend to take offense to that. Not because they didn't get too done to them personally, but because they've probably done something to you personally that you haven't figured out yet. But they think that you know what they did. So that's not speaking to you.
And kind of job some beef. That was not existing in the first place. Oh, but let me tell you something. And I won't say readily what you did.
I'm just gonna say, you know who you are if you're listening. Oh yeah, I know what you did. And not only that, I know other secrets too. You understand?
So before you start thinking that you could go to war with the general, first, you need to check your resources. Dean, you need to get your information straight. Dean, you gotta see if you're mostly equipped for that because I am. I'm speaking that regular person right now.
You know who you are. And man, you know what? I've been realizing lately that there are people in my life that I've just been down right in the naive for. They have not shown me the capacity to be their best selves around me.
I'm gonna tell you something. No, I get this a lot. I'm on the road, I'm driving right now, I'm on the road. But I get this a lot.
I get a lot of people almost kind of like, taking me for granted. And it's pushing my fault. And nothing I get this whole thing about, oh, terrorist don't go to another terrorist, I got no problems. Yeah, terrorist got problems.
terrorist does have problems. But terrorist doesn't develop his problems. terrorist goes and fixes his problems. And he goes fight for what he wants.
But I'm in my wisdom to certain people. And this goes to a lot of you motherfuckers that may be here in this podcast right now. I'm telling you right now, man. I'm gonna have to be some change with some people because I've been contemplating it.
And just I'm talking about people that I've known for years, that I've just had the utmost respect for that I would have trust with my life. And one fell spoke lost my respect and all that was faith to know. And that's unfortunate. That's unfortunate, but you know, hey, that's life.
And now I play, I don't wait till the first to make resolutions. I already got my set up and I'm happier than I ever been to be completely honest with you. I've cut off more people in the last year or so. So over what may seem to be the smallest of reasons.
And I'm happier than I've ever been. I am. And I'm only getting happier about a day. And I know that may run for some people the wrong way because they're not, you know, some people just not happy with themselves, not happy with their lives.
But you know, at the end of the day, we got choices to make, man. We got choices to make. And I always have the same, man. You better choose me first.
But what I'm really saying is, you may need to honor me as sacrifice for me, just like I do for you. But not that I say that statement again and again, I think that's what I really mean when I'm really trying to convey. You need to sacrifice for me. Like I would be willing to sacrifice for you.
Because once again, I will say this again. I'm not a person that's easy. I'm a person that's worth it. Nobody says it's gonna be easy.
They said it's gonna be worth it. Now I'm not a person that's easy. I'm a person that's worth it. And I promise you, I got references to prove it.
No, it's not easy, but it's worth it. If you say you're gonna be somewhere, you're gonna be there on time probably before you. If you say that you need them, you got your bag. You better call them.
Now, I always get people want to shots. And I always, I always, I always try for what I'm gonna do before I do it and let people know what I'm gonna do before I do it. But people want to, I guess, pay me in a box. And I keep saying that this is what it looks.
This is what it will continue to lose. Because if you put me in their box, you just gotta be gentified with it, man. I'm not gonna play around. This is my life we're talking about.
I want to leave a legacy. I'm not gonna play around. I need people that's competent around me. I need people that know how to be competent friends around me.
I need people to be competent people around me. And it's just not, just some people just certain stuff you do just, well, they'll be good enough, man. Well, no be good enough. No be satisfied by it.
But no question about it. My fall back game is a fool. I don't care how much I love you. Or like you.
Or whatever you. Fall back game is a fool. They had people in my life that decided to close me. And they didn't need to make that decision.
They really didn't need to make that decision. They could have made the decision to ride with me. Or they could have made the decision to talk to me about whatever problems they were having with me. Because I would never intentionally hurt them in any type of way.
But they decided to try to do harm to me for whatever reason. And it's OK. But they need to understand that it's also OK that I get to the fuck out of my life forever. Or they, I stop caring about what they're going to.
Now I don't know if I said his names already. But I'm going to say them again. Danny Chadonil, Thursday midnight, Keanu Simmons, with Janis Stocks, Vishal green, the meat tree, what's the meat tree that I was in, the meat tree I bought last night. The meat tree no one talking to you but brother.
You know I'm talking to you brother. It's my brother. My brother's, another mother's, Vishal Pinyon. Hey, I'm back.
What the fuck can I say? She is at my back. Say what you want. She's at my back.
You're at this whole process supporting me. So bring the hair to her. Tiesha Kordle. These people have had my back behind the scenes.
Saidha Smith. These people have texted me. Check up on me when I wasn't on social media for half a year. These people call and check on me man.
I'll start in a matrix. They didn't need to be on my DMs to communicate with me. They checked on me. These people did that.
Now I have some, I will say this. I have some that I didn't mention. They don't do. They don't do in my life.
They don't have that mention. Maybe I mentioned you guys next year. But not as a religion too. But you guys are safe as well.
All the names I mentioned. You guys are safe. But everybody else that I didn't mention. Listen, this part of the housekeeping got to get to build out your house.
You guys have to get to build out your house. But who wants to build your house? You got to be comfortable and operate within your house and things like that. So who wants to build your house?
You know, and I'm not beyond anything to do. I want to say this with a straight up arm. Humility. I'm not beyond getting hurt or putting my trust in the wrong people.
I'm not beyond it. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not not beyond it either.
It's putting you motherfuckers in your place. When you step out of line with me. Now I've been trying to try this whole zint thing and become things like that. But sometimes you've just got to go off on a motherfucker.
Sometimes you do. Now I'm not even talking about weird yellow because I'm not a yellow. I'm not a talker for real for real. I'm not a person that's wanting to yell at you and scream at you and things like that.
I ain't doing all this shit. I'm talking about straight action. Whether it's physical action, mental action, become your life album. Because let me tell you.
Let me tell you. There are people that I wish that I was in life that have ever been doing so hard with me out there like. And I'm just going to leave it at that. I'm not going to say nothing else.
But I understand when you look at a girl's heart on her face. I understand when you do it. I understand when somebody's valuable, somebody's invaluable. And when somebody's expendable.
I'm treating the expendables. I just say invaluable. And the invaluable people, I just say expendables. Then you are as backwards.
We're down to the point where I'm just like, okay. All right. Made your choice. So fuck you.
Once again. My name is Taras Munnite. And I just go through to power. Have a good.
No. Be here. Have a good. No.
Be here.